This is a interesting one:
It is very much your basic VN with the absent father cumming back into his (step)daughters life while reaching for every skirt in a 2 mile radius.
It got the
good renders, the ramping up sexual tension and (very quickly which i prefer in such cases, because it also has
very skipable deep-tragic dialog.
*You have your crying (step)daughter(!) on the cover of a game were the goal is to make her a harem addition. Talk about setting your story up to be pretentious.
Now... what makes it an "interesting" case for me? Why isn't it just a "download once 3/5, models good" product?
*The following is very much colored by my own subjective opinion and from a single play through, so take it as that:
Because it got a little spot of light:
1. Self aware actions:
It does a good job at giving you little option (like "stare at clevage") that are reacted to by the surrounding cast in a way that functions within this kind of game. It seems to have given the characters a meta understanding that they compete for the MC on the sexual market and thus doesn't take ages to try to invent explainations or just dumb sex/fetish scenes on you.
I personally prefer this to "serious/realistic" or "quirky/selfaware". The middle ground works and i wish the dialog would hit the same notes more.
2. Hannah
Presented as a redhead viking-hairstyle tomboy/daddy issue mix she is, for once, refreshing but also just happens to have a sympathetic character.
She is only there for 2-3 scenes and in presentation and dialog smashed the compatition. While her opening up is a bit rushed, (
as it's tradition) she combines some obvious weaknesses, needs and her own views on the situation. After being setup as the trouble best friend of the front page character it was a suprise to see her having such a moment.
Dont get me wrong: Its not ground breaking, not a lot of content(sex is reserved for dream sequenzes and one late interaction) and it may just be more of a coincidence then a sign of thing to come writing wise, but for now i can only say: "It just works."
And with some of the setups it might just keep working.
Thus my 4 stars are more a hopeful outlook from 0.3 onward.