Ren'Py - To Save a King [v0.1.5-bugfix] [tsandds123]

Pros:

• The art, is phenomenal
• The dialogue is interesting enough for it not to be stale
• The story is ambitious enough for me to play it without the smut
• The updates feel meaningful, and actually adds progress to the story

Cons:

• The use of unrefined AI in the intro, background and certain enemies is very much off-putting(to me!), it's not a deal breaker but I wish the artist took a quick once over on each piece and remove some smudge.
• The combat is repetitive at best, you figure out which attack works the best for the current enemy of the dungeon and you spam it until it's over.
• The gameplay loop is: go to NPC, "find me the macguffin". go into one to three dungeons, find the macguffin. return to the NPC, "This is not the true Macguffin". Repeat, with some chance of getting some spicy scences.
• Still somewhat buggy, I encounter a new crash each patch which I have to side step.

I can't really recommend this game as it is. The art is pretty decent, and I supposed the writing is okay, but that's where the good points end. I'm generally against putting combat/dungeon crawling in games like this for the exact reason it fails so miserably here - it sucks. I'm guessing the dev has zero game design experience, and it really shows in the combat, as it always does in porn games with combat.
It's the typical turn-based system that's always used, with all the problems that system always has. The only difference between any of your attacks is how much damage they do, and pretty much the sword attack always does the most, so there is literally zero incentive to ever do anything but that. So, it really just boils down to a clicker-game, where the only "game play" is clicking a couple of buttons (sword swing, end turn, repeat). This lackluster combat is further compounded by the fact that there's currently a bug that makes it so when you run out of HP, you just win the fight and are healed to full.
I'll give the game a couple points for the slight novelty of there being actual dungeons where you control your little pixel guy, but beyond the novelty, the dungeons are really just a waste of time.
There were a couple of H-scenes I got to see before the game bugged so much that I couldn't continue - the ancient city dungeon's puzzle seems to be broken - and, they were okay, I guess. But the dev doesn't seem interested in actually writing a story. It's just porn with a little but of set up, really.
I honestly don't see how anyone can give this more than 3 stars. Maybe it will improve with time, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Version: v0.1.3.1

Its still far too early in this games development to give it a proper review. But what is here is a great first taste of what it could be. So i will give it a 5 stars review for its potential and wish the devs good tidings.

To Save a King is early in development but features top notch art and promising exploration and combat. So far it all seems to be futa on male MC which sets it apart. Check back in every so often on this one!

When I first looked at his game some months ago it didn't look very good but now that I have waited for more updates and played it it's a surprisingly good game. Seems like the game is buggy but it doesn't hinder the enjoyment. Some of the cock sizes are a bit too much for me but it seems some of the new art are great for me.
Looking forward to new updates from this game.

This is a really nice start.

Pros:
- good art
- good gameplay
- hot scenes
- so far good ideas with systems
- interesting story and progression

Cons:
- limited art/no animations

This is a good one, very promising start with a nice framework to fill with more content, lowered the score by 1 star because of lacking amount of art, while its quality is really nice the quantity leaves a lot to be desired even as just supporting medium to the text based scenes.

> AI art everywhere but on the characters and on missions
> No music
> Everything is extremely basic, except the character art (and there isn't a lot of them, either)
> Pointless combat and dialogue
There isn't really a lot else to say

Well, this got me hoping for an update.

The art is amazing, and the gameplay itself is interesting(A futa on male dungeon crawler game)
Hoping to get updates soon, the only bad thing I found is that the game sound is bugged, but it's an initial release so I don't mind, really.

A very promising start with huge potential!
Excellent drawings, and a great atmosphere.
The dungeon crawling part is well done and fun.
It's quite well written, and the scenario opens up a multitude of possibilities to exploit.

I hope there'll be some background music to give this fantasy world a real atmosphere.

For a demo, the duration is very good, and I can't wait to see what happens next!

Art is really good, looks kinda like Sulcate, fetishes for now are futa on male(right my alley), dungeon crawling and fighting are there just to stretch the play time between sex scenes but are bearable, too much exposition on worldbuilding for my taste, but its skipable so its fine. Waiting patiently for more content.