Unity - Hail Dicktator [v0.67.0] [Hachigames]

Has everything a good "open-world" Unity adult game has in a package - lengthy, decent storytelling and hot, memorable characters.
But this game is BDSM-heavy. Sex scenes range from meh to good. The spanking and roping bullshit gets so goddamn repetitive throughout the game. Punishments and whatnot are increasingly tedious so YMMV

First, i must say i only played around 50% according to the quest tracker but i believe i have seen enough

Before i started playing i thought you would be dictator in a remote county and will have ultimate power around the country and the women but alas far from it

Your are playing as a beta guy with 0 power who strives to make females in the island happy. As the story goes you have the illusion that you have power but that is not the case in practice. Even when he punishes the women it is because they want it. Content is pretty mild even though it is presented like it is hardcore. All the so called fetishes are in the game but characters accept all of them as same. Also, There is alot of content but nothing happens for a long time

Renders are decent and characters are somewhat interesting but sex is so boring and protagonist is dumb. There is also some churn although it is somewhat manageable.

That was a hell of a game...

I liked it so much and I'm looking forward to trying the upcoming version of it...

What I enjoyed the most was punishing Sarah and Hazel. Also, I enjoyed watching the torture of Jeanne and Zero

5 out of 5. The storyline is excellent, as well as the characters. The arts are beautiful too. Leah and Sarah are my choices: MILF and pretty. There are more side characters that you can meet and they are fantastic too.

v0.37.2
The excellent characterization, gripping stories, and well-timed comic relief repeatedly pulled me back to my computer so I could find out what happens next - that's a rare thing.

Attempting objectivity (because whether the content appeals to me has nothing to do with the quality of the game)
Pros:

• Compelling stories
• Huge amount of content
• Great characterization
• in-game quest list shows next trigger event on hover
• Funny moments often land
• Final decay upgrade on hotel quality is a great addition

Cons:

• Some animated scenes need more frames, to the degree that they would be better if replaced with a good static image.
• Some spelling errors (though honestly there's so few this is almost a "Pro: few spelling errors")
• Many interactions aren't flagged to evolve with relationship stats (though I assume this is because it's version 0.37)

Solid 9/10, with a raise to 9.5/10 if/when the interaction flags evolve.

The story is engaging, the UI is pretty solid, and the renders are well-done. Unfortunately, 95% of sex scenes aren't animated (they have that slideshow feeling to them) and super repetitive. If you've seen one spanking scene, you've pretty much seen all 800 of them.

With that said, this game falls into the same trap most harem games do: while there's a variety of characters, they're either super one-dimensional or have predicatable character arcs. For example, the maid has zero personality besides her love for the MC, which becomes incredibly grating as the story progresses. The rest are girls with too much/not enough self esteem relying on MC's magic dick to solve all their inner conflicts and move the plot along. I get that it's a porn game, but it still needs to be enjoyable to read, and this is decidedly not.

Also, I get that BDSM is the theme of this game, but it's done pretty hamfistedly. An absurd amount of the character missions follow this arc:

- Character has issue with another character
- Character comes to MC with issue
- MC bonds/gags character in question
- Bondage magically solves the issue

Even if you're into this stuff, it gets super exhausting.

Edit: this game really fell off, I'm dropping another star off the review. Just feels like they're milking their Patreons at this point. I skipped a few updates and came back to it recently and it's just the same shit over and over again. The sandbox system went from neat concept to infuriating hassle - you have to manually skip so much time to trigger events, and that kills any sense of immersion.

There are very few porn games I consistantly want to be updated on to see what happens next in the story. This is one of them.

The thing that impressed me about the game is how the story arcs are structured. There's a formula to it, but it's a good formula, and it's one that I think a lot of VN novels could learn from.

The writer consistantly puts the island through a cycle. There is a nemesis to the main character. This nemesis acts as a direct foil to the main character's goals (which generally just involves doing the job he has been sent to do, or protecting the place.)

