Others - Kronos Time Titan [v25.11.23] [Scarlett Young]

Before continuing to read, the following review is very old. Someone liked the review recently and it reminded me to check up on the game to see if the nagging DRM has stopped or the creator offered an alternative.

It has, I have revised my rating as I said I would. Putting it from 2, to 4 stars. Literally my only problem with this game was that nagging drm. I'm probably late to doing this, but on the off chance someone cares enough to scroll far enough to see this review know that I'm only leaving it up for posterity and it does not reflect the current rating.

The game itself is mostly fine now that the nagging drm is gone. Solid 4.

********* Old Review**********
It's Ok, played for an hour or so. The arts nice, renders are ok. UI is questionable. The turn based stuff is mildly annoying. The writing is personally not that great for me.

I did manage to break them game within 5 minutes by just walking out of the bounds of the map causing the graphics to go wild, which isn't a negative really since I was able to just leave the area and fix it. Other than that it was mostly fine.

It's not my cup of tea, but one major thing aside that we'll get to shortly, it's decent and would probably be worth a play(4/5 writing aside). But.

There's a big catch tho that prevents me from recommending even a passing look at this game. The online check. You are not EA. You are not Diablo 3, which for some reason you specifically mentioned like it was a good thing. The game is passably decent at best and 100% does not warrant online activation DRM.

There's already patron stuff already locked away, and various perks for higher tiers. Which is also tied into the online requirement as well. So why add the inclusion of an online check that nags a player to support the game every 5 minutes? I promise you it'll annoy and drive away more people than it brings in. It sure did for me and I knew it was coming, but underestimated how quickly 5 minutes goes by before getting slapped in the face with the message again. There's already plenty of incentive on offer for those who would be interested, literal begging will not help only hinder.

Nevermind while doing so it gets a file from the creators site called Raccoon.porn, which would be funny if it wasn't presumably part of the DRM that's also wacking the user in the face with a buy me sign. I had a look at it and saw nothing interesting on it's own, but it did drive home the fact it doesn't need to exist. Also it fiddles with internet related security settings to achieve this and I 100% red flag that when it comes from some random porn game.


From general disdain for online DRM standpoint I would recommend avoiding this title. If the creator offers an offline version for non-supporters I will make it a point to come back and raise the score back up to the intended 4 the instant I learn of it. The game itself isn't bad, the grand idea to slap online requirements on it was.

I think it's a great game here. It combines two of my favourite genres: strategy and porn game.
Artwork is great, without being too exaggerated as we often see in fantasy games. The story is original and the ambience too. The historic period is one less seen in here. The gameplay is great. I really look forward for more.

[Edit @ v23.02.25] :
I wrote the first review almost 3 years ago; I don't remember there being such a prevalence of emaciated taterfaced lolis.

I'm grateful for the removal of the Patreon plug popups. Now if I could just shake the feeling that playing is placing me on a watchlist somewhere.
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[Rev @ v0.855]

Neat in its way, and likely to get better as development continues.

Art's alright, Daz3d is less prevalent than other programs commonly used so novelty is nice, but the boobs are smaller than I like and some girls outright need a sammich.

Plot's novel enough, and the writing is fluent. I feel the writing voice is too smarmy and brains itself on the 4th wall a few too many times.

I didn't fine any of the porn objectionable, but its juxtaposition with flat attempts at adult humor lends it a slapdash air that prevented me from ever feeling very enthusiastic about it.

Finally, the UI is rough and needs work, the battle system is clunky and annoying, the whole thing needs a better introduction and industrialization, and the literal timed looping popup begging support are every bit as irritating as you'd think. On the plus side it's always nice to see a dev utilizing these forums as a resource.

TLDR: Nice job, watchin for future improvements. Godspeed~