The following review is based off my personal experience with playing this Game/Visual Novel... I try to be as brutally honest and detailed as I can, and these are my own opinions and thoughts, from one or more play throughs... The version this review is based on is v0.11 Alpha...
Originally Reviewed on 12/19/2017
Well this visual novel/game was better than i first thought it might be... I tried it as a recommendation from someone in another thread, and for the most part I enjoyed my play through...
The visuals are 2D and the art style was actually pretty darn good... I loved the fact that it wasn't a bunch of school girl looking characters like in hentai crap... And the fact that most of the backdrops were also very unique and well crafted was also very nicely done... The creativity was spot on and refreshing...
The script was deep with an epic amount of well written story... I found only a very few amount of grammar/spelling errors... The best way to describe this visual novel is that you are living the life of a female protagonist in her early adult life, and you basically have many choices presented that could lead down many different life paths, ultimately effecting how things turn out for the protagonists life, as it plays out... It felt like this VN was in essence a really huge temptation game... The protagonist is presented with many different choices, mostly based on various life temptations... She could live out a normal life, live out a life full of various indulgences, or mix it up in various ways as you saw fit being the player/reader... Most choices had real outcomes that either changed the character immensely or only slightly, and everyone and everything around her also could change through those choices... Best way to describe it, is that this VN felt a lot like a Life Simulation game... Sort of a 'what if?' story progression... I applaud the author/s for how much work it had to take with that many options and interweaving paths, it is so complex... And this puppy is still in development as well...
Now, all that being said... There were a few things that folks should be aware of before jumping head long into this VN... Some of the temptations I chose vigorously to avoid, mostly because I have hang-ups with those sorts of things being in any game I play or VN having choices, regardless of adult or not... There are many occasions were drug usage choices come up, and me having a brother who's life is being destroyed by drugs, both illegal and not illegal, made me hesitant to even continue reading this VN... I decided, even though I hate that the choices existed, to give it a chance and hope that there was no forced drug usage (which there wasn't thank goodness) for the protagonist... For obvious reasons I elected not to have the protagonist go down those paths, even though that temptation choice came up several times during the play through... There was also a moment when I thought the protagonist was about to be sexually assaulted, but thank goodness that did not happen... Not sure if it was the choices I made that allowed it to be avoided, or if there is indeed moments when you as the player of the protagonist will be sexually assaulted in this VN during other paths or not... I would like to hope not, but I don't know since I didn't play every possible scenario in this VN... So, just be forewarned about those things, in case that type of content is not your thing... I avoided it all myself...
I didn't feel like I was being punished for a majority of my 'avoid temptation' choices, in all the various forms that you are presented with those types of choices... But on occasion, some of those choices did make a real difference in how the story played out, which just goes to show the depth with which the author/s made this VN's script play out... Sometimes, no matter how bad or how good a path you go down, bad things still occurred now and then, much like real life, hence why I likened this VN as more like a Life Simulation game, with a ton of story content...
Overall, I enjoyed my play through most of the time... And I'm sure I missed a lot of the more erotic content because of the choices I made, but the feel you get from this VN is more realistic than a lot of other VN's out there, so I tried to fit myself into her shoes and play it out in a smart way while giving in to temptation when I thought it appropriate... Obviously different folks will go into this VN looking to just have a grand ole time giving into every temptation to see as much adult content as they can, but that just isn't my style... I was REALLY enjoying the story and making choices I thought were appropriate for the situations as presented... I look forward to seeing this VN after it is completely done, and I applaud the author/s for the work so far... I don't agree with everything that was in it (i.e. the drugs etc), but at least I wasn't punished for avoiding it...