English:............8/10
User Interface:.....7/10
User Experience:....7/10
Art:................8/10
Dialogue:...........7/10
Story:..............4/10
Opinion:............5/10................
Avg:.............6.57/10 [3.29/5]
If you're someone like me, who knows more than how to get to facebook, about computers, I honestly hope this makes as little sense to you as it does to me. Not in some "Oh it's just too intellectual for you" kind of way. The premise of this is some guy has some data on a server that is also his own personal metaverse. For whatever reason, this sensitive data isn't in an enclosed or disconnected system and is connected to the internet, where everyone can just VR themselves into. And ALL of the digital avatars this guy created, somehow, have knowledge of some kind about the sensitive data. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS? All he seems to need to do is unplug an ethernet cable somewhere. This really wants to be the Matrix, but just takes the damage and virtual world without the logistics and ideas. Which is a bit of a shame, because that's the cool part of the Matrix. But whatever. Big business is doing something? And this organization wants to do something with that something? Notice how I have no idea what they're talking about? That's because the opening dialogue between Nina and Deloney makes no sense. They use a bunch of nondescript nouns and this rushed timeframe to make it seem urgent. You know, just a nugget of grounding to give the reader a frame of reference on what they're talking about. Then when you finally meet MC, whose supposed to be a seductive honey pot for women, he's a bumbling idiot that is led around by the nose twice in a row. And, to be clear, I'm not one of those guys that get mad about MC "not being alpha enough" I just think it's weird Chuckie Finster is supposed to be seducing women. It just doesn't make a lot of sense for a timid guy to be seductive. But whatever, if it continues or gets worse I'll say something.
The story cold opens to Nina stealing something, somewhere. Then, her team says The Executioner is coming. Someone dies off-screen, and Nina jumps out a window, revealing they're in a simulation and not the real world. Why her leg is broken from waking up? How someone died? What were they even doing? How does stealing something in a game steal it in real life? None of these are answered, right away. My guess is "THE MATRIX DID IT! SO WE WILL TOO!" If by some miracle they explain any of this, I'll clarify later. Gladly. As it stands, MC is going to be a guy that seduces video game NPCs. There's also a line about MC not getting connected tot the AI before entering the sim. So Kathy shouts "Did you fuck Deloney?" It comes out of nowhere and makes false jealousy as well as insinuates MC is more charming than he actually is. I don't get why it's there, Kathy would have been informed in some way that an agent needs to go into the sim due to an emergency. And a doctor would be level headed enough to not jump to dumb conclusions. Then he's pushed into the sim, Liam introduces himself and without meeting her or knowing anything MC infers from Liam saying he doesn't like being stuck with Nina that he would love to be around her. Why? What context clue, in the ONE line saying he hates being stuck with Nina, was it made apparent he'd like her. It does not come across as sarcasm either. It's just a line to make MC seem more like a womanizer, I guess. And when he meets Nina officially, she greets him normally with a pleasant smile and MC thinks "I already feel she's not my fan." AGAIN. Why? Why did he jump to this conclusion? The image we, the player, is given is of her being nice and with a smile. The dialogue was short but not aggressive or negative in any way. Why does he think that? To make her a bigger conquest when she falls in love with him for no reason later, I'm sure. And Liam constantly chime in about her being bitchy, but she's just acting like a superior would to a new recruit. It makes no sense. And Val is the stereotypical "Tech girl that will fall for MC from afar" You get a choice to make her laugh but the joke isn't funny so that doesn't bode well either. Great.
They eventually introduce something called "morph" I guess. What doesn't make sense is they have to inject themselves with it. Again, they're in a simulation why do they need to do that? Just have them be better? There's so many of these little things that don't make sense and we're like 20 mins in. And Nina also downplays supposed flirting with MC? But she just said the drug makes him last longer in bed. Where was the flirt? And the only thing that would confirm it is the "What? Noooo." Is this a preteen romance? Why talk like an obvious girl with a crush? Especially since she's been short with everything she's said. They finally explain their job, but it again, makes no sense. I'm sorry I'm parroting that sentiment but it's true. Why does Aegis need security code for the simulation? What does that do for them? Why do virtual family members have access to these codes? What even is the simulation? Why is Zhine a traitor for putting security on a simulation he created? It all just feels like this was writtes solely to have the setting in a virtual reality. Then Liam and MC go to steal a car for whatever reason, they stop because a drunk NPC shows up and complains. Then it cuts to Nina trying to masturbate for some reason. You can't wait til night? This scene is only there to remind you, player, that this is a sex game. And later Nina says she understands that Liam and MC want some action. But MC has never said this and he still has to acclimate to the sim. No. Liam did something stupid and MC just followed along because he's a moron. And Liam's eagerness to have MC have sex is just odd. Yeah, as guys you congratulate a friend when he gets laid. But they just met and he's acting like he's gonna sit there and watch every time. It's a little weird. Then a scene where Nina puts on a body suit to report back. Adding the question "Why does she need a body suit to accomplish what the AI handling their interactions could accomplish?" She also shows her boobs and her areola have no nipples, so it's a weird sight. They actually look like pepperoni, a shame.
