Ren'Py - Vae Victis - Khan: Conquer, Ravish, Breed [v0.15.6] [Doorknob22]

The effort put in creating the world alone elevates this to a full 5 star even though it has many things that I don't like.
Let's start with positives: 1. The combat, and especially the management system are all well thought out. You might lack the patience to grind if you're playing it in one go but for those who played the updates, it won't be too much of a bother. Why mention this? Because it is EXTREMELY RARE in a porn VN on this site.
2. The various kingdoms all have their charms and nuggets filled with stories that might be borrowing heavily from other more serious fantasy works, are memorable and pleasant. The end is the same result wise but the challenges put forth storywise and the corresponding lore is varied and interesting.
The downsides:
1. As mentioned in the second point, the end result is the same. The concubines after and before conquest all become one note and behave the same way.
2. Biggest compaint: Our character is incapable of falling in love or liking a girl. While I get that the game is about domination, but the dev took it too far and the game suffered as a result. I'm not saying too far in the sex department. Infact, most of the sex is pretty vanilla except for the dialogues. It's that we never really get a glimpse into what our character actually wants, his fears, etc. He remains a hollow shell that treats every woman in every route almost the same. A little deviance from the formula could've been better.

Regarding visuals, they improve with time(early renders are dated and there's no animation) but the character designs remains stellar throughout. I especially liked the outfits of the concubines of the different regions.

Every adult VN player should give this one a try.

Very short scenes with next to no dialogue, and bad choppy animations. What's worse is that there's no sound during scenes as well. A really big miss, especially since the models are all really ugly. Surprised how little content there is too.

I agree with many disadvantages but overall it's good written vn with some grinding and management even so simple and clumsy.
Visual is not awesome but not scary, it's mostly pretty.
Animation is so so.
Lack of sounds even in sex scenes is also upsetting.
The plot and how dialogues are written impress. Some jokes were very good.
Wanna give 5/5 but there are many disadvantages for the current version of this VN. I hope release version gets rid of most of them.

Version Reviewed: 0.14.7

Overall Rating: 9/10

By the standard criteria, this AVN should be rated much lower. However it has the X factor which makes the whole much greater than the sum of it's parts. It satisfies the conqueror itch in a way no other VN does.

Detailed Review

Character Design: 8/10
Characters are unique looking and varied however render quality lets them down.

Animations & H-Scenes: 5/10
This is the biggest weakness of this AVN. Animations (if present) are loop of same 2-3 images, scenes are too short and mostly have the same 2-3 poses.

Story: 8.5/10
There's a decent story present but it's mostly to justify the conquering part of game.

Writing: 6/10
Decent writing, no going to win any awards but is cohorent.

Choices & Playability: 9/10
The combat/ grindy elements of this game can be disabled but are not that tedious anyway. You have a choice each time to be a barbarian or gentleman which adds replay ability to the scenes. However these choices don't have any major impact on the story and are mostly for H scenes.

this is a game that succeeds in making you feel like a conqueror. You start with basically nothing but a small piece of land and a loyal supervisor to end up beeing the one that unifies the continent by force becoming the loved or hated (depending on your chooices) emperor. Every new land on the map gets its own questline with things to do and characters to meet to eventually bring the downfall of the respective little kindom. Best thing is that these are all different even though following similar formular. Sometimes you really get surprised when f.ex. the parlour doenst work out like you use to know it. Also there is an overarching story interwoven in the quests for your character to defeat alll the monarchs. Following the initial conquering questlines, most love interest also have a dedicated quest when they are part of your following. As far as I remember every love interest can be treated nicely (love/seduction), roughly (domination/rape) or can be avoided. Very good idea and works out quite well, sometimes one way seems more fitting then the other but never are you forced to approach a love interest in one way only.

Game also has quite good customization. I f.ex. did like the tactical side of the conquest and very much enjoyed to build up my aquired cities and send my troops where I needed them while not liking both the combat mechanics. So I was delighted to be able to turn off both the 1vs1 combat as well as the army combat while having fun with all the other content the games offers. Also bonus point that the game allows you to chose if you want the love interests shaven or with hairy private parts. Such a little thing but makes all the difference in the world. Very much appreciated. Too few games allow you such customization.

Last but not least there is a massive ammount of content.

