Hello everyone I hope you're having a great day, I have collected my thoughts about the game over the past few days and I want give my review, thoughts and suggestions about the alpha version of jump city journey.
Keep in mind that I will be reviewing the alpha version of the game, which means most of the things I will mention are subject to change; also as I am giving my suggestions keep in my that not only it's based off of what the dev planned for the game therefore I am NOT going to mention anything that conflicts with the devs plans and vision, but also I will be giving my suggestions for the game based off of my own personal taste and preferences so therefore I am speaking for myself and others that have the same preferences as i do and others have every right to disagree.
With that out of the way Lettuce begin
My Review and Overall rating: 4/5 or 8/10
The alpha gives a strong first impression, it has a glorious menu screen, it introduces us to our beloved heroes, some absolutely gorgeous and highly detailed character sprites, the ins and outs of the titans tower and gives us a very good and solid sex scene but where it fails is three things: navigation, environment and plot
The former is nothing short of confusing to the point that you have idea where to go and what to click on, the middle is completely lifeless and barebone which complete opposite of character sprites are unpleasant to look at and the latter is way way too simple, silly, it has no depth, no build up, just blackfire falls from sky and seduces nightwing. I know it's alpha but an alpha has a job to do: making first impressions and foundation for what's to come, and if the rest of story and navigation is going to be like this it's going to be no good. all and all the dev had my attention the moment I saw the main poster on f95zone.to and that says something. I wish nothing but good luck for dev
So this part will be my suggestions:
Story: I have already mentioned that the story and the build up to the sex scene is weak and just not good. a good story needs good character writing, depth, an immersive plot, character motivation and evolution and since in case titans it has to loyal to original characters and have mild humor that isn't out place and unnecessary. I'm sure the dev can come up with something solid you know... something like: the titans are irrelevant nowadays; they became less of friends due their age;they finally get the golden opportunity to prove themselves and meanwhile they become friends and soul mates again. There a lot of opportunities and potential for the story in this game and I'm sure the dev will take their chances.
Characters: according to dev the characters have aged up. That should be put in consideration, that means our heroes are no longer inexperienced children that were filled with doubts and fears. It means that they are now experts in what they do and became somewhat mature and bold. I would to see them develop their own character and be twice better than where us players start the game. For our heroes to mention each others first real names instead of their codenames. For our heroes to cherish and love each other. God I can talk about this for hours I really hope the dev put my words in consideration. Oh and as for character requests: pls try to add red hood, rose Wilson ravager, wonder girl, Argent, baby wild beast, thank you ♥
Navigation: I have complained about this on my review part and the only good thing about it; was the titans tower itself, other than that, it's confusing and you can get lost at any moment. I highly suggest that before anything the dev should add map or text highlights or intractable sprites which... the dev already plans to so props to them.
Environment: the locations in this alpha is bland, boring and they lack any detail. Example:rooftops, starfire's room hall ways, kitchen, main room and etc. More props and accessories HAS to be added and the brightness and sharpness of objects has to flushed out
Sprites:simply beautiful nothing major. Just to name a few things to addressed: starfire and blackfires' eyebrows are off putting and out of place, just because they worked in the original animated series doesn't mean they will work here, beast boy should be a bit taller and MUST be bigger than nightwing cause it's the law... he's not called BEAST boy for nothing,
Cyborg's armor seems to have clipping... just keep an eye out for that one, give Dick chiseled ASS because the LAW and flush out raven and starfires' main sprite in a way that doesn't show them having fake tits, make ravens smile more obvious and quick side note: the only virgins in the games should be: Gar, Rae and Vic (IMO).
Sound and music: not much to say here I'll leave this one to the dev
Sandbox: if implemented; I gotta let you know that a "wide" sandbox as in how many options you have is the standards of sandbox and it will be nothing special but a "deep" sandbox as in how many ways you can do one option will be nothing short of genius.
It is already stated that we're going to play as all of the titans so For Example: from one scenario I can trigger a scene with beast boy an raven, while playing as Gar where HD asks for attention while being bold and absolutely shameless, and from scenario I can trigger the same scene while playing as Rae this time where she is shy yet straightforward with her desires... or the other way around. I really hope the dev considers this because if implemented like this you won't even need to include branching storyline or multiple endings.
Sex scenes: this alpha only has one sex scene so I giving my recommendation based off of that, the fact that we can choose the sex scene's pace is great and very welcome. The sex scene it self is fluid and well-animated and the character's face expectations are welcome as well. All that's missing is lines of dialouge between partners yknow... moaning, compliment, dirty talk, all of that.
Combat and progression: I don't know if the dev have considered adding combat to the game or not but character progression is confirmed so... my only suggestion is that one single currency for purchasing anything will be welcome in my eyes
Like:buying items from stores and character skills should use the currency. It's smart it's safe and it just works.
Gallery: so if you visit Gallery right now you'll see the name of ladies lined up, I personally would have changed it to our playable characters. Yknow... since they are the main reason the scenes will be triggered?
Planned NSFW Content: so first off; the dev team has my most praises for keeping the NSFW aspect as safe and as vanilla possible. Rape is wrong no matter what, bestality is unnecessary and annoying (that BBRAE "normal sex" meme just ruins raven's character turning her into a abusive bitch that she's not) and apparently no NTR and and swinging, which subtley implies each playable character gonna have their own individual harem... I guess I hope I'm not wrong because I am not a fan of cuckold or cuckqean fetish. they are overused, it's out of place in this context and it ruins the potential of story, friendship and sandbox the game CAN have.
Romance/No Corruption: I'm personally getting tired of all this mind break type stories some superhero parody games have adapted given theme and the planned harem tag; there has to some love an affection between partners and to explore rest of the planned tags there has to some trust between partners so that they can explore their sexual desires.
And that's gonna do it for the review if made it till the I just want to thank you for taking the time to read my article.
I want thank the dev for this alpha showcase like I said it's a strong first impression and I can't get enough of it and I really hope the dev team consider some of the things I mentioned in the article if not all. You have my full support on this project. ♥
