I'm giving this 4 stars, but with a lot of caveats. I think this only deserves 3-stars as it is, but since it's still too early, I think we can cut the dev some lack. That said, here's my review:
Great renders and nothing too offensive to put you off, but it doesn't have a lot going for it. There is a plot, which I honestly think could be great, but it has barely advanced, it mostly focuses on slice of life things, which is completely fine, but there has to be some hook and the characters aren't it.
First, the MC has a strong backstory and it kind of shows, so props for that, but for some strange reason, he seems to stutter at every corner and sometimes he's just straight up confident. I'd suggest just sticking with the confident MC since it fits his backstory of being a reliable dude that's been there for those who need him.
We haven't seen much of the LIs, so it's too early to judge but they're too bland so far, except for Beth, however, the whole scenario with Beth was just straight up incomprehensible. It just doesn't make sense and I honestly didn't want to continue putting up with that scenario so I simply rejected her at first. I went back and played her scene before I made this review and unfortunately, it didn't get better.
It's fine to not reveal everything at the start, but you gotta give the player some reason to say "yes, I wanna see what's up with this girl" other than literally just for the sake of watching the scene.
The scene with Beth could've been a lot more interesting if we had more choices, like, I would've liked the chance to just straight up leave and force Beth to stop being such a weirdo. The dialogue could've been longer, too, we could've been given the option to ask her questions as well and not have it feel like Beth is interrogating us.
That said, the whole cast has potential to interact in meaningful ways and spice things up, in my opinion and the main plot is interesting. I think what would help this the most is more conflict and more choices. I always appreciate the ability to decide what the hell the MC will do or how he will react.