I really appreciate the respect the game is handling towards the implications of the relationship between MC’s and Asterion’s. It makes the scene in which the MC
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promises to amputate himself if he ever succumbs to greed a lot more impactful. I appreciate that, as well as Asterion not being entirely trusting to the MC until that moment happens. I haven’t played the ‘bad’ route yet, but I certainly will in the future, and I’m excited to see what kind of consequences might appear considering how much care the MC has to show the bull in the ‘good’ ending to have himself be trusted. It feels very respectful and a realistic approach to their relationships, and earning the bull’s trust in face of the trauma he’s faced feels earned and not simply a reward for being nice. Although, while I perfectly understand development is still too early for any kind of real twists yet, I would really like some struggles and moral dilemmas towards handling Asterion in future updates of the ‘good’ route. The MC still hasn’t really had to sacrifice much to be nice to Asterion (I know the arm thing, but even the MC states that realistically it shouldn’t happen as long as he doesn’t go back on his word). I would love to see future conflicts where the MC might have to lose or sacrifice something important to keep his promise to Asterion—though since the MC is a ‘self insert’ perhaps something like damaging a relationship with someone or giving up a potential valuable hotel function would be cool, to really establish how much the MC is willing to give to end the master-slave structure that’s been established. It would help the ‘best ending’ route feel more like a reward and less like a ‘default’ route where taking any abuse options towards Asterion are more of a second playthrough ‘what-if’ rather than a real conscious choice a player would choose.
In any case, I enjoyed this very much, I love your writing, I appreciate the art and music, and I think overall this is a very good experience that will sit with me for a good bit, like any good and impactful story does. I hope you’re as proud of your efforts as you should be, as Minotaur Hotel’s been a very enjoyable and impactful experience for me. I am excited to continue observing where you take this!