Re: FantasionR(FanGame) Update...finally....
First post on these boards so, first of all, hello everyone and looong text incoming :3
I downloaded this some days ago and been playing it for a while. After many attempts, I've managed to beat all the current stages, unlocked all the girls ( I don't really know how I unlocked the Dark elf and the Naga, but they were unlocked after stage 1 ), and played some with all of them. I think the final game can potentially turn out awesome, so I thought I'd share comments about the current version. Hope they'll be helpful
First, about the mechanics. The game actually becomes fairly easy IF you manage to make the amazon level 3, since then you get the spear which is fantastic. I made it to level 3 by farming blue dudes on the very first area ( took me many tries because the normal attack is... not that good >.> ), then I continued until level 5 also in the same area, and then well, the rest of it was easy since the jawas are usually unable to hit you if you just keep spamming the spear attack. The additional levels also made a HUGE difference in the damage dealt to enemies, as well as in the damage the girl was able to take ( red jawas rape attacks still hurt much, however >.> )
I think, though, that getting those first levels until the spear often becomes too frustrating, especially because you're forced to keep trying with only the Amazon and, well, not everybody likes her ( I, for example, don't like her. But I reaaally wanted to get the Dark elf and the Succubus, so I forced myself to carry on :3 )
One solution for this could be simply to fill the first area with a new type of jawas ( different cloak color ) with lower statistics ( they die faster and / or deal less damage ), so that the player can make the first levels with a little more ease. After first area, keep the bad guys spawn as it is.
Some of the girls are much stronger than others. I don't think this matters, as it's a single player game and the characters don't need to be balanced ( in fact I think it's cool to have some clearly weaker for a more challenging playthrough, and it kinda fits that the larger girls are generally stronger ), but I figured I'd comment on it as well.
- The Dark elf ( my fav :3 ) seems weakest - her normal attack is "alright" but not enough to stay safe, and her special deals high damage but is slow to use, so enemies can easily rush in and grab her. That's alright though! It makes her more challenging to play, and it kinda fits her, and after all, I like her getting grabbed. So please don't change it :3
One suggestion: make her take x1.5 or x1.25 damage from rape attacks. Because an elf, full of pride, can’t stand to be abused by such filthy creatures :3 ( not x2 because that’d be too hardcore for her already low HP ).
- The Succubus is my second favourite and she feels somewhat similar, although her stun attacks and her resistance to rape attacks ( she seems to take less damage from them, although it's not listed among her traits ) make her safer to play. Suggestion: since she's completely unarmored and unarmed, make her take some additional damage from enemy normal attacks. This makes her a bit more vulnerable to balance her sex-resistance ( if she really has it, cause it might be only my impression
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- On the other hand, the Naga is madly strong ( fits, once again ), as she can pretty much hold the normal attack and slaughter anything without being touched ( birds aside ^^ ). Her normal attack is so beast that I rarely ever used the special ( which has huge range but is very slow ).
- Barbarian is also pretty imba when she gets the special ( not until then though ), but I haven't dedicated her much time. Still, one random thought: make her recover HP faster when on the ground. It's not like it'd make much of a difference, but she looks like she should ^^
All in all, I love the strengths / weaknesses system to make each girl different from the rest so, if you're taking suggestions, I would ask you to expand on it :3
I also like that their levels are individual and each of them will start at 1. For the final release, please make it possible to "start a new game" by resetting their levels back to 1.
And now a bug report that I think nobody has mentioned yet: sometimes, when I restart the game (be it either through the "save & quit" button, or by closing the game and running the .exe again), the girls seem to start with much more HP than they should. For instance, sometimes I start with a level 1 Dark elf ( I haven't saved the game with her in stage 2 ) and she seems to absorb as much damage as my level 7 Amazon. Other times, her HP seems normal as she goes down quite quickly.
I'm afraid I can't give you more details about when or why it happens, because I haven't figured it out. But it's fairly often and easy to test with different level characters.
Another thing that, I believe, hasn't been detailed yet: it's very easy to fall off the map at the start of the second area (stage 1), at the left side of the first tall pillar.
Besides that, there're things such as the sandstorm that have already been said, so I won't go through them again. Ah yeah: please explain about the dash/jump in the readme, because it's so useful and difficult to find out without reference
And finally if you're taking ideas / suggestions for later stages, well, I would really like to see human enemies. Barbarians, or bandits and such. Or humanoids such as orcs. I know they're cliched in h-games but anyways :3
It would also be awesome to have cum animations, when the girl is raped on the ground and fails to escape for long enough. With a large loss of HP if it happens. And could add "time till cum" as another strength / weakness for characters.
I know these two things would require some heavy work, but hey, just suggesting because I think they'd rule
And as I already asked, please expand on the strengths / weaknesses system. Because it's a very cool feature.
That's all I think (been long enough >.>). I hope some of my post has been helpful and please keep on the good work, I can't wait for the next release of this game :3
