Maybe pain for character, pain for player not so good.
Masterpiece of HRPG imo. If you have time to understand mechanics and combat system in this game, if you have patience to find stories behind (somewhere crazy) npc's, if you dare enought to fight against this World...
The characters are good. The world is also good.
Then you may find much more fun in your existance, moreover you may find that harcore of this game is like cherry on a cake, making it more attractive.
Gameplay makes many mistakes. Too many lewd options don't benefit player. Too many dynamics are repetitive.
Not difficult! Repetitive!!! Kill one monster, must rest 5-10x to kill next.... wastes 5 seconds PLAYER TIME x 10 = 1 minute of doing nothing like waiting for loading screen except more button pushing.
Not HARD! TEDIOUS!
Pregnancy easy to avoid, but SO PUNISHING to have! Many many fetish options EXCLUDED if player wants to WIN!
Player has to choose! Win! Or lewd! NO GOOD.
Whore build gives promise of avoiding this but NO! Many MANY quest areas block Juicing for no reason. Plus enemies STILL ATTACK during sex battles. NO GOOD.
Game rewards the coward. Play safe! Play slow! RISKS ARE ALWAYS BAD!
No weighing risk/reward! Just fear fear fear. Boring.
So many ways to win but all are "avoid 90% of game features", what kind of game punishes you for playing it?
Bad ones!
This game has SO MUCH potential, if developers can stop trying to punish players instead of punishing Lona.