I remember starting this years and years ago, finally got around to finishing a playthrough. The technical ability to do this game is very impressive, so many variations build up and I came across a grand total of less than 3 buggy dialogue interactions through the entirety of the game.
I would say I have no desire to do another playthrough though, the sheer number of directions to take it seem imposing to tackle and a huge use of time. It lets you make some pretty fucked up choices and outcomes. Some of the characters and their stories were boring as hell, but that's likely biased by the decisions I made so its hard to be too critical. I think doing a less depraved runthrough would probably help flesh out more than it did for me.
Very impressive to push the bounds of how far Renpy will allow for branching paths. Story and characters had their moments, corruption is as fast or slow as you wish, art was hit or miss but mid-tier hand-drawn will beat out AI slop every time.
One of the biggest critiques is I hated how the sluttier options started becoming uglier and uglier at a certain point. I like blondes, but pre-titjob redhead Ashley was far and away her best look. It gets really ugly in some of the CGs once you get to the bimbo stages. But I guess I made that bed for myself with the choices I picked.
Overall pretty good, debated giving 4 stars, but don't want to decrease its current rating. I think its earned a spot pretty high up on the site for VNs.
I would say I have no desire to do another playthrough though, the sheer number of directions to take it seem imposing to tackle and a huge use of time. It lets you make some pretty fucked up choices and outcomes. Some of the characters and their stories were boring as hell, but that's likely biased by the decisions I made so its hard to be too critical. I think doing a less depraved runthrough would probably help flesh out more than it did for me.
Very impressive to push the bounds of how far Renpy will allow for branching paths. Story and characters had their moments, corruption is as fast or slow as you wish, art was hit or miss but mid-tier hand-drawn will beat out AI slop every time.
One of the biggest critiques is I hated how the sluttier options started becoming uglier and uglier at a certain point. I like blondes, but pre-titjob redhead Ashley was far and away her best look. It gets really ugly in some of the CGs once you get to the bimbo stages. But I guess I made that bed for myself with the choices I picked.
Overall pretty good, debated giving 4 stars, but don't want to decrease its current rating. I think its earned a spot pretty high up on the site for VNs.