Conflicts are resolved not through the MC's superior fucking skills, but through communication, and the characters are won over through semi-believable means consistant with their character.

Meanwhile, all this affects the other characters and they grow and learn as a result.

This is good writing. This is good, methodical, takes its time, writing. This is how a story with dynamic characters should play out.

And characters that were written in for an early arc are still growing and developing in later arcs. Characters are not abandoned, they're brought on board into the increasingly growing story that is this game.

Oh yeah, it's also got sexy BDSM porn.

It takes a while to get going, and it might feel like a grinder to start, and it might feel like you're spinning plates trying to maintain your island stats. Do not be fooled. This is just part of the methodical story telling. It takes its time to tell its story, but it's worth it. And eventually that 'grind' goes away.

There is enough story here that it could have been three or four seperate VNs. The story arcs are lengthy, and meaty, and it's still ongoing.

This is a sleeper hit, and should be considered one of the greats in its class, and even though it is unfinished, it is unfinished like a soap opera, and not unfinished like a discarded cancelled superhero show that you happened to get into at the wrong time.

This is one of the better games on here, the writing and characters are all intertwined in a way that feels like a wholesome story (weird I know given the things that take place) you actually feel the romance with the Li build up slowly and not a quick fuck at the beginning, the bdsm stuff wasn't really my cup of tea but how it's handled in this was pretty good given the islands society, the mystery side is one of the biggest draws to it and I'm excited to see where it ends

Favorite Li's: Alice, Scarlett and (damn it, I'm blanking uh the cave girl, how the hell did I forget her name) not saying the others are worse or anything, I just really liked those 3 and the build up, it felt natural and intimate.

And the fact that all the Li are solely with the mc and no other guy touches them is a big bonus, I really hope this game continues for another 60 updates or so since it's only version 37.2, a man can dream right......A.....man....can....dream. (or woman, woman like this stuff to)

Sounded interesting from the overview, and the renders look rather decent but not able to progress much more than the first few minutes of the story due a rather worthless quest guide, It seems to have had a lot of thought put into it, but despite some having talk about how great it is, it's rather lacking in it's ability to lead you through progress at the very start (the main purporse of a quest log in the first place). Finally gave up after not being able to move on.

Story - Rushed and makes no sense at all, but oh well.

Renders - look good

Sandbox isn't my favorite thing, but the navigation was okay.

Leah is a cunt from the start, I would have loved to see her choke on her own shit, but I asume that will never happen, deinstalled the game after some Ingame-days because this cunt is just annoying.

3/5

great game, loove the characters...... someone for everyones tastes... Loving Scarlet, and the "good" Sarah... Immersive story lines, and quite amusing at times... Certainly a good game to opass free time with...

Very nice interface and models. No Rubber skin. Also very clearly well coded. no bugs, no ugly design, well thought engine. Impressive. I guess unity can do good games. Unfortunely not much animation. 8/10. But, be aware, it is all about bondage. It can get boring fast if is not your thing. It certainly isn't mine, actually.

This game is a gem. The best BDSM game on this site. It achieved what all the other BDSM games failed to achieve. And that being romance+BDSM. And it's doing it beautifully with a ton of hot sexual encounters, fantastic character development, beautiful models, lovable personalities for all the girls, humor that will actually make you laugh, and wholesome moments that will make you truly care for these fictional girls.
I hope all the best for the dev and keep up the good work.

It's about time that I finally write some reviews as well. ^^

tl;dr: If you' re into BDSM or at least interested in it, the game is absolutely recommended.

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First things first: The core of this game is BDSM (MC mostly as top) and a bit of some fetishes like feet end exhibition. If this is not your piece of cake you won't like it.
But: If you ever wondered if the topic is something for you, this game is a worthy look into this world.

