It's gonna be a neutral review. I llove yaoi and try to read all available novels on Steam buut I always disliked how it's made by Y Press Games. Lots of time has passed since my last attempt to read and enjoy their games, sadly, I see no improvement. Anyway, I'm grateful for explicit gay novels but I'd like it to be a more quality experience.
https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3300143237
Praises:
+Explicit content, no need to buy/install adult dlc
+Achievements, so plus one 'perfect' game in steam collection.
+Story per se is quite captivating. I like master/slave topics and here it's demon/human relationships, so it's very exciting. Nothing very cruel, btw, no consent as it's that kind of world but everyone, welp, except some bad chars, cared deeply about each participant's pleasure. So it was a nice combination of pain and passion.
+Art is pretty.
+I enjoyed the final endings a lot. Slowly the main characters grew on me and I started caring deeply, rooting for their happily ever after. So, I finished the game totally satisfied when it actually happened.
https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3300142947
+A steam guide. I'm happy to see players are willing to devote their time for that, as some choices don't matter and routes may be unnecessary intricate, that's why officials guide are sold like separate dlcs, and they're not very cheap, lots of novels in my wishlist cost less than their guide O_o. In general, it always feels like a means to earn money without serious, soulful effort implied. I was supposed to write about positive things here but I guess I just can't :)

Complains:
--Price. Their novels are always expensive, so you expect some thorough work done buut...
–Writing is meh, as always. I've seen zero new words. It practically never happens when I read visual novels, but not here.
--Typos. Why is it 'an oxen' all the time? I double-checked the dictionary, it's said as I always remembered an ox—oxen for plural form.
--Art is nice and all BUT again and again it's totally the same like in other novels. I like the sprites, they are gorgeous but I'd like to see some new faces already. Plus, I was not the fan of that manga style CGs, white&black illustrations seemed more like initial drafts for future colorful visuals but it never happened. So it felt kinda cheap and rushed, as the whole story. Oh, and almost forgot, sometimes it was just black screen and a text. Recollecting a long list of ppl who backed this project in Kickstarter (plus a high steam price) it feels like a game deserved more attention from the devs.
https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3300143250
--Rushed, abrupt endings again. I've already mentioned how I dislike the writing, but the way all the routes are finished is especially disastrous. Sometimes it's not that bad, but quite often it's just terrible. I guess it IS some kind of skill to lead the storyline to a satisfying, logical finale but here (actually not only here, it's a general problem) it's always unexpected or feels totally unfinished, so I often just had to imagine what it was in my head myself. Totally unacceptable, in addition to black screens, just the name of the ending and an ach popped up, I was always sitting in my chair flabbergasted.
--Routes feel repetitive again, with almost the same text and it's unskippable :( I practically memorized those parts having to reread them for the 4th time. Very annoying.
--MC was extremely artificially annoying first. Plus, that pretty art felt totally ruined when chars twisted their faces, it was tooo exaggerated, so unpleasant, I tried to avoid looking at them at all. What for to make them so ugly?! Unnecessarily intense. On the one hand, it was a nice feeling to be on the demons' side, to wish for MC to submit and not to strive for freedom, equality...but still I feel it was made in a cheap way, it could have been written better. Just in a contrast to a poorly presented human protagonist I felt for demons more, not because they really deserved that.

Honestly, I feel like a hater again, I sincerely expected some progress but I see none. Though despite feeling annoyed, mainly by the fact that this game could be so much more potentially but it was never realized, I still felt involved with the chars' relationship.

It's gonna be a neutral review. I llove yaoi and try to read all available novels on Steam buut I always disliked how it's made by Y Press Games. Lots of time has passed since my last attempt to read and enjoy their games, sadly, I see no improvement. Anyway, I'm grateful for explicit gay novels but I'd like it to be a more quality experience. https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3300143237 [u] Praises[/u]: +Explicit content, no need to buy/install adult dlc +Achievements, so plus one 'perfect' game in steam collection. +Story per se is quite captivating. I like master/slave topics and here it's demon/human relationships, so it's very exciting. Nothing very cruel, btw, no consent as it's that kind of world but everyone, welp, except some bad chars, cared deeply about each participant's pleasure. So it was a nice combination of pain and passion. +Art is pretty. +I enjoyed the final endings a lot. Slowly the main characters grew on me and I started caring deeply, rooting for their happily ever after. So, I finished the game totally satisfied when it actually happened. https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3300142947 +A steam guide. I'm happy to see players are willing to devote their time for that, as some choices don't matter and routes may be unnecessary intricate, that's why officials guide are sold like separate dlcs, and they're not very cheap, lots of novels in my wishlist cost less than their guide O_o. In general, it always feels like a means to earn money without serious, soulful effort implied. I was supposed to write about positive things here but I guess I just can't :) [u] Complains[/u]: --Price. Their novels are always expensive, so you expect some thorough work done buut... –Writing is meh, as always. I've seen zero new words. It practically never happens when I read visual novels, but not here. --Typos. Why is it 'an oxen' all the time? I double-checked the dictionary, it's said as I always remembered an ox—oxen for plural form. --Art is nice and all BUT again and again it's totally the same like in other novels. I like the sprites, they are gorgeous but I'd like to see some new faces already. Plus, I was not the fan of that manga style CGs, white&black illustrations seemed more like initial drafts for future colorful visuals but it never happened. So it felt kinda cheap and rushed, as the whole story. Oh, and almost forgot, sometimes it was just black screen and a text. Recollecting a long list of ppl who backed this project in Kickstarter (plus a high steam price) it feels like a game deserved more attention from the devs. https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3300143250 --Rushed, abrupt endings again. I've already mentioned how I dislike the writing, but the way all the routes are finished is especially disastrous. Sometimes it's not that bad, but quite often it's just terrible. I guess it IS some kind of skill to lead the storyline to a satisfying, logical finale but here (actually not only here, it's a general problem) it's always unexpected or feels totally unfinished, so I often just had to imagine what it was in my head myself. Totally unacceptable, in addition to black screens, just the name of the ending and an ach popped up, I was always sitting in my chair flabbergasted. --Routes feel repetitive again, with almost the same text and it's unskippable :( I practically memorized those parts having to reread them for the 4th time. Very annoying. --MC was extremely artificially annoying first. Plus, that pretty art felt totally ruined when chars twisted their faces, it was tooo exaggerated, so unpleasant, I tried to avoid looking at them at all. What for to make them so ugly?! Unnecessarily intense. On the one hand, it was a nice feeling to be on the demons' side, to wish for MC to submit and not to strive for freedom, equality...but still I feel it was made in a cheap way, it could have been written better. Just in a contrast to a poorly presented human protagonist I felt for demons more, not because they really deserved that. Honestly, I feel like a hater again, I sincerely expected some progress but I see none. Though despite feeling annoyed, mainly by the fact that this game could be so much more potentially but it was never realized, I still felt involved with the chars' relationship. [table] [tr] [th]More thoughts about the game in a [url=https://gtm.you1.cn/groups/readingnook/discussions/0/4524512657556895978/] Reading Nook [/url][/th] [/tr] [/table]