I give this a luke warm take. I don't think I've ever played a VN more than once, and I don't really care for looking up guides to get the completion route.
People talk about a male MC being "weak" or "soft" if they show any emotion other than being an asshole when the MC is just in touch with their emotions. Nothing wrong with being in touch with your emotions, in fact it's healthy.
I feel like it's some spit and polish from being one of the best adult games out there. OK, admittedly it would take a ton of work, but if the girls in that game were updated it would be a huge improvement.
Dunno about hate, but Unreal Engine has yet to have a game come out that wasn't abandoned or fell well short of expectations. Usually updates are few and far between, and content in those updates feels sparse.
My anecdotal evidence says that what you're experiencing is the case all the time. You have your basic bins where the vast majority of games are going to be hot garbage, then some are going to be OK, then less are going to be great, then a few are going to be really good, then BAM! You get...
Crush College has a woman who is fed up with her dead bedroom and decides she wants to go to university to continue her education. Which translates basically to get laid as much as possible.
What are your thoughts on squirrel girl from Marvel Rivals? She may not be a redhead but girl's got curves.
OK, I just figured out how to do that. Wasn't intending to game the system or anything.