RPGM HeartSpire - Tale of a Forgotten Realm [v0.2.3] [heart_synthesis]

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heart_synthesis

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Febui said:
I've given it some play.
Active combat doesn't really serve any purpose. In games like Chrono Trigger, you have some reason you might wait a moment before attacking, as you line up enemies on the field. You also have a lot of abilities and synergies to consider, which means waiting for several characters to be ready at once, or just the pressure of thinking about which of your many skills to use. In this, you have very few tools and no tactical reason to ever wait.
Combat balance is bad. Enemies have too much health and do too little damage. Fights are really boring. The lack of skills is a part of that. And I quickly got the best gear the shops had, too, it was just long and dull fighting things. They should be more dangerous and die a lot faster.
Dungeon design is going well so far. Chests are always obvious, harvesting nodes for fruits and veg are always obvious, nothing seems to break. It's of course really boring still, but it's early. I imagine making more distinct tilesets from place to place, having more interesting "rooms", etc will come later in development. As pure function, it's going well.

Characters are boring. No real personality and nothing interesting to say. Town is boring. Player is boring. It feels like your only idea when making it was "what if only women" and then shrugged about the rest. It's a weak impression. And being all women, I wonder why there's a netorare tag on this. My only guess is they'll find another man randomly in the wilderness just like they found the player but that doesn't seeem to be present in the game yet.
Also, sexually, no one seems that shocked by the experience of man, despite the concept of one being so novel as to them calling the player "creature" and "it"
You really wouldn't have a clue men are so unheard of based on the sexual scenes.

I think one thing that'll help a lot with combat is having more people in the party. You get more abilities to use and think about, you have higher damage output, and you have a bit more chance to recover if things were to go wrong (like if enemies did more damage and you lost someone in the party, having more party members means you can revive them and also be topping off HP so it's not a rapid loss. Only really considered if enemies were more dangerous though)

If I were rating it, I'd give it a 2, but it's early, I think this will get better quickly.
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Yes this is still early on, a lot will be improved in further updates. I will take all this into consideration. The combat definitely needs work but is the hardest thing to balance.

I may remove the NTR, people were saying to add it but I was confused about what it is exactly. I guess because there are multiple girls and one guy its considered sharing which NTR can be considered? But others consider it cuckolding. So idk.
 
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heart_synthesis said:
I may remove the NTR, people were saying to add it but I was confused about what it is exactly. I guess because there are multiple girls and one guy its considered sharing which NTR can be considered? But others consider it cuckolding. So idk.
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People wanting NTR added don't want it added to the tags, they want it added to the game. At present, there is none.
And if you don't get the idea of it, it won't be good for anyone, so don't add it.
 
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heart_synthesis said:
Yes this is still early on, a lot will be improved in further updates. I will take all this into consideration. The combat definitely needs work but is the hardest thing to balance.

I may remove the NTR, people were saying to add it but I was confused about what it is exactly. I guess because there are multiple girls and one guy its considered sharing which NTR can be considered? But others consider it cuckolding. So idk.
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1 guy with multiple girls is called harem.
 
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i also have to say the same things like the other testers.
Battle system definitely needs improvement.
the speed thing needs to be removed entirely, or at least make it that way, that after each full speed bar the enemy has to wait the players current action. because if you open the item tab and search for something, the enemy hits a few times while you search (especially a nightmare on battle speed 5). also this often brought me in the situation where i revieved someone and immediately after they where back to 1 (!!!) health they were directly killed again.

the normal enemies are well balanced in my opinion, but the bosses has some serious Final Fantasy vibes because you do 1 damage but they have like a thousand HP in comparison.
To have a decent fight without having to use hundreds of potions one has to grind a lot... really a lot.
And to be honest, having to grind that much in a porn game is really not cool.

but the art is extremely good (those green slime girls with their big gooey fun bags :love:) and werent it for those hot juicy babes (by the way i like the glossy skin look a lot) i would have stopped playing completely and wait for someone to either share a save or a CG rip.

but overall you are on a good way and i am looking forward for a newer version where the combat will get an overhaul
 
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heart_synthesis

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Switcherous said:
i also have to say the same things like the other testers.
Battle system definitely needs improvement.
the speed thing needs to be removed entirely, or at least make it that way, that after each full speed bar the enemy has to wait the players current action. because if you open the item tab and search for something, the enemy hits a few times while you search (especially a nightmare on battle speed 5). also this often brought me in the situation where i revieved someone and immediately after they where back to 1 (!!!) health they were directly killed again.

the normal enemies are well balanced in my opinion, but the bosses has some serious Final Fantasy vibes because you do 1 damage but they have like a thousand HP in comparison.
To have a decent fight without having to use hundreds of potions one has to grind a lot... really a lot.
And to be honest, having to grind that much in a porn game is really not cool.

but the art is extremely good (those green slime girls with their big gooey fun bags :love:) and werent it for those hot juicy babes (by the way i like the glossy skin look a lot) i would have stopped playing completely and wait for someone to either share a save or a CG rip.

but overall you are on a good way and i am looking forward for a newer version where the combat will get an overhaul
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Thank you very much. Yes I will be working on the combat more. The bosses I kinda made difficult on purpose just to have the demo feel longer as there are only 2. But I know a lot of people hate grinding, later updates will have a smoother progression.
 
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