Unity - Castle of Vice [Alpha v0.3.1] [Wove Wolf]

You are absolutely nailing this dev. Finally someone who just gets it, even if AI is needed, how successful games of this type have been when simply done right.

You've got the corruption, the voice acting, the art, the animation, the theme is great and makes sense lore-wise without being stupid or overly complicated. Honestly, no notes.

The only thing holding it back right now is just the hard stops until more content is done.

Godspeed young dev, godspeed.

Game is good for it being so early in development.

Issues i have with it are
- early game combat feels like a drag
- HAttacks dealing HP damage instead of a sinsister third option, like PLEASURE or LUST. making H content harder to achieve and more importantly, touch yourself to.
-QTEs just being really annoying. the hearts feel like im training my aim, while it isnt horrible, in combination with the fact HAttacks deal HP damage it makes the game more annoying to enjoy. The numbers one is fine, however i feel the basic "input the arrows in the right sequence" would be better off. maybe a typing minigame of some sorts.


things i like about it is
-The Combat is very much like karryns prison, however alot more real time than turn based. makes combat engaging and will make future combat really interesting
- The art is amazing, specifically for the MC. the enemies not so much, but the MC looks very pretty and cute! in the knocked down state the postions she can be in dont look horrible despite the fact they are AI which makes me appreciate the effort put into it even if its AI.
-the stats in this game arent too bad either, though it does feel like its STR>FTH for most times i played, hitting more often for almost the same amount of damage and for less agility just seems more... rewarding.

if you feel overwhelmed, just remember you can slow down time and pause if you have to. go at your own pace, then hit the enemy with thy mace.

Actually looks good, for an early version . Not a lot of content yet, some bugs etc but it's nice having devs actually trying to create a game ( with battle-fuck, thanks lord ) and not just another shitty vn/slideshow. Will definetely keep an eye on this one.

Lets talk about what's good in this game: The MC. she's hot.


Now that that's over lets talk about all of the problems in this game.

This is a rogue-like game where you are going through a dungeon, fighting, choosing paths. It comes with a common feature of leveling up between dungeons. However, it doesn't actually make you stronger. you have a rather decent chance to just wipe out in the first fight you take if you dont have any decent items

typically a rogue like will face you against stronger and stronger enemies with different move sets. this one just keeps increasing until its functionally impossible. which makes the game feel frustrating rather than good.

this game has a similar fight or fuck battle mechanic to Kathryn's prison, except you'll most likely just keep getting killed before you ever get to that stage.

and BUGS. there is definitely a debounce issue with the buttons in the mini game to prevent getting knocked down and 90% of the time the enemy sex combat mechanics just dont work.

also, there are 4 enemies and frankly, they seem to be in that uncanny valley with their smiles. it kind freaks me out.

Its got a LOT of work to do to become something that doesn't make me want to smash my keyboard across someone's face. which is conveniently the same feeling I have whenever someone says "this game is promising" as if there isn't a 95% chance of a game getting abandoned

The game is looking promising so far! The battles are engaging, and the main character looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see the new updates and how it all evolves in the next stages! Hopefully we are going to have more phases and backgrounds.

Loving it so far. Though I do wish I could hover my mouse over a stat to get a more detailed explanation. For example willpower, perception, and constitution. I figured constitution would give me more health, not sure if that's right. I'm guessing perception lets us see the choices the further along you progress instead of them all becoming ? cards. I haven't the faintest idea what willpower does in this game. I tried experimenting with several stats to see if any of them lowered the H attacks damage output. Beyond that one ability there does seem to be something further lowering that damage.

Aside from all that my only other issue was crashing from time to time and one time I ran into a situation where the combat screen froze but it allowed me to keep fighting as I could see the effect that shows when you hit an enemy with the mace. Afterwards I saved and tried reloading that save before doing anything else thinking it might fix whatever happened. Instead I could no longer use that save file as everytime I tried to load it all I got was a black screen with the mouse cursor over it. Wound up starting over.

Besides the options in the store that have WIP I don't know what isn't implemented yet. There are a lot of stats on her development page some of which don't seem accessible yet. For instance there is a parameter for her clit and enemies have a label that tells you they prefer to attack her clit and yet they never do. Anyways keep up the good work.

Just to be absolutely blunt, this game is very tough as you learn how the controls work. It took me almost an hour to really get used to the parry timing, knowing what stats to level, and figuring out that you can press A or D to switch to the healing actions instead of waiting to be knocked down. But once I got the hang of it, the battles are much easier than I originally thought. I just slow it down, pause as necessary, and I'm certain that I could get a perfect run now. Keep in mind, the character is still a virgin on my file but she's been molested so those stats changed. I got to say though, from what I have seen, it looks great, it's hot, and I can only hope it gets better.

Edit: Forgot to mention, battles can take a while once you slow it down, so don't go in thinking you can speedrun this game in an hour or something.

I realize this is an alpha version and things are bound to change, but I’d still like to give some feedback, since there are several points that I think require attention.
On the positive side: though the idea itself isn’t new, compared to the endless stream of NTR titles, a straightforward corruption game feels like a breath of fresh air. The visual design is appealing, and the main heroine’s voice acting was a good — innocent rather than overly sexualized.
On the negative side:
The “knocked down” state doesn’t create feeling of urgency. When the heroine falls, it doesn’t feel like “I need to get up immediately,” but rather like “oh well, at least I won’t get hit in the face for a couple of turns.” With no real penalties, you can just keep fighting from the floor.
And the grab-escape mechanic. Typing five digits in ascending order was new at first, but once you’re up against several enemies constantly spamming knockdowns, you’re forced to smash it nonstop. By the third fight, my fingers were hurting.
So, for now, that’s my rating.