The following review is based off my personal experience with playing this Game/Visual Novel... I try to be as brutally honest and detailed as I can, and these are my own opinions and thoughts, from one or more play throughs... The version this review is based on is v0.1.5...
Originally Reviewed on 12/10/2017
This visual novel/game is alright, just not much to it at the moment... The description describes an interesting and possibly fun concept with multiple ways to play the vn/game, but for now most of that doesn't exist...
The visuals are good, and the backdrops look nice... The map makes it look like there will be lots of interesting places to go, if you ever get the ability to actually leave your house that is...
The script kind of throws you to the wolves, without any backstory or real clue as to what is going on... The dialogue you have between the protagonist and the 2 characters in your house, is a bit odd, and has a few grammar errors, but for the most part is easy to understand and short... The relationship with the sister is nothing but back to back sarcasm, with very little in the way of meaningful conversation that leads anywhere (you get some addition to the protagonists Wit skill, which I could not figure out how that influenced anything)... The relationship with the mother actually can go down a positive path with you having a more meaningful relationship, even though the dialogue is short and the events repeat themselves now and then... In fact, the only real time you can have any meaningful interaction with the mom is on the weekends and possibly in the evenings once you grind out your relationship skill with her... You can interact with your sister and her study buddy now and then, once you study the subject they are learning from your laptop... But that interaction doesn't happen that often...
Then there is the money situation, which can mostly only be gained by gambling... Which runs the risk of the protagonist actually losing money as well... And during late night, if you have enough money, you can call an escort service and open a short erotic event, which is also repeatable, and lowers the protagonists Libido skill in the process... The trouble is, that Libido skill is increased extremely slowly via showering, very few dialogue interactions, and winning when gambling... I think this sex scene was just added so that this release had some sort of sex in it to satisfy some of the people trying it out this early in game development... It doesn't seem to really effect the story too much, although there is a short conversation that does occur during dinner with your family about the visiting friend...
Overall this isn't currently much in the way of a visual novel, as it is more of a slow repetitive grind of stats and money with not a whole lot of story and/or substance... But it is very early in it's development, and we'll have to wait and see if it ever lives up to the description of the game... For now I'm not all that impressed, but I can see there is potential...
Originally Reviewed on 12/10/2017
This visual novel/game is alright, just not much to it at the moment... The description describes an interesting and possibly fun concept with multiple ways to play the vn/game, but for now most of that doesn't exist...
The visuals are good, and the backdrops look nice... The map makes it look like there will be lots of interesting places to go, if you ever get the ability to actually leave your house that is...
The script kind of throws you to the wolves, without any backstory or real clue as to what is going on... The dialogue you have between the protagonist and the 2 characters in your house, is a bit odd, and has a few grammar errors, but for the most part is easy to understand and short... The relationship with the sister is nothing but back to back sarcasm, with very little in the way of meaningful conversation that leads anywhere (you get some addition to the protagonists Wit skill, which I could not figure out how that influenced anything)... The relationship with the mother actually can go down a positive path with you having a more meaningful relationship, even though the dialogue is short and the events repeat themselves now and then... In fact, the only real time you can have any meaningful interaction with the mom is on the weekends and possibly in the evenings once you grind out your relationship skill with her... You can interact with your sister and her study buddy now and then, once you study the subject they are learning from your laptop... But that interaction doesn't happen that often...
Then there is the money situation, which can mostly only be gained by gambling... Which runs the risk of the protagonist actually losing money as well... And during late night, if you have enough money, you can call an escort service and open a short erotic event, which is also repeatable, and lowers the protagonists Libido skill in the process... The trouble is, that Libido skill is increased extremely slowly via showering, very few dialogue interactions, and winning when gambling... I think this sex scene was just added so that this release had some sort of sex in it to satisfy some of the people trying it out this early in game development... It doesn't seem to really effect the story too much, although there is a short conversation that does occur during dinner with your family about the visiting friend...
Overall this isn't currently much in the way of a visual novel, as it is more of a slow repetitive grind of stats and money with not a whole lot of story and/or substance... But it is very early in it's development, and we'll have to wait and see if it ever lives up to the description of the game... For now I'm not all that impressed, but I can see there is potential...