I feel like I'm just not getting something with this game, I've been playing for 7 hours and it always feels like it's moving too slow. Every day is the same cycle, with seemingly too many events to do all at once during the day, almost nothing to do in the evening, then the night be the training scene, followed by a 5 - 10 minutes of dialogue.
And it's not like I haven't played visuals novels before, I've played plenty and I've spent way too long enjoying a few, but I just can't get into the sheer mass of dialogue this game has. Especially when it comes to scenes between people other than the main character. I just don't really care about the conflict between Sera and Cecille, nor do I care about long scenes where either of the women talk to Erin.
A lot of the pacing issues also feel artificial, I don't know why I'm not able to continue the quest line with Iris, Mihra, Julia, and Yvet until whatever arbitrary point. I've also got no clue why I'm not able to take the demon queen out on a date the day after I promise her I will, that option just became available after Cecille came back. On the other hand, I don't know why there are so many scenes for Cecille and Sera when you break them the first time, I was done with the training in 5 days tops, without using items. so I got the play the same minigame 17 times (10 for Cecille, 7 for Sera) times to read through the dialogue (I know the game says you can skip it, but it also tells you that you shouldn't), and now I'm stuck in the same cycle with the second round of Cecille. I broke her in 5 days, didn't know I needed to do a special voyeur because the dialogue between Mars and Erin for that happened weeks ago in-game. So I'm stuck doing the same thing for what looks to be a minimum of 6 more times. (I double checked since I had to open the game to spell Cecille's name, apparently the minigame is skippable, so that's egg on my face, the rest of my point still stands. Done with the minigame in less than a quarter of the time the events allow)
I'm also generally annoyed with the lack of direction, sometimes it just feels like events reach a "repeat infinitely" point where you can't make progress until some invisible switch is flipped, such as with Yvet's fucking scene, and Comforting Julia. I would spend mornings and afternoons with them since I had no other events I could do, and suddenly I'm having Sex with Julia. some switch flipped. I'm currently waiting for the same to happen with Jasmin since I just reverse time until her event doesn't play, since it just skips that time. I actually prefer the dialogue in all bold that says Progress the main story more because it tells me that I actually do have nothing else to do. that and the She's ignoring you.
Reading on here a bit, it also seems like there are some branching paths? which explains the whole "Paths" part of the main menu, but I find it confusing that instead of having something meaningful, like the name of a major decision, it just has a version number.
I know I've done a lot of bitching, but it's because I do like the game, A lot of the bedroom scenes between Mars and the girls are interesting and well written, and I'm especially liking the side characters. I just feel like a lot of it seems to be padding, where you can't complete certain quest lines because the dev wants you to spend more time with the main characters instead of focusing on the side characters and exhausting their content.
EDIT: So I read through the FAQ... Is there a plan to actually fix the several bugs that were mentioned often enough to be put there? It's also concerning that "how to access the console" is the first question. This also explains why I can't seem to do anything with Aith, I bought the aphrodisiac and I can't interact with her anymore, unless this is also a arbitrary roadblock.