I unfortunately have a very specific bone to pick with this game - Chapter 3. The oh so infamous Chapter 3, in which the player needs to juggle the attention of their two friends in their time of need.

Running up to that moment, I was relatively enjoying the game, even despite its romantic undertones - I was still hoping to be able to act as the main characters' close gay friend, talking through their relationships and helping them vent and navigate this turbulent period of their lives.

Then the game throws up a timer out of nowhere, and without giving any option to state the reasonable thing ("hey, sorry, can we continue this conversation later? I promise I want to help you, but something came up", or something along these lines), the game instead forces the player to essentially lie to both of them and predictably make one of them upset for not actually listening to them.

I just, I don't know. This felt so gamey, so out of reality. I'm not angry that Evelyn got upset, I'm just disappointed that the game didn't give me the options to try to approach the situation the way I envisioned. I really dislike lying to people like that, and being forced in that situation just took me out of the narrative completely.