Ren'Py - Completed - Defiler Wings [v1.4.1] [The Old Huntsman]

Completely unplayable due to horrific translation.
Also throws uncaught errors at me.

Loaded with anti features like a mangled save functionality designed to "stop cheaters". Because god forbid someone cheat in your single player porn game.

From what I recall this was absolutely terrific and very creative and unique especially for its time, but still today.

1 the big gripes seems to be translation which likely improved since the worst of it and you get used to it.

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It does seem some was left undone and should have had more put into it with more clear way of doing it.

I just tried this because it was recommended as being similar to another game I greatly enjoyed.

However, the terrible, terrible translations make it basically unplayable, and even the one erotic encounter I stumbled into wasn't enticing at all... so yeah I think this is the only game I've given 1 star to to-date.

Honestly the game has a cool gameplay which let you personnalize your dragon the way you want. The whining about its so called awful traduction are exagerated, especially if you use the traduction on loverslab. Just imagine your draconic mind has trouble forming human thoughts. I just wish my assholes servants to stop eating my favorite prisoners when I'm sleeping!

Where do i even start.
This game is bad, it is at the point when so bad it's good turns into so bad it's terrible.
Honestly only fun thing to do in this "game" is to just see how much was borrowed from others (art, music).
Gameplay is boring just save before every choice to pick the right one that's it.

While the game itself might be enjoyable in Russian, the English translation is so broken, that dialogues are barely understandable. You should probably try your luck with 'Ravager'.

A shame, really, since there's not a lot of these dragon games.

On top of the massive amount of choiceless linear visual novels made with Ren'Py, there stands Defiler Wing. More of a gamebook than a Visual Novel, you won't be locked progressing through the story from one dialog to another, but rather using the map to plan what to do according to your situation and the kingdom's.

It is important to note that ingame artworks are "borrowed" from the internet, leading to some inconstencies ... You'll eventually get used to it and focus the game itself when you realize that your choices truly matter ! From your evolution path to your year-to-year actions, you'll be so hooked that you won't mind the volatile artstyle and might even play the game several times.

Grindy at times, with lots of things left unexplained (I'm thinking of you, trinket mission !) but overall a pretty solid implementation of the Ren'Py engine in a game.

EDIT: this review covers the 1.0.1 English version. I haven't played the MTL version but seeing that the negative reviews of this game all mention terrible English, I do not plan on doing that anytime soon.