This a good game. Before the remakes, I would likely have given it a 3 star rating. But the episodes that have been remade warrant the 4 star rating.
The remade episodes add higher quality renders (I'd say lighting has been improved too), the animations are much better (not jerky, now smooth), and I believe some music has been added in the remade episodes. The music isn't particularly great, but its decent and adds to the experience.
On the downside, the new animations have a speed option, but I don't find the option all that great -- I'd prefer that as the action heats up, the speed goes up for each consecutive animation, at least in general. Being able to change the point of view on the same posed animation would be a much better option.
Also, no sex sounds in animated scenes. So no moans, no skin slapping, or anything like that. It's possible to do that in Ren'Py if the effort is put into it.
The story is okay, a little bit of science fiction added in to make the plot work. I think there is some inconsistency, like when the MC drinks alcohol it can really mess him up, but during dialogue he was told there would be a problem only if he drank within two hours before or after taking the pills. So why does he get so messed up when he takes the pills in the morning and then drinks in the evening? And then when he drinks heavily on another night, he has no issues. So obviously the dev just wants certain events to happen, and the sci fi element is just used to make those events happen. Unfortunately, the focus on wanting certain events to happen seems to have led to not paying attention to the rules of the sci fi element he introduced. So inconsistencies.
The dialogue overall is fine, though once in a while I catch a misspelling, the use of a homonym instead of the right word, or a grammatical error. I wouldn't say the writing is particularly engaging, but it gets the job done and isn't jarring.
Once the middle episodes are finished being remade, I believe this will be a great game. But the story telling is just okay, the writing is standard, there are no sex sounds, and as improved as the animation is, it still has a ways to go in some respects, so I can't give it a 5 star rating, even once the middle episodes are remade.
You should still give it a shot though, as it's worth a playthrough. If you play before the middle episodes are remade, just remember to make save points for the lewd scenes in the middle episodes, cuz they won't show up in the gallery until remade.
The remade episodes add higher quality renders (I'd say lighting has been improved too), the animations are much better (not jerky, now smooth), and I believe some music has been added in the remade episodes. The music isn't particularly great, but its decent and adds to the experience.
On the downside, the new animations have a speed option, but I don't find the option all that great -- I'd prefer that as the action heats up, the speed goes up for each consecutive animation, at least in general. Being able to change the point of view on the same posed animation would be a much better option.
Also, no sex sounds in animated scenes. So no moans, no skin slapping, or anything like that. It's possible to do that in Ren'Py if the effort is put into it.
The story is okay, a little bit of science fiction added in to make the plot work. I think there is some inconsistency, like when the MC drinks alcohol it can really mess him up, but during dialogue he was told there would be a problem only if he drank within two hours before or after taking the pills. So why does he get so messed up when he takes the pills in the morning and then drinks in the evening? And then when he drinks heavily on another night, he has no issues. So obviously the dev just wants certain events to happen, and the sci fi element is just used to make those events happen. Unfortunately, the focus on wanting certain events to happen seems to have led to not paying attention to the rules of the sci fi element he introduced. So inconsistencies.
The dialogue overall is fine, though once in a while I catch a misspelling, the use of a homonym instead of the right word, or a grammatical error. I wouldn't say the writing is particularly engaging, but it gets the job done and isn't jarring.
Once the middle episodes are finished being remade, I believe this will be a great game. But the story telling is just okay, the writing is standard, there are no sex sounds, and as improved as the animation is, it still has a ways to go in some respects, so I can't give it a 5 star rating, even once the middle episodes are remade.
You should still give it a shot though, as it's worth a playthrough. If you play before the middle episodes are remade, just remember to make save points for the lewd scenes in the middle episodes, cuz they won't show up in the gallery until remade.