I want to rate this game higher, but I really can't bring myself to do that...
Pros:
+ The art is god-tier; one character is very different from the other, not just a simple reskin of clothes and hair like some other adult VN games
+ Minigames are nice, the game is not very grindy at all; I enjoy the hunt for money in random places
+ Dev is based for posting this in the Zone themselves
+ Some interesting characters; though others are decent-at-best
Cons:
- The story: it does a poor job of rewriting some delinquent and unfortunate MC's world when the players haven't even met the MC's original personality in the first place. We know of their sad past with some characters from spoons-of-info that come out of nowhere and into convenient scenarios, like: "introducing X, oh yea btw the MC met X from a drug den since X had to make ends meet. MC just remembered that, but now that we know, let's change the future" or smth. It's full of plot convenience and a very repetitive style just for the sake of implementing incredibly dark and sad backgrounds/alternate timelines for the characters. Normally, suspension-of-disbelief would be the go-to since it's a hentai game ffs, but for a narrative that is supposed to be taken seriously...it just doesn't work.
Overall, I think that 3 or 3.5 would be good for this game. The interesting side characters (like the trainer and the nerd) and the art are dragged down by subpar writing. If you're playing it for the art, then I would absolutely recommend playing it. I feel that the game's plot has been given love and time by whoever wrote it (which is a huge plus in general creative writing, not just in adult VNs), but the trope-heavy anime cliches just aren't doing it for me.
Pros:
+ The art is god-tier; one character is very different from the other, not just a simple reskin of clothes and hair like some other adult VN games
+ Minigames are nice, the game is not very grindy at all; I enjoy the hunt for money in random places
+ Dev is based for posting this in the Zone themselves
+ Some interesting characters; though others are decent-at-best
Cons:
- The story: it does a poor job of rewriting some delinquent and unfortunate MC's world when the players haven't even met the MC's original personality in the first place. We know of their sad past with some characters from spoons-of-info that come out of nowhere and into convenient scenarios, like: "introducing X, oh yea btw the MC met X from a drug den since X had to make ends meet. MC just remembered that, but now that we know, let's change the future" or smth. It's full of plot convenience and a very repetitive style just for the sake of implementing incredibly dark and sad backgrounds/alternate timelines for the characters. Normally, suspension-of-disbelief would be the go-to since it's a hentai game ffs, but for a narrative that is supposed to be taken seriously...it just doesn't work.
Overall, I think that 3 or 3.5 would be good for this game. The interesting side characters (like the trainer and the nerd) and the art are dragged down by subpar writing. If you're playing it for the art, then I would absolutely recommend playing it. I feel that the game's plot has been given love and time by whoever wrote it (which is a huge plus in general creative writing, not just in adult VNs), but the trope-heavy anime cliches just aren't doing it for me.