Max’s Life

Enjoyment:

3/5 – Good

Summary

I liked most of game, especially the characters, the scenes, and situations, but it started to feel like a chore after a while. The first chapter had a lot of animation and transition delays that made everything take longer. The second chapter was missing the in-game guide, so it was very hard to figure out the next steps in each relationship. The third chapter was missing the room navigator, which added a lot more clicking to move through locations. I stopped playing shortly into the third chapter, since my enjoyment was waning. I may come back to the game and look into some mods to see if it can fix the game play deficiencies.

Ratings

• Game play: 2/5
  • The initial experience of discovering interactions throughout different locations with different characters was enjoyable, but the game started to feel like a grind with repeated interactions, fetch quests, making money, and requiring a guide to figure out some of the next steps.
• Characters: 4/5
  • There are many characters to interact with and it is fun to grow the relationship with them. None of the characters personalities are very deep, but the large number of them makes up for it.
• Story: 2/5
  • The story is pretty much an after thought to the characters and the relationships. The game is primarily focused on having lots of scenes with many characters, and it does that well. The plot moves you from scenario to scenario where many women want to hook up with you for various reasons.
• Style: 3/5
  • The art is fine, the sounds during the scenes are good, and the overall interface is okay.
• Scenes: 4/5
  • There are a lot of scenes in this game, and they are well done. The scene interactions change from a wait and click to continuous animation in the second chapter, and I found that to be much better. The strength of the scenes are mostly in the location where they take place and how you gradually unlock more and more of them.

Platform

• Platform: Linux
• Version Played: Chapter 1, 2 (partial), 3 (partial)
• Replay the game in the future: Maybe – I might have to look into mods to improve the game play first

Details

• Author: kuggazer
• Link: https://www.patreon.com/kuggazer