If you want an MC that constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) says such profound sentences as "I need to shower, I stink" and "ok I've showered. Now lets go to my room." "Ok, now I'm in my room, let's get dressed." " Ok, now I'm dressed. I'm bored. Let's go to bed." this is the game for you. In general about 40% of the dialogue could be cut without any significant change. The characters keep saying the most irrelevant stuff, like how they are going to decide their mode of transport to and from work each and every day or the MC's absolute favorite "I'm going to go shower" fade to black "Ok now I've showered". It was sort of funny the first time the MC expressed surprise over the fact that sleeping infact does make time go fast after waking up one morning. But when he keeps reiterating it, it just makes you wonder if the MC has a serious brain injury.
Generally speaking, the MC is portrayed as someone that doesn't have a great way with words or ability to express feelings. Which was somewhat charming in the beginning. However, it falls kind of flat, since almost all characters sound like robots or aliens impersonating humans. MC is just extra roboty. I get that it's probably due to the dev not having english as a primary language, but it does start to grate signifcantly when every character goes some variation of "oh yes this food is very delicious" "Ah yes I agree the food was very delicious" "Yes, thanks for that very delicious food" ad nauseum almost every time you have lunch/dinner/breakfast with them (which again, is constantly). It does not help that there are countless grammar mistakes, wrong character names, and misspellings throughout.
Ok (I've showered), so text and dialogue aside, how are the sex scenes? They never have any sort of build up, it is always 0-100 in no time. Something like "Story related beat happens, not rarely something traumatic for one of the parties involved" fade to black, MC is in his room/office Hotgirl #X knocks on door/phones/invites to dinner, "Hey MC lets hang out. Ok lets fuck. "And then a sex scene that feels samey after the 5th nearly identical scene. They did get somewhat better towards the end (it is not a short game, so that is many many hours), but by then I was mostly just clicking past them.
The animations themselves are decent, but pretty standard for HS games.
There are loads of scenes that *could* have had amazing teasing and build up to a great sex scene, but they are over in one or two renders, and everyone is mostly fully clothed and mostly completely non sexual throughout. It is a shame, because you always get your hopes dashed. "Oh maybe the dev has finally learned that there is value in teasing and building up" "Oh the scene is already over. ok. I need to take a shower."
Okay so why on god did I play through this whole mess? The story was sort of intriguing. There is a mystery that is revelead throughout, but once it is revealed and understood, the game overstays its welcome by multiple hours. But by then I felt a bit too invested so I just wanted to see how it ends. And there are some heartfelt and nice moments with most of the characters. But unfortunately it is in no way able to compensate for the absolutely terrible dialogue.
If you're okay with the most advanced sentences being on the level of "I need to shower. Ok now I've showered" or "How are you going there? I will take the bus. Ok. "for multiple hours, I suppose it could still be worth it for the story, but I would honestly heavily recommend against it. Unless you have truly played them all and are desperate for something new, I would give this one a pass. There are tons of other games out there that are more worth your time. I genuinely do not understand how this is so highly rated.
Generally speaking, the MC is portrayed as someone that doesn't have a great way with words or ability to express feelings. Which was somewhat charming in the beginning. However, it falls kind of flat, since almost all characters sound like robots or aliens impersonating humans. MC is just extra roboty. I get that it's probably due to the dev not having english as a primary language, but it does start to grate signifcantly when every character goes some variation of "oh yes this food is very delicious" "Ah yes I agree the food was very delicious" "Yes, thanks for that very delicious food" ad nauseum almost every time you have lunch/dinner/breakfast with them (which again, is constantly). It does not help that there are countless grammar mistakes, wrong character names, and misspellings throughout.
Ok (I've showered), so text and dialogue aside, how are the sex scenes? They never have any sort of build up, it is always 0-100 in no time. Something like "Story related beat happens, not rarely something traumatic for one of the parties involved" fade to black, MC is in his room/office Hotgirl #X knocks on door/phones/invites to dinner, "Hey MC lets hang out. Ok lets fuck. "And then a sex scene that feels samey after the 5th nearly identical scene. They did get somewhat better towards the end (it is not a short game, so that is many many hours), but by then I was mostly just clicking past them.
The animations themselves are decent, but pretty standard for HS games.
There are loads of scenes that *could* have had amazing teasing and build up to a great sex scene, but they are over in one or two renders, and everyone is mostly fully clothed and mostly completely non sexual throughout. It is a shame, because you always get your hopes dashed. "Oh maybe the dev has finally learned that there is value in teasing and building up" "Oh the scene is already over. ok. I need to take a shower."
Okay so why on god did I play through this whole mess? The story was sort of intriguing. There is a mystery that is revelead throughout, but once it is revealed and understood, the game overstays its welcome by multiple hours. But by then I felt a bit too invested so I just wanted to see how it ends. And there are some heartfelt and nice moments with most of the characters. But unfortunately it is in no way able to compensate for the absolutely terrible dialogue.
If you're okay with the most advanced sentences being on the level of "I need to shower. Ok now I've showered" or "How are you going there? I will take the bus. Ok. "for multiple hours, I suppose it could still be worth it for the story, but I would honestly heavily recommend against it. Unless you have truly played them all and are desperate for something new, I would give this one a pass. There are tons of other games out there that are more worth your time. I genuinely do not understand how this is so highly rated.