This seems like a good point to repeat something I commented on Steam about this update (around the time all hell broke loose in said comments, I think):
Your sex game made me cry and I have really mixed feelings about that. :-)
(Context: my mother died of cancer when I was little, now that it's decades later I'd probably give up most of my remaining time if I could get to spend some time with her, so you can figure where in the update you really got me...)
Of course the angry people are largely the ones who comment, all the time everywhere, which was one reason I really wanted to drop a note about my experience. Of course the combat stuff was yet to come but I enjoyed it fine and it's fun knowing that it's a "multiple routes" thing to a point where I can come back and reply it with different choices as to whom I encounter. The combat wasn't very hard and of course I could have skipped it, so what's to complain about?
But yeah. The "mom" in the garden scene, hoo boy.
Last side note: my father passed away almost two years ago (he was in his 90s, but it's never the right time, you know?) and it's been a rocky time since. So I really appreciate your thoughts about loss and how they got into the game. Thanks as always and I look forward to update 20 with the predictable mixture of anticipation and sadness of endings. Which I guess fits the theme, too.
<3