Version reviewed: [v0.4.8 Bugfix]
This game is pretty neat. It does everything that a VN should do right for the most part, and it has earned his spot among my favourite games on this site, albeit not without some caveats.
First and foremost, the writing is arguably its strongest point. This is one of the few titles I've played where I never really felt the urge to hit the skip button at any point. Yes, there are a lot of lines of text (imagine that!) but they're all serving the often sadly underlooked purpose of building up proper interest in the story and characters, whose interactions by the way are both believable and entertaining. I don't know much about the whole overarching story yet to pass judgment on it, all I can say is that the narration can feel a bit weird because of the odd way the game has you progress through the different scenes, letting you pick the order you want to play them in during the so called "investigation" phases. I can't help but think that the events should be played in a certain order, and as it happens I did end up experiencing some chronological fuckery in my playthrough. Nothing really immersion breaking or paradoxical, but I get the feeling that a "kinetic novel" kind of approach to storytelling would have been more appropriate, perhaps shifting the player's agency towards dialogue choices instead. Especially because the order in which you choose to witness the various scenes is ultimately inconsequential to how the story unfolds.
The visuals are...an acquired taste and an interesting matter of discussion. The quality of the renders is definitely top tier and I really grew fond of the unique art style on display, but whereas I immensely appreciate how cute the girls look and how different they act, talk and look from one another, I also can't deny the fact that sometimes I found the faces of some of the models to be quite jarring to look at (yes, I'm talking mainly about Maggie's). On a more positive note, the sex scenes are really nicely done with some good animation work, and I feel that overall they are getting better with each passing episode.
I would suggest to give this game a try, especially if you like character buildup and some decent romance over the usual low effort fap fests. Chances are you're gonna enjoy this one.