Update, 4 November : I figured out now that you can kinda "teleport" by right-clicking on buttons that change the map (doors, pathways, etc). This saves a loooot of time. Also I figured out that the collection is in the inventory on the left side. Especially the right click thing is something that should be told to the player right at the start. I might change my rating and review here depending on how the game keeps going.
Original Review:
I'd love to give this game 5/5, but right now it's 3/5 for me.
Pros:
- I like the artstye even though it's a bit dated. But we don't see the typical generic DAZ or Illusion models here, which feels very refreshing.
- Sex scenes often offer a variety of poses that you can click through, which is great
- The handbuilt world looks often good and also feels refreshing, and I am generally a fan of open worlds (more about that later)
- The humour is great
- Many different girls, a lot of content
So overall, the game is high quality, made with a lot of passion at least in terms of the world design, it's visually really appealing. However, that's a bit overshadowed by many downsides.
Cons:
- The game takes the "go to A and get X, then go to B and get Y" too far. Often, you come to a new place but instead of getting little tasks right there, the game sends you across the whole map over and over again. This can become very tedious, especially on places like the hill, where you just sit there bored and wait for the MC to walk up for like 30-50 seconds in total.
- The game is literally unplayable without a guide, which is basically just bad game design. There is even a hint system in the game, but it often doesn't help. For instance, I had the hint "Spend some quality time with Dee Dee". What the hint didn't tell me:
I have to go into the sewers to fix some pipes to make the fountain dwell again. But in order to do so, I have to get a valve. The valve is found it mom's home. At this point in the game, you've explored like 8 different places with several rooms. Without searching the thread of this game on F95 I'd have probably guessed for HOURS where that little valve could lay around.
There is a downloadable guide, but again: That's what the ingame hint-system is supposed to be for. This is just lazy. A player should explore a game naturally and it should always make sense and not be so overcomplicated and annoying, that you have to read through pages and pages of guides.
Also the game never tells the player that he can even show hints by pressing H, or that there is the shortcut overview menu when you press O.
- Talking about being slow.. there's a lot of stuff to collect ingame. Especially photos and dolls. Never was explained what the dolls and photos are there for. I have no idea WHY I should collect them. When I pick up a photo, it says "added to collection" or something of that kind. But there is no collection at all. Each time the MC does a squad and picks the pictures and dolls up. And he does that really slow and you have to wait before you can move again.
There is no benefit in showing me his pick-up animation for the 145th time. It would be help the dynamic of the game a lot if you just click on stuff and it gets added to your inventory.
- Same when NPCs leave the scenery. You have to watch them walk away for 10 seconds before you can move again, for no reason. Often it would be impossible for the player to collide with them if you gave the control back already after 2-3 seconds.
- When you press "cum" in a sex scene, and the MC is done with cumming, the sex scene just ends and throws you back into the game world. It would be great if cumming wouldn't throw you out of the whole sex scene.
- The MC has the typical pedophile/serial killer look which is a bit weird. Also his D is a little small, especially for his size. But he is still okay as an MC, could be worse.
TL;DR
So overall, what drags the game down, is the missing ingame questlog/hint system/guide, the tedious tasks that send you across the whole map too often, the slow walks and pickup animations and the lack of explanations. Also the open world would benefit from some real open world gameplay, which means the player can decide for himself when to go where. Especially in a game that barely has any story and doesn't even need to have events in any chronological order.
Original Review:
I'd love to give this game 5/5, but right now it's 3/5 for me.
Pros:
- I like the artstye even though it's a bit dated. But we don't see the typical generic DAZ or Illusion models here, which feels very refreshing.
- Sex scenes often offer a variety of poses that you can click through, which is great
- The handbuilt world looks often good and also feels refreshing, and I am generally a fan of open worlds (more about that later)
- The humour is great
- Many different girls, a lot of content
So overall, the game is high quality, made with a lot of passion at least in terms of the world design, it's visually really appealing. However, that's a bit overshadowed by many downsides.
Cons:
- The game takes the "go to A and get X, then go to B and get Y" too far. Often, you come to a new place but instead of getting little tasks right there, the game sends you across the whole map over and over again. This can become very tedious, especially on places like the hill, where you just sit there bored and wait for the MC to walk up for like 30-50 seconds in total.
- The game is literally unplayable without a guide, which is basically just bad game design. There is even a hint system in the game, but it often doesn't help. For instance, I had the hint "Spend some quality time with Dee Dee". What the hint didn't tell me:
I have to go into the sewers to fix some pipes to make the fountain dwell again. But in order to do so, I have to get a valve. The valve is found it mom's home. At this point in the game, you've explored like 8 different places with several rooms. Without searching the thread of this game on F95 I'd have probably guessed for HOURS where that little valve could lay around.
There is a downloadable guide, but again: That's what the ingame hint-system is supposed to be for. This is just lazy. A player should explore a game naturally and it should always make sense and not be so overcomplicated and annoying, that you have to read through pages and pages of guides.
Also the game never tells the player that he can even show hints by pressing H, or that there is the shortcut overview menu when you press O.
- Talking about being slow.. there's a lot of stuff to collect ingame. Especially photos and dolls. Never was explained what the dolls and photos are there for. I have no idea WHY I should collect them. When I pick up a photo, it says "added to collection" or something of that kind. But there is no collection at all. Each time the MC does a squad and picks the pictures and dolls up. And he does that really slow and you have to wait before you can move again.
There is no benefit in showing me his pick-up animation for the 145th time. It would be help the dynamic of the game a lot if you just click on stuff and it gets added to your inventory.
- Same when NPCs leave the scenery. You have to watch them walk away for 10 seconds before you can move again, for no reason. Often it would be impossible for the player to collide with them if you gave the control back already after 2-3 seconds.
- When you press "cum" in a sex scene, and the MC is done with cumming, the sex scene just ends and throws you back into the game world. It would be great if cumming wouldn't throw you out of the whole sex scene.
- The MC has the typical pedophile/serial killer look which is a bit weird. Also his D is a little small, especially for his size. But he is still okay as an MC, could be worse.
TL;DR
So overall, what drags the game down, is the missing ingame questlog/hint system/guide, the tedious tasks that send you across the whole map too often, the slow walks and pickup animations and the lack of explanations. Also the open world would benefit from some real open world gameplay, which means the player can decide for himself when to go where. Especially in a game that barely has any story and doesn't even need to have events in any chronological order.