3.5 / 5
A smorgasbord of domination sex scenes, somewhat undermined by a disjointed narrative.
This is a pretty straightforward trainer / visual novel. You play as an evil(ish) emperor living the good life, until some evil empress arrives and starts beef. The plot sees you doing all sorts of investigation, intrigue, and politics to thwart her. Being the kind of game it is, the investigation, intrigue, and politics are all resolved with sex.
The writing is a perfectly serviceable. It does the job, doesn't drag on too long, and is occasionally funny, though it's certainly not trying to win any awards. The characters are stock one-note archetypes, but have just enough branching dialogue to feel like they react to your decisions. You don't really get to alter the plot at all, but you can tweak your relationship the characters you "train".
The training is the main gameplay and main draw. You get to play out a variety of BDSM scenarios with several different girls, choosing whether to be rough or gentle, what position and what toys to use, etc. There's a large number of scenes and a decent variety of toys and kinks. None of them are individually that impressive, but they're consistently good quality and readily available. Great fap material.
Unfortunately, there's almost too many sex scenes. Right from the start you have access to half a dozen scenes with your personal harem. There's no build up, no tension, nothing personal about it. While it's far more gratifying to steadily build up a relationship with the main girls and earn their new scenes, the presence of these no-effort sex scenes just kind of lets the air out, undercutting the main content before it gets a chance to build momentum. A real shame; the game is obviously trying to ensure you have plenty of content to enjoy, but in doing so it undermines its own pacing.
Similarly, the game abrupty switches track several times. Each time you pretty much ditch the previous girl you'd spent the last several hours getting to know. The middle act almost feels like a completely different game, as nearly everything from the cast to the gameplay changes. It's a good game, but it's so disjointed that it doesn't really improve the experience as a whole. I honestly wonder if the game would have been better as three separate smaller games.
Overall, a definitely enjoyable experience if you're into domination and trainers. Just a shame that it can't stay focused long enough to become more than the sum of its parts.
A smorgasbord of domination sex scenes, somewhat undermined by a disjointed narrative.
This is a pretty straightforward trainer / visual novel. You play as an evil(ish) emperor living the good life, until some evil empress arrives and starts beef. The plot sees you doing all sorts of investigation, intrigue, and politics to thwart her. Being the kind of game it is, the investigation, intrigue, and politics are all resolved with sex.
The writing is a perfectly serviceable. It does the job, doesn't drag on too long, and is occasionally funny, though it's certainly not trying to win any awards. The characters are stock one-note archetypes, but have just enough branching dialogue to feel like they react to your decisions. You don't really get to alter the plot at all, but you can tweak your relationship the characters you "train".
The training is the main gameplay and main draw. You get to play out a variety of BDSM scenarios with several different girls, choosing whether to be rough or gentle, what position and what toys to use, etc. There's a large number of scenes and a decent variety of toys and kinks. None of them are individually that impressive, but they're consistently good quality and readily available. Great fap material.
Unfortunately, there's almost too many sex scenes. Right from the start you have access to half a dozen scenes with your personal harem. There's no build up, no tension, nothing personal about it. While it's far more gratifying to steadily build up a relationship with the main girls and earn their new scenes, the presence of these no-effort sex scenes just kind of lets the air out, undercutting the main content before it gets a chance to build momentum. A real shame; the game is obviously trying to ensure you have plenty of content to enjoy, but in doing so it undermines its own pacing.
Similarly, the game abrupty switches track several times. Each time you pretty much ditch the previous girl you'd spent the last several hours getting to know. The middle act almost feels like a completely different game, as nearly everything from the cast to the gameplay changes. It's a good game, but it's so disjointed that it doesn't really improve the experience as a whole. I honestly wonder if the game would have been better as three separate smaller games.
Overall, a definitely enjoyable experience if you're into domination and trainers. Just a shame that it can't stay focused long enough to become more than the sum of its parts.