Next day, MC wakes up with morning wood and Nina is there to look at it. Because MC didn't return home after X years to suddenly be attracted to his family, so they had to have a morning wood scene somehow. And you get the "choice" to help val or nina and do both. Why give the choice? Nina and MC also force this awful banter too. It's as if they're trying to make it seem charming but they just interject with obscene jokes and unrelatable back and forth. Then Liam jumps in to go out to a party that night and Nina says him getting laid would be a regression for humankind, but this is just a simulation, none of them are real? There's a point where MC talks to Natalie, the bartender, and when he tries to get to know her, she stops the conversation by saying "Coming behind the counter and making me squirm while you lick my wet pussy is out of the question... Tonight" At no point was more than an innuendo made and she blurts this out. And the scene ends when they show a weird animation of her stiff, robotic hand moving her shoulder window on her clothes? What was this video? I don't understand. She showed no skin, didn't move the cloth, and her hand looked like a prop. Why was MC so entranced by it? Nothing happened. If every animation looks like someone trying to hook fabric with a metal rod, I'm going to laugh. The dialogue continues to interject unhinged porn memes and sex talk with people MC just met it's boggling my mind. And I guess they're supposed to be joking around, but when they offer to set Liam up they suddenly call him shy and he hides in the bathroom? He's never been shy, characters just say he's shy because showing or writing it would be hard. Then, after an interrogation scene of Zhine trying to learn why MC is in the city, MC is given a job by Zhine because they saved him. But the entire thing plays out so weird. MC rattles off some cliche lines as if he's some action hero and Zhine offers him the world essentially. Again, this is a simulation run by Zhine and the only real person is Zhine, shouldn't none of this be happening? Am I missing something?
Finally, MC actually goes to meet a target. Zhine's daughter. He's given a picture and location to find her. You, the player, don't get to see it. Also, for some reason MC is talking to Val, she abruptly stops, and now he's talking to Nina. Why? Nobody knows. I forgot to mention that Val is an NPC too, don't know why or how she ended up working for Aegis, she just is. When you meet the Zhine family, I refuse to write that anymore and from here on out it will be "Z", the mother, rightfully, gets suspicious of MC. Then he has a dumb internal monologue about how happy he is being around hot women. Then it cuts to out of the sim where MC's brain is scanned faster than anyones. And Kathy and Deloney just shout information at each other. Apparently Morph is addictive. MC also has high Morph retention, whatever that is. And MC needs it now for yet again, no known reason. They just talk about these things that mean NOTHING as of yet like it's supposed to be serious. And Deloney is attached to MC for some mystery box reason as well. Can't wait for that forced reveal in 2 years... Only to break away to A USELESS LINEAR SANDBOX ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Stop doing this. They even TRY to explain what the simulation is, but fail to do so. What are they trying to do? Why are they trying to do it? None of this is real but gotta be inside VR so shut up and accept the story, jackass. If I'd known it breaks out into an ugly, early 2000s techno themed sandbox for no good reason I wouldn't have started this. But here we are. Then you get an unceremonious sex scene with Jane because MC helped her clean? Jump to picking up Lilith and Kendra to negotiate with someone called Steve the Schizo. The simulation that's supposed to defend Z, instead points his wife to start sleeping with MC. Right. And Whatever Morph does, we'll never see it, but Nina is sexually frustrated. The only cure will obviously be MCs penis. Can I ask: How did a story about a virtual world end up as a dumb mafia story? Sure, so far, it's better than most mafia stories, but it's still there. Did the AVN community as a whole only learn about rednecks and scarface? And why is the daughter always made out to act like an 8 year old? Come on.
