Very rough and sometimes nonsensical corruption slope; sex vignettes are pretty lacking.
Basically, I played this game for the initial corruption journey of a female MC, not caring about "late game" content. If I had to sum it up I'd say I was very disappointed.
As is de-facto standard in these life sims, the character has a bunch of stats; the ones I'm interested in are exhibitionism and disinhibition—which is really corruption by another name, so I'm calling it that. And my main criticism is that corruption 0 is an absolute virgin, unwilling to masturbate in relative privacy, and corruption 3 is a slut ready to prostitute herself for a measly $100. At 4 the price you can set goes down to $50. For reference, your hourly wage at that point should be $9 or $11 sans tips for milder lewd requests. Now, bearing this in mind, I want to emphasize that exhibitionism 3 is still not enough to flash tits for money (without sex), which makes no sense. Not only the progression steps are incredibly steep, but the stats don't correlate with each other in a sensible fashion.
This, in my opinion, is the bane of most text games, especially those with procedural generation. They don't focus on making sense of the lewd stats, and making them fine-grained. Or at least sensible. You can go as a corruption 0, exhibitionism 0 character, buy the shortest miniskirt, a g-string, and the largest buttplug the adult store has, and wear this... anywhere, from day 1, in perpetuity (yes, including the plug, 24x7, classes, workouts, sleep). What? Something wrong? Let's see, you've got outer wear and underwear, that means you formally pass all your modesty checks and so your character is okay with that! Occasionally you'll get one of three short vignettes for wearing the plug, and when I say short I mean it. They are literally two-sentence long. Then you can edge the main character so she constantly walks on the brink of orgasm, go to the bar, and hook up with a stranger, letting him fuck you in any way, before even asking for a name. And if you know what you're doing, and have some luck with the bar visitors, you can do it again. And again.
But fucking god forbid you dare to go out without a bra with a modest top on. Exhibition 0! Not lewd enough! Shoo! Shoo! Go grind some lewd stats!
Is this depth, or rather lack thereof, even appropriate for a text-only game? But hey, you can have said sex toys and a gazillion of clothing articles in over a dozen different colours! Now that is an important feature. This pond may seem large because of all these clothing options, but it is not even ankle deep.
Just as another example, the game features an introductory sex event on day one, which in case of a bi female MC takes shape in the form of a stranger with a huge dick who jerks off onto the faces of MC and two other girls. Now's the important part: it happens on a campus bus, mid-tour, and with other people around! And the only choice you're given is what to do after MC's face is glazed (wipe, lick off, let dry). To add insult to injury, the event goes back to back with character creation, but plays out exactly the same regardless of the starting corruption stat, which can be as low as 0 and as high as 3 (remember, 0 is a chaste virgin uncomfortable with any sexuality, and 3 is the level at which MC is already willing to sell her body for just one Franklin). This instantly invalidates any weight corruption stat has, because it hasn't any! It's only a dumb gating switch, that works maybe for only half of event types!
All this was to say that for a game that advertises corruption as one of its key features, the way corruption stats are (not) working is just unacceptable in my opinion. Add some really dry prose in sex scenes, incredibly so in procedurally generated parts, and it is not a good look at all.
A lot of other reviews mention grind as a major flaw of the game, and I suppose that depends. Some aspects, like relationships with other NPCs are indeed incredibly grindy. You can hang out with a character for several hours and still not know their name. Ridiculously grindy. But you can skip them, and go for some other less grindy paths like burger joint slut, like I did.
Okay... I need to say something nice, I guess. The general routine and UX are pretty good. Navigation is very good for a text game, having an actual map that you can click to fast travel does wonders for useability. The technical side of writing is also fine, no obvious typos or errors. The setting is realistic and boring, and that's a good thing, because the alternative is some seedy Rapetown. You won't need to engage in combat to defend yourself at every turn. The worst you'll face is occasional molestation on the crowded bus which you can shut down (or encourage).
