I rarely post on this forum, but I've seen some criticism about this game which I disagree. I'm not a new NSFW game player, I have 40 hours in Breeders of the Nephelym, 25 hours in Mad Island, and I've been playing Illusion games for like 7 years or so I think, so let me give you my perspective on Sapphire Safari. (I also played Breeding Season, Carnal Instinct, Cloud Meadow, Forest of the Blue Skin, Hunt and Snare, KoboldKare, Rack, Succubus Affection, Wild Life, so yes I have some experience with monster girl games)
Years ago I tried this game, I'm not sure if it was either in 2021 or 2022, and I felt the game felt like a prototype. The idea was there, but it was definitely barebones at the time (I do not mean to be rude to the developer, just honest). Then, I was already interested at the concept, and I discovered the game went through a heavy re-working: it was first intended as a linear, railroaded photoshooter, and then it got scrapped to become an open world monster girl game (a change which I totally approve).
Fast forward to 2024, to the 0.22v build, and in my opinion, this now feels like a GAME. You can see monster girls interacting with each other, they react to you in different ways. They will initially run away and later on they will pose for your photos and you can also do more. Now the game world feels alive. I want to congratulate the dev because I played most of the successful monster girl games and also many NSFW open world games and in my opinion very few of them actually feel alive, and this one does.
So I feel a lot of the criticism to this game is unfounded. Firstly, you CAN have sex with the monster girls, but it requires grinding; this is not a quick-fap game, this is an open world game with different species which are unknown to the protagonist (and they are unknown to the species). For people complaining that not having access to quick sex is not good in an erotic game, just look at Mad Island; a very successful adult game in which also you have to grind some hours before you have access to frequent sex (just ask anyone that played it).
In my opinion, as a 3D NSFW open world monster girl game, this game is very good as it is and is above average for 3D NSFW games. There is a variety of species, it is fun taking photos of the monster girls doing different things, and they pose for you and some even attack you. I'm very satisfied with what is available, my only suggestion to the dev is changing the movement of the monster girls: I have a feeling their movement is a little uncanny, maybe they move too fast, I'm not sure exactly what specifically causes this but maybe take a look at the movement of NPCs in other successful open world games (GTA, Breeders of the Nephelym); maybe with a slower movement the world would feel a little more "natural" (if that even makes sense in a monster girl game). This is just my opinion, though.
Also, I believe not everyone will actually understand that you need to grind in this game to be able to initiate sex with monster girls yourself (except being attacked of course). Yes there are tutorials, but let's remember not everyone reads them. In this sense, and I think this suggestion would be controversial, maybe add an "Easy Mode" (Tourist Mode, perhaps?) for people who do not like grinding in which they can initiate sex with monster girls without having to build familiarity through gameplay. Maybe show this choice as soon as a person creates their characters and enters the open world for the first time. I know this is controversial, I actually like the grinding in this game, but I reckon not everyone will, some people will just buy and download this to have quick sex with monster girls, they may skip all tutorials, and then when all monster girls run away from them, they will complain "no sex in this game bruh", so this is my suggestion so the developer can sell more copies (and please, of course, keep the original mode for those of us who actually enjoy a little challenge in our erotic games)
Kudos to the developer, I hope they continue their work, and this will be a day 1 purchase from me when it releases as Early Access on Steam
Oh, and one more suggestion, considering a certain company is sueing Palworld, you may consider changing the design of your yellow monster girl, just to be safe (I really like her design, but let's be honest, that certain company isn't exactly friendly to other game developers), I do not know if others would agree with me on this, maybe I'm being paranoid but if I think this makes some sense. Maybe change her ears but keep the rest of her design, idk
