does this game ever open up? at the point im at, which i assume is still very early, there doesnt seem to be any reason for this to be a game. So far im not exploring the game at my own pace, or engaging with any gameplay mechanics, im just being railroaded along a very linear path with the only real gameplay being route decisions. Hell even the money seems to be purely to continue the story rather than having anything you can buy yourself.
I really think this would be better served as a linear VN with route choices, since thats what it boils down to anyway. Having to click on locations and objects is frivolous when the "game" part of this experience is completely empty. I know a lot of games are sort of similar to this, but the good ones tend to have a small package of gameplay mechanics to flesh things out and some optional content to spend money on for example.
