I played about 20 minutes. Couldn't deal with the UI.
Then I downloaded the endings. Couldn't really deal with the UI there either (what's up with all the checkboxes everywhere?).
Then I downloaded everything, so I could checkout the replays. Those were much better, but the writing quality in those endings weren't so hot. There were times when the MC was saying lines in replays that were clearly intended for the LI to be saying. And I saw that on at least a couple of occasions, but they were making references in a third-person feminine which couldn't describe the MC. It was jank.
The only real hope this game has of being good is if the developer were to come in and clean up the interface and get an editor, neither of which is likely to ever happen... or if some enterprising third party were to come in and do a remake. I've seen a couple of games that weren't so great get done as Ren'Py remakes, and while they aren't really of a high enough quality to get the player to beg for a sequel, they're usually good enough to get the player to the end... but that's also not likely, I mean, who's gonna pay for that?
I really wanted to like this too. The characters look entertaining--Quinn looks fun as fuck, I just want to chill at a bar with her and let her beat up assholes that hit on her--and some of the renders look great. Not super keen on the MC (looks like Pete Davidson, weird), but it's mostly a first person game so we don't see his face that often and I can tolerate that. Later replays looked like much higher quality than some of the early game, so I'm guessing the developer improved their rig significantly and figured out how to get the most out of it in their production windows.
I'll give two stars for the graphics, but I'm taking away stars for the terrible interface (both in gameplay and in "endings") and some of the writing. If I ever come across a remake, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat but I can't ever seeing someone doing that. Too much effort, no payout.
Then I downloaded the endings. Couldn't really deal with the UI there either (what's up with all the checkboxes everywhere?).
Then I downloaded everything, so I could checkout the replays. Those were much better, but the writing quality in those endings weren't so hot. There were times when the MC was saying lines in replays that were clearly intended for the LI to be saying. And I saw that on at least a couple of occasions, but they were making references in a third-person feminine which couldn't describe the MC. It was jank.
The only real hope this game has of being good is if the developer were to come in and clean up the interface and get an editor, neither of which is likely to ever happen... or if some enterprising third party were to come in and do a remake. I've seen a couple of games that weren't so great get done as Ren'Py remakes, and while they aren't really of a high enough quality to get the player to beg for a sequel, they're usually good enough to get the player to the end... but that's also not likely, I mean, who's gonna pay for that?
I really wanted to like this too. The characters look entertaining--Quinn looks fun as fuck, I just want to chill at a bar with her and let her beat up assholes that hit on her--and some of the renders look great. Not super keen on the MC (looks like Pete Davidson, weird), but it's mostly a first person game so we don't see his face that often and I can tolerate that. Later replays looked like much higher quality than some of the early game, so I'm guessing the developer improved their rig significantly and figured out how to get the most out of it in their production windows.
I'll give two stars for the graphics, but I'm taking away stars for the terrible interface (both in gameplay and in "endings") and some of the writing. If I ever come across a remake, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat but I can't ever seeing someone doing that. Too much effort, no payout.