Would be a perfect game if the render quality and frequency as well as animation would be a bit better. Esp. the ammount of different renders for some scenes are a bit of a letdown.

But still since the rest that the game offers is so good, it gets 100% of my approval

So... a tough MC is here I've heard. Young Khan at the beginning of his path to be a ruler. You can be a good or a bad guy, your choices really matters here. You can rape, enslave and imprison LIs making them your breeding things that live only for your pleasure or you can make them dedicated lovers who'll willingly give a birth to your children and help you rule your potential kingdom. Choices affect scenes, talks and perks, but meantime they are simple and well described, so nobody should be confused. Story isn't too complicated or original, but it's well written with few plot twists. Simple, but entertaining. You won't find here too much lovey-dovey stuff, you're god damn Khan after all, so you have no time for this. However, if you're for a love/seduction path you'll be able to know a bit about girls and make some bonding not only in bed. Not much in comparision to games with few LIs, but enough to remember few of them.

Are there some cons? Not many for me and not too important. Fighting system is something to forget and management system is far from perfection. Graphics is a little bit outdated, but animations are very good and LIs are pretty (with few exceptions due to personal preferences).

In many aspects this game isn't exceptional, but it's extremely solid product that should entertain and cover huge amount of kinks. Many people will find something for themselves in this position.

It is a good, well designed game. Have been playing it for a long time. Giving it 4 stars. Only thing that could make this game 5 stars for me, would be a new design for battles and combats. It is just too simple and becomes dull after couple of times. But other than that, art, dialouges, choices, story etc. all good.

Anal Ravager the game.

Render 7/10

Some stuff looks kind of dated. On the bright side there is a lot of diversity. you can fuck fat chicks, skinny chick, big titty chick, short goblin chick, horse chicks... When I say a lot I do mean A LOT.

Story 8/10

You don't just fuck girls and call it a day, you conquer their entire country and then you fuck them after you defeat them in combat... Jokes aside the story is well written and interesting.

Gameplay 7/10

Only issue I have with this game's gameplay is the combat, felt pretty random at times.. For a porn game the management aspect is done really well, didn't expect this kind of gameplay in a VN. More VNs should be like this one, I had fun managing my territory and it didn't feel like a chore.

Amount of Content 8/10

Decent amount of content with choices, in most cases these are rape or seduce... or both.

Overall solid game that has a future in front of it. There is still an entire continent for the Anal Ravager to explore. 5/5

Gameplay:
Empire Adventure Managment VN
The game starts as a VN, before getting to a screen to manage your empire... amass troops and gold, rebuild cities, infiltrate, attack and conquer. The mechanic is quite simple, and easy when you get the hang of it. But you have many VN parts where you have to investigate, or follow the big arc of the story. There is also a combat system that is simple, yet funny. You can play the stories in different order. But in the end, it's quite straightforward, and there are not branches. So not much challenge.

Story:
He-Man Breed&Domination
The setting is an heroic-fantasy world. The hero is a cliché of powerful king that use his power as it please him. Usually with violence and lots of raping. What is interesting, is that you also have plenty of characters and lands, each with its own little adventure. So, it's quite rich, and not boring. It's also pretty much silly how the Hero just fuck anything that has a hole, and how those holes are so complacent about it. There is a lot of domination stuff in it.

Graphics/Animation:
The renders are high quality, as are the models. Lots of animation also. What is really nice is the diversity... It's huge,

Sound/Music
Background music and some sound effects in some scenes. Not much to say, pretty basic.

Overall impression:
Definitely hooked by this game. It's a patchwork of many fantasy themes (elves, orcs, amazons, pirates, etc.). It's like a Game of Thrones universe where you are playing one of the king. But not the virtuous ones, more the Ramsay Bolton one. Puzzles and gameplay are simple. So, it's not a deep game, more a funny domination perversion game, yet quite elaborate.

Can't believe I didn't leave a review until now. I like the game. Plain and simple.

- I always like games that have army building/strategy mechanics
- The one-on-one combat system is interesting enough to keep me engaged without being convoluted
- Character models used have just kept getting hotter with each new installment
- Has a decent CHUNK of story and lore

Is it the best? No, not really. In reality, I'd give each aspect of the game a 4 out of 5. (Although some aspects get 5 out of 5s). But it's been around for a while, the dev diligently produces updates, and a lot of VNs these days are just unbalanced where they'll be great or good in most aspects but have one or two glaring flaws. This one doesn't. It's pretty well-rounded, just not amazing.

