QSP - Jack-o-Nine-Tails [v2.3] [ImperatorAugustusTertius / qwertyu12359]

This is an amazing game if you are a dev even an aspiring one. Lots of intricate mechanics, all implemented in QSP of all things, still being maintained out of love. You can see its influence on all sorts of trainer games, and I would even go as far as saying it should be a mandatory play for anyone aspiring to build one.

Now if you are a player though, especially one used to polished modern games, it is not a good game. It's boring and tedious and has core gameplay scattered all over the place and takes a bunch of hours of a learning curve just to get anything resembling a gameplay going and then everything falls apart anyway for no good reason. And then the art is not that great anyway.

Which is why it might be confusing as a casual player to see this so highly recommended here. It's like those songs or movies you see mentioned in their corresponding sleuth circles, which turn out to be very boring and generic when you check them out and expect entertainment value from a modern perspective.

Even though the reason for that is everything you have ever seen or listened to in their genres basically being built on those works. You don't consume them for fun, you consume them to understand or even just to pay homage.

if there is someone who still would like to help this sinful soul i would be grateful or you can suggest some other place to find help instead or if my questions are senseless you can ignore them giving me the write question to ask to give answer to i just started this game but don't seem to know anything about i tried to read the comments here but they all seem random making it hard to put them in sequence to try to get some knowledge out of them i just need the beginner tips and like what character to pick or if i wanna make a custom how should i customize my character to make it a good start than what slave to buy what i need to know before buying a slave where should i spend money at after buying the slave what i need to increase of her like i know the ranks but how to increase them how to make her obedience fear emotions like them of hers which skills i need to teach her how long should i keep a slave where to sell them what is the procedure before selling to get the most out of it and at which stage a slave is good to be sold and now what other things i should look at other than slaves as their are things called calories where to buy food from what food to give to the slave do she eat it automatically do i get some packed food at home just that thank you

This is an absolute gem of a game, and one of very few sex-themed games i keep coming back to for more than just lewd content. The game mechanics are as far as i know very unique, i have never seen anyone else pull this complexity/scope and depth off in a sex game. And it's free!
The learning curve can be a brick wall when starting out and i can see how that turns off a lot of people, but i'd defend that as being totally acceptable considering the history of this game and its development (and it's ancient-levels of old code and frameworks they have to work with). The fact this is still being developed and worked on into new iterations by some amazing and dedicated people makes me so very happy.

A crazy detailed classic, and the fact it's still being reworked and improved to this day by the F95 devs who adopted it is insane.

If you don't count spiritual derivatives like Teaching Feeling this is easily the best slave trainer game in the entire genre.

Oooooof....

From reading the reviews i have not expected a very polished, graphic-focused game.
But anyway: the fonts and the font-colors are not just hard to read, but offending.
The UI looks and behaves outdated.
The engine is outdated as well.

The very, very early gamebreaker for me was: the slaves you train have no continuous artstyle in the training- and sex-scenes. Just one single, random, static image per scene.
Everything else is text in an oldschool textbox, and you have to click through some text (and maybe should read that) to train the girl and progress further.

I tried that for two girls on easy custom start and quitted the game.
Completely unerotic and uninteresting.

Maybe it's a good trainer-game, maybe it's a good management-game, maybe it has nice lore and so forth, but hey:
it's so heavily outdated and has such an incoherent and offending UI and "artstyle", i don't know how someone can enjoy this.

In 1995: possibly.
In 2025: no way.

I gotta say it's one of the best trainer simulators I have ever played. But it's hard at first, when I was doing the tutorial, I don't know what am I doing. I had to check for tips on wiki and comments to understand what I am doing wrong, but it'll be fun once you get to know the mechanics.

The best game ive found on this side beside brothel king, there is not that much art but its well chosen. In the numerous hours ive played this ive only encountered few bug (and none of them were serious game breaking).

I think this game has one of, if not, the most immersive world-building of any H-game on this site. The dialogue also holds up well.

That being said, I wish there was a way to make the game more vanilla. I know you can turn off some categories from the setting, but that doesn't take it away from the lore (ie cannibalism).

The game itself is very challenging and can get grindy. But after many, many attempts (especially if you play as Johny) you eventually solve how to turn slave into profit. And most of the joy comes from that imo. But once the machine starts running, gameplay can become quite stale.

My opinion is, I think the game needs more random events. You could spreadsheet your way to success but having events can throw you off track and add some spice into the game's world-building.

Overall I'd only recommend this for people who love those hardcore, masochistic type of games like DarkSouls but management genre. Still, for a free H-game and how long the game has been in development, abandoned, then picked up by the community is inspiring. 4/5

This is one of the very few simulation games that's actually is very deep and expansive. The atmosphere is amazing, the lore is great, the characters are nice.

The overall gameplay loop is fun and entertaining, especially when you're new to the game and exploring the seemingly endless skills you can train your slave in. And not to mention this game is still, after so many years, getting continuous support, dedication and love.

It's one of the few games I frequently like seeing what the forum is discussing about and even the hint of the new ideas that the team is planning to implement makes me excited!

10/10, would forget to pay the moneylender money and get shanked in my sleep again.

