Bought and tried it. It's kind of unfortunate that this one might be a miss compared to their usual fare because the gameplay loop is raising monsters, using them in a chess-style match and making sure to fuse them when their lifespan is about to run out which can get a bit boring after a while at least for me. Not helping matters is how there's definitely less scenes especially compared to their previous DM Darkness works
One wonders if a Plus expansion might make this much better
@FallenWingz Plus expansion didn't improve the game much, imo. -- Kinda broke it too; Ex. You only have 5 affinity unlocks slots & it's ordered (Rip trying to get Nera if you hired the other "main" girls & unlock the ending event early) It also added modes which is kinda meh -- Easy/simple removes the AP requirement, so now it's basically focus on stats + AoE skill & get enough cost to move one of the powerful mobile units on the 1st row. No clue the hard ver, since I didn't feel like bother to figure it out. & Have no clue how to unlock two of the scenes: One for after Debora & the other after Guild receptionist (forgot her name) (nvm this one, have to finish the unlocked tourney thing.