I am sure this will be a popular porn game. Technically it looks great. The animations and characters are very well designed. The scenes and animations are beautiful. Very high quality from a technical point of view.
The writing is extremely succinct while being understandable. The story isn't totally stupid, and neither is the writing. In fact the story might be good, if there was more of it. There are quite a few typos, but not enough to make it confusing.
But why only 4 stars? Why not 5 stars?
In my opinion, the game lacks any build up or character development. It is really just a collection of porn scenes that are loosely hung together by the typical magic dick syndrome that so many visual novels are built around.
Will it work long term? I am not sure. Probably it will, since it is technically better than quite a few games.
At this point it is a great porn game, but not a great visual novel.
I felt like the writer's skills were capable. There are some effective parts. A bit more writing and a slower pace would have been far more effective. I don't think this sort of pace can be maintained without constantly adding new girls, which is pretty much what happens so far... a bunch of different women, all quite beautiful, getting added. Sex with some of them happens real (too) quick. I suppose if interactions with the women are kept really short, as they are now, then the number of women won't lead to people complaining about the lack of content in future updates about their favorites.
There also isn't any game here. It is a kinetic novel. Sure you can make some choices about seeing or not seeing the MILF's insanely large tits, and I guess you could cut out sex scenes with a character if you wanted to... but you would be doing that based on almost zero information and there wouldn't be much content left.
To be honest I am not sure if the lack of choice is a bad thing in this case. Choice in these games isn't always very effective. Only a few visual novels actually pull it off effectively, and most of the time writers are better off just telling a story and bypassing player agency especially if the game is really just an engine to show off rendering and animation skills.
Anyway, I enjoyed it from a technical point of view, but I didn't really find it all that erotic. Almost no build up. Just instant sex scenes, not unlike watching a standard porn video that has a tiny bit of set up.
As mentioned they are technically great scenes, but they would have been way, way, way more effective with some sort of build up. A wasted opportunity in my opinion. Some technically inferior games do a much better job creating erotic scenes with less appealing renders and animations.
Also, I really couldn't understand what was going on with some characters. Like Hannah acts as though she has some deep connection to the MC, which simply isn't part of the game. She has barely met him. I wish there were more scenes between her and the MC to establish this connection. One trip to the movies isn't enough (though I did enjoy the fact that the bad movie they went to was Empiric's last game). Zuri is the same way. They meet very briefely and then the next day Zuri seems to miss the MC. I thought he would come and visit? Where is he? I am looking so sad. More magic dick, I guess.
Hell, Sasha starts lusting/thinking about the MC before they even meet.
I also would have liked more background scenes between the MC and Miu. I suppose more information will come out about the relationship with Miu, since they have a shared past, but there isn't any shared history with Hannah, Vivienne, Zuri, Sasha, Katherine, Isabella or Emily so those relationships progress way too quickly and don't really make much sense (other than the typical magic dick explanation - I suppose it could get reveled that the MC actually does have some sort of magical sex power that is instantly jump starting every woman's libido since he isn't fully human).
Don't get me wrong, I like the characters that Empiric has created, which is why I wish there were more scenes with them.
With all that said, if you are reading this and haven't actually downloaded the game then just stop reading and download it. You can play through it very quickly as there isn't much happening between sex scenes, and it is definitely worth a look.
Empiric has talent and I look forward to seeing what the future of Adored by The Devil brings. While I might have some complaints about the game so far, I freely acknowledge that the quality of what is here surpasses most of the competition.
Maybe some relationships will become more interesting, or perhaps the story will end up being interesting. Or maybe the next update will add 6 more women and it will end up essentially just being a high quality sex scene viewer.
Either way, I am sure people will like it. It does look beautiful.
The writing is extremely succinct while being understandable. The story isn't totally stupid, and neither is the writing. In fact the story might be good, if there was more of it. There are quite a few typos, but not enough to make it confusing.
But why only 4 stars? Why not 5 stars?
In my opinion, the game lacks any build up or character development. It is really just a collection of porn scenes that are loosely hung together by the typical magic dick syndrome that so many visual novels are built around.
Will it work long term? I am not sure. Probably it will, since it is technically better than quite a few games.
At this point it is a great porn game, but not a great visual novel.
I felt like the writer's skills were capable. There are some effective parts. A bit more writing and a slower pace would have been far more effective. I don't think this sort of pace can be maintained without constantly adding new girls, which is pretty much what happens so far... a bunch of different women, all quite beautiful, getting added. Sex with some of them happens real (too) quick. I suppose if interactions with the women are kept really short, as they are now, then the number of women won't lead to people complaining about the lack of content in future updates about their favorites.
There also isn't any game here. It is a kinetic novel. Sure you can make some choices about seeing or not seeing the MILF's insanely large tits, and I guess you could cut out sex scenes with a character if you wanted to... but you would be doing that based on almost zero information and there wouldn't be much content left.
To be honest I am not sure if the lack of choice is a bad thing in this case. Choice in these games isn't always very effective. Only a few visual novels actually pull it off effectively, and most of the time writers are better off just telling a story and bypassing player agency especially if the game is really just an engine to show off rendering and animation skills.
Anyway, I enjoyed it from a technical point of view, but I didn't really find it all that erotic. Almost no build up. Just instant sex scenes, not unlike watching a standard porn video that has a tiny bit of set up.
As mentioned they are technically great scenes, but they would have been way, way, way more effective with some sort of build up. A wasted opportunity in my opinion. Some technically inferior games do a much better job creating erotic scenes with less appealing renders and animations.
Also, I really couldn't understand what was going on with some characters. Like Hannah acts as though she has some deep connection to the MC, which simply isn't part of the game. She has barely met him. I wish there were more scenes between her and the MC to establish this connection. One trip to the movies isn't enough (though I did enjoy the fact that the bad movie they went to was Empiric's last game). Zuri is the same way. They meet very briefely and then the next day Zuri seems to miss the MC. I thought he would come and visit? Where is he? I am looking so sad. More magic dick, I guess.
Hell, Sasha starts lusting/thinking about the MC before they even meet.
I also would have liked more background scenes between the MC and Miu. I suppose more information will come out about the relationship with Miu, since they have a shared past, but there isn't any shared history with Hannah, Vivienne, Zuri, Sasha, Katherine, Isabella or Emily so those relationships progress way too quickly and don't really make much sense (other than the typical magic dick explanation - I suppose it could get reveled that the MC actually does have some sort of magical sex power that is instantly jump starting every woman's libido since he isn't fully human).
Don't get me wrong, I like the characters that Empiric has created, which is why I wish there were more scenes with them.
With all that said, if you are reading this and haven't actually downloaded the game then just stop reading and download it. You can play through it very quickly as there isn't much happening between sex scenes, and it is definitely worth a look.
Empiric has talent and I look forward to seeing what the future of Adored by The Devil brings. While I might have some complaints about the game so far, I freely acknowledge that the quality of what is here surpasses most of the competition.
Maybe some relationships will become more interesting, or perhaps the story will end up being interesting. Or maybe the next update will add 6 more women and it will end up essentially just being a high quality sex scene viewer.
Either way, I am sure people will like it. It does look beautiful.