I'm really enjoying the game so far! There are so many moving pieces and players on the board, that normally I might be a little worried about the game setting up more than it can handle, but so far things have been progressing absolutely smoothly, the game feels focused and is constantly moving forward, and both from the dev's comments and from the game itself I get the feeling that there's already a pretty good plan, so I'm not at all worried, just highly intrigued to see what'll happen next!
The choices in this game are great. I'm of the opinion that if you're making a visual novel, choices are pretty much your actual form of gameplay, and making these decisions is usually the most exciting part for me while playing these games. And here, the frequency and amount of choices, and the feeling that most of them matter in varying ways we still only partially understand makes this whole experience very engaging. We actually have a whole lot to consider as a player. Between managing our sub/dom and good/evil traits, trying to gain favor with specific characters, choosing who to trust, how much information to disclose and to whom, making potentially route altering choices, trying to figure out who we can afford to help and how much, there's a lot of variables to keep in mind, and I'm loving it... And that was not even mentioning the female protagonist choices, or the brother who we still don't know exactly what his part will be in all of this...
In the first version, I was going pretty hard on the sub route most likely because I've been conditioned to always jump at the most submissive options available in desperate hope to get some femdom in a game. But now that I've relaxed a bit and feel reassured I'm not going to have to try too hard to get dominated by the women in the game, I'm actually finding it more fun to try and resist a little, to try and figure out how to play this very intriguing and dangerous game, maybe to try and show enough backbone to help someone along the way... I'm still pretty submissive and obedient and got the K4 ranking, and I still plan on trying out the really extreme submissive options even if I won't get them the first playthrough, but for now I've realized I should respect the girls in this game and their manipulations and dominant nature enough to actually give them a shot at breaking me, instead of just trying to break myself in advance before they can even have a go at me... So my general attitude now is more of trying to steel myself for hardships and stick to my moral guns as much as I can while also trying to be intelligent about things and figure out as much as I can, but still, being mostly honest about my principles and trying to help those around me if I can...
I really like all the different characters, and how the sisters and Elena and the rest each have their own personalities, ambitions and agendas. I like for example Dominique and the position she's in, where she does actually have a conscience and some good intentions, but has to basically walk a tight rope between not being able to show too much leniency and not wanting to be needlessly cruel. But then, I also like Juliette, who seems probably the most sadistic so far, the one who actually just enjoys dominating and torturing people for its own sake... I'm dreading and eagerly anticipating meeting her in person...
Also, special shout out to Kitty. I don't know how big she'll be in the story, but I already love her. Just that tiny moment of her thinking "too easy" when our brother was looking at her boobs got me excited - I may have mentioned this before, but the idea of a woman manipulating a man and him falling for her seduction without realizing the malicious intent behind it always gets me going, so just little moments like that are enough to fire me up. And then when we get to meet her, I love her cute but merciless personality, her almost childlike glee of "yay, I get to play with the cute man-toy!" Her personality and enthusiasm when it comes to torturing the MC are intoxicating, would not mind seeing more of her...
So yeah, really love the game, and looking forward to seeing more of the story, what routes there are, down which one my choices so far will throw me and getting to finally meet some of the sisters face to face. Keep up the good work, this is shaping up to be a really interesting and fun game!
