At first I was shocked because I looked at the graphics, I thought it's not bad, why such low ratings, I downloaded and started playing and again I thought this VN looks cool, why such low reviews? I finished the prologue and I know everything, I turned it off after 5 minutes, when I finished the prologue, this game is unplayable
So you stopped before playing the sandbox , basically to you a screen should be cluttered with icons on locations instead of a clean UI
We have quest markers , auto triggers , mini maps , phone system to navigate small conversations and choice differences.
So let me make this straight , what you don't like is not the sandbox.
What you don't like is that it's not a VN.
That's our decision to make it so , if it was 'unplayable' then we wouldn't be gaining subs but losing them.
I don't want to be that guy but to be very honest , I genuinely think people like you are why devs don't try out new things.
Just do same old same old and don't bother innovating in anyway in renpy.
It's your preference so I get that don't worry but man if you thought the prologue done by us , the girls done by us , the renders done by us was good.
Then perhaps consider that it is those same people that went for the sandbox.
That's all , take care though and thanks for playing ~