To think something like this is not really an AAA title or a full price of a new game title is so unbelievable. I've played some visual novels in the past, and always for the story... some included adult content, some did not. That said, this is a genre I rarely play because... well, there aren't that many captivating titles in the genre. Either the story gets too dragged or everything feels too repetitive and one can easily lose interest. Some of my favorite games are games like Alan Wake or The Wolf Among Us, or Witcher 3 or King's Bounty. To think I could consider a visual novel to rival such level of amazement in my eyes is... well, hardly believable. But this game does it, and it does it well on every possible level. And the best thing in it is the script. It connects you to the characters, and it makes any romantic scene memorable (adult scenes are more too add to realism, kind of like in Witcher 3 or Mass Effect, but without censoring or shying away). Triss Merigold was the best thing that ever happened to Witcher series. I don't care about the linear story in the books or how Geralt and Yen are supposed to be the item. CDProject Red did awesome job in letting us choose based on our feelings and actions rather than leading us down a single path like watching a movie. Mass Effect did the same thing where you had to create relationship slowly and actions and choices had consequences. Being a DIK, aside from its title which initially made me think it's some silly porn game until I gave it a try. I started with Acting Lessons which indeed was darker, but has very good story. This game is more light-hearted and can be very comical at times, extremely romantic (romantic, not porn-ish), and doesn't shy away from showing all sorts of characters you'd expect to see in a place of its settings. This is an emotional rollercoaster which adult VNs don't often provide. And it can make you laugh out loud at its jokes. But because it's adult-themed, it's not for kids.
