Finally gave it a try and I would say the first 3 hours are promising.
+ stock game runs smoothly. no loading
+ smooth transition, faster actions (recall the Room girl sluggish characters), no obvious clipping/stuck characters
+ personally kinda like this anime style
+ more varieties of SLG activities. Lots of Quality of life improvements (e.g., automatically switch camera after main character moves)
+ better UI
+ character server doesn't ban non-Japan IP and just works
- still an illusion SLG and hence lots of repetitive actions and unrewarding choices
- small number of starting characters
- lack of social interactions between characters
- low number of maps. Hopefully they will expand it in DLC
Overall best illusion *game* after Artificial Academy 2 so far. Play style is mediocore (but acceptable, compared to previous products
). With a modern art style I'm buying it.