innitially i determined the game to be slow, grindy and annoying
with bad lewds
not rewarding interactions
slow progression
unclear objectives
and while all of this is true and i stand by it
This game takes 100 hours of gameplay
i barely experienced maybe 3% of it and as such i might not be qualified to review it?
try it if you are unemployed
Edit: i tried to chip away the grind by installing game on phone, but it didn't worked with joyplay for me
This game should be a visual novel, because it's carried by its story.
In comparison to your average slop game posted here, The Last Sovereign is a masterpiece of writing, though that's not to say it is a masterpiece of writing. It has a coherent story, (mostly) consistent characterization, and an attention to detail that can keep you engaged. Looking solely at the story, this game is probably worth your time.
In contrast, the game's combat system is not worth your time. It's bog standard generic RPG Maker. The only real unique design choice in that department is the scarcity of enemies, but that just feeds into combat feeling like a chore you have to do between story beats. The boss fights aren't really memorable, and I struggle to think of anything positive to say about it.
If you don't slog through fights, you can get locked out of certain choices or just simply soft locked, and if you cheat to play your single player game how you'd like, you can likewise get locked out of things by anti-cheat mechanics... in a single player game. The end result of this is hours and hours of backtracking through the same lackluster combat system, so you can do the things you'd like.
While again better than you'd expect from this site, the story isn't perfect. A lot of early harem acquisitions are extremely formulaic, to the point that the main character gets self-aware of this fact, but nothing comes of it. Some of the harem girls are also just bland and get overshadowed by their more interesting counterparts.
The art is nothing to write home about. There are a few rather nice designs, but a lot of them are just uninspired, but not Qum because she's best girl. There's a decent number of CGs, but they're not really that good by the standards of a porn game.
When it comes to wank material, you can do a lot better here. None of it's bad per se, but it's all very vanilla besides, I suppose the swinging and voyeurism. The writing is acceptable, but that's it.
The story and the choices are really where this game shines, though I think it's held back by the game design. Because the game is so long and there are so many objectively incorrect choices, it's hard to justify not just following a walkthrough. It's a shame because I do think it'd be fun to play through blind multiple times to get a feel for the various paths, but if you play as intended then that'd take way too long.
Oh yeah, and your harem girls will fuck other people. It doesn't really follow naturally from your choices as the result of gaining Qum's affection through showing compassion, not breaking your girls into sex slaves, and not whoring her out is that she's willing to fuck monsters on your behalf without you asking her to.
If you aren't looking for a wank, are willing to sink an inordinate amount of time/play in a manner heavily discouraged by the developer, and don't mind having your harem girls get pounded by a bunch of orcs in a non-optional segment, then you will find a surprisingly compelling story for a porn game.
There isn't a game more deserving of 5 stars than The Last Sovereign.
Top notch writing, beautiful art with a great style. Actually competent gameplay with interwoven mechanics. Sierra Lee never disappoints and I've been in love with her works ever since the Yandere one (not sure if mentioning other projects is allowed in reviews) .
Still this here is a masterpiece. A true magnum opus of a professional creator.
One of a kind. Beautiful. Masterpiece. Sincerely, one of my favorites pieces of video game media. Story driven. Character driven. Not a mere porn game: a game with porn instead. I love it a lot. I will miss it when it is finished.
Let me keep it simple and unbiased. It's not an ero rpgm games, it's an RPGM games with ero scenes as an after thought.
If you're download this game to beat your meat to, then you're shit out of luck. Unless you get horny off 5 paragraph of text and a picture (not moving), you best uninstall and download another game.
Now, if you're looking for an actual in depth rpg game with a ton of world building and 50+ hours worth of content, then this is your flow.
The combat is fine for RPGM standard, but the amount of choice that could affect what happened to your party in the future is baffling. The amount of lore and character development in this game could make a nerd weep in joy.
Summary
For gooning?: 2/10, absolute dogwater.
For gameplay n story: 10/10, absolutely perfect
Lots to do. One of the best games I've played. Art isn't the best, but the story line and game play are very fun. You build your harem as you go. Has politics. I love that your actions have consequences
If you are looking for h game to just wank to, this is not it as an h game i will go as far as to say this one is a massive disappointment, but as a game in general it's fucking amazing.
The story and lore of the world are engaging enough and the combat is alright, but where it really shines are choices and hidden stats, a choice that you made way back in the game might have some impact on the content you are playing now and as for the hidden stats I know some might not like it, but I truly feel like they add a lot of depth to it.
