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thanks for the....kinda... nice words. Having a hard time figuring out whether you're complimenting the game or criticizing it. I assumed that you played until the end of the current build so I'm not really sure what "outlook" you're talking about with Zack towards Max because there wasn't much of that in the last update. There's been a pretty consistent impression of Max throughout the story based on the way Max carries himself. Sure, he shoved Zack that one time but there's been about a dozen other instances of interactions throughout the story where the audience mostly believed Max to be a dick. Overall, the feedback indicated that most people thought Zack justified. In fact, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone say otherwise so I guess I was confused what you meant from this update that was so bad and changed your outlook. I probably got the most praise in the game's history for Max's character arc in this update and honestly I'm pretty proud of it because I think it was unpredictable in every way. The people who liked Max before were mostly attracted to his "bad boy" attitude--which very much contradicts Zack who is much more empathetic. You just totally lost me with the "amazing until now" comment because I'm not sure what outlook you're talking about that occurred "now."
But, just to clarify: the game is free and will always be free. You dont have to pay for it. It's run entirely on donations so feel free to download here for free or from the Patreon site for free. Hopefully, you didn't pay for it on accident. The website here just asks for donations but shouldn't bug you too much. There's no obligation.