Hey, thanks for your feedback, F responding here, so I cannot answer to you why B decided to do MC so pacifist to be honest, I told him he same thing you said, but hey, let him cook, he is a great writer.
Regarding the puzzles and QTE's, yes they will be **fully** skippable starting from chapter 5, pre chapter 5 qte's and puzzles included.
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