I wanted to say how much I am enjoying this game, but I had some questions. First of all, I read about Sydney joining us on leaving the city with like stat +10 which I have, but she stayed behind. Another thing that is bugging me is that Alices stats keep vanishing after closing the game and continuing after a break. I always need to go back to the point where we are about to leave the city. The stats stay visible as long as I play the game but bug out after closing the game.
SPOILERS....
Sydney won't join you but will come after you later in the game if you got her love scene in CH16 and she has 10+ like.
Alice's stats vanishing may be an issue with the persistence file, because once you unlock it, it should ALWAYS be available, even with a new game. If you can access developer mode, you should be able to put in persistent.parttwo_end = True to unlock it.
Yeah I continued the game and she rejoined. I have played several VNs, but this game is insane! On one hand I want to see the end, but on the other hand I want it to continue because you actually get attached to all the girls and the MC. I am now waiting for the final release and want to buy it as a sign of support.