I was 100% on board with this game till the 0.12.1 update. I thought the new scenes were awesome, and I can tell a lot of time went into this update as it seems extremely polished. You honestly should be proud of the work you and your team have put into it!  That said, the "transformation" and monotony of the update really threw me off. With so many locations being off limits, there was nothing to do but read dialog for 95% of the update. I understand minigames would be difficult to incorporate, but if there was something to breakup the reading into smaller chunks, it might not feel like such a slog. The transformation just seemed very odd/unexpected/unearned , and the inability to go anywhere unscripted for the entire update made it seem too linear. This update just took a very odd turn.  I do appreciate the quality though! As you say, you can't please everyone, and I could see myself being in the minority here. I'm still looking forward to new updates and seeing how this game turns out! It's certainly one of the better games in the genre that I've played!