Editor's Rating
Story - - 79%
Visual - The art in - 61%
Engagement - Engagement takes a hit due to the gameplay frustrations noted by players. The combat mechanics can prove grueling, with overwhelming enemy encounters that make exploration feel more like a chore than an adventure. While the story keeps players invested, the lack of a gallery and clunky combat mechanics diminish the overall experience. - 49%
Core Loop - Ah, the core loop—a component that should sing yet falters here. The gameplay presents a grind-intensive experience, where leveling up new characters becomes a Herculean task due to enemy scaling. This design choice can leave players feeling penalized for their efforts, especially when beloved party members exit the scene without so much as a goodbye—and with no equipment return. - 42%
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This review is based on author's perspective and actual experience may differ on individual's own preferences.
All trannies are insane.
If you download and read the walkthrough thus far, you’d notice there’s exactly one marked event with a person who is considered Futa/Trap content. It’s also marked entirely OPTIONAL. (You could argue the pandering’s unecessary, and I’d agree – but it’s very probably paetron backed) Calling people insane is taking it a bit far.
For myself; I’d call taking characters entirely out of the party when it’s meant to be a harem game a bit more concerning than one entirely skippable event. There’s a warning for a VERY SAD scene; and yes I quote the way it’s written verbatim. That point does concern me. Because again, it’s a harem game. Two of the characters before that point are stated to leave the party (and need to be unequipped before they do so… which is a flaw I’d fix as well) but it’s not stated they’re not still willing love interests. That might be nice to add in brackets somewhere. I’ve only reached the point in the game where you deal with the orc tribe and get the ancient dragon stone… so I’m not done with it yet. Pretty much because I’ve restarted a few times in fucking with the stats to see what they do:
– Luck does not in fact seem to add that much chance in crits. Though you will see an increase. Maybe?
[It could be used to increase Gil drop rates or amounts, or increase dodge chance stacking with agility…]
– Agility affects turn order, but not crits as far as I’ve seen. It SHOULD also affect dodge rate; but I don’t think it does mechanically.
– Defense can make you take 0 physical damage (on 50% difficulty; I will not test it on any other difficulty but I’d wager it’ll be far less effective) Magic defense is the same thing except for magical attacks.
– Attack and magic attack are the same as defense and magic defense. One affects physical; the other magical damage output.
– HP & MP are the only stats that end up costing exponentially more AP to level up… which is somewhat counter intuitive really.
You can boost stats past the 100 point max afforded in Allocate. However it requires certain items. For MP that’s not too hard to find; for any other stat it’s a bit of a toss up. Though you can get +7 luck from your home when you actually manage to get that far. Reading every bookcase in town will actually get you a decent amount of M. Attack as well.
The mage has the easiest time if you pump M Attack, and either Defense or Luck. Defense if you also want to be a tank. Luck if you like large damage numbers – rarely, to pop up. The fighter is the one that will struggle most – no viable option to heal without reliance on items if you choose the NSFW scene at the beginning of the game (you don’t get an actual healer for a LONG ASSED time) and the cleric gets overlapped by said actual healer when they are introduced… but can sit back and laugh at most enemies if you build them right. [Rare Fruit is your friend on either the Mage or the Cleric]
* If you want a crit based fighter = Learn the skills for Crit master > Get the Feral Cap. You can find it during The Horde Quest. Then max Luck. You’ve got as much crit chance at that point as I have yet found in the game and should be at least 20 to 25%
Going to point out having skipped to the end of the walkthrough to try to figure out why certain events are tagged VERY SAD: The game is marked as having been completed in the walkthrough, Moderators – it should have the [Final] tag placed in the title = Though I’d argue it’s a lot shorter than I thought it was gonna be for a Harem tagged game in that case. The walkthrough’s only 20 pages. There’s actually only one instance even marked in the walkthrough as pregnancy content, so that’s a let down… and I think I know what the sad scene will be. Let’s just say your first companion in the game gets put in a stew for no reason… and your only other best friend companion; well, she keeps talking about wanting to be a Mom. If that doesn’t send out flags with what I just wrote above, I can’t help you.
