I'm really torn on this one... On one hand, the girls are gorgeous, graphics and animations are great and sex scenes are well done; on the other hand, I feel like the gameplay is completely messing the game:
- the fight scenes where you have to "research" magic and play shifumi is a pointless mess; with the addition of buffs/debuffs and the clic-at-the-right-time minigame, it's just a fucking nightmare. And it doesn't add any value to the game. Could have just been a HP/MP/Attack/Defense minigame, why spend so much time to create such a confusing gameplay?
- the bar/alchemy work is ok at first, then it's just embarrassing: take water, make X beers, use beers to do potion A, use potion A and beer to do potion B... Once again, what's the point of it? Moreover, I can't enjoy the prostitution or punition scenes (which I like!) because I'm brewing beer and collecting flowers at the same time.
- the punition/whoring scenes don't need any input. So the adult part of the game is just left behind, but I have to learn all the magic combos?
- the platform game for the second character is... well, it's not good. Animations aren't great and it feels like a really cheap The Lost Vikings reboot-y.
- as other mentioned, you have to get you ass kicked several times to advance. It's a common mechanism is some Japanese games, and I must say I hate it, because it's completely unintuitive.
But it's not all bad, and I must repeat, the sex scenes are worth it. I absolutely love being enslaved and used by a brigand! I love the animations of the three naked girls in the tavern and whorehouse.
It's supposed to be an adult game, entertaining and sexy, it doesn't need overcomplicated (and wobbly) magic system, it doesn't need a messy platform minigame. Even if it they were more refined, nobody's gonna say: "hey, have you played Ero-Gen? Lots of great mini-games!". If people are gonna remember this game, it's for it's girls, sexy scenes and eventually dialogues.
May Slaanesh guide the dev to the right path, so I can faint from overcuming.