I still hope one day we get a neutral rating for Steam. I don't think it's bad, but the grind pulls down the great parts with it. The story is great and Haruka is very pleasant. You'll end up getting a great moment with her then it's back to the grind. You even run into scenarios where you're on autopilot until you have a new story bit or interaction come up. If you ever enjoyed those older dating sims that ran off of Flash, you might not mind it as much.

Everything that was awful in the first game was improved upon in this iteration. Honestly you're missing nothing by skipping out on the original. The grind is better (still pretty rough), the UI is more fluid, the wife is far more likable, and the artwork is vastly improved.

As you progress the game you open up more interactions with Haruka, all of which end up being saved in the Gallery. All the content is done visual novel style with no animations tied to them. The "free play" scenes have different interactions, but no animations tied to them. The content is generally vanilla and all fully voiced.

The grindy interactions are still present, although much better than in the first game. You repeat a lot of the content to raise stats and there are few unique interactions. It also starts off very slowly, but honestly that ends up being the "charm" of the game, and the genre as a whole.

There are several endings, but a decent save can grab you all the endings without too many issues. I say this because I didn't find myself wanting to replay it, the grind is lengthy and the content is all available in the gallery after.

UI can be a little choppy and stiff to navigate, but the game didn't have anything breaking on me.

$10 feels like a bit much, as the game is pretty padded out with repeatable interactions. If the genre appeals to you, I would recommend a sale.