Unreal Engine - Sin Spire [Beta v0.5] [Krasue Games]

Love the theme with this, the voice acting is top-notch, the scenery is amazing the horror aspect is amazing... but its game play is wack...
It's like it's wanting to have two different game play mechanics, when the timer isn't drained go fast kill as many enemies as fast as possible and loot as fast as possible, but when the stalker is out you want to hide, but good luck on that front because the hiding mechanic is useless, enemies can just spot you behind them, hiding in a closet or something sometimes works, but a monster girl can just come out there and pop you out of there leaving you for the stalker. Killing you instantly, the thing I have been doing to get around this is to ignore combat, run away from monster girls while looting, and sprinting towards the next level. That's the most I get out of this gameplay, which I highly doubt is the point they were trying to do. Another thing I don't like is how they are trying to go to that old school PS2 look, like it's not that hot looking at a triangle pussy. One more thing is, the loot, I get a gold chest open and all I find is an item worth as much a free chest? There needs to be a loot table or something. I do like this game and where it is going but at this current state before it's too late the gameplay needs a huge rework, and something else to do then just dive the labyrinth, getting slightly better gear and being a grind fest.

TL;DR Good idea, horrible execution

Nice idea, really horrible execution. First off, the atmosphere is extremely nice and I think it gets nailed perfectly. However, the tutorial literally drops you in to a cave maze with a creature looking for you and you have no map yet, so that's just evil. I also really like the darkness and the fog with the braziers providing atmosphere. Also, the animations were nice and the artstyle is cool. I also liked the character models and those of the monsters as well, they were interesting. That's about it where the good ends.

Gameplay wise, there are serious flaws here that dampen the game. First off, the main premise of exploring the dungeons has a major problem right off the bat, they are tight corridors and enemies can block the entire hallway. That pretty much destroys any stealth builds right off the bat, since you can't even get by. Second, you are going to have to kill every. single. monster if they all funnel down a hallway at you, which is extremely tedious. That just makes the stalker system, which is dumb and I'll explain why in a minute, even more tedious because by the time you are done killing the monsters, the stalkers gonna be on your ass. Unless you want the monsters coming back you're gonna have to do the sex scene with them, and it's going to be the same one, over and over and over and over and over again, so it's even more tedious. Now the stalker system sucks ass because you have this elaborate dungeon layout full of loot and monsters but you are racing against the clock to move on to the next floor because of the stalker timer which comes and wrecks you. But you can't do that because there are a million monsters and they clog up the hallways. It's just a dumb system, either have these big dungeons full of monsters to kill and loot to get, or open up the maps so you can actually avoid the enemies and get to the next floor.
The next biggest gameplay flaw I noticed is that theres a really dumb durability system. Like I said above, there are going to be monsters clogging up the hallways constantly, which means you are constantly going to be using your weapons to the breaking point over and over and over, but you need gold (or get lucky) to get a new weapon which means you have to go back, but then the monsters respawn unless you did the tedious sex scene to purify them. You see the problem here... It also doesn't make sense, a rusty lead pipe i can understand breaking down but how the hell does a shotgun or a lever action rifle break over time like that? The guns are already limited in use by needing bullets, so why even have the guns break in the first place? That's not even how guns work.

The final and biggest nail in the coffin for me was the save/revival system. You can only save in the main lobby, which is fine if you're going for a roguelite ish dungeoncrawler, but if you die and go back to the floor everything is reset so you have to do the tedious shit all. over. again. Also, some of the blessings you get require major points into stats, which requires major gold, but you need the gold for your weapons because they keep breaking because the monsters keep blocking you but you can't kill them because of the stalker timer and etc etc. I also ended up softlocked by exiting the floor at the same time the stalker grabbed me, so that was cool.
Overall, very cool premise, horrible execution. Either make a roguelite dungeon crawler where you can bang the monsters or a survival horror slow paced game, not both. It's like two genres crashed into each other and both are mediocre.

