EDIT 2: I'll wait out for the full release of the next update before I change this rating, as the developer seems to be making some meaningful progress (as of May 2024). But still remain wary if you intend on supporting the developer...
EDIT: While the review on the game itself still stands somewhat, I had to lower the rating to a 1 star because the developer is a pathological liar who for 4 years straight promised to release an update (on multiple occasions saying it was nearly finished) to only then delay it for vague and arbitrary reasons.
[General Summary]
This game is obviously a hobby, with stuff like purchased or free assets being everywhere in the game, and it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Especially since this game is developed by one person. However, there are some ideas and directions that I really enjoy and want to see further improved upon in future updates. Meanwhile there's some really odd stuff that can make the experience pretty awkward.
[Likes/Pros]
- Dream World. It's a pretty fun hidden game where you don't need to worry about survival as much, you just have to fight off goons. There are a couple of female enemies you may encounter, which you can have sex with after defeating them and dragging to a specific location. This seems to be a popular feature, as later updates plan on integrating female enemies with the same mechanics into the real world.
- Continuing on, you can have a Girlfriend follow you around and help fight enemies in the dream. You can have sex with her at any time, doing so will heal both of you. If she "dies", you can revive her with sex. Failing to do so will send her back to her house, where you either need to feed her to revive or see a special sex scene with her (this doesn't revive her).
- Difficulty is acceptable, not too hard but not too easy
- Sex scenes are decently animated
[Dislikes/Cons]
- Survival. Despite it being the main focus of the game, it's sadly not that enjoyable. It simply amounts to wandering around in random places and collecting whatever is on the floor. It doesn't help that they're hard to see or pick up. I often forget that it's a survival game because I can simply cheat my way through this part.
- The dungeons are either too cryptic or frustrating. Dungeon 1 is infamous for its invisible walls, while Dungeon 2 has issues with its platformer sections. The fact you cannot save in dungeons is annoying, especially since Dungeon 2 is a pretty long one if you make a lot of mistakes.
- The inventory and equipping system is pretty weird and unconventional. There's no hotbar to access weapons, so you need to press caps and manually select the tool
- Story / Relationship Progression just amounts to continually feeding girls until they give you a quest. Would be nice if there were other ways to progress the story or increase relationship.
- In its current state, the island barely has anything to do. Aside from a couple of enemies, the static NPC girls, and a random Monster Girl to capture... yeah not much to do here. Future updates intend on adding more stuff, however
- DreamWorld also suffers the same issue, but even worse. While it's fine to have few NPC's and enemies in the smaller parts of the city, it's just not fun when there's barely anyone in the BIG city. I think it would be better if everything took place in the big city, and with more characters to interact.
It's also unfinished, with some supposed to be accessed areas being blocked off and some NPC's lacking interaction.
- Speaking of, DreamWorld has an unforgiving early-game difficulty. What makes this annoying is that when you die in the Dream, you're booted back to reality. This means you wait 1 load screen for the island, wait a couple of seconds to be able to access DreamWorld again, and then another load screen to visit DreamWorld.
- The Zombie Minigame is not so fun, you don't even get to begin with a gun (guns show up randomly instead)
- The Touch System for Girls is unusually stiff, as things like patting or groping is animated at like 5fps. There doesn't seem to be any other incentive to touch girls, unless it's for girls sleeping under the influence of mushrooms. Also this is more of a preference rather than a legitimate issue, but I think there should be some manual input in sex scenes overall.
- The enemies are pretty basic as of 0.8.5f and a bit inconsistent in some areas (The Enemy Monster girls use a different combat system than the Enemy Dream Girls)
Overall, a game with some good ideas but it still needs further work in order to be better.