This game is really fun and charming-- like many raising sims, though a little easier than something like Princess Maker or Long Live the Queen. I think if you're looking into getting into the genre, this might be a good first step.

You play from baby to Highschooler, and your choices determine both you future career and you partner of choice. What this game adds that I find clever is that the previous player (and the love interest you choose, if you chose one) become the parents of the next playthrough. That's really clever. I like that the story loops around on itself, and each playthrough is new and unique; you don't meet the same characters twice. I haven't played long enough to see how long that statement holds true, but I imagine that even when it does loop back around, you'll have played enough unique storylines to not mind. Plus there's still many ways to play your character, so even if you end up with the same route of friends, your story can still turn out differently, including how you go about nurturing those relationships. This game has a lot of replay-ability, and Im excited to see it all!

Now, the slight downside to this game, and one that I noticed right away in the 2nd playthrough, was that once your player becomes your parent, their personalities from the story reset completely; they become nothing more than a gimmick for your current child. All the charm the characters had disappear; none of their hobbies or storylines really relate back to who they are and who they became now. I get that that would probably take even more scripting to add, but at least with the set romantic characters who are established, it would be nice if they kept their personalities, and their expectations related to something similar to their passions and hobbies. Like Kato who's a huge nerd-- it be nice if his expectations related more to nerdy culture. But the expectations tend to repeat, and after the first playthrough, keeping your parents happy becomes more of an annoyance.

I will also say, some of the parents expectation dialogue comes across meaner than expected. There were many times I thought, "My character wouldn't act like that, and neither would Alicia" (who I married my first playthough--especially after her story growth). It's a small nitpick, and I know the game is finished, but I would have loved more personalized expectations/dialogue with the parents depending on who your spouse was. Or even having some entertainment actions not lower parents pride if it relates to something they love/ed. I found it funny when I lost pride for doing the 'bike riding' skill-- an active skill that I think my irl mom would have personally loved if I had learned to ride a bike.

An example of this idea: if you play dnd in highschool, and your father is Kato-- you lose less points because he played those games in high school. That would add just some little extra charm to the game, and make me the player still feel connected to the parents.

It's sad, as this tends to happy a lot in games. I notice this mainly in farming sim games too; once the character gets married, all the cool storylines from dating, disappear, and the love interest becomes a former shell of themselves. But I also know games are improving on that aspect too--trying to add more after marriage scenes. I think, if this game ever had an update-- that be cool to see.

Sorry, that sounded like a lot of negativity for a small portion of the game, but really that's my only criticism.

The main point of the game, the raising stats, and building your child, is still fun and enjoyable. The storylines with your friends is still really good. The side stoylines with the people who you can potentially start a career path with are fun. For my nitpicking-- I still highly recommend this game, as the whole of it, it very positive.

The art is unique and very pleasing to look at, going for it's own style- semi realistic style. Maybe some might find it uncanny, but I think it looks great!

Plus, the soundtrack is bomb-- I find myself humming along, or even singing with many of the tracks. They're catchy!

A great game, with a few fumbles, but overall, a pleasure to experience. Pick this game up if you have the chance.

its so realistic how my parents start to hate me when i start putting a ton of hours into dungeons and dragons

This is a cute game with a fairly linear but neat storyline. For the most part, the gameplay is fairly simple and achieving what you want for your character is easy enough. The only part I dislike is the minigame for exams and tests, which I found didn't properly translate the progress your character has had. Still pretty fun, though.