There is no way to sugarcoat this. This "game" is a SA simulator and a tutorial about how to be a creep.
I have never played a "game" like this before. It is an interesting story, with sex scenes if you want them, I thought the graphic sex detracted from the story and the potential market, The writing was pretty tight with really good use of story writing techniques, better than most movies. Throwaway lines early in the story have really important meanings that you don't catch until the end. What I didn't like is that the big twist with "dire consequences" at the end is unavoidable, two characters get put into a dire situation not matter. What happens from that point on is the accumulation of choices made throughout the story. The best character, Liam seems to have some flexibility for endings, including life/death ones depending on decisions made. I am not sure I can stomach another playthrough to find out. I played twice through and that is probably enough, at least for now. I am glad I didn't get the option to make Jonas a murderer, a choice that seems to have no repercussions in the story, which is weak. I wanted to try to be with just one of the supporting characters, but it is just too rough. I looked it up, and nothing puts you off the final path. What happens after the horrible thing can be bad or bittersweet though. There is some merit to this approach, even though it is frustrating and limiting. That leads to the main problem. All paths lead to one specific scene, one that doesn't really make sense. Why not the choice to try to do more and end up dying? There are choices that don't make sense. Sometimes, you have to choose all of them. There should be at least a few different paths that can avoid the admittedly heartwrenching thing, but there are not. It is not like years are spent on graphics, sound assets, mechanics, and balance. Put some effort into a story with true multiple paths. I enjoyed the "game" immensely and oddly the characters were fleshed out, but I think that is an illusion. It is just so easy to fill in the many blanks mentally.
Couldn't even play it. It crashed the second it loaded. GOG's "support" bot was beyond worthless and am not wasting any more time. Returned.
The second to the last level with the 3 princes is bugged making it impossible to finish. No matter what, a prince will die being tortured making it impossible. Capturing one prince at a time or all three at once results in a loss with nothing to do but use the cheat to skip that level. Too bad, that is the best level in the game. The rest of it is enjoyable except the pet dungeons which are pointless and boring.
