Hello again! I doubt anyone reading this remembers me or has even seen me in the first place, but nearly a year ago I left a rather positive review on this game (and like it before, I'm writing this review under the influence of fatigue. Oh, how fate repeats itself.) I'm glad to say that this review isn't going to be too different in terms of positivity.
To begin, let's go off of the old. The version I had last played was (probably) the beta of 0.51, and I'm glad to see the progress that's been made since then. In my original review, one of the few complaints I made was about the quality of the shop menu -- a complaint that is completely gone in the newer update. Alternatively, the boring slog that was the original sex system has been improved greatly, and whilst it noticeably began to become boring as longer and longer sessions were required to make enough money (Vinegara and Endurance+ for the win!) to buy parts, it held up far longer than its predecessor.
Now, let's continue with the new. The new artist is fantastic, easily bringing a new warmness of life to our favorite robot girl. Every scene involving the new bot is a dream, as the animations are smooth, fantastic, and breathe life into a supposed lifeless sexbot. Little touches, like her blush from being 'pent up' to the ensuing ahgaeo face that appears once you help fix that problem show how much care was put into her. In terms of the story, if my memory is correct with the 0.51 version, little content was added in that regard here. I continue my old review's praise of the world-building that is brought up here, with things like the news to the simple mention of the landlord's financial troubles showing the true trouble that the MDRG world is in. Anon's story is interesting to listen to, providing a rather down-to-earth case of family troubles. From a struggling mother trying to cope with her husband's death and her son's choice to move from her household to Anon's history with depression, it tackles some rather interesting topics that only make me wonder about the involvement of our sexbot friend. Will she assist with Anon's depressive troubles? Will she give ample advice about his situation with his mother? Only time will tell!
As of now, I haven't experienced the game to its fullest extent. Based on other reviews, I completely missed the church due to its fourth-day soft lock bug, so I was completely unaware of its existence. Additionally, I haven't experienced anything with Dr. Blaubeim due to my constant walks to regain any loss in the Sanity/Mentality bar. Despite that, I've enjoyed what I had with the game's "core" experience greatly.
As for complaints, I'll once again repeat past me's review by stating that I have very few. I already made clear how the sex system can become a slog if you wish to gain enough money for parts, but I could've easily missed a major money-making moment with the stock system or gambling (I did end up making up to 30000 dollars with every session, though). The only two "major" complaints I had with the game were: 1) Unless I quickly grew used to it, the early parts of the story's writing felt weak in some moments, with either a bit too much in terms of exclamation marks or rather droning/odd sentences. The newer parts appeared to have mostly adapted out of these flaws, but I just wanted to point that out. As for my other complaint, 2) The way events worked could feel clunky at times. For example, the arrival of the drone that contains a package could vary wildly on whether or not the MC was at their apartment. Whilst this dynamic system allows for more fluid events in some cases, set arrival moments like these could feel out of place in this system.
And that's about it in terms of complaints! I'm glad to see how this game has advanced over the year, and I can safely say I don't regret the $10 I spent on it. Sheep, HiMyNameIs, Sixie, and even the old artist of RoboMachine have done great work here, and I can only hope this project's development continues. Whilst I have many suggestions for the game, the majority are all just fetishy desires for the sex system... plus, it'd be best if I did that all another day. For now, I wish the entire team good luck with this project! (And I also apologize to anyone who got a headache at reading this wall of text.)