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I was quite intrigued based on what I saw from previews/development to be interested Episode 1 was good, not a ton of choices but they did seem to matter Biggest complaint is I think MC looks like a douchebag Quite interested to see where this one goes and meet the other LI's

I was disappointed by this one but it is early so an optimistic 3 stars in the hope it will get better. I was looking forward to this as I saw the premise thinking it would be similar to another VN which is also about a game developer start-up in O.P., one of my favourites. Technically everything is fine apart from a few spelling mistakes. Sadly, I found the writing to be a bit flat and I don't like any of the LI's looks or personalities so far, so I turned down an opportunities with them in the choices I had. I can't see the appeal in the three women so far but possibly others will. It is really early being only chapter 1 but I was disappointed not to see more of the MC's life away from the office with other LI opportunities to broaden the appeal. At the moment the VN feels claustrophobic, with all the scenes in the office or with a member of staff if you go outside. The dev in their notes seems to suggest this was a deliberate choice. I do think this narrows the appeal. You basically eat, work, exercise and sleep together most of each day and as I didn't take to any of the others I desperately wanted to be away from them. I hope the world expands more soon rather than just more of the same.

Hard to say with this intro. It's just a very short experience so far. - The LIs are ...sort of attractive I guess? Nothing special, but not ugly that's for sure. - no sex currently. some teasing/flirting. I was incorrect, there is a sex scene but you must be on the black woman, Rosa's path. Then you can give her a spicy massage, and that eventually leads to a threesome opportunity with Sophia. I didn't pursue Rosa so I didn't see it. Sophia gets pissed if you don't want to share Rosa and she leaves. Not a good look imo. I don't like feeling like an asshole if I'm not interested in lesbian content. I wish Sophia could have been more like "Fair, well, you guys have fun." or something less "asshole.." - Plot is..there. - Dialogue is fluent, easy to understand. - choices: interesting topic for me because they're so important. Lots of choices, but from what I can tell, most of them do nothing at all other than a bit of flavour text. No variables getting set for most of them, no real consequences. Some choices are false choices. One example, you're watching a girl sleep after she's drunk. Three options, two have them have a bit of flavour text added depending on a previous choice, but nothing results in it. I tried to "cover her up" when an LI was naked on the bed and the MC refused and almost acted like he scolded me "What would I cover her up with stupid!" Left a bit of a bad taste in my mouse because I like those little sweet moments to be honest. you have the classic "peek on her" choice, because of course, that's what grown men do to women. Game feels like an 3/5 currently. I'm not one to rate based on potential. I need to see that potential for the most part. Dev is very involved in the thread at the time of this review, and is very open to discussions. That's a bonus point imo.