This is supposed to be a three parter. Night 1-3, of which we get to play Night 1-2 with Night 3 yet to be released. So consider this a review of the two nights thus far.
PROS
- The first thing that probably attracted your eye towards this game is the artwork and I can confirm that this is the best part of the whole experience. Sublime artwork that makes most other H games, even good ones, pale by comparison.
- Well written characters, with an established lore, with dialogue that doesnt have me on the ropes to skip the whole thing
- Surprising amount of gameplay considering that its a VN. Well, at least night 2 anyway.
- The H, when its there, is good. If that's your sole aim, you wont be disappointed.
CONS
- Night 2 is complex, and well paced. Night 1 however, is just a linear procession of choosing the right buttons or die. For those who played night 1 without knowing night 2 exist would probably not bother to play its sequel
- The story is well written but has its own share of plot holes. Without spoilers, suffice to say that when your story contains a time device, it really does introduce tons of holes. And the story's lore attempt to plaster these holes are contrived at best.
- Be prepared for a little grind because night 2's gameplay require quite a lot of backtracking. And there are certain situations where the game's 'save' system would end up screwing you from getting all the runes. Recommend that you manually save and save often.
- There's a wolf girl in the game and you dont get to fuck her :/
Alright, let's have a look at the story, without spoilers. You play as Theo, whose name you cannot change, but he has a nickname which you can change. Not sure why the contrivance but whatever. You are in the attentions of two girls, Jan and Anna, who are not what they seem. Long story short, theyre trying to do something which will require you dead, of which Noami, a monster police, is trying to prevent.
Gameplay is basically VN style, with the plot centering on you thwrating the girls' efforts, while having them ride your dick along the way. Night 1 is a breeze because there's barely any choices that matter whereas in night 2, the game opens up considerably and now youre actually making choices while simultaneously trying to complete your rune scrapbook. I can say from experience that this is not an easy task; it'll likely take you several tries and even then there's at least two runes which Im sure you'll look out a guide to get.
If youre wondering, yes the H is good. However, getting there takes up some effort. There's no animations in the H, but there is VA. You get to fuck a total of 4 different girls but somehow not the werewolf (shifter? some kind of druid nonsense) which is a bit disappointing.
CONCLUSION
I'll be honest, if youre looking for a game with H elements then this game doesnt disappoint, at least night 2 anyway. But if all youre looking for is fap material then likely you'll find yourself looking elsewhere because there's not really a lot of it and getting there requires some bit of work.
Have to recommend because its well written, well drawn, is somewhat complex for a VN game, and I had fun with it. But perhaps it would be better to wait for night 3 to release first.