It's not a game for everyone. These words can already scare away most players. But when an unprepared person who doesn't pay attention to the tags launches the game and doesn't find the love and harem that so many people love, gets scared and runs away in horror, I just wish such people to avoid such games. The main thing is that he did not write a negative review, just because the game did not meet his expectations. This game is really the dark way, it glorifies violence, including domestic violence, humiliation and the desire to dominate. Give the game a chance and maybe you can vent your negativity by playing it without carrying it over into real life.
So back to the gameplay.
Over the course of the game we see the author's skill grow, he improves in scripting and adding variation. He adds choices with pictures, buttons. Again, the game is not completely linear, you're bound to miss some of the content in one playthrough. It's not as bad as it sounds, linearity is evil. Make choices and, if you wish, dive into this dystopian story a second time, for new discoveries.
And the pluses I can safely call unusual game, responsiveness of the author, who always answers questions and goes to the contact, non-linearity of the game, a great story with drugs and criminals, violence without going into overdrive.
As for the minuses of the game, there are. To these I can refer the visuals, no, not the characters themselves or the surrounding world, but their post-processing... it is difficult to describe, but the author himself knows, the program that draws makes thousands of mistakes, piled clothing, cracks in the faces, and to fix them, you need a lot of time and desire. Without this processing, there will always be picky people like me who will be distracted and angry.
The second disadvantage is mistakes in language, English is not my native language, even now I write through a translator, because otherwise I will write slowly and erroneously. And not the author's native language, which he honestly warns about, but still, mistakes in the game are mistakes in the game.
Even so, I give the game my best grade. It is worth it, and I thank the author for his hard work and wish him creative success.
If you haven't played it yet, give the game a chance and who knows, maybe Path of Darkness won't be so bad for you.