[b]TL;DR[/b]
It's ironic that the game about playtesting someone else's game has a deeply clear lack of playtesting on the part of the developer.
+ Mobile Phone UI is interesting and has a lot of potential
+ UI functions well, I enjoy being able to submit messages even if I can't control the content of it
- Dialogue is rough and unnatural
- Game has been unable to be completed on two separate occasions
- Gameplay-related bugs make a basic game frustrating
- Lewds feel disjointed from the gameplay, like a side piece instead of the attraction
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[h1]--- Overview ---[/h1]
You play as someone playtesting a mobile game for your friend Yu, who has skillfully employed your labor with the exchange of not monetary rewards, but lewd rewards.
[h1]--- First Impressions ---[/h1]
The phone UI is really interesting and I think a lot can be done with this. This idea offers a lot in terms of experimentation and usability with the player that I think is decently explored but could go a lot further. Accessing options through this way and being able to access the Twitter of the developer is a great implementation of this idea, it's very cheeky and while I don't think it was done to its fullest potential, it is still very pleasing to interact with.
[h1]--- Character Design ---[/h1]
Yu Nakama is decently cute in her first appearance but the model feels off, particularly when it comes to her breasts and her hair. Her hair looks like it's a Lego hair piece while her breasts feel too ill-proportional to her body.
Personality-wise, she's a genius. Literally convincing you to playtest her game in exchange for nudes. I am curious how she always knows how many levels you've played though...
[h1]--- The LEWDS ---[/h1]
For your efforts, you (might) get 10 to 12 lewd pictures, each being naughty selfies from Yu Nakama in a very sultry fashion. Whether it be cleavage pictures or underwear shots, Yu eventually will give up the goods and show her body to you as you playtest her game. To my knowledge, there are no actual self-pleasure acts, but from what I was able to unlock, the game provided full nudity.
The quality is... fine? I doubt you'll get off to Yu, the models are a little clunky and the body proportions are a little too top-heavy for her body type in my opinion. I found the first couple of lewds to be tasteful but then I felt the quality drop off.
[h1]--- Gameplay Overview ---[/h1]
Using your cannon, launch your balls at various objects to eliminate all the foxes while achieving a minimum score. Various other animal heads will be present, with more being added as you continue. None of these additional targets are necessary to hit, but some will increase your score while others will send out additional balls at (theoretically) no extra cost to you.
I did have several issues while I was playing, however. I found that the phone mechanic worked very well and I enjoyed the chat segments between yourself and Yu aside from the lack of proper grammar and unnatural interactions. However, the actual gameplay segments suffer many issues that are quite ironic given that the game where you're playtesting someone else's game, clearly isn't playtested itself.
From the game no longer working to being actually unable to complete the game on two separate occasions, the gameplay is just flooded with so many issues. Occasions where I'd have to restart the game in order to progress or go to the main menu to refresh a level to keep trying or just randomly failing/succeeding at levels without achieving the goal, it's so difficult to recommend the gameplay as it just isn't functioning. That being said, even if it did function, it feels so irrelevant to the core of what the lewd content is involved in that it feels like the lewd content was tacked on at the end.
I did reach out and make a community post regarding the inability to progress passed Level 17 due to a game-breaking bug in order to give them the chance to iron out any kinks. That being said, I was presented with a similar issue after the fix with Level 30 randomly failing every single time I'd try it and making it impossible to complete the final level. While I am sure this will be fixed, I need to make the assertion that the game has not been playtested, which is completely ironic given the subject matter of the game.
[h1]--- Issues / Bugs ---[/h1]
· Following texts from Yu, most of the time I was unable to continue playing the game until I restarted the game
· Failed Level 28 even though I still had balls remaining (I suspect the multi-ball animal is what causes this issue)
· Finished Level 29 without getting all foxes
· Cannot complete the game due to Level 30 automatically failing after a few shots no matter what
[h1]--- Recommendations ---[/h1]
· Despite being a lewd game, the gameplay portion is lacking in any lewd elements. I'd recommend making the entire game more on-theme with the content being advertised for sale
· The game is riddled not only with bugs but with gamebreaking ones and needs to be playtested by the creators before having been released to iron out these inevitable issues
· The phone UI is great! Do more with this and expand on this interface in the future, maybe even make a game about just going through the phone UI and exploring sites with detective-style lewd puzzles! That'd be amazing!
[h1]--- Final Thoughts ---[/h1]
Full of potential, the fact that I cannot complete the game even after fixing a completely separate game-breaking bug leaves a sour taste in my mouth. The gameplay on its own is basic and the lewds feel so separate from the gameplay that I can't even think of them as being part of the same product. It's a decent step but pretty surface-level. In the future, I'd love to see a more in-depth look as to what the developer can really pull off as a product, and with some playtesting too.
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