[v0.3.0]
I'm giving it 5 stars for "excellent," rather than as an indication that it's some perfect game. When playing any of these games, it's pretty important to determine what type of game it is and what the dev is hoping to accomplish. It helps if you have a wide tolerance for different genres. In this case, the game is most definitely a drama. The drama and entanglement of characters and plot threads is something you might find in some kdrama or soap opera. What this game is not. It's not really a self insert game. The MC is another character in the story with very defined motivations, personality, emotional issues, etc. You can, of course, steer him in different directions during the game, but you can't change his mentality on certain issues.
Looking at the game as a drama filled story, I have to say that the dev succeeded in creating a rather interesting scenario. The different plot threads intersect and intertwine throughout the story. Every single character, including the MC, has some issues they are dealing with. In many cases, their personal issues have a cause and effect on other characters' plots. Notably, no one is just straight up evil, at least so far. Even a "rival" male, if we could call him that, who is entangled in 2 of the LI's plot line, is depicted in a sympathetic light. This is a bold move by the dev, and it is worth praising.
The graphics are superb in most cases. The animations are smooth. The dev tried to make the animations more dynamic than just a back and forth pump action we usually see. The render quality is high. However, 2 of the models (Naomi, Mira), could have gone through some modifications. They look a bit odd. Naomi has some very weird expressions and her facial structure resembles Jim Carey's The Mask. Someone pointed out that Mira looks like a titan from Attack on Titan lol. I knew something was off about her but couldn't quite put my finger on it until this comment.
Sex scenes start out extremely underwhelming at the beginning. It's super short and MC cums immediately. Not only that, but it was very apparent that the dev is employing an artificial stairway to heaven to prevent penetration from happening too early. I hate this kind of crap where the situation logically should lead to sex but stop at foreplay just because. That said, some of the later scenes are really great. Long enough with great dialogue and enough variation on top of some very erotic circumstances makes them fappable.
The music is great. Some of the tunes are the ones we hear all the time, but others seem to be new. They compliment the tone of the scene rather well, so no complaints there.
I think the gameplay (VN, choices) were done quite well. There are mutually exclusive scenes, and different outcomes and information revealed based on certain choices. A few choices were non-intuitive, but most of them won't blindside you with their results. I played without any walkthrough or mod and didn't have any problems.
In closing, try this game if you are up for some drama and are fine with a predefined MC that will have his own feelings and such. If you are looking for a happy go lucky dating sim, courting straightforward girls with no baggage, maybe look elsewhere.
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