I give it 4 stars, but like...a low four stars, like if I could give it a half star I would.
It's a good game, but not my taste. If you're not into sex for sex sake, this game fluctuates between a 6.5/10 and 7.5/10.
I honestly beat it primarily because of the gameplay loop, it's a fairly standard time/resource management game where you juggle doing homework, building relationships, buying important items and upgrades and engaging with new game mechanics/side stories that unlock as you advance further in the game.
Honestly, I think I'd probably give this game 5 stars if it weren't for the flavors just not meshing well with me and the main characters not really having...goals?
It's unapologetically a hentai game, in fact it's almost the archetypal H-Game to the T. It has a hentai plot with hentai characters, and for that reason I honestly don't care about anything but fishing and descending into rampant capitalism.
I was gonna try and play through all the side stories for completion sake, but honestly my game crashed and I don't feel strongly enough to boot it back up.
My favorite character literally isn't even any of the girls, it's a side character who is a kid who is clearly a protagonist ripped straight from a completely different genre in the middle of an existential crisis.
If Mentai were the protagonist I would be infinitely more entertained.
But as is, it's a great game with interesting, if slightly TOO challenging mini-games, with a standard shota hentai coat of paint.
Do I think it deserves to be as highly rated on this site above other games?... Partly, the gameplay is undeniably compelling enough for me to sit through sex scenes which I don't personally enjoy much-
But there are much better games with better gameplay, better story, better characters, and even better hentai that just aren't rated as high because they're not as well known.
I respect it for what it is which is a damn good and solid management sim/mini game compilation, but if you're someone who unironically plays adult games for the plot, this ain't it chief.
7/10. Take it or leave it.
Edit: I may have been a little harsh on this game, it's got some rough...center? Honestly in a weird way, it's got a 6/10 main story and 8/10 side stories, I stick with my original score but have changed my perspective on 100% completion. There's something special here, but you gotta go look for it.
The true Summer Memories...were the friends we made along the way.
Sex is for summer, but Menko is forever.