Unity - Guild of Spicy Adventures [v72] [Hikkeiru]

Overall a pretty poor experience- whether it be the lackluster characters that are emotionally void (or just outright violent), the bad UX / clunky UI, paywalled core features (that also have bad UX / clunky UI), or the visual inconsistencies / artifacting.

The game being in Unity is an odd choice, but I can respect developers choosing their platform of choice. Although, I feel as if this choice only hinders this game as opposed to assisting the developer in making a unique experience (which this is not).

The gallery (which is typically a 'core system' for these VN-style games) is locked behind a paywall. I won't harp on specifics as-per the reviewing rules, but this sort of gatekeeping can/will impact the overall experience. Even after gaining access to this core feature it too was riddled with UI issues.

I've played quite a few free-roam games, but with this game it felt quite frustrating to navigate through the world- especially so if you're told 'X' scene happens at 'Y' place yet you encounter absolutely nothing. The UI that details 'where to go next' is hard to read and sometimes isn't 100% accurate.

Visually speaking there are some alright scenes, but the bulk of the game lacks the same tender loving care. I'm not asking for world-class audio/lighting design in everything imaginable (FMOD is included, but hardly utilized to its potential), but at the very least give every setting/character some attention. Sometimes these events happen out of order or don't even happen at all (sometimes it gets labeled as completed when I never even did 'X' or 'Y'?).

1/5 for me. Do your research before playing/supporting, because time spent is time you can't get back.

This is so uncomfortable to play. It's eerily silent despite having sound options, it's made in Unity despite being an inferior RENPY wannabe, and the animations aren't even the best I've seen using everybody's go-to for hentai cheese. There is nothing about this that stands apart in any way other than bad. It's only claim to fame is how inferior it is to other similar projects. That's pretty impressive.

Sex has no sound. There's no background noise or music at all. The first sound you get in-game is some free to use blast asset for getting an...info card? Why? You can't save over old saves without first deleting it, something programs from the 90s could manage. The writing is not good. Not the worst, but hardly even worth a single sentence entry to mention.

I just don't understand this game. On one hand, it's commendable to try and make it yourself in Unity...I guess. But on the other, it's just outright worse than what you'd have in Renpy. Why is it deathly silent? That's not the atmosphere I want for either enjoying a story or beating my schmeat. Why do people find this worthy of so many high ratings? It's just worse than countless similar projects in every last regard. Maybe it gets better after some point or another, maybe not, but either way, I'm sure as hell not sticking around to find out.

Game is convoluted and at times quite annoying. Took what felt like ages to get through all of the story to find that there is very little sexual content for the pages on pages of "story" that so far seems to be everyone either hates you or goes from hating you to wanting to fuck you the next second(aside from 2 characters that are into you and one of which is a nympho who wants to fuck all the time to get meaning to life). This is the only game on here I've played I think ever where I genuinely felt hate at times for because their character is just annoying and pointless to the story.

Honestly feels more like playing a game than playing a porn game when 95% of it is just walking around talking to people and doing things completely unrelated to sex. If you like long burns then maybe this is the game for you, but after a year and a half of development I personally expect more sexual content.

To me is a "not worth the effort" game, because you go from a lot of character development to just fucking a couple of them without much reason to it beyond the content being stale by the time you get to that point. Dev states your guild doesn't have a building because you're building the guild from the ground up, but if you can't actually build the building 1.5 years into development I don't see this game progressing in any substantial way any time soon.

Dev actively punishes supporters for sharing versions of the game as well, while still interacting often on here. Comes off as hypocritical to me to use the site to gain feedback but punish those who upload here.

great game, active developer who responds to problems quickly. if they don't the people here will. great game so far with sooo much potential. amazing story, such few bugs and the ones that are there are very minor. the art style is great. audio is great. and the story is not difficult to pick up.

This game is absolutely worth your time folks. Humour and situations you're got into are great. Replayability also is present. All characters got their own personalities and charm which is really hard to forget. Battles are still in test mode and it's actually spam attack to win, but I have no doubts it will become better in the future and we will have something like jrpg style battle system with magic items and etc. I wish all the best to this project and looking forward for the next patch to keep watching how the story goes.

