Man, third time I tried to get into this one over the years. It hits all my usual buttons. But I can't even finish the first chapter. It is so goddamn slow. I mean, I have no problem with slow usually, but I guess it all adds up on this one? Slow burn relationship building, which is nice, actually my favorite kind, with insanely slow gameplay (no skipping uninteresting parts, and there are a lot in the 1st chapter already...) and then the transitions between scenes which are intentionally made long. I mean, I just watched a dream sequence that could have taken 10 seconds to make its point, and it took like 3 minutes because there were like 5 transitions that took forever.
I guess my question is, does it get "better" later on? I mean that out of the perspective of what I wrote above. I already know it is a good game, or it wouldn't be so popular. But maybe the writing and pace get better later on? It has been a long time since the game was started, so maybe over time it improved? I just don't want to give up too early on this one since I have heard so many positive things about it. But if it stays the same through all 19 chapters, I gotta tap out I think.
And I guess my second question is, if "Double Homework" would check the boxes for the same problems I seem to have with DFD?