Unity - Guild of Spicy Adventures [v67] [Hikkeiru]

Edit: with a bit of time to think about it and talking to the developer of the game i have come to the conclusion that some points in my review have been slightly too harsh. I am keeping the orginal review below so people get additional information, but you can ignore my part about the website opening randomly. If you are willing to open a random exe from a forum you have other things to worry about than websites opening.
While the other points are still valid, they should not discourage you from trying out the game. While it is random in a lot of places it has a certain B-Movie charm to it, and the potential for further groth is very high with this one! Moving up my rating to 4 stars for now, if the other issues are worked on and the game get's a bit more content under its belt it can easily become a 5 star.


old review for version 0.48.5
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Can't really give much more stars than 3 even though i would like to for the supposed freedom of choice. Simply the fact that the maker allows for rather dark content (comedic rape) is commendable. And art is very good too for koikatsu base, though it sometimes has issues with backgrounds looking very awful/not fitting together in tone.

But there are just some glaring issues that hold back the game.

The biggest one is the writing. The amount of grammar and typo errors is simply unacceptable. I get not having english as a first language, it is not my first one either. But do you see 5 missing A or The in my text?
And even if you have problems, there are so many free/cheap writing checking tools online that could easily fix these things. Hell we have chatgpt now that could rewrite any sentence with less issues than the game has.
Which means the designer either didn't care, bad at his job, or way too lazy. Either option is not reflecting well on the game! Each error is pulling the player out of the game, and with such an easy fix, it really is not toleratable (and yeah i know there are worse offenders, but 2 wrongs don't make a write!)

Then there is the characterization. This game clearly is not taking itself too seriously and the setup is relativly intriguing. But it goes over the top a bit too much a few times, in my opinion. Especially the gigantic random personality shift of the big shop sister is just akward as hell. I mean, i get it, her sister is in danger. But people don't just flip a switch like THAT.

Another big issue is the game framework. If you are touting that you are not using renpy to use a "serious" engine, maybe actually make the framework work as good as renpy atleast? I had to akwardly double click a lot of times because the scene first removed the current speechbubble but did not move on to the next scene right away.
And the fishing mini-game needs a better explanation asap. It only says to hold the key, but you actually have to hold and move the mouse. How can you program that game and not notice how akward it is?


EDIT:
To clarify for everyone worried. This game does NOT activly steal data. My personal point stands that the use of self-opening browser websites is still questionable, but again you are downloading a random exe from a random forum, so all of this is at your own risk anways. The game certainly is worth trying out, so don't be discouraged. But as usual you should keep internet safety in mind (e.g. use a sandbox program for untrusted exe etc.)

(keeping original so everyone can make their own mind up)
Ohh and also fuck off with trying to get data from me? Extra stories with the demand for giving away player data? Heeeell no. You are already encroching the line of beeing shady when you randomly open up a website in the browser for a joke. Sure it was kinda funny, but that can easily be misused for anything, and not a good idea if you want to keep players trusting you.
So the designer has to heavily rethink how he should look at privacy standards for his games!

As of 6/23/23, I have changed my review. (Added a star)
The dev has worked out my issues with the game.

I really like the story so far, It's a lot darker and more taboo than most Koikatsu games we get.

The characters introduced so far are pretty unique and cute, one of which is a fairy! (or at least looks like one). Maybe we'll finally get a game with fairy fucking and cumflation? but as of right now, she doesn't have any content.

Seeing how the dev has decided to create their game in Unity, I'm excited to see what they will add to make it stand out from other VNs.
The dev is clearly passionate and willing to try to make the best game they can!

Finished the current version, huge potential and already nice flavor of scenes. Really looking forward to Updates and the finished Version of it one day.

Pro's:
- Nice flavor of Scenes can see lots of kinks covered in fuiture versions
- Good Start for the Story so far
- Nice Humor kinda could feel like Konosuba but as a Hentai Game once its finished
- Koikatsu Models (Not everybody likes them but i think they are a nice pick)
- Dev active on F95 answering questions etc.

Con's:
- Not much content for now (30-60min Playtime)
- Some minor Bugs nothing gamebreaking

Made my Review for Version 0.42 - will Update it once i played newer Versions.

+ It has a good amount of actual funny jokes, a lot of freedom, as to what you want and don't want to see, which is something I appreciate.
The animations are enjoyable, the characters already have a very good distinction among them, it's not a simple "here are 10 copies of the same personality game", which is good for an early release, if kept up, it will add to the overall feel, tho also being quite tiring to entertain.

~ Some minor typos here and there, but not too impactful, that it ruins the mood of the game.
I'm not sure if the blowjob scene is supposed to run once and not be looped, but I assume it is a mistake(?).

- My only issue would be, while I appreciate the game having a good amount of H content, the actual length might have suffered from it, there is no harm in focusing on one or two characters and moving the story along and updating it with further content for others, I would have enjoyed to spend more time in the actual game and while it is an early release, when I played it until the guild creation part, after looking if the choices affect the game, I realised, it took me about 20 min to get there the second time.

All in all, if the quality and workflow is kept up, I highly expect it to be 5/5.
Please keep it up!

Played through the newest version must say this game is definitely a hidden gem. It's a solid 10/10 when it comes to the character design. The story also looks really promising cant wait to see more in the future keep up the great work.

After playing the latest version available to the public, 0.22, I found myself impressed enough that I feel like doing this.

For starters, the premise itself is generic, but the presentation is superb. R18 games are a dime a dozen in this website, the first sign you stumble into a good one is how much effort goes into the beginning -- and you put so much it's kinda creepy. Different shaders and renders than typical VNs, the menu, even the goofy prologue; it's more than enough sign to show a lot goes into this game.

Going in, I get the impression your work is very:
- Flexible (in the range of R18 stuff included, seeing as we begin by trying suicide, being told we might get ordered to kill people, and one of the firstt H-scene we can do is sleep sex), and also
- Dynamic (hell, my mac can barely animate the part where Cylia starts dancing with hololive Ollie's electro swing playing in the background)
- Sexy. The renders of the girls aren’t half-jobs and the available animations aren’t clunky.

When the appropriate time comes, such as when more versions are public, I will spread the work.

My new impressions of the game have improved by a fair margin. The characters still look really good and it might just be me but the MC's eyes are still a bit strange. I still like the fact that elves can't use magic because they are typically great with it in media. It also looks like the Dev got rid of the strange releases. The game also has a satisfying amount of content as of this review. All in all the game has improved greatly since I originally looked at it.

pretty serviceable game so far... the girls are cute and young. the elf has a really nice tight body. great facial expressions that bring life to the girls. story is retarded, so it's perfect for a porn game. mc isn't a cuck and thighfucks unconscious girls which is his god given right as a man

cons i guess:
no ren'py
text size is way too big
not much content in the public release (0.22)