Review written as of the 0.19 update
Beautiful art. Great interaction variety. I enjoyed the little minigames for some girls, except the camera focus one... It's the only game of this type that doesn't kill off the protagonist's dad. You get to fuck Hinata, Billie Eilish, and Belle Delphine in the same game, which admittedly isn't for me, but someone is probably overjoyed. Now for the issues...
Tutorial not restrictive enough. From the get-go I was tasked to go meet mom. I kept stumbling through the random doors in the house since I have no idea where she is. I accidentally left the house and couldn't find it again on the map. While looking for home, I accidentally stumbled into a random scene. And when I came back home I got into a different scripted scene. At the end, it took 3 in-game days to finally complete my first task.
Why is the map so realistic? I'd rather have ultra exaggerated icons but I could at least tell the houses apart. I'm 6 hours into the game, and I still visit my classmate instead of my grandma. And way too many areas are available from the beginning. Easing into areas one by one would work better as an introduction and also help with getting lost.
Overloaded afternoon. Like 90% of the game happens during afternoon, meaning you can usually only do 1 action per day and the rest of the day is just skipping to the next afternoon. Most buildings are locked for the weekend, so all of the weekend is another dead period you gotta just skip through. The dev seems to have realized this as well, since later events are more spread out, but the early game still feels uneven.
Even with a quick bed button, skipping time is quite a chore. The game should have definitely allowed skipping time through the map. I currently have to either chat with a girl in hope her dialogue actually skips time or crawl to bed just to go back to my objective 10 seconds later.
The unlocking requirements for advancing with girls can be obtuse. This is more of a nitpick, as the hint system is just wonderful. It would be nice to unlock the list of girls more gradually as to not be overwhelmed, but it is what it is.
The skill system is awkward. 3 skills are just for grinding, which is a slog in the early game, and then hits the breaks midway through the game where you can forget about these skills completely. Makes the grind feel very uneven. The 4th skill is a dialogue skill check, which is only used once, in an admittedly nice scenario, but as it never shows up again, it feels like a waste of the dev's efforts.
The 1st skill also works as a nude filter, which is great, but I honestly feel like we hit the ending too fast. We get access to full nudity early, and get bored of it quite fast. A suggested spreadout from me would be clothed -> semitransparent outer layer -> clear underwear -> semitransparent underwear -> nude. And on unlocking nude, the nude vision and all other visions should be possible to set permanently for everyone instead of selecting each character one by one for a 1 second line.
Cum button is moved. When you go through any sex scene, the game allows you to enjoy different animation speeds before allowing you to watch the nut. The choice order is always Faster -> Slower -> Repeat. These are great. You then have to gradually speed up in order to nut and advance. However when the nut button shows up, the order becomes Slower -> Nut -> Repeat. And as I click through, I always pick the slower option, having to then speed up again, and maybe repeat a few cycles before actually advancing. I can't imagine this being a purely me problem, and I do believe the game would benefit a lot from the options simply staying consistent.
Admittedly the positives heavily outweigh the negatives, but the negatives come crashing into your gameplay experience so much, it can be unnecessarily frustrating. Will keep playing, but also keep complaining.
Beautiful art. Great interaction variety. I enjoyed the little minigames for some girls, except the camera focus one... It's the only game of this type that doesn't kill off the protagonist's dad. You get to fuck Hinata, Billie Eilish, and Belle Delphine in the same game, which admittedly isn't for me, but someone is probably overjoyed. Now for the issues...
Tutorial not restrictive enough. From the get-go I was tasked to go meet mom. I kept stumbling through the random doors in the house since I have no idea where she is. I accidentally left the house and couldn't find it again on the map. While looking for home, I accidentally stumbled into a random scene. And when I came back home I got into a different scripted scene. At the end, it took 3 in-game days to finally complete my first task.
Why is the map so realistic? I'd rather have ultra exaggerated icons but I could at least tell the houses apart. I'm 6 hours into the game, and I still visit my classmate instead of my grandma. And way too many areas are available from the beginning. Easing into areas one by one would work better as an introduction and also help with getting lost.
Overloaded afternoon. Like 90% of the game happens during afternoon, meaning you can usually only do 1 action per day and the rest of the day is just skipping to the next afternoon. Most buildings are locked for the weekend, so all of the weekend is another dead period you gotta just skip through. The dev seems to have realized this as well, since later events are more spread out, but the early game still feels uneven.
Even with a quick bed button, skipping time is quite a chore. The game should have definitely allowed skipping time through the map. I currently have to either chat with a girl in hope her dialogue actually skips time or crawl to bed just to go back to my objective 10 seconds later.
The unlocking requirements for advancing with girls can be obtuse. This is more of a nitpick, as the hint system is just wonderful. It would be nice to unlock the list of girls more gradually as to not be overwhelmed, but it is what it is.
The skill system is awkward. 3 skills are just for grinding, which is a slog in the early game, and then hits the breaks midway through the game where you can forget about these skills completely. Makes the grind feel very uneven. The 4th skill is a dialogue skill check, which is only used once, in an admittedly nice scenario, but as it never shows up again, it feels like a waste of the dev's efforts.
The 1st skill also works as a nude filter, which is great, but I honestly feel like we hit the ending too fast. We get access to full nudity early, and get bored of it quite fast. A suggested spreadout from me would be clothed -> semitransparent outer layer -> clear underwear -> semitransparent underwear -> nude. And on unlocking nude, the nude vision and all other visions should be possible to set permanently for everyone instead of selecting each character one by one for a 1 second line.
Cum button is moved. When you go through any sex scene, the game allows you to enjoy different animation speeds before allowing you to watch the nut. The choice order is always Faster -> Slower -> Repeat. These are great. You then have to gradually speed up in order to nut and advance. However when the nut button shows up, the order becomes Slower -> Nut -> Repeat. And as I click through, I always pick the slower option, having to then speed up again, and maybe repeat a few cycles before actually advancing. I can't imagine this being a purely me problem, and I do believe the game would benefit a lot from the options simply staying consistent.
Admittedly the positives heavily outweigh the negatives, but the negatives come crashing into your gameplay experience so much, it can be unnecessarily frustrating. Will keep playing, but also keep complaining.
