A very interesting title with a few problems, but plenty of potential... that I'm not expecting to ever see.
The enemies all feel like their own boss fights, which I find awesome! Each is unique in appearance and how you fight them, and their strength makes it clear how they managed to dominate the world so completely. There's also so much fantastic art, both for the enemies and for all the different ways your character can grow, which gives so much variety and incentive to experiment and try things out.
But... the game still needs some more work, and with the last update being in 2023, and with the dev's other game Path of Ascension's last update being V0.4 in October 2024, it doesn't give much hope for any more being done on this, at least not by the original dev.
There's also, as others have pointed out below, the problem of the difficulty. Each enemy feeling like a boss, having their own build and own way of fighting. However, you're build exactly the same. It makes sense lorewise - you're the Demoneater, you gain their abilities by eating them. Why wouldn't your strength be like theirs? But the problem with that is that your own strength becomes one particular build, one particular gimmick you go for in every fight, and if you're up against a bad matchup, tough. There's also how especially with the later fights, it can feel as if you need to specifically build against them, but you don't have that many skill points. If you controlled a party of people and everyone could spec into their own thing, maybe you'd have someone who'd be able to control them somewhat, but this isn't that game, and isn't intended to be. But it just means there's some enemies you can't do shit against.
There's also what I believe to be the largest problem: AP. As far as I can tell, the enemies do not have AP. They can just spam their skills as much as they like. You cannot do that. You have to build up your AP to pull off your build, your gimmick, and have to survive until you can, meanwhile they can just fire theirs off again and again without worry. Of course you're going to end up behind eventually. It's not surprising the higher level you get, even as you're getting stronger, the enemies are getting stronger faster. In the end, the game just becomes unplayable. You can start a different run, but each one takes hours and never feels as if it has the freedom for you to make a build that would be strong enough to work.
An incredible game at the outset, but the more you play the more frustrating it slowly becomes. I'd give it 4 out of 5, as it's still got a lot more than you could get out of other games of this genre, but if you start feeling yourself getting bored or frustrating you might as well leave it there if you don't want to walk away feeling let down.
I was wondering What level on the assets i need to reach for the different sprites, like how for warrior gives; fat 4 gives one, muscle 4 gives one, fat 8 gives one, what other ones give different sprites
I'll keep this quick, the game is straight up fucking dead which sucks because the game has great art and had a decent story, what's worse is the shit mechanics
Enemies are so over-tuned that it is more RNG than it is an actual turn-based combat, bosses at the end of the game are complete and total b******* with no feasible way to level up, combat in itself is just boring as hell
Second biggest criticism is the straight up lack of erotica in any of the enemy scenes outside of consumption which I get the point of the game is to consume and vore is the main kink, but you're lucky to get maybe three or four scenes with actual characters that are no more than blowing and that's it
My recommendation is that you just straight up don't play this game it is unfair to a BS extent it is a waste of a player's time and while it had massive opportunities the developer himself has straight up just giving up on it
That perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with this game. Even during moments where you want to get your socks off, the game just tells you no and kicks you out. What a way to get the player invested in your erotic dark fantasy game.
I'm astonished that the developer has given up on this seemingly without a single word or announcement. Which is a shame, because the new project they are developing is more or less the same exact thing as this game, with the same kind of problems. Arguably, it's even worse, since it gets rid of the Demon Soul's/Berserk aesthetic and replaces it with a subpar outdoor realm dream nonsense reminiscent of something akin to Dawn of Corruption (But with little of what makes that game so engaging as far as growing a character from six foot to sixty and beyond). Did they just not learn at all? None of (Or perhaps a little bit) of the criticism given here was overly mean spirited or hateful, and yet they're just doing the same thing that caused many people to become frustrated with the gameplay.
It's like they're ripping up a piece of paper to shreds and trying to recreate the same exact thing with those same shreds of paper.
Will the game get updated here anymore? Is it getting updated on patreon still? That's my two questions to the creator. Thank you also for making this game and Path to Ascension. ^^
Been replaying it for fun lately but the skill tree is missing and cant seem to unlock the rampage mode on the warrior even tho ive hunted the required amounts of each of the targets.
