I also liked it really. I think it personally depends on which side you were invested on: the mystery or fantasy? as I favored it as fantasy, I loved the whole love conflicts going on as well as the battles. in regards, the whole topic of “love” is something that really interests me, as my personal title is the “romance expert”
as it is, I can see why there’s a lot of people who would say it is bad or even the worst, because it seems like a whole lot of “filler” for some magic stuff instead of “plot” aka mystery solving stuff. previous games you had to deal with several red truths and find some way to go about it… this one kinda goes against it, as there’s only one locked room/riddle, and the point is that they "DON’T" want it to be solved(otherwise erika wins and game over).