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.