Easily one of the best games on the site, but not without peculiarities, which is what I'll start with, in order of importance.
First, there's a good bit of grind. There's a lot of titillation during it, and it helps increase the burn, and if you like seeing Numbers Go Up, that part works, too. So for some of us, this isn't much of an issue. Basic RenPy cheats also work. Some of the scenes are also difficult to reach or hidden, but there's a guide as well.
Second, while there is a photo gallery, there's no scene replayer. If you want to see a scene again, you usually have to remember to save manually first. Luckily saves are infinite. Also, remember that you can roll back before saving if you come upon a scene unawares.
Third, while body types, preferences, and positions do vary, they don't hit every fetish imaginable, and to some will probably seem fairly vanilla. The MC and most of the girls have breast expansion fetish, but that's about it. As such, there will be no girls with less than a C cup, either. Similarly, the girls' backgrounds don't vary a *ton*, they're all essentially professional models, so don't expect a librarian.
Fourth, some of the bits (like conversations) are randomized, and the fact that each girl chooses from (mostly?) the same list can make them seem flat and samey, at least early on when convos is all you have to work with. Later on it just seems incongruent.
Last, since development has been ongoing for quite a while, some scenes are at different resolution than others and some assets are better than others. I find it noticeable, but not too distracting, but I've been playing from the beginning, so ymmv.
IMO, however, all of those are minor. So why *should* you play it?
First, obviously, the girls. There are a lot of them, they do have different and interesting personalities, histories, and secrets, the renders are quite pretty, and there's a lot of variation as long as you keep to "conventionally beautiful".
Second, obviously, the scenes. The writing is well done here, doesn't get too wordy, and consists of much more than "ooh", "ahh". Flavor text is important to me, and here it's sometimes hotter than the (already great!) pictures.
Third, speaking of pictures, the renders are really, really good. One of the best and hottest I've ever seen. There are animations, though they aren't everywhere you might expect, and I personally find them somewhat distracting anyway, but the static pics are tremendous.
Fourth, the gameplay loop of finding ways to increase stats efficiently, then doing so for each of the girls on the island separately while they move around, plus improving your own stats is actually done really well. It does get old, but I was personally pretty enthralled by this alone to start with. It also doesn't really matter how efficient you are, since the time limits have been removed, so if you don't like this aspect, you can ignore efficiency. But I kind of like challenging myself to do as much as I can in as short a window as possible.
Achievements abound, are separated and sorted in a mostly logical manner, and have obvious pics upon achievement, plus hints on how to get there. If that isn't enough, the guide is also quite helpful.
You may also like the story. There's some amount of mystery ("*why* am I here?") as well as individual girls' stories, but since the story isn't yet finished, the bits are few and far between, and it's IMHO fairly easy to guess, I personally don't consider it a huge draw.
Love the game! I will personally be following darkhound1, duckswim, and other contributors for anything else they put out in the future.
First, there's a good bit of grind. There's a lot of titillation during it, and it helps increase the burn, and if you like seeing Numbers Go Up, that part works, too. So for some of us, this isn't much of an issue. Basic RenPy cheats also work. Some of the scenes are also difficult to reach or hidden, but there's a guide as well.
Second, while there is a photo gallery, there's no scene replayer. If you want to see a scene again, you usually have to remember to save manually first. Luckily saves are infinite. Also, remember that you can roll back before saving if you come upon a scene unawares.
Third, while body types, preferences, and positions do vary, they don't hit every fetish imaginable, and to some will probably seem fairly vanilla. The MC and most of the girls have breast expansion fetish, but that's about it. As such, there will be no girls with less than a C cup, either. Similarly, the girls' backgrounds don't vary a *ton*, they're all essentially professional models, so don't expect a librarian.
Fourth, some of the bits (like conversations) are randomized, and the fact that each girl chooses from (mostly?) the same list can make them seem flat and samey, at least early on when convos is all you have to work with. Later on it just seems incongruent.
Last, since development has been ongoing for quite a while, some scenes are at different resolution than others and some assets are better than others. I find it noticeable, but not too distracting, but I've been playing from the beginning, so ymmv.
IMO, however, all of those are minor. So why *should* you play it?
First, obviously, the girls. There are a lot of them, they do have different and interesting personalities, histories, and secrets, the renders are quite pretty, and there's a lot of variation as long as you keep to "conventionally beautiful".
Second, obviously, the scenes. The writing is well done here, doesn't get too wordy, and consists of much more than "ooh", "ahh". Flavor text is important to me, and here it's sometimes hotter than the (already great!) pictures.
Third, speaking of pictures, the renders are really, really good. One of the best and hottest I've ever seen. There are animations, though they aren't everywhere you might expect, and I personally find them somewhat distracting anyway, but the static pics are tremendous.
Fourth, the gameplay loop of finding ways to increase stats efficiently, then doing so for each of the girls on the island separately while they move around, plus improving your own stats is actually done really well. It does get old, but I was personally pretty enthralled by this alone to start with. It also doesn't really matter how efficient you are, since the time limits have been removed, so if you don't like this aspect, you can ignore efficiency. But I kind of like challenging myself to do as much as I can in as short a window as possible.
Achievements abound, are separated and sorted in a mostly logical manner, and have obvious pics upon achievement, plus hints on how to get there. If that isn't enough, the guide is also quite helpful.
You may also like the story. There's some amount of mystery ("*why* am I here?") as well as individual girls' stories, but since the story isn't yet finished, the bits are few and far between, and it's IMHO fairly easy to guess, I personally don't consider it a huge draw.
Love the game! I will personally be following darkhound1, duckswim, and other contributors for anything else they put out in the future.
