HTML - Completed - Battle Quest [v1.0.2] [lobsterman9999]

I mean, what is there to be said that hasn't already been explained by the other reviews? It's a true game through and through, with the porn only serving to elevate the experience and the romance woven by the wonderful plot.

This game gets you attached to the characters, and that alone should make you play this, and if you doubt just how good the game is, just check all the positive reviews.

Oh my god is was expecting a quick fap and now i don't know what to do with my life after the death of Ori.

This game is great! Way more than what it needed to be, although, my only real criticism would be the "grindy" aspects. Way too grindy for a HTML game, the game does make a good job in balancing the combat and there is no "easy" really, only less difficult, wich is something that i loved.

Pretty cool until every female interest just kinda turns you off. Why does the elven princess have to tell you she was a child prostitute? Couldn't even try to get with the priestess because she's a futa and only sleeps with women. Not my jam. Perhaps if there was a bit more payoff at an earlier interval.

The maker of this bamboozled everyone. This is an sex RPG. No This a RPG with a tit or two. This a your standard RPG game hiding as a porn game.

Its about 2 to 4 hours to beat (if you read and reload to see all the options during a run)

Damn, I wasn't expecting a wank session to turn into a gaming session. I got invested and everything into the story even though I called who the big bad was and the plot too.

As a tip. FEED Oriazus the Resplendent everything you got. It's 100% worth it.

This doesn't belong in any sort of category that includes porn, the fact that this has any tags is an insult to the tagging system. There's barely any porngraphic material or scenes in the game. As in, I went the ENTIRE GAME, and only got ONE scene with a random goblin woman. The story is subpar as well, so it really needs SOMETHING. Apparently there's more, but its also apparently VERY well hidden

idk how this game getting great reviews tbh feel like they must be joking like calling combat great and story ??
What story the few sentences that eventually pop up? That not story that would be excuse for porn which this has VERY little of and not always matching nor in control of and combat which is repetitive to the max and boring which both these don't fit the other common said thing of calling this like older rpgs... I mean I am currently replaying Baldurs gate modded with romance etc... those are story + character + worthwhile combat + choice + proper lewdness suppose with a couple the mods though obviously beyond minimal etc... and also played many adult rpgs with more in everything.

10+ years ago this would have been a alright thing to stumble upon online, but ya the "rng" to proceed with story on front page mention, is more of a warning stating prepare for clicking 8 things over and over and over again ignoring everything as there no reason to not do so (ie go out, venture, attack/skill enemy turn-player turn x2, repeat previous 2, go inside, repeat all above, buy 1 item/upgrade a couple skill points, repeat repeat...)

There just no point to this imo it offers nothing... usually try and say something that may appeal enough to some select group or reason but there just not.... ummm if you want to play something on your browser that is a medieval like fantasy rpgish and gone through everything else you can find maybe?

Review for 1.02:

I found the game highly enjoyable. If you're a fan of the fantasy genre and/or old-school, turn-based RPGs, this will definitely scratch that itch.

Gameplay:
The combat, while not particularly well-balanced, is sufficiently tuned as to not get boring unless you are trying to grind out Experience or Gold (which is never really necessary). There are some weaknesses, such as the overpowered nature of armor and armor-refreshing abilities enemies use, but smart skill usage (or the liberal use of the back button) can negate that. Each class plays differently enough to ensure multiple playthroughs feel moderately unique.

Story:
The biggest strength of the game. It's a really well-told narrative, rich with lore and engaging characters. It's definitely worth enjoying if you like old-school fantasy stories.

Lewd:
The sex scenes are pretty par-for-the-course. Not bad, but nothing spectacular. This is definitely a "game with porn elements" versus an outright porn game. Still, they served their purpose. The romance elements are split into 3 paths, one for male, one for female, and one for herm, encouraging multiple playthroughs. The romance plots are pretty decent overall, and definitely add to the characters and story.

Overall, it was a very enjoyable, well-made game. 5/5 stars.

[Review of v1.0.2 on 02/07/2022]
I dont't usually review games but i liked the game so much i decided to make an exception. If you are looking for a game with lots of porn this game is not for you, there is little erotic content and is very sparse. If instead you are looking for an excellent html rpg with a cool and compelling story you found the right game. I particularly liked the music which i found very fitting for the various situations. The only criticism i have are some spelling errors that i found through the game.

The game does many things right: combat is enjoyable, story is decent, branches are fine. The story/smut ratio is a little bit heavy on the story side for my taste and there isn't really any customization to your character other than gender.
Anyway, this game is pretty solid!

