It's a fascinating game which ironically seems to work better when not trying to tell a story. A game of two halves.
I found the game to be very engaging; the graphics are stellar, there's a little bit of gameplay in allowing you to free roam but not too much to drive you insane going from empty room to empty room and on more than one occasion I found myself actually laughing. Normally which AVNs are funny they tend to lean into it and it's more slapstick than anything else but really the dialogue writing is first rate.
My issue is... there's obvious a super serious plot going on that we, as players, are being drip fed and it feels a bit grim, which puts it at odd with the low level character interactions.
The game's fascinating as you interact with characters, but once you start interacting with the overarching plot it becomes a bit hmm. Maybe this is just because it's early doors but it feels a bit too soap opera-y. Everyone seems to have some secret or other, lot of things not being said and that's FINE.... but if it continues then it may become frustrating. Not to mention the setup seems to be such that with such a large cast, we may find releases not touching upon characters you enjoy, and then it becomes a game you forget and then hope lasts long enough for you to pick it up in 3 years. Certainly a game I'd buy on Steam then forget about until it was cooked.
I found the game to be very engaging; the graphics are stellar, there's a little bit of gameplay in allowing you to free roam but not too much to drive you insane going from empty room to empty room and on more than one occasion I found myself actually laughing. Normally which AVNs are funny they tend to lean into it and it's more slapstick than anything else but really the dialogue writing is first rate.
My issue is... there's obvious a super serious plot going on that we, as players, are being drip fed and it feels a bit grim, which puts it at odd with the low level character interactions.
The game's fascinating as you interact with characters, but once you start interacting with the overarching plot it becomes a bit hmm. Maybe this is just because it's early doors but it feels a bit too soap opera-y. Everyone seems to have some secret or other, lot of things not being said and that's FINE.... but if it continues then it may become frustrating. Not to mention the setup seems to be such that with such a large cast, we may find releases not touching upon characters you enjoy, and then it becomes a game you forget and then hope lasts long enough for you to pick it up in 3 years. Certainly a game I'd buy on Steam then forget about until it was cooked.