I’m more disappointed it’s been marked completed frankly. But I’d still recommend to try the game if you like RPG’s and don’t mind a bit of a time waster. It’s not perfect, or as good as it could’ve been if they hadn’t rushed the ending… but it’s a decent shot at the genre. [If you can be a mayor of one town = why not a noble; or I don’t know… the KING?!?] There was and is more I’d argue they could do with it, so I hope the walkthrough’s erroneous.
All trannies are insane.
It would be nice at the beginning of the game (or even in the character screens AFTERWARD – though this will lead to restarting a lot for those that like to theory-craft) to get the same rundown for each STAT that we got for classes. It’s great that we get as much choice as we do, but the way you’ve set it up may bork a lot of builds until we figure out what the stats mean. It doesn’t have to and shouldn’t be that way. Yes, I’ve played games of this vein before, by the way, but frankly, different devs ascribe different import to specific stats anyway. All of them CAN be useful… but not all of them actually are.
* I’ll also say you could’ve gone darker with what happened to the girl; but you went cannibalism to make it weird.
– In a game like this, in the world you’re setting up = it would be FAR more likely that she’d have been raped (probably into pregnancy) until they got bored. Then strung up to starve, die and rot. Specifically because none of her slavers gave a toss about her life. If not had a pike shoved up her pussy, and posed messiah style, as that “warning” to what happened to slaves that tried to escape.
Do note: I’m not opposed to the sugar coating, but in that case, you already killed her and that would be enough to mark the MC’s premise in quest. If good meat was that scarce the camp wasn’t going to function as long as it had done anyway.
Having played now a more significant chunk of the game, I have a few points.
Take them as suggestions:
1) When you first get the quest to go on the road to Tilly; there are several map points (I use the term loosely – a MAP has markers of Identification. Town names posted in their actual general direction) It does NOT matter if I can see the layout of the general area surrounding, if I DO NOT know which direction the town is actually in! You have several large sections not only in this “map” that would benefit from proper identification so the player doesn’t run around in circles. [The Two Camps in the hills are another example frankly – they’re not even on the map because as far as I’ve explored; there just isn’t one for that area]
2) Weapon Choice. Weapon. CHOICE! There’s no point in letting me pick almost everything else about the MC’s traits and then saying Nope; you’re stuck using JUST a standard assed Class Based weapon. [You can ask Nerethia for a magic weapon = which IS NOT the best in the game for fuck sakes… – and later in the game there’s a dude that will upgrade your shit.] Problem there is you have to HAVE at least the +1 version of whatever weapon or armor you want the asshole to upgrade. I did not find a place to sell me them. So if you want Claws for Mevi = Good luck. You want to make Hecate’s Rapiers +1 to masterwork; same boat. And how the FUCK is the orc not the axe/claw wielder??? There’s a blade of venom you get from the very first boss that as far as I’ve played not even the SWORDMASTER can use. It SHOULD be Mevi’s first upgrade and HER chosen weapon the way you built her. Platemail wasn’t anything I found whether plus one or not. I’m saying you need to be less restrictive about your weapon choices guys. If Camilia can use a Katana and have an arcane bracer for her shield; why are you fucking the MC and every other character over for the way players MIGHT want to equip them?
3) Nitpick here but it takes too long to get to the actual sex scenes. When you do; they’re there for a few clicks and done. MC finishes inside all of the time = No pregnancy yet. Even if Mevi’s fairly insistent she wants that, and so is Netheria. There’s the point that the fox girl COULD be a party member (she’s not) and going to bed when you do actually get your own home in Opala really could let you choose which of the girls in your party or elsewise that are bonded to you that MC wants to bone. It might be nice to have more than just a few interspersed scenes that denote any sort of building of a harem. Which I don’t think has even been mentioned yet frankly.
