I give this game a 2/5. based on what the game has shown so far. maybe this is just the tutorial section, and the real game begins later. but I have to say, based on what i've seen so far. this will not be a good experience.
1. gameplay. this game is a walking and cutscene simulator. there is optional combat. but it's just to pad out time, and drain resources. if this game does end up having any form of leveling, from what i've seen so far. it will either be purely story based(you are given levels, stat boosts, and abilities based on the main quest), or vanilla linear rpgmaker leveling(you play as a specific class. get enough xp to level up. and are given stat increases, and new abilities that are preditermined.). either way. there is little gameplay in this game. and all of it is really boring.
you just walk until you reach the next cutscene to move forward the story, and then watch said cutscene, and then get sent to the next cutscene. 1 thing i can commend them for. is in a couple of the cutscenes, you atleast get a single dichotomy within said scene to allow you to define your character(these mostly make no difference, and are just for flavour/roleplaying.).
now there were sidequests, which were optional. and some did offer a dichotomy, which is good to see(I won't lie. i liked some of the options.). but still. the gameplay is really barebones. so if you are here for anything but scenes and story. you will be disappointed.
2. characters. too be frank. the characters are bad, including the main protagonist. now. if this was a gameplay driven game, where the story is secondary. or if this was a roleplaying game, where you choose how your main character behaves. then this wouldn't be such a big issue. but since this is a linear story game. if your characters suck. then the game does aswell.
the moment to moment dialogue is average to poorly written. i won't comment on all the typos etc. they are fine. but the dialogue is bad. the characters are all fairly bland and one-dimensional. and have pretty poor motivations. and the way characters react to different situations and eachother is unbelievable.
now. I am not a feminist. at all. but i laughed when i saw their claimed "feminist" character. whose only personality traits, are being incredibly snobby and stuck up. and hating men for absolutely no reason.
infact, half the girls in the school section are laughably mean, just for the sake of making the player hate them. they have no actual motivation for doing it. they aren't even having fun. it's just stupid.
3. sexual content. now. i think the art is actually pretty good. yes. it's not professional. and yes, it's quite undetailed.
but. the actual scenes themselves are really bad. with again, poor writing! like what you would expect from a teenage fanfiction. and unfortunately, while i can see they were being economical. bad animation. it looks alot like what you would see from the more average flash animations on newgrounds. really awkward stuff.
and honestly. and this is coming from a huge fan of japanese style animation, who gets incredibly horny just at the mere sight of their waifus. and someone really easy to please. I didn't feel even remotely aroused throughout this 2 hour experience(which is okay length for an early release). they just weren't convincing as sexual encounters.
4. story. the story is really, incredibly boring. so stock. and just way, way too fast, making it feel unbelievable.
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you start the game. then succubabes instantly murder your father, and take your sister and mother as slaves. then (presumably hours later), you are revived by an incredibly hot blonde babe, wearing a mankini, who just happens to be your fathers "old friend", and could only save you, cause you just "happened to have some life left"(i'll call her the sex goddess. reasons apparent).
then you are told to find some artifact that will help you defeat the evil sex demons. you collect it. and then are expected go travel a whole week to another town on this random chicks words alone. now if she was offering a little something-something. i could understand the motivation, andjust accepting it all at face value. but she gives you no reason to do it, or to even trust her than "this will save your family. trust me".
once you get there. you are instantly enrolled into some random school, which your sister, who've you've never met by the way! happens to be going(alot of random characters just popping out of thin air here!). and now have to find some secret entrance.
once you find it. the sex goddes pulls a magic "comunication ability" out of nowhere, and tells you that you have some boring Magical bloodline, with untapped power. cause of course your the fucking chosen one. and you have to collect a bunch of boring artifacts to "bring out your potential". once you get the key to the door. thats' the end of the beta.
5. environments. the environments are mostly quite empty, and sparsely decorated. and fairly stock-standard for rpgm. i would say they are bad. this is, again fine though. as this is obviously a small game. but yeah. not much to say that.
6. the fantasy(world, whatever). now. the demos short. so there isn't a whole lot to say. but from what i've seen, I hate the fantasy. it's probably meant to be "medieval". but it's basically just modern day.
sure, you go around hacking people up with swords somewhere out in the country, where bandits and wolves are running wild. but there's another damn modern school setting, with cute schoolgirl outfits to boot. even the MC is dressed like he's going to a posh club, or something, and he's supposed to be a "woodcutter".
i'll leave the review there. now, of course. this is all just my opinion. and that is fine. the ratings on this are all high so far(i haven't looked at the other reviews.). but i'm personally not a fan of whats been shown so far.
