[quote=Jase]how could an android powering up black out of a city[/quote]
technically, it’s not about the total amount of electricity, rather how much the grid can take at the same time; if a node cannot handle, it should switch to another one, but if there is no any, it may cause chain reaction of shutdown, because of built-in mechanisms that supposed to mitigate damages to the transformer stations, differential switches, and so on; so, it’s not impossible; especially, that nowadays large server rooms for ai require power usage similar to a city;

[quote=Jase]the characters are just too nice and perfect at everything[/quote]
i wouldn’t say that about cassandra; to know the character’s issues you have to be involved in their stories; yet, i see why it might be seen this way and would say it’s just a convention to focus on artificial intelligence topics;

[quote=Jase]the US marines aren't even an elite force[/quote]
and? in every rich story there is an archetype; ava seems to be an anchor of hope for the main character; in a sense, when he thinks of what she would do, it’s like christians ask what jesus would do;

[quote=Jase]why didn't he just make her CIA or special forces[/quote]
what matters are her character traits;

[quote=Jase]I just didn't like any of the characters because they don't feel human, they are too flawless.[/quote]
they all at least seems to have some problems with something and you are not involve in their worlds that much; also, there are a lot of facial expressions in this game, including humor, that is inalienably human; apparently kindra is constantly joking around to compensate for her childhood, and so on;

[quote=Jase]I found it a bit boring[/quote]
maybe it should be emphasized more that this is more classical approach to a visual novel; when avn-s done the shift towards more p0rn, it became such a de facto standard, that you might actually forget that there are other types of vn-s;

[quote=Jase]The production quality is very good[/quote]
i see it as unleavened and realistically ugly;

[quote=Jase]it felt a bit short[/quote]
for me it felt long with its slow pacing;

why so malicious?
summer’s gone is also considered to be adult visual novel and have no sex scenes whatsoever;
does this game stands out from the others? maybe, if you ignore the past of that niche genre;
adult content doesn’t have to be about sexuality per se (e.g. katawa shoujo);
there are plenty of books with similar approach to the story unfolding and pacing as artemis;
the so-called standard is a highly discretionary convention; i’d say that bloodborne doesn’t fit to these expectations;
so what? aren’t the story and vision the most important things?
you could expect from people choosing a visual novel to focus on the novel part;

[quote=OneManArmyKZ]you force to use guides[/quote]
you can see the list [url=https://steamdb.info/app/1775530/stats/]here[/url];
there is also [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2969739357]this[/url] hidden guide;
or [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2971116783]this[/url] walkthrough;