I just finished it after going in blind. I had my first ending and a lot of save slots occupied. XD I got a lot to say, so here goes:
What I love/like:
- the background sound that are sometimes subtle, sometimes apparent: crowd chatter, environment sounds and all
- the plot. I love the rollercoaster ride.
- the loveable characters: main and side!
- the number of save slots I can peruse. (I badly need this as someone who's overly anxious about every decision)
- Nerifiel
- the world-building elements!
- headstrong and a likeable MC (regardless of the choices and approach, I find the MC to have quite a personality that is not to be undermined)
- dynamic emotions and expressions shown in characters, even in the MC!
What I am less pleased about are just a few:
1. the sprite changing from one position to another: one moment the charac is on the leftmost part, the next line, they're on the other end. It's distracting and a bit annoying. Only got used to it later, but it was something I really don't appreciate in the game
2. In the save slot sections, I wish you can sidescroll the page numbers beyond 10. Though there is an arrow button, I hardly knew it was to flip to another page if I didn't happen to randomly click about. Was this intended or a bug on my part?
3. I can't romance Neri (sulks in the corner). Just kidding! XD I appreciate platonic relationships in the game, and I gotta say, Neri and MC's was really pleasant!
So yeah, just two things I didn't like. XD
I understand that the difficulty of going through the whole game lies on its gameplay of stat-building rather than it just being plain difficult. Also, I know it's one factor for replayability, so I respect it.
Still don't understand about the Daily Death Count as I never had those? Was it because I kept loading a previous saves after dying once, twice, thrice and so forth? Were they never counted if I do that? :O
Anyway, I ought to find out in my next playthroughs. Another inquiry/ies: How many endings does one LI have? I'm assuming among the 8 endings, some of them could be an ending to encounter in common route or in times when MC chooses no one (is that even possible?)
To sum it up, I love the game! It took me half a day to finish. I decided to purchase it after playing the Royal Order's demo, to satiate my craving for the full completion of that game. I wasn't disappointed! Great job with the games! :D