Review for v0.0.5.1
A very sandbox-y game about being broke and taking in a desperate girl who is also broke. The game is not especially complex with its writing, but what is there has enough charm to make me want to see more of this.
It's very much a sandbox game. You have to grind money by doing minigames, buy food and other items, manage stats, etc etc. And not just for you but for the girl you take in as well. I imagine this is what will make or break the game for people, as even I did find it a little tedious towards the end of playtime. The saving grace there is that you can use cheats to bypass all of that. The game also has a unique isometric view that I find pretty neat. Don't think I've seen it done this way before (my memory sucks though. What's also cool is the little animations and seeing the characters move about as the day progresses. Fun detail.
The story is why I'm here though, and that part is doing its job. The MC comes across a little bitter maybe is the word, which makes sense given his background. Though his caring side shows when he takes in Rei, the main love interest. The plot is rather simplistic in a way as events aren't very long nor is there many of them, but they convey what they need to. I'm really liking Rei's personality and seeing her aloof mask start to fall off. The little romance brewing is nice. Sex part has been good too with some nice setups and animations, but I did decline the shop keep scenes since I just don't like her. Should also mention there's some darker actions that I stayed away from.
My one complaint though is that I wish there were more small events just giving us more of these characters, which sounds like a good problem to have, but I mean in the sense that it feels like there's not enough small things between the few big events that happen. I would have liked to see even more mundane events of their first dinner or something as an example.
Reckless Love isn't exactly ground breaking, but it's a cute story so far and I'm eager to see more of it. I will say for this being around the site for a year there's really not a lot of events/content. Most of my time was spent on sandbox grind. Is what it is, but hopefully this gets to a point where it can really pump out more events as opposed to sandbox stuff.
A very sandbox-y game about being broke and taking in a desperate girl who is also broke. The game is not especially complex with its writing, but what is there has enough charm to make me want to see more of this.
It's very much a sandbox game. You have to grind money by doing minigames, buy food and other items, manage stats, etc etc. And not just for you but for the girl you take in as well. I imagine this is what will make or break the game for people, as even I did find it a little tedious towards the end of playtime. The saving grace there is that you can use cheats to bypass all of that. The game also has a unique isometric view that I find pretty neat. Don't think I've seen it done this way before (my memory sucks though. What's also cool is the little animations and seeing the characters move about as the day progresses. Fun detail.
The story is why I'm here though, and that part is doing its job. The MC comes across a little bitter maybe is the word, which makes sense given his background. Though his caring side shows when he takes in Rei, the main love interest. The plot is rather simplistic in a way as events aren't very long nor is there many of them, but they convey what they need to. I'm really liking Rei's personality and seeing her aloof mask start to fall off. The little romance brewing is nice. Sex part has been good too with some nice setups and animations, but I did decline the shop keep scenes since I just don't like her. Should also mention there's some darker actions that I stayed away from.
My one complaint though is that I wish there were more small events just giving us more of these characters, which sounds like a good problem to have, but I mean in the sense that it feels like there's not enough small things between the few big events that happen. I would have liked to see even more mundane events of their first dinner or something as an example.
Reckless Love isn't exactly ground breaking, but it's a cute story so far and I'm eager to see more of it. I will say for this being around the site for a year there's really not a lot of events/content. Most of my time was spent on sandbox grind. Is what it is, but hopefully this gets to a point where it can really pump out more events as opposed to sandbox stuff.