I heard a lot of good things about this game and had to give it a try. There are a wide array of really good looking models and I can tell the developer has put a lot of time and effort into creating these.
My problems lie with character traits and the overall story. The MC is a Gary Stu. He barely runs into any problems and if he does the outcome is always overwhelmingly positive. He is perfect at everything, gets everything handed to him on a silver platter, he always says the right thing and every girl is madly in love with him after just a few interractions. This gets boring very quickly. You also barely get to control how the MC acts and that feeds into my next point.
The lack of choices and meaningful outcomes of those choices also bug me. (Mild spoilers) A good example is how you can cheat on your girlfriend and she is completely fine with it, even encourages it. There is no reward for staying loyal to her or little to no negative consequences for cheating. It kills replayability for me and it all feels kinda pointless. Why even have choices of this magnitude if there are no consequences and it all plays out almost exactly the same anyway?
I also have problems with the overarching plot of this VN. You are a famous basketball star that is supposed to save a bad college team from their losing streak, but there is little to not basketball at all. The plot revolves around the MC saying all the right things to a girl and eventually getting in her pants to continue building your harem and this happens on repeat throughout the game.
I guess I'm wondering when the plot is going to evolve into something more interesting than just a "harem builder".
There is a good amount of dialogue, but a lot of it is very skippable and at times extremely cringey and reptitive. "I love you babe, you saved my life and I'm yours" "No babe, you saved my life too, you are the light of my life" etc etc. These kinds of lines happen at least once an update. I'm a pretty romantic guy so I usually love romantic banter between characters, but long stretches of lovey dovey confirmations of how much characters mean to each other every other interraction gets boring and old really fast. This is usually only a problem with Shauna and Jamie and does not apply as much to other characters.
I'll rate this three stars. It does have some really enjoyable moments, the renders are great, the models look fantastic at times and a few of the characters are actually pretty well written, but the complete package is very average and does not compare to the many of the other 5 star rated VNs on this site.
One last thing I would say is that I think the game has a lot of potential and it's certainly not bad. I will try it again when it's finished for sure, but for now my rating stands.
My problems lie with character traits and the overall story. The MC is a Gary Stu. He barely runs into any problems and if he does the outcome is always overwhelmingly positive. He is perfect at everything, gets everything handed to him on a silver platter, he always says the right thing and every girl is madly in love with him after just a few interractions. This gets boring very quickly. You also barely get to control how the MC acts and that feeds into my next point.
The lack of choices and meaningful outcomes of those choices also bug me. (Mild spoilers) A good example is how you can cheat on your girlfriend and she is completely fine with it, even encourages it. There is no reward for staying loyal to her or little to no negative consequences for cheating. It kills replayability for me and it all feels kinda pointless. Why even have choices of this magnitude if there are no consequences and it all plays out almost exactly the same anyway?
I also have problems with the overarching plot of this VN. You are a famous basketball star that is supposed to save a bad college team from their losing streak, but there is little to not basketball at all. The plot revolves around the MC saying all the right things to a girl and eventually getting in her pants to continue building your harem and this happens on repeat throughout the game.
I guess I'm wondering when the plot is going to evolve into something more interesting than just a "harem builder".
There is a good amount of dialogue, but a lot of it is very skippable and at times extremely cringey and reptitive. "I love you babe, you saved my life and I'm yours" "No babe, you saved my life too, you are the light of my life" etc etc. These kinds of lines happen at least once an update. I'm a pretty romantic guy so I usually love romantic banter between characters, but long stretches of lovey dovey confirmations of how much characters mean to each other every other interraction gets boring and old really fast. This is usually only a problem with Shauna and Jamie and does not apply as much to other characters.
I'll rate this three stars. It does have some really enjoyable moments, the renders are great, the models look fantastic at times and a few of the characters are actually pretty well written, but the complete package is very average and does not compare to the many of the other 5 star rated VNs on this site.
One last thing I would say is that I think the game has a lot of potential and it's certainly not bad. I will try it again when it's finished for sure, but for now my rating stands.