Interesting game. Definitely not average, but equal parts fun and frustrating. The puzzles feel a bit like an escape room. At the time you're pulling your hair over them, then later it's like "huh that was trivial to solve, why was i stuck so long". XD
Good:
- puzzles are well thought out and satisfying to solve
- mix of static "find this item to fix this problem" type objectives and things like "prepare an ambush within the timer"
- some skill based gameplay re ambushing enemies
- sleeping requires resources, which makes it a painstaking decision early game
- if you get caught, you feel the pain of defeat by your own failure to avoid an enemy or something
Bad:
- many puzzles are frustrating and require lots of backtracking
- some clues are misleading and not very useful
- as others say, the gameplay isn't very sexy so this is definitely not a game for fapping, though the h scenes can be pretty hot
- very slow to level up and get new skills. and combat is so brutal (you die very easily even with the bonus level perk) that it's a punishing grind
Ugly:
- some bugs like being unable to change clothes, and if you wear a lewd outfit without any sex skills you can't enter certain areas
- it took me a long time to find out where to get my equipment back after capture (was in the walkthrough just not very clear - hint it's in the armory of the main robber base area, on the way to the elf prisoner)
I think if it was purely about stealth and no combat, or combat was more dynamic and interesting, this could have been a much more enjoyable game. and with better UX for the puzzles (eg a map, with markers showing key points).
Good:
- puzzles are well thought out and satisfying to solve
- mix of static "find this item to fix this problem" type objectives and things like "prepare an ambush within the timer"
- some skill based gameplay re ambushing enemies
- sleeping requires resources, which makes it a painstaking decision early game
- if you get caught, you feel the pain of defeat by your own failure to avoid an enemy or something
Bad:
- many puzzles are frustrating and require lots of backtracking
- some clues are misleading and not very useful
- as others say, the gameplay isn't very sexy so this is definitely not a game for fapping, though the h scenes can be pretty hot
- very slow to level up and get new skills. and combat is so brutal (you die very easily even with the bonus level perk) that it's a punishing grind
Ugly:
- some bugs like being unable to change clothes, and if you wear a lewd outfit without any sex skills you can't enter certain areas
- it took me a long time to find out where to get my equipment back after capture (was in the walkthrough just not very clear - hint it's in the armory of the main robber base area, on the way to the elf prisoner)
I think if it was purely about stealth and no combat, or combat was more dynamic and interesting, this could have been a much more enjoyable game. and with better UX for the puzzles (eg a map, with markers showing key points).