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

Are you one of those people that always wished there was a game out there that's was like your modded Crusader Kings 3 playthroughs with all the sex mods installed?

Well, this game is essentially that. You paint the map by conquering fiefdoms, taking the female rulers as your concubines/wives, and carve your name into history as you go about your conquest of the entire known world.

The game has an engaging and well written story that really helps you get immersed. Each zone has a unique atmosphere to it and the people you interact with in each of these zones actually feel like they're from there and not just copy and pasted personalities/models from other zones.

At the time of writing this review I think the game is great. All the updates have been pretty frequent and have only made the game better. I also really like the fact that instead of rushing to add an entire new wench and fiefdom, this latest update is all new content for the current wenches which flesh out their stories. A lot of games forget about characters and constantly add new ones without fleshing out the already existing characters. So props to the dev for that.

TLDR: Crusader Kings but with a very well written immersive story and lots of conquering of lands/wombs.

I might be baised here since the game has so many of my fetishes except for rape. But this game is so good I'm just overlooking that part. Finaly a game where the MC isn't some spineless, senile, lost skinny boi making over exaggerated faces when something odd happens. I think we are all to familiar with that kinda game. But all that aside holy sh*t the story on this one goes hard. I was so immersed into the Ziruan, the oasis in Marbia story. Alams the best girl I actually felt like a SHITTY person for exploiting Alam's insecurity, and I usually don't feel this way, rather I prefer and enjoy spineless, scumbag MC where they are not some dumb, kid brain, with a horse shlong for a dick and actually have some personality preferably bad/toxic ones. NOTE: I haven't played the full game *yet* and I'm still in between but the game was so good that I had to rate it before I forget.

This game is one of the best game ai ever played...This game hae nice classic test for antient time. Also this game is heaven for breeeing,imoregnation, harem lover player though you can do it two way romantic or forcefully it depenes on your morale...me personaly like romantic plot.
1. This game has nice antient plot
2. Ntr is minor though you can also avoid minor thing also..
There is no bad ending in this game.
The thing also I personaly like that" after conquer your women you can also do adventure with them" though it was only one time...
And finaly many love and hands off for the developer of this game from an android player. I hooe this game will keep updating soon and soon if it possible

I played through this game, up to the current version (5.8), on one of the tamer threads.
The scenario is excellent, the story is quite good, most of the characters are quite well developed for the scenes they're in, and you have a surprising variety of options for interacting with them.
If I had one note of complaint it would be this: don't make me bang the old broad. C'mon.
There are a handful of scenarios and sequences that don't feel entirely complete, or that have a sort of unavoidable path to a goal that shouldn't be limited to that one path.
Without spoiling anything too much, you kinda have to bang an old broad in the tutorial.
There's also a situation in one of the mini-adventures in which you have to pick one path to get access to a delicious little minx, but it involves also some women of unappealing proportions. The alternate path to complete that section disposes of those women, but in the process the little minx just kinda disappears from the world oof:.
No game is perfect, but this one is pretty close.

It has it's pros and cons.

The short list of pros is: it's a good blend of adult and of game. It's not a porn experience, its not a game experience, it's both. The renders are fairly well done. The writing is above average. The dev includes some non CIS kinks but makes them very easy to avoid.

The short list of cons is: the gameplay is a bit fucky, none of it is rewarding because (due to the fuckiness) the game has had to explain exactly how to beat it. It's more of a process you have to go through instead of gameplay. Also most of the female characters: I don't give a fuck about any of them, they get maybe 5min of story and we're fucking. A consequence of having so many sexable females.

In summary, I respect what has been done here, but I kept searching for something that was sexually compelling, and after conquering the first 3 regions in the game and finding none, I closed it out, unsatisfied.

Edit: Dev apparently already has the list of cons above on his radar for investigation, so the game could see improvement in time

5 stars for me. This game doesn't hesitate to touch some sensitive matters and I love it. The plot is straight forward but still very interesting. You play as an alpha male, you come, you breed and you conquer. Some management and combat add more flavour to the game. This game is definietely worth a try especially you want a fast pace, full action story.

+ Near perfect English other than a few typos and missing punctuation. The story/subplots are pretty well written and didn't make me want to skip through to the good stuff.

+ Character models (including males) are nice to look at and don't have absurdly unrealistic proportions in either direction.

+ Combat and management gameplay is decent. Not very complex or difficult but not a copy paste of every game ever made either.

- Sex scenes could do with more CG if not animation. They aren't terrible as is though.

