User blog comment:The Jacked Maverick/Oliver M. Picky: Ten Reasons Why Class Act is better than the original High School Story Trilogy. (And Ten Why It's Not)/@comment-36836718-20181224184300

First of all, thank you for your blog. It's well-written and balanced. I have some comments about my own personal opinion about some of these points but I agree on most of what you said

19. No more seniors. Yes. Soon they will leave the school and it will feel sad. I hope to see them before they leave

17. Activity is mandatory. From someone outside the US, I felt it difficult to relate to the system of activities since we don't have something similar. I know that American Football has great popularity in America and other parts of the world, but in my country it's rather niche compared to other sports, most notably soccer. I come from a soccer nation. I can understand that it's popular for others while it doesn't interest me. And that's okay, everyone has different tastes. So when I first played HSS, I faced the decision to choose between three paths I wasn't interested in. There was no option for me to opt out of any altogether, so I sticked with the band although I didn't like it. I was stuck between the fight between Aiden and Ezra. Sports path in Book 2 and 3 were much better because I like baseball and love basketball. But the first book was difficult. CA is much more relatable to me because we have plays at school and I participated as a child, that was fun. I understand that people want to have a choice to drop out of it, just the way I wanted to drop out in the first book. To cut long story short: I like the play but would have wished for an alternative for others who don't.

15. I like that we're not BFF/family with everyone as fast as in HSS 1-3. It feels more natural to not be immediately popular and surrounded by friends. But I do miss the MC's real family. Scott was a great parent throughout all books and Bailey's parents were around in one chapter and never seen again. The only family member around is the twin and we currently had to pay to comfort him/her.

14. No Hearst. Indeed better. I never understood the rivalry

11. I like Rory. Whenever I have the choice I go for something like "friend/guy next door turns into love interest". That is why I like Victor (Haunting of B.M.) and Damien. They have been around in MC's life for some time before the actual story starts. Rory is the closest to this category in CA.

9. When Book 3 ended, from the in-game message (I didn't follow them on social media) it was clear to me that Jordan's time was over and we would only be able to play as someone else from then on.

1. Every story ends sometime but it doesn't make the diamond choices in-between less meaningful to me. I have saved up some diamonds for my current replay of the first three books so I can have more fun time with LI and friends :)