I've always been one to be happy watching a game grow, getting excited for new updates, imagining how the story will develop, what growth the characters will see.
Some of the Games i've watched turned out good, some mediocre, a couple got abandoned.
So, i've also seen my share of Hype Trains, so i'm not usually one to join them early on, since i've seen enough of them getting derailed hard.
Boy, i'm on board for this one, tho.
What sets this game apart from others aren't the well done character models, it isn't the japanese school setting we've come across so many times.
It's the characters and how they act on one side, having their own problems, weird oddities, even if they sometimes fall for comedy's sake into common clichés. Thankfully, this is mostly true for a couple characters you can try your best to ignore. I kind of did.
On the other side is the MC.
There aren't a lot of games which feature a MC with actual personality, goals that aren't lewd at first glance, as well as understandable thoughts and sound plans.
And he's not perfect either.
He's trying his hardest to cope with Nightmares, past humiliations and lack of allies - which he is trying to fix as best as he can, step by step.
Which makes him so much more believable than 95% of MC's i played across a number of games.
So, this is why i consider this the most exciting game around, at the moment.
TL;DR:
Character models are well done, story is good, characters (espcially the MC) are really great.
10/10.