Haven't touched this since the old version, and i must say i'm disappointed in the tone shift.
In the new version the men are way nicer to chloe, and she seems to enjoy herself. Especially the sheriff has become such a "nice guy" compared to the misogynistic douchebag of the old version. Chloe felt a lot more conflicted about her choices in the old one too, she seemed repulsed most of the time, fighting against her traumatic past, trying to strengthen her resolve while having to deal with a corrupted working environment. She had character, the will to overcome her weakness made her struggle more real and relatable. Now, she's just a slut, she weekly deny it for sure, but i can't believe for a second that's not what she wants to be.
An example is the spanking scene.
The pussyfied Sheriff is like "Oh jeeze la weeze, you broke the rules dear. I have no choice, please believe me, but this is what i have to do for the sake of fairness, i def tots don't want to do this but you force me to. So sorry!" and i can't help but hear this beta male voice, cause i'm comparing it to the old version, which was direct and offensive righteous fury. The tone backlash gave me back pains.
Chloe is like "Oh my, this is so wrong, it kinda hurts, boo hoo.", she doesn't seem too upset about it, and if that's not what you wanted to express, well that's what i got from those couple generic lines of inner monolog, a generic "Meh!".
To be clear, i don't hate the new version, the core concept is still there and the writing is still fine enough to make this rise above the average. But the old version had more interesting characters, direct and self righteous bastards are something that is extremely rare in rpgm games for some reason. A true Alpha male, hedonistic and egotistic, someone convinced to the core he can do whatever he wants without any possible negative repercussion, someone who owns the place and owns you, someone you fucking love to hate.
I kinda saw that in the old sheriff, but the new sheriff looks more like a sniveling schemer too scared to go all out in comparison.
That's what i see at least, hope you get back some of that uniqueness as you move along, but even if you don't it's still a fine product i guess. I just hope you didn't do this for the sake of realism, because reality is not fun.