QSP - Zireael [v0.9.9.6] [SaraGames]

I read the reviews, saw that they were trashing the game and thought.... how bad can it be? BAD, very BAD, VERY VERY BAD.
The writing is bad. No redeeming circumstances. Very little to say between scenes, no descriptions of the environment, nothing, nada.
The mechanics are non existent. press fight, press again, and again.
There is hunger and some kind of "energy", that only limits you fighting. You can do pretty much anything without sleeping and hungry, so I fail to see the point.
Also, quite buggy. You can softlock yourself and ruin your save by doing.... God knows... It is so poorly coded that just grinding stats locks you of actions.
Porn is porn. Nothing you haven't seen unless you are a nun leaving a convent after 20 years with no internet. Nothing amazing....

All in all is a HARD PASS. There are plenty better games around to waste your time with.

The game play is just ... sad. Click link to kill werewolf. Repeat until bored (or you are too tired). Fed up with werewolves? Click link to kill ghouls. No difficulty, no progression. I've played a bunch of QSP games I liked, but this manages to have all the worst parts of QSP games and none of the good parts. The plot is barely existent, there is very little choice involved.

version 0.6.5:
Ideas and plot: 5/5 excellent, the overall story idea is great.

Writing: 3/5 ,not much text, some typos, but maybe you are not in here for a novel anyway. Not very immersive tbh, but has potential.

Technical: 1/5 - Can someone explain why I download 2.4 Gigs and what I got are a couple of tiny gifs? HOW DO YOU EVEN MAKE THE GIF FILES SO BIG FFS? The pictures are small, not in some amazing resolution, not too long either. Generally once (non-event) sex starts happening the gifs are repeat pretty fast, I thought there must be loads of content at that size, but no.
I like QSP so that's a positive for me.

Dynamics and visual: 3/5 grindy as fuck but has a cheat button if you are in a hurry. The visual is not awesome, even in events there are mixed models in every picture, overall just a delivery system for random porn snippets.

Review of version 0.4

One of very few QSP games around, Zireael follows Ciri in her descent in depravity.
The game itself is a loop of fighting to raise your "Attack" stat and going around to progress the plot.

There is some content at this stage and I'm sure fans of the witcher series can find some enjoyment from the project, however you need to get over the (at times) cringy writing and barebones plot.
There are some interesting points here and there, however most interactions feel a bit childish and really nothing to write home about.

Actions feel a bit all over the place and seemingly placed randomly (at times hyperlinked in the descriptive text, other times in the action box), though it might be a quirk of the QSP engine.

Combat loop is fine, I found myself spending in game days grinding for herbs to keep some healing paste ready (which is just a lot of clicking to gather them, also it's not guaranteed you find some) and others just repeatedly killing wolves or other mobs. The trainer in the city is a welcome addition, letting you skip around 10 fights for the low cost of 500 gold.
Figting also consumes "stamina" making Ciri more and more tired to the point here you can't fight anymore, the only problem is that you can only rest at night, so you either spam wait during the day, or go grind some herbs until night. Would be nice if you could also rest during the day, granted you're tired enough.

I don't have much to say about the plot at this stage, it's original and it has - as stated before - some interesting points, but as of right now it's nothing special and most characters feel static. Since it's already got a few locations, working on a schedule for the main cast would be a great addition to make the world feel more alive.

Overall the project has some potential, I would get someone to review the text and make it a bit more appealing to read with some formatting and better punctuation.
Definitely try this out if you're a fan of the witcher series, I will be coming back when it's a bit more updated to see the progress.

The game has potential, it may seem to you that there is a lot of grind, but it's worth to be patient for the sake of an interesting story. The plot is quite trivial in the best traditions of such games, for fans of QSP I recommend for familiarization.

It is stretched, at first you might think that there is no content at all. But overall I liked it and I see a lot of potential. The sex system should be made shorter, you get tired of stupidly poking one button 5 times. And of course I would like the project not to die at this stage. Very few good QSP projects in recent years

So, version v.0.0.1 and it shows.

Currently really not worth playing, as there's so little content in the game (and what there is requires a fair bit of grinding to do).

Honestly not too much to say about it, it's a Witcher based game where you're doing a (fairly basic) life sim / rpg. There's just not enough to this first release to really do much with yet.