i've been reeling myself back when it comes to other peoples' review of the preview bc of course everyone's entitled to their own opinion. if you like it then more power to you!
however,
i've seen criticism about the pacing get knocked down with the notion that "it's a preview, it's hardly indicative of the full chapter 1" and i think that when people say there's an issue with the pacing it's not so much the chapter itself, but the pacing of the dynamics. the jump in closeness between mc and the LIs from the demo to chapter 1 is just too wide and leaves me wondering if we skipped a week or 2
and to that, i've also seen "well the LIs are weird, it's possible they just catch feelings fast" which. is so silly i'm struggling to come up with a response for it. if that is the case instead of an oversight from the writers or an attempt to instantly gratify the playerbase, then i'm shocked they reused the same character trait for 4 of their love interests 😭 surely you see the huge gap there is between mhin choking you in an alleyway and then gifting you some nice gloves the next day, and i use mhin as an example since i find it to be the most extreme but you can see that jump in ais', vere's, and leander's routes too. yeah, a character's feelings don't need to be logical, but you should be able to see how one gets from point A to point B and right now i feel like we skipped from A to E
for a game that places a focus on trust issues it sure doesn't want to show the journey to gaining anyone's trust










