My neighbours probably think I'm losing it, the way I was laughing one minute then genuinely spooked the next. This thing starts with a letter from your deadbeat dad and next thing you know you're in some too-clean house in Dumbarton, a town where the local bakery probably has a secret basement and the school nurse gives off serious villain energy. The Honey Select engine makes everyone look like they're made of glossy plastic, but somehow that adds to the uncanny vibe, especially when the horror elements creep in. The boob physics are ridiculous, obviously, bouncing like someone coded them after watching decades of anime, but the actual erotic voice work? Some of these moans are genuinely layered, the kind where you can hear the character's personality in the gasps, not just stock sound number seven from a zip file.

That pirate girl who threatens to kill you in your sleep is one of my favourite things in any adult game this year. Her teasing scenes have this unpredictable rhythm, switching from giggling to something darker mid-sentence, and the VA commits hard, no half measures. The virgin protagonist is a total blank slate but the harem builds around him with this slow, voyeuristic patience I wasn't expecting. You'll catch glimpses of the big tits goth classmate undressing through a cracked door while the main plot about missing people and small town conspiracies actually gets its hooks in. The comedy lands more often than it misses, genuine absurdist stuff where a serious blackmail plot derails into a cosplay competition that made me choke on my drink.

The big ass monster designs later on feel ripped from a nightmare, but rendered in that shiny 3DCG style that makes them look like expensive figurines you'd feel weird displaying on your shelf. Wish there was a gallery mode to revisit specific scenes without replaying whole chunks, but you can't have everything. The two route structure means some characters basically vanish depending on your choices, which I respect even though I kept wanting more of the school setting shenanigans with the whole crew. What sticks with me is how the lewd stuff and the actual mystery feed each other, the horny moments often doubling as character reveals that make you reconsider who's trustworthy.