Aw, I hate when playthroughs do that, too :( Sometimes, you just wanna get deep into it. I haven't seen 2 being played yet; I've considered it, just never followed through. 5 and 6 are too action-oriented to me. Not a fan of that.
Agreed, Zoe was missed potential. Honestly, in a way, the whole family was missed potential in terms of character development and depth. They're cool and have great personalities, but aside from what little we saw in Daughters, we didn't get much background. Would've been cool to see some of the kids as really young and Jack and Marguerite as new parents, really get us sympathetic with a family torn apart by the, in my opinion, equally as sympathetic Eveline. I mean, Evie didn't have a choice in all of this, either. She was programmed, so to speak, to be the way she is. And she has the mind of a little girl so is too young to really understand what she's doing is wrong.
And also agreed on the involvement of the parents with Lucas. I like that they were essentially kept in the dark. They were kind of lumped into all inadvertently and since Lucas was the only one with such strong potential, he'd therefore be the only one in on it. To cover The Connections asses, of course.
Ahaha, for real though about humidity. xD I'm more used to it given where I live, but it really can be a sucky nuisance. We had an unusually dry season last summer.
Oh dude, you work at a casino? :O That's so cool!