Others - Trials in Tainted Space [v0.9.098] [Fenoxo]

I've played this game for seven years, right back when Mhenga was the only planet available.

It is not the most expansive ero-fiction game ever (that goes to COC2), but holy hell is it as broad as an ocean. If you have a specific character kink you'll probably find some alien in this game that fits the bill (even the futas have charming enough personalities to compensate for sexual incompatibility).

The ridiculous amount of variables and customization is like no other game and the writers (volunteer or otherwise) account for all of that when relevant. It makes you want to do varying playthroughs with different builds because of how drastically different intimate scenes and even quests and relationships factor into how you customize and transform your characters. Nuanced enough interactions to make you want to compare it to Witcher 3 or New Vegas. Actually incredible what the devs and writers have done with this.

So why does this get 3-stars as an "average" ero-game?

Simply put: development time.

The same devs, writers, and artists juggle their time and efforts between COC2 and TiTS at the same time, leading to slower development on both games. Slow enough to see their Flash versions killed outright which forced us to wait for the games to be rebuilt into Java (taking the better part of a year at least).

Slow enough that Uveto, which was supposed to be a side-planet that wasn't part of the main storyline, has become something of a second home due to the abundance of NPCs that end up taking residence there. You can forget about this game for a year or two like I did and come back to Uveto having yet another fuckbuddy with a fully fleshed out questline while the latest mainline planet gets maybe 2/3 of the NPCs as the previous mainline planet did.

It doesn't sound like a bad thing (it probably isn't if you finally get that kink itch scratched), but essentially everything that was supposed to be on the backburner like pregnancy and child-rearing end up having to undergo early implementation, which adds to content creep and scope expansion and...yeah, more features and more fuckbuddies that sideline story development.

Don't get me wrong, I love me a space sandbox (I've played Starbound in its Alpha states back when Cucklefish didn't shit its own bed with not paying its contributors), but I'm still thinking about whether we'll ever get a fully aquatic planet or a gas-giant planet to explore as well. You know, more space adventures with interesting locales or interesting developments on past-explored planets (COUGH MYRELLION HYBRID SPECIES THAT COULD END A BRUTAL WAR COUGH) and less of the "I spent 3 months on Uveto raising kids happily while ignoring this space-race my father left me and that somehow isn't affecting whether or not my rivals will beat me to the punch". It's a development marathon that I wish I had the patience for the way I do for Kenshi or Warframe, but damn do the updates take their time.

And yeah I do kinda get the vibe that there is a strong futa bias which on paper shouldn't be that bad since the whole point of the game is having a flexible identity with body-changing mods, but a lot of NPCs you do bang are hard-coded to be futas and not true hermaphrodites. And considering that the primary consumer of these games are males that would rather pitch than catch...let's just say your average player will always be left wanting for more than just buttfucks. And Siri is my favorite NPC in the entire game despite being a futa and not a hermaphrodite.

6/10, an actual 10/10 on gameplay (the combat is surprisingly complex and fun), writing, and sandbox but 4/10 on sex factor and features. Probably should score it higher but I can't stress enough on the sheer cabin fever us long-term players have been getting with Uveto / Canadia / Tavros / New Texas content.

Probably the best and most expansive game out there, if you don't mind reading. Really wide range of interests and the fact that it is text-based with small avatars makes it easier to brush off or ignore things you're not into. Particularly fond of Uveto which is basically just a BDSM world.

I like that many characters have multiple images to choose from. The degree of choice in this game is really remarkable otherwise. Lastly, has the rare distinction of being a game on here with gameplay/combat stimulating enough to be interesting on its own while not feeling like a chore or grind.

Another project I wanted to love tainted by intrusions of dumb porn writing into what is otherwise a decent script. Could be something special if it took itself more seriously, but I know that's not in the cards.

TL/DR: Both of Fenofoxes' games are the embodiment of the phrase- "Throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks" with one minor difference. Instead of shit, it is cum....mostly FUTA cum...until you can transform yourself enough to be a mega chad then it can be mostly MC-Kun cum. The game is Frankenstein's paper- golem. Narrative stitched together by the developers overseeing volunteers and also creating their own content. It is both the game's strength and its weakness.

