More than likely it's the gameplay to porn ratio. Makura is pretty well known for his hard NTR so most people going into one of their games should expect it. But, Makura also likes to make actual game games. And for this one he went off the deep end with it lol.
For how much frustration/stress the NTR characters and situations cause the sheer amount of effort you have to go through to even get to those/any scenes is heavily lopsided. This is compounded by incredibly vague directions on what to do next to advance the story.
Now this one's a bit personal but, I don't really care for the custom character dynamic either. I feel it really takes away from the feeling of these being real characters that matter. They feel like fodder at best. Which isn't helped by Makura's kinda... generic art style.
I still like the game mind you. But, yeah it definitely loses some points and isn't as good as the previous one.
Nailed it on the head. Too much game, not enough H in this H-Game.
Makura makes well designed and well written characters, all with their own desires and backstories. To basically remove that entire aspect and give us 5 very basic personalities who we pick a hair color for was a choice I was against from day 1 as I felt it would result in bland girls who I don't care for. And that was exactly the result.
The reason I was fine with 3x 2 hour long prologues for each of the main girls in the 3 starting routes for Leane 2 was because each one fleshed out the girls, their nations and the world as a whole. We learned how the nations interact, who the enemies were and the lore of the setting.
In Bride I don't know what country we're in, if there are other nations or how they all interact. There's a queen, but of what? The entire map? Just Sapphire City? A 6 year wait for a less game.