The rating is for Version 2.3

It was my favourite game back in the day. I've spent many many hours with this game but it this new version is so incredibly hard and grindy that i just can't enjoy it anymore.

Incredible game, it has more depth than any porn game I've ever found. It's kinkier than any game as well, besides maybe some visual novels (which I don't find remotely engaging). Yes this game is a grind but it is somehow addicting and satisfying as well. I hope there continues to be community support and additional content releases!

Challenging, compelling, and absolutely savage. This game has a very unique vibe.

I got a lot of satisfaction from breaking those stubborn slaves, mixed feelings from finally selling them, and a weird zen after finally retiring as a 1%er and putting this game down. Also quite liked the art packs of well-curated hentai.

I recommend playing on Normal after tutorial, and save-scumming to learn the arcane mechanics of this game. Get help from this thread. Most information on the wiki is helpful too.

v2.3

played this years ago when it was just old huntsman and aside from a lack of story, consistent art and a quest or two not triggering, this was a seriously good entry into the brothel category.

gameplay loop (or grind) was good enough. was in no way the weak link of this game.

sadly, for me at least, what has been added is no improvement
indeed what has been added has pushed it past 'enough' into 'too much' territory where grind is concerned for me.
it reminds me of paradox who created stellaris and it worked (scum sucking money grubbing aside that is) but then the design crew got really anal retentive and we then got hearts of iron.....which is what happens when the pocket protectors create without oversight. 'enough' to 'too much'

compared to the original (sadly not here to download) this went the same way and left entertainment way behind in it's progress.

a decent 3d art pack and some story quests and this would have been great.
was good now forgettable for me

This is an immensely grinding game. But it's playable. I played a lot v2.1 and trained and sold many women, then 2.2 came out and whatever i knew didn't work anymore. Reading the reviews here, I realized one shouldn't be so quick to set rules, until the slave is tamed enough. So, I'm in the game once more.

In any case, the game is great in many ways because of the theme, and because of the world building which is excellent. The other great thing is that people still work on it.

The reason I subtracted a point is the inconsistent art, which i don't believe will ever be fixed. The game needs graphic artists that can reproduce the disturbing atmosphere of the game, which explores taboo things like cannibalism, slavery, rape, mutilation, etc. There already are some amazing images in the game along some others that seem rushed, but the issue is that none of the characters has their own gallery. It would be quite hard to make one for each of the random women you can buy or save from the monsters outside the city.

What one can expect in the game? Lots of grind building up slaves and reputation. Lots of financial and housing issues at the beginning. Getting attacked by unhappy slaves in your sleep. Losing your best trained slave because you ran her fast where you should have run her slow. Great atmosphere to which the music, the enemies, the crazy options with your slaves contribute. Being able to raise fiends. Reading your slave aura for a fee and the initial confusion about what that means, in the first place.

After all this, being able to train a slave to the maximum level would feel like a victory.

Complex yet rewarding gaming.
Takes a decent amount of time to learn how to play, might fuck up few times, but there is a custom mode for people who are too lazy to learn.
Selling my first slave, to whom I've grown attached due to just how hard it was to train her (Yes, I remember you my dear Ellaine) was truly heartbreaking, knowing full well, that I am not going to be the one beating her up and then fucking her.

That being said, hopefully the local lords will become fuckable in the future.

The 2 stars rating is for v2.2 and so

v2.1 and 1.8 is 4.5 stars

Summary: Comparing to 2.1, there are more meaningless changes while barely any meaningful gameplay content added. The new direction made everything extremely tedious without providing reasonable ways to improve MC and NPCs while making game way harder than what it should be. Just because it is somewhat more realistic for someone having learning difficulty doesn't mean it is better for the gameplay.

People who took over the development should keep in mind that this is a game not real life, there is a delicate balance between realism and real life. While more gameplay contents are always welcome, the difficulty and tedious changes will always remains highly diversive.

If you don't mind the gory and dark theme of the game, I'll recommend you go for 1.8 and 2.1 versions, they're good. The 2.2 version is not a good entry point for any new players.

The most intricate and deep trainer ever made.

The Aural stats part alone is more than 95% trainers have, a masterpiece.

Sure, it's finnicky and until you understand the mechanics and what causes what you will fail - but the payoff is big. This is the Dark Souls of trainer games.

I've played this too much to claim it's a bad game, but this version has the same issues as all the others. Short version, play it on custom game -> easy. Cheat as needed. It's fun then. Be sure to be mean -- this isn't a relationship game.
- Have some fun turning someone into a Hu-cow. Naw, bitch, you're goin' in the stall. Daddy needs to sell some milk.
- Patrol the fogs. Hi, Lady! I saw you were about to be raped by a bog fiend. Good news! I killed the fiend. Bad news! The rape is still on.
- Abuse your slaves: You takin' the D or are you getting into the coffin of stinging insects?
- Be evil. That parasite in your guts? It's gonna bust outta there like that scene from Aliens. I can have it removed for the cost of lunch, but you know, I just don't feel like it. I guess you got three days to change my mind. Who's a good slave? Who's a good slave?



