Review written for: v0.53a Pro
Description of the game
This is not a game but a scene creator. I've expected a game in "Adult Games" forum. Lack of an actual game in this "game" is disappointing.
It is missing some key features
This scene creator is missing some key features that other scene creators have: gizmos and ability to toggle transparency of map/characters/etc individually.
Having gizmos feature is very important and they are basically a must have feature in scene creators because they allow precise movement. Currently, in this scene creator the only way to move characters or their specific body parts is dragging them with mouse. To better explain my point: if it had gizmos and I've wanted to move a character a little to the left I'd simply drag X axis arrow on gizmos to a little left and character would move a little to the left. Currently, to move character a little to the left I have to drag their waist to the what seems like "left" on the screen. But what actually happens is character moves a little to the left, up or down and forward or backward at the same time because there is no way to lock movement to a specific axis. That's why gizmos feature is basically a must have for scene creators like this one.
Also, why am I not allowed to rotate body parts manually? For example, if I don't like how a character's foot is rotated, why I can't manually rotate it? Manual rotating is one of the most basic features of scene creators. Come on!
About the lack of transparency toggle I've mentioned above: Imagine you are trying to move the guy in the scene but girl is in front of him. You want to position the guy in such a way guy's penis is perfectly aligned with girl's vagina. But you can't do that because both characters are blocking your view and there is no way to "hide" them. What you end up doing in that scenario is fighting with camera(so map objects don't block your view) and fight with camera again(to get a clear view of guy's penis and girl's vagina at the same time so you can align them perfectly).
"Signature" feature is not as good as it used to be
Another disappointment is the fact that developer(s) have changed fluids for worse. They said this is for performance reasons and they'll "fix" fluids later but I am writing this review for current version, not for some future may or may not happen version.
Bugs, bugs, bugs...
One of the key features of this scene creator are fluids but they are buggy and I think they are one of the reasons performance is so bad despite not good visuals. What I mean by that is characters will leak fluids on their own even if you don't do anything. It happens automatically and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. Interestingly, guys leak from their testicles instead of the tip of their penis. I think this is another bug.
There is also yet another bug which I think is related to fluid bug I've mentioned above. There is a "fluid reaction" option in this scene creator but it doesn't seem to be working. Normal, expected behavior is characters shutting up when I turned that option off. But they still talk all the time. And they still leak fluids all the time. I think since this option is not working and since they are leaking fluids all the time they don't stay silent. Thank god I can atleast adjust intervals which they do normal talks. I said "normal talks" because that is different than "fluid reactions".
What about performance?
Another negative point is performance. Performance is very bad. Don't even think about not using that FSR3 option in the settings menu. Even when using it, your computer is likely going to be struggling to hit 60fps when there are more than 2 characters on screen(assuming you have a mid-range system like me).
Isn't there a single good thing in this review?
So far I've only talked about it negatively. But don't worry, there is something that raises the review rating from 1 star to 2 stars. It is characters and the limited customization. It has variety of characters I know and love but you shouldn't expect customization to be on the level of VaM(virt a mate) or koikatsu. Basically, customizing clothes is not a thing, you can only swap clothes of a character with another characters clothes. Body customization exists but it is somewhat limited too compared to other scene creators.
Oh by the way there are things you can do such as creating what I'll refer to as "mini-stories" but ONLY if you know about lua scripting. But for me that doesn't mean anything other than another feature that I can't even use. Basically, useless to me.
Summary
The good
Description of the game
This is not a game but a scene creator. I've expected a game in "Adult Games" forum. Lack of an actual game in this "game" is disappointing.
It is missing some key features
This scene creator is missing some key features that other scene creators have: gizmos and ability to toggle transparency of map/characters/etc individually.
Having gizmos feature is very important and they are basically a must have feature in scene creators because they allow precise movement. Currently, in this scene creator the only way to move characters or their specific body parts is dragging them with mouse. To better explain my point: if it had gizmos and I've wanted to move a character a little to the left I'd simply drag X axis arrow on gizmos to a little left and character would move a little to the left. Currently, to move character a little to the left I have to drag their waist to the what seems like "left" on the screen. But what actually happens is character moves a little to the left, up or down and forward or backward at the same time because there is no way to lock movement to a specific axis. That's why gizmos feature is basically a must have for scene creators like this one.
Also, why am I not allowed to rotate body parts manually? For example, if I don't like how a character's foot is rotated, why I can't manually rotate it? Manual rotating is one of the most basic features of scene creators. Come on!
About the lack of transparency toggle I've mentioned above: Imagine you are trying to move the guy in the scene but girl is in front of him. You want to position the guy in such a way guy's penis is perfectly aligned with girl's vagina. But you can't do that because both characters are blocking your view and there is no way to "hide" them. What you end up doing in that scenario is fighting with camera(so map objects don't block your view) and fight with camera again(to get a clear view of guy's penis and girl's vagina at the same time so you can align them perfectly).
"Signature" feature is not as good as it used to be
Another disappointment is the fact that developer(s) have changed fluids for worse. They said this is for performance reasons and they'll "fix" fluids later but I am writing this review for current version, not for some future may or may not happen version.
Bugs, bugs, bugs...
One of the key features of this scene creator are fluids but they are buggy and I think they are one of the reasons performance is so bad despite not good visuals. What I mean by that is characters will leak fluids on their own even if you don't do anything. It happens automatically and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. Interestingly, guys leak from their testicles instead of the tip of their penis. I think this is another bug.
There is also yet another bug which I think is related to fluid bug I've mentioned above. There is a "fluid reaction" option in this scene creator but it doesn't seem to be working. Normal, expected behavior is characters shutting up when I turned that option off. But they still talk all the time. And they still leak fluids all the time. I think since this option is not working and since they are leaking fluids all the time they don't stay silent. Thank god I can atleast adjust intervals which they do normal talks. I said "normal talks" because that is different than "fluid reactions".
What about performance?
Another negative point is performance. Performance is very bad. Don't even think about not using that FSR3 option in the settings menu. Even when using it, your computer is likely going to be struggling to hit 60fps when there are more than 2 characters on screen(assuming you have a mid-range system like me).
Isn't there a single good thing in this review?
So far I've only talked about it negatively. But don't worry, there is something that raises the review rating from 1 star to 2 stars. It is characters and the limited customization. It has variety of characters I know and love but you shouldn't expect customization to be on the level of VaM(virt a mate) or koikatsu. Basically, customizing clothes is not a thing, you can only swap clothes of a character with another characters clothes. Body customization exists but it is somewhat limited too compared to other scene creators.
Oh by the way there are things you can do such as creating what I'll refer to as "mini-stories" but ONLY if you know about lua scripting. But for me that doesn't mean anything other than another feature that I can't even use. Basically, useless to me.
Summary
The good
- It has characters I know and love(but with limited customization).
- You can create "mini-stories" etc IF you know lua scripting.
- It isn't a game, it is a scene creator.
- It lacks key features of other scene creators, making posing characters harder.
- It's key/signature feature realistic fluids currently do not look as good as they used to be.
- It is very buggy.
- Performance is horrible.