I break the visual appeal apart from the story/character appeal
Visually - art and animations - Alorth does as good a job as any dev out there and better than the overwhelming majority, by far. So this is maximum 50/50%
Story/Character - There is a an amazing opening with Grace. It is a bit express because you are catching up to the present. I wonder if a framing where the intro is noted to be flashbacks, would allow for more time and unimportant events to pass but I do not think that is a problem overall as stories often need to set up where you are and who you are in an expedited manner. Then they set up your current life, work, coworkers, friends, etc all still fine. The antagonist comes a bit soon, IMO. The intro to LIs from work and then the waitress also feel pretty fast. But then, the girls come into the picture. They are the locked in characters and you can reject the others so again the rush is not bad overall. I do wish some of the first days after we meet the girls was spent with them. Basically it does happen but I feel like it should have happened prior to some of the interrupting events. Overall the story suffers from some of this disjointed flow of events and timing but I do not have a clear opinion on how to rearrange it.
TLDR - Girls are great but flow and timing meh
30/50%
Combined I score 80/100% and therefore 4 stars
Visually - art and animations - Alorth does as good a job as any dev out there and better than the overwhelming majority, by far. So this is maximum 50/50%
Story/Character - There is a an amazing opening with Grace. It is a bit express because you are catching up to the present. I wonder if a framing where the intro is noted to be flashbacks, would allow for more time and unimportant events to pass but I do not think that is a problem overall as stories often need to set up where you are and who you are in an expedited manner. Then they set up your current life, work, coworkers, friends, etc all still fine. The antagonist comes a bit soon, IMO. The intro to LIs from work and then the waitress also feel pretty fast. But then, the girls come into the picture. They are the locked in characters and you can reject the others so again the rush is not bad overall. I do wish some of the first days after we meet the girls was spent with them. Basically it does happen but I feel like it should have happened prior to some of the interrupting events. Overall the story suffers from some of this disjointed flow of events and timing but I do not have a clear opinion on how to rearrange it.
TLDR - Girls are great but flow and timing meh
30/50%
Combined I score 80/100% and therefore 4 stars