I agree - I think a version of free roam (or at least something that is more specifically choice driven) would work in the bar opening, the barn parties and the welcome party when moving into student housing.
I wonder if Ocean will start implementing choices - choose A miss out on B - at the bar opening and barn parties?
I could see this happening to further define the relationships that the MC wants to invest in, and at the expense of other potential LI's/relationships.
We get different 'lore' tells based on who we spend time with when the MC and Nami visit Vic and Mila for the sleepover.
This could give us a mix of those variations as well as variations on which LI's we spend time with/lewd encounters we pursue.
OC - this gets more interesting once the MC and Amber go on the cabin trip so the MC can make real progress on getting his mojo back.
Cheers!!