This is a tough thing to review, I feel like the releasing of a demo / game too early is starting to become a staple in the adult gaming genre. The massive TL: DR is this is not what you think it is and come back after 3-4 new releases maybe?
There’s really only three things to address in this game, that being the write up, thumbnail pictures, and demo. All three feel disjointed and don’t have much to do with each other.
The write up sounds very interesting, it's basically Stardew Valley in space, the preview pictures confirm that as a lot of the assets used in them are 1 for 1 rips directly from Stardew Valley. But it falls directly on its face with this demo. It doesn’t showcase anything from the description; “Planet Lust is a story-driven sci-fi eroge game with tight gameplay, mild horror, with action rpg and farming sim elements”.
- Sci-fi, there’s no elements of this at all, instead it’s just a simple top down take on what the Dev has already released.
- Tight game play, you constantly get stuck on light posts in the demo due to the weird climb mechanic, key mapping is more of a 2d side scroller style then a top down, and the adult scene viewer is taken from the 2000s flash Meet and Fuck games where you have to rub a nipple for 30 seconds to move on. This is not “tight” at all.
- Mild horror, there is none in the demo, something you could easily show off in a demo too mind you.
- Action RPG, there are currently no RPG elements shown off, another thing you would expect from a Demo.
- Farming Sim, also nothing to do with farming? It sounds interesting though? Are we talking like the book/movie The Martian, where the MC has to balance water and oxygen levels to make potatoes on a planet that has no atmosphere? Who knows!
- Dating Sim, The only dating sim we get to see is apparently within 20 text boxes we find a dog, get a coffee and 2 minutes later get to plow a girl's butt in the washroom… so yeah… Not a great example of deep dating sim.
I can’t help but be spooked by this game. Between telling players it’s a game on Mars with farming and monsters but the Demo showcases 0 of that. Releasing some still gameplay screenshots that use Stardew Valley assets. And recycling character models from the Devs past game. It's giving me a very uneasy feeling... Like is this supposed to be the intro to getting on a spaceship for Mars? After you bang Lost Dog Bathroom Girl you are conscripted into space? Is there any actual asset, tilemaps, or gameplay of Mars? If this is the start of the real game it’s like getting a Demo for Stardew Valley and in it you walk around the office you work at before you get grandpa's letter for the farm, why in gods name would that be compelling?
All in all I guess wait and see? I see the other reviews are saying “what a cool concept” but that is truly all that's here, a short write up of a concept. I'll update this review when or more importantly IF this ever becomes a game that matches the description but until then the only 2 things this Demo shares with the description and pictures is the top down camera and the stolen assets. I almost feel guilted into giving it a 2 star review for “what a cool concept” but then I would be getting trapped in the same thing other reviewers have done.