Not every game needs to be Dark Souls, Elden ring ....
Have you ever played this game, actually? It features the same brand of corruption any reasonable fledgling would attempt:
step 1: MC has no idea about girls, fails a bunch of times;
step 2: MC does research, fails a bunch more times;
step 3: MC does research, makes gadgets, gets a nudge in;
step 4: MC does research, finds some benevolent aides, gives them some gadgets;
step 5: ...
How many more steps do you need to feel like you did the RNG, grind, repeatable nonsense to succeed?