- For a game with such a heavy theme on breeding/pregnancy it's kinda an uneventful mechanic. Would be nice to see more belly growth stages that are reflected in all images/dialogue, more pregnant sex scenes, (optional) birth scenes and maybe a royal nursery or something.

Final Verdict as of v0.5.8: 9/10 should easily be one of the best games of all time if it stays on track.

Quite innovative for the game category, it allows you to go straight into the action with less content or delve into the story by increasing the difficulty but with more content and a richer story. In general I love the game, it's a shame that it doesn't have a patreon. Since the donation platform that it has put many obstacles in the payments.

The short version:
Vae Victis knows what it wants to accomplish, and it does it with conviction. A great concept, well executed on. That said, if the game was a lake, it would be 20 miles wide and 5 feet deep. How well the dev fills in as they go will determine if the potential is recognized.

The longer version:
Vae Victis establishes it's central premise right off the bat, and if you thought John Wick tearing apart a criminal organization for killing his dog was brilliant...then you have an idea of how a tale of revenge handled well can create a damn good main character. The MC or Khan in this story is a certified badass out for revenge against his mother, two sisters, and what appears to be a pseudo religious cult propping up their rule. It's a great entry point to the game, and it lets you know the stakes and goals you're working towards right away.

Pros:

Character building: Characters, whether it's the MC, queens, or the denizens that populate the side quests tend to hit more than they miss, and have distinct and well written personalities.

World Building: The game really shines here, especially when the khan goes out on his missions. Different regions are well thought out, and the flavor that goes into them makes their inhabitants feel more real.

Rendering: It's not the best I've ever seen, but it's generally better than average, and a wide variety of environments are captured. It's a strength.

Storyline and Kinks: YMMV, but from breeding to the domination of mothers in front of daughters, to defeating the queens, and on down the line, there is a lot to like here. My hope is that more will be added in the realm of water sports, bondage, and the ability to raise your soldiers morale with captives...but we shall see.

Campaign Integration: Campaign map play isn't going to challenge any AAA games, but it's inoffensive, fairly easy to understand, and it flows fine. Garrisoning can be a tad tedious/annoying.

Cons:

Depth: I'm a little concerned by the size of the campaign map. I don't mind a nice sized harem of ladies, but if it's all wham bam and on to the next one, and none of these characters are developed through corruption/humiliation/romance/politics, etc...then that will be a shame. There are a LOT of fun characters in this story already, it would be nice to develop them before they are buried in an avalanche of new ones.

Combat: It's functional, but it's not really fun.

H-Scenes: I'm not a stickler for animation, but the scenes are pretty short, and often fun combinations of characters are ignored. Hoping these are improved as game development goes on.

Conclusion:
Vae Victis is not a perfect game, but it has all the potential in the world. The dev seems to be continually refining and improving, and if that is the case, then I am confident that the 5* I've rounded up to from 4.5 will be increasingly well deserved.

You've made something pretty damn good here, DoorKnob22...I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next.

v0.4.8

tl;dr Its rly just average but if you like (forced) pregnancy and forced sex, its nice.

Fun fact: There is only one "animated" scene in this game and its not with MC. Just a bunch of goblings gang banging a girl while MC watches

- Well its pretty shallow writing. Every few sentences its about breeding a girl and flilling her unprodected womb.
I know, its in the name of the game but cmon, at one point its just to much to read it every couple of lines... It just gets annoying.

- The story so far isnt that good either. You fight against your mother and some feminism cult to retake your throne and on the way you fuck every girl you can.

- The fighting parts could be nice but since you can just skip them without any consequence its kinda dumb to even try it manually.

- The worldmap, including the management parts is kinda meh since nearly everything is just random (income, troops, raids)

- Afaik there are two routes for every girl. "romance" or "slave"

This gets a rare 5 stars from me, but I love my impreg so ymmv. There's homo too and it's skippable so everybody walks away happy. There's a bestiality scene, again skippable. You can play as a noble or as a bastard, or even as a little of both. There's gameplay or you can just play it as a VN. It's these choices that really set this one apart from the rest.

I'll be eagerly anticipating future updates.

Okay, so, the game is certanly far from perfect, but the only gripe I trully have with it is combat. Its not RNG like some people claim in the comments, since most of the opponents have attack patterns with which they start, but aside from that the combat is just bad. You have set ammount of health, and if you want to beat the girl without killing her you are forced to either study her attack pattern, which is a timewaster, or guess, which is even bigger timewaster, all while most opponents, aside from the weakest ones, can drop you with just two or three hits.

