This used to be a 5/5 for me, but as time has gone on, the biggest issue for me, the protagonist, has become more and more glaring.
The visuals won't be everyone's thing, but they have their own charm. The models and lighting do get better later on in the story, as do the animations. The characterisation (other than the protagonist) is very good, all of the girls have depth and their own distinct, charming personalities.
Now, the protagonist. He is severely lacking in confidence, decisiveness, and willpower. He's also painfully dense, not just when it comes to the girls but often just life in general, despite having twice the life experience as the other characters. He feels like a passenger in the story, there is no sense of urgency from his character, he doesn't even really have any goals. Instead, he's dragged kicking and screaming from plot point to plot point by the characters around him, endlessly second guessing himself at every possible opportunity.
This wasn't such a problem early on, but at this stage of the game it's just becoming frustrating, reading the same stuttering dialogue over and over again from a dithering protagonist who refuses to develop or grow alongside the other characters.
The visuals won't be everyone's thing, but they have their own charm. The models and lighting do get better later on in the story, as do the animations. The characterisation (other than the protagonist) is very good, all of the girls have depth and their own distinct, charming personalities.
Now, the protagonist. He is severely lacking in confidence, decisiveness, and willpower. He's also painfully dense, not just when it comes to the girls but often just life in general, despite having twice the life experience as the other characters. He feels like a passenger in the story, there is no sense of urgency from his character, he doesn't even really have any goals. Instead, he's dragged kicking and screaming from plot point to plot point by the characters around him, endlessly second guessing himself at every possible opportunity.
This wasn't such a problem early on, but at this stage of the game it's just becoming frustrating, reading the same stuttering dialogue over and over again from a dithering protagonist who refuses to develop or grow alongside the other characters.