I don't like to trash games. These are really hard to create and I am a failed dev myself so I usually just don't bother to review things I don't like. However, this dev is so damn talented and I know they could produce a really great game so I felt I should at least say something.
On a positive note, there is a lot of great diversity. Not just in the characters, but in kinks as well. My problem is really with the story.
First of all, the MC goes from sort of a loser with doubts about who he is and what he wants out of life to the Chosen One and a sudden burst of confidence. The women just throw themselves at the MC even if he behaves like an ass and the MC is just supposed to fall into line with this whole scenario, which is filled with a convoluted, barely coherent story. I mean, what is the point of the corporation? And why do they need the agents? At one point the MC says something like "Finally! We can work towards our goal." I was like "What goal?"
There are so many story fragments... like the weird thing with the news journalist. From stolen tennis shoes to her freaking out during the broadcast to then meeting his mother who wears the same sad grey dress the entire time. Or his ex who randomly shows up in memories and tests. And nothing really explains how or why the President is the way she is. Then they are all surprised when the MC pushes back on anything. I mean they are the good guys right? Why wouldn't the MC want to be part of this great endeavor to "Fix the Future"?
Don't even get me started on how the MC finished the game and became the Chosen One and then of course his "friends", after playing the same game, both become the chosen one as well. Now Mom and the journalist are playing the game so what.... are they also going to become the chosen one? How about the ex? Is she going to come back to visit, find the game, play it and become a chosen one? I am waiting for the "Avengers Assemble" scene when all of them are together in their futuristic outfits to save the future. Because it makes total sense for people of the past to be able to save a future they don't even want to be a part of or know anything about.
The President is just a spoiled brat who is used to getting her way. The brother and sister team, who aren't even really agents, as just sad. I mean, what was that whole scene where she was getting yelled at from the president and the brother (or the MC) were forced to step in and save her. I still don't understand what happened there... and again, she was not even a full fledged agent so who's fault was it really? Not that I even understand what she did wrong.
Then there is her assistant, Liu, who was told to go make the MC happy and comfortable on his first night here and if the MC turns her down, she is all butt hurt he doesn't like her. I mean... what? Of course, that leads me to the cringy dialogue. It's just painful.
TL.DR
I understand I am in the minority. There are obviously a lot of people who like this game, but for me, it is a brutal slog through mediocre dialogue and lazy storytelling.
On a positive note, there is a lot of great diversity. Not just in the characters, but in kinks as well. My problem is really with the story.
First of all, the MC goes from sort of a loser with doubts about who he is and what he wants out of life to the Chosen One and a sudden burst of confidence. The women just throw themselves at the MC even if he behaves like an ass and the MC is just supposed to fall into line with this whole scenario, which is filled with a convoluted, barely coherent story. I mean, what is the point of the corporation? And why do they need the agents? At one point the MC says something like "Finally! We can work towards our goal." I was like "What goal?"
There are so many story fragments... like the weird thing with the news journalist. From stolen tennis shoes to her freaking out during the broadcast to then meeting his mother who wears the same sad grey dress the entire time. Or his ex who randomly shows up in memories and tests. And nothing really explains how or why the President is the way she is. Then they are all surprised when the MC pushes back on anything. I mean they are the good guys right? Why wouldn't the MC want to be part of this great endeavor to "Fix the Future"?
Don't even get me started on how the MC finished the game and became the Chosen One and then of course his "friends", after playing the same game, both become the chosen one as well. Now Mom and the journalist are playing the game so what.... are they also going to become the chosen one? How about the ex? Is she going to come back to visit, find the game, play it and become a chosen one? I am waiting for the "Avengers Assemble" scene when all of them are together in their futuristic outfits to save the future. Because it makes total sense for people of the past to be able to save a future they don't even want to be a part of or know anything about.
The President is just a spoiled brat who is used to getting her way. The brother and sister team, who aren't even really agents, as just sad. I mean, what was that whole scene where she was getting yelled at from the president and the brother (or the MC) were forced to step in and save her. I still don't understand what happened there... and again, she was not even a full fledged agent so who's fault was it really? Not that I even understand what she did wrong.
Then there is her assistant, Liu, who was told to go make the MC happy and comfortable on his first night here and if the MC turns her down, she is all butt hurt he doesn't like her. I mean... what? Of course, that leads me to the cringy dialogue. It's just painful.
TL.DR
I understand I am in the minority. There are obviously a lot of people who like this game, but for me, it is a brutal slog through mediocre dialogue and lazy storytelling.