it was good until later in the game when it gives you vague objectives you have to complete under a time limit (death suddenly being a game over with 0 explanation instead of having homunculus explain how you died and how to prevent it) which i didn't know was a thing until i read about it in a walkthrough (which i needed if i had any chance of finishing this last chapter). having time progress faster as you talk to npcs, something you will 100% be doing a lot if you don't know what to do next, is fucking stupid. i think i finished the last chapter with only a few minutes left until my death, which would have happened had i spoken to like only 2 npcs and exhausted their dialogue.

got ending D and have no desire to try for any others anymore, unfortunately.