Pact of the Ancients - 3D Bara Survivors

As mentioned on my refund request, I appreciate the time and effort the devs put into this game, but it is not even remotely fun. I bought it, played for 20 mins and asked for my money back. I appreciate nice drawings, but these look like they were done in a hurry. For some reason I thought there will be animated bits too, but no. We need more sexy games out there and I am sure they will happen before I die, but Steam nowadays seems to be flooded with poor quality LGBTQ stuff. I go back to BG3 for now.

This might be the only time I’ve ever regretted supporting a small dev. I don’t know what happened here but it feels like someone had a gun to the back of a solo devs head and gave them two days to make a game. The modeling is awful, the gameplay *barely* functions, the regularity of major crash bugs screams in your face that they didn’t even test this game that they’re charging 4x anything else in the genre for. Not recommended *at all*, especially if you want to support beefy gay stuff— this is NOT what we want

Как игра это однозначно плохо, много багов, ждал эту игру с анонса, это точно не должно быть "релизом" выглядит как ранний доступ. Что касается порно контента его мало, качество сомнительное, лоу поли голые модельки..... стоны при получении урона имеют только один семпл. Это плохо и как игра и как сборник порно арто( очень разочаровался

While not quite what I was expecting regarding the automatic combat, I'm glad to see more representation in explicit mlm/bara games that aren't just visual novels. The grind (hehe) was a bit confusing at first but became much more enjoyable once I knew what I was doing. A great step forward for Male Doll and I'm looking forward to future content and titles from them!

I tried to like it, I really did. This game was originally something I was somewhat excited for as it was planned as a diablo style action rpg, but to see it become so much less than what was in the old test build is sad. It is now just a poorly made Vampire Survivor type game, and not worth purchase as it is. Graphics are lazy and runescape-esque, sound design is bland and forgettable, gameplay is slow and tedious without much difficulty to be found. What should have been a fun bara action rpg is now just a hastily thrown together project like something a first time wannabe game dev threw together for one of those 24-hour game dev contests.

[h1] Баги, лаги, фризы и это абсолютно нормально! [/h1] [code] Не было несчастья, но и счастья тоже нет… [/code] В далёком 2023 году вышла демо-версия данной игры и мне она понравилась. Через несколько месяцев, выпустив игру, разработчики получили себе за шиворот ушат помоев за то, что в игре было. А что же там было? [i]Во-первых[/i], большая стоимость для такой игры. Как по мне, то 590 рублей – это весьма прилично для инди-проекта, у которого много проблем. [i]Во-вторых[/i], стоило ли анонсировать за несколько месяцев игру, если было её непонятно о том, что могут возникнуть трудности при дальнейшей разработке? Я прекрасно понимаю, что от инди-разработчиков надо требовать меньше, это далеко не большая корпорация, которая разрабатывает «Cyberpunk 2077», но подстраховаться стоило бы. [i]В-третьих[/i], баги есть и временами довольно серьёзные, из-за которых невозможно завершить уровень. А иногда после смерти персонажа им можно управлять и кататься по локации, лол. [i]В-четвёртых[/i], у меня не проигрывается «киношка» у демона, хотя я её открывал. С другими персонажами таких проблем нет. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3441285686 Если поговорить о плюсах, то они есть и их нормальное количество. Ну, начнём заново… [i]Во-первых[/i], это оформление: красивые персонажи, галерея изображений, иконки с заклинаниями и всяческими способностями. [i]Во-вторых[/i], какой-никакой сюжет тоже имеется, хотя это рогалик и тут больше предыстория небольшая? Может, если бы разработка продолжалась и была бы нормальной, то сюжет расширили, потому что концовки как таковой нет. [i]В-третьих[/i], если бы всё работало нормально и не лагало, то это был бы достойный проект и для обычных игроков, которые не являются фанатами Male Doll. Типа, тут можно отрубить режим порнухи и всё, а точнее не скачивать дополнение с нею. [i]В-четвёртых[/i], персонажи, интересные заклинания и их изображение. Да, это не «Vampire Survivors», где куча персонажей, заклинаний, дополнений и всякого другого, но данная игра мне тоже импонирует. Вообще, очень обидно, что на неё подзабили, но тут уже висит Дамокловым мечом проблема в отсутствии финансирования. Всё как всегда! [i]В-пятых[/i], для особых ценителей помимо галереи открытый изображений, есть ещё и небольшие анимации с озвучкой! Для данного разработчика это что-то новенькое. Да, они немного топорные и слегка кривоватые, но перчинка присутствует. В некоторых сценах даже несколько перцев имеется. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3441285412 Вы спросите: «А почему игра в таком состоянии продолжает продаваться?» А я вам отвечу, что нашёлся человек, который попросил разработчика открыть продажи опять, потому что ему хочется опробовать данный продукт на вкус. В общем, в игру можно играть и нужно, но только если вы хотите поддержать данного разработчика, вам нравятся его игры, у вас есть мечта представить себя тестировщиком данного творения и вы готовы встретиться с багами лицом к лицу. А вообще, поддержка поддержкой, но если и покупать игру, то лучше со скидкой.

