It's not exactly good, but it is exactly porn. The game announces itself loudly and proudly from jump, quickly establishing a pervy stepson, a brute husband, and potential sexual assault around every corner. Its perspective is almost entirely informed by gonzo (read, mainstream) porn. It's just edgy enough and just empathetic enough to aim for those of us whose brains can still squeeze some dopamine out of watching a gangbang.
To start with the positive, it has a nice, robust attribute system with lots of skill checks, giving the player the illusion that the game hides myriad unseen treasures, that if the player can just get the MCs cum addiction high enough, there will be a pot of gokkun gold at the end of the bukkake rainbow. Furthermore, despite the frequently punishing situations that Myriam goes through, the game remains a celebration of her submissive sluttiness. The game wants to punish, and humiliate, but it also wants to see her cum. There is some real humanity in its sexual domination fantasy, and by giving us a sense of control over Myriam's sexual escapades, it can't help but build some relationship between the player and the character.
But that control is almost entirely meaningless. Any attempt to push Myriam toward an alternate path quickly reveals that this game cares about Myriam in one context only. Trying to play her as dominant basically reshapes the game into a feel-good family drama for teens, like Seventh Heaven but with less sex. It is simply outside of the game's scope to imagine Myriam having any sexual agency, much less any dominance. When Myriam does actively want something, that desire can only reach the level of, "Oh, why not."
Some of that is the story, sure, to go from "No, I can't" to "Oh, why not" and hopefully eventually to "Yes, that's mine." But to try to create the storyline within the confines of the game negates content rather than unveiling more of it. There is a big gaping void in this game that is all about filling a big gaping void.
And what is there isn't exactly immersive. The writing isn't strong enough to create a believably human character, and often doesn't seem to be trying to capture an atmosphere at all. From the flatly lit but occasionally pretty art to the writing that spends more time on sound effects than dialogue, the game is largely functional, a means to an end.
And sometimes that's all we want. As a way to get off, the game is relatively decent. Pornified though it is, it isn't some bleak portal into one author's hyper-misogynistic goon cave. That's pretty rare among games that feature this particular combination of tags, and that alone probably deserves recognition. It's always nice to be able to get off and walk away guilt-free.
