This is a good game, and I recommend it for anybody who likes the genre popularized by Suzerain and Yes, Your Grace--narrative leadership management. The art and music are fantastic, and capitalizing on the world created in their last game gives this a delicious continuity and a degree of fun with some easter eggs for those who have played the debut. I'm personally glad Goberto is back.
I don't think the management clicks are as tedious as other reviewers have indicated. Could they be streamlined? Yes. Would it be helpful to have a web or some kind of decision mapping that you could review? Yes. Did achieving the straight ending after several hours of building a strong and likable force of knights disappoint somewhat? Yes. But anyone who creates an empire knows that history usually eclipses even the wisest and fairest rulers to someone else's might or desire for tyranny. It's accurate, and believable, but even a good and wise ruler would eventually see their country fall to crime or ruin.
The demon power mechanic is fun, but not really necessary if you're reading carefully. I think the drawbacks of using it could be more clear or appear sooner in the narrative.
There's a lot to enjoy here, and not every game has to strive for apex perfection. For a studio like this, this is an overwhelming success, and hours of entertainment. Their art department should really be given an award. Calling this a visual novel I think is highly underselling the experience of playing this game.
My critique would be that after a single playthrough loop, there is enough juicy content left for a second playthrough, but of course that comes with the tendency to fast forward through repetitive dialogue. The game is best served by putting it down, and coming back once the minutiae have been forgotten.