-Good animations with good looking models
-Great sound design for all the monsters
-Very impressive coding for the proceduraly generated dungeons
-Fun game play loop

My one gripe with the game is it is a little bit grindy, but the positives make you want to push through that.

Its still in its early stages but for me its perfect, its fun and arousing, the developer listens to his community and does his best with each update, already loved the first game which was smaller so im very excited for this one which will be much bigger.

One of the freshest ideas for a porn game in a long time. Hopefully they keep creating such unique experiences in the future. This is a game which has not been attempted before wqith this level of depth and detail.

This is one of the best games on this site and i've played quite a few already. I've noticed any negative reviews have to do with the difficulty, but difficulty settings have already been introduced in the latest version.

Personally, the standard difficulty is actually quite easy to finish once you figure out how the enemies work and the best way to fight/avoid them. For me, the difficulty is perfect the way it is as it makes clearing dungeons and defeating stalkers feel so much more rewarding, which makes it kinda like dark souls with porn -except nowhere near as hard as dark souls.

I imagine if it was just a quick run-and-gun game like doom where you feel overpowered it would just make it less fun. Plus, difficulty is something that can be easily changed. All the game mechanics, models and story are in place for another great game in the making.

good game, action + horror, free movement around the map location, in the future there will be an even better game. + the owner quickly updates his game + each update has new opponents, new bosses, new maps. + weapons of different types can be bought, there are quest missions,

Aggressively horrible gameplay and some really questionable mechanics. I'm sure the rest is good - the world has immaculate vibes and the characters are compelling - but like goddamn who on earth thinks this sort of gameplay should be shipped. If you have a timed parry option in your game that is VERY finnicky and my only reward is a rapidly dropping durability meter and an enemy with a health pool the size of god, you've gone awry somewhere.

If I were to give advice: do away with durability entirely, makes the gameplay feel worse. Implement a dodge feature. Broaden the corridors and make crits a bit more generous, also limit the quantity of enemies in a given cell. Increase the stagger window for successful parries and add a damage multiplier immediately afterwards - pulling something tough off and getting rewarded for it in that way would do a lot for feel. That'd also help the stalker meter in that you can legitimately blitz a room with sheer skill.

In all, really great bones, one part with questionable execution that unfortunately acts as a barrier to the rest of the game. Tons of potential though, looking forward to seeing where it goes!

I'll give it 5/5. It's much better improvement from Halls of the Pale widow. The Japanese house was true pain to go through 4 times. If there's one thing I'd ask currently is we don't need to exit the whole room from dungeon to reset the dungeon. Th Dev can add some reset statue. I also really believe this game cries for some Loli, and Futa characters, even male characters would be great welcome.
The animations and the atmosphere is great as always.
Keep the good work up!

v0.0.3a
yes yes it has wonderful potential.
As it stands now though, it's not very good. Hit detection is kind of crap. The parry mechanic is unreliable. You are SWARMED with enemies in these tight hallways, many of which are unavoidable. This is just frustrating to play at the moment

really impressive and actually fun, impressive gameplay loop as well as hot enemies, only thing thats a shame is no gallery yet as well as a bit of a learning curve, however once you understand how its suposed to be played, it opens up fast. However dev has planned it. Updates have been quick as well!

current version at review time is v.0.0.5
very early(?) in dev so i'm mostly just making suggestions/observations on what direction i think the game would benefit from.

CURRENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT:
game already seems to be approaching feature-completeness with regard to areas and the overarching storyline. there are reasons i am happy about that and reasons i'm not but i'll save that for the review. overall, i will just say the dev's quick turnaround on these updates is impressive if nothing else, but i definitely want to see them slow up and polish up on what's already implemented before getting too ahead on final touches on the game- although i understand that can be a catch-22 and it's hard to simultaneously polish and complete a game.


GENERAL:
a rougelike dungeon crawler where you avoid being spotted by monster girls or risk summoning a dangerous "stalker" that will relentlessly pursue you throughout the floor. some very basic upgrades, a simple stealth system, and some barebones combat make this fun for a little while but lacking in replayability. sex consists of fucking the downed monster girls, and a unique sex scene with the stalker when captured and after you defeat them in a boss battle.


