Honestly. I had to make an account to just leave a message here. I can safely agree with the rest of the comments and say that this was just amazing. I've played a ton of other visual novels and most of them have always been a bit boring, unrealistic and down right laughable. But this right here is an absolute gem.
It's one of the only visual novels that I've actually had the patience and effort to finish and go back to check out other endings as well. Like some others, initially I didn't think too much about the visual appearance of Judie and Lauren, but they did grow on me. And I had a difficult time picking between them in the end. In my first playthrough I mainly had scenes with Lauren and was wondering if I'm missing something because I couldn't go back to get scenes with Judie while also doing Lauren, but when following the walkthrough after the initial playthrough I got what I was looking for and got the multi-ending.
The story was great, it delved into the supernatural, without being too overbearing and I got really invested in the story, this was actually the first time I've really chuckled at jokes in these types of games, such as a random character slipping and falling into a pool and drifting off scene. -30 will to live points and so on. The animations were great, though inconsistent in some parts, without jiggle while going on the fastest speed. And a few options here and there where I was expecting a different outcome than what I got, which made the ending irreversible (but such is life) I wont go into too much detail as to not spoil the story for anyone looking to play the game, MINOR SPOILER let's just say that pretty early on you're granted an option by a nasty looking figure and I assumed I could rule with him, but I was wrong. SPOILER END
I think that route could've been something to explore as well.
All in all, I've never written a review like this for any of the games I've played, but I just had to. And I'd like to end it with some scales.
Characters: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Animations: 9/10
Replayability: 8/10
All in all, definitely a must check for any adult visual novel player and I would go as far as saying any aspiring visual novelist.
Looking forward to the new game which I will definitely check out as well.