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i mean like, it's not as if I've gone back and reread the whole MR story since doing it the first time, so I'm going off of my memory, and of course as an Exedra starter you're never going to be able to replicate the actual experience of being part of the community as it was going on - which does impact the perception of the plot. And missing all the side events too.
That said, the exsneedra version did noticeably feel shortened to me. It condenses or just outright removes a lot of conversations that, while not 100% moving along the main plot were still important for setting the characters up. It's certainly better than reading the sparknotes of a book or a wiki summary, but I can't imagine people just doing Exedra would really get into it the same way. It's also very skimpy on the Another Story PMHQ content which paralleled the main story.

So yeah - well paced? Mostly yes. Full experience? No.