Yes the beginning is UNUSUALLY long for a MrDots game. I think it's the ONLY time they've done that. If you go back to the very beginning of Dating MY Daughter it was a very slow burn, but it was their very 1st game/VN. But the back story at the start was very odd (SL). They should have thrown a sex scene with Ashley and Dad rather than all the back story. (Although that would be NTR right?).
That's why you have sex with Nicole in the opening so there is no blue-balling. Everyone just ignores that there was NON dream sex in ver 0.1 of this. It wasn't a weird thing either where you found a one-off to bone, for people who want early sex, that doesn't fit the story.
The pace of Sunshine Love is different than DMD and Melody, Not horrible but not their best effort.
I disagree. I like all of Dots work but SuLo is my favorite. Part of what is nice is you have different LI's types. You have forward women who may not want anything long term, a forward woman who might fall for you (if you stand up to her dad), completely unstoppable horny woman who won't go all the way (I tried to stop her but I can't), medium speed builds who may or may not want long term, and of course slow romances with women who want to take it one step at a time and likely stay together forever. So pacing hits all the spots you want and the only one you cannot choose anything about is supposed to get a choice,
eventually, to end lewdness.
MC's girlfriend Nicole seems SO unnecessary at this point but I'm sure it'll make sense later. Plus Nicole looks older than Ashley and even our step-sister (you can thank Patreon for the step-part) which is weird again... the rings/bags under her eyes are too much. Make Nicole look old. Don't miss the Kristina story, she's so fucking hot!
Nicole is important up front so you can have sex in the game without dancing the stupid -- Oh it was a dream, OR Hey random slut let's fuck and then you will never appear again -- dances. Then she adds stress until she says, "go fuck whomever you want" while she throws herself into work and vows 100% chastity (not outright in dialogue, but verified by dev team). Then everyone has speculated she will appear in Sunshine Bay
in ver 0.7 ending we see her arrive. So she still has to do something about all her wet dreams of watching the MC fuck women who aren't her. (Cuckquean)
I disagree about Nicole looking old as well. Ashley does have a secret fountain of youth hidden on one of her properties (her sister looks like a much older lady so it isn't exactly genetics), but Nicole works hard and is stressed lately so bags under her eyes can happen. I think she looks a bit like Dakota Fanning myself which is why I only broke up with Nicole on one path and not the other 5 paths I play.
Lastly NO Sis is not ever a step-sister, in patched or unpatched.
SubStar she is Half-sister
Patreon she is childhood friend (Ashley NEVER married Gerald)
PEACE