I'd say Valeriyo has a pretty accurate description of the game honestly. I just finished 0.3.0 and the game really is focused on the story, but I could tell essentially everything that was going to happen because it was seriously on the nose. It kinda reminds me of telenovellas or serialised dramas, because it relies entirely on characters being stupid so they make mistakes, but smart enough to think about back-up plans.
The worst part is definitely the fact the MC is apparently ludicrously incompetent at making an argument in any way that matters. He
The game ultimately gives you *zero* reason to actually continue reading because being a primarily story-focused game, not only do your choices not matter but the characters are morons. You clearly *want* us to like these love interests, but your writing quite literally works to dissuade us from ever being with them. The fact that Charlotte, essentially a side-character, got the most development and is arguably more sympathetic than two of the main love interests is wild.
I think the visuals are great, the music is good, the concept *works*, but the story is arguably the most important part of the game and it is unfortunately quite weak. It's like missing the forest for the trees, focused on creating an elaborate web of dangerous people and not realising we have to like the characters to care what happens to them. I *want* this game to be good, to succeed, it's *right* there. There's obviously a lot of passion and love put into it and I love the fact it exudes that passion, but the longer it goes on and the further it strays off the path the more frustrating it becomes.
TL;DR choices that don't seem to matter, love interests who don't care, what's the point in me playing.