+ The best thing about the title by far is the extremely high ability to customize your character via various transformation items in tandem with how well your body choices are reflected in the in-game text.
+ The game-play elements are serviceable and give you a feeling of character growth in a classic RPG sense, but the MC still lacks mental growth to some degree
+ Some of the stories are very good and quite well written. Others....are horrible. But for the most part things are above par.
+ Having and being able to customize the ship is really fun!
+ The game is seriously huge!

- Not very much art. The art is also super low quality.
- Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too many futa characters. As someone who only likes XX chromosome characters, sometimes the game feels like playing dodge-ball- but you are dodging dick..and balls. It. Is. All. So. Bleh.
-There aren't really NPC allied characters that you can de-dick. There are a lot that you can give a dick to- but your gender customization options for NPCs is really limited if you don't like cock.
- The game is super narratively bloated. It seriously lacks focus due to its billion narratives.
- Needs more female companions!
- Needs more short-stacks!
- Too many ridiculously slutty characters. Game could use some sexual balance / tension.

Small question: How is a game that doesn't even have animations or visuals top in all sections?
It is bad; unless the text excites you... I'm not the one to talk about that, but take it into account e.e.
Its gameplay depends not only on you specifically reading what they tell you (No, I'm not asking for things to be done to me, but you're more lost than shit if you didn't pay attention to the dialogue), but also on whether you like walking from A to B... Walking simulator basically.

First things first, the developer's practices are questionable at best...
Aside from that, this game serves as a good sandbox similar to the others of its kind. The story is... somewhat thrown all around, and honestly... This game would be empty without side-quest... Like really, really empty. But the story itself is somewhat decent, been playing this for a decent while... and truth be told, I haven't noticed too many changes...

one of the best games that I played there is so much options and so much to discover can be replayed many times the only thing it is not for you if you do not like to read it is mostly text based fap responsibly BR

Its pretty good.

With plenty of content in the game currently and fairly regular dev updates, it's worth picking up at some point. TiTS boasts fun world and combat mechanics, extremely good art and character customization, some pretty good writing with a suprisingly engaging story and some of my favourite tags to boot. have come back to it for many an update, and will probably continue to do so in the future.

Throughout all of my playthroughs i've encountered minimal bugs, the only noteable one being one of my sigwulfe droids disappearing on me for some reason, but it was solved fairly quickly with the cheats available in the in game menu. Speaking of menus, TiTS has one of best UIs i've seen in a game like this being easy to use and pretty customizable

But hey that's just my opinion idk dude. 10/10 would recommend.

Want to have a grand story with branching storylines, focusing on narratives the players themselves create? I'm afraid this isn't the game for you in that case.

Want tonnes of content without direction, but at least with a streamlined way to experience it? An impressive character customisation system that is essentially just for show and is mostly meaningless? A universe with impressive world building, but what ultimately follows the "wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle" objective? Haphazardly strapped on features that only serve the function of creating the illusion of fleshed out gameplay mechanics? Writing that requires you to have a synonym dictionary open to understand it, which focuses on word count over quality, just like your college essays? A UI that would put the mess of a junior UX designer to shame who just finished their bootcamp?

Ask no more, and welcome to the Trails in Tainted Space! A game with an impressive following of the creator of a once reputable title, who managed to make this game their crown jewel by milking it endlessly, trying to appeal to a fanbase that not even they themselves know what they want their precious game to become.

