VN - Unity - Out of Touch! [v3.51.2] [Story Anon]

Review and Critique for Out of Touch v1.93

Review contains no major spoilers, but may spoil some of the sense of discovery and mystery Out of Touch has.

Overview

Out of Touch is a genre-bending adult mostly-kinetic novel that is part coming-of-age, melodrama, comedy, fantasy, action, horror and psychological/psychedelic thriller, all with a healthy dose of anime influence. While this may sound like an eclectic and contradictory mix of genres, Out of Touch manages to mix all these elements to create a unique and engaging story.

The story of Out of Touch concerns our young teen male protagonist CJ who is sent away from his home and his group of all-female friends after a tragic event and subsequent misunderstanding between himself and one of his friends. After several years in exile, CJ returns to his hometown now a grown, if immature, young man eager to reconnect with his friends and mend the divide between them. However, this is only where the story begins, and soon CJ and his friends are taken down strange and mystical paths where they must contend with mysterious cosmic forces…

Overall, Out of Touch is an astoundingly good game that represents some of the best storytelling that can be found in AVNs. It is also a well-made and presented game, with pleasing art and an incredible (partially) original soundtrack. This is not to say Out of Touch is a perfect game however, and there are some criticisms that can be levelled against particularly its pacing and its how it handles conflict between the characters. Regardless, I believe Out of Touch greater than the sum of its parts, even in its incomplete stage.

Genre

The prologue of Out of Touch may be slightly misleading, though not necessarily in a bad way. Going in blind, the story initially appears as a standard coming-of-age melodrama with the expectation that the story will resolve around CJ reconnecting and rebuilding his relationship with his friends. While this does form a central part of the story, it is later placed in the context of supernatural forces and fantasy elements. While observant players might be able to spot some clues to the true nature of setting early, even when the supernatural elements in the story to reveal themselves, it’s not exactly clear if they are actual real events occurring in the story or whether they are metaphorical (or CJ’s fever dream). Even when the supernatural elements are become more concrete within the story, there remains a degree of uncertainty to it – how much is “real”, how much is CJ and his friends’ perception of their events and relationship, and how much is meant to be a metaphorical representation of the characters and their relationships.

This uncertainty, in combination the mix of genres, gives the game a very psychedelic - or my preferred description, surreal - feeling. The surreal atmosphere of Out of Touch is what makes it really engaging. It really allows the story to take some unique and interesting directions through mixing those realistic and fantastical elements, while providing believable explanation for some of the more unbelievable tropes of AVNs. Personally, I view the fantasy elements of Out of Touch are meant to represent the real relationships between the characters, and they metaphorically represent the trials and tribulations they experience.

While the eclectic mix of genres generally works well, there is occasional issues with tonal whiplash where the story will quickly jump from one genre to another without sufficient motivation narratively. This is most obvious in CJ himself, given he is both the primary protagonist of the story and the primary comic relief. He quickly switches the tone between comedy, sentimentality, and nerve-wrecking thriller. It can undermine some of the more dramatic elements of the story because CJ’s often comedic and unaware nature means those dramatic moments have difficulty sticking.

Out of Touch is also planning to expand way from a pure visual/kinetic novel formula by including some turn-based battle mechanics. This seems like it would accentuate the eclectic and surreal elements of the game, however currently this is currently underdeveloped so it’s hard to comment on it at this stage.

Writing

The writing of Out of Touch is consistently good. Dialogue feels organic, if often surreal. The writing is quite funny and lighthearted when it needs to be, and sincere when it needs to be and nothing feels out of place. The major characters of Out of Touch all fill the stereotypical roles (archetypes), but once again the surreal elements of the story elevate this. While many stories use character archetypes as a crutch, here they are integrated well into the story and make sense in context. I found all the protagonists very likeable. Even the characters that have deliberately unlikeable qualities are easy to sympathise with and have a good amount of depth. Though, CJ never really taking a firm interest in understanding what the hell is going on can occasionally frustrating.