You remember MC being Chuckie Finster? And Kathy saying he's only had one girlfriend? Yeah, now he's acting like he's some heartthrob and it's insufferable. Where did this come from? Why is he suddenly trying to fuck everything? I don't get it. If it's supposed to be a facade, it's not put on well. And MC's refusal to tell Liam and Nina about the Morph for some reason? Unless he did in the cut out sections. Which, sure, I'm glad we don't get a recap, but that's an important thing. I've kinda let a lot of the story pass because it's all similar issues. That last part was about when MC meets with Cleo to buy stuff from Lynch. Just before it, MC sees Blaze(not the movie fan, the supposed LI) and the woman he danced with at the start carrying the same briefcases that he picked up just after. They also mention that this is a game, meaning they are real people? I think? WHY he was in that random alley to meet them? Who knows. Why he didn't think "Huh they had the same things" is beyond me. Sure, he says "those are some odd briefcases" but nothing comes of it, he just gets nudes out of it. Skip ahead to where I'm currently at, Z just got bombed and MC somehow deduced there would be danger. I must have missed the line where he figured it out, but he just runs to the rescue. I THINK he was sure Steve would kill Z, but I've kinda mentally checked out of the story, for the most part. And it's at this point I have to ask: "Why is Nina there?" She literally just sits there and complains and offers nothing. All she's done is fail to masturbate and tell them where to go once. No insight, no training, no off-screen actions, nothing. Then, SUDDENLY, MC extorts sex out of Sgt. Cox? Why? Just to get sex? Yeah, there's only been a few sex scenes, but who cares? And can we take a moment to admire Cleo's 80 year old hands? They look like long prunes. They made it a point to giver her a vape and show her hands in almost every scene she's in, couldn't they have given her hands her age? Those demon claws are intimidating.
I would also like to point out that the Sandbox UI has been completely useless outside of ONE job. The phone conversations are mandatory, so they might as well be put in, and you have to click on everything anyway. What am I, the player, getting out of it? And most of the sandbox parts are at the base, so MOST of it is all recapping what's happened. You know what recaps are? Time padding. Lazy. It took them THIS long, most of the games current lifetime, to actually add something to do in the sandbox. Around here, Nina is working out IN A SIMULATION saying she's fat. I just can't be bothered after this point to call out every reason that makes no sense. And if this game ever ends, and she wakes up with a healed leg because it healed in the simulation, that lasted 12 real hours, I will lose my mind. I commented about Nina's drawn on nipples earlier, but, disappointingly so, most of the women in this have flabby pancake tits too. I think three of the women have conventionally shaped tits and the rest seem to "pour" into their bra. So no only has the sex been sparse, not a complaint an observation, but the girls don't look amazing naked. I don't understand what Morph is supposed to be or do, it's an amazing cure-all but super addictive. Nina needs it for symptoms she just doesn't show. Liam is this weird character that is apparently a super soldier with no weaknesses, but is also somehow a cuck that wants MC laid at all times and never does anything for himself? He makes no sense. And they keep saying the Sim is difficult, but nothing is happening. And there's literally no way Agent Lawson, MC's dad because while they can't write story details they can't hide a dumb reveal either, ISN'T going to show up. Which means the sandbox stuff that adds to the danger level is meaningless. Because no matter what you do, you're going to get that outcome. I also don't understand MC's reluctance to kill these fake people. They're NPCs. Sure, I moaned about him extorting sex out of Cox, but that was him suddenly acting weird to get sex. This is him reluctant to fight in a fighting game.
Ulitmately, This is a mixed bag. The English is fine, I THINK it's from someone that doesn't speak English, but it's edited well and only a few noticeable mix ups with lines. The UI/UX is heavily edited. It's pretty gaudy and too "2000s techno" for me, but I appreciate the effort. The Art looks good for the most part, but the models nudey bits are mostly disappointing. The dialogue, when they're not trying to force this nonexistant banter between MC, Liam and Nina, is pretty good. When MC suddenly morphs (no pun intended) into some schlocky heartthrob or a sexual deviant, I hate it. But generally it's alright. The Story, however, brings this way down. I have no idea why they're in the sim. I don't understand the rules of the sim. There's the Deloney mystery box which makes no sense. The Lawson and Val stuff that also make no sense. There is no good reason to set this in a virtual world. If this was JUST the Z mafia stuff, I would rate this way higher, but this layer of VR just does nothing for me. I don't see a way this comes back around to really address a lot of my issues with the VR stuff either. Three separate times now, I've mentally checked out of the story, it's unfortunate. I can see why it's rated highly, sure. But if you think about anything, which I'm cursed to do, it makes the story nonsense. Don't get me wrong, it does a LOT right, but when I'm not even into any of the LIs on top of a frustrating concept, I can't get into it.
