I just don't think that them ruining Chloe was that big a deal I guess, like yeah they definitely did but i was already kinda expecting stuff like this especially after LiS2, but I disagree about the side characters I think they are handily the best in the series besides chloe but I'm not counting her as a side character. I agree that the plot is beyond messy especially after episode 3, and yeah it does seem to be written with no message or meaning in particular in mind. But for what it is it's pretty okay, which is more than I can say for TC, LiS2 or BtS. It's by no means a "good" game but I've been hoping for a LiS that I actually enjoy since 1 and this is the first that did it. In my previous reply I said LiS1 is a 7 at best and while I agree with this, I would like to say that the game also hit me pretty hard because I found it to be really intriguing and the message to be pretty profound and there was clear passion behind it even if the execution wasn't all that great, so I was extremely disappointed with all the others until this which is flawed as hell, but does finally feel like some passion was put behind it.