I liked the writing and pacing of BtS better, but the game is massively dragged down by being a prequel. There’s going to be a point where you start wondering what’s the point of any choice since you know everything that’s going to happen anyway.

To me the “plain” teen drama worked much better without (or at least mostly without) supernatural interference, which is why I never really thought of trying LiS 2 or True Colors.