Out of Touch has adopted an episodic or pseudo-episodic format to its story. There’s a kind of ‘villain of the week’ element as antagonists (actual or metaphorical) are periodically introduced or reintroduced, CJ and his friends must face the threat posed by the antagonist before then gett a period to cool off, regroup and reconnect. The stakes are slowly raised as each antagonist is more dangerous than the last, and more of the mystery around CJ, his friends and the universe are revealed. It’s an enjoyable structure to the story, as it regularly allows our protagonists small victories, if only temporary.

The writing does have some issues, however. Pacing is sometimes inconsistent. It’s hard to describe without referencing major spoilers, but there are some subplots (or ‘episodes’ if applying an episodic view) that often are resolved far to quickly for my liking without being fully explored, while other subplots seem overstay their welcome and could have probably been edited down or broken up to maintain their punch. While it does have its positives, the episodic writing can lead to the greater narrative feeling disjointed, as it provides periodic pauses which break the flow of the story. Some of the characters have received significantly more screen time and development than others, though thankfully this seems to be improving. There is also the issue of arbitrary power creep that is common in fantasy and anime. It’s harder to be invested in the stakes when every antagonist has increasingly abstract levels of power.

Character conflicts and arcs sometimes feel insufficiently resolved before the plot moves forwards. Part of this is a deliberate thematic and writing choice, where past conflicts are never truly settled and require periodically revisiting as they develop (discussed in the Themes section). I don’t think this is a bad thing per se, but sometimes it misses the mark. Some of the advancements of the plot and character relationships are dependent on previous conflicts having been resolved. So, when the story invokes a previous conflict or insecurity that was ‘resolved’ it can feel like the character or relationship is returning to square one rather than building upon to the conflict.

Out of Touch is roughly a quarter the way through its planned 100 chapters. Personally, I found the more recent chapters to be the most well-written, which suggests that game will continually improve, and the best is yet to come.

Themes

To put on my analytical cap on briefly, I think there are three major themes present within Out of Touch. First, the importance of communication in relationships and how a lack of communication leads to conflict. Second, how lingering trauma (or conflict) is and how it requires ongoing attention with no easy fixes. Third, the virtue of the simple and mundane in face of the face of the grand and powerful.

Communication is a key theme, most of the major character conflicts are driven by a failure of communication between characters and therefore an inability to connect to one another. Only once characters are able to get past the physical and mental blocks to communicate their feelings are they able to resolve the conflict and connect, which in the context of the fantasy elements represents CJ’s and the character’s growing powers.

Most of the characters have experienced some form of trauma or are troubled by a negative experience of some kind. While the story has already progressed to addressing some of the trauma experienced by some of the characters, the story makes it clear that this is not an easy fix, and that the trauma that they experience can easily be reawakened by new events. Thus, trauma is not something fixed by through a once-off (even if magical!) event, but something than needs to ongoing attention, love, and care to address.

I think the most interesting theme is emphasis on the virtue of the simple pleasures of life in contrast to the dramatic stakes and awesome power that CJ and his friends constantly face. CJ (and other characters) have enormous power and potential. They are presented frequent opportunities to abandon their normal lives and embrace their power, but this is always rebuked. Despite the dramatic stakes at play, there is a sense of optimism from CJ enjoying the simple pleasures of his friendships (and romances) and is relatively unambitious. The regular simple life of the protagonists represents the good, and the meddling supernatural forces represent the bad, constantly trying to pull our protagonists away from their lives.

Art

I am personally not a huge fan of anime or the anime/manage art stye in general, this is not a slight against Out of Touch, but just my personal preference. That being said, I think the renders are all really nice looking. Ever character has a unique and interesting design which conveys their personality well. The graphical design is clean looking and suit the game well. The handful of animations in the game, while not perfect, are great, ambitious, and well above standard AVN fare. The only major complaint I have is that renders that contain multiple characters are noticeably grainy, presumably a hardware limitation. The game is relatively light on H-scenes at this stage, and while I would like to see more (the circumstances the characters find themselves in is the perfect excuse narrative), it doesn’t really detract from the game and I can see merit in the slower approach.

Other than that, I don’t have much to say, I’m not a particularly artistic person and you can view the preview images yourself.

