I'm really liking this game.
The animations are exceptionally well done and I was particularly impressed with how Julianna's hair moves in some of them. The women in the game all look amazing, and the story is good enough that I'm actually more curious about where it's going than who is going to be featured in the next animated scene. The only real complaint I have so far is that it's necessary to watch the father get it on with Juliana or else you won't be able to access the best scene later in the game. I really don't want to see the old man get his rocks off. Same goes for the fat friend. Especially if it's with the ladies we're supposed to be lusting after.
I always like to see choices in games, so I was happy to have the option to ditch the girlfriend. I wasn't really comfortable with how young she looked, but maybe I'll get over that sometime and give her a chance on a later playthrough. One very small addition to the game that I'd like to see is the ability to change the phone's wallpaper. It's a bit odd for it to still be Maureen after you dump her, especially if you also reject her advances in the Hospital. I know it's a really tiny and inconsequential thing, but it's visible in the top corner for most of the game, so it would nice to switch it over to your favourite character. I don't know how much of a hassle that would be to implement, so I'd understand if it weren't worth the trouble, I just thought it would be a neat little feature.
I'm not sure which character would be my favourite. Julianna and Heather are both amazing, and Veronika is quite tempting too, but I might have to go with Gaz. Which is surprising because I hated her guts the first time I played the game, but she's grown on me since then. I guess I'm a sucker for gals with a sad backstory and mesmerizing eyes. So I'm happy that we have the option to be nice to her. I'm hoping that we eventually get a chance to have her replace Maureen.
I found the time traveling a bit confusing the first time I played the game, and still I'm not sure if I understand it. For instance, you can defend Heather by using a baseball bat that Hamon placed by altering the past, yet when he sends you back in time to relive day 3, it says that you can do whatever you want because it won't matter. Why is that? Shouldn't that have overridden my original choices? How did your friend move a baseball bat if reliving the past doesn't change the present or future? Does the time machine have some sort of settings where you choose to save or discard the changes made?
Despite my confusion, I still have a couple of baseless crackpot theories about the plot.
Anyways, that's about all I can think to say about the game so far. Except for that I hope we get a chance to have some fun with Candice sometime. I know I should probably be wary of her since the spooky music plays when you talk to her, but I think she's worth the risk.
