High Times

Still not too far in at this point, but it's not bad! Of course the characters are all stereotypes, but I wish they leaned just a little less into them. All of the romanceable characters are within the realm of tropes I would be down with, but they're just a little too extreme for me to really be invested in them or really care about some of them when I wish I did more. If you're hoping for a dating sim merged with Papa's Donuteria like I was, it's not exactly that. It's pretty darn simple and you almost have to try and mess up the construction part of an order. I was hoping for a little more complexity, but it's very straightforward. This could very well just be the early game. Additionally, sometimes the donuts you have to make in one day are the exact same which is kind of annoying when I've bought all of the available upgrades so far. It would be nice to use them or have more freedom to create my own donut combos! I think it's a little strange that the characters have intro screens that explicitly denote their VAs? It makes it seem like stunt casting, which it probably is since that's started to become more of a thing in VNs, but it doesn't make me care about the characters or VAs any more and is just leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. The voice acting itself isn't bad, but I don't have anything notable to say about it. The game is set in the semi-near future, and has a nihilist take on it- AI is winning, the globe has been well warmed, etc.. Sometimes it's funny, but to me, a lot of the time it just kind of feels like a bleak reminder that the world really sucks right now in an otherwise pretty chill game. The fake social media site is definitely accurate though XD I do really enjoy scrolling after a shift, but it does get annoying checking it every day for there to maybe be one post. There are also some grammatical errors here and there that confused me, but that's pretty normal per the genre and for the game being at launch. No bugs for me though, that I can tell! Despite all of these perceived flaws, I'm still invested and want to continue with the game to see how the story plays out now that I have met all of the main dateable characters. The dialogue isn't bad, the donut making vs dialogue offers appreciated breaks between reading, and the characters, despite being some very "chronically online" tropes, are enjoyable (for the most part).

The game is visually pleasing and was enjoyable. It is quite visual-novel heavy and to my personal likings a bit too low on personal choices. I'm also not quite sure how I felt about all these exes and as someone straight, I thought only 2 choices for romanceable characters was a bit low. At one point I just started fast-clicking through the females dialogue because my playthrough appeared very female-heavy, which isn't too interesting if you're trying to date a male but I imagine for other people this might hit the spot. The donut game I enjoyed quite a bit, the music is fun as well but I probably would've enjoyed more random customers as well to make donuts for and maybe some more scenes outside of the Hotbox. It started feeling like my MC really didn't have a life except make donuts and listen to other people's dilemmas. It felt the game wasn't about the MC but more about everyone else. I truly enjoyed most of the characters, I like that there is quite a variety and each made me feel as if I gained a friend. TLDR; Good: Visually pleasing, great soundtrack, Donut game is fun, characters each have their own unique personality Could be better: More personal choices we can make, more balanced romance options, more MC focussed scenes

