I initially overlooked this game due to the stupid pun of a title and Honey Select (ish?) models. Hoo boy, was that a mistake. After spending practically all night on it in one sitting, I can't help but sing its praises.
Pros:
- Massive amount of content. Like 6 hours' worth, not including the side scenes I didn't see.
- Tons and tons of animation, right down to the images in the stats screen. It's almost mind-boggling how much work has been put into this already, especially when compared to other crowdfunded games.
- One of the most satisfying corruption arcs in any trainer-style game I've played. The story is primarily about degrading, corrupting and dominating an insufferable boss, and the writing serves that purpose very well. The game's tone is pretty lighthearted overall, but when it comes to the corruption aspect, it does not mess around; this is one of the most spectacular and thorough downfalls I've seen for a character. The main themes here are orgasm denial and blackmail.
Cons:
- The engine seems to struggle to keep up, the interface is often annoyingly unresponsive on my machine.
- This is purely personal preference, but I'd have preferred it if the Esther and Maya routes were completely optional. As it is, the game forces a detour away from Gloria from time to time, which put me off a bit. Don't get me wrong, the Esther and Maya routes are fine and their banter can be fun (as long as you don't mind crusty memes and references), but I'd rather not have a dating sim breaking up my bitch-trainer revenge game groove.
- The gameplay is ambitious for this type of game, but currently unpolished and, especially in the last chapter, there are probably one too many mechanics to manage. I'd say Endurance is the straw that broke the camel's back, I never paid attention to it. It's not a problem now, but if the last chapter is ever properly balanced to be challenging, it could just be too much to keep track of all at once.
- There's currently not much of a gallery. Use UnRen to extract the .webms.
Bottom-line, this is the best trainer game I've ever played. Maybe Witch Trainer has it beat in terms of writing, but the sheer scope and ambition of iNSight of you goes above and beyond. I may not back the game, but put it on Steam DRM-free at 15-20 bucks and I'll buy an extra copy, it deserves every cent.