The score is not final, but for now (v0.4.27) it is what it is.
Basically, I played this game for the initial corruption journey of a female MC, not caring about "late game" content. If I had to sum it up I'd say I was very disappointed.
As is de-facto standard in these life sims, the character has a bunch of stats; the ones I'm interested in are exhibitionism and disinhibition—which is really corruption by another name, so I'm calling it that. And my main criticism is that corruption 0 is an absolute virgin, unwilling to masturbate in relative privacy, and corruption 3 is a slut ready to prostitute herself for a measly $100. At 4 the price you can set goes down to $50. For reference, your hourly wage at that point should be $9 or $11 sans tips for milder lewd requests. Now, bearing this in mind, I want to emphasize that exhibitionism 3 is still not enough to flash tits for money (without sex), which makes no sense. Not only the progression steps are incredibly steep, but the stats don't correlate with each other in a sensible fashion.
This, in my opinion, is the bane of most text games, especially those with procedural generation. They don't focus on making sense of the lewd stats, and making them fine-grained. Or at least sensible. You can go as a corruption 0, exhibitionism 0 character, buy the shortest miniskirt, a g-string, and the largest buttplug the adult store has, and wear this... anywhere, from day 1, in perpetuity (yes, including the plug, 24x7, classes, workouts, sleep). What? Something wrong? Let's see, you've got outer wear and underwear, that means you formally pass all your modesty checks and so your character is okay with that! Occasionally you'll get one of three short vignettes for wearing the plug, and when I say short I mean it. They are literally two-sentence long. Then you can edge the main character so she constantly walks on the brink of orgasm, go to the bar, and hook up with a stranger, letting him fuck you in any way, before even asking for a name. And if you know what you're doing, and have some luck with the bar visitors, you can do it again. And again.
But fucking god forbid you dare to go out without a bra with a modest top on. Exhibition 0! Not lewd enough! Shoo! Shoo! Go grind some lewd stats!
Is this depth, or rather lack thereof, even appropriate for a text-only game? But hey, you can have said sex toys and a gazillion of clothing articles in over a dozen different colours! Now that is an important feature. This pond may seem large because of all these clothing options, but it is not even ankle deep.
Just as another example, the game features an introductory sex event on day one, which in case of a bi female MC takes shape in the form of a stranger with a huge dick who jerks off onto the faces of MC and two other girls. Now's the important part: it happens on a campus bus, mid-tour, and with other people around! And the only choice you're given is what to do after MC's face is glazed (wipe, lick off, let dry). To add insult to injury, the event goes back to back with character creation, but plays out exactly the same regardless of the starting corruption stat, which can be as low as 0 and as high as 3 (remember, 0 is a chaste virgin uncomfortable with any sexuality, and 3 is the level at which MC is already willing to sell her body for just one Franklin). This instantly invalidates any weight corruption stat has, because it hasn't any! It's only a dumb gating switch, that works maybe for only half of event types!
All this was to say that for a game that advertises corruption as one of its key features, the way corruption stats are (not) working is just unacceptable in my opinion. Add some really dry prose in sex scenes, incredibly so in procedurally generated parts, and it is not a good look at all.
A lot of other reviews mention grind as a major flaw of the game, and I suppose that depends. Some aspects, like relationships with other NPCs are indeed incredibly grindy. You can hang out with a character for several hours and still not know their name. Ridiculously grindy. But you can skip them, and go for some other less grindy paths like burger joint slut, like I did.
Okay... I need to say something nice, I guess. The general routine and UX are pretty good. Navigation is very good for a text game, having an actual map that you can click to fast travel does wonders for useability. The technical side of writing is also fine, no obvious typos or errors. The setting is realistic and boring, and that's a good thing, because the alternative is some seedy Rapetown. You won't need to engage in combat to defend yourself at every turn. The worst you'll face is occasional molestation on the crowded bus which you can shut down (or encourage).
The score is not final, but for now (v0.4.27) it is what it is.
