Review as of {Demo}
This game has the potential to be something fun, and interesting using ideals from games like DnD and Pathfinder. However, this game is hindered by it being what it is- a demo. The game hasn't been tested and played enough for the Dev to get feedback on what works and what doesn't.
What does work and are PROS
The artwork is really nice to look at
The Sex scenes were all well-written and left me wanting to see more
The potential for a great H-Game is there
The Premise is pretty engaging, despite the opening dialogue being a bit cringe.
The characters themselves are interesting to follow. I didn't find myself in the Demo never wanting to see this Vampire with a fat ass get fucked, or this light skin Catgirl strip for me. Or watch a demon take over the MC's body and force her to feel the pleasure of sex while being a prisoner in her own body. The scenes I found and watched before I stopped playing all gave me the same feeling as Town of Magic; which is good.
The Maps are places you can get lost in, and that's cool af. Only downside to traversing the map is the combat and reliance on going back to heal.
The CONS
Immediately the combat.
- I love DnD, been playing and DMing it for 7 years now. Dev if you're reading this. You're not WoTC, do your own thing. I understand the combat, you did a fine job at bringing that feeling of the tabletop game to the turn-based RPGMaker, but damn is it just not fun.
It feels like a slog to fight the early-game Mobs, and then when you out-level them you just one-shot them. It's just a combat system that feels more like a chore to do than to play. You don't feel rewarded for grinding, you feel relieved that you don't have to grind anymore. There were too many times where RNG just decided I was going to miss the 60% hit chance, then watched the enemy slap me with a max damage roll, causing me to wipe and reload a save.
The Combat is very heavy and focused on going all out and then resting to get your HP, Slots, and Mana back. However, the only rest location is the Tent with the Lizard (the only one I found in 2 hours) making most of the caves you have to explore a nightmare.
I also got soft-locked in the cave with the catgirl. Ended up going too far deep into the cave, running out of mana to use the Rock Smash HM, and couldn't get back out of the cave because I had no mana regen items. Even if there was a second exit at the end of the cave, I wouldn't been able to get there with all the mobs and or boss in between when I had no mana.
- Trying to escape is painstaking because if you fail the escape (because your agility is too low I presume) You have to get slapped with 2 attacks. After all, you're too slow. Most enemies also have ailment attacks so even if you run after being hit by one, you still take damage in the overworld.
-The damn camera in those caves
Bro, I was fucking LOST, you couldn't see anything in those caves, and with the constant combat encounters you couldn't remember left from right, up and down, and with all the floors your throw in there, you get turned around so fast. Like props on making an actual fucking cave diving experience, but damn bro, when you're advertising a game with PLOT, we better be able to progress to it.
- You got ass and tits on display the entire game, but there isn't much at all to it. Scenes in this game are, not obvious to find. The 2 pictures in the preview images I never ended up finding. My Catgirl strip scene did not look like that. I assume there was something I had to do to trigger a 2nd stage to the Demon x Lizard Man scene, but I couldn't subject myself to playing that combat any longer to maybe find a scene after the next cave.
The biggest CON of all
Despite playing a game where you get to see all of the main party's ass and tits on display the entire time, I didn't feel like I was playing an H-game. Now this is a Demo, so the Dev can easily fix the problems in later updates, but I felt like I was doing a chore. I didn't feel like I was playing a game where my reward was porn, it felt like I was playing a game designed around its combat being the main focus because that's most of the game, it's just fighting shit.
If that is what the Dev was going for, then all be it, but I didn't find it fun.
I can see the potential this game has to be a 4 or 5-star. But I also see that if the Dev keeps the level design, combat, and core of the demo the same, than it might end up a 2 or stay a 3. I liked the game as a whole, I will keep it bookmarked and hope and pray it doesn't die, because I really want to see more lizardfolk representation in the Shmentai games.
This game has the potential to be something fun, and interesting using ideals from games like DnD and Pathfinder. However, this game is hindered by it being what it is- a demo. The game hasn't been tested and played enough for the Dev to get feedback on what works and what doesn't.
What does work and are PROS
The artwork is really nice to look at
The Sex scenes were all well-written and left me wanting to see more
The potential for a great H-Game is there
The Premise is pretty engaging, despite the opening dialogue being a bit cringe.
The characters themselves are interesting to follow. I didn't find myself in the Demo never wanting to see this Vampire with a fat ass get fucked, or this light skin Catgirl strip for me. Or watch a demon take over the MC's body and force her to feel the pleasure of sex while being a prisoner in her own body. The scenes I found and watched before I stopped playing all gave me the same feeling as Town of Magic; which is good.
The Maps are places you can get lost in, and that's cool af. Only downside to traversing the map is the combat and reliance on going back to heal.
The CONS
Immediately the combat.
- I love DnD, been playing and DMing it for 7 years now. Dev if you're reading this. You're not WoTC, do your own thing. I understand the combat, you did a fine job at bringing that feeling of the tabletop game to the turn-based RPGMaker, but damn is it just not fun.
It feels like a slog to fight the early-game Mobs, and then when you out-level them you just one-shot them. It's just a combat system that feels more like a chore to do than to play. You don't feel rewarded for grinding, you feel relieved that you don't have to grind anymore. There were too many times where RNG just decided I was going to miss the 60% hit chance, then watched the enemy slap me with a max damage roll, causing me to wipe and reload a save.
The Combat is very heavy and focused on going all out and then resting to get your HP, Slots, and Mana back. However, the only rest location is the Tent with the Lizard (the only one I found in 2 hours) making most of the caves you have to explore a nightmare.
I also got soft-locked in the cave with the catgirl. Ended up going too far deep into the cave, running out of mana to use the Rock Smash HM, and couldn't get back out of the cave because I had no mana regen items. Even if there was a second exit at the end of the cave, I wouldn't been able to get there with all the mobs and or boss in between when I had no mana.
- Trying to escape is painstaking because if you fail the escape (because your agility is too low I presume) You have to get slapped with 2 attacks. After all, you're too slow. Most enemies also have ailment attacks so even if you run after being hit by one, you still take damage in the overworld.
-The damn camera in those caves
Bro, I was fucking LOST, you couldn't see anything in those caves, and with the constant combat encounters you couldn't remember left from right, up and down, and with all the floors your throw in there, you get turned around so fast. Like props on making an actual fucking cave diving experience, but damn bro, when you're advertising a game with PLOT, we better be able to progress to it.
- You got ass and tits on display the entire game, but there isn't much at all to it. Scenes in this game are, not obvious to find. The 2 pictures in the preview images I never ended up finding. My Catgirl strip scene did not look like that. I assume there was something I had to do to trigger a 2nd stage to the Demon x Lizard Man scene, but I couldn't subject myself to playing that combat any longer to maybe find a scene after the next cave.
The biggest CON of all
Despite playing a game where you get to see all of the main party's ass and tits on display the entire time, I didn't feel like I was playing an H-game. Now this is a Demo, so the Dev can easily fix the problems in later updates, but I felt like I was doing a chore. I didn't feel like I was playing a game where my reward was porn, it felt like I was playing a game designed around its combat being the main focus because that's most of the game, it's just fighting shit.
If that is what the Dev was going for, then all be it, but I didn't find it fun.
I can see the potential this game has to be a 4 or 5-star. But I also see that if the Dev keeps the level design, combat, and core of the demo the same, than it might end up a 2 or stay a 3. I liked the game as a whole, I will keep it bookmarked and hope and pray it doesn't die, because I really want to see more lizardfolk representation in the Shmentai games.