Unity - Completed - The Fairy Tale of Holy Knight Ricca: Two Winged Sisters [v1.3.8] [Mogurasoft]

you might be surprised to find a low rating among the ton of positive ratings, but let me explain.

first, theres a lot to praise here
actual game
its long
FULLY voiced
good animations
you can fully customize your character
many combat moves
skills
items
a lot of different sex scenes (tho usually "nasty" ones, ranging from spider goblin orc human rape to just humiliation, bukkake piss etc so for me personally thats not a positive thing)


there is a lot of positive stuff here

however and this is why i give this game a 2*:
it gets boring so fast. and if, after 20min of playing, you end up just running past every enemy to get it over with asap... that shows me im not enjoying the game. if i just want it to be over, im not playing the game, im not enjoying it.
and that has been about 95% of the game for me. just hold right, beg for no jumping parts cause plattforming sucks and avoid every enemy possible.

fights arent complicated either, go full damage and youre good to go.
going defensive options is a bad idea cause majority of scenes you get by being defeated, which takes FOREVER if you have any defensive options leveld.
the combat is a bit clunky, aerial moves might aswell not even exist cause they are pointles.
the story (unless youre really into the average story of you have been blessed, slay the evil) is tideous, even when using the turbo skip options there have been cutscenes that lasted for a minute with prob. over 200 sentences to read


as i said before, this game has quality all over it. its a full game, its fully voiced etc etc. but for me, the majority i didnt enjoy it, i just skipped through the game.
thats why i can only give this 2*.
1* is not deserved as it has a lot of quality. however, for me the game was just not fun and i didnt care one bit.

as always, leave a like if you enjoyed/i helped.

WARNING: This game is very violent to women. These are not your typical hentai rape scenes. They are actually pretty disturbing and I almost dropped the game after the MC is brutally raped and nearly murdered by goblins.

The only thing stopping her from dying a horrible bloody death from being impaled and having her head and body repeatedly beaten and crushed was the senselessly late intervention by a higher power.

If you have a rape fetish like me, but do not find pleasure in severe violence and are here for corruption/pleasure mind breaks and all that, this is probably not the game for you.

The goblin scene is NOT avoidable.


Review:

I'll preface this by saying I was unable to finish this game. The scenes end up being more violent, with brutal on-screen deaths of raped and tortured women, not to mention the H-scenes themselves are usually bad ends, or integrated into the story, but without any real consequence on the disposition of the main character.

The combat is fairly well done for a basic platformer, but is pretty fucking good as far as hentai games go. You have a skill tree, weapon combos, etc... It has a tendency to feel floaty when engaging in aerial combat (no pun intended), which creates issues in some sections. The combat will eventually get to a point where it feels super repetitive as you can find an optimal combo pretty quickly.

Ultimately, it's a good game, but as a hentai, I can only recommend it if you're into really heavy rape themes and STRONG violence against women.

The best thing I can say about this game is, aside from the disappointing hentai content, it made me feel nostalgic. The story, characters and side-scrolling levels reminded me of Valkyria Profile 2: Silmeria. Now with that out the way, here's my spoilery review (rant).

Ricca is an innocent girl given great powers along with great responsibility that she's just not ready for. But unlike Spider-Man or any other (male) hero, she had to be brutally raped and then practically murdered (in a church no less) before she got them. Because there's just no limit to how shitty women can be treated in hentai, especially Japanese hentai. And this game takes it to the maximum. A point I'll come back to later. So after she gets her powers, Ricca's sole purpose in life is finding her sister. She tries to help people along the way but most of them are beyond help. Like a woman who'd been abandoned by her entourage of bodyguards in an undead village. As soon as Ricca offers to help her find her lost relative, the woman explodes into a bloody mess from monster larva that'd been growing inside her. Cool dramatic effect bro. Let's see some of that cruelty happen to one of the many rapist assholes in the game.

