ok so picture this, right. you wash up on this island and it's all palm trees and tits out, classic hentai setup. but then the game hits you with this weird vibe like you're on big brother except the host is a serial killer. i spent way too long just staring at one character's dialogue tree because the writing actually made me paranoid. like, is she into me or is she reading from a script the island overlords gave her? the sex scenes are hot, don't get me wrong, but there's this one where mid-thrust i noticed a camera drone in the background and my boner just... had an existential crisis.

the art is that clean digital style, everyone's got the body of a god and the emotional stability of a wet napkin. there's this detective angle they push but honestly i forgot i was supposed to be investigating anything until act 2 when a girl i'd been banging for three in-game days suddenly asked if i'd found any clues. i had not. i was too busy trying to unlock her reverse cowgirl scene which, by the way, is locked behind a dialogue choice that makes zero sense unless you've been taking notes like a psychopath. classic visual novel bullshit.

the horror tag is doing some heavy lifting. it's not jumpscares, it's more like that feeling when you're at a party and slowly realize everyone knows a secret about you. except the secret is you're probably gonna die on fuck island. one minute you're picking which swimsuit to compliment, next minute you're reading a note that implies the last "guest" is fertilizer now. i wish the mystery paid off better, the ending i got felt like the devs ran out of budget and just said "uh, the island was a metaphor." no it wasn't, there were literal cameras, steve. anyway the sex is good, the dread is better, just don't expect closure. or a map. the island layout makes no sense, i got lost three times trying to find the beach and ended up in a scene that triggered a bad end because i was late. who schedules an orgy and doesn't send a reminder?