Doll Room has the aesthetic locked down but the rest of it is only done mildly good. I definitely enjoyed it, but despite playing it before, I genuinely thought there were going to be more updates... guess not. That's how "lacking" this game is.
+Pros+
+Amazing artstyle and vibes: very nice approach towards the game's art. Well-drawn, well-animated, the lighting is very good, the environment is great, the theming is on point. It's just top tier.
+Sound: very subtle music, knows when to turn down. The sound effects being warped and echoed around depending on the situation makes it pretty immersive. Really feels like I'm IN the game despite being in 3rd person. And the VA is just chef's kiss, she also voices Kaede and Suzu in the GOAT hentai of the same name. I mean that's just a giant pull of a VA right there.
+Sex: the meat of a simulation game. Hot af scenes with great voice acting, as mentioned. There isn't a lot but quality sure surpasses the quantity for this one. The artstyle and the environment boosts the immersion even more and makes the game feels just very warm while doing the scenes. This level of production is more of what I'm looking for.
-Cons-
-Controls: very finnicky. You can only move the screen around by moving your mouse to edges of the screen, then if you want it to stand still, you click the middle mouse button. This wouldn't be a bad thing to get some of that immersion if it wasn't so annoying to deal with + having an alternative way of moving around like dragging the screen (which I've seen many simulation games do instead, and of course, there is a reason: it's just better). You can also instantly shift the camera into our main girl with automatic zooming, but you can't manually move your cameras around while doing that anymore. The auto camera placement is very good but I'm losing a lot of the camera freedom I usually like in simulation games.
-Little freedom: speaking of freedom. Yes, I know, it's because of the hand-drawn animations that causes you to have very little amount of customization. You can't choose what clothes she wears why she's having sex, which is a giant bummer. You're also forced to get into the shower scene after you're done with a scene. I like it cause' it makes it more natural but I do want some of the freedom, and freedom I surely didn't get at all. There's just one bit too much restrictions in each aspect of the gameplay that really turns me down sometimes.
-Short: I did say the quality surpasses the quantity, but that just means that I'm giving more scores for the quality than I do take them away for the quantity. There's not a lot of things you can do, and I'm all for a short but great H-game that I'll keep remembering for a long time, it's undeniable that it's still a glaring weakness this game has compared to other titles.
X-Conclusion-X: It's amazing, but gets dragged down a lot by poor controls and lack of content. I understand its value and its restrictions a lot but that really couldn't save it from going a few points lower than I wanted the game to have. Still, massively recommended. You might only crank your handle one or two times with it but it's gonna be some top quality cranking you'll do.
8.5/10
+Pros+
+Amazing artstyle and vibes: very nice approach towards the game's art. Well-drawn, well-animated, the lighting is very good, the environment is great, the theming is on point. It's just top tier.
+Sound: very subtle music, knows when to turn down. The sound effects being warped and echoed around depending on the situation makes it pretty immersive. Really feels like I'm IN the game despite being in 3rd person. And the VA is just chef's kiss, she also voices Kaede and Suzu in the GOAT hentai of the same name. I mean that's just a giant pull of a VA right there.
+Sex: the meat of a simulation game. Hot af scenes with great voice acting, as mentioned. There isn't a lot but quality sure surpasses the quantity for this one. The artstyle and the environment boosts the immersion even more and makes the game feels just very warm while doing the scenes. This level of production is more of what I'm looking for.
-Cons-
-Controls: very finnicky. You can only move the screen around by moving your mouse to edges of the screen, then if you want it to stand still, you click the middle mouse button. This wouldn't be a bad thing to get some of that immersion if it wasn't so annoying to deal with + having an alternative way of moving around like dragging the screen (which I've seen many simulation games do instead, and of course, there is a reason: it's just better). You can also instantly shift the camera into our main girl with automatic zooming, but you can't manually move your cameras around while doing that anymore. The auto camera placement is very good but I'm losing a lot of the camera freedom I usually like in simulation games.
-Little freedom: speaking of freedom. Yes, I know, it's because of the hand-drawn animations that causes you to have very little amount of customization. You can't choose what clothes she wears why she's having sex, which is a giant bummer. You're also forced to get into the shower scene after you're done with a scene. I like it cause' it makes it more natural but I do want some of the freedom, and freedom I surely didn't get at all. There's just one bit too much restrictions in each aspect of the gameplay that really turns me down sometimes.
-Short: I did say the quality surpasses the quantity, but that just means that I'm giving more scores for the quality than I do take them away for the quantity. There's not a lot of things you can do, and I'm all for a short but great H-game that I'll keep remembering for a long time, it's undeniable that it's still a glaring weakness this game has compared to other titles.
X-Conclusion-X: It's amazing, but gets dragged down a lot by poor controls and lack of content. I understand its value and its restrictions a lot but that really couldn't save it from going a few points lower than I wanted the game to have. Still, massively recommended. You might only crank your handle one or two times with it but it's gonna be some top quality cranking you'll do.
8.5/10