User Interface:.....7/10
User Experience:....7/10
Art:................8/10
Dialogue:...........7/10
Story:..............4/10
Opinion:............5/10................
Avg:.............6.57/10 [3.29/5]
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If you're someone like me, who knows more than how to get to facebook, about computers, I honestly hope this makes as little sense to you as it does to me. Not in some "Oh it's just too intellectual for you" kind of way. The premise of this is some guy has some data on a server that is also his own personal metaverse. For whatever reason, this sensitive data isn't in an enclosed or disconnected system and is connected to the internet, where everyone can just VR themselves into. And ALL of the digital avatars this guy created, somehow, have knowledge of some kind about the sensitive data. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS? All he seems to need to do is unplug an ethernet cable somewhere. This really wants to be the Matrix, but just takes the damage and virtual world without the logistics and ideas. Which is a bit of a shame, because that's the cool part of the Matrix. But whatever. Big business is doing something? And this organization wants to do something with that something? Notice how I have no idea what they're talking about? That's because the opening dialogue between Nina and Deloney makes no sense. They use a bunch of nondescript nouns and this rushed timeframe to make it seem urgent. You know, just a nugget of grounding to give the reader a frame of reference on what they're talking about. Then when you finally meet MC, whose supposed to be a seductive honey pot for women, he's a bumbling idiot that is led around by the nose twice in a row. And, to be clear, I'm not one of those guys that get mad about MC "not being alpha enough" I just think it's weird Chuckie Finster is supposed to be seducing women. It just doesn't make a lot of sense for a timid guy to be seductive. But whatever, if it continues or gets worse I'll say something.
The story cold opens to Nina stealing something, somewhere. Then, her team says The Executioner is coming. Someone dies off-screen, and Nina jumps out a window, revealing they're in a simulation and not the real world. Why her leg is broken from waking up? How someone died? What were they even doing? How does stealing something in a game steal it in real life? None of these are answered, right away. My guess is "THE MATRIX DID IT! SO WE WILL TOO!" If by some miracle they explain any of this, I'll clarify later. Gladly. As it stands, MC is going to be a guy that seduces video game NPCs. There's also a line about MC not getting connected tot the AI before entering the sim. So Kathy shouts "Did you fuck Deloney?" It comes out of nowhere and makes false jealousy as well as insinuates MC is more charming than he actually is. I don't get why it's there, Kathy would have been informed in some way that an agent needs to go into the sim due to an emergency. And a doctor would be level headed enough to not jump to dumb conclusions. Then he's pushed into the sim, Liam introduces himself and without meeting her or knowing anything MC infers from Liam saying he doesn't like being stuck with Nina that he would love to be around her. Why? What context clue, in the ONE line saying he hates being stuck with Nina, was it made apparent he'd like her. It does not come across as sarcasm either. It's just a line to make MC seem more like a womanizer, I guess. And when he meets Nina officially, she greets him normally with a pleasant smile and MC thinks "I already feel she's not my fan." AGAIN. Why? Why did he jump to this conclusion? The image we, the player, is given is of her being nice and with a smile. The dialogue was short but not aggressive or negative in any way. Why does he think that? To make her a bigger conquest when she falls in love with him for no reason later, I'm sure. And Liam constantly chime in about her being bitchy, but she's just acting like a superior would to a new recruit. It makes no sense. And Val is the stereotypical "Tech girl that will fall for MC from afar" You get a choice to make her laugh but the joke isn't funny so that doesn't bode well either. Great.
They eventually introduce something called "morph" I guess. What doesn't make sense is they have to inject themselves with it. Again, they're in a simulation why do they need to do that? Just have them be better? There's so many of these little things that don't make sense and we're like 20 mins in. And Nina also downplays supposed flirting with MC? But she just said the drug makes him last longer in bed. Where was the flirt? And the only thing that would confirm it is the "What? Noooo." Is this a preteen romance? Why talk like an obvious girl with a crush? Especially since she's been short with everything she's said. They finally explain their job, but it again, makes no sense. I'm sorry I'm parroting that sentiment but it's true. Why does Aegis need security code for the simulation? What does that do for them? Why do virtual family members have access to these codes? What even is the simulation? Why is Zhine a traitor for putting security on a simulation he created? It all just feels like this was writtes solely to have the setting in a virtual reality. Then Liam and MC go to steal a car for whatever reason, they stop because a drunk NPC shows up and complains. Then it cuts to Nina trying to masturbate for some reason. You can't wait til night? This scene is only there to remind you, player, that this is a sex game. And later Nina says she understands that Liam and MC want some action. But MC has never said this and he still has to acclimate to the sim. No. Liam did something stupid and MC just followed along because he's a moron. And Liam's eagerness to have MC have sex is just odd. Yeah, as guys you congratulate a friend when he gets laid. But they just met and he's acting like he's gonna sit there and watch every time. It's a little weird. Then a scene where Nina puts on a body suit to report back. Adding the question "Why does she need a body suit to accomplish what the AI handling their interactions could accomplish?" She also shows her boobs and her areola have no nipples, so it's a weird sight. They actually look like pepperoni, a shame.
