Objective Ratings: (ver. 1.21)
Renders (8), Animations (7), Models (7), Story (6.5), Dialogue (5), English (9), Character Depth (6), Character Variety (7), Sounds (n/a), Content (9), Originality (4)
The developer put a tremendous amount of time/effort into this project, absolutely commendable and the project has the potential to be much better. I gave this project 3 stars from both an objective and personal point of view. If the author was interested in improving the games rating to a 4 or 4.5 it could easily be achieved by addressing the most prominent complaints in the reviews, there's a clear consensus.
Before starting a new game, do yourself a favor and rename the MC to "Duh", "Umm" or "Huh". Read below in "The WORST" section for an explanation. I really wanted to enjoy this story more than I did but there were quite a few elements that kept ejecting me from the ride.
My Personal Opinion:
The GOOD
The renders are good. The characters are fairly distinct, each has their own style/kink. I found it easy to get emotionally attached to the 3 main girls (adopted daughter and both step-daughters). It took a while to get to the juicier content but I definitely prefer that over scenarios where the characters are falling all over each other banging their brains out within the first hour, so the slow burn works if you’re patient. If you enjoy a lot of content this game has it, but it's a long haul. You'll have to endure a lot of inconsequential, recycled dialogue and pleasantries, can't say I didn't warn you
The BAD
Kinetic - The story is on rails, 99% of the choices only affect the dialogue, and most of the time there's only one choice offered - so what's the point of having a choice?
Validation - Over cooked for sure. I'm certain I'll have nightmares with characters reiterating "I love you"..."I love you too"..."no, I love you more" for some time. Sometimes less is more.
Elderly Writers - I realize there is a lot of older writers involved in these types of works and based on the script I'm assuming that's the case here. If I'm wrong... I apologize. I have no problem with a writers age, however, older references, words and phrasing would be better suited to older characters - not coming out of the mouths of teenagers and young adults. Having teenagers speak like my grandfather is a total disconnect. It makes the character(s) unrelatable. I found many instances of this within the story.
Prepubescent Stuff – The main girls are late teens and early twenties, so all the “it’s a secret”…”I promise”…”no peeking”…”no backsies” and more is just creepy. Again, it's another disconnect from the character(s). If the character is 11 or 12 bring it on, but not when the characters are essentially adults. What makes it weirder is when a character uses terms like “no backsies” in a sentence, then moments later the same character says “dad, you look dashing”. “dashing”, a word that I’ve only heard used by my grandfather. Is the character 11, 19 or 80 years old? Make a choice and stick with it.
Dream Sequences - There's plenty... and I wouldn't say they are that bad but they seemed unnecessary and distracting. Clearly a lot of energy was put into them but that time/effort might have been better applied to enriching the story or characters.
Giant C**k - Enough with the baseball bat size appendages, dare to be better.
The WORST (Things that force me to mash the Control key)
MC: I can't remember a game I've played where the MC was so clueless, self-doubting and insecure. He lacks confidence, charisma and he's deeply conflicted. Other than being overly annoying, what is he? All the main girls walk all over the MC yet he believes he's in control... it's hilarious. Calling the MC a beta would be a compliment. Half the script is the MC's repetitive thoughts, overthinking the same questions/issues over and over again... to the point where I wanted to grab the sharpest object I could find and stab myself in the eye. If you're reading this and you feel like you identify with this character, you'll love the MC. If you can't identify with the MC, then hide all sharp objects before starting the game - trust me
Meiko - Dry, flat character who doesn't smile (zero personality), adds nothing of interest to the story and is forced into the GF fold... which clearly upsets one of the main girls (Lilith). She's given equal rights and privileges as the main girls yet contributes nothing. She's not attractive (imo) and looks like a skinny boy with a boob job. The MC goes as far as to invite Meiko to live in the same apartment as Becca and Lilith without even consulting them first... wtf! Did a major Patreon contributor ask to have this character injected into the story? I just... don't... get it! If you unplug this character from the script it would never be missed.