I'm gonna give this a tenative 5* for now, but do note that when 1.0 comes out in March(Edit, lmao delayed until april), I fully expect to retain this, at the very least 4*.
This is the kind of game you come for the porn content, and instead stay because it's an actual goddamn game with progression, fucking skills, gear, the whole nine yards. I've seen JRPGs from high end devs with less customization than this. The only thing I'd hope for is that you can customize the characters a bit either at 1.0 or in a later DLC if it does well.
The mechanics, while a little annoying to get the hang of (at least on my laptop and 60fps because my desktop is out of commission), are actually robust. I would like there to be some available description for skills each character has, unless I've simply not been able to find it yet. But from the hour and change you get out of the demo, it's very promising.
The only things I can detract from, which are mostly personal taste, so there's no subtracting of points here; The MC is an insufferable fat bastard, dime-a-dozen, and I'll take my bets there's going to be Netori somewhere in the full version. There's almost zero chance that all of the heroines in this work are single, it would actually make this some mystical unicorn amongst all works for there not to be.
On the H-scenes, while the pacing of them is basically locked (no skip function), thankfully you can exit out of them at any time and continue on. Additionally, there is indeed a section in the gallery for just the animation. Seen a lot of games that skip features like this, so that's extremely welcome. 1.0 supposedly will have 10 animated scenes, along with 22 static scenes, across 5 heroines. Not a bad number, but I somewhat hope they expand this down the line.
So, there really isn't much to complain about, amazingly enough. Feels like someone decided to tack h-content onto fucking Mii-tennis but design Mii-tennis like Pangya/Albatross18. Buy and support the dev/5.
This is the kind of game you come for the porn content, and instead stay because it's an actual goddamn game with progression, fucking skills, gear, the whole nine yards. I've seen JRPGs from high end devs with less customization than this. The only thing I'd hope for is that you can customize the characters a bit either at 1.0 or in a later DLC if it does well.
The mechanics, while a little annoying to get the hang of (at least on my laptop and 60fps because my desktop is out of commission), are actually robust. I would like there to be some available description for skills each character has, unless I've simply not been able to find it yet. But from the hour and change you get out of the demo, it's very promising.
The only things I can detract from, which are mostly personal taste, so there's no subtracting of points here; The MC is an insufferable fat bastard, dime-a-dozen, and I'll take my bets there's going to be Netori somewhere in the full version. There's almost zero chance that all of the heroines in this work are single, it would actually make this some mystical unicorn amongst all works for there not to be.
On the H-scenes, while the pacing of them is basically locked (no skip function), thankfully you can exit out of them at any time and continue on. Additionally, there is indeed a section in the gallery for just the animation. Seen a lot of games that skip features like this, so that's extremely welcome. 1.0 supposedly will have 10 animated scenes, along with 22 static scenes, across 5 heroines. Not a bad number, but I somewhat hope they expand this down the line.
So, there really isn't much to complain about, amazingly enough. Feels like someone decided to tack h-content onto fucking Mii-tennis but design Mii-tennis like Pangya/Albatross18. Buy and support the dev/5.