Others - Completed - Aurelia [v1.0.1] [Mirthal]

It's unique and it's great. Which is all I really want to say. Everything that I want to say has already been said in previous reviews.

I guess just a note for those looking to try this game. From a gameplay perspective, it's a bit like Mario Party. Rather than there being a real core gameplay element, it sprawls itself out into a bunch of minigames. This helps counter any feelings of grinding or boredom. However, it also makes the minigames shallow since it spreads itself thin. There is nothing in-depth about any of them. There's nothing bad about this mind you, but it may feel like there's not much to sink your teeth into, which hurts its replayability. As such, once you complete things up to the current content, make sure to keep your save around.

Wow, can't believe this has flown under my radar so far! Great artstyle, a lot of content for being only in v0.2 as of right now, and interesting characters. Definitely give this one a try! It'd kind of a rarity to have a game not built on renpy or RPG maker and with honey select models, being something different alone makes this one worthwile.

I've seen it said about other games here before, but this is the first game I've played on F95 that I would have enjoyed even without the NSFW. However, the sex scenes are truly works of art. It's very impressive what is done with pixel art. The animations are jaw dropping. Seriously, though, the game part of the game is also pretty sweet. I lost track of time playing the tavern bartender.

Version Played: 23.1 Public
I just reliased I've never put out a review for this game, which is disgraceful on my part, because this game is amazing.

Characters: Absolutely ace. The characters are all great, everyone is clearly distinct from each other, and getting to know them and their stories is genuinely entertaining. A question I ask myself in my own projects like this; would I want to play this, if there was no porn in it?

For Auerlia: it's an easy yes. There would be a bit less to do, and hopefully that would be filled with more content in such a situation, but I would play this game almost as it is as a clean version, with no knowledge of such filth, and I'd enjoy it. To keep the record straight, I'm very happy it is a lewd one, but yeah, it's fucking good.

Renders: Ace. This game puts the art into pixel art. Beautiful scenes and characters, all lovingly rendered in a damn high fidelity, and unique style. 10/10

Story and Writing: It's good. Perhaps the weakest part, If I really had to pick, but it's captivating enough, and enjoyable even without the porn, as mentioned. But the porn is fucking great though.

The Sex: Amazing. Scenes easily replayable and findable, bountiful gallery of gorgeous scenes. I didn't mention it in graphics, but the animation in this thing is just *chefs kiss*

Mechanics and Gameplay: Perhaps the other contender for the weakest part. There is a fair amount of varied gameplay here, if you consider the mini games - but the enjoyabilty is going to vary from person to person. I'm a fan of the tower defence and Melkors tomb as it's improved, but the running game really didn't do it for me.

The majority of the game is pretty classic VN/Point and Click - the graphics really making me think of clasicc point and clicks, even though I didn't play many of those. This part is done fantastically.

Closing Notes and Thoughts: I normally write longer reviews, and go a bit more in depth... but I've barely a bad thing to say about Aurelia. My criticism, constructive or otherwise, is entirely limited. Basically, you should stop reading anything on this forum, download this from Mithrals Itch page, and have a blast. I'm not currently supporting anyone on patreon, but Mithral is one of the devs I did support - and will again once I have more spare cash.

Amazing game. One of the best I've ever played truth be told. The art and animations are top notch, minigames aren't a pain in the ass and the writing is pretty good. Overall I haven't found a single thing to be upset about. It's worth playing and I can't wait for further updates.

Among the best games on this site. It gets enough things right that it makes up for the things it gets wrong. My theory is that grind is a feature not a bug when it comes to porn games. Think about it, you can easily just look up content online to fulfill your needs, but I believe many people actually want to suffer a little bit in order to get their reward. You can easily unlock the gallery with the full save or cheat, but somehow doing so does not feel as rewarding as having to grind for it. That being said the next step for games like this would be to have gameplay that is as engaging and difficult as it would be for a regular non-pornographic game. I believe that one day porn games will have as good of gameplay as non porn games but we are seemingly very far from that point still.

