Re: Roundscape: Adorevia
Really? What makes you say that?
I was considering backing this on patreon because the pictures look great, but your post made me doubt that decision.
There's a very hefty public demo available (many hours long); I'd recommend trying that out.
Anyway, my comments are based on the public demo only. I used the female hero with the Templar (church) background for reference.
- On the h-side of things, two big thumbs up. There's a lot of available sex scenes, and those are accessed based on your decisions. They are NOT received from intentionally losing which is something very welcome in my opinion. And best of all, while there is a morality system, it's tied to how good/evil you are and not to the sex acts. You don't lose morality if you want to have sex with a tentacle monster for example, but you would if you steal from someone. There's a pretty large variety of scenes, from tentacle monsters, loving yuri, paladin gangbangs, orcs of both gender, golems and more.
- The h-scene art is done by different artist, and their style varies wildly. On the whole it's very nice art, but it's pretty jarring just how inconsistent it looks.
- There's a lot of classes available to your main character (some from character creation, others through quests), all with their own series of skills, equipment and stats. You also have a large amount of allies who have their own skill set; note that I'm not sure if you can get their skill set though. Each five levels you also get a special perk you can choose for your main character. You have a party of 4 characters, so it gives you more flexibility and available strategies compared to the usual h-rpg with only one character. I suppose it'd be pretty nice for a replay too.
- You can build, customize and upgrade your castle to some extent. You can also purchase land to build some buildings on it (though I'm not sure how to actually build buildings on that land).
- You have a morality system for your main character, a relationship value for each character that changes depending on your decisions, as well as a corruption system for some of your allies that may change their personalities and actions from what I read (Not corrupting my allies). No corruption system for your own character: you get to decide how "slutty" your own character is.
- ... With that said, the actual gameplay is mediocre. The battles are okay but straightforward. The main storyline is a bit fuzzy and not too well presented. Most sidequests are 2 minutes affairs (although many have alternate solutions). There's very little equipment available to find or purchase. Some locations are very barebone (like the elf town). The general writing quality is mediocre. I found the difficulty balancing to be questionable: The game is very easy, then I get a level 5 dwarf ally (when I'm level 7) and get absolutely murdered in the following few fights in the first 2 rounds, with no "trick" to get through them that I could find. Level grinding required, or did I miss something obvious..?
I'd say the overall package is good, with great h-scenes and setup (although the writing for them is kind of hit and miss depending on the scene), and ok gameplay. I'd happily buy the game, but I'm not sure it's worth paying 10$ a month for. Based on the demo that's only chapter 1, and that the game development is currently up to chapter 3, there's a lot of gameplay hours present though so I think you could put your money in far worse places than this.
Thank you