Music

The music in Out of Touch is incredible and deserves huge amounts of praise, and a far cry from the usual generic open licensed soundtracks typically found in AVNs. The soundtrack is predominantly a mix of synthwave and vaporwave, with the occasional foray into other (mostly 80s inspired) genres when appropriate. As a huge fan of synthwave and vaporwave, I found the soundtrack amazing and is definitely my favourite of any AVN. Better yet, the soundtrack contains are a number of original songs that are superb and could easily be part of an excellent standalone album. The music is also used very appropriately throughout the story and really helps to draw you into the story. There’s only so many ways one can say the music in Out of Touch is super-duper good, but it’s super-duper good.

Conclusion

Out of Touch an incredibly engaging and well-written AVN. While not perfect, its flaws are easy to overlook in favour of the greater experience. The surreal atmosphere that Out of Touch has makes it unique and enjoyable, and its greatest strength.

It’s a really good game. Go play it.

Much. veeeeeery much better than expected, actually i skip sex scenes to continue with chad macthundercock heir history, 10/10 i just the lvl of meme shit that i see on the story, the combat part is a little wird but ok

This is a tough one for me to review. I'm a huge fan of psychedelic journeys as a semi-regular LSD user myself. While the game explores some very interesting ideas with interpersonal sensational and emotional connection, I found the story to be a bit unpalatable for my tastes.

I'll preface this by saying that I love almost all of the characters, I think they all have some very well defined goals, fears, and personalities to the point where no one feels like they're just an archetype. The main character's lack of awareness is written in a way that I found endearing, and I think that he is a great lead for the story. The female LI's are very well modeled and very well written, with my personal favorite being The story itself is where I find myself torn between having an interest in continuing the game and feeling like putting it down or skipping through the scenes. I think there's some great ideas in spiritual explorations with insecurities, fears, and emotions. That being said, I can not get behind all the different spirits that keep popping up, all the side characters that have a big revelatory statement to provide before they slip back away into obscurity for a dozen chapters, and the excessive exposition of events that feel like they're taking away time from the interactions between the main characters themselves.

I'm in Chapter 26 as of now I believe, and I will say was a really well written character, but everything else in that arc just bored me for the most part. I'm finding myself loving all of the interactions between the characters in the real world, but as soon as they go back into the other world I'm letting out of a sigh of disappointment.

Why am I giving the game a four star rating if I've been more or less complaining about the story throughout? Because I can see the passion and care that has gone into this project, and although there are a lot of aspects of it that don't quite hit home with me, the effort and skill that went into the renders, writing, and coding is very evident and well done. As far as Unity games go, this one utilizes the engine for a VN format better than I have seen from any other erotic game.

Regarding erotic content, I will say it's been very sparse thus far, and honestly pretty lackluster. That being said, I'm not as bothered by it since I'm not playing through this game looking for it. I hope the author of this story continues to get support, and I hope that whoever's reading this gives it a try for themselves, as I see this as being a very divisive, but impactful story for whoever's willing to sink their teeth in.

EDIT 1: After finishing Chapter 28, I can honestly say that I'm finally engaged and interested in the direction that the story is taking. I will say that it took me a while to get there, but there was something cerebral about this story that kept drawing me back in. I think that those of you with the same complaints/concerns that I have should do their best to stick with it at least through this chapter, because I think the author has found their rhythm in humor, horror, romance, eroticism, and suspense. I can't wait to see what happens next. Updated to a 5 star review.

Just what I was looking for, a game with an entertaining story !
I look forward to the next update!
The story is fun and entertaining and you don't need a lot of heroic scenes to get you hooked unlike many other games.

I WISH I COULD RATE IT A 5/5 THE STORY IS THAT GOOD, but:
This has to be one of the best VN's in terms of character, plot and story I have ever had the pleasure of reading and playing through, other than the whole running gag about Chad Thundercock.

Every single character has growth, a developed backstory and personality other than Ashley so far. They are all likeable and human, but still broken in their own ways and I have to say this deserves a 5/5 for the storytelling alone...

However the biggest issue in the VN is there is very very very little erotic content, I counted around 9 Sex scenes wtih 3 of them fading to black or being interrupted right at the start, so only actually 6 sex scenes, in around 8-10 hours of gameplay.

