Indeed, the 3 specials before adding Mykock's Manor (Halloween, Christmas & Debbie's Halloween) were small (the last one being the biggest one and the most interesting gameplay-wise), but engaging. A nice "vacation" from the normal game where you have to manage your wallet (so easy since chapter 2 where you can summon girls every week day to get more $$$) and stats.
I played through the game for the first time on normal, not using cheats at all and almost not peeking into pdf guide, occasionally save-reloading (to get the desired RNG event) and I have to say that the biggest obstacle limiting my progress was money in chapter 1 and some quests bottlenecking other quests. Do you guys also have similar opinion on the current game's progress?