Review for Ch.11 Public
Probably one of my favorite adult VNs I've played. The early chapters are pretty rough around the edges, but the quality drastically improves with each chapter.
Story 4/5
I think the setting of the story has some good potential. Theres a unique mix of high fantasy things like elves/nymphs/goblins with greek mythology and ninjas/kunoichi. The plot itself can be a little generic/predictable with Zycris (the MC) being very OP and will often serve as a deus ex machina. But generally most of the conflicts and story beats that occur are written in an interesting and satisfying way. The story also does a good job of getting Zycris from one H-scene to the next in a relatively beleivable manner.
The character writing overall is decent. All of the main cast have distinct and well written personalities. However, sometimes it feels like the characters will act inconsistently with who they are or are supposed to be. For example, it feels like many of the 'stronger' female characters often aren't as strong or mature as their supposed to be. Senior kunoichi or warriors will often fail in some capacity just so the MC can save the day or step up in some way whether it be a decisionmaking/leadership issue or combat/power issue. Its nice to make the MC feel powerful, but I also think it'd be good for other characters to have impact their impactful moments.
The pacing of events also feels odd in some ways. I think it was mentioned that new ninjas ideally aren't sent on any missions for their first two months, but many of the newer ninjas (especially the MC) are getting missions and promotions way faster. It would make sense for the more senior ninjas to be able to handle missions back to back, but it also seems like many of the newbies are now embarking on missions the day after they finish the last. Even with a shortage of ninjas it seems a little excessive. Having a lot of action and events is nice, but pacing/progress seems kind of fast (given the time span). I think including a couple time skips or some more training would make it more believable overall.
Also the cast is very female heavy, which is to be expected, but it feels like the only likable male character that's regularly around is Zycris. Its most noticable when in larger cities/towns that don't have some explanation as to why over 80% of the population is female.
Overall I think certain aspects of the writing are a little amateurish, but acceptable by eroge standards and improving in the latter chapters.
Visuals 4.5/5
As of Chapter 11, the visuals have improved dramatically. Characters have a nice diversity in outfits and hair styles and all of them look great! The backgrounds and environments have also gotten way better over time. The only thing is that some of the assets/outfits used can look a little too modern for the magic/medieval setting (but this becomes less noticable in later chapters). Animations are nice, if not a little glitchy or easy to skip due to how renpy handles them. There are also more animations/dynamic shots as you progress through the chapters.
I'm only taking off some points since you still have to get through the earlier chapters and some of the assets/overall cinematography is noticably worse.
H-content 4.5/5
Scenes are well animated and have a nice amount of diversity in tags. Lots of ahegao which I am a fan of. The ratio of porn to story also feels good. Theres also a gallery for past scenes. The only thing is that the distribution of scenes between all of the girls isn't super even (some get noticeably more or less than others).
Also it'd be nice to see the catalog of characters be updated with their newer outfits (or some option to show off some of the outfits they get throughout the game).
Overall 4.5/5
Definitely has its flaws (especially early on), but I think the positives outweigh the negatives. Also the game has no audio until chapter 7. Having some music/sfx definitely helps the later chapters a lot.
TLDR:
- quality improves greatly in later chapters
- interesting setting/story, but can be a little generic/predictable
- certain aspects of the writing can be weird, but overall its good
- nice diversity in outfits/hairstyles for the girls
- scenes are well animated and high quality, but some girls get more scenes than others
Probably one of my favorite adult VNs I've played. The early chapters are pretty rough around the edges, but the quality drastically improves with each chapter.
Story 4/5
I think the setting of the story has some good potential. Theres a unique mix of high fantasy things like elves/nymphs/goblins with greek mythology and ninjas/kunoichi. The plot itself can be a little generic/predictable with Zycris (the MC) being very OP and will often serve as a deus ex machina. But generally most of the conflicts and story beats that occur are written in an interesting and satisfying way. The story also does a good job of getting Zycris from one H-scene to the next in a relatively beleivable manner.
The character writing overall is decent. All of the main cast have distinct and well written personalities. However, sometimes it feels like the characters will act inconsistently with who they are or are supposed to be. For example, it feels like many of the 'stronger' female characters often aren't as strong or mature as their supposed to be. Senior kunoichi or warriors will often fail in some capacity just so the MC can save the day or step up in some way whether it be a decisionmaking/leadership issue or combat/power issue. Its nice to make the MC feel powerful, but I also think it'd be good for other characters to have impact their impactful moments.
The pacing of events also feels odd in some ways. I think it was mentioned that new ninjas ideally aren't sent on any missions for their first two months, but many of the newer ninjas (especially the MC) are getting missions and promotions way faster. It would make sense for the more senior ninjas to be able to handle missions back to back, but it also seems like many of the newbies are now embarking on missions the day after they finish the last. Even with a shortage of ninjas it seems a little excessive. Having a lot of action and events is nice, but pacing/progress seems kind of fast (given the time span). I think including a couple time skips or some more training would make it more believable overall.
Also the cast is very female heavy, which is to be expected, but it feels like the only likable male character that's regularly around is Zycris. Its most noticable when in larger cities/towns that don't have some explanation as to why over 80% of the population is female.
Overall I think certain aspects of the writing are a little amateurish, but acceptable by eroge standards and improving in the latter chapters.
Visuals 4.5/5
As of Chapter 11, the visuals have improved dramatically. Characters have a nice diversity in outfits and hair styles and all of them look great! The backgrounds and environments have also gotten way better over time. The only thing is that some of the assets/outfits used can look a little too modern for the magic/medieval setting (but this becomes less noticable in later chapters). Animations are nice, if not a little glitchy or easy to skip due to how renpy handles them. There are also more animations/dynamic shots as you progress through the chapters.
I'm only taking off some points since you still have to get through the earlier chapters and some of the assets/overall cinematography is noticably worse.
H-content 4.5/5
Scenes are well animated and have a nice amount of diversity in tags. Lots of ahegao which I am a fan of. The ratio of porn to story also feels good. Theres also a gallery for past scenes. The only thing is that the distribution of scenes between all of the girls isn't super even (some get noticeably more or less than others).
Also it'd be nice to see the catalog of characters be updated with their newer outfits (or some option to show off some of the outfits they get throughout the game).
Overall 4.5/5
Definitely has its flaws (especially early on), but I think the positives outweigh the negatives. Also the game has no audio until chapter 7. Having some music/sfx definitely helps the later chapters a lot.
TLDR:
- quality improves greatly in later chapters
- interesting setting/story, but can be a little generic/predictable
- certain aspects of the writing can be weird, but overall its good
- nice diversity in outfits/hairstyles for the girls
- scenes are well animated and high quality, but some girls get more scenes than others