Ok, so I decided to try this game again, against my better judgement, because I do genuinely want to enjoy the game. It has a lot of content and the game is updated frequently, those are some good selling points when considering many ero games in dev have minimal content and monthly updates... then get abandoned. But whatever, that's a whole other issue.
Anyway, I tried the game again and I tried to follow the posted walkthrough as closely as I could since it's essentially impossible to follow it exactly due to some of the content being changed. Taking into account my previous experience with the game (I played it all the way to day 89) and the experience I just had (I quit at day 49), I've gotta say, the game isn't shit but it's really not that good either. It could be, it could be one of the best ero games out right now, but it fucks up in so many ways that it's honestly both depressing and infuriating.
As other people have pointed out, the game is totally dependent on alpha points and if you miss one point, you'll find yourself in a hole that's impossible to climb out of for the rest of the game and you WILL miss content from that point on. The first time I played the game I missed so much shit it's laughable. I mean I'm replaying it and thinking to myself, "What the hell, was that always in the game? I missed the shit out of that the first time! How did I even fucking miss that?" The dev has said numerous times that you can't miss content, you can go back and see it later. That is a bold face fucking lie, unless by later the dev means on a completely different save.
When I stopped this time I had 24 alpha points (I missed one point from Lilu before the player leaves the first town and even though the dialogue could fit anywhere in the game it never appears again), the next event I'm at needs 25 for me to see all the content so I loaded the day over and looked all over the game to try and find another alpha point somewhere. Not possible. The points are built in at certain spots in the game and if you somehow miss it, you're fucked. The dev says it's possible to get 100% completion without a walkthrough, and sure that's theoretically possible. Then again, it's also possible for me to go play the lottery and win a few million. How likely is that to happen tho? There should be more alpha points than the player actually needs to have so that even if the player misses a few they can still have a chance to see all the content. There should also be a counter that tells how many alpha points the player has had a chance to get, not just how many they have, so once you see you miss one you can just fucking quit or restart because there is really no point in playing unless you get every alpha point. Unless you just want to miss content.
But aside from the alpha point bs, why-in-the-fuck-does-the-talk-button-keep-fucking-moving? You'll click talk, it'll be on the far left, then it'll move to the far right, then the middle, then back to the far left... why? I can understand when there are multiple buttons but when there is only one choice, why the fuck are you making the player chase the damn button down? That shit is SUPER annoying. Put the damn button in one spot and keep it there, how fucking hard is that to do? I've seen people post that the dev designed the game to be as annoying as possible for the player and I'm honestly inclined to agree.
I'll completely ignore the fact that you have to login to play it. But you can't effectively, keyword being effectively, play the game without a walkthrough. The talk button harasses you. The rng harasses you. Speaking of, why do some of the bank vaults require 15+ break to open? Realistically speaking, how many players are going to have a break that high? You only have like 5-7, tops, break points distributed from the story (up to the point I was at) whereas the rest are completely fucking random to get. I want to like this game, I really fucking do, but the damn game is fucking unforgiving. It demands perfection in a way that isn't really logical for players and if the player doesn't play it perfectly then the game give the player a giant fuck you. If you're going to design the game in such a way, you should offer the damn walkthrough for free. I get the cheats, fine make people pay for the cheats (still a dick move btw) but the walkthrough should be free. That's just my opinion though.