GAMEPLAY:
most of my previous review holds true so i'm leaving it pretty much intact. i will say though that the addition of different "variations" of monsters depending on the area is a really nice touch. on the other hand, the lack of variety in animations is getting a little tiring- pretty much all of the enemies in the final area have the same shared animation for the eyeless girl from the first area; hopefully that's just a placeholder or there's plans to expand the animations more in the future.

there's a good variety of enemies and some show up in multiple areas without breaking the theming. it would be nice to have more variety to enemy behavior, most of them just walk/run/spin at you while spamming attacks, and it makes any multi-enemy encounter just a conga line of idiots walking into your axe/bullets.

the statue that you have to keep in your line of sight and the laughing girl that you can't get too close to are some great examples. interesting enemies like this would shine even more when contrasted with enemies that might limit your movement, weapon/item options, etc. could add a lot more replayability especially considering the game already has a lot of items, weapons, and upgrades for such a comparatively simple combat system.

as it stands the best strat is to walk up behind enemies and one-hit them with a sneak attack and bang 'em. literally just run through the area. the resources needed to take down just a single one of the spectral girls in the dingy hospital area is a complete waste compared to just... running by them and going to the next floor. combined with healing perks and the absolute fuckton of health items you can bulk up on by just running through the early areas a couple of times makes it pointless to even bother, even if it means tanking a few hits.

combat and/or stealth should have a more meaningful reward, or at the very least running through every floor just be a little harder or less rewarding- right now you could probably just rush the entire game with an iron pipe and a pistol and no upgrades and beat it in under 2 hours, 0 fucks given (literally)

the stalkers also offer basically no threat at all- they're not very smart and kind of just run to where you were last seen and if they can't find you they wander off. this makes avoiding them very trivial, especially when the entire map is always revealed and the stalker is shown on the map all the time. i bet this is planned to be changed in the future anyway, but it definitely takes all the tension out of the chase when you can just pull up your gps and run to the other side of the floor to avoid them. not to mention, just going in and out of the floor resets them anyway, which i think is letting the player off too easy.

the stalker also has no threat even if they find you, they simply run up and hit you. i know previous versions had them insta-kill you, which in my opinion at least made the chase appropriately high-stakes, but maybe a little too punishing.

SEX CONTENT:
so far sex as a mechanic exists just to erase dead enemies so they dont get back up, resident evil style. there are a couple upgrades that make sex viable beyond this but i think the game would benefit from giving it more unique incentives. getting money/health/inf stam are nice and all, but you can already get all these things through other means and it makes the sex feel like an afterthought in a game centering around sex. maybe a seperate "currency" and upgrade system altogether, or some way to get benefits that only fucking can get you (reveal stuff on the map? delay the stalker? etc)

the sex anims are good so far too. i noticed that the statue in area 2 has a context-dependent sex anim depending on if you are in front or behind, so i would like to see more variations on the other monsters as well.


OVERALL:
i like the roguelike gameplay loop so far and while the sex content can use a little more polish and lacks mechanical depth the overall theming and monster girls on display so far are very nice. it's very early in dev so i can see a lot of changes being made to balance so i dont think there's much to say there other than that you get overpowered too fast and it doesn't even matter because you can just rush the floor 4 times and fight the stalker with parries and the dinky starter pistol.

i hope some more variety in the sex animations is planned, and some much-needed balance on making sex viable past the first 1, maybe 2 areas. the game is too easily trivialized by just running past everything and fucking is pretty much a waste since backtracking is a bad idea when you're literally on a time limit and just finding the exit is the only goal.

The dificculty is WAY too overtuned, you can wail on a simple enemy for your weapon's entire durability and they simply don't die, the cheapest weapon costs 1000, and it quite literally can't kill a single enemy, and if you do manage to cheese an enemy with traps, they only give you 100 coins. "Oh but you should be stealthing!", but you can't, bc they can see you from a lot further than you can see them, they make no noise when they are just standing still, and there is no way to get behind them when they are looking down while standing right in the middle of a corridor

Review for v0.0.3

Very fun, well-programmed game. If you are intrigued by the premise, you won't be disappointed when trying it out. Be prepared for a grind, and know that the game is more about running/hiding than actually killing every monster you see.

