The Elevator Game with Catgirls

I liked the story and characters. It's one of the few games that actually makes the "time loop" interesting and enjoyable with new things to explore everytime! The drama between the protagonist and Kirin in the true ending could've been a little deeper, but I still liked it.

well written, compelling characters, leaves you wondering about the larger implications of a catgirl's place in society

Hmmmm, this was a weird one. I haven't quite 100%ed it yet, just got the true ending. The art is awesome, the vibe and suspense is great. Plus, it's a good mix of visual novel and point/click adventure with a little puzzling mixed in. I think my two main issues that stopped it from being a really good game are that A. some of the paths can be a little finicky and not always trigger or require specific conditions. I had to looks stuff up twice because endings wouldn't go off for me because I just didn't do something right. B. The ending still left... quite a bit unfinished. Like, we get some small glimpse, but I feel like it wrapped up literally none of the plot points that were opened during the game? Maybe I'll get a little more from the secret endings although I doubt it. It just feels disappointing, like I was promised answers at the end of all this madness and I got none of them. At the end of the day, pretty good. Grab it if it's on sale (not the longest game but good production quality) or if you think you'll like it (you probably will), but not something I'd just recommend to anyone.