Of the time of writing this game is Version 1.0
Before I start the review I want to briefly go over my experience with the game so whoever reads this knows from what frame of reference I have when writing this review. I can’t remember what the game version was when I first played it (something is telling me it was version 0.31 or 0.33) but I’ve been following the game during its development. In that time I’ve grown attached to the game and the characters in it. I will admit however I’ve only done a single corruption only playthrough in that entire time, and my version 1.0 playthrough was romance only. Of the romance only playthrough I got the harem shelter and impregnated all the girls (I know I still missed a few scenes though).
Story (1/1)
The main story is simple, you leave the shelter, go find a woman, she takes you to a shelter, you deal with their problems, become mayor, and eventually take down the local bandit gang. The real meat of the story is the side character content. All of the female characters are romance / mindbreak - able, and if you play your cards right, all of them can be at the same time (the route I chose). All the characters have a sweet story and backstory (with the exception of Grace and Mia who have much shorter stories) each with multiple scenes and multiple sex scenes (most of which are repeatable). Out of the romance scenes, all of them felt genuine and made it feel like the characters love each other. As stated before I did not do the corruption scenes (I have nothing against them, I just didn’t want to do a second playthrough since I already did one back on version 0.34 over a year ago). The ending slideshow worked really well, giving all of the major decisions a short screen or two describing their outcome as well as giving a nice finality to the games ending. Overall, a very well done story, it is pretty long though so I would suggest multiple play sessions to not get tired of the game.
Art (1/1)
All of the art is in the same style, with the exception of the ending slideshow art (this is especially jarring since Tom and Oscar get slides and they are in the same style as the rest of the game). Although this isn’t specifically bad, it is worth pointing out. The game in general has all of the characters be very curvy, Kira (whose muscular) and Melisa (whose more is thinner) are portrayed as being very curvy in the games sex scenes as well as some of the other scenes. If you like curvy women, this game is the place to be. The sex scenes are very high quality with my only minor qualm being magical juices on the women before insertion. Amazing quality, would jack again.
Gameplay (1/1)
This game works really well as a Choice-your-own-adventure style visual novel, with your choices leading you down very distinct routes and the characters acting very differently if you romance them compared to mindbreak them. With the inclusion of the ending slideshow to give impact to some other decisions it feels like choice really matters. The day cycle also works really well, with time passing opening up different events and some event being misable (like pregnacancy sex scenes or characters getting pregnant at all). The only resources you need to manage are cans of food and Y-Shield, cans are currency and Y-shield lets you visit the settlement. Cans are earned from working at the bar, income from taxes, and from people in the shelter doing their jobs. You get Y-Shield from a few events, buying it from Bill, or for free if you let John out. This system is simple and does its job well.
Grammar (1/1)
For a game based on reading, having good grammar and punctuation is very important, and this game didn’t have any glaring grammar or spelling issues. If it did I missed them, either way, an easy pass.
Technical (1/1)
I only had 1 bug in the game, and that was when one of the girls (I think it was Mia) ended up saying the name of a variable instead of the settlement's name.
I only have two other technical gripes with the game. How long it takes to do anything, and pregnancy. You have to go through a lot of days in the game, mostly because events require a new day to trigger, this led to me heavily relying on the skip button towards the end game. I don’t have a solution to this, it was just an issue I had while playing. Pregnancy was something I had a pretty annoying time with. When the game lets you choose the option to impregnate, it’s really a percent chance (at least it feels like it) and some characters can’t be pregnant at the same time (like the shelter girls for example) I also personally had all of my other characters come up pregnant at the some time and missed a few scenes because of it.
Overall, this is a very high quality game that I would recommend to anyone who liked this style of game, or is getting introduced to this type of game. The developer has a lot of skill in terms of writing and I hope they continue to make games moving forward.