well, i'm the one who is a bit put off by this.
it's great, 1 more aunt stance, one more for mother.
i can praise how he reworked the mother part from the ground up. not it feels consistent and really cool.
but, what i cannot get is why to add all the new locations without the interaction: pizza shop, church, police station, and the forest (acquiring/ignoring awesomo changes nothing).
there are a bunch of locations already, bunch of chars but the game grows wide not deep. the thing is that right now it's wide enough already. the sister love/hate complex feelings towards MC is what i really did not like.
so, besides a full-featured sister stuff and an extra for mom and aunt there is nothing of interest right there.
i would call this release a medium sized.
it's better to have a bit of this and that (like some teasing at the church and PS, pizza shop) that to have this huge grinding thing. mainly because you dont have to start over and you explore if there's something new and because its way more rewarding.
but i must agree: working on a character should be easier.
PS
i feel like i won't check new versions for a good 6-8 months to see much more fat in it.