Updated for 0.8.1
Maybe it's me, or maybe it's the game, but my opinion of it has fallen off I'm sorry to say.
The issue, for me, is that the game drags a lot and its content is, at the end of the day, very stretched to make it seem and feel longer than the available content can justify. When you actually look at what's happened, how much the story has moved, how much the characters have evolved, how much the MC's relationship with them has grown, how many scenes have occurred, it's honestly not that much from chapter to chapter; there's simply a lot of repetition and a lot, a lot of words and conversation, but not all of it is enjoyable to read. It's honestly almost torture sometimes as far as VNs go; and actually, a number of VNs seem to be written this way, so it's not a problem unique to this game.
I get that making these games are hard, and takes time, and the work deserves an income and that income can be a lifeline for some devs; and I get that there are so, so, so many entitled players who are never satisfied and peck and poke at the author about the tiniest things over, and over, and over. But all that said, it still doesn't make this game satisfying to play on the whole.
There are still great scenes; there are plenty of great moments; the characters are all cute, or adorable, or some such, and none of them are really hateable. Although.. the latest chapter does add an extremely annoying character.. and not in a "this fits the story" kind of way, I'm ok with unlikeable characters that serve an interesting purpose; but no, this character is not interesting, and they do not serve a purpose.. it's more like a "this annoyed the author at some point and now he feels compelled to annoy us with it too." He's sexist, he's selfish, he's immature, and that could be an antagonistic character that works.. I'm open. But, this one was clearly just the author venting, maybe understandably, but it's plain unbearable, does not make an interesting character, he isn't saying anything you haven't heard before on the internet or at work, the takeaway for the player is not complex or interesting, it just makes the game a worse experience and pads time.
On top of that, no matter how much the author insists you do not get punished for choices... you do get punished for choosing the wrong thing. If you try to act a certain way, which sometimes is creepy so I get it, you miss out on scenes. It's impossible to completely lose the daughter's routes by accident, so you'll always be doing stuff with them, but you absolutely can lose scenes. And further, if you try to play the game in a way the author deems too selfish, you will get an earful from him through the mouth of the characters. Ok... geez.. relax, I like to be dominant in my fantasy games. I don't like to hear the author virtually bitch at me for it. Just don't make it a choice, I'd be totally ok with that. It's kinda funny when you're playing it for free and I can't be too mad. But, if I were paying money for this, I would be quite irritated. Your mileage may vary there, these might not be problems you'll ever run into depending on how you prefer to play.
The things this game does fantastically is the renders. The appearance of the models aren't for everyone, but they're certainly unique and I find them quite cute. The quality of the renders, the attention to detail (except for a few here and there) is top notch, it really does look great most of the time. The animations are nice, too, and the atmosphere overall is great. But the visuals do not make a game, the writing does. And that's quite disappointing for me overall.
