I don't even know where to begin to express how utterly disappointing this game is. Let's talk about characters. I honestly want to have a chat with the artist after I've seen the abominations they created. I understand going for a specific style, slightly cartoonish or stylized with exaggerated proportions, like ass, hips, or breasts. But what they've created is absolutely disgusting with complete disregard for human proportions, especially females since they are the quintessential part of the whole game.
Let's talk about variety. There are so many morphs in Daz, allowing for an infinite number of possible variations in looks. Yet, somehow, their characters all end up looking the same. But it's not only their problem. Most 'artists' do that, so I won't blame them entirely, as they are just part of the same crowd.
The art, in general, looks so amateurish but dialed up to eleven. All the mistakes they should have avoided are ignored and amplified. Terrible camera angles, no understanding of composition, lighting, textures... I won't even mention the clothes, since there are already plenty of other basic things that got neglected, went wrong, or were ignored. How could they possibly think the first image of 'mother's' legs is good looking? It's terrible. I just again would like to ask the artist, did they actually see a mature woman looking like that? There are so many reference pictures on the internet of women from 40 and beyond. Just take a look at their skin, their legs, their bodies. They do not look like the ugliness that's portrayed in this game.
The writing. It features your typical cliché story with a stern, controlling 'mother' and a 'genius' son that nobody understands. There's nothing interesting about it. What should be interesting are their interactions. But unfortunately, like the art, it falls flat. Their interactions are not only uninteresting, but they are also painfully forced and incoherent. And their dialogue, which should hold it all together, is just disjointed and terribly written, as if by someone who has not had many conversations in their life. And, that wall of text desperately trying to shovel a backstory at us? It could have been presented in a far more engaging way – say, through actual interaction with the characters. What a novel concept!
I get that English probably isn't their first language, but come on, there are loads of tools and people out there who could help with that. Yet, what we get is just a pain to read, not interesting, and totally fails to grab your attention.
The only good thing is the interface. Sure, it's a stolen look from Cyberpunk 2077, but at least it's well done. I won't make a fuss about that. What really bugs me, though, are the stupid unskippable screens – totally unnecessary. And don't get me started on the lack of testing. How did they even manage to release the game with such egregious errors? It's beyond belief.
To summarize: horrible, ugly-looking characters, amateurish, below-average artwork with slight potential to improve in the future, and terrible writing with painfully poor English. It does have a great interface, but with some basic functionality disabled or hindered on purpose (this needs fixing ASAP). Additionally, there are terrible bugs that are still present. We'll see how far it goes, but it'll probably get abandoned after a few episodes or updates. A very, very mediocre start indeed...
P.S. Would you please slow down on those normal maps?
Looking forward to seeing more!