Updated Review for Ep.4 Part 1
I think the premise of infiltrating a crime family as a secret agent and seducing all the women within is pretty good for an AVN. The renders and character models are pretty solid, and the writing isn't super slacked on either. Given choices on how to respond in dialogue is always nice as well.
Here's the problem. The game has you in a simulation. Almost all of the women you romance are essentially AI generated I suppose? They are based on real life counterparts, but exist completely separate in this simulation. Now this is a huge matter of preference, but that alone kind of killed my enthusiasm for playing this. I don't find the concept of romancing simulated women very enticing. Which is pretty ironic since that's what you do in most porn games. But here it's almost like you're playing a porn game within a porn game?
Maybe there's some twist down the line that ends up with you interacting with the real women that all the AI are based on, and even still a couple of the love interests are real, but for now I just find it hard to get invested personally. I should mention I didn't play all available content because of this. One of those cases where I think the game is just not necessarily for me rather than having objective problems with it. Hence the four star rating.
To touch on the game itself more, one element that felt missing was tension. Quite frankly, this big crime family boss feels like a chump. I don't find him that interesting or intimidating. Two random lackeys from off the street took him hostage like it was nothing in one of the first scenes we see him in. Bottom line: he doesn't give off a strong impression as a character, and I think it's taking away from the game because of that with how much of the story revolves around him so far.
Again I don't think this is bad, but the simulation aspect is something I'm just not super into. I'm keeping an eye on this for potential plot twists and such, but this is not a game I'm actively playing.