Yeah, this reminds me a lot of the similar dynamic in the game Big Brother, the brother set everything up, bought her the sexy clothes, and such. Then once everything gets going, she turns around and starts to blackmail him, threatening to get him sent off to military camp. But here is the rub, prior to that, he was buying her a new outfit/undies every 3 week (rotating between her, the other sister, and mom), he is helping with her cam shows, and paying $500 a week to keep the house finances afloat. The moment she started blackmailing me, she lost the free clothing and other gifts, but if she got him kicked out, they would have to make up the rest of that loss, as well as being without their main dickings.
Funny how that comes up in a lot of these games... I am liking the way Man of the House is doing it, where the older sister starts off bitchy and blackmailing you, and then after some back and forth, you get her under your thumb, and she learns to like it.
No doubt, to do that, would require a firm grasp of the plan, but the way he does it with chapters should work pretty well, just think of each one as a DLC. Most of those ides I had were for after the main story was completed anyway, so it works.
I agree about Bethesda, and most gaming companies in general too, they are homogenizing gaming, trying to turn all games into the same mash-up of hybrid blandness. It is getting to the point that I fully expect companies to start calling sports games RPGs because they have stats and you are 'playing a role' (as a coach I guess). It's just ridiculous. I would rather play the fallout game on here, than anything new Bethesda is going to put out. XD
TES is becoming the same way from what I hear, I was pretty late to that party, and while I liked a lot of things about them, the freedom of movement, and their world building was pretty good, but I have never been a fan of that action game, FPS combat, and their storytelling lacks a lot, in a lot of ways. Though I do like the way they scatter lore, except when they get it wrong. With Fallout 3,4,&76 they got the lore so wrong that it cannot be anything other than an alternate dimension.
It's good to see what works, what doesn't, and what people like though, as I plot my own plan... MUAHAHAHahahahaha...