Review on "Gosa" From Soraka: Firstly, i am in love with Cylia, not even joking, the girl is simply perfect, don't know it she is based on anyone or you are just this of a amazing autor, but she has depth and has character, she is perfect, and i didn't even expect how great would be her development, she truly fell in love with "me" and i could sense her guard lowering down slowly in every interaction instead of a simple jump, truly well written.
About the game in itself, simply wonderful, you truly created a gem, i don't even like games that much but i couldn't stop playing this one.
On characters, amazing characters, great development in their story and they truly feel alive instead of simply being there for the player to smash. Every girl had her own thing but in a good way, normally in stories with this many people authors will simply make every one 2D without any depth and feel just there, but you did great on this, every one is there for a purpose and feel like they truly belong in their world.
On the H part, lovely, everyone has their own tastes and preferences, and normally authors will try to make everyone happy and end up in a mess or make it into a single thing, but you did neither, you made the game as full as it needed to be without being to much and without being to little, having a build up to every H scene made every encounter worth it and made everything even better since it is a reward instead of simply being porn, also, the fact that "I" only had sexual encounters with sleeping girls in 70% of the game is divine, keep it up, great taste.
On game play, i thought it is a visual novel it still did great, by study it is recommended 15 to 20 words max for box so the viewer never feel like reading a book, which you did great, even tho there were a lot of text it didn't feel to much since they were delivered into bite sized chunks.
On combat, since it was more of a proof of concept I guess i can use this point to talk about ideas, since the player will most likely play with one hand since… well, having a combat focused on mouse or keyboard, or in a way were both can be used on itself would be great, like, the attack and defense button being keyed to “1 and 2” like every other option would be great, and it open up for more options like having the keys around that side of the keyboard being allocated to different spell, items and actions, also, having adventures with Cylia and hunting with Cylia seems amazing.
On visual, simply amazing, i love the art-style, the character design, cloths and Cylia, great choices on everything on that part.
To end it, i am in love with Cylia and i wanna FU- great game, great visuals, great story, i am grateful for your hardwork and i hope soon to be able to support you.

I did not like any part of this game, I am not able to comprehend the high score or reviews. Putting 2 stars only for effort.

The game is a mess, things appear for no reason, exist for no reason, go somewhere for no reason, there is no real plot, no real characters background, for a visual novel that is bad.

I will highlight that UI is incredibly clunky, takes a lot of visual space.

The story is almost impossible to get into, the characters make no feelings, the ui clunkiness and constant annoyance make it unbearable to play.

Its was such a great games have a lot of potentials for the development
+ Great animations
+ Awesome story line
+ Beautiful characters and backstory
+ Worth for playing
I hope i can play more from this game in the future and waiting for new updates

(this is an updated review after finishing the current public version)

i really like this game and i think it has a bright future if the developer keeps up the current development of the story and characters i think this could become one of the better games on this website anyway to the actual review

when i first started the game i almost immediately hated the female characters they where and are currently still mostly childish impulsive and just all around assholes in my opinion but they are getting better they are starting to open up more and are starting to treat the mc with more respect and just treating him normally instead of constantly insulting him and making fun of him at every turn so while i still dislike them for the most part i'm starting to hate them less and less which is good i hope the game will keep this up

now let's talk about the mc himself he is an absolute pervert and doesn't hide it whatsoever and while i mostly like this about him there where moments where i just face palmed myself multiple times he is just asking for trouble but while he is an absolute pervert there is definitely more to him than that for starters he is really good at striking up conversations he knows how to start a conversation and end a conversation all the while making great points and generally being smart and charismatic and more often than not ends up winning the conversation all the while somehow convincing the girls to do something sexual with him he is genuinely really well written as are all the characters in the game honestly so all in all a great mc to play as

now let's talk about about the graphics and the presentation now obviously this is a game made with koikatsu so it should be familiar it's better than most but not some of the best looking koikatsu games so the graphics are good i can work with koikatsu i know enough to be able to make decent looking comics with it so i know a bit about koikatsu so i know this game looks above average and pretty much the only way to make koikatsu games look better is good lighting or using blender i don't know how it works with blender but i've seen koikatsu or honey select games using blender and those games look amazing aside from that you can make your own maps or you can download maps props etc. from the internet from as far as i know you can't move or replace props from premade maps and the characters all look unique and are obviously made with care

now let's talk about the story from what i can tell it's pretty much an isekai but instead of being killed by truck-kun the mc tries to shoot himself in the head after making a honestly stupid mistake on his work i won't spoil he then gets rescued by a mysterious girl get's a system which helps him that only he can talk to and see that helps him in the other world he then get's to the other world and you can guess the rest now in my opinion i still love isekai anime so i don't mind this game being an isekai it honestly opens up a lot of posibilities of different kind of humanoid races