This is a good game, but the content is a bit boring,if you want to fight, you can only click repeatedly in one place. Perhaps you can add some new content.
Its fun conceptually, but some decisions i just dont understand, once you reach level 13 you are not allowed to leave back to hte hidden prison again? Because im now a level 13 muscle warrior, stuck with the final enemies in the game which i have NO chance beating. I was hoping to maybe get better items, but that is not allowed I guess. So there goes all the time I invested in playing this game.
Combat balance is a bit too harsh, harsh in the way that even will all the luck on your side, some battles just CANNOT be won. Until that is fixed i wouldnt really recommend it.
The developer legit moved onto another project entirely because so many people kept saying the same thing about how the combat is repetitive, grindy, and very unforgiving, and I guess they've just shelved this one until further notice.
You know what's funny, though? The new project has the same exact problems as the old.
So im playing a rouge at lv13 in the sinister range and I encountered a problem where I cannot go back to any other area besides the valley of death and I'm essentially stuck in the sinister range.
Not sure if this is intentional or a mistake with the code but I can't do anything else since I'm not a patron.
The battles are not that bad at all if ya allocate stats good at the start along with not leveling up fast for a time (or times) and build up your inventory with equipment and items. I can level very fast since I know what to expect. I hope a update for this game arrives soon since it's been a long time since I saw one. T3NS3N along with the rest who helping make this game...thank you all and please continue to do what y'all gotta do to get more of this game released.
as much as i want to enjoy this game, the battles are almost comically difficult. they need a SERIOUS nerf because the designs are hot but it's so hard to enjoy the scenes and overall game with such an unbalanced combat system. on top of this, if you lose, you start from the beginning which forces you to have to save before every expedition lest you die to a self healing mosquito and have to restart. 3/10 nice scenes but the gameplay is too difficult to enjoy hope to see some improvements soon ^^
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A very interesting title with a few problems, but plenty of potential... that I'm not expecting to ever see.
The enemies all feel like their own boss fights, which I find awesome! Each is unique in appearance and how you fight them, and their strength makes it clear how they managed to dominate the world so completely. There's also so much fantastic art, both for the enemies and for all the different ways your character can grow, which gives so much variety and incentive to experiment and try things out.
But... the game still needs some more work, and with the last update being in 2023, and with the dev's other game Path of Ascension's last update being V0.4 in October 2024, it doesn't give much hope for any more being done on this, at least not by the original dev.
There's also, as others have pointed out below, the problem of the difficulty. Each enemy feeling like a boss, having their own build and own way of fighting. However, you're build exactly the same. It makes sense lorewise - you're the Demoneater, you gain their abilities by eating them. Why wouldn't your strength be like theirs? But the problem with that is that your own strength becomes one particular build, one particular gimmick you go for in every fight, and if you're up against a bad matchup, tough. There's also how especially with the later fights, it can feel as if you need to specifically build against them, but you don't have that many skill points. If you controlled a party of people and everyone could spec into their own thing, maybe you'd have someone who'd be able to control them somewhat, but this isn't that game, and isn't intended to be. But it just means there's some enemies you can't do shit against.
There's also what I believe to be the largest problem: AP. As far as I can tell, the enemies do not have AP. They can just spam their skills as much as they like. You cannot do that. You have to build up your AP to pull off your build, your gimmick, and have to survive until you can, meanwhile they can just fire theirs off again and again without worry. Of course you're going to end up behind eventually. It's not surprising the higher level you get, even as you're getting stronger, the enemies are getting stronger faster. In the end, the game just becomes unplayable. You can start a different run, but each one takes hours and never feels as if it has the freedom for you to make a build that would be strong enough to work.
An incredible game at the outset, but the more you play the more frustrating it slowly becomes. I'd give it 4 out of 5, as it's still got a lot more than you could get out of other games of this genre, but if you start feeling yourself getting bored or frustrating you might as well leave it there if you don't want to walk away feeling let down.
why don't you make it for devices??
fack it, can’t escape for ten?????
WTF the character feet.
