Review of version 0.4.9
This game is a bit all over the place, to put it simply.
I've played it for the first time around 1 year ago and was thoroughly invested by what the game did right.
The UI is amazing for a game of this type and very optimized, everything is in it's right place and visible at a glance. There are points where there's a bit too much clicking involved (would be great to have a couple of shortcuts to access the map and other frequent locations or actions) and once you start unlocking stuff the bedroom gets really cluttered with buttons that could really just be hidden: why keep 4 different buttons to access porn mags when you can hide them behind one single "porn mags" button?
Cast is really good and diverse, props to the dev for crediting girls and scenes! Scenes are, however, "locked" behind the date interaction which is fine in itself but ultimately comes to the same loop for all girls: finish [insert girl] main quest (that doesn't have scenes), unlock dating, date a few times to see all [insert girl]'s scenes, forget about her.
You do unlock "additional" events after unlocking dates, but those events are sparce, easily missed since they have a specific place and time or utlimately are just a couple lines of dialogue.
Dialogue is, all in all, pretty good. All the girls have distinct personalities and coupled with the good UI, this really makes them pop. I'm sure if you're more into the dating sim/getting to know girls you'll really enjoy this one.
There is a bit of grinding involved, which can be mostly skipped if you're a patron, but nothing too annoying or bothersome. Since all events repeat each week, you're not missing out on anything if you invest the firts days on grinding out the stats (also getting them to level 3 will cover pretty much all the content that is around at the moment).
If you're here for the plot though, you'll have a rough time. The main plot is really interesting, but it's practically not even started since it stops pretty much as soon as you get into the real game. You get a bit of exposure about what's happening, but that's it.
One thing that bothered me about the plot is that it's completely detached from the actual dating sim part of the game: all the girls - FOR NOW - have absolutely nothing to do with the main plot and it all seems side content even though it's clearly the main focus of the game.
Overall it's a good experience, gotta give props for the effort put in the UI and dialogue for sure. But the lack of a plot and the uselessness at time of side events really make you realize that there still isn't much to do here. Will be keeping an eye on this one, I hope the next updates will be worth revisiting.