I wish i could give it a 5/5 but since this is a erotic VN without erotic content it gets downgraded to a 4/5, honestly i would give it a 2/5 since there are so little scenes, but the story IS JUST THAT GOOD that it carries the barely any porn in the game.

Plot: 6/5 -Best VN plot i have read so far
Characters: 6/5 - best fleshed out characters of any VN
Renders: 5/5 - They are really good quality
Sex scenes: 1/5 - Almost non existent around 9 scenes in 8-10 hours with 3 being fade to black or interrupted

Overall: 2/5 if you are here for sex
or 5/5 if you are here for story so
4/5 if you care about both like me
Also i hope there is pregnancy content in the future XD

Edit: This review is now pretty outdated. After playing through Chapter 40, I can safely say that I treated this game a bit too harshly. While I still think the game could be paced way better and there are some eye-rolling anime tropes, the writing is really phenomenal and some of the best character work I've ever seen in an adult game (CJ is still not the best though…). The sexual content is becoming a bit more frequent, but it's still definitely not the focus, which is okay; it just means it's not as good of an adult game as it could have been. Moving my rating from 3 to 4 stars.

First thing that needs mentioning: if you're going into this game expecting a lot of sex, you will be severely disappointed. There are some steamy scenes here and there, sure, but they are few and far between and you will have a struggle getting off to this game if that's what you expected to be able to do. So if that's the kind of game you're looking for (and there's nothing wrong with that), just look elsewhere because I don't see this changing anytime soon.

But let's focus on what the game is. It's basically a kinetic novel with very few choices. You're in this for the story it wants to tell and that's pretty much it. If that's not your thing, again, this game isn't for you.

The renders are some of the best I've ever seen, very high quality. The game is very psychedelic with its visuals and that can be a good or bad thing depending on the viewer. Me personally, I didn't really care for it.

The main characters are multi-dimensional and likeable for the most part. Can't complain here. Honestly my least favorite character is CJ. He is absurdly idiotic and while I understand that that's kind of the point (because it's supposed to be funny I guess?), that doesn't take away from the fact that it is incredibly frustrating to sit there and watch him be a clueless dumbfuck about his best friend's gender for half the game. It's a ridiculous plot point in itself and I audibly groaned every time it was brought up and wasn't resolved. It's like something that you'd find in a childish slice-of-life anime, and this game is trying to take itself at least somewhat seriously so there's no excuse there.

There is clearly an intent to make a compelling story, but honestly, it just didn't get me invested at all. It tries to deal with heavy themes and - on paper - interesting ideas, but it does it in such a strange and confusing way. It can be very hard to keep track of what is going on at times because the game is so psychedelic in nature. It will slow down at times and get you invested in the actual main characters that you care about, and then it will go 80 miles an hour on a long tangent about some side character's story that you really don't give a damn for, and you're just left in the dust wondering what the hell is the point of all of this in the first place?

TLDR: There are some things that the game does very well, but the story tries way too hard to do way too much at once, and there are some plot points that are just flat out ridiculous and (quite literally) unbelievable. The characters themselves are good and the renders are beautiful, but the story is definitely hit-or-miss. You may like it, you may not. Personally, I was a bit disappointed considering how highly-praised this game is. And if by chance you're looking for a fap game, don't let the lewd preview images fool you, this is DEFINITELY not it. The dev certainly has potential though and I'm interested to see if they decide to try any other projects in the future. The dev's dedication alone gives this game an extra star from me, I respect it a lot. It's honestly what has impressed me the most with this whole project. I'll definitely be staying on the lookout.

I wasn't a big fan of unity games, but after playing this game I gotta say I don't even know why I didn't like unity games and glad I play this one.

What I can say about this game is that it is one of the best games I played made with Koikatsu, it has a really interesting story, funny and full of references, but even with all that is still one of the few games that makes me go on a feels roller-coaster, the story has some heavy themes on the beginning but after that seems a really nice story about friendship and love, but oh boy how I was wrong the story is much more that it seems and keeps only getting better, Anon keeps introducing twists and always catches me off guard.

About the characters, they are just amazing each girl is unique and also stunning and/or cute, some of them have some real sad background or having a hard life, but I'm sure with the help of our MC, CJ, they will find happiness, with some really nice lewds scenes, although not animated that didn't affect how good they are.

