I'll just say upfront I usually have an easier time explaining why I dislike things than why I like them, and I am a firm three-is-average kind of guy.
I rarely give 5 stars to anything. When I do, it's almost always a bit reluctantly and just because I don't really think it deserves a 4. This is the rare exception. This is the fiviest-five I've ever given.
I actually passed on this game a few times before I gave it a shot. And that's saying something, considering my uncontrollable donwloading of anything that looks halfway interesting. It's a problem. Send help.
That mostly came down to the models. And now I'm about to tell you why I think the models are actually best the way they are. First of all, it should be obvious even if you want to burn them with fire, that these models are extremely technically good. They clearly look exactly as the dev intended. This alone is rather unusual, though it has very little to do with how much you enjoy looking at them.
The reason they work so well is the writing. The writing does such an amazing job of bringing these characters to life that you end up looking past the model and instead just seeing the character. It's like how in a relationship you see your partner as far more attractive than they probably really are if you honestly simply evaluated their body.
Once I realized the above was happening (and it took a bit), I even came to view the models as a very good fit for the game. If they were just a better Daz girl #4 I never would have gotten the experience of a game being able to invoke that phenomenon.
There might also be an aspect of novelty here. I don't think it would work at all without the above happening, but because I'm not just seeing an ugly model every time I see one of the characters I can appreciate the novelty. For example, one of the daughters has asymmetrical tits.
I also have to admit I'm not really a big fan of tats and piercings, but again here they work for me. They are actually fairly well bound up in the story. It's not just that the dev just went a little tattoo crazy one day (not going to point fingers, but we all know it's happens), but that the circumstances of the story led the character down that path. It all just fits so well, that again I just don't really even see it much when I look at the character. And what I do see isn't bad, but just... part of the character. I know I keep repeating that - I did warn you I wasn't so good at explaining why I like things.
And there are some parts of the models I think are actually just wonderful on their own. Particularly the nipples and more unusual boob shapes. I might be a little weird here, but I really do enjoy a wide variety of nipples and boob shapes. However we just don't get that much variety in these games. It's really nice to see somebody branching out - and doing a kickass job of it.
One thing I'm a bit unsure of is the office sections. On the one hand I never felt bothered by them and even quite enjoyed some aspects of them. The dev had a bit more freedom to just quickly play with some kinks and I think they did a great job with it. I really do not mind those sections at all and even enjoy them. And I find that super weird. It's the exact kind of thing I typically think of as a bad thing. It pulls you away from the main point - the daughters. It doesn't really seem to be going anywhere (probably? maybe?). The models are again extremely technically good but... well. They also don't really have the benefit of making you see the relationship or character instead of the model. They're really mostly just coworkers with benefits. Maybe it's partially the handling of the kinks. Anyway, really do not dislike. I even like them. I have no idea.
Speaking of kinks, this game does sexy so good. Even when not doing anything specific, the handling of the sex stuff is just amazing. This isn't just a quick summary and a few stills of them going at it. It's not even just the modeling that's great - though it is. It's not even just the writing itself that's quite appealing - though it is. It's also the situations the game sets up. They just all have that little bit of extra spice. You've got visually interesting and technically well executed models on top of some unusually good erotica writing, and all of that is underpinned by the just inherently sexy situations (fuck that was weird to write) that are set up. I really can't think of a game that has sexier sex scenes (this is making me itch) - even when there isn't any actual sex. It's still better.
I really can't say enough good things about this game. It's a very weird experience for me.
Oh! One... badish thing. The worst thing at least, which is honestly saying very little... but anyway. The pirate scenes. There are a number of not super short scenes about fuckers stealing his work and charging people money for it. It's literally the dev kind of making sure you weren't scammed and even know where to go to avoid being scammed in the future (hello F95)... and it's the worst thing I can think to mention about this game. It does kind of pull you out of the flow, though they are between chapter breaks anyways... but still. And they don't pass by real quick - understandable considering the effort that went into the scene but still. And they're kinda fun and do fit the characters well and all that... but still. It would probably be a marginally better experience without them - as long as you aren't one of the poor bastards getting scammed anyways.
I can't believe I passed this by multiple times. I don't usually like it when reviews try to do the whole "Bitch, you don't know what you want" thing but... I admit it, I didn't know what I wanted when I passed this up. You might not know what you want either if you're thinking of doing the same. It's definitely worth a shot, at any rate, if you're actually reading the reviews so studiously that you actually reached the end of this bastard.
