Finished playing once, skimmed through it a couple more times trying to solve problems and get different endings.
What I found is that this game has just too many problems.
First of all, this isn't really choice-based game, and you have almost no control of how the story develops. Choices are mundane, the good choice results in a scene (maybe) the "bad" choice doesn't. But you don't get to decide whom you like and whom you don't, whom you want scenes with and whom you don't.
For example, an attempt to sleep with a particular character; you'll attempt it, whether you, the player, want it or not.
Another example is whether you liked a scene you were shown at some point, with two choices; Yes (truth) or No (lie). You, the player, don't get to decide it. The protagonist, which isn't you, has his own opinions. You control what he says, but not what he thinks.
It's disappointing with little to no immersion.
Second problem is that even though it isn't really a choice-based game, there are plenty choices, and multiple endings. Not knowing which choice affects the ending (and how) means without a walkthrough or going through the code and piecing it together, the average player (raises hand) has no chance of getting it all by themselves.
That's a problem in and of itself, but would be fine if there was a proper walkthrough.
There isn't.
There's a sort-of-walkthrough which mostly covers 1 route and just mentions others, and still this one is faulty and incomplete also.
Third problem is Alessia. Aliessa. "Mistress".
If I had to describe this game in a sentence, I'd say "It's about a mind-controlling nut of a woman screwing around for shits and giggles" because that's what this game's really about, her, and how she controls you/your family, and twists them to her liking. Every event and every scene can be traced back to her from the very first to the very last.
It's not about the protagonist, it's not about the player, it's about her and her only. And we're never given a good reason why she's doing what she's doing either. She's pointless, annoying, empty, she has no story to speak of, she has no plans, no background, but at least the whole fucking game revolves around her.
4th problem is the fantasy itself. "Hypnotism" or being able to perceive and convince is one thing, but what she does goes way past that. It wouldn't be that much of an issue if the story was about such superpowers, but it isn't, it's served as something "realistic" when it's anything but, and it isn't explained either, which makes this X-Men telepathic mind-controlling bullshit an unnecessary distraction, and it makes the story wholly unbelievable on any level.
Graphics isn't THAT great an issue. It's mediocre, but it gets the job done usually. Although using 2 image gifs as "animations" is pretty fucking amateurish. I'll not consider this a problem per se, but it can be very off-putting.
However, the sound is, or rather the lack of it, so make that the 5th problem.
No music, and no sound effects for minutes, then one slapping sound effect to scare the shit out of you, then nothing again for hours. At least put some generic music in the background, or drop the sound effects altogether if you don't plan on using them consistently.
6th problem, no scrollback. Many choices, many wrong choices, but even accidentally skipped dialogues. Scrollback is pretty much a must, and is available for most ren'py games AFAIK. But not here because reasons.
7th, story, pacing. It's inconsistent as shit, jump from 1 scene to the next abruptly, it's a mess.
8th, bugs. There are still are bugs which renders even that rudimentary walkthrough useless.
9th, the ending scenes (before the selectable ones, and the selectable ones themselves) were just rushed and terrible, hell, some endings were simply inconsistent with the previously experienced story and didn't even try to make sense.
The game may be entertaining for some, and it's not all bad. Up to ch 8, maybe ch10 (can't recall where it started going down the drain) it was mildly entertaining, but it got worse and worse, hitting a new low at the end. I won't give it 1 star. It's better than nothing, but barely.
Not recommended.