(I hadn't played this game since v1.11 - did it develop through 1.11 to 1.18 quickly, or did I just miss the intervening versions?)
I really like the game - quirky, sexy in places, odd in others, funny in others, sort of sweet (the girls' histories) at other times.
It manages to be a *cute* psycho/sex/horror story, which is an achievement in itself! And not many working coffee bars lurch to hell and back!
I still don't know exactly how far the options available (player choices) affect plot development and possible outcomes....
A small negative aspect of the game is that saving the game is not easy to do, unless (again) I've missed something. Most games have a visible button or right-click to save instantly - but saving is not so easy with this game.....
It matters, because, if a game like this is interesting, I think most players would want to try the various different routes (I would, at least) - different player choices, with perhaps different consequences. It's a drag if you have to play large parts of the game all over again not only (say) to spend a night with Cerise OR Sophie OR Colette, but also to find out if choosing one (or two?) rather than another also affects the later run of the game.
The game seems (from the wording near the end of v1.18) to be essentially completed - is it? Or are there further developments? I see in the post above at least a couple of different endings are likely to be possible, which is certainly good.
The way I played it - once again, I am not sure if this is essentially the only way?? - Mira's end is very abrupt and a pity. You'd sort of want more to that. More haunting, more sexual exhibitionism (Cerise captured too, for example ...), more taunting, basically more sex, and more play. ... Or I would! And also, let Mira win sometimes!
Partly because - adding to Solak's point, two posts above this - I think Mira is a massively sexy creation, and it's a pity if she is simply (and quickly) dispatched/dragged body and soul to hell, or whatever it is. Okay, I know: she is the villain of the piece, the great evil mega-succubus. I see her appointed role. And there's the usual moral lesson/payoff there: evil, evil possession, sex mania, crime (etc etc) does not pay, and must always be punished in the end. (*sigh* You can't beat conventional morality - even in games *sigh)
But hey! Mira is a victim too. The demons have her soul. Okay, it's not "nice" (!)that she wants desperately to save herself, save her soul from hell, and will stop at nothing to possess and own, sexually humiliate other younger women (as the story makes clear, near the end as it stands at the moment). But, think about it: our MC likes to take his pick of the girls he's supposed to be on the same side as, to fight the good fight against Mira and All Evil, he likes applying the bondage, domination, nipple clamps, and something close to torture, all for his own pleasure. ...
But (exciting scenes!!) it's not altogether clear that Sophie doesn't partly enjoy, thrill, to get stripped naked by Mira and (in her mind) to get exposed to all the customers in the cafe getting helplessly fucked by (or fucking) a robot vibrator/dildo machine!
So Mira does not seem THAT much more evil than the MC, does she?
Especially as she is a lost soul, trying desperately to save herself, while the MC just helps himself to all the girls (as long as he is nice, polite, helpful etc to con them into trusting him .... so he can own them).
SO:::: In an ideal scenario, the MC would finally become a proper hero, not just a Don Juan adventurer, by saving not only jointed doll Colette (I agree with Solak), but rescuing poor MegaSexy CatWoman Mira too. Or giving her a hand to escape. From hell. Instead of him just legging it, so he can screw his choice of the girls at leisure - bastard!
Anyone else want to join me in starting a Mira Fan Club, and a Save Mira Too campaign?
Apart from that, other thoughts - Sophie is sweet, funny, energetic, sexy, Colette is likeable but a bit traumatised so not as sexy. But Cerise is a cool sex star, witch or not. Voluptuous. She could be Mira's niece!
Oh, and I like the script/dialogs (most of it). The quirkiness, the cuteness, the humor, the light touch of the texts (despite the "heavy" story).
One other thing that could be clearer is the sex escapades (spending the night). Sometimes the girl expresses a desire for a sex toy that's already on her - are you supposed to take it off and immediately put it back on her? - it's not clear what the consequences are of not giving her the treat/torture she is dreaming of. Also it can be a nuisance sliding up and down, left and right, among the "toys and accessories". An easier way of accessing that "toolbox" from a single area would be better.
But high praise to Tentakero, Vanis, Dokucci for an original, sexy and likeable game - even if they are way too hard on Sex Queen Mira - without whom, the game - and all its sex - would not be possible!!