Unity Sinners Landing [v0.17.0e] [Flexible Media]

[PyoT]

I'm not much of a card game player, but I never felt the companions mattered. There never was enough challenge involved that it mattered if they added some random cards to my deck or not.

... overall I just continue to feel like the game has a severe identity crisis. Is it supposed to be deep, intricate lore or just porn nonsense? Are there supposed to be complex characters with interesting backgrounds or just random porn dolls? Why are we playing a billion minigames ... when you can't ever fail and nothing is achieved by not just skipping them? But if you do want to do them, well, better not just, let's say, match 3 pairs or whatever, do it for 30 so you really suffer. You got all the stats, but the game would be 98% identical if they didn't exist at all ...

Well. Whatever. What I really wanted to say is that the "glow" effect in some minigames for me in this latest version made it really hard to see much at times (especially in those "puzzle stuff together" minigmaes); I feel that should be tuned down (unless it's only me getting flashbanged for some reason ^^).

 

[Madfire8]

I think that the essence is the game is more in the mini-games than in the fight.
It is not really just porn or deep-lore game. It is more a satyric universe. Almost a naughty version of a novel of Terry Pratchett.

 

[percolating]

I think the naughty Terry Pratchett novel is a really good analogy.

The game's identity and voice comes through very clearly to me. It's a satirical comedy. It takes what is normally a serious setting and genre in high fantasy and turns it into an exaggerated and hypersexual one for comedic effect. Most aspects of the game are delivering jokes in the form of either witty dialogue, puns, or visual gags.

Take the deckbuilding combat. Normally this genre of video game demands a hyper strategic frame of mind. The game subverts that expectation by having you go to a dungeon called Mourning Wood, where you then take your cards with names like Whip It and Whip It Good and use them against enemy roosters called Giant Cocks. The point is less to be a challenging and balanced game but to look and act like one seriously enough that it is a novel context for dirty jokes and puns.

The main character quests for a holy relic and it's a window to watch ladies masturbate. In order to magically shrink an object, he has to jerk off a totem with a tiny dick. There is a strict and demanding religious order whose regular rituals center around sexual spanking. The minigames are filled with ever more creative ways to put dirty imagery and shapes where there is normally none.

Maybe the jokes aren't funny for everyone. I personally enjoy them quite a bit. But whether or not the jokes actually land, or whether the mechanics are enjoyable to interact with, I don't think there should be any confusion about whether this game is taking itself as seriously as Lord of the Rings. It's a comedy more similar to movies like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Spaceballs but in video game form. A movie reference from this century would be the Dungeons and Dragons movie from a couple years ago. This genre is also still completely compatible with character development and romance but it's obviously going to be different in execution and tone from if the setting were more self serious.

The porn aspects of the game also fit pretty naturally into all this. The environment and activities build a light hearted, playful, and overtly sexual atmosphere and then the sex scenes happen as part of the climax and resolution of major story beats.

 

[Droid Productions]

I think the naughty Terry Pratchett novel is a really good analogy.
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Maybe the jokes aren't funny for everyone. I personally enjoy them quite a bit. But whether or not the jokes actually land, or whether the mechanics are enjoyable to interact with, I don't think there should be any confusion about whether this game is taking itself as seriously as Lord of the Rings.

You're largely spot on

I think one of the elements of confusion is that I'm also involved with this game, as well as my own titles (Love of Magic, Morningstar and Wings of Empire). I'm a producer and programmer at flexible, though, not a writer, which is why there's way more a sense of tongue-in-cheek element here than in the games where I do everything.

The fact that there's a combat sequence here is also my fault; I love trying to inject gameplay into games, and I'm a total sucker for rogue-alike deckbuilders. Having said that, there's also the concept of affordance, or "anyone should be able to enjoy the content they enjoy", which is why everything is skippable.

 

[JoeHiggins1949]

I downloaded and started playing this a few days ago. I really enjoy the game and have completed all the current content with one exception. How does the MC proceed to repair the plumbing in the steam bath? That is the last remaining task. Am I missing something that I should have noticed?

 

[Rugerrell6]

I downloaded and started playing this a few days ago. I really enjoy the game and have completed all the current content with one exception. How does the MC proceed to repair the plumbing in the steam bath? That is the last remaining task. Am I missing something that I should have noticed?

I cant remember exactly cause that is long time ago for me now but i believe there is a panel on the wall before you enter the sanctuary and you just have to disassemble it starting with the screws the i think you have to go to the dungeon and get some kind of flaminia gem to heat the bath.

 

[Rugerrell6]

Weirdly enough my favorite content so far has been with the priestess lol even though most of the time I cant stand her. Hey GutterMage!! haha

 

[JoeHiggins1949]

I cant remember exactly cause that is long time ago for me now but i believe there is a panel on the wall before you enter the sanctuary and you just have to disassemble it starting with the screws the i think you have to go to the dungeon and get some kind of flaminia gem to heat the bath.

Thanks. I'll take a look.
It worked. I must have overlooked that thing before. Thanks again.

 

[storm1051787]

Weirdly enough my favorite content so far has been with the priestess lol even though most of the time I cant stand her. Hey GutterMage!! haha

I like her. She's not my favorite character but I think she's probably the funniest character in this game

 

[Rugerrell6]

I like her. She's not my favorite character but I think she's probably the funniest character in this game

Yea I cant stand her in a good way in most of these games the characters dont incite any kind of emotion from me because they are to predictble and bland but her eccentric personality actually makes me laugh and get annoyed by her at the same time. Shes a good character and I like her better then mostly everyone in the game. The only 2 i like more are Izelle and the Fae chick and thats only because I love her design and think she is pretty sexy.

 

[storm1051787]

Yea I cant stand her in a good way in most of these games the characters dont incite any kind of emotion from me because they are to predictble and bland but her eccentric personality actually makes me laugh and get annoyed by her at the same time. Shes a good character and I like her better then mostly everyone in the game. The only 2 i like more are Izelle and the Fae chick and thats only because I love her design and think she is pretty sexy.

I don't dislike any character but Izelle is probably my least favorite. I don't like her design as much and she doesn't really feel like she has much going on compared to the others. None of the characters in this game really feel bland though or repeative. Even Morwenna and Dawn aren't anything alike aside from being priestesses