The management aspect of the game ties in with the hidden stats brilliantly.
One of the best RPGmaker games I've played. Not hgames, games.
The Last Sovereign is a deep RPG with a wide array of mechanics and features which incorporates its lewdness into its world and narrative.
I played some time ago, so it's possible things have changed, but my biggest gripe is that I missed a companion in my playthrough, leading to ongoing missing resources and turning certain fights into incredibly difficult puzzle+luck encounters.
I adore the finance into kingdom management aspect, although I wish more of the options had varied outcomes based on actions taken, so as to limit a "best" path of choices being optimal.
Game is on steam, free. Highly recommended.
I was finally bored enough to try this game out, even though I knew there was probably a reason why I ignored it at first glance. My intuition that I wouldn’t like it did not fail me.
Sure, it has a rich story, but as an erotic game, it fails miserably on the lewd front. The way the game portrays erotic scenes is an insult to itself. The developers might as well have just written, "And then they fucked," instead of bothering with the scenes at all. What makes it worse is that the entire plot revolves around sex, yet when the sex actually "happens," you’d probably be better off getting aroused by staring at a brick.
Without going into spoilers I'll say that the story is actually worth reading, I haven't skipped much text while playing (unlike in many other porn games).
There are some pacing issues and some stuff happen suddenly. The choices are supposedly meaningful but other than a few I think they just change some text.
Art 5/10
It's acceptable but not great 2d. No real animations as well. The tiles are terrible.
Gameplay 7/10
The combat and UI are pretty basic RPGM . The combat system is dated but really well made. Usually don't mind the music but I played the game muted, its pretty bad. I like the character's move sets.
Amount of Content 7/10
I'm not done with the game and I've played a solid 8-10 hours already.
The porn stuff is more than enough though.
Review will be updated when I finish the game, for now a 4 is the best I can give it.
On one hand it is extremely complex story with solid character writing and worldbuilding. On the other there are several major issues that bring it down significantly. My TLDR would be that it is 5/5 30-40 hour 2010 game that has been stretched to around 100-120 hours that will probably be released in 2025.
There is far, far too much filler - mazelike maps, overtuned fights in a system that frankly can not bear the weight that is placed on it, effectively mandatory map clearing to not fall even further behind, arcanely driven quests and events. Then there are the usual old RPG maker quirks which further bring down the experience such as general ux design or the fixed size game window(which by the way was actually solved in a different game in the same engine as far as I know).
And my major problem is that these characteristics interact in a way to create overcomplicated behemoth that is not enjoyable moment to moment.
What AAA games ought to be, plus sex. No game scratches the "competitionist/optimizer/choices matter/fantastic writing" itch like this does. Full disclosure, I am an active patron of Siera Lee's at the time of this review.
A free game has no right being this good.
One of the very few games on this site I play not for the sex scenes. I actually skim most of them, not that they are bad, but just not why I'm here. Which is interesting considering how sexual everything is in the game.
As I'm a more negative kind of person, I tend to focus on the negative parts - or put nicely in the case of this review, positive criticism of things I think could have been done better.
1) Combat
I hate RPG maker vx. Though I understand the game is old now.
I hate RPG maker combat even more. While I will admit the rpg-combat side in this game is relatively well done, it's only by rpg maker standard.
I wish there were less "random" encounters. Now, I know they aren't really random, but because the way the game works you are kinda "forced" to do every combat you can encounter. You can't rush past an area when you don't feel like fighting and grind a bit later because of the limited XP mechanic. And there is way too much combat overall.
2) Hidden stats
I have a love-hate relationship with all the hidden stats in this game. I like some of them but damn I wish the game was more obvious about them somehow. I think this works better for short game but this game is actually fairly long so it becomes annoying sometimes.
It kinda extends to other decisions, such as investments. Game just gives too little info on how doing things impact stuff.
3) Characters are a bit "too easy"
I mean, I guess it's that kind of game, but...Sometimes I felt like a lot of characters were a bit too easy to convince.
4) 'Fake choices'
For lack of better words, sometimes I felt like choices were a bit fake. Especially once you get back later on while reading guides and walkthrough. When I mean fake, I don't mean "there was no choice to be taken", but more like "there was a clearly superior choice to be taken".
Admittedly, it's not easy to handle. Ultimately, someone will make an optimal route playthrough bal bla bla.
For example, to give some early game choices which feel just fake when looking back.
(note I'm only talking narratively; maybe from a gameplay point of view someone might think it is a bit different)
EDIT: I'm near the end of the game and I do have one complaint: pacing.
