Ok the only other review is, no offense, not well done. Yes you have to click, click click, if spend too much money you lose. Congratulations you explained a ton of video games.
TL;DR One of the foundations for what has now become the porn game genre, and one of the best pieces from LOP. Two shiny but gorgeous women, slowly begin to want to MC, after he puts effort into his life. While the stat grind is present, with a bit of thought and planning (it's a game) it becomes clear how to proceed (With some mistakes made the first go). A must play for anyone who wants to see where games like Milfy city, Big Brother, and all the rest spiritually came from and a SHOULD PLAY for anyone who likes solid renders, and the freedom to fail.
EXTRA: The story checks, it's actually (For a porn game) realistic. You were cool, handsome, ambitious guy who got married young, then let yourself go, unsurprisingly no ones attracted to you like that. You workout, work on your career, and put effort into your appearance and women begin to take notice, this is all prompted from a hot young woman entering your house.
This game is old, but LOP was one of the first groups to make some next level renders and was one of the foundations for successful porn games. This was one of their best. Yes you can't mindlessly play through it, you need to balance stats, and YOUR WIFE WARNS YOU NOT TO SPEND TOO MUCH. After all your a broke ass writer and it's her money, not to mention your spending it on fucking your au pair....
The gameplay can get dull, its the tendency in any stat grind game, hence why they did away with it in the sequel, but that's a product of its time. Compared to some games it's not even that bad. The models are nice, if not a bit shiny and the scenes are fun. The NTR is completely optional, and you have to make a conscious decision to let it happen. "But my au pair sucks and fucks her boyfriend" that's not ntr that's normal and it stops once you get with her.
The slow build to all out sex with both characters is nice and not terribly paced with the money mechanic being the most annoying, but honestly once you get half way through you have it down pat, at which point restarting isn't the worst idea (you may have fucked up some decisions by now). The biggest hump is the first act, where no one likes you and your essentially a dickless loser. However, this will change within around 30 minutes, at which point enjoy slowly seeing the women around you take interest.
It's by no means a 5 star, though at the time it WAS, despite this I couldn't rate it lower than 3 stars, and gave it a bonus purely for personal preference and what it did for porn games. Funnily while less stat grinding in the second sounds nice, I actually find it feeling to quick and more like a VN, this has a porn GAME feel to it.