So with all this said in my opinion everyone should try the game, or at least everyone looking for a good story should try it.

First of all, this is an incredibly great story!

However, my first start was finished after not even 30 minutes...
My second start barely lasted longer....
After a long break, my third attempt came and it "clicked" in my brain! The story totally captivated me and I spent an entire weekend with this masterpiece.
The graphics along with the incredibly awesome music, the special humor as well as the excellently written characters more than thrilled me!
While reading I had several times "Brain.exe doesn't work anymore", because I just couldn't follow the multilayered story and the mass of characters... Must be because of my age ;-)
In retrospect I only noticed that there are practically no decisions to make, so practically it's a kinetic novel and there's not really much sex to see either.
Mind you, after I reached the end so far I had only realized this! I don't know how else to describe it, that the story captivated me so much. Am I missing this content and possibility? Did it bother me? A resounding no! I was more than compensated by all the other content!

Probably this work of art is not for everyone, but those who can get into it will not regret it at all.

Came for the hot models.

Stayed for the story.

Because, my gawd, there is actually one: A good story, that is. It starts a bit slow but this is one VN that rewards patience. Sure, some of the prose is too purple, but that is more than made up for with the fact that plot events are consistent.

Did I mention how hot the models are again? Cos they are hot. Play this if you are based. Cos I too am also based.

This fucking game, man....

I'm not even sure if I should call it a game, it's basically kinetic, but it sometimes gives you a choice how much you want to read about the characters and the world. It starts a little differently, but by the end of chapter 27 it's basically a kinetic visual novel. And what a novel it is.

I'm not gonna lie, I almost stopped the game within the first 15 minutes because it was too boring and didn't get me to care. It doesn't do a good job at first to make you care about the characters, which soon after becomes one of its strongest points. The whole story actually, the game is about mystery and thriller and, maybe for me personally, philosophy. It's difficult to write about, because so much happens in the game, it has a great amount of content and tells its story in an interesting way. Often times new characters get introduced, often times it's at first not clear whose POV you're reading things from, often times it's not clear what characters are even talking about and often times more questions get raised than answered. But it's so intriguing. Things do get answered just enough for new questions to keep the suspense up.

One of the best aspects of this story is that the characters all feel meaningful. In essence, when it comes to the characters, it's a game about learning what everyone struggles with the most and how they deal with it. It's beautiful. And it's very diverse in that regard, they don't feel like tropes. This is a personal point and I know that, but the way they are written makes me feel things. Many things, difficult things. And I love this story for it.

Most of the time I wasn't sure if this game actually has a place on this page, because the sex scenes were far inbetween and are not very well made in terms of pure sexiness. They do exactly what they're supposed to do to develop characters and relationships, but as a porn game it wouldn't be great. That's probably my biggest negative point, because the models are great and very attractive (subjective, I'm aware) and well animated and fleshed out sex scenes would definitely elevate this game a lot. Without that it's "just" a great story, one I couldn't stop following.

Today was Final Fantasy XIV's Endwalker release and I couldn't stop playing Out of Touch until I got to the end of this version (1.77), do with that information what you will.

This VN has one of the best stories I have yet to come upon on this site. The characters are believable and relatable, with almost no cliched archetypes that happen in most games. The dev is one of the most communicative devs I have met on this site as well. Super nice guy, and super involved in the communuty.
Also the H scenes in Out of Touch also feel organic and central to the plot. No random bone jumping without any lead up or purpose.
I highly suggest checking it out if you are a fan of interesting, unique storylines and character development. I promise you will not be disapointed.

Big fan already having just finished what content is there, started off just skimming dialogue like usual but found myself pretty quickly slowing down and actually playing the game as intended, the memes throughout are hilarious and I found myself dying the moment Chad came out, can't wait to see where the story goes from the current patch this was posted on.

This is a masterpiece. It's a very good visual novel without talking about anything else, and it looks like we're getting into more combat/gameplay which seems extremely promising. The sexual content is also extremely good, added to by the incredible writing of each character and overall narrative.

