I will make no spoiler in this review.
This game had a lot of potential but after finishing it I can't give more than a 6.5/10. I've been told (and if so I could maybe raise it to a 7) it's like an act 1 of 3, and that's evident by the fact that the ending felt more like the end of a big narrative arc: lots of plot points were answered but it was no ending at all.
There's a contradiction in the choices, because:
-If you choose to f*** the characters, they share their problems with you, but they fall in love and that has consequences too
-If you choose not to romance the characters then the mc doesn't get close to them, leaving them to themselves.
You have no choice but to be the a-hole here.
Many many many VNs have at least three choices, while here you're presented with two, and the game ends without letting you uncover enough.
The management features are there, but it was way too easy. Despite it not being the focus you really have to try to mess it up and not be able to pay.
As others also said, this game struggles with tone: it wants to be DDLC "wanna be cute game that gets dark", but fails in my opinion, due to weird cuts in dialogues and the aforementioned moral contradiction. I DON'T MIND the premise of "h-game has dark tones and moral choices", it just wasn't executed well.
Things I can really praise are: the worldbuilding (clearly connected to Out of Touch, but even not having played the game I can appreciate it), the girls are charming and well-developed, the MC's rizz is believable, a lot of well made scenes, and the final sequences where I really held my breath.
No doubt, Out of Touch is much better, and this was a side project for (as the game itself calls them) coomers. However, I expected more and I'm disappointed by how great it could have been.
EDIT: Bro you kicked me out of the Discord, just because I posted this review and offered to debate about it where I could make spoilers?
It takes a different level of immature to do that. I hope you and the rest of your coom-munity have a great day
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