Of course that doesn't happen though, as all the men who die in the game either do it off screen or their lives are spared. Like when a group of idiot bandits attack Ricca and try to kidnap her. Ricca, who's also an idiot, doesn't want to hurt them because they're humans. Despite all the bad things they've done and want to do to her. (Who else is sick of goody-two shoes protagonists like this in every story?) It takes lots of persuasion from her annoying sidekick, Iris, to make Ricca finally snap and 'defend' herself. She kills all but one of the bandits off screen, and then we see her sitting on top of the last one with her sword at his throat. A crucial moment in the story for both Ricca's character development and how much violence this game is willing to show against someone who actually deserves it. Fortunately for the bandit though, he's a man in a hentai. Which means he is to be spared discomfort and suffering, at least on screen. So inevitably, in the most infuriating moment since her initial rape scene, Ricca lets him go.

As for Miria, Ricca's sister, I found her to be the most interesting part of the game. She's the best character with the most amount of depth. Her backstory is layered in prostitution and suppressed sexual desires. Of which they do the bare minimum with. Only hinting at the things she wanted to do to/with Ricca. Making that take a backseat to all the boring succubus bullshit. Like Ricca, Miria's agency is undermined, if not taken away completely by a higher power. In Ricca's case, it's a classic hentai magic spell crotch tattoo that makes her horny enough to masturbate. Because like most females in a hentai game, she's supposed to be too pure to otherwise do that or anything sexual on her own. In Miria's case, it's the big bad guy who turns her into his succubus subordinate and that basically becomes her entire character. Forget all the 'fun' stuff from her past and focus on the supernatural shit going on in the present. Because that's what making her be so naughty. Yeah, right. Whether it's Ricca being too damn pure throughout the story or Miria being the metaphorical carrot on a stick that they didn't do enough with, this game is full of nothing but wasted potential in every way.

TL;DR - For a hentai, it's all production values and no substance. Only good for people who want to see the shittiest of rape scenes. For a normal game, it's a decent drama that's reminiscent of a classic PS2 era JRPG.

That's a really masterpiece with a good character creation system, there are a lot of various animations with a great fighting options. Graphics looks amazing! Satisfied of this game too much and highly recommended it!

Very Gud game, gud gameplay(the platforming on some stages are annoying, but that's just a sign that it's gud since i got annoyed with it hahaha). Story is very good, and characters are likable. The best part is the character customization and costumes.

The H tho, seriously. I didn't know i was weak to emotional rape(well not that much, but the game just rubs it too much), this is one of those few H-games that i played where i really don't want to fail coz i don't want to see the rape scenes, tho i did view a few ones on scene replay, since some of them are not that tragic. Oh and there's dat one yuri scene(the pure one, not the ones on epilogue), i felt like my soul was being cleansed while watching that, maybe i like yuri, i just didn't know hahahahaha

i hope they make sequel or at least a good ending extension with Ricca x Claret. i was smiling so much when Ricca said on epilogue1 that she's fine having a female partner and talks abt going to a land that allows it.

Version: v1.13

Im going to be honest with you boys, this shit is pretty fucked up when it comes to the sex scenes. Almost all of them are hardcore snuggle struggle and not the kind of where the woman is secretly willing. If you are into that kind of thing, jump right into this shit, if not, tough luck.
The gameplay itself is a very well refined 2D fighter scroller. In all aspect the gameplay it self is great, nothing too unique or new, but all the parts of the game are well developed.
The only thing that is disappointing is the story, its a pretty basic fairy tale of becoming the chosen one and saving your loved one and the world, nothing much more needs to be said about it.

Overall a great and refined game, its just that the scenes themselfs arent really my thing.

Reviewed on version 1.13, played on normal and hard mode. This review will only touch the gameplay & controls since most other people already talked about other parts and I agreed with them on that front, but not on gameplay.

First off, attacking feels quite good. Light attacks, heavy attacks, special attacks, aerials, combos, standard stuff. One mechanic in particular is quite interesting - you can throw enemies to another and it's quite satisfying to pull off, although it feels a bit hit and miss sometimes. Gurading also feels quite good, with normal guards and perfect guards.