Next day, MC wakes up with morning wood and Nina is there to look at it. Because MC didn't return home after X years to suddenly be attracted to his family, so they had to have a morning wood scene somehow. And you get the "choice" to help val or nina and do both. Why give the choice? Nina and MC also force this awful banter too. It's as if they're trying to make it seem charming but they just interject with obscene jokes and unrelatable back and forth. Then Liam jumps in to go out to a party that night and Nina says him getting laid would be a regression for humankind, but this is just a simulation, none of them are real? There's a point where MC talks to Natalie, the bartender, and when he tries to get to know her, she stops the conversation by saying "Coming behind the counter and making me squirm while you lick my wet pussy is out of the question... Tonight" At no point was more than an innuendo made and she blurts this out. And the scene ends when they show a weird animation of her stiff, robotic hand moving her shoulder window on her clothes? What was this video? I don't understand. She showed no skin, didn't move the cloth, and her hand looked like a prop. Why was MC so entranced by it? Nothing happened. If every animation looks like someone trying to hook fabric with a metal rod, I'm going to laugh. The dialogue continues to interject unhinged porn memes and sex talk with people MC just met it's boggling my mind. And I guess they're supposed to be joking around, but when they offer to set Liam up they suddenly call him shy and he hides in the bathroom? He's never been shy, characters just say he's shy because showing or writing it would be hard. Then, after an interrogation scene of Zhine trying to learn why MC is in the city, MC is given a job by Zhine because they saved him. But the entire thing plays out so weird. MC rattles off some cliche lines as if he's some action hero and Zhine offers him the world essentially. Again, this is a simulation run by Zhine and the only real person is Zhine, shouldn't none of this be happening? Am I missing something?
Finally, MC actually goes to meet a target. Zhine's daughter. He's given a picture and location to find her. You, the player, don't get to see it. Also, for some reason MC is talking to Val, she abruptly stops, and now he's talking to Nina. Why? Nobody knows. I forgot to mention that Val is an NPC too, don't know why or how she ended up working for Aegis, she just is. When you meet the Zhine family, I refuse to write that anymore and from here on out it will be "Z", the mother, rightfully, gets suspicious of MC. Then he has a dumb internal monologue about how happy he is being around hot women. Then it cuts to out of the sim where MC's brain is scanned faster than anyones. And Kathy and Deloney just shout information at each other. Apparently Morph is addictive. MC also has high Morph retention, whatever that is. And MC needs it now for yet again, no known reason. They just talk about these things that mean NOTHING as of yet like it's supposed to be serious. And Deloney is attached to MC for some mystery box reason as well. Can't wait for that forced reveal in 2 years... Only to break away to A USELESS LINEAR SANDBOX ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Stop doing this. They even TRY to explain what the simulation is, but fail to do so. What are they trying to do? Why are they trying to do it? None of this is real but gotta be inside VR so shut up and accept the story, jackass. If I'd known it breaks out into an ugly, early 2000s techno themed sandbox for no good reason I wouldn't have started this. But here we are. Then you get an unceremonious sex scene with Jane because MC helped her clean? Jump to picking up Lilith and Kendra to negotiate with someone called Steve the Schizo. The simulation that's supposed to defend Z, instead points his wife to start sleeping with MC. Right. And Whatever Morph does, we'll never see it, but Nina is sexually frustrated. The only cure will obviously be MCs penis. Can I ask: How did a story about a virtual world end up as a dumb mafia story? Sure, so far, it's better than most mafia stories, but it's still there. Did the AVN community as a whole only learn about rednecks and scarface? And why is the daughter always made out to act like an 8 year old? Come on.
