I found this game extremely kinetic, with absolutely no control over the MC’s personality. You're forced to be a simp and made to care about the sick brat whether you want to or not. On top of that, the endings are pathetic and annoying, and the character development is ridiculous. You're constantly pushed into being a hero, which feels forced. The endings are especially ridiculous and pathetic—particularly the monogamous one—and even the only decent ending forces you into a threesome with Victoria and still working for Baynard COMPANY, which sucks. The dev is extremely moralistic and gives the player no narrative freedom, not even the option for the protagonist to be more maledom or individualistic. It's disappointing because the game had a lot of potential. Aside from the good sex scenes, the rest is very weak, and you have no real choices. The only characters I liked were Victoria (evil path), Shanlon, and Venus. The rest are extremely annoying and disposable. 2/5 stars for this game.
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arent we all just spectators of our own lives? like, unless you are a part of the 1% you really dont have control over your life and where it takes you.
just food for thought. and while i havent played this game yet, and have no way to form my own opinion of it until i do... i will say that any game where the MC is made to not give the player any choice is weak sauce and we dont need any more games that claim to give more choice even in kinetic visual novels where some choice is far better than none.
starfield failed hella hard because one of its biggest fuckups was creating the illusion of free choice for its players not to mention how hand holding it was to the point of feeling like it was mocking its players intelligence.
anyway, i tend to choose indie devs over AAA games these days but only if it meets some strict but not unfair standards (one being that AI isnt 100% of the games production) but the biggest thing is that we all play these types of games to insert ourselves into a character that has the power to be a badass and actually do something cool like kicking the shit out of some rich bastard for example.
either way, i feel like i have gone on long enough. Krypt out...