Yeah. And now I'm FORCED to interact with her, and even let her listen in during sex, which is a serious writing no no (removing agency from the player after giving it to us).True but the devs got it wrong with her IMO. If MC and Nicole had a great relationship and he was forced to work away then it would have caused a lot more turmoil in MC and made it more dramatic. The cuckqueen theme could have developed giving the MC the okay to have fun with other woman to enhance their sexlife even though he would have been devoted to Nicole. Then when 12 weeks was up the decision would have been a lot more challenging.
The way it is done now, why would anyone care about going back to Nicole at all.
The thing is, she could have been a solid LI choice. Some players I've talked to prefer her more realistic proportions (as compared to the sister). But she needed a different, BETTER set up. Like making it seem like she really liked the MC BEFORE he left (instead of what we got, where she seemed happy to be rid of him) and then just had a poor sex life that neither of them were satisfied with. It would have made the MC more of a scumbag, but as it is, there's nothing there. She's just a block of wood (for me, at least).
Dots has plenty of talent, but his/their ability to plan ahead is terrible.