Leap of Faith.
A VN I have on and off played for years, and seeing as it's recently been completed I decided to give it another try, here are my thoughts on it,
PROS:
-An interesting, fun and pretty emotional story at times.
-MC is pretty likeable, but a bit goofy and cheesy at times for my tastes.
-The girls are really likeable and most of them look really great.
-Chris. (What an absolute bro)
-It's completed, which is rare around here.
-Renders are pretty nice
-All around very likeable characters.
As you can see, I have a lot of good to say about Leap of Faith. It is deserving of the praise it gets, but I do have some gripes with it. Time for the cons,
CONS:
-Despite there being many love interests for the MC to pick from, the story still pretty much revolves around Cece, as she is the "main love interest" which I wouldn't have a gripe with, if there weren't so many other love interests I prefer to Cece's character. If the Developer wanted the story to have a central and focused love interest, maybe not adding so many other girls as love interests would have been better.
For example, I really like Holly and Steph. But it's kinda too bad if you prefer any of the girls over Cece, because again she is the story front and center, and regardless of any girl you pick, you will spend the majority of the time with Cece. Even when you don't pursue Cece romantically, it still feels like you have. I also don't like how if you want to pursue Holly (who I think is by far the most attractive and likeable girl), you can only do so by playing Lexi's route, having a threesome, and then cheating on Lexi with Holly. Why can't we just pursue Holly normally without all the complications, like the other girls? Regardless, most of the other girls routes just don't feel fleshed out enough because again, it's all mostly Cece that gets the spotlight. I don't mind Cece, but her character really doesn't do much for me, sad story and all.
-It can be a little cheesy sometimes.
- Apparently Cece's character is inspired by the developers daughter which...I have no words for if this is truly the case, If I lost a daughter to suicide, I wouldn't think to turn her memory in to an adult visual novel love interest, that's...yeah. Sorry.
- I can't really bring myself to finish the final episode, I don't feel like it plays out satisfyingly if you aren't on Cece's route and prefer one of the other girls.
- A lot of the sex scenes are pretty dull, not much foreplay or any eroticism in most of them. A lot of them are straight to penetration which I am not a fan of.
After everything I have said, you would expect a lower score, but honestly this is still a really great visual novel. I have my problems with it, but there is absolutely no way I would rate it any lower than 4 stars, despite my issues with it. It is still well worth the time, just go in knowing that it's heavily focused on a primary girl, and if like me her character doesn't resonate much with you, you aren't going to feel quite as satisfied.