4) Tied to the above; there are at least two instances I’ve encountered for potential Netori; that Dev just straight up disallows. Chica is all but tailor made to join the harem as a point of gaining political leverage with the nobles in her city (You write Groom = New Husband or Fiance? Clear that up. Because one means Netori should STILL be possible, and the other means she’s not completely decided yet so we should be able to steal/rescue her away and make the claim) The other is Stella’s brother’s wife (or her sister… either way she’s married and apparently better connected; so why can’t MC meet her and have that be an arc? It’s a Harem tagged game…)
5) If you’re going to give me the option to raise stats in a game as I choose = Do NOT cap them off. Ever. Decide what max level you want for the character and stick to that – but the actual STATS that help you survive DO NOT get to be capped. For any reason, if you’re going to give all those monsters that much HP and AOE damage bullshit (Which I’ll get to. Don’t worry) There are TWO reasons that Saint is recommeded: Stacked Defense – which also means he’s not meant to hit for jack shit *** AND he’s the ONLY MC that DOESN’T get a multihit option as yet – and the fact he’s A Party Healer. Defense is a decent stat, and can actually turn most damage to Zero (not in all cases – and we’ll get to that) but DAMAGE is king. In these games. Always. It doesn’t matter if something can’t hit you, if you can’t kill it and the rest of your party’s downed. It can’t kill you in the first place if it’s dead. Giving a straight +100 to any stat before it caps is punitive in the long run if you intent to keep increasing the monsters’ damage or HP. You haven’t got nearly enough equipment available in game to mitigate the bullshit presently.
6) You get as far as I’ve played (I’ve gotten as high as level 40 for fuck sakes) there are ONLY two skills you ever actually gain and you have them from the start. Why. Why- Why?!? Did you not implement new skill gains at perhaps the rate of every 2-5 levels. You came up with all these classes that SOUND cool… and forgot to add in skills to actually differentiate them beyond what they get at absolute BASE. There’s a tab to “learn” skills – and fuck all to actually UNLOCK anything ** that might be a list that’s not implemented yet hopefully ** or any place currently that I’ve found where you can even LEARN A NEW SKILL! Is it something you intend to add eventually? Because raising stats is one thing – but Jesus H do the classes need the option to eventually GROW to be able to HANDLE THE SEVEN BILLION ENEMIES in a battle screen sometimes. That cave where you get the ancient bow – you go from one fairy as a PITA who can have one enemy with her that can cast a SINGLE target spell so damage mitigation is MANAGEABLE for your party to the next room she comes with two wisps who can do the same fucking thing she can and ALL OF THEM CAN NUKE YOUR FUCKING PARTY! No bueno. The Arcanist shouldn’t be the ONLY CLASS that can wipe the screen if you build properly. It should be about HOW you want to do that.
7) Considering how there are a few enemies that CAN wipe the screen; and at least two I’ve seen that actually heal themselves passively; either implementing passive skills for the party that can do the same as a class based thing (a heroic trait eventually gained) or items that will grant regeneration of MP/HP at least might be a decent idea. Hell I’d be down to play Wolverine if you let MC use the claws instead. Or a vampiric weapon/armor that does the same (and if you want to be a dick about it you could warn that it’s cursed if you pick it up… so you’ll get “addicted” IE can’t drop it; and it will make you want more so you can’t avoid battles – but I shouldn’t give you guys any bright ideas there) * I know very well the only way you devs ever like putting in stuff that’s BENEFICIAL in that vein is if you also bork it’s usefulness with that kind of detriment. Just saying.
