There are a lot of things i like about this. Like the models, the kinks, the characters.
But the sandbox damn near ruins it for me. I hate using guides as it takes me out of the game but using the in game hints are basically required. Most of the characters will be available every day....except for katie, many of whose main events are on weekends. Meaning you need to skip through a week to progress with her.
Which could be fine except when characters progression is tied together. So, I want to progress with Meg. To do that I must get further with Serena, to do that i must get further with Amber, to do that i must hang out with Katie on Saturday afternoon specifically. Now there are other sandboxes that does this to a degree where finishing a specific character event is required to progress with another but I have never seen it done to this extend before, where it tied together the entire cast.
The end result is that the game is way more linear than it pretends to be and player agency is damn near an illusion as you must complete every characters events to progress them collectively. If there is a character that you do not like then you are basically shit outta luck.
But the sandbox damn near ruins it for me. I hate using guides as it takes me out of the game but using the in game hints are basically required. Most of the characters will be available every day....except for katie, many of whose main events are on weekends. Meaning you need to skip through a week to progress with her.
Which could be fine except when characters progression is tied together. So, I want to progress with Meg. To do that I must get further with Serena, to do that i must get further with Amber, to do that i must hang out with Katie on Saturday afternoon specifically. Now there are other sandboxes that does this to a degree where finishing a specific character event is required to progress with another but I have never seen it done to this extend before, where it tied together the entire cast.
The end result is that the game is way more linear than it pretends to be and player agency is damn near an illusion as you must complete every characters events to progress them collectively. If there is a character that you do not like then you are basically shit outta luck.