technically accomplished, I like the graphic style and the renderings are of quality...
the story hints at a solid plot, but I can't seem to engage with it..either the writing style or the translation, or whatever else it is... I can't help but disliike most of the characters, MC included.. this absolute drama of broken people they are trying to sell us, contrasted with the levity of kelly who has decided to let a random one night stand fuck her entire family and friends collective... it's umbearably messy and the aforementioned drama has no truck not being defined in the first 2 chapters of the game.
I can tell it tries to be deep and well written, but it doesn't seem to succeed, at least, it doesn't do it for me.
there's just too much hinted drama for too little actual exposition and development of the plot. some ideas are rather clever, but the general plot is just a jumble. following kelly's plotline seems to be a completely separate game from the rest, and the reactions of some of the characters are contrived at best, to move the plot in a direction that doesn't feel natural.
for some reason, despite being two chapters in and some serious hanky panky, the overal feeling of gloom makes me feel like nothing relevant has actually happened.
so.. this is a mixed bag that can either turn out to be a masterpiece, but it's too early to tell.. or it's just a mess that is going to become a bigger mess.
which would be a shame because it does open the door to a lot of interesting possibilities and, as I said, graphically, it's very accomplished even though there isn't a lot of variety in terms of body shapes and so on.
