Unreal Engine - Wicked Island [v0.8.6.1] [RawDarkness]

Having played Wicked Island in a sustained way since version 8.5.5 to current (updated, 8.6.1 [6/25],originally rev 8.6.0) it merits improved rating as the 8.6.x onwards are very decent, and the extreme bugginess rightly noted in earlier reviews has been solved.

Earlier (pre 8.4.0) versions did have so many bugs as to make it at best difficult to play (having tried and abandoned earlier), the ratings below 2 stars were merited.

However since 8.5.5 -there has been a sustained improvement and the game is actually quite playable and one likes the focus of monster sex (were-creatures, ogres, orc-ish and demons) and slutty PC, plus some building, it's quite a decent play now. Still bugs but animation execution has greatly improved - rate to have misplaced penis etc - and overall execution is improving. Quite merits a 3.5 to 4 on this basis (and based on improvements in 8.6.x I'm boosting rating slightly as a off-set to earlier low ratings, which made sense at time but don't really reflect current game.)

New content added from 8.6.x on is quite good, if one likes combat, it's there, if one likes (as I do) the sex-seduction route, it's there and old animation issues are largely solved, and servant (i.e. werebeasts seduced and made into servants) summoning issues now solved. One can consistently play through now, and I would expect by current improvement trajectory it's well worth it.

Summary: This game has a lot of potential, but until it reaches its potential is held back by bugs and design elements. Probably worth revisiting after it gets substantially updated.

Pros: This game could have very easily been generic RPGmaker slop but the dev(s) has shown effort by making an open-world survival game with 3d assets. The assets (both for your character and the interactable NPCs) are very high quality and most NPCs capable of fucking the player have multiple sex positions, with the animations also looking great (caveat here of no climax animations, the animation loops until you press esc/b where it just instantly ends with no transition). Enemies will have sex with you either if you are defeated with enough "grit" indicated by the number of pink hearts above the HP bar, or if you masturbate within a certain radius of them. If you have enough sex with the same individual (which I achieved by spamming the end sex button and the masturbation key to get them in a loop) you can tame them and summon them through an item in your inventory. Although I didn't get much mileage out of it, there is also a pregnancy sytem for those who are into that. The character's model will gradually change prior to birth and changes to breast and belly size can be toggled to become permanent. Pregnancy seems to mostly be an aesthetic feature as until the character gives birth (animation with a defined ending transition) the only other thing associated with the model changing is flavor text which does nothing other than a roughly 1 in 10 chance for your character to make a grunt or moan or to have a brief animation of milk coming from their boobs. There are technically buffs and debuffs associated with it, but this will be mentioned in the cons. There are some quests which seemingly can be completed, but one was low priority and ignored (tutorial on how to craft armor) and one required either good loot RNG, to find a random vendor NPC somewhere in the map, or to progress the crafting system to complete (the quest where you have to collect werewolf cum for a character into that stuff).

Cons: For a survival game, the leveling system felt non-existant. You gain levels in certain stats by playing the game (collecting enough berries or rocks increases "harvesting," having a vagianal sexual encounter raises "pussy," and so on), but either the stat increases do nothing or require prolonged grinding to see results in. I think I ended my playtime with ~10-15 levels in combat and still felt I was dealing around 20-30 damage with each hit. There is also a buff & debuff system which did seem to have more gameplay effects, but these too felt underwhelming other than the downed one which makes you crawl and a sex animation play if applicable. The only stat which seemed to matter was the grit system but that seemed to increase randomly regardless of what I was doing. The game also has some bugs, ranging from visual (putting on the default cloth leggings caused the upper mesh of the character's thigh to disappear) to effecting gameplay (dying after being forced to crawl causes you to respawn crawling). Additionally, there seems to be a lot of shortcuts taken with AI; the loading screens are most obvious but it seems the dialogue from NPCs was generated from Chat-GPT and item icons were also generated. Finally, it left somewhat of a bad taste in my mouth that the only woman on woman encounter I was able to find in 3 hours of gameplay was with a dark-skinned "slave" character which used the same taming system as the monsters.

