I've gotta say, this was my first real vn, previous ones weren't really a full romance vn, but used the style to explain the plot (Persona 3 for example), so I was unsure of what to expect, kinda thought it would boring, that I would just bust a nut and leave, but damn I was wrong.
I was day and night reading since I'm a slow reader, have difficult concentrating, and english is not my first language, thou, every hour I spent on this game happened to be faster, and faster, till I get used to read in a good pace. Amicus really made me engaged fast, I kinda hated him at first, wishing for an option where I could kick his balls again, but the time just made him seem like a good guy. By the time I came to the palace, the fight over the throne made me get staring at the screen, the plot seemed really interesting, and so the characters.
After hour and hour everything hit me so hard as rock, the misogyny, homophobia, religion, conquer, existensialism, appeared out of nowhere, and even thou managed to make it seem like it was obvious this things would be questioned.
At the end of the game I coulnd't drop a single tear, kinda spoiled me the final (not everthing, but the last image) plus, I believe this game is more enjoyable if Marco (mc) wasn't really a nameable character (don't know if that word exist), Marco is his own thing, has his own development and makes his own decissions alongside his unique personality, so yeah, named him after my nickname was a bad idea, sometimes I would get angry about marco's actions not representing what I wanted, It was a matter of time to understand that this history was about Marco and Amicus, and not you x Amicus.
Even thou I didn't cry, it made me kinda sad. 10/10 my new monthly obsession.