Unfortunately everything kinda falls apart from here. Jumping is floaty, even worse when you realize that this game accounts for clothing weight as well. So you can't exactly put the outfits you like without watching this weight meter. If you choice of outfits are weighty, then your movement would feel more sluggish - personally I think this is a bad idea. You also can't guard until you descent onto the ground, so no jump guard. No evade, no dash, no roll, and you can't cancel attacks to guards too, which makes this feel like a 2D Dark Souls game expecting you to play it more like Devil May Cry. Perfect guard timing is also one of the tightest parry/guard timing I've felt in a game. It's even tighter than something like Sekiro, which personally I think is somewhat absurd.

The other thing is the bosses. Most bosses are easily exploitable in normal mode. In hard mode, it's somewhat similar except now you have to at least learn how to perfect guard and you dish out less damage while enemies dish out more damage, as well as enemies being less susceptible to stagger. Not too bad until you realize that not only bosses can attack you mid combo no matter how quick your combo is, you can't even guard in the middle of an attack. Hard mode bosses devolve down to a perfect guard stagger-fest, which I feel is against the combo-esque gameplay in the first place, and makes the gameplay quite boring as a result. Never mind about the BS I've just spewed about hard mode being hard. Ice wrecks almost everything. I just got it tested on true final boss and here is the result - Caution : Maybe spoiler.

Well, until the true end boss (not the final main story boss) that is. Other bosses are really difficult on hard but it's just about doable. I gave up on hard mode for this one specifically since the devs decided that this particular boss should be almost impossible to stagger, attacks without any telegraphing, and almost impossible to combo (it'll just attcack you mid-combo, and you can't guard until attack animation is over). I feel like you can probably beat this one by simply perfect guard -> counter -> repeat but that's one of the worst way to finish a boss in any game, so I didn't bother trying this.

I wish there's a difficulty between normal and hard, giving and taking normal damage but hard enemy aggresison, patterns and more emphasis on perfect guard. I also wish this game at least maps light and heavy attack on separate buttons, as is sword throw and other special attacks separated as well, with special attacks activated on press + directional buttons instead of on hold. As of now it feels like the controls are made with SNES controllers in mind, only utilizing movement + 4 buttons for gameplay, and it wouldn't hurt to utilize more buttons.

All in all, not a bad game. With more polish and tightened up controls I feel like this game could be more just an H-game with gameplay.

This is a pretty heavy game, with no mercy to the players emotion.

The early rape scene with the goblins made me quit the game twice before i made the decisions to play it through, no matter the violence or discomfort. I never skip anything, i want to see all the content available.

This game is probably even better than the ones from miconisomi which where the first unity games that suprised me by their quality, but what makes this one outstanding is the depth and authenticity of the main character.

I am curious, how the trend to high quality porn games will evolve. So even with the bestiality, i didn´t like, an inspiring adventure that touched me emotionally. The only handicap, you need good hardware to enjoy every aspects of it.

Honestly I never expected a hentai game to be so emotional.
Story: While the driving plot of the game is pretty basic (literally dark lord wants to rule the world), The main character goes through so much through the entire game that its hard not to feel for the poor girl. That being said, it's not entirely grim and misery, as you watch the MC, beaten and bruised, get back up again. That being said thats pretty much all I can think of for the story. The H scenes are a good, but its mostly ryona, yeah the beaten and bruised part wasnt a metaphor. You get them after getting defeated which I'm fine with though it can get annoying since you sometimes have to be defeated in a certain way. More of the more graphic stuff like scars and bruises can be turned off but it's still there in the voice acting.

Gameplay: The game is surprisingly competent hack-and-slash platformer, from decent, directional-based combo mechanics, to special attacks and even different movesets for different weapons. I've played non-H games with worse gameplay than this. Though it can feel clunky at times, theres a bit of depth with the attacks you can do, juggling a bunch of enemies at the same time can be very satisfying. Your fully-customisable armor and clothing can even break during battle, which follows you into the H scenes should you fall to certain enemies.