Suggestions for improvement: I would make it so the leveling and debuff systems feel more substantial, remove the AI-generated content, and allow the option to have sex with more types of NPC, primarily the human characters or even the more animalistic ones (like with the 40 bears that are constantly spawning in everywhere). In particular, I feel like the "special" NPC woman located in the tower should interact more with the player, especially if they have a werewolf follower.

The game at this current state is umplayable, in my 30min play I've experienced many bugs, the loading arts are made with AI and have many errors, I couldn't stop feeling a sense of lazyness of the dev of this game, the combat is awful and the animations are too slow and cinematographic, the input queue is absurd, this game is trying to be an survival game but the effects don't pass that vibe, feels like an identity crisis.

I like this game. For sure we allways want more, but game is in work and not abaddoned. We also allways compare something for something. Yes, some game have more content atm, but updates took long time. Some game have drm even. Sad, but climate in lewd games not so healthy. In this game I see a lot parts for enjoying, - world, pregnant system, combat not so bad, building. Like some connection with npc, there is some good lines. Really hope for more new sex animation, fixed on current one and fixes on mesh mess, for more opportynity to play with light and some kind of photomode, at least to move camera in more direction, for more sex toys and devices to use + animation, coz we have not bad at all building system (say as "pro" builder) but this buildings is useless coz not so much opportynity to use. Basically we have perfect girl in good enveroment for fun, but not so much we can do with her, some more replayability.

Not much content yet , but so far a very good 3d game . I like it allot and hope for more storyline in the future.
The sex scenes are also not as good as it could be , but for a complex game like that with an open world and overall stunning graphics more than enough for teasing.

The game undeservedly has a low rating. While it is technically raw and broken, it has a ton of mechanics and a vast space for creativity. The main focus should be on proper optimization and bug fixes, leaving content additions for later.

Spent 10 Hours straight in this wicked game, got to lvl 34

Wicked Island suffers from the bugs and jank.

The stiff animations and lack of proper colission don't really make it better. Which makes combat a total snoozefest because you can also spam block/parry, Making you essentially immortal it also recovers stamina each time you do it (Pretty sure that's a bug)

The Map is also... Very useless and ugly go look at, You cannot set markers so you will be constantly using it.

The Game also SPAMS enemies, You'll be walking past like 10 bears during your morning stroll.

Progression is also pretty meh... You can get Copper/Bronze fast, (IT'S THE CANCER-LOOKING AH ORANGE-GREEN ROCKS) Melting the Copper in the Furnace magically turns it into Bronze for whatever reason. Iron in the Pine Forest (Big ass black rock, Rocks with a black spots, that is Iron)

Also leveling your stats will be one hell of a grind 2 hours~ will get you to mining lvl 30 which only gives you 30% more damage to rocks.

You will also need to learn to use your cauldron early the foods are a godsend as the game has a Valheim-Like buff system and all foods deliver buffs. (Meat=HP, Veggies=Stamina)

Combat is very janky, Spears are shit, Swords are good and greatswords are crack. No idea about the bow though. You will clip through your target as you attack, You will have issues, The Demonstration combat techniques used in UE looked good on paper but in practice it is dogshit, There is also variations of attacks, You just do the same combo over and over.

AI is also shit and blind as fuck, You can stand so close to them without triggering them, And they also have the same attack patterns. They are very predictable and easily parried.

The Sex is also very boring, You can as far as I can tell only get fucked in certain encounter with the rare NPC or just get raped by monsters (No normal animals like Bears or Wolves, No true bestiality), And the funny thing is, sometimes and I think it depends on your Character's body physique the dicks don't even get inside you. and just float around. Only the birth animation is not janky. But there is pregnancy and cum inflation so that's a win in my books.

