Hey everyone, it's been a long time since I've visited this thread. Hopefully everyone's doing good, and enjoying the new update.
I'm mainly here for any new players considering to play this game or not. The recent reviews have been overly harsh and in my opinion unfair. Since I put up my own review when the game first came out, I can no longer make another one for the latest update in the review page. Instead, I'll put it here. These are my genuine thoughts on the game so far:
I think Vae Victus is absolutely great and worth your time playing. Especially if you're interested in the male domination genre (Be it mild domination or hardcore - you have options)
To address the negative reviews - yes, this is indeed not a visual novel. There is also some combat and some navigating. Interestingly enough, I find these rpg elements quite fun. They are not complicated and there are also walkthroughs available to get through them quickly if you need. And most importantly, I think the final reward is always worth it after completing the missions.
Apart from the rpg elements, the game still has:
Male Domination: You get to choose the level at which you dominate the various characters in Vae Victus.
Great Writing - I mean it, the story Doorknob - the dev - is writing is genuinely interesting to me. I can't wait to get to the juicy bits of the main plot, but even the side quests are in itself excellent. I remember I was impressed within the first 5 lines into the game.
Good Renders - They aren't S tier but they're more than acceptable. The outfits each of the characters wear are all great, the lewd scenes have several angles and they match the expression of what you expect the character speaking to have.
Repeatable scenes for the ones you like in your dungeon/prison.
Incest among certain characters (soon to be with Karder's - the MC - sisters and mother).
Choices: Almost every thing you do in Vae Victus has a choice, you can choose to leave characters alone, interact with them kindly or dominate them, avoid certain kinks, choose which fiefdoms to attack and in what order.
Great Diversity among the characters - I feel this is particularly important for a lot of you guys. Other games have only milfs with massive breasts but here there are some petites, some normal type women and even if you're interested a woman with the largets breasts ever. All of this again are optional and you can pick the ones you like.
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TL;DR
If you're interested in a good male domination game, Vae Victus is worth playing. The reward for any so called 'grind' also pays of in my opinion. And I'm saying all of this because I'm a genuine fan for this game and I've got a lot of faith that this is just gonna get better. The negative reviews all seem to reward 1 star just because this game isn't a visual novel - it's not but it's still great.
Vae Victus bitchez!