I played this through for the first time, start to finish, all routes and endings (using console commands to set flags as needed to see all scenes). Definitely well above par, as far as western visual novels go. I'd recommend to others for sure.
The (as far as I could tell) unavoidable thing with Rose was really a shame. I didn't read this whole thread, but I imagine there's a lot of comments on this subject. Rarely do you see interest in a character bottom-out so instantly. For the second half of the game, Rose was pretty much just cringeworthy and unwelcome.
The way the animations were coded with the Ren'py pauses ("
$renpy.pause(1, hard=True)") that can't be skipped was also unwelcome. I did a search/replace-all to comment out all 2500+ instances of that in the script just so I wasn't forced to sit through the countless 10-second animation loops.
Otherwise, it was a great way to kill a slow Saturday. Really enjoyed it. Good title. I found Abigail to be the most appealing but can't really put my finger on why. Anna was a close second. Again, not sure why. Different strokes for different folks.
nowhere besides maybe save editor.
You can check in the console. The variables are literally "manly" and "nice" and such. Pretty dummy-proof. Just open the console and type "manly" it will return a number, which will be your manliness score. For event flags, the fan walkthrough in the OP has them all listed so you can set those flags if needed. IE: When the rain scene happens, there's 3 choices each with their own flag. You can set all 3 flags (v1, v2, evesx) to '1' so the game thinks you chose all 3, that way you don't get roadblocked from scenes later on by being forced to make a choice during the rain scene. (those control scenes not affected by the nice/manly/jerk)