Office Affairs

Visually, this is a very good game. Quality models, good animations, and actually immersive scenes. That's why it gets 2 stars instead of 1. The story is SO disjointed that it's actually unplayable. In the first 10 minutes, your boss assigns you to lead a new project with an all-woman team - great. That's the kind of plot we expect here. MC immediately takes that to mean that all of the women will fall in love with him, and it's his job to whine about having to choose/let some of them down. One girl texts you and says you should consider an open relationship, all while you whine about being more monogamous and traditional. The very next thing scene is that same girl coming into your office telling you that it can be hard being attracted to two people, but you have to choose. With another girl, you're suddenly out to dinner (never setup, you just go, even though your last interaction with her was you getting berated for complimenting her outfit). You, out of the blue, tell her you're not seeing anyone else, but she tells you that she is and that she doesn't want to lead you on. The very next day, you can go to lunch with the same girl and she tells you that she's single. It's like the dev wrote a bunch of scenes, threw them in a blender, then poured them out. I WANT to like this game, but it's impossible. Would love to see someone go back through it and make coherent story lines. Anyone who made it to the end of this - kudos to you.

The story appears to be written by a kid fantasizing with having sex at an office, seeing as the women aren't exactly believable but rather obvious and far too direct, and the way your boss explains your new job in the first place. Situations are surrealistic, like the MC standing in the WC after a blowjob just asking to be caught like a retarded virgin too shocked to move. Maybe someone intended this to be fun, but I missed the joke. Also, I hate the way I'm immediately forced to "take sides" with a girl and go against the others. That, and the way pictures are unlocked (but only become accessible from the main menu, no way to see them without exiting the game first) also says a lot about the way this is designed. Renders are decent but closeup shots taken outdoors make the characters look like they're indoors under artificial lighting. Also while I appreciate the animation in the dating sim part of the UI, some facial expressions are exaggerated, like Disney had a hand on them. Animations are OK but overall the game doesn't go beyond average for me, mostly because of the poor script.