I like the game a lot, but it is very repetitive, I wind up doing the same things over and over again.
I look at the hints, but if anyone is saying they never ever have to do the darn thing twice, I just don't think there being totally honest.
The game just becomes a real drag in a lot of places, sometimes it is your corruption is not enough, sometimes it is other variables, but it does become a real drag in a lot of places.
Your forced to make choices you don't want to make because of these variables and there values, not that that is a totally bad thing, but it does bring you back to the repetitive square one a lot trying to find some thing she will do that will increase the variables to the value you need.
The hints are helpful, but not absolute in there guidance.
I do like the game, but I get bored a lot trying to get everything right for certain events I want to see.