v0.24.10
I just found out that the reason the GUI reminded me so much of a Pay2Win mobile game is because it literally is one.
I had thought it was just poor design choice. But it is intentional.
There are 6 subscription levels ranging from 2$/mo to 50$/mo.
There are GUI restrictions like only being able to access the map from certain rooms.
Those GUI restrictions are removed one at a time when paying sub fee at 10,20,30, and 50$/mo respectively
Additionally paid subscribers get:
-XP bonus to bypass some of the horrible grind
-tons of XP tickets to bypass some of the horrible grind
-tickets to track a quest (one quest step tracked per ticket). Very annoying. quest log should just work!
-skip the wallet grind (variable amount of skip based on sub level)
-faster talk skip button (speed improvement scales with sub level all the way to max tier). lets just waste your time with artificial slowdowns unless you pay a monthly subscription!
The game literally wastes your time on artificially slowing down in various ways unless you pay a subscription fee, and the more you pay the less it slows you down.
+latest version added skip options for potentially unwanted scenes (mainly peeping at other men fucking scenes).
+massive improvement
-not all such scenes are skippable
-it is only a skip, does not prevent it. It still happens, you just now in character chose to not watch.
v0.21
+Decent animation. Looks to be hand drawn instead of yet another reused assets game. Which I appreciate
-Very buggy
-Basically a renpy clone in unity. large source of bugs and issues.
-UI and UX reminds me of a p2w mobile game. with levelup rewards and the like
-very grindy
-lots of minigames
+you are explicitly warned before the game forks with major decision.
-the first major decision is whether to ride the bus... seems to be some sort of butterfly effect thing with zero hints before or after about what changed in the world
*second major fork is fine. it lets you decide if you want to befriend the bully douche from the rich kids club by convincing him you are an excellent wingman and the two of you can score more sluts together... or you can decide he is an asshole and instead befriend the nerds.
clearly they know how to make a proper fork, with clear information on what you are choosing. But for some reason don't always do that. sometimes it is clear, sometimes it is not.
-Intense feeling of disgust is not good for porn game.
-Disliked scenes are only partially avoidable.
Before the game starts you are shown scene snippets to tease you with what porn is available. That includes a girl either fucking a horse, or a realistic horse dildo mounted on the wall. scene was not too clear.
I am really not into bestiality...
Start playing...
First scene is when your bitchy sister trips, falls, and lands on your dick. No complaints here.
Honestly this is probably better than the usual way to seduce your sister in those games.
But if someone thinks incest is gross? well they can't opt out of it.
Meet mom for first time... she recalls her youth as a disgusting whore... and you read her mind or something to see the pictures.
cue a pic of mom sitting on a couch surrounded by 5 big black guys standing around her...
I am sure ya'll recognize that reference. So apparently mom did racist gangbang porn.
No option to opt out of seeing this.
(edit: this scene was removed from main game in v0.24. but will still there in the scene preview each time game is launched)
Next I am introduced to the female president fo the asshole rich kids club. she tries to show me their recruitment poster.
whoops, she shows the wrong picture on her phone... instead I see the results of her getting gangbanged.
I naturally told her that I have no interest to join her club. and mentally categorized her as "STD ridden town bicycle, never touch"
But the fact is I was not given an option to opt out of seeing that picture in the first place.
I then walk into chemistry class and the teacher is fucking a student. This is explicit without warning. (as of 0.24 is skipable)
She invites me to join in and make it a 3some...
Only now do I have the choice to opt out. But I already saw the sex scene where I was the creepy voyeur peeping at them having sex, I only got to opt out of the threesome.
The fact I am actually constantly shown those things without warning is the opposite of sexy.
Either you can't opt out at all.
Or you can opt out, but only after seeing some.
They should instead have a dialog box asking "do you want to see a MMF scene?", "Do you want to see an incest scene?", etc and only showing you what you ask for.
Aggressive fetishes aside.
The bugginess, grind, and UI/UX problems heavily compound on it to give an overall negative score.