Which is weird to me, since some of my dislike for Lena comes from the other game's protagonist being way better. Like, apart from all the characters in her route boiling down to either dickheads or porn tropes (as opposed to the first game and Ian's route), her pre-established personality just complicates everything for no good reason. You either do what she would do, which is just boring because she's a boring nextdoor kinda girl, or you fight against it and just go with where the porn takes you, which turns her into a massive hypocritic who will take one second to think one thing and another to think the opposite.
A bit more of a blank slate like for Ian and the girl from the 1st game might have done the trick for me, but honestly what i really would've liked is if she'd started with a baseline personality more similar to that of her stripper friend. Would've been a proper shaking of the boat on the author's part, and if nothing else would've made for a way more interesting dynamic with Ian (since let's be real, game's ultimately about those two coming together but their relationship is just about the most sleeper in the game).