Random complaints:
Combat: There is exactly *ONE* method to beat the harder enemies in the fog. You have to have the flamberge. You have to have Battle Cry. You have to have Roundhouse Kick. If you picked other special skills, you lose. Start your game over.
I should mention this wasn't intentional. Combat was added after the fact and never really got the polish it needed. I'm disturbed this many years have passed and nobody's tackled this. When brought up in the Jack forums forever ago, the dev response was "learn to code and fix it yourself," and that's part of how the cheats in Easy Mode came to be. Now, apparently, it's integrated with the game instead of being an actual 3rd party mod. That's a disappointing solution.

Slave Training: On easy, it's pretty straight forward. I usually ask the slave to clean the house and if she doesn't, she gets beaten down until she does. Gotta get that fear stat up. (Once in a while they just won't comply and they get taken to the butcher for meat.) Then, it's about spending days to slowly build up habit and taming. It takes a while, but the fear goes away and you get a workable slave.
On normal mode or higher, things are far, far worse. If you punish them, the slave will run away, commit suicide, or mind break. If you reward them, they gain 'spoil' and refuse to comply. There are very specific, exacting steps to take to get a slave to work. It's a puzzle game at that level, not a slaver emulator.

Arena: This isn't too bad, but requires memorization or the wiki to compete. I recommend dual wield. Since nothing is explained, you can click the crossed swords image for one special attack per arena fight. It does good damage.

Racing: I never got this, even on easy mode, even with the wiki, even after hundreds of tries. Not worth the effort. Cheat -> Easy Race.

Lord Spectre: I admit this is the last thing you'll do in the game. It's, like, the final quest. I guess it's supposed to be hard. However, you'll need to read the game's source code to complete it. No, not the walkthrough. Even in the F95 forum, you'll find a swarm of people unable to get Spectre to fuck off. The quest is that damned picky and the slightest error means Spectre's goons raid your house and kill you. If you ever need a lesson on what NOT to do in a game, see this quest. This should be a slide in the Game Design Powerpoint presentation of how to piss off everybody. You have been warned. Leave Spectre alone.

Edit: Read the dev responses. Play the game. Judge for yourself. All is well or there might be a few flaws? https://f95zone.to/threads/jack-o-nine-tails-v2-2-3-old-huntsman-community-development.390/post-12903517

I'm gonna go againts a lot of reviewers here. The game is not hard. The ambuguity and incomplete information and some knick knack result in reverse difficulty curve.The tutorial do give (I hope to most people) some alaready common sense tips related to various stats and parametes. That's just it. even the supposedly practical tutorial doesn't give you much direction, no holding hand of what you should do step by step. That is why a lot of people percieve it as difficult.

I started with hardest(That is the mistake) preset difficulty because I like rag to rich play (you can go harder with custom start) So I fumble a lot due to despiste understand basic corelation between various stats, mechanics. Slave break the rule ? punish them accordingly to level of guilt and vice versa for being a good girl. The first trap is for my start, punishing isn't a good idea since it make my slave mood goes down and later can result into despair which lead to attempt on my life or just breaskaway during the night.
I scratched my head ,huh? I can't punish her and I can't make her do as I command so that I can reward her because she isn't obedience yet, but in order for her to be obedience I have to punish her for refusing and the death spiral begin again. kinda like chicken or egg paradox.
-
That is until I figured out the normal progession of letting her get used and accommodated to her situation. instead of immediately trying to set a lot of rules on day 1, just set somerule that she gonna comply with anyway so she doesn't break any, then you don't have to punish her. over time she will start to be a bit malleable, like willin to do a bit of tidying chore. now you have way to reward her and make her happy for her situation. as she get more used to her new fate more and more she start to become more obedience. and as you leveling your own character the next slave you train would be easier to tame and control, you can even do what I said I did wrong on day 1 : start imposing strict rules so you can punish her. but this time you got mean to defend yourself ,prevent her from escaping or suicide.after you punish themenough to instill fear into them causing them to be obedience out of fear, you can start traning them and reward them for good traning. kind of a kiss after a kick. totransition from fear-obedience to love-obedience.
-
the con is the colered and hard to read font. the colored is quite understandable since it give you easy visual clue of difference level of stats , but it overused in a lot of place that didn't need to.

if anyone struggle to learn this game I highly recommend this playthrough guide. guide .
A lot of guides and tips outside of those in wiki are in the forum but they never been pin to the post even the one from the dev themselves(srsy dev please start pinning those good guide on the post ).

This game is HARD hard. Like legit it like you are literally playing 5 games at the same time. But the gameplay loop is addictive so after many failed attempts you then learnt how to play and suddenly this game is nothing short of a 5 stars.

The management is multi-layered, complex. The arts collection is also varied and high quality. What this game does right now it does perfectly.

The only complaint I can think of is how dependent you are of a house because the starting place does not have any uses whatsoever. This severely limits the role-playing capacity (like how the runaway werewolf character still have the need to find a big house in the middle of a city somehow). And maybe the limited end-game content, though this game is so replayable don't think this matters at all.

Also a WARNING: the graphic content is... pretty graphic, especially the "food" arts. Hope the devs pick tamer or maybe add some censored images option in the future.