Animation: Definitely one of the better 3D animations out there, though dont expect the animation to look as good during the cutscenes. All the effort is put into the H scenes and it definitely shows, it's hot. But the ryona stuff can get very graphic, with our character getting beaten, strangled, straight up impaled with a sword, all in full animated HD 3D baby. It's definitely not for the faint of heart.

tl;dr: If you come in with low expectations, this game is a blast. You can have fun with it even without the H scenes. Those H scenes are good, but it's very ryona so be warned.

5/5 One of the better hentai games out there.

2D platformer hack and slash with 3D models for everything which heavily relies on plot.

As a platformer and hack and slash its....okay. Dont expect from it something of a level of....Mario???(Im not an big fan/expert/player of platformers) or Sick Smoking Style of Devil May Cry or similar slashers.

Graphichs are very good, animations are smooth, lighting, shadows, etc. Cant say more on it since...well its good. Also included boobs jiggle physique, yay!!

It also have some, again pretty generic, upgrade system. Weak attack, strong attack, double jump, etc. Nothing special.
More interesting is a clothing system. And also it provide a way to change size of a boobs (and how hard they should jiggle), ass and other body parts. Not to an extreme degree but still. And also recoloring of everything mentioned above, including skin, hair, weapon, etc.
Instead of being purely decorative it also provides you with armor benefits.
So character cant run around completely naked, without being susceptible to even weakest enemies. Further in the game it would possible to maximize defense while being relatively naked, but its more of a end game stuff.
Also, the more heavy items character would wear (each item have weight) the slower he would move. Its not too subtle, but still noticeable.

As I mentioned its plot heavy game. But plot is pretty generic. If I say that it begins as "girl finds a MiStErIoUs magical shit and brings it to her village, after which village got invaded by forces of evil" Im pretty sure you figure out what plot is and would know what happens next for the duration of a whole game. Again, nothing too special.
But it plot heavy so it relies on cutscenes, which are pretty long, if you want to read all stuff that goings on there it would take good chunk of a total game time.

Also about duration, its relatively long. It have 20 levels, each takes around 20 minutes to beat. But my first playthrough takes around 10 hours, with all deaths and reading of all cutscenes shit, so I would know what I should do. Its possible to skip all cutscenes completely, there are a dedicated option for this, which I recommend to use if you not interested in story.

It fully translated to english in text part but most cutscenes have japanees voices. That mean if you not a fan of squeaky YAMETE KUDASAI voices, turn off voice lines in options.

Pornographic content opens up or after losing to certain enemies on certain levels or after beating a level and clicking on "there are a porn scene on this level" line after you beat it. No more grinding for a fuck...unlike a real life.
Its is a real time 3D scene with some text before/on it. This mean you can move/rotate camera anywhere you want and however you want while its going...Yes, Im watching on you Subverse....
Not only that, but it also takes into account all character customization (items, color, size of a boobs, etc). Pure and innocent knight of light? Japanees schoolgirl? SUCCubus? Something with visually unsuitable gear to max all stats? Whatever monstrocity you would make game will show how it would be raped in HD. This include tear/broken clothes/armor.

As for quality of an animations its high, but it drops slightly from scene to scene. Like in one scene shows fully animated penetration, with all important physics/bits how dick spread vaginal lips, but in next same dick moves in and out of vagina like there are no collision/friction at all. Yes it pretty small, but it all critique I cant say to it about quality.

From the quantity its....mixed. Most of the time its rape/gangbang by orcs/goblins which is.....meh???? Seen that thousand of times already, gimme something new...Pregnancy from goblin/orc??? Wow, what a novel concept...
No, there are 2 IIRC scenes with tentacles and stuff (I mean, it japanees game, how it could not have a tentacles??), and at least one...disturbing I guess scene which explicitly shows death of a heroine, but without any guro (drowning). But at least half of it is a orc/goblins.

