This was good. I played on a previous version and it was overall enjoyable. But the only truly compelling story is the one between the main family. The fact that the MC can screw over the father entirely was exceedingly enjoyable, but I've also heard some say that if you don't play your cards right that can go dark and really fucking quick. I think I read somewhere that the sister becomes so detached she ends up becoming the father's side piece while he keeps beating his wife. So yeah, dark if that's the case.
The rest of this feels very much like a reimagining of another saga VN we all know, but at least there's some originality placed in the characters themselves which was nice. The fight club felt a bit forced and tying that in with the heist ... it all felt just kind of thrown in but it was fun so just go with it. Honestly I didn't even recall there being anything about an Alternate Universe in my run through. Either that takes a back seat very quickly or it just wasn't in the version I read through. It just seems like something that should play a bigger part overall. Having the MC go between worlds. For example, having the MC go into the fort in his basement to reminisce about his sister after she leaves the house in his world or have her just commit self deletion and he shrinks away into the fort only to come out into the alternate world where his father is an openly abusive piece of shit but his sister is alive. Have the MC going back to his world where his sister is gone and he discovers that his father there was abusive too, but in a different way. This leads him to learn the true reason for his sister leaving or death. Having similarities between worlds be the reason he learns this. You know, something like that to add a little more intrigue. Have his father in one universe destroy the fort so he can't go back. Have the MC come from a world where his Teacher got caught during the heist but in the alternate world he can fix that by being there with her. Just add some comparisons and more stakes to the overall story is what I'm getting at. But that's just me. And Dev, feel free to use this. No joke, I do not care. Anything to make the story better.
In the end, nothing here is stands out to me as bad nor exceptional. This, to me, was a solid 3-3.5/5 the only part I didn't like was the fighting RNG and the fact that there was no clear path on how to build the MC's strength. I found the only way to have fun with the story was to literally cheat. That made the VN far more enjoyable. In fact, I'm pretty sure if I hadn't I'd probably have a very different outlook on this VN entirely, and not in a positive way. So if the dev were to reduce the grind, make stats actually work for the reader, and easily accessible this could be great. It would even allow for more focus to be placed on decisions and let the story cook. That already sounds like a better overall experience for most of us, yes?
If you're reading this and thinking, "man this was bad," I highly encourage you download the cheat enabler. Takes out the grind and lets you focus on the stories and characters. It's an infinitely better experience in my opinion. As always I wish this dev all of the best and hope they find the support they need to keep this VN going. If you did or didn't like this leave a review and tell the dev what you enjoyed and what you didn't. And if you do enjoy this VN find a way to support the project. Cheers.
The rest of this feels very much like a reimagining of another saga VN we all know, but at least there's some originality placed in the characters themselves which was nice. The fight club felt a bit forced and tying that in with the heist ... it all felt just kind of thrown in but it was fun so just go with it. Honestly I didn't even recall there being anything about an Alternate Universe in my run through. Either that takes a back seat very quickly or it just wasn't in the version I read through. It just seems like something that should play a bigger part overall. Having the MC go between worlds. For example, having the MC go into the fort in his basement to reminisce about his sister after she leaves the house in his world or have her just commit self deletion and he shrinks away into the fort only to come out into the alternate world where his father is an openly abusive piece of shit but his sister is alive. Have the MC going back to his world where his sister is gone and he discovers that his father there was abusive too, but in a different way. This leads him to learn the true reason for his sister leaving or death. Having similarities between worlds be the reason he learns this. You know, something like that to add a little more intrigue. Have his father in one universe destroy the fort so he can't go back. Have the MC come from a world where his Teacher got caught during the heist but in the alternate world he can fix that by being there with her. Just add some comparisons and more stakes to the overall story is what I'm getting at. But that's just me. And Dev, feel free to use this. No joke, I do not care. Anything to make the story better.
In the end, nothing here is stands out to me as bad nor exceptional. This, to me, was a solid 3-3.5/5 the only part I didn't like was the fighting RNG and the fact that there was no clear path on how to build the MC's strength. I found the only way to have fun with the story was to literally cheat. That made the VN far more enjoyable. In fact, I'm pretty sure if I hadn't I'd probably have a very different outlook on this VN entirely, and not in a positive way. So if the dev were to reduce the grind, make stats actually work for the reader, and easily accessible this could be great. It would even allow for more focus to be placed on decisions and let the story cook. That already sounds like a better overall experience for most of us, yes?
If you're reading this and thinking, "man this was bad," I highly encourage you download the cheat enabler. Takes out the grind and lets you focus on the stories and characters. It's an infinitely better experience in my opinion. As always I wish this dev all of the best and hope they find the support they need to keep this VN going. If you did or didn't like this leave a review and tell the dev what you enjoyed and what you didn't. And if you do enjoy this VN find a way to support the project. Cheers.