Speaking of Character Creation, This one is easily one of my favorites, Very detailed and I can make the boobs stupidly gigantic

The game sadly suffers from UE5 Exclusive jank, My good old RX 580 is suffering like mad from Medium-High settings upscaling on got like 20-60FPS depending on the area. But for a UE5 game it is good optimization, I did not have any stutters like at all. And I didn't crash a single time.

Now the worst part is: The UI, Oh god this is BAD, This is so ugly and incomprehensible... And buggy (Do not pause with the blueprint menu open), Also again the Map, It is so BAD.

World Building is also BAD, So many houses and ruins but they are all empty, nothing to explore or loot. The House interiors are 90% not existent and non-sensical. And you'll find many towers or rocks just floating and in many locations there is so little space so enemies cramp into a single point.

Even though I did kinda enjoy this is not everyone's cup of tea. There is potential but the jank is too strong that it becomes wasted. 3 Years of development ladies and gentlemen.

3.5/10

Pros:
Creative gameplay mechanics; one of the few developers willing to try something new.
Detailed survival system with a lot more content than most games on this site, contrary to other reviews.
Cons:
The animation feels out of place, with 3D models colliding without proper positioning or any adjustments to make them appear natural. This is critical for this type of game.
Poor UI and model bugs, which are noticeable during gameplay.
Overall:
3/5. A good idea, but poor optimization turns it into an average game. I'll stay tuned to see if these issues are addressed in the future.

Takes forever to get into, too much game, not enough porn, and it doesn't look good. Doesn't play well... They should move on from this.
Maybe join another dev team and actually do something worthwhile with their effort

It's really saddening to leave this review so low, as it's exactly my kind of game.

But;
- The dev updates H less often than I have birthdays, one year since the last meaningful addition.
- As others have said, the bugs and jankiness will make you quit long before you see the 3 animations available
- So with it's current state, why play? To build a big empty house before you go and get doggy-styled by the same enemy now and then? Time would be better spent playing an actual survival game where you can at least do something and without the jank.

2/5
It wants to be a proper game, but it sucks as that.
It wants to also be a H game, but dev sucks at updating that.
It will take the dev 1 year to fix all the bugs and finish with his gameplay updates to make this playable, and then another year or two to add any meaningful sex updates. See you in 2027!

i personally really like this game, in concept it's sexual Conan Exiles. it's real and biggest flaw is how buggy and unoptimized the game is. like many have already said, just opening a menu can remove your key binds and even saving my game has proven difficult. if the devs work on fixing these issues, this would be a game i could sink a good few hours into no problem.
[as of 8.5.9]
the new updates for this game have been incredible improvements. the map has been reduced significantly while keeping all the current content, so there's much less of the game to be loaded at once which goes into the next incredible change the game runs so much better than it previously. (for me at least) the game runs smoother, there aren't nearly as many bugs. I'm eagerly waiting the next version and now i highly recommend this game if you're interested in it.

I had high hopes for the game because it does look interesting, but the amount of bugs just makes the game unplayable. I tried for 2 hours and I repeatedly got a bug which removed the function of half of my keybinds and made sex scenes not possible to actually finish.

Maybe give it another year or two and there might be an actual game here, but for now it just isn't worth the time attempting to play.

Reviewing v0.8.5.4:

I think there's a lot of potential here, and my rating is more indicative of the attempt given the scope of the game rather than purely craft. It's buggy and lacks meaningful longevity (which I will talk about in some depth), but the feeling is there. It reminds me of a modded Skyrim, which is a good thing because I don't think we have enough open exploration sex games. Also, it gets a few bonus points for having an actual pregnancy system which also seems to be going through a scarcity.

