Edit: This game made me gay.
Well, the original anyway, opened my eyes to the beauty of femboys. It introduced a whole new genre to me which I still enjoy to this day in other works yet to match or even come close to Jaiden...so it is with heavy heart I must revise my previous 4 star review of this game.
Had the game simply been reworked at a decent pace (matching the original), I would have been slightly disappointed, but patient. So it isn't merely the fact the dev went against the majority of public opinion who insisted the artwork which drew so many of us in the first place did not need to be started from scratch, it's that doing so put the game on hiatus for a year with...this...to show for it.
I was actually ready to justify the wait, as I expected the introduction of all the teased new characters and a slew of new scenes/story on top of everything from the original recreated in the new style. Surely such a long wait meant we were continuing from where we left off, if not at least catching up to it but with additional main characters?
Instead, we do not even progress past the prologue of the original. I would appreciate the extension of the prologue were it simply in addition to the remainder of the game, but for that to be the entirety of this long awaited and anticipated update leaves only ill feelings towards the decision being made to remake it at all. It no longer feels worth it. This was my favorite game on the site. I won't deny it remains my favorite 3d art style, but until we pass where we were this same time last year, which at the rate of progress I can't even guess when that will be, I can no longer consider this game amazing.
The original was incredible, and had it wrapped up it's story with the amount of content it had, would have no question deserved 5 stars. This remake, had it been released without the original existing prior to it, would have been a fascinating and certainly promising new game. But I live in a world...a twisted world, where unlike our protagonist, I remember what happened before our MC died and came back in this beautiful, but oh so underwhelming remake.
It's a damn shame. Don't be dissuaded, dev. I still dream of this game, one of my absolute favorites, being completed in whatever art style you bless us with, and I've no doubt the blood sweat and tears which go into attempting to accomplish just that and understand surely you have your own frustrations too. At this moment, however, I'm just sad.
-Solemnly, a chronic porn game masturbator.
P.S. Can't wait for more of the demon queen. Thankfully it seems Jill's old design ended up coming across in the updated tomboyish design of her daughter...
Original review:
What an incredibly fun story. I'm legitimately upset I have to wait for the next release. This is so damn entertaining, I don't even need to have sex scenes. I would read this as a novel, I would watch this as a movie, I can't say enough how entertaining I found this story. From the premise, to the characters to the main characters own situation in this new world, absolutely well done. 10/10. (4 stars as it's still early in development).
Pros
- The story is really fun. Seeing the gender roles reversed is interesting and fun to see, especially with the Main Character we were given behaving the way he does.
-The sfx are spot on. I feel alive playing games with music and I feel on top of the world playing games with sex sounds.
- This may be personal as I dig this style, but the art is incredible, excellent 3d models. I love me some exaggeration. Traps are very sexy, girls are voluptuous beyond belief, demons are as adorable as they find the MC.
-Comedy. I laughed out loud multiple times playing this. As I said before, it's so entertaining I could enjoy it as a regular show without being horny.
-I mentioned it before but it's worth highlighting again, the characters are incredible. I know each is a typical role in any work of fiction but they all play them perfectly and adorably, only helped by the twist that the genders are switched up as well (adorable trap roommate complaining about perverted women, I'm looking at you). I can't wait to see the eventual payoffs for each of their individual stories. Especially the traps(which I'm normally not too keen on, another interesting pro for this game)
Cons
-The character models are a bit too similar. I mean, the MC and roommates have the same head.
-I want moar!
The game is only on it's second update at the time of writing this, and there is plenty of content for such an early build(though only one complete sex scene, ignoring the other foreplay and mild nudity). I appreciate that the story has been fleshed out with world building through group conversation and news reports, it gives me the same fun feeling of watching a good fantasy movie and learning about the new world you're in. Moving forward I hope the game maintains focus on that and continuing a slow seductive progression with the characters, maybe finishing one main girl's story per update or so, since it's always hard to keep things interesting once you've completed a girl's story. I like that the pace is moving along slowly and evenly with everyone and look forward to the payoffs.