This is the best game in the "Adult Game" genre currently, but even outside of that it would still be considered excellent.

Playing Version 1.70
First of all, Out of Touch is an amazing experience that I have enjoyed tremendously over the past couple days, and I'm really looking forward to seeing where the games goes in the future!
Now for some specifics.

Story:
The game describes itself as a melodramatic comedy, and that description holds up. The cast is made up of a group of teenagers who all have a deep friendship with each other and the main man, CJ. This is also one of the few harem games where it truly feels like these characters are all in a relationship together. All of them, girls included *wink wink* Don't worry though, CJ will be the only dick in the mix, for those who might be worried about that. Also, if you don't like teenage rom-coms, this one's probably not gonna do much to change your mind on that. For me, this was a story that sucked me in and would not let me go from the start. It goes to some heavy places though, so for those who don't like content with discussions of you might not enjoy this.

Art:
Fantastic. This games general vibe and aesthetic is right up my alley. The scenes and characters look great, and the music. The MUSIC. Vaporwave tracks, 80's hits, even some OST's thrown into the mix, it makes playing through the scenes a real pleasure, and is another aspect of the game that kept me going through. There's even a Youtube playlist with most of the songs used in the game that I have been jamming to for the last two days. Seriously good stuff on there, if you're into those genres.

H Content:
This may be the only thing the game is slightly lacking in, purely from a numbers perspective. Anyone coming in here expecting to see harem shenanigans right from the getgo is in for a rude awakening. I would say it takes a good couple hours before you even get to what I consider the first true sex scene, so be warned going in. But the bonus of this is that all the sex scenes that have happened have mattered. Some actual plot relevance given to the porn, shocking, I know. But after playing so many games that just throw scene after scene at you, it's actually refreshing to have a game that holds its cards and knows when to show them. I know the creator has stated that there will be more sex in future updates, so it's likely that as the story progresses we'll see more and more of this stuff in the game.

Overall, this game deserves a look for those who like some good, thoughtful drama with a good splattering of comedy and sex thrown into the mix. I give this game a big slap of approval!

A very interesting game, graphics are well done, and the setup is great. The writing is good, and the characters well portrayed. The drama was crafted very well, it's so rare to find a game where the tension isn't feeling forced and make your eyes roll, though it wasn't handled very well with the "side character" IMO, there was no room for the tension to breathe, meaning: there's the revelation->it creates the drama->1 minute later the mc talk and that character does an immediate 180.. it really feels to rushed and a missed opportunity. The game has practically no sex scenes yet (but i've not finished it yet) but nevertheless it interested me up to this point, unfortunately "this point" is the battle scene, unnecessary, boring, hard to understand (for me at least). Another critique is the mix of genre, I've got nothing against it but here is not well implemented IMO, it doesn't feel organic. The teenage drama part is well done and it's emotional, so the paranormal bit with the father felt really out of place, in my opinion it could be handled way better.
Anyway, overall it is a good product, I hope to find the will to overcome this silly combat bit and that after that the lewd part becomes more prominent.

Beautiful art style.. Beautiful and unique girls.. a very interesting and fun story.. AND CHAD F'N THUNDERCOCK. One of those things might not seem like the others BUT damn if it doesn't somehow work in this amazing game.

Two things to warn you about with the first being that fairly quickly the MC is going to feel like he's going down the 'not a nice guy' route but don't let that turn you off the game! The MC may be a bit out there but he's really just an example of what happens if 'Mr. nice guy' also has supreme confidence and doesn't let himself get caught up in over thinking (or thinking at all on occasion).

The second thing to be ready for is the period where the story takes a weird ass turn and you get hit with the fire hose of trouble/scariness. The game definitely threw me for a loop with a lot of bad stuff happening within a pretty short time but it's all for the greater purpose of getting you into the actual story line.

This is definitely up there on my favorite game list!

Hello everyone. I put this grade to the game cause the next critics (Pros, neutral, cons and the worst)

Pros: The soundtrack (Specially the A E S T H E T I C ones), But there is a one tiny story part that was really "OOFFF" if we talk about music, but that is going the consreasons.

-Jamie, Kieran/Cro and Sarah. The best well-written characters.

