I don't get this game tbh. Beautiful renders, but an absolute mess?
No lewd scenes ok, I can get that. But why is there constant reworking of reworked reworks? And compatibility issues? This thing is about as consistent as my opinions. Also now you're saying he actually removed the dark connotations of the game? The only thing that made it interresting?
Eh..give these renders and characters to someone who can put a consistent output around it. It's sad to see them as a collection of pictures.
One thing I've learned about stuff you make long ago: unless it's years later, don't retouch it even if you want to. It will just constantly make you overdo the things you did already. And at some point, "the adjustments" will make things worse than they already were.
As for sexual things, the build-up is a good thing if you give something to people - throw the bone to dudes once per two episodes or something. Summer's Gone? Great, give MC a lewd dream with MC's fantasy of one of possible versions of her(furthermore, could use these dreams as a way to show character development).
I don't want to sound like a douche, but the game feels to me like it's overly pretencious with it's storytelling. Everyone's broken, seen crying at some point and is trying to cope with past tragedy.