I play AVNs, rate and comment on them, and add them to my public collections, if anyone wants to see my opinion. I don't want anyone to hate on authors, even me. With that said, I know I am human, and therefore can be crass in my comments, but no matter if I hate the game, I don't hate the author. I sincerely respect authors who allows critical, and sometimes even harsh, comments to stay on their page. I try to write my reviews and comments without any major spoilers,, but be warned, there might be some. Alright, enough self-promotion and emotional blackmail.
!!NB!! There may be spoilers ahead !!NB!!
At first glance, the artwork and characters look good. The navigation system is a bit janky, but it gets the job done well enough without being any real hassle.
Azraesha lost my interest when she assaulted and tried to murder the MC, instead of answering a question. Lost interest in Naomi too for trying to murder the MC. I don't feel any desire to spend time with either of them after they have both shown themselves to be homicidal, abusive psychopaths. Azraesha is the only one that can teach you to control your magic, so you are forced to spend time with her, but Naomi doesn't even have that going for her, she is just a big lumbering musclehead that enjoys trying to murder MC in as many humiliating ways as possible, especially when trying to improve you physical level stat, distracting and bothering the MC to the point he loses the VERY HEAVY benchpress weights on his chest, and what does she, your supposed spotter, do? Laught at you for hurting yourself. It is especially revolting how she forces herself on Caitlin in their first encounter; first she assaults her and exposes her against her will, then she lays her hands on Caitlin, pretending to be a friend instead of an obnoxious, demanding, homicidal psychopath that just seconds earlier were ready to strangle her.
The phone game in the beginning really infuriates me; why do you have to choose an obviously wrong answer for the last question, when there's TWO CORRECT answers to choose from? Is it a fourth-wall-breaking-moment, to show us that AVNs are often buggy?
Caitlin is so far the most likable character, in that she hasn't attempted to murder the MC. Yet.
At this point, I really don't feel like playing anymore, because it feels like I have come to a point where I have to become the whipping boy of Naomi to advance the story of the other characters, and I am not interested in anything more from her than being an exercise partner to raise my physical level. Which I can't do because I have rejected becoming Naomi's whipping boy, meaning she won't let you get further in the story.
And NO! I will not dream up a bathroom for these murderous psychopaths, as I VERY clearly chose when these women demanded it in front of the bathroom. They can fight eachother until they learn to share, or remove eachother from the house for all I care. They haven't shown themselves to be worthy of any rewards or attention beyond what's necessary to learn how to get out of this trap. (Currently on day 32)
I am now more interested in seeing what the fridge or closet spits out, than I am in spending time with Azraesha and Naomi. I met those two in the first in-game week, and within two days of being introduced, they both tried to murder the MC. And neither of them care. In Naomi's murder attempt, she tries to claim she went 'a little' over board, but shows no remorse whatsoever. Instead, she degrades the MC as a wimp for almost dying. Azraesha pretends it never happened, and that she is the bestest friend ever to the MC. Don't worry about her lies, her deceit, her assault, her murder attempt, she is the goddess you have a sacred duty to worship.
I am aware that there's more content in this AVN than I have found, but I can't recommend this, based on the fact that the other characters are trying to murder the MC almost as soon as they see him, and there's no consequences for them. As is proper, since your choices don't matter. At least, they haven't mattered so far. If you choose to pretend you're a great magician when meeting Azraesha, she will provide you a sexual service, and still assault and attempt to murder you the second day after you met. If you try to tell her that you have no control, she assaults you and try to murder you the second day after you met. If you try to choose 'middle-of-the-road' answers, she assaults you and try to murder you the second day after you met. Why? Because I dared to ask her to explain herself, since she was talking about magic, which the MC knows nothing about. Instead of explaining anything to the MC, she assaults the MC and smothers him with a pillow. A clear attempt at murder.
With no consequences enacted on these characters for their attempted murders, there is no longer any reason, even within this game's setting and story, for the MC to do anything for, or with, these women. Had they at least shown a sliver of a hint of remorse for their homicidal natures, I could have kept my interest, but since they don't, and they never stop their demands of the MC, without ever doing anything for the MC, only for their own selfish desires, I lost complete interest in what seemed like an interesting concept for a story.
Edit: There is no autosave in this game. If you don't manually save, you WILL lose hours and hours of gameplay.