Strengths:
- The story. Hail Dicktator is the first game where - after a certain point - I was more interested in the story than the lewd content. I literally skipped some sex scenes more or less to see where the journey leads.

- As well as the story is the narrative well embedded. The Porn part has it's meaningful purpose. It is clear that the dev has thought carefully about how to create a thoroughly stringent and comprehensible world.

- The treatment of the girls in the sessions is mostly appropriate. Either the devs belongs to the scene or they have informed themselves extensively. There's a "but", more below.

- Graphic is on the top imho and the girls are (sometimes literally ) hot af. At most games I have some kind of a preference list, but in HD I really don't care.

- I like the small and subtle hints
- A structured and detailed gallery with all the relevant scenes, not only the lewd ones

- beautifully executed Questsystem with (nearly) all needed hints

My annotations:
- It's a huge amount of places and people. It would be nice to have a work schedule with all days of the week and the respective places of stay. It would even improve the immerse as manager: You take the schedule, the condition of the hotel and the open quests and plan your next steps.

- The passing of time is not intuitive. I'd like to have a hint how much time something takes so I can decide If I can go with Alice to the beach or better reject because of the quest in the afternoon.

- Faster variation in small talk: They all answer my questions in the middle of the game still with the same words as at the beginning

- Some of the early animations are stiff and robotic. But the later ones are way more smooth, so I see a decent progress there.

- I'd like to see more repeatable sandbox opportunities. I.e. after the ride with sarah -> talk to her-> "Let's go on a ride" or after Scarlets first time visiting her in the night just for some sex.

- The previously mentioned "but": While I laughed about the comment of the mc "I saw some pornhub videos" before his first bondage and I am well aware that this is a game not a textbook, I'd like to see some small hints. Sleeping tied up and gagged without any supervision can be life threatening and spanking/ bondage can cause severe injuries if made wrong. An explicit safeword would not be needed here considering how the MS acts but should be mandatory in real life. As a suggestion: Maybe a note that the MC had his experiences before or a simple warning at the start of the game. After "50 shades" was in the cinema, a lot of people tried first and asked afterwards. It was so terrible that I am a little sensitive about it.

Conclusion: A recommended game for BDSM- enthusiasts.

Off topic:
If someone who speaks german (I don't know the english literature) played the game and is interested but doesn't know where to start, I can give some recommendations about books or sites for beginners via PM.

This is one of the best games of its' type. The renderings are pretty hot, good mix of boob sizes (hate games where every woman is DD). Good plot and mini-games too.
Surprised to find it worked on my Quest2, no problems. If Devs can do the not hard work to make these games VR compatable, there's a pile of $ waiting. To be clear - it was like playing on a 72" Ultra screen, not a VR thing, but waaaay better than a laptop. The Updates may not work on the Q2, but I hope they do.

Brilliant work! Excellent story-telling, characters are both well, and uniquely, rendered, as well as have distinct personalities.
Furthermore, although Sandbox style, it is structured so that you don't get lost, with clear paths to completing and advancing quests.

My ONLY qualm is that the kink of "Gagging" may be a bit overplayed/over-represented, for my tastes, but I am far from being a kink-shamer, with reduces my score from a pure 5 to a 4.995. Inevitably I had to select 5 stars or do the work a major disservice. Also, the bloody thing is bug-free... not had a crash in all the hours I have played it.

This is one is on my top 5 list. Most sandbox games can learn from this one.

Ridiculous concepts like this are easy to go off the rails. But this game manages to give enough depth to the story and some of the characters to keep you engaged. Developments feel earned, and not just through the effort of satisfying the game mechanics, but through the actual development of storylines.

Varied LIs, some of whom are not my type personally, but all hot enough that I'm sure they're satisfying to someone. Overall enjoying this development.

Credit where credit is due: this game is much better than I was anticipating. The characters are surprisingly well written; there is legitimate character development throughout and not just "I hate MC...okay, now I want to bang him for reasons!"