I started to get a bit tired from the game and after looking at the save file I understood why - I have been doing side quests for 15 hours already, and I know I still have 5 hours of side quests to do at least....probably closer to 10, really.
To keep it spoiler free, big events happen for the prelude of the "final act", then you get a "last open world section" to tie up loose ends. Great! However, for better and for worse, dev decided to add all the content they somehow forgot to add throughout the game in this section, including a personal quest for almost every main character. (I call it side content since essentially most of it is optional and you can just skip it, as far as I can tell)
On the one hand, I like almost all of them from a story perspective. On the other hand, the amount of running around and pointless dungeons is just too much considering the main story isn't moving forward.
I wish the quests were set in a way that they could be started much earlier to better pace it out. For example, for the most part, there is no reason we would need to wait this moment to start Ralia's request.
I guess my point is I like too much the characters to skip all those quests, but damn I wish they were more to the point and with less chore in them considering we are on the last stretch of the game and they are ruining the pacing entirely; we have an great threat and the world is about to end but we spend literal months doing busywork or looking all around the world for random shit.
This is possibly the best game I've ever played. It's free. It's fantastic. This thread has an immense amount of useful info. You can do so much in this game! Yarra has one thing wrong though, Qum is the best succubi.
Amazing old school rpg with tasteful adult content. This is what a good adult game looks like. So many options, solid game mechanics, great characters, and some good art too. Writing is very well done too.
Game is honestly really long and there is a lot of stuff to do. Music tracks are nice, artwork is pretty decent. There are a lot of briliant commedy parts that made me laugh, so that's a huge plus. The veriety of the world is great. Some fights can be tough and game actualy makes you think about choosing your formation, and swapping it in the middle of the fight, so that's a big plus for me. On 1 hand I really appreciate how complex the system can be and how many stats there are. Almost everything you do will have consequences in the future. That said, sometimes I just wanted to paly the game... The ammount of time I put into reading various wiki pages on what will happen, what outcome is the best, how many stats will I gain by choosing different approaches - It can be quite tiring at times. But ovearll, deffinitely a good recommendation for some1 who likes RPGM games and wants to spend a bit more time than usual on 1 game.
Greatest Game of all time. I don't like RPGMs, but this game singlehandly changed my mind. Hope y'all have as much fun with it as I did. Great scenes, great jokes, great mechanics, everything great. Qum is one of the best characters ever imagined
Massive RPGM construct that excels in storytelling and world-building. It's not particularly smutty or titillating.
The writing borrows from western LitRPG more than videogames. The main themes of politics, religion, sexuality, and intricate magic systems are woven together and make up the soul of this game. The cultures and characters of the world are diverse in ways that are somewhat immersion-breaking: Some, including the mercenary protagonist, sound like they have the author's liberal arts education. In other places, feudal lords, religious conservatives, and modern progressives coexist in a tense balance. The decidedly alien, but very cleverly conceived succubus society is a delightful exception, proving that the author's imagination is not overly tainted by modernity.
The gameplay is highly cerebral to match the drapes of the writing. Battles play out like puzzles, highly dependent on preparation. But there is no grinding for levels. Otherwise, the game is about politicking to achieve the optimal results. This is double-edged: On one hand, the many branching paths and the weight of player decisions are perhaps the most impressive thing about the game. However, the sheer amount of decisions is so staggering, with many easily missed triggers, far-reaching consequences, and incredibly tight requirements for optimal results, that players are heavily encouraged to follow walkthroughs, and min-max instead of roleplaying. The game does tolerate a large degree of failure from the player, and failures are occasionally even rewarded with unique scenes and comeback mechanics. Still, it is possible to be soft-locked or be hit with a Game Over in several scenarios, if you haven't engaged with the politicking seriously enough. Such punishment, or just the threat of them, leads most players down the path of walkthrough-reading, and away from enjoying the game. It'd be a 5/5 game if not for this.
This game is excellent!
Honestly most of the time I just enjoy the intricacies of the combat system.
The characters are believable, lovable and just well written.
The worldbuilding just makes sense. The story is great and the long term consequences of your actions and decisions being relevant for this long is something I've rarely seen outside of adult entertainment.
Honestly once you get into the combat system and the world you just can't get out of it. It honestly was addicting.
In summary:
The writing is top notch
The world building is fantastic
The characters are great
The combat system is addicting
The adult scenes are good and come at a good frequency
There is just so much to love about this game
Easiest recommendation and review of my life
