I'm not seeing why so many people are disliking the game. It seems like maybe people expected more porn? The story is pretty interesting and the characters all have their own motivations and personal goals. It feels like a softhousechara-lite game. The MC is as bland and empty as a VN could make one be, but honestly it's not THAT big a deal.
What it seems to halfass is the "romance" and sex scenes. It just seems to be tacked on, but that's not what I'm playing for.
Agreed. I'm pretty interested in the characters and the story after a few chapters and Bonding events which explore more of the characters. Game is just poorly advertised as something else, and we're just not used to Kagura releasing games like this. If you consider the romance to be canonically taking place after Act 2 it feels slightly less weird to have them fall for the MC in three events. Some parts unfortunately require some imagination on the part of the player, like the MCs personality. It's pretty easy to imagine what the MC would realistically say in most situations if he had proper dialogue if you're used to playing DnD campaigns or have experience with games like Etrian Odyssey.
They really should've just given the MC a proper character though.
H content is also at least varied for the people interested, and I assume the access to it is quick intentionally so those folks can just beat their meat and end their game if they want to. Feels tacked on and the devs wanted to make a non H game instead, but like most VNs back in the day added porn content because it is expected of them.
Don't care much for the H content anymore, but I certainly do wish I got
Ariadne with short hair after the hair cutting event to show up in the CGs