It's a classic. It's a throwback to when VNs used to be good, casual fun instead of having to be this big, melodramatic epic that just feels like a chore to play.

Games don't have to be perfect, they just need to be good. If it lets you just forget about the world and jump into another one for a while then it's a good game. It's that simple. Unfortunately, most VNs these days do the opposite of that while also carrying the same kinds of flaws.

⠀⠀Is it objectively a good game? No, not really - both combat and kingdom management system are extremely simplistic and are lacking any depth or fun. Is It objectively a good VN? Well, again, no - you won't find here any intricate, emotional or engaging script. Let's say I did not find it cringe, and that's already good enough in my book. Yet I'm still giving this a 4, because it is a guilty pleasure kind of experience.

⠀⠀Combat: there is no reason to use normal attacks, ever. The whole combat is using one of the 3 types of aggressive attacks, and maybe defense once or twice if you're not sure which type to use. This already becomes boring after a couple of fights. Also enemy animations are ugly.
⠀⠀Sections with grid-like navigation feel rudimentary and look awkward.
⠀⠀Turn-based strategy battles have poor UI (no grid and objects overlapping each other) so troop placement becomes confusing and overall these battles are boring. Frankly you better off doing auto-calc: it's faster and takes less clicking. You are not missing out on anything, this is not HOMM.
⠀⠀Kingdom management section is pretty simple, lots of clicking when moving troops around though. It's not as "grindy" as some people have pointed out, you just have to figure out what to do, which is not a secret nor a rocket science.

⠀⠀What caught my attention and granted such rating are power fantasy, variety in sexual encounters and sense of progression. You get to conquer and breed a wide range of wenches in all forms and sizes, all the while expanding your power and influence, slowly closing in on your goal of total continental domination (and fucking ur mum). Overall story and lore are decent, but nothing extraordinary or memorable, and mini-adventures into different provinces are fairly engaging. Most of the time you're presented with a choice between rape and seduction. And for a few main characters you can either send them to the sex dungeon or to royal court. Majority of women come and go and you never hear of them again (wham, bam, thank you, maam). Maybe this will change in the future updates, but I wouldn't count on it. Sex scenes feature grainy image and bad animations, but I've come to terms with that. By the Red stallion we need more goblins. Only two brief scenes: one with few still shots and another with an ugly hag. Not nearly enough, big truth.

Like I said, my score is based on catering to my specific preferences. In you're not into respective themes, then this is objectively more like a 3/5.

Горе побежденным.

Summary in short .

Currently still in the game
But this work made me jump out and read the comments
In fact, the comments are quite realistic.
This is the experience that all viewers may have.
Its. mean
There are both positive and negative opinions, and they are all true.
If you want to pursue sexual performance, he is indeed not good enough and there is a phenomenon of lagging behind
Because real AV absolutely surpasses animation simulation

It is also very subtle whether this work is more like a game or a VN.

If we want to discuss management and strategy..... it is limited and one-dimensional
It seems that the development and production team simply realized that they needed to perform strategically.
So add the same
Rather than really understanding the strategic and strategic aspects of

It must be said here
I am a user and viewer who is deeply interested in strategic sexual domination.
So here I am
And the actual experience is that the development and production team has this awareness and intention
But there is no content,...

There is format but no content
Is this better to understand?
For example, I can provide some facilities and funds.
Increase construction to change the status quo
But is there any other way for me to avoid such a route? This is the difference between games and VNs.

Or can all plots only happen through negotiation, with no other means or conditions?
For example, I want to fight in a war.
and at the same time
What results were achieved

besides
Why can I only start with social contacts in neighboring areas without a grand strategy?



alright alright...
second one were...

2.
Now back to the sexual content...
That is to say, if devs
If development resources are limited, it is recommended
Choose from Sexual Content or Strategic Gameplay
Choose one of the two parties and focus on it first

It can quickly let the audience and customers experience the differences and highlights

B.U.T ..