You remember MC being Chuckie Finster? And Kathy saying he's only had one girlfriend? Yeah, now he's acting like he's some heartthrob and it's insufferable. Where did this come from? Why is he suddenly trying to fuck everything? I don't get it. If it's supposed to be a facade, it's not put on well. And MC's refusal to tell Liam and Nina about the Morph for some reason? Unless he did in the cut out sections. Which, sure, I'm glad we don't get a recap, but that's an important thing. I've kinda let a lot of the story pass because it's all similar issues. That last part was about when MC meets with Cleo to buy stuff from Lynch. Just before it, MC sees Blaze(not the movie fan, the supposed LI) and the woman he danced with at the start carrying the same briefcases that he picked up just after. They also mention that this is a game, meaning they are real people? I think? WHY he was in that random alley to meet them? Who knows. Why he didn't think "Huh they had the same things" is beyond me. Sure, he says "those are some odd briefcases" but nothing comes of it, he just gets nudes out of it. Skip ahead to where I'm currently at, Z just got bombed and MC somehow deduced there would be danger. I must have missed the line where he figured it out, but he just runs to the rescue. I THINK he was sure Steve would kill Z, but I've kinda mentally checked out of the story, for the most part. And it's at this point I have to ask: "Why is Nina there?" She literally just sits there and complains and offers nothing. All she's done is fail to masturbate and tell them where to go once. No insight, no training, no off-screen actions, nothing. Then, SUDDENLY, MC extorts sex out of Sgt. Cox? Why? Just to get sex? Yeah, there's only been a few sex scenes, but who cares? And can we take a moment to admire Cleo's 80 year old hands? They look like long prunes. They made it a point to giver her a vape and show her hands in almost every scene she's in, couldn't they have given her hands her age? Those demon claws are intimidating.
I would also like to point out that the Sandbox UI has been completely useless outside of ONE job. The phone conversations are mandatory, so they might as well be put in, and you have to click on everything anyway. What am I, the player, getting out of it? And most of the sandbox parts are at the base, so MOST of it is all recapping what's happened. You know what recaps are? Time padding. Lazy. It took them THIS long, most of the games current lifetime, to actually add something to do in the sandbox. Around here, Nina is working out IN A SIMULATION saying she's fat. I just can't be bothered after this point to call out every reason that makes no sense. And if this game ever ends, and she wakes up with a healed leg because it healed in the simulation, that lasted 12 real hours, I will lose my mind. I commented about Nina's drawn on nipples earlier, but, disappointingly so, most of the women in this have flabby pancake tits too. I think three of the women have conventionally shaped tits and the rest seem to "pour" into their bra. So no only has the sex been sparse, not a complaint an observation, but the girls don't look amazing naked. I don't understand what Morph is supposed to be or do, it's an amazing cure-all but super addictive. Nina needs it for symptoms she just doesn't show. Liam is this weird character that is apparently a super soldier with no weaknesses, but is also somehow a cuck that wants MC laid at all times and never does anything for himself? He makes no sense. And they keep saying the Sim is difficult, but nothing is happening. And there's literally no way Agent Lawson, MC's dad because while they can't write story details they can't hide a dumb reveal either, ISN'T going to show up. Which means the sandbox stuff that adds to the danger level is meaningless. Because no matter what you do, you're going to get that outcome. I also don't understand MC's reluctance to kill these fake people. They're NPCs. Sure, I moaned about him extorting sex out of Cox, but that was him suddenly acting weird to get sex. This is him reluctant to fight in a fighting game.
Ulitmately, This is a mixed bag. The English is fine, I THINK it's from someone that doesn't speak English, but it's edited well and only a few noticeable mix ups with lines. The UI/UX is heavily edited. It's pretty gaudy and too "2000s techno" for me, but I appreciate the effort. The Art looks good for the most part, but the models nudey bits are mostly disappointing. The dialogue, when they're not trying to force this nonexistant banter between MC, Liam and Nina, is pretty good. When MC suddenly morphs (no pun intended) into some schlocky heartthrob or a sexual deviant, I hate it. But generally it's alright. The Story, however, brings this way down. I have no idea why they're in the sim. I don't understand the rules of the sim. There's the Deloney mystery box which makes no sense. The Lawson and Val stuff that also make no sense. There is no good reason to set this in a virtual world. If this was JUST the Z mafia stuff, I would rate this way higher, but this layer of VR just does nothing for me. I don't see a way this comes back around to really address a lot of my issues with the VR stuff either. Three separate times now, I've mentally checked out of the story, it's unfortunate. I can see why it's rated highly, sure. But if you think about anything, which I'm cursed to do, it makes the story nonsense. Don't get me wrong, it does a LOT right, but when I'm not even into any of the LIs on top of a frustrating concept, I can't get into it.