Sex scenes and gameplay are alright, though aspects of the game design and combat are just plain retarded. Cancerous platforming sections that spawn enemies that attack you as you climb chains and can't fight back. And boss fights that you can't win for moronic plot reasons.

Great game, i downloaded it for h content but stayed for gameplay and story, which is kinda funny to me.Even though i like game for these aspects and they are damn great, h-content is like 90% rape, and not just some more mild rape, it's ryona all the way through, so if that is not your cup of tea i'm quite sure that if you won't like gameplay or story you will be disappointed, but if you do i'm sure you will like it.

Reviewed version: 1.10

It's rare to pity the main character of an adventure story, but this poor girl gets let down so often while standing brave in the face of it all that my heart breaks for her. Some of those who fail her are redeemed, but even after conquering the antagonist she cannot rest, either due to the personal demons she 'earns' in her journey or by those around her. I've never been so reluctant to view H scenes as in this game.

Gameplay-wise, it's pretty fun but not overly difficult, albeit with a few difficulty spikes on certain bosses. On normal difficulty I rarely needed to spend mana on anything. Controls are pretty tight but there is no option to bind mouse buttons to actions like a normal game allows. Level design is well done.

Some default settings should be changed before playing--primarily 'Automatic mouse movement'. Consider disabling auto text advance as well.

Almost all H scenes can be unlocked after clearing a stage in the Scene Select menu, by clicking on the heart symbol next to ?????????????? (if not previously unlocked.) These can also be unlocked within a stage by suffering defeat from certain enemies, occasionally in certain ways--usually by being grappled and running out of health. H scenes could use better scene advance controls for one-handed viewing.

One flaw is that combat tips disappear too quickly to read when they pop up. There are abbreviated descriptions for special attacks in the pause menu, but the only way to see the full description aside from tips is by viewing the skill tree, which must be done in scene select mode. There aren't too many actions that need to be memorized so this isn't a huge deal.

This is worth playing if you want some gameplay along with some brutal H scenes. It's enjoyable enough even without the lewds.

I'd give a 4.5 if I can, but overall I can't give this game less than that, so it's a 5-star.
Like so many people in this review thread already said: unexpectedly well-made game. Though it is a porn game, but I'll rate this game purely based on the level of its craftmanship for its category standard.
Here's the reason why it's 4.5 stars to me: I don't why they had the need to drag on forced H-scenes for so long for no reason. I get it that they want you to see the torments, but if it takes 30-40 minutes for every forced H-scene (if you really read through all the texts and listen to all the voice clips) then it's so dragged on for no significant impact for the scene itself. And some of these forced scenes are pretty significant to the story and characters.
But aside from that, for a porn game to have this level of craft is unheard of to me. Alright, I'll do it properly for the review, but I'll not give a score.
Writing:
pretty decent to good especially for porn game standard. The story is cut and dry simple, but the characters get pretty good development and reasonable behaviors for the circumstances they're in. And there's deep lore potential for its world and subsequent titles.
Voice Acting:
fine overall. Though few of the delivery might be out of tone, but most of these are in forced H-scene, so the main story doesn't get affected as much. And some of the voice clip loops are misplaced in some of the forced H-scenes, but neglectable.
Gamplay&UI:
UI is clean and really easy for the eyes. Gameplay is fun, enjoyable and intuitive. There's even a bestiary for the game, though pretty lacking in texts, but it does serve the purpose of telling the weaknesses of the monsters. Though there are customizable load outs, but it feels like these are for porn scenes in the gallery more than the gameplay itself. There are numerous of weapons and outfits, but few are really viable in combat for hard mode.
NSFW Contents:
There are tons of H-scenes in this game and they're all animated and they're all decent animations, but the problem that I mentioned is that the forced scenes are so dragged on and the optional ones (which you can collect after you beat the stage btw, by clicking on the heart ????? in the stage select screen, so you don't have to lose to get them) are really hit and miss because pretty much each scene is for each fetish. So if you like a female spider raping your protag you only get one scene, if you like insect you get one scene, and so on and so forth. And these scenes have at best 2 looping animations per action/position. So many varieties yet so few. And a lot of them are not 1-1 though; not all of these are gangbangs, but these always have spectators around, so if anybody likes 1-1 sex scene, you get only a countable fingers on your hand and pretty much half them are fetishes.

