I really love this game. Be it the story, the setting or the characters. Also Kudos to the dev for the quick and consistent updates.
But if I have to tell about a weak link in this otherwise awesome game it would be the MC. For someone who is supposed to be the chosen one irrespective of the path he isn't strong enough, not smart/cunning enough, or talented/skillful enough. Almost all the time he feels like he is carried by others and the only reason he is alive is because of his position. Everyone around him be it Cass, Elin or the Queen seem deadly on their own even without their stature but mc doesn't even seem like a threat when compared to them. Also, a lot of the times he just seems to be lead on by others with barely any ideas/plans/schemes of his own. From time to time we can see he can be a bit vicious, but outside of it he doesn't seem to be improving be it character wise or strength wise. Also the class system feels unnecessary because its not like the game doesn't have enough branching outside of this and it feels more like a handicap than a perk. Even in his own class MC doesn't shine enough. Warrior isn't imposing enough, Mage barely uses magic in any fights, bookworm is kinda okay in his element but overall still weak. Heck, sometimes I feel even if I combine all the classes of MC he still is weak when compared to others. Also I feel the MC should have known a bit of elvish even outside of the bookworm path or at least on the mage path too. On top of that he doesn't carry himself like a prince/royalty. It would have been acceptable in the beginning due to his exile but even after becoming the regent he isn't commanding or imposing enough and at times feels more like a clown than a king. Also he is a bit of a horny ape and unnecessarily forceful in even some love route scenes like the scenes with Aurora. If he becomes king/emperor as he is now he would not deserve it and would be a weak or puppet ruler. So, I think its high time he got development be it his character/behavior or strength/skills.
And outside of that a minor complaint is the weird angles during the sex scenes especially during the latest updates. I know animating is time consuming especially considering the pace at which dev pumps out updates but it would be better to have fewer scenes with good angles than many handjobs or watching only MC's butt and balls during scenes. I remember the dev's previous game having great scenes. If animating multiple angles is tough even static renders showing different/better angles between animations is just fine. Also the scene with Valeria in the latest chapter is such a waste of potential. The MC refusing to go for a 2nd time with her after barely having any sex for weeks is kinda surprising/annoying. It's not like he has stamina problems we saw him go back to back like seven times with Isis during the wedding night.
Anyways sorry for the rant. I wish a lot more success to this awesome game and good health/luck to the dev Lazy_Monkey.
I agree with you on the camera angles stuff but not with the MC
If the MC became powerful it would rendered the existence of characters like Cass,Elin,Queen... redundant, they would just become nothing more than LIs for him to fuck and be irrelevant in the story. The way that it is now is much more interesting cause the MC cant do everything by himself, each and every one of them has something that MC lacks that why he needs them. After all he is a King and a wise King surround himself with powerful allies that he can use. Lazy Monkey could show him grow a bit more in these aspect but imo he will never become as strong/smart/talented as them.
For me the point of the perk system was never about him being super talented or passioned about the chosen path. In all 3 perks/paths he is still a bum wasting his life away on booze cause he feel lost. The point is about compatibility with the 3 sisters, Warrior of Cass, Mage for Elin, Bookworm for Lia. MC does not have the bloodlust and drive for revenge/restore the great Empire like Cass, he's not a prodigy and love magic like Elin does, the exception maybe is bookworm where he does seems to likes books and knowledge as much as Lia(but u could argue that Lia has more drive than him cause she's stuck in the castle all her life).
I feel like the manipulation thing is much more realistic cause he just returned to court after 10 years, he doesnt know shit abt court politics and it plays into the prophecy thing abt the 3 snakes. If you follow Cass then it would be much more apparent. After the coup you could see him talking strategy with Aurora and Isis before going West showing that he is thinking abt how to handle the situation so that he could have an advantage. In the next update u will see how much your scheme will play out whether you choose to back the Resistance, the Lords or try for peace.
About him not acting like a sovereign, again he just returned from 10 years in exiles, in those 10 years hes basically a civilian with money. If suddenly after the coup he start acting like a King would then it would be completely out of character. I agree that that needs to happen, just not right now, he needs to face and overcome more challenges, then either grow to be a Emperor that rules with and iron fist or a benevolent King that bring peace to both elves and humans.
That just my thoughts on this subject, I've seen people criticized the perk system as being not impactful enough in this thread many times but i found myself never fully agree with them. Its not perfect of course (it would be nice to have more options like Sona with other perks) but the perks for me were never "paths", the "paths" are the choices you made in the story itself.
Sorry for bad English, im not a native speaker
