How in the fuck did this make the front page?
This is just proof that Tom pays little or no attention to what he showcases on the front page these days. Although the concept was great, the game was complete shit... even for a dateing sim.
There was absolutly no story. The game was full of bugs, and lacked helpful information that might allow one to enjoy the game without just guessing as to what's happening.
For instance, you can't workout past a certain time... but the game doesn't tell you what time or why. Why can't I run at 2 in the morning? Does the "crater" close... it's a hole in the ground for fucks sake. Without a text box saying "run 12-6" you just have to guess and hope you can still work out.
The girls are random and there is really no way to control who you want to "date". Not that it matters, you can date them all if you want and there are absolutly no consequences or challanges involved.
On top of that, the game takes way to long to advance with little proof that you are actually advanceing with the girls. When you first meet them, you choose "Talk" and a screen pops up that says "uh... hello?". This happens... well... forever. They never say anything else regardless of how many Experiance Points you have with the girl. A bug, or just a shitty design?
The inventory menu doesn't work which makes it very difficult to figure out what you own, if anything. Hell, maybe the inventory works fine and the shop is broke. Who Knows? Even after 2,000 experiance points, I still couldn't do anything with the girls. Even trying to give them a gift brought up the "Get Lost" screen. Another bug? The question is, with a broken inventory, even if they did want my gift; would it be listed for me to hand to them? I'm betting "no".
It's also worth pointing out that you can continue to make choices after the inital spot. Click "Talk", wait for the blue screen to appear, and then click the mouse again. You can't see the Talk button, but it still works and your Experiance points still rise. This works with all buttons... a huge bug.
Checking the stats on the girls was also broke. Even after 2,000 experiance points, it still said the girls where just "Strangers". Except Tifa... she eventually started popping up as "No relation".
Even the author admited this game was shit. It's sad when something this busted can make front page when lots of great artists go unknown every day in the portal... did Tom even play this or is the Front Page just a script that runs every so many days and takes games with a good score? How did this get a good score... is the idea of sex enough these days. Pathetic.