Update: I'm now rating this as a 2.5 and rounding down to a 2, mainly bc of the annoying writing and the obvious railroad your being taken down. Though there was some good writing initially, the game has declined signficantly.
For instance, Fred buys you lingerie at some point, whether you want to go shopping with him or not, and even if you are not very corrupt you accept these sexy gifts and lie to your boyfriend about Fred giving them to you.
The only chocie you are given is whether you give Fred immediate access to you or not. So, basically Jennifer is portrayed as a complete and utter moron. No one is so naive as to believe that a married man buying you sexy lingerie is not making a play for you. If she were that naive she would have simply told her boyfriend, "look at the lovely lingerie Fred bought me" The fact, that she didn't means she knows it's a problem.
Instead, Jennifer pretends it's not a problem, she conceals the purchase, then lies to her boyfriend about it (no choice offered) . . . and you get no corruption points for lying to your boyfriend about another man buying you sexy lingerie. Whut??
It's pretty obvious you are being groomed to be railroaded into some nefarious religous sex cult whose main goal is what . . . sex . . . He claims the need for purity but is clearly making all of the moves to create a sex cult . . . so probably power. None of his motives make sense after a while.
Mike's Father, Jonathan, who heads the cult, constantly whines about the sisters being demon sluts he needs to purify, but is essentially pursuing a corporate religion path that will employ sluts (obviosuly Jennifer and Jessica). The only thing I can think of is that purification comes at the end of his dick and the power he will gain as the leader of the sex cult.So, why is he protecting his son from the "demon sluts" . . . bc his son is a fucking moron and Jonathan wants all the sluts for himself is the only conclusion I can come to. But, he intends to use his son in the company that much is clear in the story.
Jessica and Jennifer are eventually destined to be recruited as sluts and your goal of innocence is pointless and moronic. You have very little choice what happens to the sister, Jessica, and its obvious its bc the author intends her to be one of Jonathan's intial recruits into his Angel's sex/"purity" sex cult??
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I'm rating this a 3.5 and rounding it down to a 3. If you prefer the straight-up money path, consider this a 4. It is subject to revision on later releases.
The Good:
--The images are really beautiful
--it is well written in places **Sadly, this is no longer true**
--her naivete was played well in many scenes **As the story goes further she's not naive, she's deliberatley stupid**
The bad:
--Choices have a major impact on your innocence but really not on how the story plays out. *Still true**
--if you don't pursue the Cafe path, you have to endure a RIDICULOUS amount of grind to move the story forward ** to be fair the grind here has been signficantly curtailed in recent updates**
--You are locked out of some paths until certain arbitrary goals are met **This is still the case, but it seems likely that is part of the railroad storyline.**
In my 1st playthrough, I chose to abandon the Cafe job, but not b/c I didn't want to corrupt her but b/c I found John to be a boner killer. I prefer my women to have sex with at least mildly attractive men, not those beaten by the old and ugly stick. It appeals to many on this board but not me.
The bigger problem is that if you quit the Cafe path you are eventually forced to do a MAJOR grind to get other content, b/c you are locked out of pursuing the masseuse path without first buying the phone **This is no longer the case** which means literally 7 weeks of grind. It's an arbitrary mechanic that has no real purpose in the narrative.
Ultimately, the thing I hate most about this story is that all of the men are simply awful people. They're sleazy, manipulative, rapists, and the only good male character so far is Mike, and he is destined for cuckoldry -- not bc he's a loser, but bc that'a the role the author has written for him via his father. He is at points in the story presented as a strong male character . . . able to defend himself in a fight, honorable too. He's just too dumb and incurious to figure out his father doesn't want him to have sex with Jessica or Jennifer bc his father wants them for himself--you know that's where this is going pretty early on--his purification will inevitably involve fucking them.
I don't know if Mike ever breaks out of his Father's control. If he were smarter he could, but apparently he's the worlds dumbest, yet increadibly skilled, computer hacker
The story has had promise, **but has been ruined by the sex religion cult stoyline that is very inconcistent if you know anything about sex cults that are often run by charismatic leaders--which Jonathan is not.**
