Unity - Solas City Heroes [v2.0.7 + DLC] [Mr Zed - MrZgames]

Only game out here I'd consider buying. it gets to the point. lots of animation, and most importantly customization. The dev has been active and makes sure to follow through on the game's future developmental objectives.

This game has me in a strange place where I can't really recommend it as a beat-em'-up. Frankly in that regard, it's just... Passing, but in a janky way.
As a smut game, it's very customisable in many good ways which make me wish I could give this a higher rating.

For the beat-em'-up side of things:
Animations are serviceable but look floaty, sometimes they just freak out (like a person grabbing at you while sliding across the floor), and while the hitboxes work, for the most part, some enemy attacks look awkward and stiff (One example I can think of is the kunoichi/MK babe cartwheel attack and other similarly acrobatic-esque kicks) and I can never be too sure about the range.

There are not really combos in the game so much as punches have more attack strings compared to kicks, and are faster but with much shorter range. The combat in general doesn't really have many strategies to it. I find if you can just pile up enemies inside one another (they clip into each other) and spam kick or punch, or use your super, you just do that until you beat the level.

You and enemies can block, but unblockable attacks are pretty slow since they need to be charged, and usually, you can just move out of the way since it's pretty telegraphed or the enemy will just stop blocking, which still knocks them down but it kind of ruins the need for an unblockable attack in the first place.

There's not really any customisation towards your fighting style asides from passives that mostly give buffs, and debuffs, especially towards stuff like your health, attack, and defence values. There is some interesting stuff, but that's more in the sex skill tree, which is less combat and more of a button-mash minigame of sorts on default settings (if you've played the developer's other games you probably know how it works already). You can use skill points to get new supers (I find the starting one to be my favourite), but it makes me a bit jealous that we have enemies in later levels doing attacks we can't do that would fit the characters I've created.

Sound design isn't bad if you don't mind stock effects (fine with me). Although some environmental effects like burning trashcans in the alleys are heard no matter where you are on the maps and it has driven me a bit crazy before. Although I wish the footsteps of your character and the enemy didn't all sound the same nor continuously layered over one another, it sounds like a horde of munching cockroaches at times, just to give you an idea. Oddly enough, there are no sounds for the player sprinting it seems.
Projectiles from the pick-up buff hitting multiple enemies will layer too, and the sound is quite loud to begin with.

Controls overall are fine, if a bit... Odd feeling. I don't feel like anything is wrong, but with the awkwardness & stiffness of the animations, sometimes inputs just don't feel right in a way I can't explain. Although, dodging has been a bit frustrating. I think the input is left or right input + dodge but sometimes my character just won't, or my character does it when I mean to block.

The AI is not great. As mentioned before, they usually just stack up on each other or yourself depending, there seems to be a check of sorts where only 3-4+ will attack you at a time, and then the others will close in on you in another set of 3-4+ after beating the first, but outside of bosses they don't really feel fun to fight. The only challenge comes from differing stats and attack animation speed/reach that some enemies have. They also sorta abuse their floor hovering/sliding animation and states a bit too.

As a superhero game:
We don't really see the heroes do anything in the story at the moment asides from looking like pretty nicely designed heroes, but that's about it really.
The villains we fight, and our own character are really just typical beat-em-up characters in terms of their moves.

You can have a super ability and there's a pick-up item that let you shoot a projectile but that's about the most superhero thing you can do. Admittedly, your character's power is mostly that arousal heals them, which is great for a sex game but otherwise you just kinda feel like an average joe/jane who can handle a couple of people in a fight.

If anything, I would think it's more accurate to say our character and the enemies are just stronger-than-average vigilantes and brawlers of sorts rather than superheroes/villains. I'm not saying the superhero aspect is a lie, but rather it's wrong.

As a porn game:
Definitely the best aspect of it, and out of all the developer's games I think this game has the best implementation of it by far. Unlike many other games, sex isn't entirely a punishment in this game for the most part. In other words: Being good at the game doesn't stop you from seeing sex/you don't have to be bad at videogames to see lewds. If your character climaxes, you do lose a percentage of max health, but there's stuff to offset that thankfully. Certain passives will even allow you to be more effective in submissive situations (sorta).

Instead of clearing the game to get a gallery or lose to every enemy, you can either taunt them until they undress you or get knocked to 0% hp and a sex battle will commence. I won't get too indepth into that since I had already covered it somewhat with button mash segment. Where this game really shines though is that as you mess with game-settings, unlock stuff, and enable certain game features, you can pretty much have sex with any enemy you'd like in any position and with any role, with optional BDSM and exhibitionist stuff. It's pretty great.

The animations are a bit odd, but they get the job done well enough that I can enjoy them quite a bit. You can tweak preferred positions as you unlock them so that when you use a counter ability on an opponent, you'll get positions that you picked at random.

Outside of BDSM, leather & latex, corruption, exhibitionist, futanari and male/fem dom stuff, there isn't really anything kinky or extreme fetish-wise in this game. Not entirely vanilla, but pretty tame compared to a lot of stuff out there.

