Great plot. Well written characters. I was really enjoying the game right from the start till almost the very end (well explain later).
Secret Summer is a huge step forward comparing with previous game (Picture Perfect), it is better in every aspect (my humble opinion), no forced non-vanilla kinks (like lesbian), characters behave corresponding to their personality, they have a soul.
The moments I remembered:
1) Scene with Lee and Felix the Fox, that was so awkwardly cheesy, but also so cute at the same. You kinda watch it, and it is so surreal, and you don't know what to feel, kinda not sure wether you should be annoyed because of cheesy scene and childish dialogues or you should like "awww, that's so fucking cute".
2) Norahs accent heheh, was smth
Now few cons:
1) I was a bit confused at the end with Irene's and John's situation, why didn't she just divorce him?
2) At the very very end, like last few renders, MC was thinking about turning proper harem game into "everybody with everybody" (like rabbits) freakshow with lesbian implied, seriously? He was, thinking something like "Maybe we could become even closer? Maybe I can give a group relationship a nudge?" Dev just couldn't help himself and had to ruin the mood? It were only thoughts of MC, but still.
You kinda made the vanilla harem game without lesbian stuff, why the fuck ruining it at the end?
And right after that scene game tells you there will be a sequel, smth tells Dev is going to do like he did with Picture Perfect - turn it into lesbian heavy shit. For some reason Devs tend to think that every guys like seeing girls messing around, where the fuck did hat come from?
I kinda bought Picture Perfect and Secret Summer both at once and after Picture Perfect i wasn't sure if I should give this one a chance, I am not a big fun of lesbian stuff, and the scene in PP when MC was literally teaching Miracle and Sabrina to be lesbians kinda blew my mind, but i still gave Secret Sumer a chance and it was totally worth it. But from now on I am not sure I will buy this Dev's games, he definitely like to bring up lesbian content here and there and it is annoying. I don't now what feedbacks he got on PP and SS on patreon, but considering that SS's reviews on steam are much better than PP, I take it I am not the only one with such an opinion))
Well, anyway, I was really enjoying the game to almost the end, so few renders won't change that for me.