It's really a matter of taste, it's a mandatory thing. anyway, about Kazuma... mah, his only problem is the history he has as an otaku loser before being isekaid in Axel's world, all for the sake of comedy. I didn't like the Adventure Trainer redesign, but I did like the reboot of the story "Kazuma in debt stratospheric, just because he saved the city from making the Destroyer explode in a nobleman's house", it's still ridiculous to see how unlucky the guy can be in his own luck.
Anyway, depending on the choices the player makes that have the greatest influence on Kazuma's actions, it is acceptable to play! I didn't want a porn game that was just a scary comedy with no character development. But either way, as long as there are options and routes for me to choose from in Adventure Trainer, I'll keep playing!
“I played Overlord H from WinterFire and I didn't like the fact that he was too attached to the original character, even though he actually has sex with his harem.” I also played that game, Overlord remains the best isekai work for me, but whatever. at the beginning of the game, I may be traveling now... Ainz, finds a ring that allows him to return to human form and go through these perverted adventures but that was a long time ago, when I tried to return to the game all this content was removed, which led me to abandon the game, because that's exactly what you explained. Winterfire was too focused on making Ainz faithful, ignoring everything else. If you hadn't told me I wouldn't have known about this "Clementine's choice option" Death o Alive. the idea is good, I don't know if Naitoh can bring this to Devil's Academy DxD with Reynare in question. mah, even if Dev lets the players decide Raynare's future, I'd kill that bitch without a second thought. despite Issei being a great simpleton of a woman who only thinks with her head. Even so, he deserved all the suffering he sought from the Suahshs. but I didn't like the fact that Raynare killed Asia. Like I said before, once I don't like a certain character, I rarely like them again.
"Wait what?!? WinterFire made it EXCLUSIVE?!? NO HAREM OPTION?!? WHAT THE FUCK?!? Since when is WinterFire anti-harem?!? Since when does it make us choose one and exclude others?!?" That's not the point, from what little I know about Danmachi's “game-based knowledge”, Danmachi has everything it takes to be a harem. however, the problem is rooted in MC "Bell". in the original work it is shown that Bell has a somewhat blind love at first sight for Ainz Wallenstein. Bell has that Harem hating tag, he would hate himself to be selfish and make a girl sad. He's too prudish for my taste. so that's how Winterfire developed the game, of course here in this VN the player has the chance to pick up another girl. As I'm doing on my main route... I took Hestia as a companion, after all, I never liked Bell's personality, much less Ainz. She was one of the most expressionless girls in the game, she was beautiful but her personality was apathetic. Anyway, that's it... the game doesn't force you to choose a girl, you can beat the game if you want without choosing a girl if you want. but the key point of the game is to make Bell an atypical character. he could be a chicken, or he could be more of a steel ball, it will depend on the player.
Anyway, I don't think the problem is with Winterfire, since his last game "Overlord" was with a Harem theme, and in Legacy of Hestia he wanted to bring something different, "One girl per route" If I'm not mistaken, there are some routes "Like Demeter, Eina, Liruca and Hestia" there should probably be more. and if I'm not mistaken, there's a way for Bell to get two different girls, in this case Hestia and Liliruca, in which case I don't think it should even be considered Harem. but I'm not sure how to do that, the game walkthrough is for Patron only, but it's still an amazing game.
Either way, I recommend you play it. the game has over 15 hours of gameplay, and it looks like Winterfire wants to make a Legacy of Hestia 2, continuing where the first one ends.
So... Devil's Academy DxD receive 2 updates this year? meh, that's annoying, but I don't blame! I've seen games only receive one update per year! :(
Concluding here, I recommend you keep an eye on the game threads in development, on the F95zone forum and community, Winterfire has the idea of launching a DxD VN with the core of the game being Harem.