[h1]QUICK FACTS[/h1]
Type: H-RPG
Developer: Kujirabo
Publisher: Otaku Plan
Price: €14,99
Est. playtime: 4-6 hours
Censorship: yes (patch available at publisher’s website)
[h1]THE GAME[/h1]
[b]MECHANICS[/b]
Ark of Artemis (AoA) offers straightforward RPG Maker gameplay, with a few twists. The basic mechanics are all there: you control a MC, guiding her through cities where she can interact with NPC’s, or exploring dungeons where she can fight monsters. The latter is either done by turn-based combat, or, once the level difference is high enough, simply by running into them.
As usual, your MC has a number of sex-based stats in addition to her regular stats. Unlike most other games though, having a lot of sex in AoA makes the game more difficult. If you go down that road, you’ll gain a number of negative traits that will lower your stats, increase the chance of missing a turn, and so on. This can make combat an actual challenge.
In every dungeon, there also several traps to avoid. If you don’t, you’ll be drawn into turn-based combat, where you start out in a restrained position. These can be tricky to get out of, particularly if you have accumulated too many sexual traits.
Controls: keyboard and mouse
[b]STORY[/b]
You play as Claudia, an young and shy magician. Prior to the cataclysmic Heaven and Earth disaster, you served with your friends in the Black Fang adventuring guild. After the distaster, that saw the empire being invaded by aggressive angels, your guild was disbanded. Now, you’re fighting angels all over the world with your friends, in the hope of reclaiming a safe place to live.
The main story is mostly linear, but there are quite a few optional events discover and engage in. The game also features a number of different endings, based on your sexual experience and choices you make during the game. The overall vibe of the game is that of an uphill battle; Claudia faces increasingly strong resistance on her journey. But if she persists, [spoiler]friendship will prevail in the end.[/spoiler].
[b]QUALITY[/b]
As soon as you launch the game, you’ll notice that AoA has a high production value for an RPG Maker game. Music, artwork, level design, menu’s, voice acting are all considerably better than average. The story is also quite elaborate (if a bit convoluted), and has enough meat to it to carry the game by itself.
All of the above give the game a pleasantly distinctive flavor, that sets it apart from most other RPG Maker games. The only major drawback I encountered was during combat: once you rack up a few negative traits and a high estrus value, you can get trapped into looping animations that take quite long – literally minutes - to finish.
[h1]THE GOODS[/h1]
[b]SUBJECT[/b]
All lewd scenes features Claudia having sexual encounters with various monsters and NPC’s (male, female and futa). These encounters are mostly forced upon her, with her response varying based on her lust value (the higher it is, the more she enjoys it). Worth noting is that Claudia has two different physical forms: her usual (petite) shape and a magically empowered combat (buxom) shape. Each of these shapes occurs in a number of scenes.
You’ll run into most of the usual kinks/tropes in the genre, with bondage / restraints playing a relatively big part.
Keywords: [spoiler]bondage, big breasts, devices, fluids, forced, group, futa, humiliation, lactation, lesbian, monster, pregnancy, public, solo, straight, tentacles, urination[/spoiler]
[b]CONTENT[/b]
41 CG-based scenes, 15 combat encounters (where you have to escape restraints in time or suffer/enjoy the consequences) and 7 mini animations.
[b]ACCESS[/b]
You encounter lewd scenes either by losing in combat (or taking too long to win) or interacting with NPC’s. The latter is partly dependent on your lust value; some scenes won’t be available if it’s too low. Not all scenes are easy to find, and some require specific circumstances to trigger.
After you’ve completed the game, you are teleported to a recollection room. Here you can revisit previous scenes and encounters as well as reset all sexual values (including removing negative traits). You also have the option to unlock, and watch, any scenes you might have missed.
[b]QUALITY[/b]
The quality of the lewd is very good; well-drawn CG’s, a good amount of it and plenty of variation, too.
[h1]VERRO’S VERDICT[/h1]
Ark of Artemis is an H-RPG that’s well worth playing. It has a distinctive look and feel, a bit of a gameplay challenge, and outperforms many other games in the genre. The playing time is on the short side, especially when compared to the scope of the story. It can feel a bit weird to finish a grand tale involving a worldwide war between angels and humans within a couple of hours. However, the production quality of the game makes up for that. If you fancy this type of entertainment, do try it out.
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