I'm not especially into BDSM, but it's well portrayed in this game. Most of the h-scenes in this game are fantastic (personally, I just skim past the foot stuff). I would highly recommend this game.

Not a perfect game but a very very good one. There is a nice diversity to characters and despite being a harem you will find a more realistic growth for most of them before you get to the good stuff. Some worship you from the moment you meet them, others will loathe you at first wanting you fail and each has their own quirks and interests.

Mercifully its a sandbox management game with barely ANY grind so you can max stats as they increase caps easily and money is thrown at you with little micro managemt required. As for content the game is massive (expect long hours on a fresh save - a good thing) with a story whilst unrealistic allows the girls to develop at an organic pace so you will love some, hate others too and eventually they will perhaps redeem themselves to you or maybe just give you a real desire to spank them something silly with a butt plug and gag thrown in for good measure.

I rounded up to 5 instead of down to 4 as niggles that did bother me like lack of many animations were outweighed by a real player friendly experience often missing in games (gallery in full available to unlock scenes without needing a modder, a very helpful and user friendly tip section to progress stories incuding sandbox terror that is specific location at specific time and day... some of those are present but you know they are via tip system so no random button clicks to fumble to next scene by accident).

I will warn though some things which did NOT bother me might irk others if it aint their thing - game LOVES a bit of BDSM on all characters (if you dont like that then a lot of scenes might not appeal but its all MC dominating girls or girls dominating other girls on your command). Some girls are ripped muscle wise and one had an unashamed foot fetish... these wont appeal to everyone but at same time there is more than enough more vanilla stuff that i dont think it should matter but thought id give heads up all the same.

Really early into the game so still trying to get a feel for it but so far there are a few things which are screaming out and there's always the potential they'll get worse.

Visually the game is nice, all the characters are easy on the eyes, there's nothing that stands out like it's been rushed. The UI is good too, sandbox game but doesn't (as yet) have that "here's 100 screens of which you need 1 of them" problem that other sandbox games suffer from.

My issue so far is... not so much the plot but the interactions. You start by getting to the island and you meet some lassie who just hates you. You exist, she hates you. I'm sure she's got her reasons and she hints at why but the level of hate doesn't seem to marry up with what she says, so it's kinda odd. But beyond that the interactions with her are weird. You start with her basically telling you that you'll fail and you'll be kicked off the island. You can stay if you find a fault with someone. now.... that's strange, I get we're talking porn game here and hardly an oscar winner, but "if you can find the one thing this other girl is bad at then you can keep your job" is a bit of a stretch.

What's worse, the dialogue is written that she's so sure you'll fail, that you're hopeless etc... but you easily find the thing you want and when you present it to her she kinda acts like she knew all along. Like... if she KNEW the lassie sucked at the thing, why act like she's perfect? It's so weird. I get the need to keep some mystery and certainly early doors there's alot of mystery to be had but having the game start with you talking to 3 characters, one of whom is a complete bitch, kinda makes the game feel a bit forced. Like.... I'm going to shag her, that's how these games go, it's written in the stars but I find her so unlikeable I can't be arsed to.

In a similar vein you've got a quest to explore the hotel you're working in and one of the options is to sneak into her room. Where you naturally get caught. But I don't WANT to be a sneaky sex pest and sneak into womens rooms so is that quest just going to be hanging about while I progress through the rest of the game?

It's a well developed game, I'm sure it WILL be fun eventually but from the off it starts on the wrong foot. She's just a bitch of a character, like I can't be bothered speaking to her because all she does is complain about you...... and it doesn't make sense. I get the whole "you're an outsider and as such the enemy" vibe but she starts mouthing off about how you'll be kicked off the island or some nonsense but she goes on about it so much, she actually comes off as a bit crazy, and you don't stick your dick in crazy. So you've got a game where it's very obvious the main character is such a bitch, you're not really interested in her, which is never a good sign for a game.