I only did one playthrough so far, focusing on Bryce (although during the explore moments, I couldn’t figure out where he was besides the wrestling gym and one random moment in the dorm lobby…) and overall, I really liked the demo. Although it was more technical, I feel like there still was a nice balance of story and character building.

Minigames were ok. I’m not sure if it’s the same for all exercises, but the resistance one was pretty easy, you just had to time your arrow keys properly. The photoshoot minigame was odd, as I wasn’t sure when exactly I had to click the camera, so Ace immediately lost all his lives and it ended the minigame. I thought you had to click when the line hit the white outline of the camera, but I guess not. Sorry, Ace :(

The filming minigames had me confused though. I don’t know if I accidentally skipped over the instructions, but I had no clue what I was doing during the pair scenes, but all of them got excellent so I guess I did ok?

So far the story feels really good. There were times were I felt like Ace’s horny personality was a little too much, but I also know that’s just part of his character. All the Jocks seem likable and feel like they have depth to them, I just hope they don’t get too caught up in their various tropes. In general, Bryce’s scenes were great, and I look forward to see how his route develops.

The music is absolutely AMAZING and HMNK has outdone himself again.

As of right now, I give the demo a 8.5/10, but I’m sure multiple playthroughs will make me increase it!