UPDATE: As of December 2022 I had the displeasure of playing (and this time, finishing) the game again.
While some issues were ironed over, the endgame and epilogue managed to leave a horrid taste in my mouth that made me regret playing it in the first place.
You are required to raise the relationship with multiple (if not all) main girlds to the level they're madly in love with you, else you fail and everyone dies. If you manage to do that, you'll then be forced to pick one girl and break the hearts of the rest, or go "evil", brainwash (almost) all of them (as if that wasn't EXACTLY what you've been doing up until that point) to get a "evil harem" ending with detailed description of how powerhungry and selfish you are. Except for one character who'll escape, loathe you forever and plot your murder, because fuck you.
But regardless of which ending you pick, you'll be rewarded with one, maybe 2 unique renders for your chosen girl (or the "harem"), and an additional 1-2 renders/main girl with a couple of lines/girl explaining what an asshole you are.
That's it. All of it.
I can see that thought was put into the story and certain aspects of the game, and yet the epilogues feel so incredibly lacking it's embarrassing.
But at least now there's a "new game plus" mode where you can experience all the sad endings all over again for minor benefits. Yay.
Not only was it disappointing, but also nonsensical considering the fact that, again, you've been brainwashing them throughout the game, this is one of the cases where a proper happily-ever-after harem ending would've made a lot of sense. But actually being forced to break hearts, even if you'd actually be okay with just picking one girl without baiting the rest?
Thanks, but no thanks, not what I signed up for.
I cannot recommend playing it.
While some issues were ironed over, the endgame and epilogue managed to leave a horrid taste in my mouth that made me regret playing it in the first place.
You are required to raise the relationship with multiple (if not all) main girlds to the level they're madly in love with you, else you fail and everyone dies. If you manage to do that, you'll then be forced to pick one girl and break the hearts of the rest, or go "evil", brainwash (almost) all of them (as if that wasn't EXACTLY what you've been doing up until that point) to get a "evil harem" ending with detailed description of how powerhungry and selfish you are. Except for one character who'll escape, loathe you forever and plot your murder, because fuck you.
But regardless of which ending you pick, you'll be rewarded with one, maybe 2 unique renders for your chosen girl (or the "harem"), and an additional 1-2 renders/main girl with a couple of lines/girl explaining what an asshole you are.
That's it. All of it.
I can see that thought was put into the story and certain aspects of the game, and yet the epilogues feel so incredibly lacking it's embarrassing.
But at least now there's a "new game plus" mode where you can experience all the sad endings all over again for minor benefits. Yay.
Not only was it disappointing, but also nonsensical considering the fact that, again, you've been brainwashing them throughout the game, this is one of the cases where a proper happily-ever-after harem ending would've made a lot of sense. But actually being forced to break hearts, even if you'd actually be okay with just picking one girl without baiting the rest?
Thanks, but no thanks, not what I signed up for.
I cannot recommend playing it.
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