Others - Mall Creeps [v0.14E] [Kuga_Maru]

I enjoyed this game, however it has issues that really hinder the experience.

[Pros]
+ Unique art style
+ Good cast of characters
+ Decent search/fetch questing

[Cons]
- Very buggy when least expected
- Game crashes at certain points
- Softlocking due to said bugs
- Not as much "content"

The game has an art style that lets it stand out from other games in the same genre, and was part of the reason I tried out this game. The environments and rooms are drawn really well and help drive the whole abandoned paranormal atmosphere. Each character stands out and has their own unique traits and background, making them feel more than just the usual NPC. The gameplay is your usual fetch questing to unlock more areas/progress the story, with some side quests to get more scenes with other characters.

With all that said, it would be a great in-development game if it weren't for the bugs and crashes that really messed with my experience. There were a few times where the game would crash because the game was checking for certain events to have occurred, but since they never did it simply crashes. Other times the game would soft lock when I would skip dialogue too fast, and certain characters would disappear entirely, making it impossible to progress. Besides the technical issues, there aren't many scenes to begin with which is expected for a game in development, but something to keep in mind currently.

Ultimately the game is fine, but the current issues could turn away some people. I'm more forgiving when it comes to bugs and crashes, but others might not be, so I hope these issues get resolved in later updates.

I Love these graphics ! The game is interesting, its rare I bother read the text as a non-english player but I did 50% of the time because the game is funny and appealing.

Not 5 stars because, as much as I love the graphics, I'm disappointed that so little efforts has been made do draw pussies. It's barrely a line. I don't mind when it's show from the front, but by the back (like Willow or Amy) it's very frustrating.

Cute cast of girls and monster girls in a comedic story all tied in to a sandbox point and click game. The characters are fairly diverse with cute moments between them. The puzzles are your standard find the item and use it at the correct place type of classic point and click that remind me of old newgrounds games. I found the loop of searching for the answer to these puzzles satisfying and the scene payoff rewarding. However this search around for the item to progress certainly isn't for everyone.

I could easily see this game reach a 4.5-star rating, but at the moment it is basically a beta, with all the bugs, crashes, soft locks and UX pain points that entails.

As others have said, one of the biggest issues is how poorly handled the open nature of the game is handled: the quest log fails to keep track of where you're at, NPCs show up in two places at once, dialogue is not consistent with the information you have or haven't been given yet, and content may repeat or become inaccessible if you don't do things in the expected order. Even though the story is largely linear, frequently reconnecting all loose threads at obvious common choke points, an open-ended game like this needs a lot of QA, and this one clearly isn't getting it.

The UI is tedious in a number of ways, and not always clear. Early on, the quest log tells you to scan anomalies without telling you how to do so, or tells you to fix a mirror but doesn't let you interact with its shards until you have all of them, making it seem like you're failing to use the interface. There are buttons that do nothing. Things that should be toggled with keyboard shortcuts require clicking repeatedly. There are sections with grid-based movement where you have to click the next tile for every. single. step you take instead of having RPGM-like automatic pathing.

Beyond usability, I've enjoyed the story and most of the characters so far. The humor is pretty lowkey and gives it an overall pleasant vibe. Kind of reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons. Ironically, while the art style is nice overall, that same feel also makes it unappealing to me when it comes to the sex scenes, like I can't take them seriously, or the faces are too cartoony to be attractive. YMMV, and points for originality either way.

As a fan of point and clicks, I could see myself enjoying the final release, but I don't think it's worth keeping up with it until then because of all the bugs, continuity and QoL issues, and the insane amount of typos and missing words.

Very Good art and story, a little short so far about an hour and a half. Did find a few bugs, and a few moments where i had no idea where i was supposed to go next. Overall very strong start to the game,

The game is good until you realize the fact that... the updates are slow.
The gameplay is sometimes good, but honestly a chore to get through.
There are not enough scenes to make up for the work you put in to get them.
All of the scenes have this massive text box that is taking away from atleast 50% of what's interesting to have on screen.
It has... bugs.

A great art style, a story that doesn't follow the exact same tropes nearly every other game out there does, and (some) characters that break the mold established by virtually every other adult game serve to make the game one of the most interesting to come out in a long time.

That said, at present (April 2024) there is only a small amount of content available and there are definitely bugs (some of which soft lock or otherwise break the game).

All told, definitely worth a look.

Mall Creeps [v0.10.d] review

What it is:
Monkey Island style puzzle game where you roam around in a haunted mall trying to uncover some spooky and sexy mysteries. The premise and art is very good, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.

Positives
+ Very unique and cute art style.
+ Cool setting and story.
+ Decent writing, but a little too wordy.

Negatives
- Bugged as hell. Scenes appear in the wrong order, the quest log is often misleading and confusing and it doesn't update properly. This dev has obviously not played through his own game more than once a few months back. That's a sin that's hard to forgive.
- No animations.
- The text box obscures a large portion of the characters being shown, all the fucking time! Holy shit is it annoying. The art is mostly why I'm here, stop hiding it! This game would be hugely improved by changing the aspect ratio to fit a text box below the screen instead of on top of it. Or at the very least make it transparent!

