I don't tend to make reviews... but my god when I say this is, by far, one of the best h-games I have ever played.
Where to even begin? Story is absolutely excellent. Its not just, "meet girls, get them to like you, and fuck them." No it's so much more. Between the different "numbers" the eldritch, the org, the Fey (mostly morgana and the council) there is just so much lore to keep track of. And its it's amazing.
Gameplay is, and mind the bluntness, standard. It's a visual novel, it does what a visual novel does, and it's good. At least it's that way for act I. Then act II comes in like the fucking koolaid man and just flips the game around. Not only do you have standard choice making, but you got stats to upgrade (which technically most vns do that but I like this one best. I'm probably biased.) Then the whole property management and upgrading. Really be making a corrupted kingdom. And then ontop of that exploration that isn't just for miny side events that amount up to nothing important. And then we got the training with the girls up in the mountains which actually made me have to think about the best way to complete the missions. I'm sure I'm missing something, and that just goes to show how impressive the gameplay actually is.
Now onto the dev. Our singular, lovely dev, who puts this absolute piece of art on to itch for absolutely free. Not to mention he tends to interact with his community. Oh did I mention that he is incredibly nice and supportive? Normally when you think of a dev for an h-game you think of some guy sitting in his mother's basement all day, but with arc all my mind can even begin to picture is a man who looks similar to Ryan Reynolds, or Giga Chad. Props to you good sir, and may fortune forever be in your favor.
(Edit) completely forgot to review the characters lol. So lemme do that real quick. Each and every character just feels so...Unique...lifelike...real. it feels like I'm interacting with actual people, and I can damn near feel their emotions (I'm technically an empath). This is incredible. They don't feel like things with obstacles to overcome just to fuck, no they are incredible. Well most of them are, the side girls (namely Jessica's friends and the fire apartment girl) seem a little less developed, but that's how they were designed to be. Every main girl is incredibly done, and I wouldn't believe you if you said you spent any less than months on each one.
Now let me give a message real quick before moving on. I know what it's like to have expectations put in your shoulders, the pressure you feel that maybe you aren't good enough. Maybe you cant live up to your name. YOU CAN! IGNORE THAT VOUCE THAT TRIES TO BRING YOU DOWN! YOU ARE AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL NEVER FORGET IT!
Ahem. Moving on. It is now time for cons. There are only two cons I can think of at the moment. 1. The choices I make wont add up to anything meaningful by the end of the story. This one isn't even that bad, and as a singular dev I completely understand how hard it would be to make different endings. But I do believe somewhere you said you would be making different endings, I'm not entire sure. 2. Not enough dungeon content. There I said it, I like bdsm and there isn't enough. Spankings are good, but...
Anyways now that the reveiw is done let me give a final grade... ... ... 9.99/10. +5 points for story. +3 points for gameplay. +2 points for dev. –0.05 for not enough dungeon content. (Edit) new score is 12.99/10. +3 for characters. (Lol)
Now before I go I do have two questions. The first is how many acts will be in this game?
The second is more complicated. I read through some of the replies you have made, and on numerous occasions you have mentioned a second game. I was just wondering if the protagonist in that game will be the same as the protagonist in this game. (For obvious reasons you dont need to answer this question.)
That is all, I wish you good fortune and a prosperous life arc. -Boborsumnidk(lol)