Review version: 1.05
Karryn's Prison is an excellent example of the statement that "often things that haven't been done have not been done for a reason".
If you're going to want to replay a scene from this game, you'll have to effectively do a battle, engaging with it all the while.
This is especially appalling when you're looking for a particular type of enemy but can't find it on the map (or have to go a very long way to find one).
Oh, and the game has a fatigue system, so if you think you'll just take a bunch of battles in rapid succession-- think again; you'll quickly hit up 50% fatigue and at that point you'll have next to no stats (unless you amp your stats via a save editor).
It's also exceptionally grindy - especially the "special" battles (bartending and strip dancing) take a very long time to get where you want 'em to.
It also has a bit of a stat crunchy element to it all (your build has a LOT of components; accessories, training options, halberd specialization of offense or defense AND how you level Karryn up) which is all a little bit excessive for what is in essence just a rock-paper-scissors attack system with a grand total of one basic attack of each type, one utility attack of each type and one special attack of each type.
Having said that, the art is high quality (although on this note the most attractive scene is locked behind a fight sequence and a long cutscene with no way to save in the middle or replay it easily afterwards).
It also has a lot of things to do: if you intend to shoot for certain achievements, that might keep you interested. There's also a LOT of flavour text, and I do mean A LOT. It's also fairly easy to alter; all of it is contained in .json files you can edit with the text program of your choice (I recommend Notepad++), so that might keep you interested. And perhaps you'll just want to use a save editor and make a pure virgin run and that'll keep you interested (after you make the whole total slut run, because this is after all an adult game).
I'll still give it a 4/5 for the art and flavour text.
Karryn's Prison is an excellent example of the statement that "often things that haven't been done have not been done for a reason".
If you're going to want to replay a scene from this game, you'll have to effectively do a battle, engaging with it all the while.
This is especially appalling when you're looking for a particular type of enemy but can't find it on the map (or have to go a very long way to find one).
Oh, and the game has a fatigue system, so if you think you'll just take a bunch of battles in rapid succession-- think again; you'll quickly hit up 50% fatigue and at that point you'll have next to no stats (unless you amp your stats via a save editor).
It's also exceptionally grindy - especially the "special" battles (bartending and strip dancing) take a very long time to get where you want 'em to.
It also has a bit of a stat crunchy element to it all (your build has a LOT of components; accessories, training options, halberd specialization of offense or defense AND how you level Karryn up) which is all a little bit excessive for what is in essence just a rock-paper-scissors attack system with a grand total of one basic attack of each type, one utility attack of each type and one special attack of each type.
Having said that, the art is high quality (although on this note the most attractive scene is locked behind a fight sequence and a long cutscene with no way to save in the middle or replay it easily afterwards).
It also has a lot of things to do: if you intend to shoot for certain achievements, that might keep you interested. There's also a LOT of flavour text, and I do mean A LOT. It's also fairly easy to alter; all of it is contained in .json files you can edit with the text program of your choice (I recommend Notepad++), so that might keep you interested. And perhaps you'll just want to use a save editor and make a pure virgin run and that'll keep you interested (after you make the whole total slut run, because this is after all an adult game).
I'll still give it a 4/5 for the art and flavour text.