There were parts about this game that I liked, but... I won't beat around the bush; this game has problems.
First off, it's important to mention that this game is a porn parody of the series Kimagura Orange Road, originally an 80s manga. There are porn parodies out there that can be played just fine without knowing the source material, but this isn't one of them.
I didn't know about Kimagura Orange Road before playing this, so I went in blind. And what I found was that too much of this game hinges on players already knowing the original story and the characters. Except for the villains there's pretty much no character introduction, and much of the story just kinda falls flat witout that "hey, a familiar face!"-factor tickling your brain.
OTOH, I'm a sucker for this oldschool manga style. So there's that.
Now, this game's art in general is... not that consistent in quality. The main sprites of the protagonist (Ayukawa) and her friends are good, as are the main sprites of the villains Mio, Yuji and Akane. But the sprites of most of the other villains are drawn much more amateurishly. I've seen worse, but they're still wonky in a way that suggests that the good sprites have been traced.
The H-scene sprites likewise tend to be noticeably worse than the regular ones, with poor proportions and perspective.
Gameplay-wise, the setup is interesting. A visual novel format where you have to click arrow icons to decide the course of a brawl? Not gonna lie, that's an approach with real potential.
Not to mention that it's also kinda unique. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before.
But the bad part is the way that the game handles this. Pressing the wrong arrow is not an immediate game over, and you can tank quite a few punches. But you still get no hints whatsoever, so all you can do is guess. The only way to play this game is literally just trial and error + savescumming.
This also means that the fights get repetitive very quickly. The boss fights are generally not that bad as most of them go down with a single punch. But the goon fights tend to drag on, especially later into the game. Really, almost every goon fight in this game is a slog.
Some of the boss fights do throw in a little variety, though;
Then there's the plot...
Again, this game expects that you're already familiar with Kimagura Orange Road, so it skimps out on introducing important characters and plot points. This is still tolerable in the first half of the game - I was just like "oh hey, a game about a delinquent girl who beats up other delinquents. No idea who these characters are, but it looks kinda cool".
And then...
Other than that, the plot progression is also pretty repetitive. The school sequences during which the MC gets challenged are basically the same scene recycled over and over again.
The plot around Yuji has a bit more meat to it, but that part of the story isn't all *that* impressive either.
As for the porn...
I already largely covered that under what I had to say about the art. But there's one thing that just bothered me, though;
As I was saying, wasted opportunity.
All that aside, I can say that the music in this game is pretty nice. Nothing spectacular, but there are some catchy background tunes.
In all, I'm giving this one a 3/5.
First off, it's important to mention that this game is a porn parody of the series Kimagura Orange Road, originally an 80s manga. There are porn parodies out there that can be played just fine without knowing the source material, but this isn't one of them.
I didn't know about Kimagura Orange Road before playing this, so I went in blind. And what I found was that too much of this game hinges on players already knowing the original story and the characters. Except for the villains there's pretty much no character introduction, and much of the story just kinda falls flat witout that "hey, a familiar face!"-factor tickling your brain.
OTOH, I'm a sucker for this oldschool manga style. So there's that.
Now, this game's art in general is... not that consistent in quality. The main sprites of the protagonist (Ayukawa) and her friends are good, as are the main sprites of the villains Mio, Yuji and Akane. But the sprites of most of the other villains are drawn much more amateurishly. I've seen worse, but they're still wonky in a way that suggests that the good sprites have been traced.
The H-scene sprites likewise tend to be noticeably worse than the regular ones, with poor proportions and perspective.
Gameplay-wise, the setup is interesting. A visual novel format where you have to click arrow icons to decide the course of a brawl? Not gonna lie, that's an approach with real potential.
Not to mention that it's also kinda unique. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before.
But the bad part is the way that the game handles this. Pressing the wrong arrow is not an immediate game over, and you can tank quite a few punches. But you still get no hints whatsoever, so all you can do is guess. The only way to play this game is literally just trial and error + savescumming.
This also means that the fights get repetitive very quickly. The boss fights are generally not that bad as most of them go down with a single punch. But the goon fights tend to drag on, especially later into the game. Really, almost every goon fight in this game is a slog.
Some of the boss fights do throw in a little variety, though;
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Then there's the plot...
Again, this game expects that you're already familiar with Kimagura Orange Road, so it skimps out on introducing important characters and plot points. This is still tolerable in the first half of the game - I was just like "oh hey, a game about a delinquent girl who beats up other delinquents. No idea who these characters are, but it looks kinda cool".
And then...
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Other than that, the plot progression is also pretty repetitive. The school sequences during which the MC gets challenged are basically the same scene recycled over and over again.
The plot around Yuji has a bit more meat to it, but that part of the story isn't all *that* impressive either.
As for the porn...
I already largely covered that under what I had to say about the art. But there's one thing that just bothered me, though;
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As I was saying, wasted opportunity.
All that aside, I can say that the music in this game is pretty nice. Nothing spectacular, but there are some catchy background tunes.
In all, I'm giving this one a 3/5.
