I don't know the source material so I can't speak to that side of things, but after just the first chapter (which is apparently the worst???) I'm super impressed with the writing and the art. The music is anywhere between good and great (probably not memorable but better than average for sure), and the characters are likeable enough that I look forward to playing the other route even though I'm not really into the "love" routes / elements of these games 99% of the time - but I find myself really liking the townspeople anyways and want more of them >_>
So yeah, anyway, I'm not a reviewer by any stretch of the imagination so I'll leave my thoughts as they are, but I'll reiterate that everything about this game feels good, and I highly recommend it. There also seems to be a LOT of content, which is awesome because I love what I've seen so far (I downloaded a gallery unlocker before knowing if I'd like the story at all and peeked at the fourth book at random - there seems to be literally 7x the amount of scenes as book 1, and the one I actually 'sampled' out of curiosity had even better writing and was actually really sweet).
I'm gonna sign up to their patreon for a few months just to throw some money at them because knowing what I know now, I woulda bought this off a storefront in a heartbeat for at least $20 or $30. Oh, and the game has a great sense of humor without it getting in the way or being obnoxious, which is a lot of fun.
Edit: I guess I should mention the sex scenes in an H-game, huh... lol. They're excellent. I've only seen the slave route of book 1, but every event was anywhere between very good and absolutely awesome. The writing is really good both in and out of the scenes - the poses / positions / expressions / acts themselves (like one of the first things you can make Katara do in the slave route is stick out her tongue - oral fetishists unite! lmao but for real, I don't think I've ever seen that and immediately it caught my attention). So yeah, the scenes are fantastic.
Edit 2: I need to proofread before hitting enter... I doubt the dev will ever see this, but if so, then I love the choice to keep facial expressions the same in the CGs / animations and instead have the character's portrait change expressions as appropriate with their dialogue box - A) Very clever way to save resources, and B) It allows you to sort of choose what face you wanna look at depending on what any given person thinks is hotter/more appropriate for that point in the scene, or both if you prefer. Which is a weird bonus I didn't know I wanted until I got it hah - surprisingly nice touch, though!
So yeah, anyway, I'm not a reviewer by any stretch of the imagination so I'll leave my thoughts as they are, but I'll reiterate that everything about this game feels good, and I highly recommend it. There also seems to be a LOT of content, which is awesome because I love what I've seen so far (I downloaded a gallery unlocker before knowing if I'd like the story at all and peeked at the fourth book at random - there seems to be literally 7x the amount of scenes as book 1, and the one I actually 'sampled' out of curiosity had even better writing and was actually really sweet).
I'm gonna sign up to their patreon for a few months just to throw some money at them because knowing what I know now, I woulda bought this off a storefront in a heartbeat for at least $20 or $30. Oh, and the game has a great sense of humor without it getting in the way or being obnoxious, which is a lot of fun.
Edit: I guess I should mention the sex scenes in an H-game, huh... lol. They're excellent. I've only seen the slave route of book 1, but every event was anywhere between very good and absolutely awesome. The writing is really good both in and out of the scenes - the poses / positions / expressions / acts themselves (like one of the first things you can make Katara do in the slave route is stick out her tongue - oral fetishists unite! lmao but for real, I don't think I've ever seen that and immediately it caught my attention). So yeah, the scenes are fantastic.
Edit 2: I need to proofread before hitting enter... I doubt the dev will ever see this, but if so, then I love the choice to keep facial expressions the same in the CGs / animations and instead have the character's portrait change expressions as appropriate with their dialogue box - A) Very clever way to save resources, and B) It allows you to sort of choose what face you wanna look at depending on what any given person thinks is hotter/more appropriate for that point in the scene, or both if you prefer. Which is a weird bonus I didn't know I wanted until I got it hah - surprisingly nice touch, though!