now let's talk briefly about the games writing it's great i mean the emotions of mostly rage that this games writing made me feel should say plenty of how good this games writing is all the characters are well written l the story while barely starting is well realized and i never got bored playing this games and some jokes really made me laugh the world is interesting and i'm starting to like the characters more after hating them for the majority of the game i think that speaks volumes of the games writing

all in all i really like this game and will be eagerly awaiting for future updates i really hopes the dev doesn't abandon the game like so many others since this game is already better than most games on this website

GOSA is gearing up to be the next best adult game. It is evident that the creator has a vision of how they want this game to play out. A lot of detail has gone into the choices that you make throughout what content is currently available. Locations and characters are revealed with good pacing and each have their own identities. The highest praise I can give this game is that the scenes are rewarding for the time spent playing. I will be following this dev and everything that they do.

I admit i played this goofy game for 18h non-stop and laughed my ass off A LOT of times, the "what the fuck" situations and silly dialogues reminded me of the moronics moments i had with my friends a long time ago. GET MY DAMN MONEY!

By far my favorite for now. The story is so much fun, the characters are amazing, And is actualy a game, depending on your choice you can actualy go for some really different scenes, which is amazing.

A great VN with an engaging story and overall a ton of potential once reaching it's full release. The only reason it simmers it down for me at the moment to a 4* rating is the sheer fact that i got immersed too much and felt bad after i hit a story "roadblock". (v0.59 played at time of review; roadblock meaning reaching the end of story content in said version)

This game has become one my favorites mainly because of how lighthearted and funny the story and characters are, the girls are very cute and the development is relatively quick ... I think more work could be put into the animations but that's not necessary right now...
The Dev is very nice and helpful, best of luck to the project.

events are happening out of order, basic things like the gallery are locked behind a paywall which is quite unusual,not very obvious what ya should or shouldn't be doing at any given time , sometimes dialogue tells ya which things end an interaction and sometimes it doesnt it should be one or the other not switching up randomly which it'll be, and while the designs look nice the personalities of most of the characters are a bit iffy at best overall story,setting,characters, and the coding determining order of events as well as basic features being behind a paywall and the lack of an idea what ya should do as only some things are told as objectives while others just happen to be around at random times are all problems that would need to be fixed before id consider anything above 1 star

This game? Oh man, it's just stupidly fun in the best way possible. Seriously, it's like they took every ounce of seriousness and tossed it out the window. But you know what? That's what makes it so dang charming! It's all just one big, silly ride from start to finish. In a world where everything feels a bit too serious, this game is like a breath of fresh air. Trust me, you're gonna love it.

I gotta say, some of the choices in this game? They really pack a punch. Like, you make one wrong move and bam, you're locked out of like, a whole bunch of juicy stuff—like, we're talking a solid chunk of story and some seriously cool renders. And you know what? That's exactly what I love about it. It's a game, not just some boring old book where the story's set in stone. Choices actually matter here, and that's what keeps me coming back for more.

very character, every scene, it's all bursting with personality and color. If you're a fan of that cartoony, anime-inspired aesthetic, this game will definitely catch your eye.

[Ver. 0.62]

To start, it's important to know that in this game, almost every character starts with or eventually has some forced and contrived conflict with the MC for no other reason than because he exists. I'm cool with games making it so girls don't just literally fall in to your lap, but early on in this game, almost every character goes out of their way to make your life hell. It even got to the point where a comedic skit was ruined for me, personally, because of all of the compiled drama.

If you're able to get past this rough early stages of the game, however, you'll find something I personally feel is pretty special. I'll start by saying updates are monthly, unlike most games where it could take 2-6 months. In version .62, combat is added. Doesn't sound like much, and it isn't at the moment, just a proof of concept, but this isn't your standard RPGMaker turn based affair. It's an autoclicker style realtime combat, and the developer says other characters can be used as companions, which opens the door to what this game can truly be.

Beyond that, there's a deep focus on relationships here, with each character's (clearly very deep seated) personal issues on full display. Feels pretty good when there's a breakthrough with a character who wanted nothing more than to see you suffer a couple of days before. There's a lot of details in how characters act, which make one-on-one scenes feel much more personal. Add on top of this stellar humor, and you have a fun story to follow.