I still have to emphasize here again that I have raised so many questions and challenges.
I really appreciate this work and look forward to it.
I hope he gets better and better (or I am biased towards him developing in the direction I expect)
More women of different ages, all kinds of exaggerations, reasonable or unreasonable
Various personalities

More cruel or interesting possibilities

At the same time, to be honest, these are not excessive at all.
If we honestly examine the history of human warfare, all reality is far more exaggerated than the false fantasy imagination.


i am realy "S" but i still not feeling any during the trips between these on .....

This is one of the most fun experiences I have had with an adult game. Keep in mind, it isn't just a novel it is a management game and also a conquest game. There are actual game mechanics and it is a blast. The story is really good and the worldbuilding is excellent. This is honestly the first adult game I have thought about like a regular game and been anxious to get home from work and play. Definitely check it out.

If ive ever seen an overrated game this would be it, story is meh at best but thats not the worst part, it claims to have a vn mode which just isent true, in the so called VN mode your still playing sandbox shit what they call VN is just a cheat so you have max gold and such but the hole game play is still sandbox which has nothing to do with VN if anything its more of a KN due to the linear questlines......so this is a sandbox game not a visual novel and the only choices doing this game is if you want to rape them or fuck em in some other way....and thats pretty much whats it about, MC an alpha gigachad fucking everyone he wants in whatever way you pick.

Theres simply just way to much forced sex in this one, you have to be into everything from small to insanely big saggy tits, from slim to very fat girls, from young to granny..... i just cant get over how this ever got rated so highly......

Sandbox is extremly boring, fighting is boring, atlest fighting can be skipped, but everything feels more like work then anything else, your forced to read everything or you cant progress at some parts or you can use a walkthrough which i just dont want to waste time on in a porn game.

And yes this is a pure porn game which makes it even more shitty, fuckfest games are just not something i find fun, when you have sex without knowing the girls and with out any relationship build-up, it just feels meaningless and pointless and thats all there is in this game, you follow a linear questline and it ends in MC fucking someone....whats the point?...

Even when you trow girls well womans since they do look way to old 90% of the time, anyways when you trow them into the dungeon your freaking forced to fuck them? why? makes no sense....really shows how low quality game is when it comes to choices.

Then theres the girls, sure there is a little diversity at times but mostly its aimed for people with big tit fetish and i mean huge ugly and saggy tits and when your forced to be with them, game just becomes a turn-off if you arent into that shit which im just not.
Also the girls arent hot lets be real.....how some people call em hot i have no clue, my guess is they just look at big tits and go blind, its just to damn weird.
Theres also alot of anal shit.

Alot of scenes arent even animated and those that are animated arent that good ether and funny enough 2 of the girls both small tits has 0 animated scenes...that should have been fixed ages ago since its some of the first you meet in game...

As for virgin scenes its a joke, they all fuck like 2$ hookers whos been working at the street coner for 20 years, no pain, no blood, no virgin vibe what so ever, so yeah a joke.

Music is standard generic type which gets boring.

There is nothing like Vae Victis in the world of adult games. It ticks all of my boxes: pretty models, conquest, rudimentary realm management, breeding, elaborate quests, a complete bastard of a protagonist, interesting worldbuilding with different races, excellent humor and dialogue, all in one immersive package.

I'm so impressed with this project, I bought it on Steam. I truly believe no other game is as uniquely positioned as Vae Victis. It should please VN enthusiasts, Paradox Interactive enjoyers who felt a part of them die inside after XXXivilization's unceremonious abandonment, appreciators of maledom breeding at its finest, you get the idea, the game is a gem. Don't sell it or the dev short.

May the Red Stallion have your conquests be swift and fruitful.

While the graphics are good the gameplay is terrible. You either have hard as balls gameplay, with a constant juggling of resources that are always ONLY enough to do anything (and this really bugs me, if you are going to create the need to grind, allow me to make my kingdom overpowered as shite with grinding) or VN mode, and I HATE VN.

As it stands this game is not worth the shit ton of space required to have it on my laptop, and I am frustrated I just wasted several hours playing.

This game is not perfect, but it is one of the best maledom AVN there is, created by an intelligent and talented person, who is consistent, always improving and obviously highly dedicated to this project.

What type of maledom?

