This game reminded me to something...
There are two kinds of decent porngames;
The ones that work pretty well as games, even if you aren't really into the fetishes that this game caters to (case in point: Futaring).
And the ones that work really well for their fetishes, but otherwise kinda fall flat.
...and Slave's Nightmare falls in the second category. I actually kinda regret that I have to say it, because clearly a lot of work has gone into this game.
The art is excellent, and the process of how the protagonist is gradually psychologically broken is done very well. If that would've scratched my itch, this game would have gotten the full 5 stars from me.
But like I said: mindbreaking and rape/abuse doesn't really get me going - so I mainly looked at the gameplay. And that seemed interesting initially, because there's stealth elements and I love a good stealth game.
Therein lies the rub, though. The stealth elements are there, but they're pretty barebones. There's few areas to explore, and the stuff you can do is limited. You're probably going to feel pretty railroaded, especially before exposing yourself as a woman. In fact, you actually have to reveal yourself as a woman - and get gangraped because of it - in order to progress the game. You can bypass this by remembering the gate password and jewel box passcode from an earlier playthrough, but then you also skip like 80% of the game.
Seeing protagonist Noah and another girl fingering eachother in one of the preview images made me hope that there'd be some optional lesbian romance in this game (like in Claire's Quest) - but that's not the case either. That scene certainly isn't bad, but it's still coerced sex rather than anything even remotely sweet or consensual.
The writing in this game is generally decent. Though there's one glaring flaw in that Noah initially gets mistaken for a man, and that her captors don't notice until she goes out of her way to show them.
I mean... look at her. Those thighs. Those tits. That half-exposed see-through bodystocking she's wearing under her armour. She is in no way masculine or androgynous-looking - she has plenty of womanly features, and they are plain to see.
I like Noah's look and character design, but this "I'm crossdressing as a man and nobody noticed until I revealed myself"-plot is bullshit with a character who looks like that.
So, the verdict?
If you're into mindbreak and forced sex, this game's got your back.
But if you want a decent stealth game with a side of porn? Forget about this one and look up the Barony Sengia games instead.
3/5