Massive 5 stars. This game is one of a kind and stands out on so many levels.
There's the setting - a whole, slightly apocalyptic, backstory that has enough roots in reality to resonate. The dark forces in the background are only hinted at but are omnipresent and add a whole layer of suspense to the game.
There are the individual stories of students, staff and others, worked out in great detail and meticulously summarized in the notebook. These give you a great handle on the game and the amazing thing is that there is no random behaviour, but each persona behaves naturally and consistent to their character. Also, there are few if any of the standard porn-game tropes in sight. These characters resemble real people with believable back stories, the likes of which you could conceivably come across in your daily life.
There's also the delightful tongue-in-cheek humour in the game, which frequently has me in stitches. Dialogues that turn bizarre because of the weird situations they're being played out in, the creative acronyms and the hilarious names given to some of the antagonists ("Harry Kuntz" anyone?) - it's pure comedy.
But the best thing of course is the Headmaster himself. A depraved man by anyone's standards... and yet he has a kind streak and is in his own way a moral person. He sees himself as an exceptionally enlightened educator and has set himself on a mission to save Western Civilization from oblivion no less. This leads to an amazing stream of inner thoughts and lectures to staff and students in which he actually manages to completely justify all his actions. In the course of the game he either persuades or overawes everyone he comes into contact with to follow his line of thinking. Even as a player behind your screen you may find yourself nodding along with his reasoning, only to realize later you've arrived at some ridiculous outcome.
This game is so well conceived and written it can - and hopefully will - continue for years to come without getting stale or boring. Thank you Devs and keep the updates coming please.
There's the setting - a whole, slightly apocalyptic, backstory that has enough roots in reality to resonate. The dark forces in the background are only hinted at but are omnipresent and add a whole layer of suspense to the game.
There are the individual stories of students, staff and others, worked out in great detail and meticulously summarized in the notebook. These give you a great handle on the game and the amazing thing is that there is no random behaviour, but each persona behaves naturally and consistent to their character. Also, there are few if any of the standard porn-game tropes in sight. These characters resemble real people with believable back stories, the likes of which you could conceivably come across in your daily life.
There's also the delightful tongue-in-cheek humour in the game, which frequently has me in stitches. Dialogues that turn bizarre because of the weird situations they're being played out in, the creative acronyms and the hilarious names given to some of the antagonists ("Harry Kuntz" anyone?) - it's pure comedy.
But the best thing of course is the Headmaster himself. A depraved man by anyone's standards... and yet he has a kind streak and is in his own way a moral person. He sees himself as an exceptionally enlightened educator and has set himself on a mission to save Western Civilization from oblivion no less. This leads to an amazing stream of inner thoughts and lectures to staff and students in which he actually manages to completely justify all his actions. In the course of the game he either persuades or overawes everyone he comes into contact with to follow his line of thinking. Even as a player behind your screen you may find yourself nodding along with his reasoning, only to realize later you've arrived at some ridiculous outcome.
This game is so well conceived and written it can - and hopefully will - continue for years to come without getting stale or boring. Thank you Devs and keep the updates coming please.