Too long; Didn't give a fuck:
Just play the game or better buy it if you can afford, it's fun and overall quality is really well-made for a porn game and it's worth the money. Dialogues are dragged on, so skip if you don't give two shits. NSFW contents are numerous, but shallow.

Really well-made game which I didn't expect, to be honest.
Most importantly, hentai scenes are great, incorporate a lot of fetishes and fit well in the story.
By the way, story is also pretty good for a hentai game - with nice characters, good pacing, some turns and drama. All of it keeps you interested until the end.
Also customisation adds a lot to enjoyment, having many costumes/armor and accessories to choose from with an option to change its colors. And with ability to customise body it gets even better.
Gameplay may be a bit more questionable for me. I really don't get it why some developers think it's a good idea to put platforming in hentai games. To me platformer is one of the most frustrating video game genres and I don't wanna play somethig like Boshy or whatever the fuck while trying to enjoy my hentai games. Especially in chapter 21 I suffered more than an hour getting over those horrible moving wheels and columns surrounded by awfully annoying bats.
Well, maybe It's just me, so I'll still give this game a perfect score 'cause overall it's really great.

Didn't expect to play it to the end (Review) [ver. 1.0.6]
Total playtime: 10h+
Number of faps: 1~2
Finished the game?: Yes

Game-play (4/5)
It's a 3d action side-scroller with some platforming. It has a talent/upgrade system that makes the game gradually more fun and engaging. You can customize your character and equip a variety of armor, clothing, accessories, and weapons. They not only change your appearance but also your stats. The game is actually polished, I didn't encounter any bugs or glitches. However, the levels and enemies are very repetitive. There is just too much non-interactive stuff in the game (text-walls, cut-scenes, etc.). Unlocking abilities and h-scenes might take a really long time, and, unfortunately, it's not worth it.

Sex (3/5)
You can customize your character and wear lots of clothing. Great looking animated 3D sex-scenes. Limited free-mode sex is available. Half of the sex scenes are in form of cut-scenes (you just watch it play) and the other half is controlled sex scenes (you choose which scene to play). You CANNOT customize the h-scenes other than your outfit. This was the biggest downside for me, I disliked half of the h-scenes (not into non-humanoid sex), and rest of the h-scenes were hit or miss. Oh, let's not forget, you HAVE TO LOSE in order to see any kind of h-scene, which is INCREDIBLY tedious since you have to start from the last checkpoint of a very repetitive and boring level.

Verdict (3,5/5)
This is an actual game that you'll definitely enjoy playing if you like action side-scroller games. If you are not into non-humanoid sex, there are only a couple h-scenes that you might enjoy. However, the game was entertaining enough for me to finish it even while skipping the sex scenes I disliked. What frustrated me the most is the fact that they developed an amazing h-scene player but they didn't utilize it to the fullest.

Why only 2 categories (game-play and sex) for the review?
I only care about how good and entertaining the game-play (mechanics, replay-ability, enjoyment, etc.) and whether I can fap to the h-scenes. The rest doesn't matter to me.

this game is easily one of the best out there and 100% worth real money. the character art and animations are incredible, the playtime is pretty good, and the writing, translation, voice acting, ux, gameplay and audio are all professional quality, whether you're looking at it from a h-game perspective or a normal game perspective.
the customization and player controls in scenes are also really nice, and even has slider softcaps on a scene by scene basis to prevent clipping, which you can turn off if you don't mind.

