I've played this twice: vanilla and modded, and came to the conclusion that there is no reason to play without mod, as it doesn't change what's already there, just adds more content and options. It also makes changes to UI, but i think it's still terrible.
Now, this game's biggest issue, apart from being abandoned, is suspense of disbelief, or lack thereof to be exact. You see, every character has "stats" that signify your relations with them and unfortunately these stats are the biggest evidence of your actions, as if every event happens in a vacuum and all characters have short-term memory loss and almost never react to the past or acknowledge your relationship. Davide will always be friendly, if your "relation stat" is high, no matter how badly you pissed him off in the past, the girl in the bar will always greet you as if you're strangers, even if you danced with her like 100 times before, your sister may be reluctant to kiss you, even though she already gave birth to your child, etc. All events/interactions can be repeated infinitely with the same outcome until you check certain progression flags, which are described in the hints.
As for the usual:
Now, this game's biggest issue, apart from being abandoned, is suspense of disbelief, or lack thereof to be exact. You see, every character has "stats" that signify your relations with them and unfortunately these stats are the biggest evidence of your actions, as if every event happens in a vacuum and all characters have short-term memory loss and almost never react to the past or acknowledge your relationship. Davide will always be friendly, if your "relation stat" is high, no matter how badly you pissed him off in the past, the girl in the bar will always greet you as if you're strangers, even if you danced with her like 100 times before, your sister may be reluctant to kiss you, even though she already gave birth to your child, etc. All events/interactions can be repeated infinitely with the same outcome until you check certain progression flags, which are described in the hints.
As for the usual:
- game is silent
- models look attractive
- scenes are usually hot, even though there are no animations
- decent replayability, depending on your preferences
- dialogue exists, but does not exceed that function
- there is no plot and I already explained why
- it's also not immersive for the same reasons
- there is no time limit
- you can't accidentally skip/miss events as they're all repeated infinitely (no idea what the blud below is yapping about)