烹饪经营类小游戏 感觉回到了小时候玩电脑进入某四数字网站打某系列游戏了 总结：烹饪经营党打到四五十多天就会无聊 剧情党越打越难受越打越想哭越打越想吐（并不是说剧情问题）但全配音确实牛逼啊美术和音乐也没得说 剧情我觉得挺丰富的有股淡淡的温馨感 但是太多了导致需要分散着过 所以游戏时间会很长（我打了二十多小时都没过完）你要做的甜甜圈也将多的能上天 推荐是因为里头的角色哈利和牛逼的配音老师美术老师 关于价格的话我个人看法是光全配音加剧情文案和美术就已经值了 前期做甜甜圈挺有趣的 买东西解锁更多不同的甜甜圈 但后期纯是因为想看角色剧情机械性的做甜甜圈然后祈祷着想看的角色出现过剧情（玩后感：贝莉姐姐你简直就是天使 甜甜圈基本都要的很简单） 三天狂打二十多小时 我们就这样做甜甜圈做做做做做做到犯腱鞘炎 为啥一直狂打？不知道啊 本来不想买的因为看一条评论被劝退了但听说有傲娇我就来了 主控（MC）虽然说可自定义名字和外貌性别但人有自己挺完整的背景故事（哇哦）所以基本上都是第三视角看挺少代入的我 但有些方面跟主控有些相似所以有时候我还是会代入的（一样的爱玩消失一样的爱逃避正在不负责任中）干这行干的跟心理医生一样但是主控自己的一些事情也没理好前期属于是医者不自医了 没打到大结局但我估计是后面老板回来了主控也处理好了自己家里的事情 关于感情线只打了哈利的 两个人属于是都不长嘴没安全感外加一个回避型人格 感情方面描写的还挺细腻的这条线 挺能看出来主角确实在这段感情里面没啥安全感的患得患失 两人剧情里这些拉拉扯扯我看的挺带感的反正（虽然说我打的时间也就只够走一条线了来着 而且属于偏爱了本来就是因为这角色打的来着） 其他的可恋爱对象感觉小青梅真的很可爱呀 虽然对她没啥见解就是了（对不起）好基友的话咋说呢大哥哥确实有恋母情结（跟他的对话有时候主控好不礼貌啊）而且走他这条线的话总感觉自己像是即将要拆散一对鸳鸯的小三所以没打估计有空再开个档打 其他的我没啥想说的主要是过剧情的时候有点懵 恋爱对象们问主控你还记得那时候怎么怎么样吗然后主控回一句记得然后我在屏幕面前急得团团转寻思着是啥原来我知道吗？（所以说更多是第三人称看）但部分恋爱对象也有跟其他NPC的感情线来着 怪尴尬的来着而且还有部分的疑似牛头人情节（？我暂时是这样看的 NPC们的话看的出来有些在剧情设计上是上了心的 爱恨情仇 生活琐事 日常烦恼 原生创伤（？）之类的 挺好的 感觉像是朋友之间的打打闹闹温馨日常 反正我挺喜欢老板他姐姐的哇配音好好听 那个二次元拉拉队妹子和健身教练我也挺喜欢的 过他俩的剧情感觉像是好朋友握握手挺可爱的 打的时候有些bug 就是做甜甜圈的时候要求有时候会变成英文的 还有有些听语音知道是不同的两句话但文案却是一样的 进入下一天的时候会直接卡住画面变黑 我一晚上遇到两次这种情况了只能重进 有时候顾客来了但是角色图会突然一瞬间变成一块白色长方图下一秒又变回来 但是这个bug还无伤大雅最主要是前头的两个（还有这个游戏的存档功能始终是个谜我有点没弄懂 不应该有一页拿来当自动存档其他的随意吗 也是根本不知道到底哪个会变成自动存档也可能是因为我人天生傻没弄懂 我通宵了一整晚打了所以可能有些神志不清语言混乱不好意思

was that a JoJo reference ?

I like this game, it's like running a dispensary without having to actually worry about the law, + this game makes life feel fun after being a waste of electricity on outlast trials AND store sales as a retail worker. #retail is the real satan in everybody's world.

After getting the true ending I can just say that this has become my favorite game in its genre. I really love the very colorful and diverse cast of characters (especially Emmette) and will probably come back to this game quite a bit to relax.

Major nostalgia aspects of not only the characters past life but those apart of the main characters life/story that will have you smiling and reminiscing. A game you can easily start feeling as if moments were written out of your past/current life moments, for me some major parts do fall off as far relating to me personally but not relating to others but still enjoyable to play out. The relationships both dating and friendship wise you will find yourself seeing in the people in your own life, characteristics, and emotions wise, which makes it more personable and fun! The banter play is tasteful and relatable and doesn't come off as far-fetched. I respect this game for touching kinks/preferences that in the past have been more hushed about or mocked by others, to which the gamers have done it in a very respectable way. It’s not over played, doesn’t take over the essence of the main characters/story line. I can tell that based on options picked within the game the storyline may dive deeper into those niches, for those who may want more! I will also in the same token say I appreciate that this game is the way I mentioned above because it can be hard to find a game with these subjects and choice matters (mixed with some lovely cooking simulation) that doesn’t turn into completely sexual or niches that take over and completely take away and lessen the value of the storyline. I am glad there is finally a game that touches base in various areas; job simulation, dating simulation, choices matter, casual, cozy, visual novel, LGBTQ and many more because although some topics and things touched based in the game may not be my style or interest I support and say rock on to allowing everyone be themselves respectfully. In terms of improvements or add-ons perhaps more options within the job simulation aspect, would be nice to be able to decorate the business aside from the decor that is provided for us to buy; like furniture, wall paper, flooring. The ability to make our own versions/creations of mood-changing desserts as well more options, perhaps lollipops, gummies, etc. More work clothes options besides typical cooking uniform or goth themed uniforms. There could be a better system in place as far as picking who you would like to have a love interest with. I cant wait to see how more in-depth this game will get, happy to play a game that has a good balance.