8) Either make LESS enemies in the Orc Camp or FUCK RIGHT OFF WITH THE LOCKED DOOR. I actually deleted the save because I thought it was BUGGED rather than reading farther down in the walkthrough to know that HELPFUL TIP TO PLAYERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO TRY THIS GAME: There’s a key in his closet. You need to get that before you can exit, and the PROBLEM with doing it that way is NO OTHER DOOR I HAVE FOUND IN GAME WORKS THAT WAY!!! [Which is another reason there need to be MORE AOE options for the PLAYER & Party! VERY FEW players are going to be as anal as I get when I play these things. Most will drop the game if not ignore the quest on a reload, just for how assholishly long it takes to deal with all of the orcs]
Final one: The Lake area is filled with Hellraiser looking motherfuckers who frankly hit way too hard randomly (I play on 50% difficulty and I’m not ashamed of that) and they have a specific move in some cases that you’re never going to know which one it is; where they can hit even THE SAINT who usually sees 0 damage from ANYTHING if you build him right, for about 1 k damage. Why? That entire area just screams “We threw up our hands at creating actual unique monsters and said fuck it – they can literally do whatever they want” The “grinding” area is full of them and they ALL have the potential to pull this bullshit. I was level near enough to 30 facing them at like 12-15 ish… and with that many assholes even if I was willing to decimate ALL of my healing items… they might’ve merced me. Come the fuck on guys. Best case scenario for new players currently is yoink the three blue pearls and run like hell.
I’m not saying the game’s not got potential. In fact I quite enjoyed it for the most part. These are just pointers to help you figure out the balancing, or plot issues you might consider going forward. In as far as girls that can be introduced as harem members. [It would also be nice if when babies do happen they aren’t considered a detriment because they can grow up to help the town down a few different paths – Farmer/Merchant/Builder/Defender/Entertainer Etc – just a thought]
After a little more examination (don’t blame me – other games in this vein also have the learn skill option and half the time it’s either blanked out or requires an item you have no clue where to get. Mea Culpa) you actually CAN learn skills. For Gil, which frankly explains why I had like 130 K at one point in my longest playthrough as the saint, and at level 36 (the orc camp took me up to 40 but again, I deleted that save…) had only the two skills to my name.
Damn it. Game would’ve probably been MUCH easier if I’d been a little more adventurous about exploring the standard interface screens. I can however admit there’s a large amount of egg on my face. About that one point, anyway. The rest are still valid enough. Maybe a sidebar suggestion then should be: add in an adendum to the beginning quest like you did about equipped weapons (or you could just try equipping the damned thing automatically to start with and nevermind that hint) wherein you remind the new players to actually click on Learn Skills. When they have the appropriate money.
I figure maybe I’ll leave some tips to help anyone that might want to give this a try.
1) The game is linear; pick which class you like and stick to it. You do not actually get different results for choosing a different class. (You do get different abilities)
The classes stand thus:
– Swordguy: Melee Damage Dealer = Attack, HP, Def, Agility
** Take the magic weapon option from Netheria’s first quest [The NSFW scene you get for the option opened by choosing Cruel is NOT worth losing a sword that DOES let you steal back HP per hit = Cruel is STILL worth taking for increase to attack]
– Luck may also work to increase Crit Chance; if so = Take Crit Mastery all the way, and Counter all the way. Profit on huge numbers…
– Mage: Magic Damage Dealer = M. Attack, MP, M. Def, Def (You WANT to survive)
* There is a tag along that gets a heal spell; she ONLY gets a base heal spell. Ever.
** You WILL want to learn the Room Sweeping abilities ASAP.
I reiterate: You. Want. To. Survive = glass cannon is not your best option financially.
[You STILL want to take Magic Weapon: This one will give you an MP heal per turn; which is amazing]
– Cleric: You Are The Save My Ass, Hero! Button = HP, MP, Def, M. Def (some Attack)
* You WILL want to learn the spells that salve MULTIPLE party Members
* Pick the PHYSICAL Room Sweeper Skill = Saves your MP for party heals, uses TP.
[Strangely here you CAN pick the cruel option for NSFW and it won’t cost you much. The weapon only adds a 5% chance to blind your opponent and is the weakest option of the three in my opinion; it’s not necessary and the +1 mace you can get from completing the ancient bow quest can be forged into a Masterwork with enough $ so that’s good enough]
** Even if you DON’T want to engage with the crafting system (some of the item costs for it are a little retarded by the way) Pick up as many red mushrooms as you can find – they are useful to give to the fairy in the forest to help you complete the ancient bow quest. Give one to her and she will heal your party to full health. It’s one way to make the 2nd room of that hidden temple a bit more bearable.
