Review updated for 0.7.4. (Full version.)
Now that the story is no longer weirdly buried in a hidden part of the game, I think the praise the game gets is more understandable. It definitely does some things very well, but it has some flaws that I think still need to be addressed.
Personally, I think the game has way too much DRM for a game this early in development. Getting virus scans going off because the files are encrypted, and having to enter a password *every* time you launch the game is obnoxious. Though tbf, it got me, and I dropped $10 to try the full version of the game. The demo shows you just about everything you're going to get, so it's only worth paying for if you're happy with what's in the demo.
Gameplay
The game play is... Boring honestly. My preference is for male protags, but ended up swapping to the female MC, because the male MC is obnoxiously slow and weak. Anyway, the game dumps you into the world, and you just start the beat 'em up. As another reviewer mentioned, the lewd scenes seem to have no impact on game-play, which is very weird? If you should only be able to lose so many times, but it's just so disjointed. The fights are easy, but tedious, and don't feel like they're building toward anything due to the monotony of the enemies, and lack of story.
Interface
Absolutely awful... There doesn't seem to be an obvious save/load screen as one would expect, so I felt like I couldn't put the game down till it was done. Apparently there is an auto-save, but there's no indicator of when it happens. Also, the control editing requires you to edit "player 3" in order to change the hero swap hotkeys... Really feels like they put no time or thought into it. Absolutely needs to be fleshed out further.
Art
Basically the best part of this game, by far... The characters are super hot, drawn fantastically, and even animated occasionally. If you don't care about gameplay, then you'll probably love this game.
Character Design
Fantastic character designs, every girl is hot and uniquely designed to fit a variety of fetishes. I just wish we had more time to "get to know" the characters first, but that might come as more story does?
Story
Archeologists have finally uncovered the lost, secret story of the game that was buried deep within the twisting labyrinth of the mode formerly known as "The Path of the Pathetic". Turns out, it's actually pretty decent... What little there is, anyway. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be the focus of the game (yet?), where a significant portion of the characters introduced have yet to make their way into the story yet, which is kinda weird.
Kink
Honestly, as a femdom enjoyer, the kinks are pretty great. Lots of footdom, findom, mommydom, etc. It's all executed well, with good art that matches. My main issues with the kink is how it's presented. The scenes pop in almost out of nowhere, and are gone before you can really enjoy them. As another commenter mentioned, there also doesn't seem to be a progression to them. Instead, it's just random, which I don't think is ideal. I think it would make more sense, and be hotter if it was based on what attack they got you with, and how many times they've grappled you already.
Areas for Improvement
Objective improvements:
Major - Fix the save system.
Moderate - Fix the DRM so that a password does not need to be entered upon every launch. (Once the password is entered, put a file in %APPDATA% or something.)
Minor - Fix the controls screen to not have multiple player options, since that clearly doesn't fit the game.
Subjective improvements:
Major - Focus more development on the gameplay, systems, interface, etc over just adding more lewd scenes and girls that aren't even in the story yet.
Moderate - Give the male protagonist some mobility.
Moderate - Make getting raped a bad thing for the male protagonist? The female lead clearly heals from that in the story. Perhaps it should be optional?
Minor - Render the male protagonist in scenes where he's being abused. (Unlikely to happen, since the renders seem to be reused, but I can pray.)
Minor - Some form of build up or progression through the lewd-scenes? Could be optional as well.