After dwelling upon it, yeah I find it hard to not see Better Half as plainly the better concept and executed visual novel. The Thius not having a checkered history of deeds already sets them up as more likable off the bat, but the real decisive component is direction. Coffin is all about the siblings getting into shitshows usually of their own creation, which means that their killcount and wave of crimes only enlargen over time. This in of itself is not a problem, but it handicaps for me any attempt at a concrete narrative when I hold no sympathy for these unlikable trashbags and therefore no real stakes to any scene. I don't feel anything from SnS because of this, like I genuinely find them too insufferable to care if they do or don't destroy themselves, and this also isn't a bad thing. The game was always a black comedy first and foremost, so in truth this actually played to the game's advantage of letting them get into more and more deranged situations- it did become a problem when trying to balance out the attempt at a narrative from this foundation. It just distracts, and can't find a good pivot anywhere, like trying to get a laugh inbetween all the attempts at upsetting scenes just felt both tonedeaf and so uneven, it just lost me in a way the first 2 chapters didn't. In contrast, Thiu is a loser, but he isn't a scoundrel who ruins people's lives. I could easily get myself caring for him way more, but more importantly this means the humour and tone doesn't suffer nearly as much whiplash, particularly when all the issues with his clones is on some level more fantastical than the trauma Andrew and Ashley that is very realistic. I just found dirtbag Thiu a lot less hateable because of this, and it also means there isn't as many gaps where real-life crap bloats the game. While this may seem like a new issue from chapter 3, the flashbacks in chapter 2 already were my least favorite parts because of this.