All in all it's decent. I would score it a 4/5 if it wasnt for the very glaring game design shortcomings mentioned above. Like jesus H christ, play your own damn game! And/or send it out to some beta testers and collect the feedback and fix shit before releasing! This level of disregard for quality control is very infuriating.

For those of you who are considering trying this game out, I'd recommend waiting until people are no longer complaining about bugs in the reviews/comments. The technical errors take away a lot of the potential entertainment and replaces it with frustration. It'll probably get fixed eventually, just give it some time I guess.

This is a game that's done a huge disservice by the modern "early access" style game model. Updates are slow, small, and unsatisfying. Each one is plagued with bugs, usually some new way you can accidentally sequence break and lock yourself out of progression. It feels like with more time and behind the scenes care this game could show its best face more often, and that would help it a ton because its best face is really good! Great artwork, a fun premise, interesting writing, fun adventure game style gameplay, the game has a lot of positives going for it. But it's just not worth the time investment right now unless you want to be basically an unpaid beta tester once every 4 months or so. I really look forward to the game when it's a finished product and will probably bump my rating up, but as it stands right now I have to say wait.

the game REALLY REALLY clicks with me holy hell i love these kinds of games the art is also a really big possitive i love quirky artstyles plus the story is nice as well
only really problem is that the scenes get covered up with the dialouge boxes i would love if when a new scene is on you could atleast show the scene and then enable text box since i dont want to press hide cause something happened (infact i missed the very first scene with rex because the panties was covered with the text box only after reading the text did i realize there was something going on (sorry if what i say doesnt make sense) you could also made the text box slightly transparent during scenes

also would love some quick saves cause i have on more than one occasion clicked quit by accident and lost progress

The game is off to a good start. It's not without a few issues along the way, but the art and story are very strong positive points; it's clear that a good deal of thought is being put into the game. A multitude of girls, each character is interesting in their own way, and a unique story that keeps me wanting more.

It's not without its faults, however. Typos are a fairly common sight and it'd be best to tackle them early on than to scour the entire script once everything else is finished. The Tasks (quest log) page and inventory item descriptions are a bit buggy -- some tasks don't update and the item descriptions float well outside of their intended location.

The largest problem seems to be the ability to lock yourself out of Task completion by advancing events in anything other than the "intended" order. Branching paths and multiple objectives are nice, but it's entirely possible to softlock yourself by just playing normally. A number of events can be skipped, trigger multiple times, or just plain not trigger at all. The ability to stall your progress simply because you are searching around and interacting with everything is the reason the rating suffers. Once those bugs are worked out, it'll be a solid 4.5 star rating, with typos being the final half star. The game is really good outside those points and I'm always looking forward to the next update.

Art is fantastic, I'm really enjoying the writing, a bunch of the mechanics and features make this feel like a more realized game than a lot of point+click adventure porn games.

Honestly it's now one of my most anticipated games on here.

This is kind of game where the story starts slow. Naughty scenes are rather rare and short, the game is mostly point-and-click adventure. The story is interesting though and the characters are great. Seems a bit buggy, though.

Very good as preview of authors skills, less good as a game (at least as of 0.009).
Art (both characters and background) is very good and atmospheric.
Story is engaging enough and is simple to follow.
Writing isn't too verbose.
Gameplay is familiar to all point and click games. Item hunts are mostly ok.
Where this game slightly falls off is length. Obviously good art takes time, however after finishing current available content (took me 1 hour 20 minutes) you realize you will have to wait years for this game to be finished. And even then with how laborious art in this game is who knows how big end product will be.

A cool 2d point and click game with potential.

ATM it's basiaclly a demo, but worth the 30 mins content for a playthrough

Girls are cute and likable, story is top notch.
I just hope they get more lewd with it if they want an adult game, they have all the right themes, corruption would work really well in this game due to the ghost themes...

Use those themes and perv it up. Take risks!

4/5

it's like scooby doo with hoes,also game looks realy enjoyable,great 2d artstyle.About gameplay-classic poin and click game,moderately amount dialogue(they not so boring!!!).Necessarily to support author on patreon

The art was amazing. I really enjoyed the dialogue and the character interactions. I hope they add more characters and deepen the story. The 2D aspect of the game felt very friendly and fun. Thank you for creating this game and please continue. I would be more than happy to financially support this and projects like these.

Just like everyone else, I love the art style. It's also a very interesting concept. It's just a shame I found this game so early and now I've got another game I'm going to be checking daily for updates.

Honestly, one of the best adult games i've played in this site. The character interactions feel real, the girl's personalities are well written, story is exciting, the art is great, character design is super stylized without looking bizarre. The dev fixed most of the bugs from the previous versions. The only thing that a think needs fixing is the tempo of the auto-advance text. it's a little too fast.
This is one of those games that make you think "how come this isn't more popular"?

This game has a great artistic style, and a really fun and original plotline.
I really like the nice work on character personalities and development.
Really looking forward to where the storyline takes the player!

Keep up the great work!