if you're made uncomfortable by violence, or coming into this from a con non-con angle or a forced angle where there's usually little to no physical assault or trauma, this is NOT the game for you. the protagonist goes on, in several paragraphs-length messages, about how much she hates what happens to her in the moment, about how traumatized and filthy and abused she feels afterwards, and more often than not she is in extreme pain rather than anything pleasant; the game leans waaaaaay more towards actual rape and torture as content, with a heavy dose of gross-out factor in the form of thoroughly described unwashed dinkies, rotten corpses, and other very visceral things along those lines.
for the way sex is framed, this angle kind of changes midgame as she is inflicted something that makes her feel pleasure more often, but the scenes still take a very torturous and painful angle nonetheless. if you wanna pin this on a spectrum this is stopping just short of those ryona games that actually have gore or women dying, while still being pretty extreme all things considered.
personally, i wasn't able to derive anything sexually gratifying out of this game for these reasons, but it's seriously INSANE quality and really worth a try if you think this content fits you. i still had fun with the game by just skipping most scenes and if anything, this is a good reminder that while i am browsing the female protagonist+rape category i still have distinct boundaries i am not willing to cross.

Godly game.
Gameplay-wise, it is decent, and decent means top-tier inside-sroller action genre of H-games.
And you can customize the girl clothes, how cool is that?
I was amazed that this beautiful gem run fine in my potato laptop, which have trouble to run skyrim.
H scenes: godly. There are 2 types of H-scenes. The defeat H-scenes is standard, however, I like how the game indicate there may be defeat H-scene, and you can continue at checkpoint as if nothing happen after view the defeat scenes. Just beware the amount of lifes left.
The story H-scene is where the game really shine. The writing is so good and well explore the psychology of the victims. Every time the char get raped, she would evoke different reasons to make herself humiliated: her parents and sister would be disappointed that she used her body to please non-human, she can no longer get married, ... Yep, that hot as fuck and make me wonder what the hell I am doing with my life.
On a side note, character developing is good and consistent too, the girl is not a good and moral girl in one scene and a slut in the next.
Overall, this is a fucking GOTY.

This is the best hentai game I ever saw and played. Amazing scenes and really good gameplay. I love to just skip all the way to the scenes most of the time (I'm a busy dude) but this gameplay is worth it. That said I used cheat engine to max all my attacks so it's always easy to get what you want and no grinding at all. Best download ever on this site.

TLDR: Great animation, good combat system without difficult enemies to back it up, good writing with a harsh tone, and a lot of crying, miserable rape.

In some games the "rape" tag is fairly minor. This is not one of them. Every sex scene features the (very well personified) heroine crying, tortured, and screaming from a mix of pain and fear. She is beaten, stabbed, and clearly hates every second of what is being inflicted upon her. Worse, she knows the same is happening to her friends and family. The scenes themselves can be hurried through, but are ultimately not skippable, so you can't get away from them. I played through the first few chapters, and ultimately stopped once I realized it was the rule rather than the exception. If that kind of thing isn't a turn-on, don't play this game.

The writing and story are better than most you can expect (this is what made the rape scenes worse for me - they spend a few minutes showing you the main character being read stories as a child by her older sister, and then witness horrible things happen to them). I like my games to be a little more playful in tone, rather than feeling bad that the main character just watched everyone she know get murdered before being stabbed through the chest. Again, that may be a personal preference.

The combat system was above average for games of this kind. Some great ideas - like combining the special attack with platforming - are unique and engaging. I liked the flexibility of the upgrade system, but found the vast majority of enemies to be so trivial that it didn't matter. Every enemy before the first boss was "run up and press heavy attack to win," and few after it were much harder. The first boss itself was very well designed - great animations, variety of moves, and pleasantly difficult. I'd love to see more games with a combat system as well designed as this.

I can't rate the game too poorly just because it made some decisions that didn't work for me personally (especially when there are warning tags), so my rating is based on the great combat system with lack of engaging enemy encounters.