Trials in Tainted Space is - first and foremost - a dress up game. It is also a sandbox RPG with more emphasis on the sandbox portion.
To start, the vast amount of effort done for the world building of TiTS is commendable. Every character seems to have been thought out from their habitat to their bodily performances. Every world will introduce a multitude of characters that all have their own stories to tell; you just have to go looking for it.
The transformation aspects are largely cosmetic in nature, often their sole purpose is to allow or bar the use of certain sexual acts. For players looking for a gameplay advantage, TiTS seems uninterested in using this feature to enhance its combat and while there are examples, these are few and far between. For example, growing multiple arms will not grant the use of multiple weapons, having rabbit legs does not make you run faster, and turning your skin into chitin will not grant a defense boost. While there exists some form of bridging this in the tease action, where enemies gain more lust depending on how the PC looks, the likes and dislikes are seemingly random every encounter, making using it - let alone strategizing with it - impossible. I should also probably mention that some transformation items do grant additional stat buffs, but these are so small that it's not worth investing in.
Still, the amount of customization on the PC that's allowed is insane, and - after all - looking fabulous is its own reward.
Building a character is then usually left alone to a class and points leveling system. There's an effort to diversify by offering the choice of two different abilities for every level, but it's still a very railroaded way of doing it. Max out the appropriate stats and ignore the rest. You've played RPGs like this before.
On that subject, dividing the weapons between melee and ranged and having different stats associated with the two is a good attempt at this as well, but it also stands as how TiTS' combat is a little shallow. Aside from the bow weapon type, the game doesn't change in depending on what weapons the PC equips. (I.E. there are very few weapon based builds).

Altogether, the writing alone makes this one deserving of an excellent score. While I've spent too much on how the non-focusing of combining the tf gameplay and the rpg combat systems is a missed opportunity, games should be judged by what they are, not by what they could be.

While the writing is pretty decent, and the art can be good at times, the game ultimately ends up being average, and not meeting the bar compared to the original CoC, which he made. Some of the areas just feel tacky, some characters just feel unfinished or shallow, some just feel tacked on and then discarded soon after. Its almost like it suffers from lack of direction. It wants to go in one direction and then it pulls in another. I also have to say, if you are not into furries or futas, you will not like this game. I'd say like 75% of the content is that. Either futa or furry. Some avoidable, some not. You don't get much choice whether you see that or not. Ultimately a dissapointment as it could be so much more.

Trials in Tainted Space, is a testament to the dedication and passion of its developers. If it were a horse however I would have to take it outside and put it out of its misery.

While the game's open-ended nature can be appealing, the continuous addition of new side quests and activities often overshadows the central storyline, leaving me feeling disconnected and uncertain about the game's direction.

One of the glaring issues is the postponement of the main quest. It's easy to get lost in the multitude of storylines and forget the original purpose of the game.

Also I find that TiTS has bloated its NPCs and support characters so much that at this point wiki assisted playthroughs are a necessity. (the sheer volume and complexity of interactions can become overwhelming)
The lack of streamlined progression and clear objectives are doing a real number on my immersion, making it difficult to invest in the narrative.

Devs, for the love of the Void, please-please-please focus on ending your story and then branch out. Stop adding new characters! Spread out existing ones if you have to, over new planets!

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(On an even more personal note, TiTS would be the product that comes out by a team of devs without a PM guiding them.
Technically solid, tries to do everything but it doesn't actually have a target audience in mind and feature creep is slowly killing it.)
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Tits is one of the better text adventure games you can find. This is cause most of the game focuses solely on the textual element of the game where pictures are scarce or depending could be non-existent thus most if not all possible scenarios written by this game have to be so detailed.

Its setting also allows it to be more open with the interpretation of sexual occurrences along with justification on content addition. Where most would use magic this provides more of a sci-fi explanation that is well done enough to be believable but cartoonish enough that it doesn't detract upon its more enjoyable aspect. Its content is vast with multiple paths depending on how one wishes to play, thus it has almost anything people would like.

The only problem it has would be the amount of bugs this game has. Both during its original creation in Flash and its current Java the amount of bugs this game has is quite a lot, though this game is still in development it is expected but the amount is nothing to scoff at, regardless of how you play this game at a point or another you will see at least 1 bug in your own playthrough.

No disrespect to the dev on this but as a game, it's playable enough that you could see everything but it's more loosely resembles a collage of stories with some form of RPG element to justify numerous scenarios.

this is a text based game... and the text is shit... so it's hard to rate it high.

literally i had to use dictionary more on this game than I've used it in the past 5-10years altogether.

the strategy the writer used is basically this: write a complicated sentence, then pull up an online synonym dictionary (thesaurus) and change every fking word to the most obscure never used variant nobody has ever heard of then call it "good writing" at the end of the day.

it literally makes me sleep trying to read this garbage.

it's so hard to get through even the tutorial in one go, if not impossible.

the english is "good". yet garbage due to overcomplicated texts. dear god how much ego did they put into their writing.

the story is a bit dumb. but i guess had some creativity. sex scenes are hard to follow with all the garbage english and no visual representation (even with image pack). so this game is garbage.

this game is only for people who would like to practice for their english exam. or if you have trouble falling asleep, this is better than any asmr.

and since it cured my sleeping schedule i guess +1 to bump it up to 2/5 is justified.