A few bugs were encountered:

- One time, I was grabbed by the witch and immediately fell through the terrain instead of being "finished off" by her. I'm not sure what would have happened if I'd just allowed myself to fall, but I chose to pause the game and reload my last save, since I had only just started that run.

- Another time, I died and returned to collect my money, but it simply wasn't there. I checked the entire level, and even the previous level, but it was nowhere.


What I would like to see in the final product:

- A redesigned map, fully zoomed out with no need for panning around. A quick glance should be all that I need. Unique markers for the previous/next floors would be nice, as well.

- Every 2 or 3 floors, it would be nice to have a portal back to the hub. When I have hit my run limit and need to return to spend my money, it becomes a chore to backtrack through so many floors. However, I also acknowledge that it's part of the risk/reward mechanic, and part of the blame is on me for simply not ending my run sooner, when I can still afford to take a few hits as I speed run back through the levels. This could also be alleviated by a better map, allowing for quick mental navigation.

- It would be nice to be able to skip the witch's animation, since you tend to see it a lot in the early game. It's more rewarding when the climax is timed correctly...

- Animations from basic enemies when they kill you. Example: The butcher could start riding the player, and then swing her knife one final time as you climax, before the screen goes black. Or the legs enemy could "suffocate" the player by sitting on their face, etc.

Really fun game. Level generation worked well - good balance of traps and enemies. Felt as though it was a little too easy to get ammo - felt my guns were breaking far faster than I was getting ammo, even when I was using the same one. Nice variety in enemy design and attack patterns, kept each level interesting. Boss fights were alright but maybe a little underwhelming in scale of attack/variety - felt pretty easy.
Voice acting was surprisingly well done and dialogue felt natural; stood out especially well compared to all of the shitty translations on this platform.
I dont' know how I feel about the map - almost makes each level a bit too easy. I remember for like the first hour I somehow didn't realise there was a map and just found myself navigating throughout the levels blind. Tbh was probably more fun this way - definitely ended up exploring more but naturally this made making it out before the timer pretty challenging. idk if there's anything really of value to take from that but if the map feature got removed I wouldn't be upset.
Atmosphere was great - nice graphics/textures and all that.
Nice variety of weapons but I found myself always using the shotgun for regularly enemies and only the machine gun for the boss. Wasn't really any reason to use pistol or rifle or any other melees bc I never ran out of repairs and ammo. Maybe could use some balancing.
Solid game worth playing

One of the most fun h-games I've ever played. xD Kinda missed the crouch-jump from your previous game, it was fun to speedrun with that mechanic. Also, will the tutorial boss have an h-scene? Seems perfect for it once you defeat it. Other than that, super excited for future content! I'd love to seem some dungeons with bigger rooms and more verticality, and maybe more animations for melee combat, since its just a single swing for the katana, etc.

S+ Tier.

One of the best H games ever, its a brutal RPG with amazing retro horror graphics. Some were disappointed that there was no 'defeat sex' and instead sex is initiated after beating the monster girls, but the way this game does it is how I wish most H games would do it. Getting scenes after winning means the gameplay loop isn't interrupted. I don't have to load a save etc.

The variety of monsters is awesome, some monsters have multiple scenes. It has a Soulslike RPG upskilling system, which is great, and the gameplay loop is actually a little addictive, it was fun outside of just the H scenes. I highly recommend supporting the dev as it shows that more of these games are wanted in the industry.

Some criticisms that I think are valid:
- The early game tutorial is a little lengthy with not a lot going on. Its very maze like and a little confusing. There are parts which go on way too long.

