Others - Femtazio [v1.04 Demo] [Aerisetta]

Maybe I haven't gotten the right build or gave money through the pateron for passwords and more completed builds but I feel genuinely underwhelmed with what I played. I came in mostly accepting that the Femtality brand, series, or whatever is called is taking a huge step back from using 3D models to AI art.

Admittedly it was the main reason I stopped supporting. On one end I get it what sells sells what works works and all that. But I thought the scenes were getting better and better.

Whatever, that's the direction he's taking so I have to accept that. And I did which is why I came here to femtazio to have a fresh start.

However while the AI art looks good I just can't. To at least be fair the ai art is well trained for what it's worth the feet here looks infinitely much better than the first AI feet scene in og femtality. In fact the characters have a consistient artstyle unlike Femtality X.

My issue and why I initially denounced the ai art stems from the fact that a lot of charm and detail was lost in the transition. I assume the full version has more detail and hotter scenes (I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt) but with the scenes here and what I can get from femtality X I don't really get that impression. Everything looks generic, scenes don't have a sense of impact to them, and as a matter of fact they drag on longer than they need to unlike OG Femtality or Femtality X.

Ai art in general has a "once you know it's AI you can't really unsee it" and things you once brush off has a shiny spotlight shining on it like how the extra detailed like an uber detailed asshole is on a cartoonish artstyle. Then you have the main game that has a a flash game feel to the art assets while taking place in hyper detailed backgrounds creating possbily the worst asset clash I've seen in a porn game. But I'm nitpicking and most people just want to fap to something so why bother that's kind of the general consensus I see with his works in general compared to most so I will stop here.

I can hoot and holler all day but that's not going to magically change that the ai art is here and here to stay even if I don't like it.

so the game the thing that left me underwhelmed the most.

I think the thing I've noticed the most from Aerisetta's games is that while they nail the femdom aspect none of them really tie them into the beat em up genre all that well and the femtazio demo has that problem at it's worse iteration.

The Forest nymph is more of an unkillable annoyance while I'm trying to play beat em up. At least with the femdom mode in OG femtality, the girls have multiple scenes even if you're never in any danger. Here you're not only subjected to generic foot for a stunlock but you're never in any danger once you realize you can parry cheese the nymph and make short work of the enemies as the femdom locks are even more punishing.... and the demos over before you know it.

ok

It sucks because I've played some of the femdom beat em ups and they do it pretty fine (To be fair there's only like 2 other creators that do femdom beat em ups and one of them doesn't even do that very often). It's just that here and especially here the porn and game feels disconnected. The titular Femtality should have been a bridge and a mainstay but here the porn is either behind story events or for dying. "Maybe the full version has the sau-" Stop please I can only be so generous before I have to ask if the full version is going to have me eat crow or am I hyping myself over something that might not even change my perspective or make things worse.

And I can't believe I'm even saying this again since I have said it with og femtality and got a similar impression from Femtality X. I don't feel a vision here or a goal. I mean there is a goal in the literal sense but never have I felt like a porn game here feels like content for content sake as I do with his works. And I hate to say that because AI or no AI nobody puts this much effort into 3D modeling (yes I'm aware they're Koikatsu models), 3D posing, Animation, Ai, training, and even rigging just to churn out sheer mediocraty after sheer mediorcaty. and I will always have respect for Aerisetta for the effort alone and the willingness to take criticism. (even if some of that criticism really shouldn't have been given validity which I partially blame for the cache 22 we have here)

On one end I could jerk myself off and say my tastes have changed and evolved but in reality no. I'm not above playing generic RPG maker collect the CG games or a live2D scene game hell I defended a live2D creator due to getting unfair reviews expecting several bells and whistles over something that guy put onto dlsite for $1.50 as his works gets pirated and spread out day mother fucking 1 of release if anyone should be pulling the password shit it's that guy. The point is, I'm not hard to please or easy to disappoint. I try to accept things for what they are and I don't think this game steers sheer passion in either direction.

But never have I looked at someone's works as a whole and shrugged as hard as I do.

Do I recommend Fantazio? While I commend the effort, see the evolution, and respect the author. Judging from this demo alone...

No,
not a Fuck no, nor a HA! no,
just... no

In fact, I low key kind of find it laughable that out of all the projects he has done THIS is the game that gets the hyped steam release and is his debut to a larger audience when high key it feels like the worst game he's made to date. If I wasn't following Aerisetta I would get the impression that this is the game he went on to make DIRECTLY after the og Femtality. Femtality X at least has something going on and set up no matter how I feel about X as a whole.

and while nobody starts off making the best art in the world. For those who don't know or need a refresher, This is project #5 while a fair chunk of project 1's development while the entirety of projects 2-4 have been hidden behind patereon paywalls in one way or another. I know at the end of the day, bills need to get paid and this stuff takes time but at the same time I don't think this is something that makes me want to give any money to whether Patereon, Steam, or DLsite.

I hope for the best with this creator with his projects moving forward. My only hope is that if you're going to sell Femtazio and Lust Rush on steam is that you see these projects through to the end. Or you're going to get a mountain of harsh words from a lot more than the pirates of this site and naysayers on your discord.

Actually this could be shaping up to become a pretty solid game. I'm really digging the combat system. In my opinion, the developer shouldn't worry so much about nerfing the overall difficulty, just throw in an easy mode with weaker enemies for players who don't want to get to invested in it. I personally cleared the final demo stage on my second attempt with only one upgrade point, so honestly I wouldn't mind if the dev cranked up the difficulty even more. Dumbing down the core experience would probably kill my interest, and with that approach he would serve a wider audience (but making those skill points accessible faster is also a good approach I guess).

