It's a VN hybrid with sandbox elements.. I think most players expected more VN than tedious hover-search-click sandbox, it got the typical search and hover looking for hidden items and spots bound to forced quests.hmmmm, reviews are basically, "i dont like sandbox so im gonna cry and leave a bad review". considering its tagged sandbox, why even bother playing it if you dont like sandbox that much? i dont understand stupid i guess. renders look good. I dont mind sandbox, especially if it gives me more control rather than just being railroaded into choices i dont care about. then i prefer it. considering its a first release, of course a lot of areas are going to be empty. never understood why people feel the need to ruin someones elses fun because its not to their taste. mind boggling.
I don't mind sandbox either most of the time, but this one so far is neither a stimulating puzzle challenge nor a smooth type of sandbox. Could have been better implemented and kind of ruins the VN part imo.