I can’t, in good conscience, give this higher than three stars, for reasons I’ll outline below.
I can say I’ve been enjoying playing, it’s been cool to see this game at its infancy. I’ve been playing Love Nikki forever and it seems impossible to collect all the suits. Since this is so early on, you actually have a chance.
I also enjoy the task functionality, there are a lot of elements and way to improve your characters talents, which provides more options to keep playing.
Some negatives: if you have little patience, which I often do, you will STRUGGLE with ShiningNikkiFashionMakeover. Like I said, it’s in its infancy and it is buggy beyond belief. I can get about 5 minutes max before it crashes, provides a “poor internet connection” message, and I have to restart ShiningNikkiFashionMakeover for the billionth time.
If you’re familiar with Love Nikki, then you will be quite familiar with all of the Top-Up, in app purchasing elements of Shining Nikki. Ah yes, Shining Nikki is just as, if not more, greedy as Love Nikki and will try to milk you for a much money as possible for as little as possible. While you COULD collect every suit, good luck doing so without coughing up major cash. While I don’t personally mind spending a little money to support an app I enjoy, it is astounding how little you will get for the money spent (ie, literally spending money to gamble for suits).
Regardless, if you can ignore the glaring flaws, you will have a fairly good time with it.