I rarely give a score this bad.
It's just... where do you even start with this dumpster fire? Most of this game's problems really boil down to how absolutely terrible the gameplay is and how the writing makes you feel like you're trying to look at porn with captions written by a 12 year old.
I shit you not, not only do you get into a dragon chase scene where the dragon flatout can't do anything to you because your party stack blocks the dragon from approaching you, but you're also sent into a dark cave with the immediate warning that every enemy will murder you and that you should just flee, making you wonder what the point is of giving you next to no vision in the cave AND forcing you to fight enemies that make absolutely no sense within this setting who ALSO can deny you an escape chance, so you're not even guaranteed a way to flee. You walk into a random ghost and it's a mecha spider in what's supposed to be a medieval setting.
I just don't know what this game is trying to accomplish and I'm not going to finish it because I've seen enough. The art is decent, but it's weighed down incredibly by whatever this gameplay, writing and design is meant to be. There's probably nothing more immersion-killing than someone writing *stares at u* in a conversation window. I felt out of place the whole time I was playing it.
If I can recommend any steps towards making it a better game, I'd definitely suggest starting with the writing. Gameplay is always a controversial subject in porn games since most people aren't there for the gameplay, but the writing NEEDS to be on point. NEVER put an Asterisk in any of the conversations that your characters have - they're not Steam ERPers, they're meant to be fictional characters with conveyable emotions.
I'm going to come off as an asshole like this, but I can usually stomach MTL and the like pretty well and this is just... even compared to MTL hard to sit through. It's not even a small error either, you START the game with this careless proof-reading. You have like... 3-4 people in the starting village and I'm pretty sure 3/4 had glaring grammatical errors - and they don't even say more than 2-3 words. There was zero proof-reading involved in this and you can't convince me it's different.
I encourage new- and upcoming creators, but this level of carelessness in the setting is disappointing and a little frustrating to read through. This should REALLY not be happening in the damn starting village, too. The starting village is where all of your players will begin their journey and you're immediately warning them with this level of carelessness that you're not serious about making a good game. It's off-putting, especially when the art and the general idea could be carrying the experience but just flatout can't do so thanks to the consistent, catastrophical writing.
It's just... where do you even start with this dumpster fire? Most of this game's problems really boil down to how absolutely terrible the gameplay is and how the writing makes you feel like you're trying to look at porn with captions written by a 12 year old.
I shit you not, not only do you get into a dragon chase scene where the dragon flatout can't do anything to you because your party stack blocks the dragon from approaching you, but you're also sent into a dark cave with the immediate warning that every enemy will murder you and that you should just flee, making you wonder what the point is of giving you next to no vision in the cave AND forcing you to fight enemies that make absolutely no sense within this setting who ALSO can deny you an escape chance, so you're not even guaranteed a way to flee. You walk into a random ghost and it's a mecha spider in what's supposed to be a medieval setting.
I just don't know what this game is trying to accomplish and I'm not going to finish it because I've seen enough. The art is decent, but it's weighed down incredibly by whatever this gameplay, writing and design is meant to be. There's probably nothing more immersion-killing than someone writing *stares at u* in a conversation window. I felt out of place the whole time I was playing it.
If I can recommend any steps towards making it a better game, I'd definitely suggest starting with the writing. Gameplay is always a controversial subject in porn games since most people aren't there for the gameplay, but the writing NEEDS to be on point. NEVER put an Asterisk in any of the conversations that your characters have - they're not Steam ERPers, they're meant to be fictional characters with conveyable emotions.
I'm going to come off as an asshole like this, but I can usually stomach MTL and the like pretty well and this is just... even compared to MTL hard to sit through. It's not even a small error either, you START the game with this careless proof-reading. You have like... 3-4 people in the starting village and I'm pretty sure 3/4 had glaring grammatical errors - and they don't even say more than 2-3 words. There was zero proof-reading involved in this and you can't convince me it's different.
I encourage new- and upcoming creators, but this level of carelessness in the setting is disappointing and a little frustrating to read through. This should REALLY not be happening in the damn starting village, too. The starting village is where all of your players will begin their journey and you're immediately warning them with this level of carelessness that you're not serious about making a good game. It's off-putting, especially when the art and the general idea could be carrying the experience but just flatout can't do so thanks to the consistent, catastrophical writing.
Beautiful game I can't wait for the future full release.