You are looking at it the wrong way.Of course nobody is forcing me.You are unable to change the stats of NPC's from the console,or at least i couldn't find it.There is no save or even back button.He obviously is trying to force people to pay for the cheat version.And,this is ultra grindy given all the difficulties.You can talk to all NPC's once a day.It will take forever to make progress with even one character.Other grindy games are not this cruel.And,instead of judging me,look at it this way.He could have made a good game which makes me want to pay for it.For example,College Daze the HTML game,already gives you access to cheats and everything..And,i still pay for it.And,i know VN games and how linear they are.