The walkthrough is written technically out of order in some cases, and that can lead you to missing some things. For Example: The part that is marked “Exploration” should be completed BEFORE you engage the dinner with Leandro. I’m not certain that you will have the same options if you choose to try doing it after. Since it will move the plot forward. There’s also the point that the list of things to do in Tilly seems to make more sense if you do the exploration bit that is tagged before engaging the dinner event.
As far as the road to Tilly where it tells you to ignore 90% of it until you have a party – I did. Each time… BUT the only way back to it I’ve found currently is by Fast Travel – which will LOSE you the scene with Freya on entrance to Tilly; since I suppose it doesn’t read properly. I won’t say that it’s a better idea to solo the area (it’s ridiculously long) but be aware that for me at least, that scene didn’t pop when I tried to do it by fast travel – so I didn’t bother clearing that area anyway and probably missed out on things in my first run.
* The Rooster; Turtle & Fox as far as I’ve found only accept ONE of the stated desired items. Any others you find are free to be used as you’d like to boost the party’s stats. [This can be useful as there’s a FUCK TON of rare fruits in the game that increase your MP. Melee focused characters will not really need to care about this; but for the Saint and the Arcanist = Pay Day!] Tied: There are plenty of books to find and click through that will increase your M. Attack. You WILL want to do this as the Arcanist, and may still find some benefit as the priest if you choose to say bugger it and go with the magic based option for a room clearing skill.
In closing for now: The game is fairly deep as far as mechanics. Well planned out with potential to keep growing. If you want a quick way to rub one out – this is NOT that game. If you want a decent story of a rise to power and a harem that grows at least somewhat organically, this is absolutely worth your time. Provided you can deal with the few Anime troupe-y lewd scenes thus far.
Devs – you should consider changing the Saint’s skill set to more direct damage/Buffs ONLY.
Why? Later in the game (around the time most of your characters will be level 40 if you don’t mind grinding) you will get a Priestess who wants to join the party (After you build the church – it’s a decent way into the game; but still = Doubled skill sets are NOT fun) *** If SHE gets MP Regen, why does the Saint get stuck with a weapon that BLINDS people and doesn’t even do that reliably? Aside from the fact you can hit through a blinding… and do note: That is not me saying that you need to change that fact. Though it would be nice if the ENEMY couldn’t.
Frankly, EVERY class should have access to at least rank 2 of the REGEN X thing. They don’t all need to crit, but they all have MP and HP bars. The swordsman is likely to be the one that needs HP most – and countering that with a weapon choice isn’t bad… but it’s also less reliable than the per turn option the Saint and the orc get.
If the Saint is your Holy damage dealer/Buff Bot = better all around coverage than doubling up on healing skills (One of the bigger costing ones is a heal me for everything including Death to all allies… which is realistically all you need) Take that skill, take the one that purifies across all allies, and you’re basically good as far as healing the party. You can either tank everything with high Def across the board – or let them all drop dead literally, cast that spell because your ass is the ABSOLUTE TANK that also gets a passive HP Regen and boom. Unless the enemy silences you (which hint hint – magic weapon option that adds MP regen + Immune to Silence would be best in show for both the Mage & Saint classes) You are golden so long as you have MP.
The way you currently have it literally makes it better to take the Swordsman or the Arcanist (though again with that weapon and room sweeper options – the arcanist is a pretty strong argument for the Canon MC anyway) Pretty strong = The Swordsman DOES get two really good moves that compliment both his + Crit passive and the TP regen passive; he gets a move that gives you Full bar TP, and he gets a move that hits everything; has a high crit chance regardless and hits hard. [It just costs more money to set up than the Arcanist]
* Both the priestess and the Saint get Bless, The Saint has maybe 2 other buffs that might affect the party (but they’re not necessarily buffs you want or that would be noticeable in combat) in Inspiration and Gods Hands. Neither really has enough damage dealing options to differentiate build types.
Another faggot groomer game.