There are different ways of treating such subject. For instance, BDSM-games are different from rape-simulators (think 'Raptus', for instance), corruption games (is there anything better than 'Hero's Pary Must Fall'?..) are different from fuckfests, etc. There are various shades and sub-genres of maledom in the adult media, that's what I am trying to say.

How, then, 'Khan' works in this department? The game gives you some variance on the way you treat the girls, but this is first and foremost an alpha-male power fantasy. The main character is strong, intelligent, very cocky and successful. The story isn't about a weak man who finally got to dominate others (a popular trope, as you might know), but about a powerful individual in the world where might makes right. That's why this game has a lot of netori content, for instance.

The game usually offers you two approaches. Both are dominant, but one is straight up rape, which no one, except for the main character, enjoys, and the second one is more of a taming, conquering. You may feel that there is hardly a difference, but when we talk about extreme kinks, some details are needed. Basically, it is either a story about 'conquering and taming' or 'raping and destroying'. This game is one of the only titles which gives you an opportunity to choose between these two routes. And this is great! It is good to play something which gives you some manuevre, allowing you to dark things, without forcing you to be a violent psychopath with no chance of turning back.

But is it generally good?

The overall quality of the game is quite impressive. Even if this game doesn't really try to tell a legit, meaningful story, it is not a hollow fuckfest, while still being heavily-focused on adult content and being honest about it. I also like how this is not a sandbox title, but is not plot-driven as well. You have certain quest hubs, and each of them is played like a simple short AVN. This is refreshing and fun. There are a lot of mini-games of sorts, some about kingdom management (nothing too fancy, I guess it is simply there for some variety), some simplistic fightings, and so on. It works relatively well.

Overall, this is a great find if you like maledom stories. I feel there is nothing that can be compared to 'Vae Victis'. I have to admit that this game fits my kinks rather well (with some exceptions, for instance, I don't really get breeding fetish), so my opinion may not be fair.

It's an interesting concept. You're a conqueror in the making and the game actually allows you to pull a Genghis, i.e. you can legit rape people. It's a great power fantasy style of game...or at least it would be.

But the actual game itself is kind of ass. Renders are okay but the animations are terrible (well, most Daz3D games have terrible animations so it's nothing new). It's really hard to find anything truly sexy in this game. The idea is often great, the models are great, but the act itself always is executed so shoddily that it's just not hot. None of the sex in this game is actually any good when it comes down to it.

It also doesn't help that the actual game aspect of the VN sucks. The Civilization ripoff overworld is okay, but half the scenes in the game are locked under "infiltrations". Which requires 90's era dogshit adventure game type of point and click. Yet another proof that porn VN makers just aren't actual game developers, they have no idea what "fun" is. This isn't it.

So a 3 star it gets. Could be better, but probably won't ever be.

Edit: I wrote this without reading other reviews, only to be pretty surprised to see that every other review had the same issues as I did lmao. Yeah, the porn really is mediocre.

Tons of people have pointed out the myriad issues with this game and they are all valid, the animations were dated at release and now they take away more than they add, the "story" for all its set up as just boils down to gary sue MC steamrolling people, succeeding at every turn (lest you get a game over).

Even if you play as the dev intended and "grind" (click skip button with an autoclicker) you dont feel like a conqueror, you talk to a handful of people, walk aimlessly around an area looking for something, rape/seduce some lady and then spam wait again until you win the single button click war/skirmish, Cheating only removes the boring wait and lets you get to the below average animations with similarly below average writing (MC talks about how much he loves raping mostly) Maybe the incest can work for some but after seeing the main gameplay/sex loop I was not going to spend the time to find out

I really want to like this game. It's a nice power fantasy and the impregnation kink is pretty high on my list. I also actually really like the kingdom builder game from a conceptual level.

Unfortunately, the empire management mechanic is clunky and mostly amounts to clicking skip over and over, since so much of the income is RNG dependent and slow, but there is little to no time pressure (how long are we the same 29 yr old playboy?). I know there's a button to skip through this, but then why include it at all?

More importantly though, the porn is just mediocre. The scenes get repetitive quickly and the animations are mechanical and simplistic. The writing lacks much in the way of buildup, with characters rapidly going from frightened of our player avatar to begging to have his babies, sometimes in a matter of sentences. Like many harem games, quantity is taken to be a quality all its own, but that quality is like Kirkland Signature.