I finally understand the negative reviews. The game is good so I WON'T mention any of the good parts, just the negatives, because if anything I write is NOT an issue for you, that the game is good, if not amazing, for you.
NSFW comments Warning. Since this is for people who use the adult restoration patch to add the +18 stuff. Again, if mentioning the term "sex" is upsetting you, stop reading my review, see other reviews and DO NOT touch the Adult patch.
1st of all, if you have a birth and tentacle fetish you found your game. Otherwise, you need to be ok with this, otherwise, don't bother with the the adult patch since most scenes are fetish type... more into this when I talk about MC... (again, the bad part, will leave out the good part due to spoilers)
The translation is like usually, converted to English culture, even if losing part of Japanese culture, as such, even if you clearly hear the character addressing others in a way, they are converted culturally, which makes no sens for anyone who cares about quality translation and accuracy. The typical example is someone saying sister or brother, and the translation says their Name.... Or the reverse, they say character's name, but the translation say sister, brother, general, whatever title they have despite their names was used. Like addressing MC as leader or similar, but instead, the translation use his names... And of course, copy-paste exactly that, but for people whose name was never even mentioned, or said, yet the translator gives little spoilers, nothing major mind you, those who don't care won't even understand why this is an issue. It's just what I am trying to say, I finally understand why so many people gave negative comment reviews due to translation, as in: the translator did NOT respect how the original work, was addressed and referred to characters in the story.
Many of the story characters have an accented ego (aka more narcissistic & repulsive than strong personality)
There are a lot of religious-like elements, mind you, I'm not talking about the brainwashed type we have in real life. Their "gods" are diving beats that do exist in their world, and the main enemy is even one of them since they are the rulers of a nation. Aka they are not worshipping an unexisting being. This, of course, does give a lot of their units a power boost (divine protection/enhancements).... what is not clear is that You also are a religious-like nation... however, it's more accurate to say, that MC's invention is the "divine" power, with MC trying for this invention of his to replace the divine beast, and his "children" to repopulate the current one... of course, while not killing others despite....sorry, can't say more due to risk of spoilers. Again, it will not be clear at any point unless you are paying attention that MC and the other nations are essentially acting the same way (like forcing others to their beliefs, don't care if others get harmed as long as their "beliefs" will win, even if they need to act friendly, and do "necessary" sacrifices, and of course, always claiming their believes is the the good one, while ignoring what they did to get that far...).
And of course, with the last part, I mean that MC will use drugs and similar to get a woman in "mod" so he can breed and create his new soldier....well assuming you do trigger events or somehow manage win without all this (like using destiny keys for new units or the "instant win" from the easy difficult)
Just now you realise the charm of this game. It's up to YOUR decision if MC becomes an evil or lawful being (aka endings and similar).
Due to most humanoid beings, aren't pure humans, many non-human women, aren't put off by becoming mothers (aka in-human acts are ok with them, even MC is more against then the some of such ladies, and only does since no other chose). This means you can create new units, without MC becoming evil (again, many Women in this game are desiring this more than MC himself).
MC himself is very badly implemented... Due to the game play element, he is a hybrid of being a "naive hero" type who saves everyone, even if he has a lot to lose and no hope other then to believe it will work if everyone helps, AND a vicious and calculated villain who doesn't care others are hurt as long as he accomplishes his goal... To put it simple, it's putting 2 personalities that are opposite, in one body, and one takes other then the other..... but not in a good way. Heck, he is even pathetic at times during h scenes, like using the tentacles from his new body or machine tentacles, but not engaging himself in sexual acts.... as if he is a pathetic "timid virgin" type you see in many animes and similar, who doesn't know how to treat woman during a sexual moment... I won't bother with spoiler since this are a repeated patters: seriously, the woman, who ACCEPTED to this, after being informed what will happen, keep asking him to stop because the way he does it's to forcefully... and anyone who played similar games (with tentacle and other extreme elements) with an MC who know how to treat the ladies, knows there are tons of steps he skipped, that, if MC would bother with, he would prevented anything that would terrorise or make the ladies hesitate. So what does Mc do? Oh, don't worry, the drug will kick in and you will feel the pleasure that will stop your mind... And now back to the "like 2 people but in a bad way", if tentacles don't work, MC instantly force himself on the lady to ensure pleasure takes over so they don't refuse=)))) This is why I said, MC is badly implemented. He has tons of women who are honestly supporting and accepting as he is, as well as his invention and what they do, on top, MC is extremely intelligent, yet is incapable of learning how to have a sexual act with a woman without treating them like a sex toy or worse....
Lastly, the gameplay pacing is bad. It's a non-stop Visual novel, aka NO pause (the type where you can do: "continue story" or "free battles"). Aka you need to drag time when an enemy invades since, each turn, you generate more income, the only way to obtain recourses, so you can't rush or you won't have any funds. This also means you can't check any of your units unless you are in a battle, this is due to the story happening during battles (interrupting/delaying battle). Are you horny? Well sucks to be you because you most likely need to way till such a battle to be able to trigger an event because there is no "break" moment where you can trigger character and h events, none of them exist. And of course, if you are extremely focused on the battle, at any given moment, a story might trigger, that, you just want to rush through since you want to continue the battle.
I highly recommend playing on easy, since the gameplay is difficult until you learn it (and for 100% you'll need to replay anyways), plus you won't feel rushed due to battle and can enjoy the events, if not even H events, that happen during battles.
Anyway, again, the Game is good, I just wrote the worst part, so if most I wrote is not "very bad/unacceptable", then don't worry, you'll enjoy the game.
