Unity - Elena's Story [v1.6] [Submissive Fate]

very nice game, cant wait for future updates
not laggy
animations are great
story is great
lots of things to look forward to
probably one of the biggest world design and possibilities in h games
structure of the world is built just content releases to enrich even more

this game is such a rare gem. A lot of actuwl stuff in it, and it doesn't restrain you from scenes with all these grinding mechanics. The scenes itself are well-executed and thera are a great variety of them!

Would benefit massively from a few small tweaks to make it playable one handed and speed up screen transitions. Also removing that fucking screen change confirmation.

Basically just a linear scene collector with some annoying busywork thrown in for the sake of "gameplay." But the quality is definitely there, to the point where even if it's not my fetish it's still enjoyable. Unfortunately that level of quality also means progress is slooow. Still in a world of ai slop, this is a high watermark of effort. Not an actual 5/5, but compared to other things on this site it's a 5/5.

Very good visuals, gameplay and h-scenes are outstanding.
It can get a little confusing in the beginning but with teh new updates it gets clear.
If you like Bdsm, female protagonist and a lot of very detaield different H-Games this game is for you.
A normal female player model without huge boobs is very refreshing!

Promising game with a huge premise. Currently works as a VN demo with fantastic animations. The lore is also fleshed out, and characters seem to have their own unique flavour, be it from the humans or the alien species. Will definitely be following this and wish this game a good success.

honestly this is exceeding my expectations.

gameplay isn't there for now, probably because this is still a demo? a prolog? intro?.
?/10

visual : the visual is great. the art is beautiful, the female characters are greatly designed.
9/10

sound design is alright
7/10

voice : decent
6.5/10

animation: Great. they're nailed it
9/10

story: the story is not finished yet, but it's interesting enough even it's just the prolog
?/10

the game is unfinished for now, it stopped when it's actually get fun. but it's looks promising.

Very good dialog.
BDSM/Restraint are well made.
Good story.
Easy gameplay.
Not hard to understand.
Gallery.
Save.
Future mod.
Need bigger boobs
femboy.
Rape
Restraint
Slave
prostitution
More update soon

If you are into playing bad ends and bondage then this game is something you have to try out. The art is great and I personally like the writing as well.
However, for now (V1.5) this is not much of a game, but more like a visual novel.

All in all, a short game/ visual novel that I recommend to bondage fans and bad end enjoyers, which will hopefully lean more into actual gameplay that could change the story in later updates.

Review made on v1.5.

TL;DR
While Elena's Story offers an interesting animation system on the classic "adventurer is captured, put in a cave, and corrupted" trope, basically everything else falls short minus those who may give a +1 from the emphasis on bondage.

Art / H-Content
The title screen art is very good and this is one of few games where I think more static H-artwork may have benefitted in the long run since the portrait art seems higher quality than the "half-chibi" animated scenes.

Still, the animated scenes are relatively well-done and can excite, and in particular I think sound design is done well (outside the fact the game's settings are mixed terribly!)

Overall I'd rate the art above average but at times dips due to the animation style. The "setups" of H-content are relatively different but at times "samey" due to the isometric visuals/animation style.

"Gameplay"
There are many games on F95 that have you wasting time simply to collect scenes and Elena's Story is one of the egregious types since it cannot find anything meaningful for the player to do.

The main gameplay rotation is walking to inspect things until more scenes show up. It truly is a waste of time and offers nothing worth noting outside progressing H-content.

The stage transition being behind an "OK" button is tedious as well.

The player has no impact on the story or dialogue whatsoever. It is essentially a VN with extra clicking. This is particularly upsetting since I think the potential for "best overall in this category" is still there for a game with this type of setting.

Finally, because of the current short runtime and little content available, the game ends quickly. I ran through all content in less than an hour.

"Story"
The story isn't the worst I've seen from F95 but is extremely plain and the player has no point in paying much attention to it since it's completely linear and basic as mentioned above.

