Ren'Py - Frihetsjord [v0.5.3] [SPodvohom Games]

  1. 1.00 star(s)

    kazeiheikaya

    I dont want to hate on this game because it has potential but there is several glaring problems right from the start notably even choices the dev has made are severely questionable in nature.

    For starters, Dialogue/options. So many bugs/no text/black bars, etc. The first 3 choice I could make was 2 black boxes then a regular choice. Then during even a tutorial of combat, it was mostly blank dialogue boxes inbetween the actions of them explaining what each action was/what it was for. I have no idea if theres any benefit or if its just what it is.

    Mechanics are pretty primitive by nature, but i respect the hustle to try and make it all work, so I actually enjoy this part of the developers effort. Having a bunch of survival-esq gameplay with management style sim additions is a cool concept and could be expanded upon, right now its definitely feeling like its infancy though. Not really balanced at all either, just kind of like every other sandbox game where the dev gives you 2 options. Grind your literal ass off for each thing, or just use the cheat menu. Idk why we need to take it to such extremes. I like the game and the gameplay loop. It's got its charm, a little turnbased game, but why does the exp/money making need to be so strict, why do prices need to be so high? its a bit silly. You give the option to cut wood for 5g each time, but then if you get lucky and encounter a wolf, it could drop FOUR pelts! thats 80 gold! Then you fight a Savage woman that is gonna beat the hell out of you, and she gives you 2 gold.... Bruh lol.

    Which speaking of Savage Woman leads me to my next, if not my biggest issue thus far. I have no problems with LGBT//Trans//Futa//Femboy//Gay content, its NOT FOR ME but that doesn't mean I'll avoid a game entirely because of it. If its skippable or avoidable thats perfectly fine, and I will go that route. However, if you are a dev that includes it in a game and has it avoidable to expand to my kind of audience, you gotta give a little bit more. Why is it that nearly every better looking model in the game has a peen? I dont understand that. Gerta for example, would make TOTAL SENSE as a woman with a willy, but dev says nah its Viveka, the more feminine and womanly looking one. Okay sure, So we fight a Savage girl, Oh she's got a peen too....... alright...... Now we're gonna fight this bandit chick..... oh.... she also has a peen..... ALRIGHT lets get a recipe from Inga.... OH COME ON? SHE HAS A DICK TOO? Okay... Vivi has to be a woman right? Oh thank god she is... Needless to say, Theres 4 women so far that are all with a package, and 3 that arent. I would even argue only one of those three is even a decently attractive model. So my issue here is, just diversity. Wheres the female savage in the woods? Wheres the female bandits? You can have both lol. It's a huge disappointment for me overall.

    Animations are just quick and over with, have a slight minigame but its genuinely pointless.

    All in all, I'd say this game is in a 1.5-2 star state at best. I would strongly consider for the future, if you're going to do LGBT content, try to stay a bit more in theme if you want to open it up to a straight audience too. Feels like the straight content was thrown in as more of an afterthought which isn't great tbh. I downloaded this after the most recent update too and all the broken stuff is definitely alarming as well. Would definitely get it into a more presentable state before uploading an update. Hopefully the future holds up better for this title.

    Edit: Oh wow I Just realized this thread started in 2020 and we're nearly 5 years deep, sheesh this is even worse than I thought. Gotta take it down to a 1 star because thats a LONG period of time to still have things this rough off the initial start off the game. I feel bad, but objectively I cant in good faith say its showing that kind of progress.
  2. 1.00 star(s)

    Forgotted

    A pretty amateurish game attempt with very unreliable updates and no support.

    Poor graphics that are entry level at best as well as low resolution and grainy.

    The game seems to be buggy and has no developer support. Luckily there are F95 members willing to help folks if they can.

    There are no choices other than sometimes you can pay gold rather than suck chick dicks or be anally assaulted by them.

    Building and management in your camp is overly simplistic and boring. Click on build a house then come back several days later.

    Poor writing not just because English isn’t their primary language. It’s just a bad story...or lack of story.

    Fighting only involves repeatedly clicking mouse button.

    Navigation and UI are really bad and inefficient.

    Very little content and no 'growth' from a 3.5 year old attempt.

    ………….You get the idea…….. Not a game worth wasting your time on….
  3. 2.00 star(s)

    The_Harem_Lover

    English is satisfactory, but the dialogue among the characters requires significant improvement, and the conversation needs some depth.

    The image quality is poor. Need improvement in lighting and shadows.

    There is no animation but a loop of images.

    The story's theme looks interesting, but it is a thoroughly unengaging story and lacks exciting turns, while the characters have no build-up or background story, and they are not engaging. Additionally, because the render quality is poor, the characters do not have any attraction.

    At times, the game doesn't make any sense. For instance, it seems that licking the feet of a gatekeeper of the town would give me the permit the entry inside or sucking the futa-dick of a bandit group leader would make them leave their base, which is total nonsense and makes the main character unnecessary or the task/mission idiotic.
  4. 5.00 star(s)

    FelFF

    v0.1.5 review

    I'm very excited to see where this game goes as the it has a lot of room to grow but not so not so much that I fear it gets abandoned before it feels like a fulfilling game to play like you often see with sandbox games. It's already pretty satisfying.

    The developer's render quality seems to be improving over time, & I'd expect that to continue in future updates. The gameplay itself is a big step up from previous SPodvo. It *is* a sandbox, which many may not love, but it's at a nice middle ground between totally open & visual novel

    For those who haven't played yet, there is for sure enough content to give this a spin, so if you enjoy straight and futa/trans (although mostly futa as top, not a ton of futa/trans bottoms, but I really really hope that changes in the future) I'd recommend... unless you despise sandbox games.

    4.5/5, could've easily given it 4 stars instead of 5, I hate to throw 5's out like candy but I'm rounding up b/c I find myself periodically hoping for an update, so the game left an great impression.
  5. 2.00 star(s)

    Belfaborac

    English isn't terrible, but it certainly isn't great. Stilted and awkward at best.

    Grainy and low res.

    No animations despite being tagged otherwise. No, 2-3 transitions doesn't qualify as animated.

    Thoroughly unengaging story, without interesting twists and characters as deep and interesting as cardboard cut-outs.

    Could conceivably become a decent game with an awful lot of work, but I'd say the best bet would be to scrap it and start over with something that's considerably more fleshed out. As is it's best avoided.
  6. 5.00 star(s)

    Giovany

    I really like this game


    Even its in early state it has nice amount of sexual content
    I really like management games i hope there will be more mechanics for that

    if we can grow our community and chose what kind of leader we are gonna be that would be awesome

    im excited to see what kind of game it will become in the future
  7. 3.00 star(s)

    UselessSphinx

    This is an average VN. The story is bland, the characters are just forgettable.
    PROS
    The English isn't bad
    The cheat menu in the house is nice
    CONS
    Lighting in some scenes is bad
    Missions are hard to do
    Overall
    I got to the point where I had to go to the barracks, and just got told to leave. I'm not even sure how you transitioned form your home back to that town. There are big story holes. It would be better just to stick to one thing and go from there. Seems like the dev is going in different directions at the same time. I might check back again to see if there is any progress.
  8. 5.00 star(s)

    Aleks Mark

    A very interesting and promising game with a decent storyline and content. The presence of a foot brings a twist to dark Nordic stories and empowers the character. I hope that the author will not be too clever that in the end he will come to a halt of the project, as it was with many games. I appreciate the advance as excellent and wish you success.