Honestly? I'm amazed that 'offline gachas' aren't more of a thing....
The fact that this even exists is a plus in and of itself, never mind that it's a gacha about summoning other gacha girls!
Alright, let's get started.
Pros:
- The fact that this is a legit F2P gacha experience!
- Simple gameplay loop that's familiar and well done.
- The art is simple, but good and actually gives the girls a distinct touch thanks to the art style.
- The writing is good, which is what actually will carry the story seeing as the setup is as basic as you can get. If anything, the simple background premise actually helps here as it allows for the good writing and character interactions to be the main focus here, something you can see right from the beginning with how the MC/digital us acts and interacts with the world and the world with us/MC.
- Harem raising, team building, earn your lewds experience.
- Room for expansion and growth that mirrors the sort of endless potential actual gachas have, and with none of the whaling or 'need' to spend cash.
Cons
- Because this is true F2P from beginning to end, grinding will be necessary. This isn't really a con to me and your mileage may vary, but I've learned that modern gamers are lazy, entitled little shits who have ZERO CLUE what real grinding is like so yes, have to put that as a potential con.
- The writing is good and the interactions well written overall, but the script does suffer from some grammatical hiccups here and there. Not a big minus, and nothing that another round of editing for a future patch can't fix, but still something to keep in mind if overall polish is something that matters to you.
- This 'is' a gacha, so if that's not your cup of tea, than the very nature of this game and its gameplay loop will be an immediate turn off. Again, your mileage may vary, but I left it as a con simply for the fact that some gamers out there might feel that way. I don't, but then... I like these kinda games myself due to their RPG nature.
- The only 'major' cons, for me at least, are that you can't manually target enemies and that only the S rank characters have an affection stat....
The former is tolerable and isn't something I'll stress as much over but know for a fact that ppl WILL complain about. The later, is more important to me since part of the fun of collecting these girls is to raise their affection too, so the inability to do so honestly kills a lot of my motivation to bother collecting anyone who 'isn't' an S rank. Essentially, they automatically feel less relevant and not really worth bothering to try to collect if they aren't on the same page in the affection game. I'm not saying everyone needs an event or quest, though it would be nice, but it's about raising and maxing those stats as well as player attachment. I don't really subscribe to game meta.... I'm all about the waifus, so if I can't do that... yeah, this will never be a 5/5 for me. A minor thing, but there you go. It's important to me.
Right now, and because the game is still very, VERY early in development, this is the most I can say about it without speaking about anything spoilery, so yeah... it currently sits at a 4, 4.5/5 for what the game currently gives us.
A very good concept to see here and one worth at least giving a try for yourself.
I'm personally very much gonna keep an eye on it.
Good job devs!