VN - Others - Completed - Shangrlia 2 [v1.0] [elf]

What can you say about this game?
The graphics and animation are beyond praise. Old-school pixel art looks great! Despite the fact that the game was released in 1993, it is impressive even by modern standards. A real visual treat! In addition, polyphonic melodies are playing in the background, of which there are quite a lot. They perfectly create the atmosphere of a fantasy adventure where you free a magical land from a villain.
Plot
The story, unfortunately, is quite simple and mediocre, which isn't surprising for the games of that time. You are the hero from the first part (which, alas, has never been translated from Japanese into English), and your task is to free the fairyland from invaders by going through 12 castles. At the start, three girl units help you, and after each captured castle you get a new character and a scene with erotic elements. This is where the plot component, in fact, ends.
Gameplay
The gameplay is not bad, but it cannot boast of a special variety. At the very beginning, he is really fascinating, but over time he begins to get bored. Perhaps this is due to the fact that I am not a fan of tactical RPGs, but I admit that the first hours of the game were spent with great interest. Overall, the mechanics are working, but you shouldn't expect depth or innovation.
Adult content
As for adult content, to be honest, I expected more. But keep in mind that this is a game from the early 90s. The content is more like erotica or soft porn. There are no full–fledged sex scenes here - everything is limited to a text description. There are 5 to 7 CG scenes, some of which are animated (for example, girls blinking or squeezing their breasts). However, there is no anatomical detail – the genitals are not drawn, and there are no penetrations. This is most likely due to censorship, as the game was developed for the Japanese market.
Result
As a result, we have an average game in front of us, which stands out for its magnificent pixel art, atmosphere and nostalgic spirit, but it isn't suitable for everyone. If you like old–school drawing, are into retrogaming, or are willing to spend time setting up an emulator, give it a try. Most likely, you won't regret it. However, if any of the above does not appeal to you, it is better to pass by.

It's fire emblem, but with actual sex scenes and anime titties and doesn't constantly blue ball the audience. I have no idea why this didn't take off in popularity until fire emblem made a softcore version of this with awakening and fates.

Forget about the shitty overrated 3DS games. Play this instead.

v1.0
Playtime: 13Hrs 1/2
Gameplay: 4/5 stars
H-scenes: 3 stars

Honestly great game and art. I'm assuming it plays similar to Fire Emblem (tactical RPG) I've never played FE before though just seen the gameplay. Pretty hard though my first time playing a tactical RPG. I did not savestate so i probably could've finished it sooner.

Gameplay - Siege enemy forts/camps to progress game. Level up your party along the way making sure the Commanding Unit (CU) does not die or you're basically screwed. For every fort/camp conquered you gain a new party member and H-scene.

Combat - SET UP A SAVE STATE -- (optional, i did not know how lol) You need to gain EXP for each member by getting the kill credit. The game introduces "duplicates" of party members throughout the map in the form of eggs, so your Commanding Unit (CU) can kill steal for the EXP. Copies do not get EXP.

H-scenes - pretty hot, reminiscent of the first few times I masturbated to hentai. Basically one bedroom scene w/ 5-7 cg variations each time. Private Parts are not drawn/painted. One r*pe scene not too intense, pretty 'vanilla' in my opinion.

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Advice - Take advantage of kill credit stealing for EXP early to mid game. Eventually when you do reach Lv. 3 on some party members start setting them up to get copied as the later enemies such as Mages/Dragons are less annoying to deal with. After reaching Lv. 3 move on to the next to not lose on free EXP. If you need to use eggs to copy for fodder, to stop the enemies from duplicating, or get strong duplicates, then do it.

- All of the characters have their own advantages/disadvantages for combat. You will not always use all of them for each siege. Don't get your CUs killed. Saki/Marina/Yoko/Yuu are pretty good early/mid game. Late game they tend to fall short, but still decent. Everyone else can hold their own mid/late game. As for some late game stuff, Emi/Shiina/Rieko/Nanami/Maki/Midori/Kaori/Chika are worth to level up and extremly useful for the late game/final fight. I did not use Reiko (Samurai) as I got her killed accidentally and saved so she could be good or bad.