Is there gonna be any updates soon?
i guess not
I was wondering What level on the assets i need to reach for the different sprites, like how for warrior gives; fat 4 gives one, muscle 4 gives one, fat 8 gives one, what other ones give different sprites
I'll keep this quick, the game is straight up fucking dead which sucks because the game has great art and had a decent story, what's worse is the shit mechanics
Enemies are so over-tuned that it is more RNG than it is an actual turn-based combat, bosses at the end of the game are complete and total b******* with no feasible way to level up, combat in itself is just boring as hell
Second biggest criticism is the straight up lack of erotica in any of the enemy scenes outside of consumption which I get the point of the game is to consume and vore is the main kink, but you're lucky to get maybe three or four scenes with actual characters that are no more than blowing and that's it
My recommendation is that you just straight up don't play this game it is unfair to a BS extent it is a waste of a player's time and while it had massive opportunities the developer himself has straight up just giving up on it
after spending hours, i literally died by having sex with the dragon(Ra'al) we had sex, i got poisoned and game over.
That perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with this game. Even during moments where you want to get your socks off, the game just tells you no and kicks you out. What a way to get the player invested in your erotic dark fantasy game.
I'm astonished that the developer has given up on this seemingly without a single word or announcement. Which is a shame, because the new project they are developing is more or less the same exact thing as this game, with the same kind of problems. Arguably, it's even worse, since it gets rid of the Demon Soul's/Berserk aesthetic and replaces it with a subpar outdoor realm dream nonsense reminiscent of something akin to Dawn of Corruption (But with little of what makes that game so engaging as far as growing a character from six foot to sixty and beyond). Did they just not learn at all? None of (Or perhaps a little bit) of the criticism given here was overly mean spirited or hateful, and yet they're just doing the same thing that caused many people to become frustrated with the gameplay.
It's like they're ripping up a piece of paper to shreds and trying to recreate the same exact thing with those same shreds of paper.
Will the game get updated here anymore? Is it getting updated on patreon still? That's my two questions to the creator. Thank you also for making this game and Path to Ascension. ^^
Been replaying it for fun lately but the skill tree is missing and cant seem to unlock the rampage mode on the warrior even tho ive hunted the required amounts of each of the targets.
This is a good game, but the content is a bit boring,if you want to fight, you can only click repeatedly in one place. Perhaps you can add some new content.
Its fun conceptually, but some decisions i just dont understand, once you reach level 13 you are not allowed to leave back to hte hidden prison again? Because im now a level 13 muscle warrior, stuck with the final enemies in the game which i have NO chance beating. I was hoping to maybe get better items, but that is not allowed I guess. So there goes all the time I invested in playing this game.
Combat balance is a bit too harsh, harsh in the way that even will all the luck on your side, some battles just CANNOT be won. Until that is fixed i wouldnt really recommend it.
Tried the other builds and man, the enemies really are all painfully overtuned.
The developer legit moved onto another project entirely because so many people kept saying the same thing about how the combat is repetitive, grindy, and very unforgiving, and I guess they've just shelved this one until further notice.
You know what's funny, though? The new project has the same exact problems as the old.
its not easy to break old habits...
So im playing a rouge at lv13 in the sinister range and I encountered a problem where I cannot go back to any other area besides the valley of death and I'm essentially stuck in the sinister range.
Not sure if this is intentional or a mistake with the code but I can't do anything else since I'm not a patron.
Is it shameless to ask for the patreon version? Only if you're not gonna keep updating this game.
The battles are not that bad at all if ya allocate stats good at the start along with not leveling up fast for a time (or times) and build up your inventory with equipment and items. I can level very fast since I know what to expect.
I hope a update for this game arrives soon since it's been a long time since I saw one. T3NS3N along with the rest who helping make this game...thank you all and please continue to do what y'all gotta do to get more of this game released.
Não tem como colocar no idioma em português não??
O jogo foi feito no Twine, dá pra usar o tradutor nele se você usar via arquivo ou pelo site.
as much as i want to enjoy this game, the battles are almost comically difficult. they need a SERIOUS nerf because the designs are hot but it's so hard to enjoy the scenes and overall game with such an unbalanced combat system. on top of this, if you lose, you start from the beginning which forces you to have to save before every expedition lest you die to a self healing mosquito and have to restart. 3/10 nice scenes but the gameplay is too difficult to enjoy hope to see some improvements soon ^^