I haven't done a whole lot of reviews on games on this site, and I really usually don't do them on ones that aren't finished, but this one will be one of the exceptions. As it sits right now, this covers the first two days in the game, and there is a lot of content in this game for the first two game days. So is it worth the download to try it out? I think it is, I played this while playing another game at the same time and it took me a few in game hours to get through it, maybe about 1-2 hours for those dedicated speed readers who explore all the content. It probably took me about 5-6 as I read at a snails pace to fully take everything in. That's pretty good for what is roughly a 0.15 maybe a 0.2 on this game.
The thing that excites me the most in this game is the potential. Potential for the story, potential for the characters, and just the overall potential for this game. I haven't played many sports heavy AVN on this site, and this is one of the few where the dev seems to know his shit by the way he has the characters talk about the sport. I think the affection and sex scenes are a bit on the high side, but some of them are avoidable. This is the kind of game where you get to pick who you want to get involved with and how many people you wanna be involved with.
About the story, so you're a number one Basketball recruit outta high school. You have chosen to go to some no name college for your scholarship, so of course the stage is set for you to be the crown jewel of the school, the town, and your family. Though it's not heavily mentioned, it's expected of you to go pro, so your family and friends are all along for the ride as well, and as you get set to head off to school, your true few will be coming along for the ride. Where it goes from there I assume will be up to you.
You have your adopted mom, your childhood best friend, and your girlfriend and her sister along for the ride. Now it is mentioned by another reviewer on here, and asked of you very early in the game, so I don't think it's a spoiler, but one of the first things you get to decide are the names of your mom, your girlfriend, and the gender (sorta) of your best friend. I say sorta because they will be a girl, you just get to choose if they're a transgender, or just a straight up female. The very beginning and your choices already matter, and that's a theme in this game, because even though most of them are romantically driven, you're gonna get to choose if you want to be involved with others other than your girl, or take the long hard road of loyalty. Don't worry though, you have plenty of save slots and rollback is a feature on this game.
So the stage is set for you to be the big fish of the school in the future and it is very interesting to see where that goes and just how the dev is gonna handle all the twists and turns in this game. As it stands now, it looks like staying loyal with all the women throwing themselves at this guy is going to be the big challenge, but I wonder just how the basketball side of things are gonna turn out. There's loads of big expectations on your shoulders, right from the beginning. People expect you to take a winless, no name school from the bottom, and make it an actual contender, while managing relationships, both new and old, and dealing with your own problems.
From what I seen, the story is good, with potential to be a great mix of an adult game with a heavy sports element, and good characters that don't all act the same and are different from one another. It has a lot of potential right now for sports fans into AVNs, and it has me really excited to see where the dev goes with this. As long as it doesn't get showered down with meaningless sex for the sake of it, and we tone it down on the amount of activity the guy gets into in one day, then I think we'll be good to go. This will probably mean smaller updates that span over the time of days instead of just one day, but I'm hopeful and optimistic about this one here.
4/5 Stars - It's good but it's a lot based on potential and excitement. This game has the potential to be great depending on what the dev puts into it and how much he puts into it. It also has to potential to go belly up. I'm hoping it does the former instead of the latter, but I'll wait to see. I think this is a good one that you should try out, especially if you've ever dreamed of or been interested in being a sports star and dealing with the adult side of life, 2k games can't offer you.
Edit: 12/7/19
I wrote the initial review when I was on day 2, I now add this part when I'm about halfway through the 4th day. I still stand by the excitement and the potential behind the first two days, but I'm afraid that after is where the excitement died. I gave the dev the third day to see where he was going with it. It didn't seem to be nowhere good but it's like something you don't mind. It's like eating a dessert that is really sweet, and think "Okay maybe this part right here is just the super sweet part. We'll get back to the more balanced dessert after this part" But instead... You don't.
That's where this game currently stands, a dessert that it just too sweet. There's no real drama and tension to this game. I mean the MC is surrounded by some not nice people, and some people who may not be on the up and up, but instead of them presenting some kind of problem or drama, the MC just has a "I have to get down to the bottom of their problem and fix it so we can get along" kind of attitude. He doesn't naively pay for it either. So far everything has seemed to work out for him and those around him just fine, with no appearance like that's gonna change.
The MC right now has the near perfect life with nothing on the horizon to disrupt that. I think the biggest question now is can the dev turn this around and surprise use with some real story telling? Or at least a return to the sports side of things? (Since we've gotten pretty far removed from that) Or will it just continue to be this super sweet harem story? Which is fine, just not deserving of a top overall rank IMO.
3/5 Stars - It's dropped. I almost wanted to give it a 2, but it's got good graphics and still the hope is there. Think I'll do a final review when the game is through or when I've had enough and can't take it anymore. Still holding out hope for it to live up to it's storytelling potential, especially with the success and support the dev has had so far, but only time will tell.