This game is utterly inexplicable. It's got an incredibly unfriendly front end where you kind of just bash your head against farming and church work until your daughter can do stuff consistently, is a bit gross and very "written in 1993" in places, has a certain stiffness to it, and you kind of lose steam at the end regardless of what route you take as you're just grinding out stats... but it's intoxicating being in the middle of it. Time melts away as every tiny, incremental bit of the game adds up, a massive list of options opening up more and more, finally unlocking themsleves as you puzzle together just how to get through the game. I'm not sure what I can say to the game's overall quality, but in spite of its age, the addictive nature of slow-burn building is just GOOD in this game. Its pace actively works to its advantage in making every small thing, every errant little discovery, that much more special. Not for everyone, but I think it's a game that should definitely be studied, at the very least!