Kings of Hell

So, funny thing about the Ars Goetia. Despite demons taking a variety of forms, from the masculine Belial, to the feminine Gremory, to the monstrous Asmodeus; they are all referred to as male. Anyways, what if they were all really gay? In case you were somehow unaware, despite it being PLENTY obvious, this is a game concerned with shameless male fanservice first and foremost. I think this is equality. If Dead or Alive was allowed to exist, this deserves to exist as well. However, it is also an incredibly focused game. It knows exactly what it wants to be: that stylish Gamecube beat-em-up you used to play with your friends, except with some absolutely luscious bulges thrown in for flavor. That multiplayer aspect is somewhat confounding to me, though; the game's clearly built with it in mind, but, like, it IS a game about a bunch of incredibly gifted and vaguely-furry-like demons. If you, reader, have friends that would be interested in playing this game with you; I only request that you cherish them like the year's last sunrise in Alaska. Sincerely, you will not find truer friends on this planet, and I hope you understand this. The overall gameplay is nothing especially noteworthy, but it's all done quite well. Like mentioned earlier, it's like that one really solid double-A brawler you played as a kid, but VERY grown-up. No surprises, but no disappointments, either. Varied level design, mechanical shake-ups, an enjoyably pulpy plot, the works. Enemies do tend to be rather tanky, though, which makes some fights drag on for a bit long. Full warning, though. Since you're obviously enough of a pervert to be considering the purchase of this game, it must be said that this game never really goes past the "ecchi" level. We're talking Panty and Stocking horny, here. The entire game's style is inherently horny, but it's restrained to the background. On one hand, it shows the developer's uncompromised vision to create Power Stone with more bulge, and the consistency of that vision is absolutely admirable. On the other hand, I wish Baphomet would ruin me. It's all about trade-offs, people.

I LOVE DEMONS AND BIG BUTTS

This Bara demon simulator came with a free cool 3D beat em up. Neat :)

I like everything about this game ... except for the fighting and the cinematics. The enemies are tanky while you take fairly decent hits to your health from just about anything. And something about the cutscenes doesn't exactly vibe with the pace of the game (non-stop action and button mashing.) I wish the hits of the players felt more impactful and less spammy. Also there's only two characters I like playing as from the already unlocked bunch. Mainly because they get me through the story on Limbo (Gremile's guns and Goat Guy's metal mario mode.) The art style, character design, and levels are great. But the gameplay makes it difficult to enjoy these aspects of the game. It's either annoying or frustrating. Game needs balancing or to be tweaked or made more methodical.

Aesthetically: Cool character designs and overall style. It's got a lot of great environments and effects too. Actual "gamey" games seem rare among those targeted towards the sexy men enjoyers, and despite the rest of my review, I really appreciate how unrestrained the game is in this respect. A+ there. If I had to list an aesthetic negative, then it would be how slow the cutscenes are paced. This game is presented as an arcade game, but I've never seen an arcade game with several minutes-long cutscenes between each sub-boss. They are skippable though. Gameplay: This game is probably good with friends, but I can only truthfully report on my own perspective; the single player combat is annoying. Enemies' feet are glued to the floor and they can not keep up with you if you decide to just avoid them. It's not that enemy movement is "slow", it's that they don't move or play intelligently. So if you don't commit to attacking enemies, it's very easy to stay alive a long time. There is no timer to threaten you with a time-out if you play lame. At least one playable character allows you to fly and never engage with many open area fights until you want to. Basic enemies are essentially just comboslop material. To counteract the simple AI, bosses and some mob enemies have armor. You may game over while learning boss patterns, but they stop being any challenge once you know their animations, since their attacks are usually very reactable. God forbid you try to eke out some extra damage before then though, or you'll be eating a hit and potentially game over, having to replay a long section to retry. The main combat gimmick is another thing dragging this down when playing solo. Your base damage to everything is very, very low. This is because you're supposed to build up a combo meter as you attack, then cash out with a grab, dealing a chunk of damage to a single target. Repeat until that enemy is dead, and repeat for every other enemy. This pressures you to keep up your offensive, otherwise your combo meter and potential damage will expire. Theoretically this is fun, but I find it tedious. I don't like needing to constantly attack an ARMORED boss just to not do ♥♥♥♥ damage when I finally open them up! I'll update this review if necessary as I play more and as the game updates.

Credit system is bad and should only be optional. It's artificial padding out your game length, as are the lengthy info dump scenes, much as I like the characters. I find the keyboard layout pretty clunky even on a controller I don't think pressing three action buttons at once is good design. There are allot of good basics here to build on hampered by, what look to me like prideful choices that make the game unenjoyable for me in it's current form.

One of the best and gayest games I've played in ages!

gremile's ass is too distracting. whenever it's on screen my ♥♥♥♥ gets so unbelievably hard that i can't focus on the game. strawberryoctopus productions please nerf the size of his butt, i want to be able to play the game with both hands again :(

game made me crank my hog so hard i passed out and woke up in neo sodom

it is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ peak haha I don't think there has ever been a game that just literally ticks all the boxes in my brain before. Artstyle. Characters. Men. Combos. Banging ass music. Of course, there are janks and kinks (of both kinds) due to early access, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is so good. I'm gonna do a deeper review at some point, but I just wanna get this out there as one more positive bump for this game because DUUUUUDE. gremile main i think