Had written out a lengthy piece, agreeing with my predecessor, while reasoning for my harsher sentence with concrete, locked-in examples, no matter which build or which choice (-s), but Chrome had the last laugh.
To summarize: While design and story-telling (not interrupted by unenjoyable click-fests, go to this location, at this time etc.) are far better executed than in most similar games, the lie peddled with a dominant build is outrageous. The aptitude system, while nice at first glance, functions entirely without player input or agency, open to, and victim of, meddling by the writer, so might as well be abolished, as it is meaningless.
Some examples: You don't shower on the first morning, get cucked, you think about Casey, seemingly the least slutty (with the others an assortment of all sexual diseases) and you get cucked during the Ember Institute fantasy.
You also inevitably get sissifed in a dream, somehow specifically medically induced by a rogue doctor.
Not to mention bodily harm and intrusion befalling you, seemingly illegally, as you seem to sign only an NDA , which is about as bad as it gets, in a realistic setting.
If you leave the institute you get your first shot at sex at a bus stop, but no matter any of the preceding decisions, you cum pre-maturely and embarrass yourself.
Same seems to happen later in a Hostel, though I had, understandably, as I hope to have outlined, only taken my Non-Ember build that far.
Edit:
After trying out a more enjoyable female path, I have revised my rating up a star.
It's a shame this sems abandoned, though, the UI was perhaps the most pleasing I've experienced, it already provided a wide breadth of options (though badly in need of a walkthrough) and is more accessible than many other big titles with branching/non-linear stories and gameplay.
To (probably needlessly, but who knows, perhaps someone might pick it up) hark back to a previous point however, transparency and QoL would greatly benefit the game.
Are the porn preference choices in the beginning laden with finality and exclusivity, or can you choose lesbian porn and later express interest in pegging and porn relating to the experience you suffered at the hands of the siblings?
The same thing with the three newly introduced people when you don't shower and drop her off at college early enough to meet her friends, where only one of them might be added to the relationship screen.
Maybe list all available traits and quest and hints, to be activated, listing how one might go about acquiring them.