Edit: in my humble opinion the writer could have left out the low quality animated anime scenes and just put in non-animated pictures, which hold up to the otherwise good quality images.

[Review of v1.0.2 on 6/30/2022]

Well now, an HTML game with a surprisingly good plot. That's unusual.

Don't get me wrong, there are a few HTML games with good writing, but not necessarily a good plotline. I wouldn't call this mindblowing at all, but it definitely doesn't lack.

The balancing for combat is okay. I managed to beat the game using the Rogue; sometimes, I had to abuse the back button to avoid some arbitrarily brutal RNG, but after a while, it all seemed to even out. Also, getting the endgame weapons is truly a game changer in dealing with the final boss.

The sexual content is rather sparse, but it's somewhat tasteful. You can have one male partner if you're playing a female, one female partner if you're playing a male, and one female partner (AFAIK) if you're playing a futanari. There's masturbation scenes, and there's the option to screw some goblins early on as a female.

It scratched an itch. Good job.

Enjoyed playing it, liked the progression. Saw that they updated it with keybindings which was my only real complaint. Particularly enjoyed the class system and the gold management didn't feel too grindy.

I played v1.0.2. At this point, the game is has been completed, and it is pretty well done, in my opinion.

The writing is simply amazing. The characters are all so alive. I came for porn, but the story drew me in and kept me playing, successfully evoking strong emotions in me. I nearly cried at the end during final battle. However, it isn't porn-heavy: as a female MC, I stopped pursuing the merchant sex questline since I didn't like where it was going, and saw little to no sexual content afterwards.

As for the gameplay itself, it isn't anything fancy. They're pretty standard text RPG mechanics. It can get repetitive at times, especially if the class one is playing requires a lot of grinding/takes a while to kill an enemy.

I don't have many complaints, save for one: I find the class descriptions misleading. The Paladin class, which is supposed to be the easy/beginner class, is significantly harder to play than the Rogue class, which is labelled as difficult. This might just be a quirk of my playstyle rather than a design error, though.

Was actually really surprised how good this game is. Here are my reasons.

First off, the combat. Now, I never expected much from combat on F95zone games. Combat is treated as a second priority to the sex. Yet here the combat is engaging. There were many close encounters I had while playing the game. Even dying a few times because I went in unprepared. You need to plan before doing difficult battles. Bring enough potions, upgrade your character enough, wear good armor. All these need to be taken into account into the battles that can be a challenge without ever feeling overwhelming. There is even a library you have access to that explains how combat works but thankfully is never forced to read. You can learn through trial and error or read in the library and the game never forces you. Think their was only one time I would even say an enemy was too tough. Was at the end where you could defeat a guardian in the quest: Explore the Reliquary of Light. Even here, applaud the game for never forcing you to do this quest. This quest can be skipped to get to the final boss.

Second the story. Wow, was not expecting such a good story. Despite featuring the cliches of elves, dwarves, humans, and goblins, the world still felt real and breathed in. For example, liked the evolution of the goblins who at the beginning are your enemies but because you help the brother of the king, helps you out later in the story. Or the elf Aya where yes, it is cliché you help rescue her but has an interesting character. She is not a historian, that is her brother’s domain. She is an archer. Shown when she paralyzed you in the goblin cave but not a powerful mage when she was brainwashed by another character. Wish more stories had characters with different strengths and weaknesses. The lore was also very good. Despite the whole story taking place in a single forest, you feel like this world is much bigger and that bigger world touches your journey. Like the massacre of elves only fifteen years ago really drives the characters to do what they wanted. Yet also fusing the long dead threat of the void from thousands of years ago.

Also, the music. Excellent music. Calm and quiet when you are back at your cabin, energetic music when in a fight, even heard some Dark Souls music when fighting the difficult bosses.

The only part I would take off a star is the sex scenes. Do not get me wrong, the romance is superb. The romance with Naya the elf was well built up. Just that the sex scenes themselves were a little lackluster. Just reposted sex scenes from different mediums.

I really liked this game, an engaging story, well done battles and really nice characters. i just wished there were a little bit more sex scenes. But overall a really great experience.
i played full male paladin and that made the battles overall quiete easy.

Lobsterman did exactly what he set out to do.... create a fun RPG that can be played with or without lewds and is engaging and fun either way. Obviously, I think it's a lot more fun with lewds, and can ALWAYS use more lewds, but still, an amazingly fun game with deep lore and story. Great work!

10/10 would quest to battles again.