Character models are fantastic. It's clear a lot of work was put in to them. There are plenty of high quality renders in the game that make it feel way more animated, as well as actual animations for more than just H-scenes.

I also like the MC. His personality is pretty funny, and the fact of the matter is, this is an Isekai and the developer had enough restraint to not instantly turn him in to self insert god man with cheats that never runs in to any conflict because of how uber cool and awesome he is. For the most part he is just a normal dude trying to get by and lets his intrusive thoughts get the best of him a little too often. He also has a dopey-ass face, which is always funny when shown on screen.

This game is like a crab, it initially has a hard shell (compiled contrived drama), but if you're able to break though, you'll find it's meat is rather sweet (one-on-one character moments), even if a piece of the shell gets stuck in your throat every once in a while.

The main thing about this game:

The developer seems to be building characters starting from conflict, so if you are a bit unsure about losing, then it might not be for you.

It's counterintuitive compared to usual porn games that protect the MC's mentality from everything. Although I don't mind it, since it makes me want to win characters over more.

The story is quite fun, although sometimes it feels like the game overdoes the joke, while others land fine.

I'm not sure where the game is going yet; it has a few open topics. In general, it builds up on characters' quirks. For example, Kanae's control and authority-related problems.

Some of the choices literally block you out of even 10+ renders or minutes of story, which is always a plus when choices matter.

The engine seems to be a bit excessive, but we will see how far the project can take it. It shows mostly right now in animations.

A big minus is that there is only fishing gameplay and the items don't have much use currently.

I'm giving it a 5-star rating because I want to see what this game will have to offer, but I may lower it if it loses the spark.

For now, this is an impressive foundation.

An isekai story, poorly written with a massive amount of spelling errors in almost every line. The characters are annoying and their "quirks" are not endearing at all, and often the exact opposite of that, to the point that I honestly would rather get them killed then help them due to the way they act.
The story quite early completely removes any semblance of tension or world building, when you are rescued from your "deadly predicament" by one of the worst deus ex machina moments possible, all done for a "haha funnie" moment that only accomplishes complete deflation of narrative. Why care for anything when you will be saved by idiocy?
Visually fine, not sure if this is custom maid, but it certainly doesn't look much better than illusionsoft stuff.
But most importantly, there is barely any content. Don't get fooled by the file size or the "extensive" changelogs, this barely qualifies as a demo, and every update adds barely nothing at all.
At this point, a disappointing waste of bandwidth and time, an attempt at a porn version of konosuba subversion that does not work on any level.

It's hard to take the game seriously, when not even the game itself can take itself seriously, I like a humorous atmosphere, it made me laugh a few times, but when the humorous atmosphere is just that all the time, it kind of loses its fun over time,like living in a circus with everyone making jokes all the time, sometimes in the midst of so much comedy I just want to be taken seriously by a female character, or that our protagonist acts normally without looking like an idiot or something like that.

As the developer already said on the page, our MC protagonist will not be particularly interested in any girl, so I suppose he will always use every girl he finds in a pathetic way as he always does, His personality is one of those capable of giving a girl a pie in the face and still leaving laughing.

As I'm a more serious guy, I couldn't get too attached to the game or the characters, since I like to get involved in role-playing and be immersed in the game as if I were the protagonist, feel like I'm in history.

the girl in the store treats MC like trash for no reason at all (unlike the other girls who really have a reason to treat MC badly for having an idiotic attitude towards them), the tsundere guard is worse than a 5 year old kid picking on him for anything , the girl from the guild just seeing the MC for the first time already wants to marry him without even knowing his name, the girl in prison will soon arrive sitting on the MC's dick in the blink of an eye

what attracted me to the game initially was the unusual quality of the game, seriously, that incredible rendering must have taken a lot of work, But as the developer himself said, it's not his first work, so creating something of extreme quality like this for him should be easier, The developer's skill is impressive, but I kind of feel like this is being wasted with the way he puts life into the characters as I explained at the beginning.

a game that I'm interested in in the medieval RPG quest style, if you've played any medieval RPG with quests, guilds and missions, you know what it's like, and I really like that, if the game at least put humor in the right moments, at the right time and made the characters care about each other, maybe I would care about it too from my perspective as a player.

In short: the game has extreme and impressive visual quality, but visuals aren't everything, and I'm not a big fan of satire and constant jokes.