- The game is genuinely scary and uses jumpscares. I think a minor warning at the start of the game may be appropriate for some people

- The game is too grindy at the moment. It takes a bit too long to get strong enough to clear the boss and get to the next levels. At some point you can encounter the same monstergirls before getting bored. This might get better if dungeons were populated with a large variety of different girls.

Play Sin Spire. It's so good.

This game has a nice balance of a myriad of things that just make it great IMO, I find it unique to the point where this is my first review on a game.

Firstly, i would like to point out the combat. IT ACTUALLY HAS IT its like a doom rogue-like and i just love that, the progression is fair but grindy, i think it needs that ATM (0.0.3) and I'm sure that will change.

The Animations and models are also great, pretty unique and also gives me that that SCP or LC vibe also with the visual pixel-ness which i love.

Overall its a 5 it's just one of those i would support with how interesting and fun it is.

Really good !

Can't wait to see more coming in the game !

More monsters, gallery, and why not monster that grab you and reverse on you, and if they steal the lust bar, we lost a % of life ?

Really good, as i've already loved the first game, glad to see more stuff coming from you

Review for v0.0.3

I think the novelty of this game really captures you at first. The old-school graphical style, the atmosphere, sounds, working mechanics, npcs, voice acting, enemy designs etc etc. It just being an actual functioning game really, which is a rarity for lewd games when you look outside of visual novels. But as you get into the roguelike dungeon-crawling gameplay I think the game starts to lose it's charm quickly.

I'm purely rating this on what's here. Conceptually I do think the game is pretty neat and with enough content this could be a banger. But for me that's also sort of the problem right now. A big part of the fun of roguelikes for me is the variety. The first dungeon, give or take a little RNG, you'll practically see everything it has to offer on the first floor. The remaining nine floors are all the same outside of the random layout generation.

An issue solved with more content like I mentioned, but the gameplay itself turns into a slog imo. The overly long intro aside, once you actually get to start the dungeon crawling you realize two things: You're weak as hell and you gotta grind. There's a dark souls style leveling system that uses currency to level up. You get this by opening chests and defeating enemies in the dungeon. So, off to the dungeon then.

It feels like it's almost built to be speed-ran like some sort of extract game honestly. You literally have nothing so you'd want to rush chests to get random items because you can't beat enemies otherwise. You maybe get lucky and find a weapon, or unlucky and find one of the many consumables. I'm convinced chest rarity means nothing as I've found katanas and shotguns in basic chests and regular consumables in gold ones. Even when you do find weapons, it kinda seems not worth to fight anything? Enemies are tanky, your weapons have durability, and when you try to parry attacks your weapons really suffer from durability loss. Not to mention you get the shit kicked out of you pretty easy by some enemies (those leg things combo the fuck out of you). Then, enemies you defeat get back up unless you fuck them. I do like that sex is engrained into the game that way, but then you're also limited by a lust bar that recharges slowly. Which you could wait for if your sanity wasn't slowly decreasing. Not to mention you're also on a timer as soon as something sees you that triggers an un-killable hunter at the end of it so you can't really wait around anyway.

The game does have a stealth mechanic that sort of circumvents some of these issues. Problem is there's no way to reliably sneak by enemies given the room layouts and enemy placement. So you either do two things: run to a hiding spot and wait until they turn around, or speed run to the next level door to reset them and enter back in to get behind them. The first just feels tedious and the second feels cheesy?

I think the worst part of it for me is the fact that there's TEN floors of doing that same thing over and over. With each level being more or less the same like I mentioned. THEN, after you do get to the end and grab the key item, the game says "hey go do that all again" because you need two of those key items to open the boss door. Really just feels like a sort of inflated difficulty at that point. That's not even getting into the second level that stops you by needing to find keys for locked doors and wanting you to run through the ten levels THREE TIMES.

TLDR - I think the gameplay loop just isn't that fun and way too inflated with grind in it's current iteration. The game has a good theme going, I like the horror take on the enemies, and being able to fuck those enemies. Sex animations are good themselves too. But I don't really want to grind that much for what little content there actually is. With time I can see this being something really cool, but I'd give it more time to cook before I'd really recommend it.