You know...I was really starting to agree with you, but aren't reviews, in general, just someone's opinion? Look at sites like Amazon. People are constantly giving their opinions on a product and why. It's not like Krugger just left one line, "characters are ugly". Krugger left a pretty detailed post on why. I don't agree with it, but I can see their point of view. And it wasn't just focused on their looks. They talked about gameplay and content. I think this is all relevant in a review, because it gives other people of similar mindset an idea of what content is like in this game and therefore, helping them decide if they want to play it. For example...there is a whole lot of MC just jacking himself off. Someone coming in to read the review might see that and feel like this isn't the game for them. Also, for many people, just having a good story is not enough. The other factors weigh in.
So really, I think the review structure on this site is inadequate. It should allow people to rate various factors of a game and then average that total, instead of leaving it to the reviewers to decide.
Again, I think this VN is great. The story is great. The animation is artsy and it's really beautiful. The content, while coming slow, still has a decent pace considering everything that's going on and their relationship.
1-star is rough, but the current system allows it instead of depending on multiple criteria.
Ofc reviews are in general someones opinion about something. But his review is just made up with a lof of BS in it or made up lies that hold no truth at closer inspection masked as an opinion about the game when he clearly has no freaking idea what he is talking about.
1. Commenting on the girls looks in a negative way multiple times is a no go according to mods.
Thats strike number 1.
2. He talks about how the story of the game is boring, filled with various repetitions and advances that become tiresome.
The story can be boring if you are not into that stuff i give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he followed in and didn't skip it. (we both know he didn't) But the rest is a straight made up lie.
The only thing that keeps repeating are the morning rituals with denise who if he would have paid attention are different every single time. If if was a repetition
naughtyroad would have used the old assets and looped the same images over and over again with different dialouge as many devs do and no one cares.
Same with the dreams and same with the fact when Denise wakes the MC up. They are different every single time.
Thats strike number 2.
3. He claims the choices have no impact and you only decide what you wanna read.
As someone who used multiple paths in the game with the coven and brooke and soon a path without the wards i can attest to the fact that this is straight up bullshit and yet another lie. If your choices would have no impact
naughtyroad would not even have to make them in the first place.
Thats strike number 3.
4. He bashes the art style by claiming the people in the game suffer from "microcephaly" and that the breasts are ugly and the only positive thing are the asses of characters.
And then he rambles about and i quote:
"The sexual content of this game is pure blueballs, because it's hard for you to see blowjobs, vaginal sex and anal sex scenes, there are just scenes like this only with the co-workers, each one of them, after all, so, in case you are thinking that this game has incest, I must tell you that it has very little, almost nothing."
I do not even have to debunk this as thats yet another lie based on the fact that he neither played the last or current update to claim something so ridiculous that the MC can only bone the Co-workers and no other sexual content is present in the game.
Strike number 4.
And my favorite part in his review. I quote again: "It's a pretty silly story to tell you the truth, it's like you take a kid and ask him to create a pirate story or something. The characters' relationship makes me sick, it's so bad, furthermore, has almost no sexual content to enjoy and not even a little bit of slutty"
Makes no freaking sense at all.
To be clear. I have no problem with someone giving a bad review on something he disliked and sharing his opinion about it. But i take issue on someone giving a 1 star review based on nothing but made up lies that can be disproven by anyone who played said game and insulting the dev for no freaking reason.
I agree that the review part needs an upgrade but at the same time 1 star reviews should only be allowed on buggy games or games that do not work at all.