I think this game deserves a honest review. Rating is extremely difficult but I decided to stress the good things rather than the obvious shortcomings. The main success of Irreverent Heresy (I do not think it is an adequate title but who am I to write this...) is the mix of horror and porn in a rather logical way (at first glance with suspension of disbelief), the porn is required to progress in the plot. Second good point : there is an atmosphere and it is also coherent with the theme.
After that it goes from acceptable to bad. The models are generally plain (except one or two) but this depends on personal taste (and I am allergic to MILFs who are the most frequently abused here), at least they have some personality and seemingly individual strategy. I would have liked more agency for Veronica and the daughters... The Shadow mage is really poorly designed and characterized. And Marcos abruptly disappears...
Not even Average :The story itself while atmospheric is very poorly finished, there are illogical situations, unexplained deux ex machina, repetitions and I doubt it fully respects player choices. There were plenty of things I would have tried which were logical but were not available. The kinks are for sadistic gourmets (other should not even try it) which is good but it was not technically satisfactory (due to the engine I would say). The idea of tarot cards in the plot was excellent but gives nothing unfortunately...
Bad : the renders, even if the choice of Black and White is acceptable most often it is too dark and blurry (notably the juicy parts...), I was constantly redoing the renders in my head (light here, contrast, angles, DOF), the cum textures are so awful that they almost kill the kinkiest mood. Clearly Honey select variants (I guess in this case) are now totally outdated and what was acceptable 10 years ago is a no go in 2025.
Very bad : the awful English translation, I should have played in Spanish, the problems with pronouns is appalling and disheartening even for the most willing players.
I keep the 4 mark in spite of all the bad stuff because some poor choices are the results of design and story context. It is worth a technical 3 at best, but it is complete AND the proposed kinks are not so frequent. I appreciate the risks taken and the initial effort by the author. It could have been a masterpiece, sadly a near miss.
After that it goes from acceptable to bad. The models are generally plain (except one or two) but this depends on personal taste (and I am allergic to MILFs who are the most frequently abused here), at least they have some personality and seemingly individual strategy. I would have liked more agency for Veronica and the daughters... The Shadow mage is really poorly designed and characterized. And Marcos abruptly disappears...
Not even Average :The story itself while atmospheric is very poorly finished, there are illogical situations, unexplained deux ex machina, repetitions and I doubt it fully respects player choices. There were plenty of things I would have tried which were logical but were not available. The kinks are for sadistic gourmets (other should not even try it) which is good but it was not technically satisfactory (due to the engine I would say). The idea of tarot cards in the plot was excellent but gives nothing unfortunately...
Bad : the renders, even if the choice of Black and White is acceptable most often it is too dark and blurry (notably the juicy parts...), I was constantly redoing the renders in my head (light here, contrast, angles, DOF), the cum textures are so awful that they almost kill the kinkiest mood. Clearly Honey select variants (I guess in this case) are now totally outdated and what was acceptable 10 years ago is a no go in 2025.
Very bad : the awful English translation, I should have played in Spanish, the problems with pronouns is appalling and disheartening even for the most willing players.
I keep the 4 mark in spite of all the bad stuff because some poor choices are the results of design and story context. It is worth a technical 3 at best, but it is complete AND the proposed kinks are not so frequent. I appreciate the risks taken and the initial effort by the author. It could have been a masterpiece, sadly a near miss.