Just discovered this gem and honestly it became one of my favorite games. Why is it special?
First the pixel art is just on spot. Masterfully done. Gameplay is quite unique, and this is one of the first games where I LIKE the mini games.
I have seen many complain that it is grindy, but I think it is just the right amount of grind, nothing to overdone.
All characters are interesting every lady is unique there are no copy pastes both in look and personality. Some girls are really really adorable personality-wise. I can't name favorites, they all have their unique charm.
Gameplay is very innovative. There is no questlog, the mechanic with the lizard is just genius. Yes, sometimes one can get stuck, but never in a game breaking way.
What was most surprising and what a nice surprise is the dungeon combat.
Honestly the rogue like part outdoes most AAA games. Combat is really fun. It has just the right amount of interactivity, though still rpg syle. Many AAA games on consoles or PC could learn, where nowadays the typical rpg fights are all real time action game mashfests. This game balances it out perfectly. I was quit amazed, how much fun I had in the dungeon.
And since this is an adult game with quite a bit of lewd content: this part is really good. Variety, great animation and art and well thought out poses and scenarios.
All in all, I have to say this is one of if not the best game I have played for a while and I am counting console and big AAA games as well. Keep up the great work, I hope it will be even better than this by the time it is completed.

- Great pixel art retro aesthetic
- Interesting in-game world, story and characters
- Intuitive interface and gameplay, most the quests are linked and don't really need guides for it
Highly recommended

What a fantastic game almost close to being perfect.
Good:
This is an actual game, once you start playing hours pass as you forget this is just for fapping unlike your regular VN where you skip everything to watch the sex scenes.
Great Art style and nice pixelated animations.
Story is not that great but Ok.
Bad :
Did not like the UI at all, almost didn't even notice that I had to manually increase my stats because of all the cluttered and weird colored Inventory menu.
No proper hints to guide player except the lizard which is very vague and confusing

This game has:
1. Fantastic Art direction
2. Interesting gameplay
3. Actually fun minigames that could be used as standalone games
4. Great dialogue
5. Great story progression
6. The characters are fantastic as well
7. Last but certainly not least the sex scenes are A1

Go play this masterpiece and support the artist on patreon! I know I will!

The game itself is OK, lots of point and click puzzle stuff, if that's your thing you'll have fun but for me it was a bit monotonous. The art, however? That elevates this game straight to a 5/5. This is seriously some of the most talented art I've seen on F95 - and some of it's animated, too. I would pause and just admire the detail in some shots, the art is just that good. It would stand by itself even outside of a porno context. Definitely give it a try.

The artwork is top-knotch! As with most of these WIP games, there can be times where you don't know what to do next and the in-game quest tracker doesn't give you any help. But the mini-games are all fun, and the story is captivating. Each of the girls has a personality that comes through in the art even if you speed through the text, which isn't very dense.

Very enjoyable experience. The art is gorgeous and the h scenes are high quality. Although the pacing is out of whack, i find.

The girls are immediately ready to reward you with sex after the simplest little quest you do for them without (in my opinion) enough narrative to make it believable, or to feel like you worked for something.

Also, considering how old the game is and how well funded it is, there isn't a ton of content. And I think the game is severely lacking an overarching narrative to push the player along and feel like he's accomplishing something other than bang bimbos.

All that said I definitely recommend this game. Give a play, you won't regret it.

Another perfect adult game. I love the pixel art style. Characters in animations are like actual beings , not robotic , not
callous , not unmature, not childish. Its hard to make
sensual animation. and you succeed it. I love your work.

Ps: I am not native speaker. Sorry for my grammer mistakes.

What a game! This hits everything you'd want out of a porn game.

Story/Writing - 4/5
The story is pretty good, although kind of a generic fantasy harem. MC is new in a town full of horny women and monster girls. There's more to the story and I liked it. The writing is also good. Each character is unique and has personality. Besides the MC lol. Like other generic harem games/shows, the MC is a bland nice guy so the player/watcher can put themselves in the MC's shoes. It's a tried and true method.