Elena herself has practically no character outside of visual design and while the captors each have a basic personality trait, all changeably devious, there's nothing to cling to here for engagement.

Elena changes in a very basic way and some dialogue may excite but the build-up and cool-down from scenes is seriously lacking.

Conclusion
While the H-scenes do an alright job and Elena's Story may scratch an itch of those particularly fond of bondage, the gameplay, story, pacing, and total content level are hardly worth a play at v1.5 and I unfortunately don't have high hopes for the game to improve as time goes on -- though maybe a 3/5 is warranted if a significant amount of H-content is available by the game's "full version".

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(v1.5) Visuals and animation and story are cool, gameplay is pretty boring / mediocre.

It's like an RPGM game, but instead of top down viewpoint it's more detailed isometric viewpoint. But it has the same suffering as a mediocre RPGM game: to go point X, click button to interact, read some stuff, repeat. Until end of content.

So very little gameplay. You'll get a town eventually, maybe in future updates there will be more interesting stuff to do and ANY actual choices to make, but at the moment this was an incredibly linear VN in isometric format.

For me personally I think this game deserves five stars. Even though I have given this game the highest score it doesn't mean there isn't things the developer can improve on. This game has all the potential to be great. Some things I wish were in the game are a bit more back story on Elena. They could add her actual abduction instead of just telling us that she has been, and adding some type of gameplay that can change the outcome of the end.

it's a pretty interesting game, but it's a pity that there's no plot and the game is quite short. Moreover, there's no real interactivity, and everything boils down to approaching the screen and watching the script. You have no control over the outcome. I hope for a sequel, but overall, the game is decent.

Fetish wise it hits a lot of my buttons so it's great in that regard.
Gameplay is non-existent though. It's a visual novel but with a bit too much walking around.
I think it would have been better if we could at least make some choice, but oh well x).
Still, I think it could be a 5/5 later on with more content.

Love the art and the theme. Monsters, bondage, rape, lots of anal. My kind of stuff. Would be even cooler with variable angles, but I guess that's a bit too much to ask. One issue is that the game freezes after saving, but I gather it will be solved in the next update. Looking forward to it. ;-)

this game is very well made and sexy

it is a straightforward VN but played in a topdown view so no idea why anyone complains about that, just treat it as a VN game that has more freedom

looking forward to more of Elena's adventures

this game is such a waste got amazing art but its just h scene simulator its not a actual game instead of making game they could just post animations on patroen i hope devs finish this project fast and make real game

Boring.

It's mostly a 2d style visual novel. You control Elenta going from Point A to look at some random object that's lying on the ground or talk to static NPC. Then go to B, interact with NPC, watch a sex scene slowly unfold.

Mix & repeat.

You cannot control the narrative, the sex actions or anything else. It's just going around a vast open, dull and boring setting. Clicking on whatever you're supposed to and and move on.

I got bored and just quit.

chapter 2 can be a banger, the map is huge and a lot of location will be available. huge amount to do for the dev. Graphics looks really good the scene views could be better but the animation are great. music and sound are nice. really pleasing game to play.

Elena's Story [v1.4]

The game has a lot of potential, and the sex scenes are good. But I can't give it a 5* because the game is literally going from point A to point B, having a dialogue, then having sex, and repeating it.

The game is linear, has no side quests, no choices, no consequences, no gameplay elements (combat, puzzles, anything). It's simply a visual novel.

I sincerely hope that Chapter 2 and beyond will include more options and gameplay paths (for example, trying to escape or finding a way to become a specific type of slave [sex slave, ponygirls, painsluts, etc.]), but as it stands now (Chapter 1 completed), I can only give it a 3*.

Love the degrading tone of the orcs and wonderful animations. Excited for chapter 2 and really hope we some some off rail options but honestly if they keep going in the direction of essentially a ordered visual novel I can still get behind as long as we get more of what we already got.