INTRODUCTION;
Hounds of the Meteor (HOTM) is the latest game by InuFactory (DogFactory), HOTM marks the first professional game development attempt by Inu as all their previous works were 100% free and more done as a hobby and by consequence were also never intended to be finished and never were finished. Whenever they got bored of a project or new tech would come along they would move on to a new project which brings us to HOTM.
HOTM is a side scrolling action combat game that uses 3D assets for the visual style. It is set in a sci-fi setting where the main protagonist is a human from Earth who travels the universe to fight evil.
STORY;
Many side scrolling action games have little to no story, HOTM doesn't have as much story as say a Renpy but it definitely has plenty of story to get you interested in the setting, the motivation of the main character and the side characters. Each NPC you meet has different motivations and personalities and not all NPCs are out to get you. Inu likes to throw curveballs as well as some NPCs seem hostile when they actually want to help you and others seem friendly only to stab you in the back. This definitely adds to the fun of the game and makes you interested in seeing all the story event varieties.
GAMEPLAY;
I wouldn't say the combat is mind-blowingly good there are other side scrolling H-games out there that feature better or more innovative combat but the combat is also not bad by any means and thanks to a difficulty slider in the options menu every player can play the game at the balance and challenge level they are comfortable with. A great thing about the difficulty slider is that it works on the fly! Meaning you can change difficulty during any mission even during combat sequences with a boss fight.
The combat is fun enough to make you want to play the game for the gameplay and not just for the H-content but it isn't good enough to carry the game without the H-content as the reward.
H-CONTENT;
The H-content in this game is perhaps its best selling point, there is a large variety of fetishes featured in this game ranging from vanilla sex to beastiality and even insects. While you can't disable any fetish you can avoid all sex scenes and events in the game. Even the first event in the game which you are meant to lose can be won to avoid seeing the sex content in that scene.
As for the quality of the H-content you have two types of H in the game, you have combat rape where your character gets grabbed during the side scrolling combat portions of the game and each NPC has a variety of animations depending on the state of your character or their stance (e.g. standing vs laying on the ground) and even in the same stance some NPCs have multiple animations.
What is even better is that some animations have consequences, if you let certain enemies cum inside you, they can actually impregnate you with their offspring or lay eggs etc... inside you which will hatch later. Some animations will lead to events if you don't "solve" the issue on time. For example if you are impregnated but don't get abortion and the monster is born and escapes that actually unlocks an entire new location and series of events!
In addition to the side scrolling H-content there is also story or event related H-scenes similar to what you'd more expect from a Renpy game that even have dialogue choices that actually unlock different events or change the event you see depending on your choices or simply avoids the sex entirely. These use a combination of 3D still images and 3D animation loops.
Content wise the game currently has a solid 5 to 10 hours of gameplay but this is expanding greatly with each new update it is unclear how long before this game will be fully finished or how much more content the dev plans to add but it is looking like this could easily shape up to become a 20+ hour game by the time it is finished.
Hounds of the Meteor (HOTM) is the latest game by InuFactory (DogFactory), HOTM marks the first professional game development attempt by Inu as all their previous works were 100% free and more done as a hobby and by consequence were also never intended to be finished and never were finished. Whenever they got bored of a project or new tech would come along they would move on to a new project which brings us to HOTM.
HOTM is a side scrolling action combat game that uses 3D assets for the visual style. It is set in a sci-fi setting where the main protagonist is a human from Earth who travels the universe to fight evil.
STORY;
Many side scrolling action games have little to no story, HOTM doesn't have as much story as say a Renpy but it definitely has plenty of story to get you interested in the setting, the motivation of the main character and the side characters. Each NPC you meet has different motivations and personalities and not all NPCs are out to get you. Inu likes to throw curveballs as well as some NPCs seem hostile when they actually want to help you and others seem friendly only to stab you in the back. This definitely adds to the fun of the game and makes you interested in seeing all the story event varieties.
GAMEPLAY;
I wouldn't say the combat is mind-blowingly good there are other side scrolling H-games out there that feature better or more innovative combat but the combat is also not bad by any means and thanks to a difficulty slider in the options menu every player can play the game at the balance and challenge level they are comfortable with. A great thing about the difficulty slider is that it works on the fly! Meaning you can change difficulty during any mission even during combat sequences with a boss fight.
The combat is fun enough to make you want to play the game for the gameplay and not just for the H-content but it isn't good enough to carry the game without the H-content as the reward.
H-CONTENT;
The H-content in this game is perhaps its best selling point, there is a large variety of fetishes featured in this game ranging from vanilla sex to beastiality and even insects. While you can't disable any fetish you can avoid all sex scenes and events in the game. Even the first event in the game which you are meant to lose can be won to avoid seeing the sex content in that scene.
As for the quality of the H-content you have two types of H in the game, you have combat rape where your character gets grabbed during the side scrolling combat portions of the game and each NPC has a variety of animations depending on the state of your character or their stance (e.g. standing vs laying on the ground) and even in the same stance some NPCs have multiple animations.
What is even better is that some animations have consequences, if you let certain enemies cum inside you, they can actually impregnate you with their offspring or lay eggs etc... inside you which will hatch later. Some animations will lead to events if you don't "solve" the issue on time. For example if you are impregnated but don't get abortion and the monster is born and escapes that actually unlocks an entire new location and series of events!
In addition to the side scrolling H-content there is also story or event related H-scenes similar to what you'd more expect from a Renpy game that even have dialogue choices that actually unlock different events or change the event you see depending on your choices or simply avoids the sex entirely. These use a combination of 3D still images and 3D animation loops.
Content wise the game currently has a solid 5 to 10 hours of gameplay but this is expanding greatly with each new update it is unclear how long before this game will be fully finished or how much more content the dev plans to add but it is looking like this could easily shape up to become a 20+ hour game by the time it is finished.