Between Salvation and Abyss
version #: Ch9 so far - Scores from low [1] to high [5]:
TLDR: You have no real choices. Prepare for depravity. I really wish I could give this a highter rating. With improvements on the things I list below it could certainly get higher.
MORE:
* with a competent English writer/translation this story could have been good. The bones of the story are worthy, but executed very poorly.
* If you think causing painful prolapses(unavoidable anal and vaginal) are somehow a sign of love, that your partner would actually appreciate, then you're delusional enough to like this. Otherwise, prepare to have to overlook some seriously demented nonsense.
* if you're OK with having no choice at all in which fetishes you participate in, then this might be for you.
Story - 2, hard to follow. Leaves things out that it doesn't explain until much later, leaving you rather lost for a while. Overall cringeworthy writing. (more below)
Originality - 4, this has what eventually reveals to be a rather intriguing story hidden under very poor translation.
Renders - 4, they look very nice.
Sound - 0, none at all. (except a scream jump scare in a single scene)
Playability - 3, story is hard to follow. Poorly written and formatted. More characters that you can really follow without making notes. There is often no difference between a charater's spoken word and their 'thoughts/narration'. Sometimes thoughts are italicized, and sometimes it's done backward, making the spoken words and thoughts even harder to differentiate.
Performance - no issues,
Bugs - not found ,
Animations - 2(at start) 4 later on, Marrionette motions look very unrealistic, though they do improve after ch5.2.
Voice Acting - n/a,
Grammar - 2, very poor. missused or completely wrong words and phrasing. Constant missuse of he/she/his/hers/you/me/them/etc. Switches between first person narration from the MC, and first person narration from other characters, which just doesn't flow well.
Amount of content - 4, there's quite a bit there, though a lot of it might not be to taste.
* MC often manipulates his famiy and friends in a wholely narcissistic way, forcing his mother to smile when she's sad just to make his pathetic ass happy, instead of saying/doing legitimate things to cheer her up.
* Mom and aunt are twins, and have the exact same name except one letter. Youngest sister's name is also the same, just spelled differently. With well over 30 characters in game this just adds to the f'in confusion.
* Selections are binary; Love OR Corruption. There is very little difference between them though, just some slightly different dialog. The pain you cause others is not reduced by selecting the love route.
* You can't avoid unwanted fetishes, at all:
- Prolapse, both anal and vaginal.
- Footjob.
- Granny sex.
- sexual abuse.
- rape where MC is perpetrator.
* A Scene Gallery is sorely needed.
* Significant continuity errors: skin colors change, Alessia grows a foot+ between chapters, etc.
version #: Ch9 so far - Scores from low [1] to high [5]:
TLDR: You have no real choices. Prepare for depravity. I really wish I could give this a highter rating. With improvements on the things I list below it could certainly get higher.
MORE:
* with a competent English writer/translation this story could have been good. The bones of the story are worthy, but executed very poorly.
* If you think causing painful prolapses(unavoidable anal and vaginal) are somehow a sign of love, that your partner would actually appreciate, then you're delusional enough to like this. Otherwise, prepare to have to overlook some seriously demented nonsense.
* if you're OK with having no choice at all in which fetishes you participate in, then this might be for you.
Story - 2, hard to follow. Leaves things out that it doesn't explain until much later, leaving you rather lost for a while. Overall cringeworthy writing. (more below)
Originality - 4, this has what eventually reveals to be a rather intriguing story hidden under very poor translation.
Renders - 4, they look very nice.
Sound - 0, none at all. (except a scream jump scare in a single scene)
Playability - 3, story is hard to follow. Poorly written and formatted. More characters that you can really follow without making notes. There is often no difference between a charater's spoken word and their 'thoughts/narration'. Sometimes thoughts are italicized, and sometimes it's done backward, making the spoken words and thoughts even harder to differentiate.
Performance - no issues,
Bugs - not found ,
Animations - 2(at start) 4 later on, Marrionette motions look very unrealistic, though they do improve after ch5.2.
Voice Acting - n/a,
Grammar - 2, very poor. missused or completely wrong words and phrasing. Constant missuse of he/she/his/hers/you/me/them/etc. Switches between first person narration from the MC, and first person narration from other characters, which just doesn't flow well.
Amount of content - 4, there's quite a bit there, though a lot of it might not be to taste.
* MC often manipulates his famiy and friends in a wholely narcissistic way, forcing his mother to smile when she's sad just to make his pathetic ass happy, instead of saying/doing legitimate things to cheer her up.
* Mom and aunt are twins, and have the exact same name except one letter. Youngest sister's name is also the same, just spelled differently. With well over 30 characters in game this just adds to the f'in confusion.
* Selections are binary; Love OR Corruption. There is very little difference between them though, just some slightly different dialog. The pain you cause others is not reduced by selecting the love route.
* You can't avoid unwanted fetishes, at all:
- Prolapse, both anal and vaginal.
- Footjob.
- Granny sex.
- sexual abuse.
- rape where MC is perpetrator.
* A Scene Gallery is sorely needed.
* Significant continuity errors: skin colors change, Alessia grows a foot+ between chapters, etc.