Unity - 8th Heaven [v0.1] [Cottage Club]

I played v 0.1

A promising start. I like the art style, and the writing is decent. The gameplay is pretty basic, but engaging enough. I'm looking forward to revisiting this game after it's been fleshed out a bit more.

First Impression
picking up this game on steam was like a breath of fresh air for me, i feel like almost all adult games with a female protagonist goes down the route of corruption (which i do enjoy btw), so i really enjoyed that this has a huge focus on casualness and consensuality

Art
i absolutely LOVE the art style and character designs, not only with the females but the males as well. i aint gay BUT i enjoy me a game with diverse n hot men, (especially love the dick variety, i saw on twitter a dude with a double slime dick and im tryna see that in action) id also wanna highlight the facial expressions, theres some really funny looking ones and sometimes they just go :3 in the sex scenes and i love it. while i typically prefer frame animation, the skeletal animation is executed quite nicely and the general composition is very appealing. my favorite design so far is the fortune teller, i NEED a scene with her.
i also quite like the 3D map, i like how slopey it is and the aesthetics really contribute to the atmosphere the game is going for. i do think it could lean more into fantasy/fiction like how it was in the beginning though.

Writing
for the writing, im pretty invested in how deep the narrative will go, though i wouldnt mind it focusing more on the slice of life comfyness. i do think the protagonist's writing is quite bland though, maybe cause they lack a standing character portrait (as of now). its probably on purpose but i feel like link in a zelda game. other than that though i like how individualistic each character feels, sex isnt all there is to their character.

Gameplay:
its a pretty generic relation building simulator with your mix of mini games. i do like the topic sodas, i like exploring each conversation they bring (give milk to the devil girl) but as of now they are kinda annoying to collect/keep track of, im sure it will get better tho. id say the only thing im not sure will be touched much is the point and click controls, id personally like my character to run into walls rather than be stunted if i click a weird location, it might get in the way of the games nature but i would like the option for WASD/joy stick control. for a v0.1 theres a surprisingly nice amount of content, but for now its just a buncha walking and talking.



moving forward i really hope theres a lot of scenes with the other characters going at it with each other like what i see on twitter, to really emphasize the casual sex relations of the characters

Despite the fact I am reviewing this as the game is in its v0.1 version, meaning it just released as early access, this game already has plenty for being so new. I always see people praise early access games that have only 1 or 2 sex scenes and I am always confused as to what is there to like yet, but this game already made me fall in love with it and it has way more than 2 sex scenes.

The art style is so cute and original. You can tell how much care has been put into it. The overall cozy vibes remain throughout the whole game and sometimes make me forget that I am playing a porn game. If heaven looks like this, I am about to turn Christian.

The story in Western non-Japanese eroges is usually generic, or just straight-up bad, this clearly isn't the case here and I am looking forward to seeing more of it. I am glad that there are still eroge devs that put love into their works and it shows. Give it a try and you will be surprised at how cozy it is.