Ok, just finished playing this and I must say...
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you are a goddamned genius!
The game had almost everything I love in it - mystery, action, great twists and epic characters! Ok, ok, one by one.
What I liked:
The story is interesting and intriguing. Rarely in such a game do I spend time thinking about "What the hell is going on" without being frustrated. Great balance between hints, mysteries and reveals. Just great!
The characters are epic (I'm horrible with names, so excuse me):
Mom is the weakest character by far, IMO. And I didn't care!!! I just have a feeling I'm about to learn more and more about her and I'll love what I learn!
The sister is the cliche shy-dorky-little-sis... and I give no fucks. She is adorable. I want to hug her and kiss her and make her happy.
The best friend (JJ) is a best friend. His mail and his gift in the start of the game were cool establishing character moments. Also, as every best friend he came to check on me. Not much after that, but I'm optimistic.
Lily? The best friend sister is a sweet little thing. I wanna help her. And I don't care about her condition (something that usually bothers me in such games).
The neighbors (Bannors? Whatever) did a lot for the story.
The other characters... not enough of them to decide, but I kind of like most of them.
The humor. Oh, man, the humor...
It's cool, well-placed, has a lot of references that made me laugh and helps with the overall fun of the game. Also... well, You'll have hard time making me believe Eric was named by chance!
I also must say, that while I don't care as much for the quality of the graphics, I really enjoyed them.
Quest system is really helpful! Especially for not making me wander around as an idiot, trying to progress some line that is not finished.
"Meh" things:
Time-management in the more sandbox part of the game is... not great. I can literally do one thing per day.
All the clicking to go to that place in the hospital is not nice.
I hate hunting for hidden objects. But that's me. Gladly there is a great walktrough to avoid those things.
Things I don't like:
I can't just go to sleep and wake up in a year to play a much more complete (or even fully complete) version of the game.
As a whole. The story is interesting and intriguing. Rarely in such a game do I spend time thinking about "What the hell is going on" without being frustrated. Great balance between hints, mysteries and reveals. The gameplay is clunky at places, but otherwise solid, even if there is hidden objects in it. The characters are cool, graphics are good. It's probably my favorite unfinished adult game at this point. Hell, I usually always go on dominant paths and I didn't care I didn't have a fucktoy or two in an hour. Great work.