I kept seeing other players post things like, "Looking for games like 'Where the Heart is'" on various forums so I decided to give this game a try. My expectations where a bit too high coming into it but I enjoyed the game very much once I stuck with it.
Pros
Cons
Final Thoughts
Despite the cons, the game is quite enjoyable if you get past the first eight episodes.
You'll find many of the common tropes in this game and the story is engaging but not really unique.
The unique personalities of all the girls and the excellent character development are really what make the game shine! The humor and banter between the various characters in the game is a near masterpiece!
In most games I wish there was more content. This is not the case here. There is tons of content and it has so much that it has as much content as three or four other games combined.
I really enjoyed the game overall and recommend that players give it a try!
Pros
- Good to Excellent renders
- Excellent characters with unique personalities
- Excellent character development
- Excellent variety of clothing that looks real and not painted on
- Excellent humor and banter between the characters
- Very long game with lots of hours of content - the longest game I've played on this site
Cons
- The dialog is quite verbose and it takes a while for it to lead anywhere. There is too much unmeaningful dialog that could be skipped or condensed in my opinion. All the characters in the game have long conversations that can get tiring after a while. I never did skip through the dialog but I was tempted to quite often.
- I was bothered that nearly all of the girls in the game have a potty or gutter mouth, meaning that they freely swear like a sailor, including the shy and innocent Jenna. This is one area where some of the characters break immersion for me.
- The first eight episodes of the game were a learning curve for the developer. Nearly everything is improved in later episodes of the game, especially the animations and some renders. The animations in the first eight episodes are done poorly using only a couple of frames so it is really rough and primitive. It really ruined the sex scenes for me but was fixed in later episodes.
- This is largely a kinetic novel, meaning that most choices are made for the character. The player gets to choose who he wants to romance and is often given a dialog choice for responses to the characters in the game, some being better than others. There are no sandbox or "free roam" elements in this game. It is 100% story driven.
- I don't care for the character models of Monica and Zarah. They are unattractive to me and have little appeal.
- The game kind of sets up the player for failure as it allows and often encourages you to romance every girl in the game like a harem but the author claims it isn't a harem game. It also goes to the extent of hardly any of the girls knowing you are romancing six other girls at the same time and the few that do find out tell you that they are OK with it (Jenna and Jolina for example). As of episode 19, you can literally romance every girl in the game with no consequences. This is going to be quite the feat for the author to resolve in later episodes if there truly isn't a harem ending. Instead of forcing the player to choose, he allows you to romance everyone at the same time. I have six girlfriends in the game. That is a lot to resolve and it will be hard to blame it all on the player when the game kind of encourages it and allows it.
- Some of the sex scenes are done really well but most are average. Many authors struggle with making the H scenes erotic, sensual, and meaningful and this is sometimes the case here. I've learned that it takes an entirely different skillset to pull this off well.
- Even in later episodes with better animation, the penetration animations (oral, vaginal, anal) don't have enough back and forth movement. Most of the penetration scenes only move back and forth one to two inches. Since the MC has a large dick it looks funny.
Final Thoughts
Despite the cons, the game is quite enjoyable if you get past the first eight episodes.
You'll find many of the common tropes in this game and the story is engaging but not really unique.
The unique personalities of all the girls and the excellent character development are really what make the game shine! The humor and banter between the various characters in the game is a near masterpiece!
In most games I wish there was more content. This is not the case here. There is tons of content and it has so much that it has as much content as three or four other games combined.
I really enjoyed the game overall and recommend that players give it a try!