This is an unusually excellent VN if you're a fan of NTR. If you were hoping for an equally fleshed out purity route, you may want to wait to see if that plot gets expanded later, or simply move on.
It's definitely a slow burn, but that is honestly a plus for me. A common issue I have in corruption/NTR games is that the woman at the heart of the story is either already corrupt and just waiting for an opportunity to fall prey to someone, or changes instantly from a perfect angel to a whore. This game is giving a slow breakdown of her character. Obviously there are some cliches, and the wife doesn't make totally realistic/pure decisions (otherwise the game would never go anywhere) but she is much more realistic than most corruption/NTR games. The character motivations are very reasonable and relatable, at least in comparison to the majority of other games in the genre. This semi-realism makes the NTR much hotter and is the primary reason I am so excited about this game.
The renders are solid, not a lot to say there. I do think the women are hot and the facial expressions/poses are good. I haven't noticed any unnatural limb angles or otherwise surprise sharp edges on a human body. There is some variety in the men, not all the men will be ugly bastards, not all of them will be more attractive than the husband, there is a selection of both. We haven't seen too much in terms of what the sex renders will look like yet but based on what little we have seen I think they will also be above average.
The plot, as mentioned before, has cliches. However most of them simply set up common NTR tropes. A big part of NTR games is the buildup to the cheating. If the wife cheats out of nowhere in an unexpected manner, there isn't a build, and the payoff suffers. So the cliches, while lacking some originality, assist the player by signalling whom the wife will cheat with or what difficult situations will arise to split up the marriage, etc. I will say that these are similarly handled in a way that is somewhat believable.
As an example: the husband's financial troubles is setting up an issue for the family which will cause the wife to need to provide more income than before (or at least her income will be more critical to the family finances). I picked an option to have the husband not tell the wife right away that they were in financial trouble. The motivations were reasonable, the husband didn't want to worry the wife and wanted to see if he could resolve things before she even noticed. The wife finds out eventually and, in a stroke of writing genius, doesn't immediately fly off the handle and fuck every guy in a 10 mile radius. She is angry at the lack of transparency but understands. This doesn't split them up immediately, it plants a seed that can be expanded on in later plot points. It sets up problems that the writer can increase in severity later, and their trust is being tested, not instantly broken. This also serves to heighten the buildup for the player.
I am overall very excited to see where this goes, this may be my favorite new game of the year (new to me at least), and it certainly is in the NTR category.