-The different body styles of this game. I love that most of your friends have petite, normal and thicc bodies. Most of these games only show us two paths: "The lolita" or the "GG cups"

Neutral: The story didn't change in something despite that the game offers a lot of options about your differents friends. I know that the author wants show us a main plot, but that your characters didn't change some mindset after your decisions is a bit lazy in my opinion.

CJ: Maybe he has the "I can save everyone/GaryStu syndrome" and although that is polarizing in anime/cartoon/Literature plots, I like when he brings some kind of comedy even in the most disheartning moments. However I believe all girls have a lot of patience and love about someone being so oblivious, specially Jamie.

The Cons.

The battle attempt between CJ, Sarah and Cro was really maddening. I'm ok that you want "Thing outside the box" about defeating a villain, but that music and the poor quality design for the battle and not real skills or techniques is a waste of time. I recommend put a lot of effort ching that or simply erase the battles in this game.

Victoria and Leah. Look, I like the design of Victoria being the most "Blessed" of all girls, but the story raping CJ and after Leah discovered that moment and treat Victorias as the worst trash/human/cunt in the world and after that being the BFF in the same day, It's really a bad construction of guts for a real human. These two girls must being at least enemies or neitral after that conversation.

The worst.

Most of people love this, But the "Wholesome" content in this story and after those "sacrifices" of Matoi, Hayat and Kieran, nothing happened and all your harem is ok was a real waste of time. Per se I was expecting a game where you're a dumbass and you treat yout harem as your harlots, the author give us content for tearing some hours, and learn about being together along with your beloved each second. But everyone survived, your friends continue with the "Happy joy club" and nobody is spiteful despite that all the drama is really big the charaters enough motives to be spiteful, specially Victoria and Kieran.

Conclusion. I gave the game 4 stars. The pros are present for most of time in this story, but the cons are really, really bad and maybe the authors should change the focus for future updates. "The worst" critic that I gave is maybe really personal and I know that most people really enjoy this kind of story, but I hope that author doesn't fellow that for uture games. I'll give future critics and if the game improves a lot at least "The cons" I can give five stars and even being patron in the future.

Keep your job to this kind of work.

V1.70

So far this is a decent, fun Visual Novel. I'll leave any mention of combat system out of this review. Reading the thread it's seems that combat the system is not completed yet, and this is not yet a complete game. Fair enough.

Renders are top notch. It's done with that Kokiatsu (something like that) game/engine. Same engine used to make Lessons in Love, and High School Tutor. However the dev here has better control over that engine, and his results just look better to my eyes. Better than the other games I've mentioned.

Story seems to be trying to strike the balance between Serious V/N, Horror and also not taking itself too seriously. It's mostly successful in that regard. But that's a very fine line to ride, and i'm not sure how anyone could manage such at thing without some "wierdness". In my opinion a final edit, once over when the game is complete, could probably tighten things up a little.

The point of view changes at times feel both jarring and almost pointless, i think i'd prefer a single narrative focal point, more of "Show me, don't tell me" and less "internal monologue". But then again this is a visual novel at it's core, and internal monologue is kinda embedded into that VN ethos.

The "sandboxy" choices, where you get to "free roam" feel out of place. As if nothing you do or chose in those sections has any real impact to the story. It makes them feel more cumbersome then interesting.

Overall it's enjoyable and worth a good playthrough. The dev is engaged in the thread, and it's shaping up to be a good project. although at times it can be a bit unfocused, and could be a little more streamlined.

v1.70

That game me cry twice.
The story is very original, quite funny yet very interesting. it got me thinking about life itself and the purpose of being alive multiple times.
The H-Scenes are actually part of the story instead of having just H-Scenes with a story as an excuse.

The characters are relatable and varied.
The fact that on of the MC lacks some grey matter yet is still loving and always here for the others is very cute.

Truly an amazing experience that I recommend!

Writing is a nice blend of silly and very serious, got me to laugh harder than I have in a while, it's definitely got me looking forward to seeing where these characters go from here. Also has probably the best looking koikatsu models I've seen, both in terms of whatever mods are being used (I don't really know how koikatsu works tbh) and also just their character designs. The soundtrack also hurts my soul.