The fantasy ladies are, imo, quite silly. I play in spite of them, not because of them. But to each their own.
If I were writing the pipeline for the game, my #1 priority would be save compatibility. If it means locking off existing story lines, so be it. You're too far into the development of the game to think it's fair or realistic to ask players to start over from scratch every single update. That's just ludicrously goofy. The game is short enough that it isn't a super big encumbrance, but still. Rewriting Aunt Diane's whole arc two years in? And I gather Sis is next? Come on, dude. It would be one thing if you rewrote the story without having actually released anything yet, but that's not what the deal was here.
Fix legacy saves. Then do an update that focuses solely on the story, maybe provide one new h-scene for an existing character. Then lock off adding new characters to the story for at least one year. My absolute #1 biggest gripe about the game is that we're this far into development and he's still 1) revising set story arcs, and 2) introducing new characters at the expense of leaving existing characters twisting in the proverbial wind. (Which both go to my earlier point about entitling patrons too much.) And by 'twisting in the proverbial wind' I mean 'they do not do new sex stuff with MC'. I'm not the biggest Judith fan in the world, but we've been stuck with bathroom handie mode with her forever. Cassie still doesn't know MC well enough to receive his holy seed? Ivy is still doing the same four things for $$$. Eve? Don't even get me started. And Ronda is still just track girl, while Lopez and Martinez watch with their towels, and Annie is still prim and proper, and Principal Smith is.... and Liu Wang.... and Veronica... and Yumi.... and Anna...... and Josephine....... and...... there are probably more than half a dozen potential conquests left unrequited at the moment. He's left himself a bit too many options from my perspective.
Never mind the static nature of MC's interactions with the main characters once their stories are completed: I think it would be a hoot if MC ran into, say, one of the teachers at the mall and, gosh, they just had to have some of that sweet sweet D in the bathroom. Or at the beach. Or wherever, maybe a character shows up at home out of the blue. Add a random element to the mechanic, rather than a clockwork thing. Yes, that takes time to script and animate... but that's what you're doing. Add vitality to the play.