Gameplay - 5/5
The gameplay is pretty funny. There are several minigames to play to get items and gold. The minigames are fun and not too challenging. They also give plenty of items so the game isn't very grindy at all. The best minigame is the tomb minigame. It's similar to RuneScape's dungeoneering skill. You go through rooms on a floor looking for a portal to the next floor. Along the way, you fight monsters and get loot. Besides the minigames, the gameplay isn't anything special. It's similar to other VNs, go to X location to talk to Y person at Z time to progress the story.

UI/Aesthetics - 4/5
All the menus and UI work well in this game. Looks nice. The music is nice fantasy music. I wish there were sex sound effects for the hscenes. Also, I noticed some bugs while playing. Nothing too bad, just little things.

Art/Porn - 5/5
The art for this game is the real selling point. I love this pixel art in this game, it looks great. From the backgrounds to the girls to the animations, everything looks really good. And there are plenty of positions/fetishes served in the game. One thing I would say is that some of the Hscenes are animated while others are not. I don't know if there are plans to animate them or not but I think they should be animated.

Overall - 5/5
Overall this is a really great game that I think you should check out. I really enjoyed and came multiple times to the game.

One of the better games on this site. Pixel art is a cool niche art I've always been fond of, but it is taken to a whole new level in here. I never tought it could be this appealing and engaging and this is due to the amazing artwork and animations, it shows how much effort there is behind them.

Plot is simple (so far at least), yet characters are cute and charismatic and their situations involving the MC seem well written and fun which adds a lot to them and their relationships.
I believe the only downside is that the minigames added recently could feel a bit repetitive and grindy but still they are far better than most grinding done on most of the games on this site so I still encourage this method of gameplay, at least it can be fun and the rewards are worth it (wich isn't the case for most other games).

I'd gladly replay this game again when more updates are released, I've already played it whole a few times and it just keeps getting better.

tl;dr: amazing artwork that just gets better, cool minigames replacing grinding and A LOT of great content. Must play imo.

used to be a 5 star game.
but author keeps on adding more grind and more "minigames" which are just QTE, grind, unnecessary clicks due to clunky UI, and unnecessary delays (you encounter a monster. 2 second delay. now you can attack it via QTE, 2 second delay, now it attacks you via QTE, 2 second delay, now you can attack again, 2 second delay, etc.
All these QTE "minigames" will break your wrist and will to live.

This game definitely deserves more attention: just look at the artwork, it's top tier! Unfortunately, visually related stuff is inconsistent. Some scenes are animated, some aren't, some are close to retro photo>pixel art sort of take, some are too raw. That's why one of half a star I'm taking. And for a few rare little scripting bugs.

The second half a star goes out with a bit too grindy in-game dungeon. I'm not against the idea, mind you but the execution is lacking (which is undestandable - it's not fucking easy to make a good dungeon crawl mini-game). The main gripe isn't even about the content of it (which can use some cutting, too much stuff imo, I'd left 30-40% of tiles as just empty) but what annoyed me the most are delays after you killing mobs - all those little delays one should be able to simply click through. Would be also nice if after getting the chest achievement all the other chests could be unlocked right away.

Now, as the above paragraph was mostly aimed to the devs as my humble feedback, I can return back to everyone and say that otherwise the game is great and I couldn't keep my hands off of it, even though I consider myself as a very picky player. As many people like an indie-game hit Stardew Valley, this game has the similiar ability to allow one give in to his majesty escapism.

Aurelia has adventure hook, good mini-games to distract you with, good humor, all in all cozy writing and of course when it comes to adult stuff this game is one of the best barring aforementioned issues.

Tl;dr: if you like what you see on screenshots - just try it, this is a real game packed with content even now (v0.23).

What a great game. This isn't normally my type of game but the pixel artwork intrigued me and it was certainly worth it.

Yes there are one or two annoying parts, the main being the Ohro chase minigame but overall this is brilliant. Well done Mirthal, I look forward to seeing more of your excellent artwork.

Aurelia has an fantastic art-style and a great mix of gameplay + porn! Animations are generally well made and fluid, early game has some unfortunate still renders instead of animation but hopefully it's content that can be updated to match the quality of the latest content.
Music and sound are what you'd expect from a title like this, generic but not overbearing or intrusive.