Usually I try to give games a chance when I see a plethora of poor reviews, cause a good amount of the time, surprisingly, the game is actually not bad at all and some times the game is great! Those types of games usually have hope of being really great in the future and just need more time in the oven, or the fact that game is incomplete and it just needs more content to flesh out current content.
But, this game.... HOLY FUCK... I wish I could get back the HOURS of time I lost in this game, in the vain hope there would be SOME pay off. YOU WILL FIND NONE HERE! TURN BACK NOW! Unless you plan on waiting for years to get it.
I was baited into this game because of the amazing quality renders, which they are, and the great looking models… But that's all there is... that's essentially it... the dialogue is forgettable, story is interesting but unexplored, and the characters, while good looking, are boring and bland. There is very little content otherwise, and if there was its gated behind specific actions you have to do and the time/day. Even then the payoff is NOT worth it for how much time you have to invest to get there.
This game has been out for 4 YEARS, FOUR! YEARS! This game has the same amount of content a game that's been out for 1 year already, if they are slow! I have grown to hate games that will show you maybe 5 main girls... but ALL the content is on 100 SIDE CHARACTERS or random side events. I honestly think going free roam/sandbox for this game specifically, it can work in others, was a mistake.
I get it Dev's ya want all the things in your game, but you only have so many resources or time! Stop spreading out the content! There is nothing wrong with being focused on a few characters in your game... I wasted so much time... Sorry if it sounds harsh, but the poor reviews are indeed accurate, and I normally don't bother reviewing unless I feel like the game has great potential, and just needs time or if its really good already. But this game is bad enough it got a rant out of me for the hours I can never get back...