I wish I could rate 5 stars, which to me means it is excellent in its current state, but unfortunately I can't. I have read comments praising the great writing because it has humor, intrigue, and mystery. Those are just the aspects of the story as a whole. It is one thing to have them, but it is how they are written to tell the story that makes a difference between so-so writing and great writing. Am I going to stick around an continue playing? Absolutely, because there is so much potential for a rewarding experience.
Pros/Cons: Multiple characters each with their own story to tell. To me the story/stories is what has me intrigued to keep playing. Introducing the MC with an intro is really nice, allowing us to understand the MC better, and telling us his history at the same time.
Unfortunately this is also a Con for me because it not only conflicts with conversations later on, it borders on being completely unbelievable. To me, the MC being in jail makes more sense, because I can't see someone posting bail to get someone else out of prison. Robbing a store because you ran out of money for whores? Hardly. Robbing a store after you get back home because you have a drug problem, and thus finding your ass tossed in jail? This I can believe.
It is refreshing to finally play an MC that isn't an anti-social, life clueless dumb-ass that is scared of his own shadow that ogles over ever female he sees, and looks like he could have been the antagonist from 'Silence of the Lambs' every time he sees a female. We now have an MC that isn't afraid to be tough, but with that said, he is, to me, a bullying asshole that borders on being completely unlikable, period. It is refreshing to see, that as his character progresses in the story, there is another side to his character showing us that his attitude is only a facade, to hide the fact that there is a softer side to him, though I sometimes feel as if we are being forced to continue acting like an asshole by not offering any other choices, though those times are few and far between.
Plenty of beautiful, hot and sexy girls, and beautiful and even sexier MILF's? What's not to love? Yes Vanessa and Jeane, I am referring to you
My biggest complaint is how incest was implemented. That could have been written into the story in a manner to completely blind sided the characters, after you found yourself doing the wild and crazy with those females, and then each character dealing with the emotional aftermath. Instead it was thrown in with a horrible patch that totally destroyed the story. To be honest, the patch itself was horribly written and thrown in, along with changes in the story and conversation to reflect the patch, to satisfy a fetish. It could have been a patch, that was written in to become part of the story, and not FAP material, and still not violate Patreon rules by using a simple if/else in the script.
Now we have Lizzie that can't decide whether Phill is Phill or dad between one conversation and another.
"Oh my god, you can't do anything together because you live under the same roof!" Statements like this in the writing because of a poorly implemented patch. Not to mention the overused Landlord/Landlady/housemate. I'm sorry, but I thought Phill had become my guardian, to raise me, allowing me a family and a home. I didn't know that he took the MC in when he was 16 and started charging him rent.
A majority of the conversations, I found to be be head scratching, because it read more like that google translation. This no bad reflection against the Dev(s) if English isn't their native language. I would highly consider finding an English speaking proofreader. I would gladly volunteer my services on that end.
Another downside to the writing is the excessive use of English slang, especially coming from an educated character. Things like that weakens that particular character as whole, and makes him/her less believable. I would also consider staying away from Phill being referred to as Mr. Principal, and instead using Mr. Smithson since that is his last name. Sorry but asking "What are you doing in Mr. Principal's bedroom?" is not only poor writing, but could even be considered lazy writing.
With all of that said, I applaud the Dev(s) and wish them success in this project.