I share a similar response to a number of other people here. For me, the fantasy of a harem comes down to, having total access to the bodies of beautiful women without needing to schedule their free time or worry about their feelings. In reality, that NEVER happens; your girlfriend needs to go to class, your wife needs to go to work, your fuck-buddy isn't in the mood. With a harem, you feel like having a woman, so you take her; her life is devoted to your whims. I find that HOT. It is wish fulfillment, to be the center of the universe for several beautiful women.
Like other players, I don't want to share.
With the second chapter, there started to be a sense that the player doesn't have unfettered access to ANY of the women: you can't have the dark elf unless you agree to share her, Sapphire will only do what she feels like doing, Fern gets used by someone else, the women at the Brimstone Club are only borrowed.... No one really seems like she's YOURS.
I wasn't sure if that's
Niteowl's personal kink or something else. I was hoping, for instance, we could whittle away at Sapphire's objections, coercing her to go past her limits a little more each time, until the statement that she's not a slave... no longer seems true.
Anal with Sugar was a delightful addition, and she remains my favorite girl. Maybe have her talk less about being so experienced? "It's ALWAYS a great honor," "My favorite position," etc., seem like she's constantly reminding you that she's fucked plenty of other guys.
Shandar and Sapphire are incredibly hot too, and I'm eager to start training them. (I'd also like to buy Sugar, or find some other way to add the humble beauty to the harem.)
Someone asked for harder, edgier BDSM; I'd say "hell yes!" to that. Let's see Shandar on the ground kissing the main character's feet; let's see Sapphire held at the edge of an orgasm which you don't let her have unless she promises to let you give her a severe whipping....
The game remains ambitious as heck, almost dauntingly so; all the vast world-building seems intimidating. But if you stay focused on the immediate pleasures while you construct that larger imaginary world, you'll keep our interest.