This game is good and could be great in the future but right now, it leaves so much to be desired, at least in my opinion. It feels like the devs wanted too much but ran out of time to get it done before the release. Instead they released a half-finished product. I know updates are planned and you can see plenty of not implemented content in the files, so stuff can change but as of now, that downgrades it for me.
The humour is lighthearted and I love the little references and puns throughout the story. Made me chuckle from time to time. Generally most characters have a good design, some I really liked like
Dream (or whatever you call her at the end) or Hakumei, some I dislike like
Rose and Viola (don't like this artist in general) but this is obviously subjective. The story is ok but short and especially
the ending feels rushed.
The game is unfinished and you clearly feel that during your playthrough.
The village is still kinda empty, even after the story, with many houses still being inaccessable. Characters that should've moved to the village are sometimes there but most of the time they're not. Examples are
the kitsune girls (to protect the village) and the girls from the cave (I know they could be in the cave but when you try to check it says there's nobody home). I know some leave temporarily due to the plot
(Irina and Lily) but the only ones who really feel like new residents are
Lois and the succubus dolls.
You get these bouquets you're supposed to gift to residents of your village to increase favorability and unlock scenes but I only found one character
(Merlin) that you can actually gift them to. You also only have this option once and then it disappears again. This is kinda important since missing this leads to missing the
streamers entirely.
Traveling via the quests you get is good and easy on one hand but on the other you can't revisit these locations ever again. This is only relevant since some characters apparently don't move to your village, so I guess they must be where you met them. Example:
kitsunes.
All these effects on screen during h-scenes are too distracting and get on my nerves. Especially this big text that appears sporadically. I wish you could switch them off. There're only options for some.
You can't change window opacity.
The lewd crest stuff didn't work for me. I don't know if it's bugged or something but apart from the beginning, it never played a role again.
In the recollection room, whenever you view a scene you get ported back to the spawn point, this is incredibly annoying.
Now the stuff that's completely subjective...
I wish some characters had more scenes while others had too many.
Queen only having one is disappointing, she should've had at least 2. I mean she's the
queen and supposed 'main villain' after all.
Also it's her plan, so why doesn't she try to 'persuade' you?
There's so much stuff that isn't implemented yet. That in of itself would be alright, since updates are planned but there're screenshots of scenes on the product page on dlsite and cien, that aren't even implemented yet. This is a big mistake in my opinion and a major reason why the game feels so unfinished.
You're expecting something that isn't even there yet. Take 62studios Demon in Wonderland, that's how you do it.
All in all a game with great potential and the devs definitely tried really hard but I would rather wait longer and get a finished and polished game. Again, maybe take 62studio as a reference and release parts and communicate that.
