The gameplay is alright, I got the wolf chase done first time, which surprised me, I thought I was gonna have to reload a few times, tbh. I thought I was lost forever in the forest, but was rather shocked when Justine was the same level as me on day 1, so I guess I didn't do too bad there.
The real pain for me was the maid cafe quest, I have a horrible memory, and I only tried the quest 1/day until I almost finished it on day 5, then I went all in and did the loop several times for a final win at 2 seconds left on the clock.
I wonder if the shops are ever going to open, I've resorted to using a save editor to keep my potions full, I'd hate to see what the game would be like without the save editor.
Not a fan of the GoR style of play, but meh, if it happens it happens, I usually have a save before a danger situation. I did like how the game offers you an auto save at a few points.
The potion class could have had a bit more help there, I read the instruction scroll 3 times and finally said fuck it and just tossed the ingredients in semi-randomly. 1-1-1, 1-2-1, 1-2-2, etc, until I got turned into squirrel boy and had to be rescued from the harpy.
The flight was a nice change of pace, something I could do fairly well, not sure if it was scripted that way or not, but I apparently broke a record. (probably scripted to make you feel better), but I'm going to keep thinking I was good at it to maintain my self -esteem!
In my opinion, some of the cut scenes could be shorter, or escaped out of, item drops possibly buffed a bit, again, not sure I'll freely admit that I'm cheating the potions in, maybe later I'll try a "pure" run now that I (semi) know what I'm doing.
Edit: So I just did the panty raid quest, and those last 3 statues before Josephine's room were a pain, as was figuring out where exactly the old lady could see you from. For those of you who hated the wolf quest, there is another Run quest after that, so be sure to save! I got caught twice before I figured my way through it, and then after the comic interlude moment a 2nd chase that was in my opinion, much easier.
I will now also retract my comment about the stores, as I now have access to the commercial district, so since I've hit the end of chapter 2, I may go back and do a "pure" run.