I finished the demo and I am happy to share my impressions.
Another Looks is another standard 0.0.1 release and it contains usual amount content we learned to dread. There are couple issues which were already mentioned in the thread and could be easily repaired, for example
Engrish is one tongue is that choose to this visual fiction toy
CGs look like they were rendered using performance optimised settings, which is understandable. I am happy to report that scene composition and model positioning looks to be on-point and all models so far look natural; no uncanny valley issues so far.
I didn't reach any H scenes during my playthrough. Could somebody with unpacker confirm if I missed any?
So, is this new "Life with Mary"?
Broken English aside, is it anywhere remotely as good as LWM or "Our Fate"/"Acting Lessons"?
It's hard to say thanks to 7-10 minutes of actual story. Not too much exposition compared to some other 0.1/ep.1 releases, however I was hoping for much more in the story department.
Character's seem to be reasonably rounded, writer was able to sneak most of necessary initial exposition into dialogue and there's no "move-in" simulator\tutorial that versions 0.1 are so fond of.
To summarise, game might have potential. There are improvements to be made in translation and rendering departments. Writer seems to know what they're doing and 3D artist seems to have knack for naturally posed people.
That said, there's completely nothing to distinguish this gane from hundreds of other 0.1 releases. Game last long enough for us to say hello to characters and gleam some basic facts about them. Characters are there but there are no stakes whatsoever and unless conflict introduced in episode is redherrering, it does completely nothing for me.
In summary:
+ Cute main interest, nice models, good scene composition and positioning
- Insultingly short, no hardcore content, drunk Yoda translation level
Verdict: Meh, I'm gonna wait at least until 0.3-0.4