So unlike these other fools. I am the real sucker. I actually bought this crap. Here are my problems.
-8 fucking fade to black to get into the sex
-Theres no "Auto" sex or an ability to make a sequence. If your sex is going to be this simple in interactivity, at least embrace it and let us set up a sequence of events so I don't have to have my hand on the KB. It's too simple but not automatic enough to be independent.
Even without the major mods and extra personalitys, its almost a 100 gb. ELDEN RING IS 100 GB. An entire world filled with monsters, biomes and shit takes the same amount of space as a couple of vacant backdrops,good customization and absolute barebones gameplay, and oh boy, the gameplay. So recently, I have been trying to get the Com3d2.5 to work. Yes, I bought it. stfu. My point is, that a clean install of 3.5+DLC is 60 GB. It's still a lot. But I felt I needed to correct this info. Just so I can add a whole other paragraph bitching about updating and installation.
So when a game receives an expansion or an update. How does it typically work? Well, usually it's either standalone or it integrates itself onto the base game.
NOT THIS GAME!
The coders of this game can't be amateurs, they have to be insane. If you want to update your game. The installer COPIES all of your original game files, including mods or whatever crap you have in the same folder, and then makes a new 3.5 version. So you need 100 free gb because it literally duplicates your game and then updates it, without also deleting your old.
But that isnt even the worst part, because in the end, this was actually favorable, because the new updated version gets fucked up from the mods. As in everything is missing textures. I gave up on figuring out how to fix it and opted for a clean install.
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It would be more accurate to call this a slightly over tuned visual novel than a game. There is a free game, with deeper, more complex and actual management mechanics than this game.
The gameplay has no stakes, no choices, no consequences in your actions. I really mean it when this "game" boils down to a visual novel. A visual novel that is bloated because of how it handles its own dlcs (plus mods) And if you have a mod that is fkn up something? Oh boy, troubleshooting to find the troublemaker is storming the beach to your ego in metal boxes of buyer's regret.
So for the two stars? Well cause the writing is actually enjoyable. I cant say much for main plot because I hate idols at best and dont care for them at worst. As for the "love" plots, I cannot enjoy them. For my deep seated guilt and fear of becoming attached to a fictional character prevents me from immersing myself too deep into fiction. However, the ntr plots already revealed that to be the case on some level. Because one of the plots triggered my actual response to being cheated on, mild disgust and lose of attraction. As for the actual plots they range from the stupid bitch not communicating properly, as in she just never straight up asks you for the facts or brings her worries out, to grand conspiracies that leaves you asking yourself "Why is this James Bond villain not conquering the planet with this kind of planning and connections?" That's not a rag that's a compliment for not rehashing the first example. They sort of tie into their personalities (exploiting their naivety or over-protectiveness).
A little addendum. So yeah, the writing is enjoyable. But the engine cannot handle, or maybe it can and the devs are just lazy, but during scenes at places like a restaurant or a mall, there are NO other people. Taking a girl out shopping? No one. Going to the fancy 5 star restaurant? Not even a waiter. Your food is served in a mystical fade to black. The game world is basically silent hill. What's worse is that male characters are just colored silhouettes. Very immersive. This failure to construct a believable scene makes visual novels superior. I thought I just didn't like romance until I immersed my self in a visual novel that is literally just text, still images and some ambiance.
You might be thinking "No star for the customization?" and I have to ask in response What's the point?
Yeah, sure it's good. For someone who does not like another unmentioned game models, yes these aesthetics pleaze the eyeballs. But who cares? There's no gameplay, and as I said before sex is too manual and at the same time too simple.
If my first two criticisms were fixed, I would bump this up to 3.5 stars. But I still wouldnt recommend it for the price until they fix the HDD consumption and add actual gameplay.
I guess if you liked making chars and taking pics, you could like this. But the default backgrounds are so bland. Maybe the modded ones are better.
-8 fucking fade to black to get into the sex
-Theres no "Auto" sex or an ability to make a sequence. If your sex is going to be this simple in interactivity, at least embrace it and let us set up a sequence of events so I don't have to have my hand on the KB. It's too simple but not automatic enough to be independent.
So when a game receives an expansion or an update. How does it typically work? Well, usually it's either standalone or it integrates itself onto the base game.
NOT THIS GAME!
The coders of this game can't be amateurs, they have to be insane. If you want to update your game. The installer COPIES all of your original game files, including mods or whatever crap you have in the same folder, and then makes a new 3.5 version. So you need 100 free gb because it literally duplicates your game and then updates it, without also deleting your old.
But that isnt even the worst part, because in the end, this was actually favorable, because the new updated version gets fucked up from the mods. As in everything is missing textures. I gave up on figuring out how to fix it and opted for a clean install.
........cont from previous strikethrough
It would be more accurate to call this a slightly over tuned visual novel than a game. There is a free game, with deeper, more complex and actual management mechanics than this game.
The gameplay has no stakes, no choices, no consequences in your actions. I really mean it when this "game" boils down to a visual novel. A visual novel that is bloated because of how it handles its own dlcs (plus mods) And if you have a mod that is fkn up something? Oh boy, troubleshooting to find the troublemaker is storming the beach to your ego in metal boxes of buyer's regret.
So for the two stars? Well cause the writing is actually enjoyable. I cant say much for main plot because I hate idols at best and dont care for them at worst. As for the "love" plots, I cannot enjoy them. For my deep seated guilt and fear of becoming attached to a fictional character prevents me from immersing myself too deep into fiction. However, the ntr plots already revealed that to be the case on some level. Because one of the plots triggered my actual response to being cheated on, mild disgust and lose of attraction. As for the actual plots they range from the stupid bitch not communicating properly, as in she just never straight up asks you for the facts or brings her worries out, to grand conspiracies that leaves you asking yourself "Why is this James Bond villain not conquering the planet with this kind of planning and connections?" That's not a rag that's a compliment for not rehashing the first example. They sort of tie into their personalities (exploiting their naivety or over-protectiveness).
A little addendum. So yeah, the writing is enjoyable. But the engine cannot handle, or maybe it can and the devs are just lazy, but during scenes at places like a restaurant or a mall, there are NO other people. Taking a girl out shopping? No one. Going to the fancy 5 star restaurant? Not even a waiter. Your food is served in a mystical fade to black. The game world is basically silent hill. What's worse is that male characters are just colored silhouettes. Very immersive. This failure to construct a believable scene makes visual novels superior. I thought I just didn't like romance until I immersed my self in a visual novel that is literally just text, still images and some ambiance.
You might be thinking "No star for the customization?" and I have to ask in response What's the point?
Yeah, sure it's good. For someone who does not like another unmentioned game models, yes these aesthetics pleaze the eyeballs. But who cares? There's no gameplay, and as I said before sex is too manual and at the same time too simple.
If my first two criticisms were fixed, I would bump this up to 3.5 stars. But I still wouldnt recommend it for the price until they fix the HDD consumption and add actual gameplay.
I guess if you liked making chars and taking pics, you could like this. But the default backgrounds are so bland. Maybe the modded ones are better.