There's a TLDR at bottom.
I'm saying ahead of time, even if Unlimited and Alternative are unforgettable experiences. I cannot ever recommend this series in good faith due to Extra's middle part being an absolute slog to get through.
I'm someone who can get through long stories, be it boring or slow first parts at this part i'm used to it. And even not minding anime tropes being overused. I understand it's from 2003 but it's aged not that well, and i wish i just skipped the entire middle part of the game. It's not the worst thing i've ever played but half of it really did feel like a drag.
As for the characters, most of them are fine however being that it originally released it 2003 your going to notice tropes heavily at play here. Not that all of those are necessarily bad though. The maids are definitely the worst characters by far.
I didn't go into this game for any of the eroge content, and whilst it isn't classified as a H game. There are some "sex" scenes which are extremely akward. Combined with the humor which felt like it was made for people who just got into middle school. I have no clue what the target audience for this game is.
Of the 2 endings which were important i went for, i will say that one of them is miles better than the other and honestly arguably saves this game for me.
TLDR; Pretty average, middle part is a slog, one of the endings is great and the other is terrible imo. Characters are mostly ok.
EDIT: I edited my review pretty heavily, i don't feel like a lot of my wording reflected my actual thoughts about the game.
I'm saying ahead of time, even if Unlimited and Alternative are unforgettable experiences. I cannot ever recommend this series in good faith due to Extra's middle part being an absolute slog to get through.
I'm someone who can get through long stories, be it boring or slow first parts at this part i'm used to it. And even not minding anime tropes being overused. I understand it's from 2003 but it's aged not that well, and i wish i just skipped the entire middle part of the game. It's not the worst thing i've ever played but half of it really did feel like a drag.
As for the characters, most of them are fine however being that it originally released it 2003 your going to notice tropes heavily at play here. Not that all of those are necessarily bad though. The maids are definitely the worst characters by far.
I didn't go into this game for any of the eroge content, and whilst it isn't classified as a H game. There are some "sex" scenes which are extremely akward. Combined with the humor which felt like it was made for people who just got into middle school. I have no clue what the target audience for this game is.
Of the 2 endings which were important i went for, i will say that one of them is miles better than the other and honestly arguably saves this game for me.
TLDR; Pretty average, middle part is a slog, one of the endings is great and the other is terrible imo. Characters are mostly ok.
EDIT: I edited my review pretty heavily, i don't feel like a lot of my wording reflected my actual thoughts about the game.