Decided to put up a review for this, just to give some perspective for anyone who may think of playing. i myself was kind of excited cause i love J-art, harems, isekai's, and tfantasy.
mind you. i'm not a professional reviewer obviously, so this is all biased. still, i hope it helps.
real rating is between Average-to-Poor
verdict: Not worth playing
so lets start out with what this game is
this is a very short, with 1-3 hours gametime(took me 3:59 hours, although i got stuck on a part, and wasted alot of time)100% linear story game. theres no sidequests or content, and no gameplay outside the story, and a few shops.
the 10 endings are decided at the end after you defeat the boss by communicating with the heroine of choice. so the question is, how good is the story?
The story----
the story is incredibly simple. you are sucked into a video game you just bought, and your goal is to defeat the 2 Dark "magicians", and defeat the evil lord seeking to kill the hero. that's pretty much it. basically no worldbuilding, lore or characterization throughout really, which we will get into next.
the characters----
each of the characters are witless, paperthin cardboard cutouts, with nice character art. they have no development, beyond serving you cause you said so, bad dialogue, probably partially due to translation, and no motivations for going along with you or the story at all. there are some stand-out characters who seem a little more interesting/acceptable than the others, but they are all pretty bad, including the MC.
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Sena - another gamer sucked into this world that goes to the same school you got expelled from. she sees the game-world as a game, and wants to get back to reality.
Mei - a girl from a poor background(i think), who uses whatever opportunity presents itself to get ahead, and live comfortably.
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but what about the dialogue? the dialogue is generally bad, both in the H scenes, and in general play, which just goes to show how incredibly simple the characters are. there are also some translation issues, with weird or confusing dialogue at parts, and some lines ended up in the naming box instead of the actual dialogue box, making them unreadable
okay. so the dialogue, characters, and story are pretty bad. but what about the H scenes? this is a H game. so it has to have good scenes.
well. the Art is actually pretty good. but each scene consists of only 1 still, with semi animated parts for the protag thrusting, which looks pretty polished. but it has really poor dialogue. not much more to say.
well, what about the game itself, how does it play?
the game is a story locked open-world. as you progress in the story, you unlock more areas. the 3 towns consist of walking exposition posts that look like npcs, and 2-3 shops, and an inn. theres nothing to do in them besides progressing the main quest. enemies appear at story specific places, and don't respawn, and there are 2 optional heroines(2 "side events"). there are maybe 8-12 total areas. most are useless after you complete the once.
the game uses the vanilla RPGM leveling, equipping and combat systems. so equipment is class locked, and everyones classes are pre-determined. with 2-3 artifact/accessory items useable by everyone, and 3 linear tiers of each classes equipment. e.g. iron sword, mithral sword, dragon sword. there is also 1 infinite Boss-arena, which has random item drops, and 5 boss types.
difficulty setting just changes starting level(either 25, or 50 for MC). i played hard, although i recommend easy. will just speed up battles.
the game also isn't fully polished. theres 1 staircase that leads to an inescapable room, a couple walkable walls, etc. but nothing really beyond that.