Aside from that:
graphics are between good and ok.
Kingdom managment is really easy so even if you dont like that part you might as well ignore it with how little time you have to waster on it.
Storywise this is way better than in half of the local porn games, at least the 3D ones. Not GOT levels of good, but dicent enough to compliment the fapping.

P.s. Keep in mind that the game themes are very male dom and very anti-femenism, with latest patches also including some race questions, so that kinda gives you a hint from where did most 1 and 5 star ratings came from. Thanfully, non of this touches IRL politics like in certain other games on the site that claim to be parodies.

This game has great potential. Whether it's drama or governance or sex slaves. One minor drawback is the name written on the page "Vae Victis" ,
And the game program name "Khan" , Name chaos , hope the author unified .

Wow, now THIS is a proper porn game.

The MC is a character, a real character. We might have some influence on their actions, but this really feel like a person with goals, dreams, ambition, and life. In otherwords, the opposite of what a lot of people seem to be going for lately. The wenches (former rulers) are less so, in fact for how important they are, there doesn't seem to be a lot to their personalities. I feel like I know more about the harlots (side characters with extended interactions) then I do any of them. As of this review, it seems the dev wants to work on that, which is why it won't be costing them any goodwill from me, though they may acquiesce if popular demand goes the other way.

The world is rich and full of wonders, how much they'll draw upon this in the future remains to be seen, it's still too early to be sure. A big part of this is that they're taking the "we trust you to figure it out" approach: they leave some things vague for you to figure out, rather than exposition dumping you with every little thing. This helps keep the flow of the narrative steady without too many bumps. I haven't been taken out of the story once while reading it; people remain in character, and nothing is jarring to the point of breaking immersion. It's a more natural story telling experience that isn't used as often nowadays, which is disappointing as I find it to be the best one.

Lastly, the system around everything. Combat is a bit frustrating IMHO and if something come close to ruining the flow of the game, it's this. However the tutorial does a good job explaining how to use it, and with patience you can get through it (or you can cheat yourself a ton of extra health and brute-force your way through, not that I'm advocating such underhanded tricks~). The overworld land management is simple enough, you conquer lands, you help rebuild the lands after you raze it to the ground, and you keep the people happy and inline, all of which is properly explained on how to do so. There is a fair amount of RNG to the whole process which can bog things down, but such is the life of a rising monarch.

I'd give this game a solid 9/10 and if even half the tags are in your taste, give this a shot as there's something there for most everyone.

This is amazing! Forget simpering wusses, in this game you play a conquering Khan. Every province has an infiltration mission which is basically a series of short quests which give you a bonus. Then it can be conquered. Once conquered their queen is yours.

The MC is dominant and conquering. You can choose to be a total asshole or a gentler touch, but either way you are here to conquer. There is tons of pregnancy content too, you are conquering wombs not just lands.

OK premise but at v0.3.16 things are just too underdeveloped. Sex scenes are rare, short, contain only few images and choices and results of them really don't matter. Turn based over world tactic thing is too hard at first and becomes very easy very counter intuitively. 1v1 combat is complete trash that relays on RNG.

Exactly what I look into a lewd game : conquest and breeding. It's quite good. Give you choices. It's Ren.py but not the default UI, it has quests and choices making. it's good so far ! Also the map indicate that the end content will be plentiful ! I am waiting for the next updates.

Vae Victis is game in which you play prince betrayed by his mother queen. You are on quest of reclaiming your empire from queen and bunch of female rulers all in same feminist sect.
I really like the setting and breaking strong women. Writing is solid (although often too much of it) and characters are interesting.
Game have tedious kingdom management and mini-games. Both are done quite badly, boring and confusing.
Game is played at v0.3.16 version, so you have only 3 kingdoms or fiefs to conquer, but to complete everything, you can still have several hours of play (even with walkthrough).
Will look at this game in future again, it could easily turn to a great game, but at the moment it is only possibility with lot of bad gameplay.

The game is good and well varied, with plenty of opportunities, the story excellent and full of potential with mysterious undertones, just a note about the naming in the combat system: I would recommend the symbols be replaced or integrated with the initials of the attacks.

Overall the game is epic, it has all I ever wished for. It's the best game I have played so far.
It doesn't have grinding, which I liked.
Queens are made to appear fantastic and the options to manage him is excellent,
What makes the game best, so far I didn't have a bad ending no matter what I did, for now, it seems in favoring me. Wish the game was completed, I could enjoy the ending. It's so addicting.