I have finished the update and thoroughly enjoyed it. While one could certainly critique the visuals in some areas, the other aspects of the game are so compelling that, as a fan of the genre, the visual shortcomings didn't detract from my experience at all. This is not to say that high-quality visuals are unimportant, but rather to emphasize that an experience can be a perfect 10/10 based on its narrative strength alone. The story is deeply engaging, it's what a narrative should be, designed to immerse the player, not just serve as a pretext for gratuitous sexual content.
As I mentioned in my initial review, Lacey is not the villain some perceive her to be. To truly understand her, one must appreciate several underlying
factors: severe addiction, childhood trauma, and the reasons she left the MC. One must also consider why she would be interested in wife-sharing. (While the game is currently exploring a husband-sharing phase, I am confident Lacey will propose this in the future, and understanding her motivation is a fascinating subject.) If a player ignores or misunderstands even one of these deep-seated issues, Lacey can easily be misconstrued as a malicious character, but this is a fundamental misreading. This latest update has helped to clarify her complexities even further.
The situation is complicated by the fact that both the MC and FMC protagonists are grappling with their own significant psychological trauma. This makes it much more challenging for the player to interpret events clearly. The characters themselves are often unreliable; Lacey might contradict something she said just days before, and the MC frequently voices opinions only to later realize his thinking was flawed and correct himself. When the protagonists are shaped by such severe trauma, their judgments are inconsistent, making it incredibly difficult for the player to distinguish between objective reality and subjective perception.
This narrative ambiguity is a deliberate choice by the developer. Unlike games with one-dimensional characters, this experience is intentionally designed to resist a single, definitive interpretation. If you were to feed this entire discussion thread to an AI model and ask it to categorize users' beliefs about Lacey, you would undoubtedly find at least ten different perspectives. This shows how each person has understood the game through their own unique viewpoint. Those who are fans of the netorare genre, for instance, unfortunately tend to offer the most negative interpretations, whether consciously or not, because this aligns with the themes that they find enjoyable.
Ultimately, both the MC and FMC in this game are excellent characters who deserve every good thing the developer has in store for them. I felt compelled to write all of this because the negative comments I saw about Lacey in this thread made me feel I had to defend her. I urge people not to judge superficially. Instead of just saying, "Lacey did this," "Lacey lied," or "Lacey deceived," we should ask why she did it. What were her motivations? What would have happened if she had acted differently? The world isn't black and white; nothing is absolutely right or wrong in isolation. We must always look at the context behind an action.
This game defies simple discussion because nothing about it is simple. I know that if I delve into a discussion, it might take days to emerge, and ultimately, this game will always remain open to multiple interpretations, unlike 99.9% of other games.
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baconsmoke I wish you the best of luck. I have recommended this game to many people and will continue to do so. I am eagerly awaiting the next update and sincerely hope this becomes your main project.