The most notable drawback the absolutely ridiculous grind. At this stage of development, there's no reason for it to be this steep. There is nothing you really need to stop the player from seeing, because there isn't much story here. It's universally the worst game mechanic you can employ to throttle content and is anti-fun when it's overturned (as a guy that loves JRPGs, there is a delicate balance between rewarding the player for persistence or just straight up wasting their time for single-digit improvements). Mind you, not every stat is a chore, but one's like swimming can take real life hours to reach a meaningful level, and others just don't have enough use cases to matter.

Aside from that, there are a few oddities of items clipping through the floor, mechanics being obtuse (like farming), and every area transition completely reloading and resetting your character and quests causing buff to disappear, tattoos to go missing, and some crazy lag. I expect these things will get optimized as the game goes on, and for now most of these don't completely break the game.

One thing I do hope for is more customization concerning pregnancy. As it stands, it does have some basics like duration control and if the breasts and belly shrink after pregnancy. I'd like to see the possibility to birth more than one baby, and have more control over body growth with pregnancy, like growing body fat or hips, and controlling the morph retention with percentages rather than all or nothing.

Overall the game has potential, and is worth a few hours of your time at least. Hoping the dev looks at a few of these points, as I think this can be a very good game.

i replayed this game for another two hours, this game sucks, you have no clue where to go, scenes are only available when you are defeated and some monsters just instant kill you with no scenes, even with cheats i got maximum of 3 scenes.

I don't like to write "technical issues" reviews, but this just chugs and crashes. Also suffers from "map wayy too big" syndrome you see a lot with amatuer game making, both porn and not pornographic. Other than that it's 3d festish content is decent, you can spawn in enemies to see what you want other then playing it but still need to do the whole get defeated dance. Kudos to the dev though, keeps working on it.

This game is so bad that actually deserves 0 stars but well, if you want to play a downgraded version of skyrim with mods just to see the worst animations ever i guess you should install it. theres absolutely nothing possitive in the game bugs everywhere

[V 0.8.5.3.1 Hotfix]
I usually don't bother reviewing games that are too bugged to even run, but this one gets a special prize: it's so fucked up it managed to freeze my whole PC, while trying to start, requiring a hard reboot.

funny island game.



Wicked Island is an interesting game.



The gameplay is most definitely ambitious, resembling 3D survival games. The gameplay includes many stats that you must always be filling, like hunger, interesting combat, a good variety of enemies, good sex scenes, and a pregnancy system. witch is always a plus in my eyes, and a big map filled with different locations like towns.



The main problem with this game is, honestly, the optimization. You need a decently good PC to be able to run this well; however, this can be overlooked.





Overall, this game is not bad but definitely not completed. However, the potential is there, and honestly, it has more effort put into it than most things on this site. Overall, this game balances well, having both good gameplay and a good and easy way to access sex scenes, and the survival aspects are not bad at all. Honestly, this game has a lot of potential on this site. Overall, this game balances well, having both good gameplay and a good and easy way to access sex scenes, and the survival aspects are not bad at all. Honestly, this game has a lot of potential in all aspects, and I can only hope for the developer to continue updating and hopefully one day finish this project since it is most definitely great and shows promise even in a really early game.

this is indeed an ambitious and amazing project and i wanna see where this goes, right now it's pretty entertaining and fun, it's like having skyrim with all the existing impure and horny mods xD so yeah, keep it up bro

This review is for v0.8.5.2

This feels like you're playing a game that got MODDED to have sexual content, rather than one whose main draw is the sexual content. And when I say that, I mean a mediocre mod that lazily relies on text pop-ups to explain what's happening.

The gameplay is an interesting idea for a porn game, but nothing new. A survival game that plays kind of like a dumbed-down Rust.

I think the character creator is really good (could use a few more hair styles, I didn't see the one I wanted), but everything else about this game is just not polished well enough. Boring quests, boring grind, the enemy AI is doodoo and will sometimes just turn off completely, there is a taming system that becomes irrelevant because you will friendly fire 1-shot them on accident... there's a lot to complain about and not enough to praise.

tl;dr: Great graphics, but that's all it has going for it right now.