At least you managed to play the game, that's good. Uugh, it would be bad to start out from the start.
Anyway, here's the gist, there are three ways in which you can be considered Dead:
no.1. Out of HP,
no.2. Getting raped non-stop,
no.3. Action restricted non-stop.
Though the actual Game Over would be when you get status: Unconscious, or something. You usually get this with Vitality 0% + HP 0%, + Getting raped badly.
Some enemies will try to bring you down by brute force, some by means of restriction, while others just plain pervy.
To avoid
no.1: fight enemies in a narrow hallway.
no.2: Do try not get pushed down, or have pervy enemies attacking you from behind.
no.3: Depends on what the disruption is. The most infuriating enemies of this class is Arachne (Bind + Paralysis + Silence). Dullahan (Lamentable Rain which have Poison + Deadly Poison + Blind).
Dangerous Enemies under said categories:
no.1: Black Dog (St*pid Recovery Skills + Nuke Lightning damage). There are some others, but they only become strong at high level and at BOE, so less worries there.
no.2: Under Futa-status, female enemies. Cheval de Batiar, Violet Spore @ Fungus might be listed here, though they as individual are generally weak, but in a group fight, you might want to keep away from Viag*a.
no.3: Bell (Continuous Status De-Buff), Arachne (Paralysis + Binding), Dullahan (as a disruptor, Blind + Poison. As a foe, his shi*ty Invisible Lance).
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For a regular run:
- Search for black doors (looks like a tombstone) that leads to the Cat Cave. I think the first one you found from the Snowy Field should have a number 3 or 4 along its name. The number will drop with each passing of the same doors (in case you step on a lamp-pose or The Guidance, the number will drop by 2. When it drop to 1 or 0, the description will changed without numbers, telling you that you will arrive somewhere).
- Always prepare at least One Food (eg. Bread). You can get this by luck from floor drops or buy it from Cait Sith. Food restore Vitality, which affect your regeneration.
- Always keep a Scroll of Punishment at least two with you.
- Starting out at Normal or Hard might bring you down with just a Bugbear + Ogre, so keep in mind not to fight multiple enemies at a time until you have a decent gear and at a decent level.
- What weapon should you care for? Depends. I like Rapier as a melee weapon for early games.
- What are the yellow dots on an equipment and the yellow box? They are essences, like in Diablo 2, sockets for equipment. Unlike Diablo which you can become very powerful from insane grinding and insane equipment, this game gives you limited growth. You will see this as you play awhile.
- The Green Bar that you can generate as you fight are your overdrive gauge, you can use your Ultimate moves as you generate enough of this.
- The Pink lines are your lust and pleasure meter. It can means some sexy times, and also spell 'You're Dead, Jim'.