No Such Luck

Man, it sucks how this AVN lost me completely after the scavenger hunt arc got going. What's crazy is that this arc should have been the peak, but with all the various surmounting problems and the fact that it just drops all the strengths of that kind of narrative, the story has become a slog. The easiest way to determine if you're going to enjoy this game is if you're into melodrama; because on a gameplay level, it's all very competent, and even refreshing. But so often, dialogue exchanges are just unnecessarily mopey, and I wish the characters would stop reflecting every minute moment. I get that the prologue is supposed to set up why things are this way, but with how short and blunt chapter 0 is, it doesn't add anything to the overall game. So, with a pointless prologue that you can't connect with, you have so many moments that have no legs to stand on. You will be required to replay the game multiple times to unlock scenes, and with that in mind, there are just way too many freeroam sections you can't skip. They're also designed poorly, as the hit detection is almost always laggy. The game makes you take a hike, just so that you can read the next piece of dialogue and progress (stupid). The game doesn't commit to the free roam experience, so even though all the proper groundwork is there, it's just rather empty. Even with minigames, there's just nothing fun to look at or explore during the free roam sections. Now again, I really do like several aspects of the game. The side objectives implemented are ideal game design, which, in theory, should have kept the game fresh. The whole scavanger hunt event should have also been a great way to create several fresh and spicy scenes, but I don't think a single one so far has been much of an ice breaker (that is to say none of the scenes related to the event are all that well thought out or an interesting scenario. The way you complete objectives are also far too linear). It also takes a nuanced approach to the crime drama that so many AVN enthusiasts like to adopt, although it stops trying rather quickly and becomes generic.  If any of this already bothers you, the biggest tipping point has to be that all of the adult scenes have no sound and that they also lag! There are no options in the settings that let me fix this. It seems to just be scenes from chapter 3 onwards, as the other ones run just fine. You're also barely getting more than 30, and for what reason? So that the game can replace them with scenes where characters constantly cry over each other's shoulders? All the characters have really good chemistry, so it's not as if the elements in the story don't work. I just think the game is putting way too much focus on the interpersonal drama and not enough on the whole reason anyone would want to read an AVN.

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Amazing Game and perfect story :)

it's an interesting choice in how you want to play, as there are multiple way to complete this chapter. good story pretty good animation but a better story line. with some basic sex scenes included. I have completed it a couple of times first just the story line, second including a few mini games, all in all not to bad a buy for the price.

good novel and animations looking forward to the next instalment.

Yes. Its worth picking up. Story is detail oriented with up/downs. still unsure if choices really matter, just haven't tested them. But overall!? great start, lets hope developer doesn't abandon us.

Awesome game, the dev actually cares about writing properly and does great with all the adult scenes.

The early renders are pretty rough but they improve considerably as you progress, the story is above average and characters are well developed. This is still early days for this game but it definitely shows promise, being able to be serious with Alice or romance Jess would be nice but other than that no complaints.

Enjoyed this story very much but fair warning to anyone looking for tons of raw sex. It is not there in graphic detail like many adult visual novels. What is there is an interesting story with diverse characters and interesting side stories. It is not for children but not non-stop gratuitous pornography either.

Actually enjoyed college theme and love the main character. Most the side characters feel real and likeable. My fav is Pixie, Henry (Best Couple alongside BADik's Johnny Boy and Elena), Jenna, Lauren (didn't sleep with her) and finally Not Chuck. The music is decent even though I hope we carry the tradition of having Melodic in Fusion in there lol. Dialogue is well written and is barely cringey. I was worried about the mafia subplot as it felt too much but by episode 4, the dev reassured me that it can work so I'm ready for the next game in the series.