Character customisation is okay. I like the base body sculpts and faces for females but they don't change much from them.

As a female PC, and with female characters in general, you'll all pretty much always look like a curvy and bimbo-ish onlyfans model but honestly? I kinda like that. Sliders and clothing options are nice, but they'll often come with clipping issues. Hairstyles and clothes are great, but I would like more.

I have males personally disabled since they just look... Bad, just an opinion on my part, but there's just something not right about their faces, head size/shape, and neck. The bodies are fine, but, eh. At least you can do that though which I think is rad, and you can have enemies (and your own character) either use strapons or be a futanari.

The graphics aren't anywhere as amazing or bad as I've seen other reviews say. I'd say they're average. Not bad, not great.

Overall, I like it.
I don't agree with anyone who says this game is perfect or is a 10/10 contender, it's really not. I don't consider the game hot garbage like I did in early builds.

Considering this isn't even in a full release state yet and the developer is already apparently working on stuff I've addressed here, I've got a pretty positive outlook for this game's future in the sex side of things, and while the beat-em-up probably won't ever be amazing, it does feel better than certain other contenders. In the current state, however, I feel like a 3/5 is a good fit (although if it was possible on F95 I'd give it a 3.5)

Fix the animations, sound and AI up & make the combat better, make it a bit less of a grind fest, try and fix clothing clipping, make talents and supers more interesting, make superhero part of the game actually exist and I'd give it a 4/5 for sure.

Another masterpiece from MrZed. Animations and characters are re-used to create a different genre and it just works. This game is a fun beat-up game that you won't regret playing. It's playable now and new stuff are coming.

Verdict: 10/10

Been following this game for a while and Im surprised by the growth of this game.
As of 0.63, the combat aspect feels fun and smooth, the talents are an interesting addition, but the best part for me is the customization, both for my heroine and for the sex settings.
If you like BDSM this game is a must play, and the amount of sex animations is only second to wild life and sex mods for skyrim.
5/5 will buy on release.

I'm loving this game. The sex-related stuff is god-tier. The animations are awesome and there's tons of them, as well as countless sexy enemies to fight/fuck. There's tons of costumes including sliders for color, shininess, etc. There's a bunch of themed stages, each with it's own bossfight.

The customization in this game is unreal. You can tailor this game to your every need. Don't want dudes in your game? You can take them out. Like futas? You can put them in. Into bondage? There's plenty of options for that too.

It isn't perfect in terms of game mechanics - the fighting can be a little too spam-y, and the enemy AI is pretty basic. (although the dev has mentioned in their roadmap on Patreon that they're going to work on these issues). But it's a porn game, so we shouldn't expect the world - it's certainly more polished and responsive than many of the other games on this site.

In summary, I highly recommend this game!!! No game is perfect but this one is pretty close.

Mr Zed , i have to say it: My Respect. You finally improved yourself.
I played "Kinky fight club" for a short time and the other small game about a captured mistress or something. And both time i thought "Oh man, the spirit, the idea behind the game, the domination system, all the variation, all this good stuff and you make it with that poor graphic, what a waste."
I couldn´t enjoy it.
But you did it , you crazy guy did it, you really upgraded to better engine and you know what? Totally worth it.

The beat em up part is already better then lazy Eromancers "Pure Onyx".
I have punches, kicks, jumpkicks AND i can attack enemys on the ground once. How cool is that? I like that, never understood why i have to wait for they to stand up to attack again in other games.
Sure, a kick -punch combo and some more special combos would be great but the Basics are solid. Its not Tekken but still okay.

The adult content is unique again. Never saw a game with that domination system. Its a 10 of 10, no question. Sure i didnt see much animations i havent seen in "kinky fight club" already but never change a winning team !

The three training rooms are very good:
- A room without enemys for free training without pressure.
-Next is for combat with enemys you select before (adult content possible if wanted but you can be defeated)
-Last room is only for the adult content and you cant get defeated so endless fun.

The "Options" are the secret Hero of this game. I am not kidding. I wish more games today have so much options for me. I can adjust pretty much anything and thats Amazing:
-Adult content yes or no
-Bondage yes or no
-which restraints are allowed like: different cuffs and gags( i hate ballgags because its lookes stupid and i want to hear the voice of bound ladys in videos) and thats why this is a great option
-Heavy bondage after getting captured or just adult content
-Female enemys or male or both
-positions i like and dislike for the adult content
and so much more.......
I say it again, the options are the best and playerfriendlyst i have ever seen in my life. If someone is not sure if he should give this game a try:
Shia LaBeouf says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0

Yes i give 4 of 5 even with this best options in gamings History.
The Graphic is okay, some improving would still be welcome but optional
Bugs are here for sure, like enemys hovering lying over the ground after i escape a grab.
The trainings room dont work well, game remembers only last 2 enemys i selected .

