It's not a bad experience, but there are two major plotlines here and they're in serious conflict with one another.
One is about the MC seducing the women of his hometown, potentially starting with his dad's gold-digger girlfriend. That's decent, hot, and even occasionally funny.
The other is a slow-burn crime story about the MC's attempts to solve his mother's murder, which is introduced like it's an afterthought, then keeps coming up again at unpredictable intervals. It's also got a bunch of unnecessary escapist bullshit mixed into it, like how our 22-year-old rookie MC is being given an astonishing amount of leeway by shadowy government operatives.
The two stories barely feel connected at all and can go for hours without intersecting. The MC is explicitly driven by anger and revenge, but is willing to put that on hold for days at a time so he can go on picnics and seduce his pretty neighbor. At best, he comes off like he's bipolar; at worst, he's a psycho who schedules extrajudicial murders like they're a daily errand.
Neither of these plotlines are poorly written, but they have no business being in the same story. The creator would've done better to make one lighthearted bondage caper and one hardboiled noir drama, rather than trying to fit them both into the same title. Everything else about the game is fine to great, but it's a weird experience overall.
One is about the MC seducing the women of his hometown, potentially starting with his dad's gold-digger girlfriend. That's decent, hot, and even occasionally funny.
The other is a slow-burn crime story about the MC's attempts to solve his mother's murder, which is introduced like it's an afterthought, then keeps coming up again at unpredictable intervals. It's also got a bunch of unnecessary escapist bullshit mixed into it, like how our 22-year-old rookie MC is being given an astonishing amount of leeway by shadowy government operatives.
The two stories barely feel connected at all and can go for hours without intersecting. The MC is explicitly driven by anger and revenge, but is willing to put that on hold for days at a time so he can go on picnics and seduce his pretty neighbor. At best, he comes off like he's bipolar; at worst, he's a psycho who schedules extrajudicial murders like they're a daily errand.
Neither of these plotlines are poorly written, but they have no business being in the same story. The creator would've done better to make one lighthearted bondage caper and one hardboiled noir drama, rather than trying to fit them both into the same title. Everything else about the game is fine to great, but it's a weird experience overall.