Just discovered this game and was unable to do anything else than rushing it twice since then. Very fun to see in my play-through how a simple choice in first chapter snowballed to make the difference between K3 and K6 in the end.
To make short : The best FD VN I played so far, and the first I'm considering going on Patreon and/or working on a French translation for
I love :
- How hot and wicked the female characters all are
- The main plot that appears progressively while remaining mysterious enough so that the big picture isn't crystal clear. The scenario seems far from being just a pretext for "action", and I'm pretty sure revelation time will be a great time
- The game adjusts to the level of D/S the player wishes (some choices are obviously oriented toward D or S, and you are warned before making a choice that drives to shocking content). While your char as quite few power on its situation, YOU have a nice power on the content you get.
- Characters often give a welcomed feedback about the choices of the player, especially when they meets their interest. That's a nice way to make know which buttons work on which chars.
What may be improved from my point of view :
- Especially when playing a sub route, it's quite easy to understand what characters kinks are or estimate their sadism level, but it's far harder to put some personality traits on them yet. Their dominating position tends to erase any trace of humanity and they all feel more like pieces fighting on the same chessboard (guess who are the pawns ? ;)) than humans fighting for their ideal. That may seem nice because that really make them look like ruthless predatory machines, but on the second hand, they feel less realistic from an emotional point of view (so, it impedes immersion a bit)
As a counterexample, MC's sister doesn't suffer this problem since you follow her thoughts and have total power on her journey.
- May be eye candy, but may be a weakness for immersion (and feminism for that matters) : all female chars are waxed top models with high heels and a perfect make-up. No place for hair, fat, small breasts, etc. here.
- A few "movie mistakes" (Sam's necklace vanishes between two subsequent scenes of chapter 1. Pubic hair of MC's sister vanishes too)
- Would be awesome to have a pre-compiled version for arm/linux archs (raspberry pi, pinephone, etc.)