Review for v0.9.036

Trials in Tainted Space is one of the first porn games I played, one of the games I've followed for the longest, and one of the games I've returned to the most. I've got a real soft spot for it. Though not without its flaws, I do think it's one of the best text-based games on the site.

Does the idea of being a space adventurer on a quest among the frontier of the universe sound interesting to you? It does to me, and is probably a big part of the reason I like the game. Set during the 14th planet rush, our wealthy (and now deceased) father has sent us on a mission across the stars to ultimately earn our inheritance. Sci-fi is my thing, and this is a setting right up my alley.

The game is pretty huge. Numerous locations to explore, a nice amount of loot to find, decent combat, a fair amount of quests to undertake, extensive (though roundabout) character customization, and it's filled to the brim with different people and aliens (most of which being horny). You can even recruit some of them, which is a fun feature.

I've said it about their other games and I will say it here: the best aspect of TiTs is that sex scenes, for which there are tons of, are all uniquely written out from each other. No repeating the same few randomly pulled lines of text or having the same basic scenes repeated for every NPC. The game feels so much more diverse because of this. It makes every encounter stand out and feel unique from the next. You might run into the same archetypes, but the sheer variety and amount of sex content is simply unmatched. You will need an open mind to enjoy that extensive variety however.

At the same time, what should be mentioned is the way the game gets developed. It's not standard. There isn't a team working on clear goals A B and C. Rather, team member 1 is off making random project number 69, while team member 2 is working on new stuff for project 15 that's been in the game for years. It feels random, and the game is a little messy because of it. It's got it's ups and downs because of this. It leads to some unique surprises and fun content, but it also means things get randomly left unfished or even abandoned. There are some things I've been waiting years at this point to get added, and I have no idea if there's even still plans to do so. I sometimes wish more focus was present so things like that don't happen.

The other thing to note is that with the death of flash, this was converted to another engine. A lot of bugs arose is that process, many of which still plague the game. Back up your saves often if you play, as things might break without you even realizing it.

TLDR - TiTs is an extensive sci-fi RPG that does a great job of giving you the feeling of being a spaceship captain on an sexy adventure amongst the stars. If it can sort out the bugs and get back to producing more meaningful content at a decent rate, I'd give this 5 stars.

I love this game. I love the erotic fiction and the variety of play and characters available. But I can't recommend it right now.

It NEEDS the character editor. without the editor you either play as:
A) a generic character
B) play a game with a wildly changing character
C) You are forced into at least an extended session of emersion breaking save scumming just to get a character you want to play

For anyone with a MC in mind, be wary of the amount of time and energy it will take for you to get there.

I don't like the game because of image problems. Even with image pack I don't like it. Everything should be there when you start the game, not fighting to get it to run.

I want normal sex and no gay stuff or shemale. How to turn that off no idea too complex.

This artist selection in graphic menu is also crap. Way too complex and doesn't really work.

Great game. It has a great length, mix of gameplay story and porn. Really impressed with this one, it's my favorite so far of the text heavy games. Makes going back to simple pictures and a line of text saying "You had sex" pretty difficult. Great writing art and gameplay. You couldn't really ask for more.

I love this game, futanari, pregnancy, inflation, multiple genitalia, space, this game has it all! The level of modifications you can make on your player character is insane, you can grow wings, horns, and cat ears! If your thinking about playing, DO IT! you will not be disappointed.

Version: v0.69.420

TLDR: Ah, the absolute classic that i decided to replay again after years of inactivity with this game. Overall a truly great and diverse amount of content of every kink and sexuality. Although i do have a complain with the fact that this game is bloated with massive amount of content that most of the time doesnt really have a direction or cause.

Great game, even if its overextended with its content.