Game version: [Ch.2.07a]
A diamond in the rough. I feel bad rating it 3 stars, it's definitely not an "average" game, but it lacks polish, so it's not quite 4 stars for me. The game has good bones though, and with a bit more effort, it could be great. The renders aren't going to win any beauty contests, but they're decent, the writing is alright, but it might benefit from some editing. I'm not someone who needs great animations, but I kind of hate this 2-frame morphing thing. If you're not going to make real animations, I'd rather have static renders than this.
The biggest thing this game has going for it is player expression and choice. That doesn't necessarily mean every choice you make leads to radically different outcomes, but you get to contextualize what happens and how your character reacts to it. It's sad that this is a praiseworthy thing, but it's actually pretty rare. The game constantly throws choices at you and asks you how your character feels about it or how she wants to react and it's great.
But the stat changes that go along with these choices are another of the game's problems, since the requirements for certain options are tuned incredibly tight and you have to min-max and pick options you actually don't want to unlock certain scenes later on. You pretty much have to pick all the preceding +Lust options in the game for the 25 Lust choice with the dog for example, which kind of hurts the whole player expression thing. The 10 Cum scene in the dressing room is another example of this.
Also, some of the choices are just bullshit and you're basically cucking yourself by picking them because they literally just skip scenes and a ton of stat increases without anything to make up for it. Prime example being the very first sex scene with Hillbilly Hulk in the shower. You can either go do the sex scene and get a bunch of stats or skip it and get like 2 Loyalty points, which don't seem to do anything in the first place. I was hoping you would get a different or extended scene with the husband instead, but no, it's literally just a content skip.
The relationship with the husband is another problem. You get the option to be faithful to him and even its own stat, but the game seems to want to push you not to do that by making you skip content and other people constantly telling you that he's terrible and you should cheat, etc. If staying faithful to him is an option, it shouldn't punish you by giving you less content. Either make alternate content or don't have it as an option. The game is semi-decent at still giving you sex scenes even if you don't want to cheat, but some stuff just gets skipped over, and it feels bad. The standard Ren'py UI for all the stats is also pretty terrible and could do with an overhaul.
After all the complaining, let me end with some positives. Again, lots of choices and opportunities to mold your character, and it's not just a binary between the slut and the normie option. Most of the sex scenes are pretty hot and kinkier than most games. There's bestiality, incest, misogyny (real and internalized), all the good stuff. The game is pretty big on porn and low on plot, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Overall it's a fun time. I'll keep up with it and see if some of the kinks get worked out.