But the Game is on a good Way, i wouldn´t take so much Time to write this Review otherwise.
(Version v0.6.1 )

There isn't much to say about Solas City other than it's a superhero game that doesn't feel like you are a Superhero. The main gameplay is a beat-em-up that is not fun and has been done better in similar games. The adult content is lacking and has a system that's more of a hassle than anything else. The adult content is tied to the beat-em-up gameplay and it's very buggy. (Enemies sometimes don't even spawn which forces a restart) An odd "tug of war" meter for the adult scenes that feels like it doesn't work most of the time. The best thing about the game is the cosmetics and customization, allowing you to make your character with a variable amount of clothes and accessories, but clothing and items are painfully expensive due to the currency which the player really doesnt get enough of; leads to more grinding with the worst gameplay. No fun content, grindy gameplay, boring scenes. At least my character looks like bootleg power girl.
(I ain't reading all that )

This game is amazing!
It ticks off so many of the right checkboxes in my brain having heroines in skin tight outfits, battling and leveling up with, and dominating said heroines. The "losing" scenario of the heroine waking up bound in the enemy lair and subsequently used by everybody there is so frikin hot.... I've been following this thread every day (as patiently as I can) for more updates.
This is currently one of the top adult games out there in my opinion

I see it as an improvement over the previous games in terms of animation. Models are a bit weird when you max out the sliders. The sex/combat balance is spot on.

Would be nice to see some more things added, like a pose selector, option to undress only one part of clothing, better UI and ability to interact with the heroes from the Grand Hall and criminal bosses further, having sex with them maybe requiring a romance quest or smth.

But as it is, If you enjoy fighting side-scrollers and the Mr.Zed style of games, it's worth a shot.

[Reviewed v0.2.2 Fixed on 3/8/2022]

I'm not sure why this is getting such good ratings.

I mean, if I were to guess, I'd say that it's because this is an actual game this time around, rather than another Ren'Py, VN, or RPGM grindfest, so maybe that's part of the reason. Unfortunately, that's the only thing this game has going for it, and it's not much of a game at that.

Sidescrolling beat-em-ups have been just about done to death, so it always amazes me when developers haven't looked at how the best ones have operated and copped their ideas more thoroughly. For example, why is the camera so close to the character? The classics of beat-em-ups have the camera a tad bit further back for a reason; part of the strategy of those games was about good positioning to avoid entrapment by enemies. Not that it matters in this game, but I'll get back to that.

The game also suffers a bit from requiring more player effort than it really should. A decent, pre-emptive tutorial would be a nice start; I'm aware of the training grounds, but why do I need to go there for the day 1 basics? Shouldn't that be provided at the start? Although I guess it's not really necessary since I managed to spam punch and kick my way through up to stage 2-2 without trouble, at which point I grew bored with the game. I think I learned how the quick-time escape/sex event actually worked by around stage 1-3.

Anyways, I digress, the combat is just garbage. Enemies don't seem to move with anymore thought than "approach to swing once" and "wait just out of player reach for other enemies to approach and swing once." Attack cooldowns and animations feel inconsistent and slow, and the dev's idea of difficulty seems to be "throw more enemies at the player", rather than providing a challenge with an actual learning curve.

On top of all that, this game is just plain ugly. Despite what has been said, the modeling and texturing is subpar, and the animations are very basic and boring looking. The UI is also an eyesore, and why does it feel like I'm operating the game's menus underwater? Honestly, that's quite an accomplishment. My mouse's scroll wheel should at least be able to scroll up and down the customization menus, but it spins both directions in vain.

I don't think I'll give this anymore of my time. The animations would need a drastic improvement for me to bother with this agian.

Great already! And the step up from the first version to this (0.2) promises a great pace of progress. I loved the creators previous games but this is a step up and so fun and fappable already! Cant wait for more to come!

You get what's advertised with this one so I'll address the separate areas I like to focus on.

Gameplay: Solid beat'm up side scroller with depth game. Punch, kick, do a few moves. Could use more moves and combo's. 4 stars.

Graphics: Outdated. The models aren't bad but they suffer from small texture sizes and low poly counts. 3 Stars.

Animations: Surprisingly not bad. Dev has put in a lot of effort here as you can tell and the results speak for themselves. 5 stars.

Story: It's exactly what you would expect the 'super hero' style to be. I'm not going to knock it because it's not my thing. It delivers the experience advertised. 5 Stars.

Sounds/Music: Exactly as one would expect. Could be better but it's still early.

Overall, you get what is advertised with this one. It's definitely something super hero style gamers would enjoy. Great job Dev. 4 Stars from me.

A great, intensely promising start. The concept is simple and well executed, the stripping/struggling is fun and not just irritating, and the grapples are varied and interactive! Maybe an idea would be to have certain enemies focus certain fetishes/weaknesses (like the domme looking ladies being effective against subs), and maybe this is already the case, but I can't make it past the first level because it's so fun to lose I really hope there is much more to come in the future!