If I had to sum up this game as succinctly as possible, I would describe it as “bizarrely excellent”.

At first it just seems like a run-of-the-mill dime-a-dozen HTML porn game, with the slightly unique twist of it being set in a high-fantasy setting, which is more the territory of your standard RPGM porn game. But if that doesn’t turn you off immediately and you choose to actually play the game rather than just open the HTML in Notepad+ you’ll find that the developer has put a lot more effort than most games made in this format, and indeed probably more effort than is warranted.

The music is what tipped me off first. While there is an issue of music not resetting after loading a save, the quality of the music and, more importantly, its placement was enough to wake me up and get me to pay attention to what I thought would be just a quick snacky bite of a porn game.

I won’t bother praising the story too much, suffice to say plenty of other reviewers do that and none of their praise is unwarranted. While it’s not exactly this generation’s Lord of the Rings it is miles above its contemporaries in the genre of high-fantasy porn game, and it’s very, very clear that the writer has put a lot of effort and care into making the narrative both consistent and satisfying to the reader.

What I wasn’t expecting was the gameplay to display a similar level of care. I picked the “soldier” class (which might more aptly be named “barbarian” but I digress) and it genuinely felt like the dev put actual thought and effort into designing the class’s skills to harmonize with one another to form an actual coherent identity. Which is absolutely baffling in what is, again, a bare-bones HTML porn game. Not only that, but certain core gameplay functions are woven seamlessly into the narrative itself, like how a character that lets you forget skills to learn new ones is unlocked an almost precisely the point your existing skill slots would fill up and you would need to forget the less useful ones. Not only that but there’s even actual class-specific gearing progression in the game as well, which is, again, baffling in how well thought out it is.

Despite all this praise, the game is still not 5 stars, and the reason for that ties into both the above paragraph and what I said at the end of the second paragraph. HTML text-based turn-based rpg is quite possibly the single most bare-bones and limited game format on the planet, and boy does it show in Battle Quest. To see a rich narrative, compelling game design and fascimating world-building being squeezed into that utterly limited framework reminds me of a cat squeezing into a tiny box and looking ridiculous whole doing so. It feels as though whoever is making this game has a brilliant idea for a game, but can’t use a more complex game engine that’s capable of letting that idea unfurl into its true potential. Heck, even the images aren’t original content made for this game, but vaguely-fitting pictures likely picked up from google image search (and I’d be shocked if the music wasn’t the same, although I didn’t recognize any of the tracks.)

That being said, “bizarrely excellent” is still excellent, and Battle Quest gives more than its bang for its buck. If you’re looking for a text-based html that is far, far above average, you needn't look any further. While I do wish there was as much attention given to the porn side of things as there was to damn near everything else, this is definitely a game that earns the 4 and 5 star reviews given to it.

The story is alright... but rest is meh to bad. I honestly don't understand how this game is rated so highly.

There's barely any sex scenes; most of them are easy to miss and take hours to find. They aren't all that impressive or hot. A few random images that don't match the character portraits and a bit of writing.

The combat and gameplay loop is a slog. Lots of time consuming poorly balanced battles. You'll be spamming the back button during battle constantly to avoid being stun locked and/or buff/debuffed that last the whole combat.

damn it, misclicked past the review window before sending. Can't be arsed to write another one.
TLDR: Game itself good, especially writing. Combat system makes you think a bit, but you can skip past most of the grind by using proper build and rushing next equipment tier.
4 starts as far as rpg epic tales go, short and sweet, with epilogues and everything. 2 stars if you rate it solely on porn aspect -there is some kinky writing, but gifs from well-known hentai feel bad and out of place here. Real life clips could've worked better(it's all close up shots anyway), like in Adam and Gaia.

I came for the promise of porn and left disappointed. There is a sfw game here, but that's not why we're here; gameplay doesn't count unless it serves up the porn. That gameplay isn't enough to keep me returning to the game, so I can't even give it a second star for the gameplay.

This is a prime example of what to avoid.

People who give this game 5 stars are disingenuous at best and bots at worst.

This game has maybe 1% porn after hours of grinding, I saw 2 gifs. Making it a HORRIBLE porn game.

It isn't even a good casual game either, the mechanics of the mobs are SO BUSTED that if they don't follow exactly what you want, you need to immediately restart the fight. Maybe dozens of times.

I am saying saying this as someone that loves to save scum, and even this game needs too much of that for me.

2 Stars for making a playable game with decent gameplay loop.
Nothing more because it needs serious balancing patches and additional rewards(porn)