Things that just make me dislike this game:
1. The Sandbox. It's a horrible mechanic to introduce after you had a prologue and a first part that were straight VN with choices. It's a sign of... honestly, laziness. Why do I say that? Because now you're writing straight dialogue with now without diverging paths. Yes, there are choices in some scenes, but if you haven't noticed they're all Pass/Fail choices. Time of day, scheduled events, variable triggers it's all creates an environment of "I don't care to write a linear story". There are times when sand box works, like with Love of Magic or similar games. But it does not work here. And it's a complete bait and switch for the people who enjoyed the prologue and first version.
2. The Nighttime crap. You can sneak into every girl's room and molest them. Do you know why this bugs me? Because during the train ride, there was a CHOICE of whether to do stuff to Haley or not. There was even originally a point related to it in the code. Now, the character is a complete sleep rapist.
3. The Magic "Drawing symbols on the screen" crap mini game is annoying. Some magic games can actually create original combat systems. The drawing symbols makes me think of Netflix's "The Dragon Prince" and it bugs me a little because it's a bad mechanic for a Ren'Py game.
4. Related to the Nighttime crap: Your need to constantly do sex/lewd scenes with characters who are outside the main ones every update. It's like you feel there's some quota where you have to do so much perversion during an update in order to be popular, and that is somewhat true, but all the side character crap is getting old. But having him sleep rape a girl isn't any better. You're supposed to relate to the MC in this game the way you wrote the beginning of it, so why did you turn him into such a dickhead?
5. The Loading. No other Ren'Py game I have ever played has required Load Times. Do you understand how bad that is?
I can see you point. However, I think your comments are a little harsh and extreme really. While I won't go sleep raping the girls, I see this has your own choice / decision. You decide if that's what you want to do, it is not a requirement. Although while you and I agree regarding the sleep raping crap, it's still a choice, a moral choice to do so or not.
The beginning of the story feels rushed, and it feels like there was a few missed opportunities to add a few scenes that I felt where warranted.
I think the only way to think of this game, is to think of it as a harry potter type, minus the sleep raping or any type of rape for that matter. It's just a bit of harmless fun, with some dubious decisions. Although it feels way to repetitive for my tastes..i mean collecting books, drawing shapes on the board and then remembering the things your meant to put into the cauldron. Just seems like a silly waste of time. There should be a story, but if there is , in the sandbox it feels like I am buried to my head in the sand with pointless silly mechanics that don't add a single thing to the game as far as I can see, except some kind of time gating next day then the next and so on. Some sandboxes do it get it right on occasion, without becoming a massive bore fest piece of crap. Then there are those that are. I haven't completely made my mind up yet, I want to give it another chance...I want the story, interactions, and I want the 10 year protagonist to grow up and stop calling the girls, babe and baby etc its cringey and really does get annoying.
MC needs massively to be worked on, from his retarded personality, to the way he speaks to people and his interactions. You might even want to improve the way he looks, because as MC's go, he really is ugly af.
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