i'll divide my review on two parts of the game, the "Game" part and the "H" part of the game.
Game: just a smol sidenote, it was very late in the game before i learned i can use food in combat and i just went on and finished my 1st playthrough without using food(just on severe tho) so my perspective/experience is a bit different in the combat part.
PROS:
- very good combat mechanic, combos are "loose" if u know what i mean
- boss fights are satisfying to do, it's true that most if not all of them are just run around+poke+combo when break/safe or stun but bosses have variety and some are a bit harsh/fast and adapting to them is a pleasant experience. (ye i felt like i'm playing a budget souls game coz i played with no recovery and one mistake is severely punished)
- maps are a bit bigger than the usual h-game maps
- there's enemy variety
- some normal mobs are very annoying (ye this is a pro for me)
- likeable characters (i rarely like male chars, but i like several of them here)
- some characters are very hateable (i also rarely hate male chars on h-games since i'm not particular on looks/behavior but some chars in the game are very hateable)
- nice fishing mechanic
- very pleasant bgm/se placement
- story is decent if ur not lazy to read, has many gud parts even if there are generic parts.
CONS:
- i dunno what to call it, but i'll just call them "clutter" u know those random rocks and plant decor on maps that u can't jump over for some reason.
- diagonal tracking
- i mentioned boss variety on the pros, but there's an exception to that, ch3 where bosses felt the same(dragon, slumboss1, memory kagura, slumboss2), the "variety" just kicks in again on the 2nd to the last boss and the last boss. Dunno maybe i just got used to it by ch3 so it felt the same.
- ng+ is not so exciting
if i'll rate the game part then it's 7/5, this feels more of a game than many rpg/adventure titles on steam, not to mention some mmos that don't feel like games at all.
now the H-part:
PROS:
- Aries is cute, other sub females characters are cute too, very pleasant when they're lewd
- a lot of "touchy" scenes, like stuff that has a lot of skinship like holding hands, boob grasps, breast sucking, sex while hugging, etc. I feel those details are neglected by many other h-games that just has a lot of outright plain penetration.
- costumes are hot
CONS:
- Aries' very thin waist line (that is for some reason not that thin on scenes, but looks very thin on menu =_=)
- some h-scenes are tedious(ye dat dem dance scene, coz em bad wen the letters come)
- no freedom on h-scenes (a lot of it is locked until u progress story)
- underutilized sub girl characters, like seriously i feel like i got scammed coz there's no non-futa yuri scene
- no naked public exposure
- limited uses of those hot costumes
tbh i think the H part of the game is a bit underwhelming, even tho i still get aroused by it(ye i still get aroused even if there's only one preg cg :sadcatnoises). This game is not for the very common hungry-for-H peeps. The amount of "play" just to get the "H" is quite a lot.
i'll give the h-part of the game a generous rating of 3/5 (i should give a lower number here but i'll not be biased just coz the fetishes i expect/prefer were not available)
so if i combine the two ratings then it's still a perfect 5/5 for me.
Thank you for reading and have a nice day~