As for the visuals - while I much preferred the previous art style, I still get why he switched to AI art. That said, I am not a huge fan since this aesthetic is pretty oversaturated at this point. Still I couldn't spot a single artifact in those images, so there seems to have been some work and intention put into them and the scenes are animated nicely and have sound, so i don't wanna complain or cut points.

I've played other titles from the creator and absolutely loved the concept and Koikatsu-style aesthetics of that unnamed top-down shooter. Not sure what happened to that project, but i loved the idea of scenes and scenarios developing everytime you got caught. This one comes close, but I don't want to be choosing scenes in-game (outside the gallery). The girls should decide what they want to do. Sounds like a minor detail, but it makes a huge difference in H-games for me. These scenes seem designed to train the protagonist as a personal slave, so there should be a proper ending that reflects his state of 'corrupted' mind, when he's been defeated too many times. Otherwise, none of the girls feel like actual threats. Even after the 1000th defeat, he just dusts himself off, thinks about dinner and tries again. Also the scenes could use a bit love in writing or lets say context - a bit more sense and reflecting that the girl knows what she did to the character, how training is progressing, about her role in this fantasy world, about what his role will be, once she is done with training him and actual scenes reflecting those threats. I don't want to point fingers, but the scenes read a bit like the general stuff a textmodel would generate. For example she states, that she 'broke' him already in the first scenes, making all further progression meaningless. For everything else, I don't mind if the characters lack personality, since it is hard to accomplish actual characters only with h-scenes and nothing else for basis. This isn't a visual novel after all, but a bit more love in writing would be nice ^^ )

In terms of restriction this demo (and others i tested) plays as if holding a carrot in front of my face saying: "hey dude, want the full DEMO experience? Pay up". I am much more a fan of version control.

Still i will keep an eye out for this one. Good job so far

Very nice animation, love it , however with the state of combat atm its just so annoying to play. game could have been so good. combat is both unnecessarily annoying and difficult. not being able to use a mouse is also very annoying. and don't get me started on act 14. fuck that shit

The combat is fun and pretty smooth, the art and animations are actually solid considering its AI. The controls in the menu are alright but I would prefer being able to use the mouse to navigate the menu rather than the slow wasd+j inputs. Scene choice after losing is cool, hopefully unlocking the other scenes wont be convoluted! I had a couple bugs where the game just stopped, not a freeze but character stuck in place with 0 hp and wouldn't die or move. Returning to camp and restarting the level was a quick way to fix it. There seemed to be some audio issues when using brave strike. So far I'm loving it, the amount of content is low but it is a demo so no real complaint there.

Demo Review by Xbob1
Reviewed on version DemoV1
Notice: This is a first impression review rather than a full one due to it's EA/Demo status. I will revisit later when substantial content/full release drops.(Also its been a while since I have done a review, sorry if it seems sloppy)

Introductions: The game is made by Aerisetta, the same individual known for Femtality, FemtalityX(Hero's End) and Lust Rush. All these games are based around the classic fighting, beat up everything type games. Recently Aerisetta has made a shift from 3D models to AI art first seen with Hero's End and here we have Femtazio, their second game using AI.

Impressions:

The Demo allows you to play up until Act 14 which might seem like a fair bit but each Act section is extremely short and I assume is more meant to serve as a gallery to easily rewatch parts of the story. I like this as it feels very accessible in terms of revisiting previous content. I would like it if I was told what the colours represent in terms of what the Act contains. Something like pink for H scenes, blue for dialogue etc. Personally I hoped you could at least play up until the end of Chapter 1, keep in mind that a lot of the preview images currently on the site cannot be found in the demo which is upsetting but I assume is ready to be released soon in a later demo.

However the demo does give you a taste of various H Scenes, mechanics and of course combat. Starting with the H-Scenes, the obvious thing to talk about is that its AI. While I am sure many might dislike its use I personally have no issue with it so long as its visually consistent and combined with various other elements to form a complete experience. In this game, the H-Scenes are visually appealing and animated smoothly to result overall in satisfying scenes that are a giant leap in quality from the previous game, Hero's End.

Believe it or not, there is actually gameplay in this porn game. A crazy concept I know. Jokes aside, the gameplay will be recognizable by those who have played Aerisetta's other games before, only here it has been refined to be both satisfying and challenging. The fight in Act 14 can be rough at first but once you realise how to use the finisher move properly to farm essence you will be getting plenty of upgrades in no time. It's worth noting here that you don't beat the Nymph lady, instead you defeat her minions which get progressively tougher the more you kill them until a point they no longer spawn and you are greeted by the, "Thanks for playing the Demo." Message. Honestly I really enjoy the gameplay but I can see some one handed gamers saying its too hard and so it might be worth including a easy mode just for those wanting the sexual content.

Conclusion:
Overall I am pleased with what I have seen and looking forward to more in the future. Hopefully we can see a complete chapter soon. As mentioned before, I am sure many people may be upset by the use of AI but I see this as AI done right and it should be obvious that this isn't typical AI slop and that actual effort has been clearly put into this game which I greatly appreciate. So yeah, good visuals, good gameplay, good concept and that means it earns a good rating from me.

Demo Score: 4/5 - Good