I came into this expecting it to be yet another "watch as the heroine gets sexually harassed" JRPGs that are so commonly made in RPGM with this art style. To be fair, I am a fan of those, but there are a ton and quality varies pretty wildly.
I had read the rave reviews and was interested in giving this a go because it sounded like a bit more of a nuanced experience than most.
What I was greeted with was something that completely blew past my expectations. At it's core it's a legitimately interesting and nuanced RPG. The combat mechanics and the adult content blend together perfectly in a system I can only describe as a genius concept.
The development of your character reflects a slow and incredibly engaging corruption mechanic where your experiences winning, losing, or just surviving combat effect the future behavior of the heroine and the options that you have when engaging in further combat.
I am particularly impressed by how organic and fluid this gradual build up of these mechanics develops and how it tells a uniquely tantalizing story bit by bit as you play.
I would not miss this if you are interested in female protagonist or corruption mechanics. The available pregnancy mod is also something to keep an eye out for if that's something you're into, it adds the little cherry on top imo.
The only bad thing I can say is that the pacing can be slow at times and the combat and minigames can be a bit grindy. Slower machines may also have trouble running this. I have a laptop with a small GPU that can usually play unity games on low settings and it has trouble keeping up a good frame rate during combat.
I had read the rave reviews and was interested in giving this a go because it sounded like a bit more of a nuanced experience than most.
What I was greeted with was something that completely blew past my expectations. At it's core it's a legitimately interesting and nuanced RPG. The combat mechanics and the adult content blend together perfectly in a system I can only describe as a genius concept.
The development of your character reflects a slow and incredibly engaging corruption mechanic where your experiences winning, losing, or just surviving combat effect the future behavior of the heroine and the options that you have when engaging in further combat.
I am particularly impressed by how organic and fluid this gradual build up of these mechanics develops and how it tells a uniquely tantalizing story bit by bit as you play.
I would not miss this if you are interested in female protagonist or corruption mechanics. The available pregnancy mod is also something to keep an eye out for if that's something you're into, it adds the little cherry on top imo.
The only bad thing I can say is that the pacing can be slow at times and the combat and minigames can be a bit grindy. Slower machines may also have trouble running this. I have a laptop with a small GPU that can usually play unity games on low settings and it has trouble keeping up a good frame rate during combat.