An absolutely amazing game!
In summary, everything from the great character development, the amazing story, the fitting music and the excellent camerawork, it's all of extremely high quality.
The game feels very professionally well done, with a lot of love and care and attention to details, and there is a lot of content.
I wasn't counting the time but by my rough estimates It took me about 60 hours spread across 6 days to finish all the currently available content (as of this post) from start to finish.
I'm seriously considering making a patreon for the first time just to subscribe to this project and this project alone.
A more complete overview:
For somebody like me who likes to fully immerse themselves into any game they play, the setting feels incredibly safe and comfortable, to the point where the house invokes at times the same feeling of safety my own home does in real life.
I greatly endorse the fact that it's so spacious and there's so many interactions with the items across the house.
10/10 for the perfect setting.
And then there is that very soothing yet at times mysterious music playing in the background; I believe it is original music rather than public domain, as I haven't heard it before, but regardless of that, it fits into the mood of the game really well, and it is also very simple and non-intrusive, and thus hard to get tired of it, if only there were a few more tracks like it for diversity across different events, it would truly be perfect
9.5/10 for the sound track, would be an easy 10 if it was just slightly more diversified, but it's not bad the way it is now either.
Where do I even begin with the characters? They are so full of personality and stand out from each other, that I sometimes found myself wondering "did one person write all those characters or did they hire multiple people for some of them" which says a lot about the great attention to detail and love that is infused into this game.
And while not every character is my cup of tea (Naomi for example) I can still appreciate their presence into the game, for even if not romanced, they still play integral roles in the story and it's genuinely fun to see what they are up to next; and I can appreciate that they may be somebody else's cup of tea too.
On a side note, whoever the writer of Rae is, I have only compliments and respect for that person.
I believe to be able to write a character like Rae who is so intelligent in such a natural way that it doesn't feel forced, requires a writer on the same level of intelligence and tact as the character they're making, and Rae is VERY intelligent.
10/10 for a very good cast of well written characters.
And while at the subject of characters, the character development feels on par with books I've read before. Without getting into spoilers, throughout the course of the story I've seen these characters interact with the main character and with each other and seemingly grow emotionally and intellectually from those interactions.
This is really good and feels organic and natural, as you would expect from real people to do.
10/10 yet again for excellent character development.
And then there's the story, which is directly tied to the setting and advances at an adequate pace, as the main character expands his repertoire of skills, visiting many interesting places in the process.
If there are any complaints I may have, it's that the different worlds can feel rather similar sometimes, and I believe this arises from the fact that we only see bits and glimpses of each world, but it's nothing more than a pet peeve for me, and a minor one at that.
It doesn't stop me from enjoying the story and immersing myself into it in any way, and every now and again the characters will use different words for the same things, bringing emphasis on the fact that they are from parallel realities.
9.8/10 for an interesting and very enjoyable story.
Now onto what people may consider the most important thing in such a game, although for me it's equally as important as the story and character development, and that is the sex scenes.
Because of the great first-person perspective camerawork that glances around in a natural way, the sex scenes feel far more intimate than in most other games, which is a massive plus.
And not to mention that everything is animated, which is yet another massive bonus.
On top of that, the player has some minor degree of control over how the sex is going to play out, which makes for what I consider to be essentially the perfect sex encounters in a video game of this sort.
However, I personally would really wish for a couple more threesome/gangbang sex scenes, where the girls join with each other to satisfy the player, as that would amplify the feeling of having a harem.
Regardless of that, absolutely well done.
10/10 and would even go past that and say 15/10 for the sex scenes and camerawork, if only that wouldn't undermine the previous scores.
On an ending note, the game warrants maximum score and I highly recommend it to anyone that reads this and hasn't played it before.
Very well done @ZanithOne and congratulations to you and your team (if you have one) on this masterpiece.
It really sets the standards high for what a good game looks and plays like.
