I understand why there are so many good ratings here, and I agree with some points. However, there is something that completely overrides all the pluses. Personally, for me at least.
ATTENTION, MINOR SPOILERS.
1. This is what started to happen after the first half of the game. Imagine that you just started playing and the first 10 hours you have two settlements (two story arcs) full of interesting tasks and related characters. Then you ask Rey bout other places on this continent, she tells you about them all, and you think with great interest how cool it would be to get there and how many interesting characters await you ahead. It's the same way, right ?
NO. What awaits you next is practically half-empty settlements, some of which, if you remove, you won't even notice. Next thing you know, you've got AI generated characters describing the same sex scenes. Which you're already starting to skip.
As one reviewer pointed out, it's not a good porn game. Because it's really, really shitty porn. It's very generic, bland. And it's the same thing over and over and over and over and over....
I guess that's where the gameplay comes in, huh? Well, how to put it. I really love JRPG and RPG genre, so I have plenty of experience with different combat systems. And the only thing that saves this gameplay is the good - blessings thing. And the fact that there is in fact no grind here. If there was a grind in this game, I would have definitely finished it halfway through. And could still save myself from what I saw in the last half of the game....
And so, porn is not a plus for this game, the gameplay is tolerable, maybe then the story, yes ?
2. I understand the author is very fond of the Shonen genre. I myself haven't watched or read in that genre in a long time, but I roughly understand how it should work. And in this game it is a complete failure.
In general, if we talk about the plot, then from the beginning to a certain point, it keeps afloat quite well. While the side plots have pretty much disappeared between a quarter and half of the game, it's still enough to be engaging.
However, even here, you can already get a sneaking suspicion that things are about to go downhill.
Because despite the genre of Shonen, you look at the timer of the passage which already passes over 40 hours, and the main character and his partners seem to face difficulties, seem to become stronger, and seemingly not. Because every time the plot progresses, we have stronger and stronger opponents. And the protagonist loses every time. All his merits are insignificant, and some victories come at the expense of luck and other characters stronger than the main one. You'd think MC would do something instead of just saying.
Nope.
There is no sense of catharsis here. Not once! A catharsis like Ichigo in Bleach. When every time, in every arc, he gets his ass kicked, but he gets up, trains and goes beyond his limits. He too has a special legacy, he too is an experiment. We'll have the protagonist every time he gets up and waving his fist pitifully, saying that he won't lose next time. We'll be told a lot about the strength of the protagonist and how special he is. But in 70 hours, you don't get much of that.
We'll be told a lot about HG's powers and how special he is. But in 70 hours, you're not really shown much of that. Other characters will do everything for you. It's frustrating, because there's so many moments in the story where you're you could just about summon some of the MC's power, but no. Blank Shots. A complete failure of the Shonen genre. However, there is such a character in the story, I would even call it just the appropriate protagonist of this story, which fits all the definitions.
Meet the deus ex machina, the cat in the bag, the real protagonist - Swiftstroke!
Motivation and actions of which at the end of the game, almost made me quit the game, delete it and never come back. The only thing that made me finish it was the 70 hours of wasted of time up to this point. There's so much I want to write about this character and the final piece of the game, but I don't want to spoiler any more. Just remember this name. That's the main character - right there.
In the end, the worst thing about this game is the practical total helplessness of the main character.
What you can still put up with, until the first half of the game, are the sex scenes. The main advantage of which is a short duration. Here you are waiting for the same poses with almost the same proportions of bodies. Unrealized potential with Monster Girl.
The name of the game should remove the number 1000 and call it Monster Girl 90.
P.S However, it feels like the author loves his story, and especially the characters. Although it seemed tired after half of it.