I tried this a year ago and while going through the stories, making choices one question kept me busy. Why the fuck am I doing all this, what is the MCs motivation. I got the same feeling with cyberpunk 2077 but unlike this VN after 3 hours you get your motivation.
What I really find jarring is how the story is told. The story is seen from the MC perspective but then I find myself looking at just a background with no characters for several screens. This really confused me as there is top quality character art in this VN. Today I understood why that was, large parts are narrated instead of me reading what characters say and think. Example is day 3 in the morning "Your bed feels quite comfortable, and you find yourself feeling very well rested, which feels a bit off" then a couple of screens I read the MC thoughts about victor, then back to narrating again, MC thoughts, back to narrating etc etc. This continual switching breaks the immersion for me.
Another strange thing is the choice on day 3 to eat another doughnut, what is the point of this choice I wondered? I decided to check the code, it is a pointless choice, just have the MC eat the bloody doughnut
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There is character art for the MC. why is he still a black silhouette?
The general feeling I got was that of a cheap soap opera/romance novel that occasionally has some lewd pictures. I still had this feeling with chapter 17 and I was desperately searching for a hint of motivation why the MC is doing what he does. The only 2 I kinda see a hint is with Octavia and Riley, sad part for me there is little for both of them
. I was hoping chapter 18 got better, It didn't.