The free roam is a little grindy and irritating, but I can see the potential in the game and story.
I agree. I have said all along this has great potential but after hitting the 5th free roam, I had to quit. I think if the free roams actually had a point, I would be fine with them, but they don't. I mean seriously, who wants to waste time trying to figure out a code for a damn render?
IDK... This is a story driven AVN so don't try and gamify it. If it was corruption or blackmail or some other grindy game then sure, gamify away, but when you have a solid story and interesting characters, stop wasting time and tell the story. I mean, what was the point of clicking the mouse button repeatedly to "lift weights"? And you had to go through four stupid routines to get to the next section. Don't even get me started on the whole car repair thing. Now you have to save money to fix this car? I thought the MC was there to find his Mom, instead is off getting drunk, fixing cars, looking for a beer so he can get his shirt back, roaming through rooms looking at pictures... What happened to the sense of urgency to find their mom?
Sorry... this is not directed at you or your comments... I just really think this could be a great AVN if the dev would just get out of their own way and tell the story.