Good lord. I love the premise of this game and the work that has gone into the hot female character models. But the amount of grind in this game is insane. And I say that having used cheats. The amount of grind is insane even with cheats. I'd love to see what corrupted Lovisa is like. I'd love to see a Rebecca Higgs who doesn't hate me. But I have a job in real life and other responsibilities; I can't spend a week in real time just grinding up or down stats. I tried to decrease Lovisa's "vanilla" stat, and after multiple days, I barely made a dent in her stat bar.
Also, I don't particularly like that you can't control slaves better. Rebecca Higgs hates me? Tough shit. I'll beat it out of her, like I can in Free Cities. But then she hates me and constantly tries to escape. I could take more drastic measures in Free Cities (blind them, amputate them, etc), but here? Just shrug my shoulders. Honestly, I think the creator could take a lot of tips from Free Cities. Multiple pathways to submission. WAY less grind. WAY less.
I hear you, I really do. This is not a game for 'instant gratification' nor an easy one either - I tend to think - and still the great lore and back-laying features seem to carry it far beyond what I'd have imagined only some half a year back.
A confession or two - just so that you know how and from where I watch the game:
I am not a good player, far from that. I compensate my lacking abilities by grinding and going where most sensible folks seldom bother to take another look.
I might've been the first one hanging on the Arena long enough to get the team finally to the top there. Quite stupid, I am aware, but I had to see whether it was possible. Now I know it can be done w/o cheats or mods.
Another thing. I like my slave girls happy. (consider that a fetish or something.
) That is why I got a harsh lesson pushing my MC to take a wife and start a life with that wife, kids and issids. SUCH A BAD EXPERIENCE, NEVER AGAIN, I thought after only a month in game.
That grind was not for me, because there was no visible promise about anything better but even more similar grind in the future. I could still keep my slaves happy, but repeating that with dear wife, beloved kids and respected issids? All too soon that dream turned into such a chore that the hours of a Raanian day fell ridiculously short to accomplish.
Who cares what the slaves think about their master? Well, I might - and I also imagine I'd care about how my wife and kids look at my MC. A very simple basic math shows that there is currently no chance to create nor keep up 'healthy and sound' relations with several household members. The bastards tend to
sleep their nights, use a good deal of their days in school in case my MC makes the mistake to let them go there - and the dear wife also spends her precious days in her jobs in case my MC allows that. They can't be bothered to take part in TV-nights, parties or dinners together with the slaves, so I must patiently wait for to see how the new party engine performs when it makes it's appearance.
Worrying without action is empty worrying. I might make a suggestion or two at some later time, but before that I'll keep on happily grinding on with just those couple slaves I like the most and leave the League and family-life to later times and (much?) later game versions. The game is still young and there is such a world of nice stuff coming before the game reaches it's ultimate state. Could well be this is the GOAT (greatest of all times), dunno. In every case it looks like it is something I like to keep on grinding until either I or the game are finished. I have full trust on GD-Studios with this game. They never betrayed me! Surprised and gave a scare every now and then, but that was how the game should go, I imagine.