Game freezes whenever I get the first chest with the gladiator.

[quote]"Um joguinho gostoso (+18) para passar o tempo. Só fiquem atentos para baixar o pacote da DLC que adiciona conteúdos gratuitamente no jogo." [/quote]🌀 Jogabilidade O jogo segue a fórmula de sucesso do gênero [b]Bullet Heaven / Survivors-like[/b]. Trata-se de um roguelike de sobrevivência por tempo em uma arena onde hordas de criaturas te atacam sem parar. Ao subir de nível durante a partida, você escolhe habilidades ativas e passivas para montar sua build. Fora das partidas, há um sistema de upgrades permanentes no menu que ajuda muito a progredir. Tive alguns bugs pontuais, mas nada que estragasse a experiência geral. 😈 Enredo e Ambientação A narrativa fica em segundo plano, servindo apenas como pano de fundo para a ação. A premissa envolve mercenários musculosos explorando cenários perigosos e enfrentando monstros em busca de tesouros e riquezas. 🎨 Gráficos e Áudio O visual dos cenários é simples e traz uma perspectiva isométrica que lembra muito o clássico [b]Diablo[/b]. O grande destaque, claro, vai para as artes e os modelos dos personagens, que são muito bem feitos e beeeeem gostosos. Cada herói possui cenas animadas exclusivas. A trilha sonora cumpre bem o seu papel e é bastante agradável durante as partidas. [i]Apesar dos pequenos engasgos e bugs técnicos, o jogo cumpre perfeitamente o papel de entreter. Consegui me divertir muito e, no fim das contas, é isso o que realmente importa. Recomendo![/i]

Premise This review reflects my personal experience with the game. While I aim to write thoughtfully and as fairly as possible, my reviews are subjective in nature and should not be used as objective metrics to assess/critique a game. I also curate a steam group which focusses on reviewing BL/Bara/MxM VNs. Feel free to join if you would like to see more reviews! :) [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46061383-Gay-Games-Vault] Gay Games Vault[/url] [code] SECTION | SCORE --------------------|------- Writing & Story | ★★☆☆☆ Gameplay | ★★★☆☆ Representation | ★★☆☆☆ Art & Direction | ★★☆☆☆ Replayability | ★★★★☆ Recommendation | ★★★☆☆ [/code] Writing & Story — ★★☆☆☆ In Pact of the Ancients, you play as different heroes fighting through areas filled with corruption and throughout runs, you can unlock short scenes (usually once you reach level 30) that reveal more about the characters and their romantic relationships. I honestly liked the idea behind this. The unlockable scenes help give the roster a bit more personality and make progression feel more connected to the characters themselves rather than purely mechanical upgrades. That said, the storytelling remains fairly surface-level overall. Most scenes are very short and because the game moves so quickly back into combat, there is not enough time spent developing the characters or relationships in meaningful depth. Gameplay — ★★★☆☆ Pact of the Ancients - 3D Bara Survivors clearly takes heavy inspiration from Diablo-style action RPGs mixed with survivor mechanics. Moving around maps is your main task, while defeating enemy swarms with skills; this is underpinned by leveling up system, where you collect experience and level up skills repeatedly while waves become increasingly chaotic over time. The main difference is that most abilities activate automatically after cooldowns rather than being manually controlled. Because of that, the gameplay loop revolves more around positioning, survival and building stronger skill combinations than active combat execution. You spend most of your time quickly leveling abilities and deciding which upgrades synergise best together. Honestly, I do think the developers put genuine thought into the progression systems. There is a decent amount of skill variety, multiple unlockable characters and achievement-based progression that encourages replayability. Locking characters behind achievement goals was also a smart decision. For example, characters only unlock after leveling specific skills to Level 5, which took me a while to figure out myself after checking the achievements page (please check it, or you might make my same mistake!). At the same time, the game does start feeling repetitive fairly quickly. While the skill combinations are enjoyable initially, there is not enough enemy variety or evolving mechanics to keep long-term sessions consistently exciting. After a few runs, the gameplay loop begins feeling fairly predictable. There are also some technical issues that still need attention. I did not run into anything completely game-breaking most of the time, but bugs definitely exist. One particularly frustrating issue happened when leveling up at the same time as unlocking a heart chest scene, which caused the game to bug out and lose progress entirely. A bit more optimisation and stability work would help the overall experience significantly. Representation — ★★☆☆☆ The game obviously appeal to a specific target audience. Large bara character designs, explicit unlockable scenes, muscular protagonists and fanservice-focused presentation are all front and centre here. However, I do think the erotic side of the game feels underdeveloped compared to the gameplay systems themselves. To access explicit content, you also need to manually download an uncensored patch from the main store page, which some players may completely miss initially (just like I did, so please, download it before you start playing the game). The biggest issue for me personally is that the explicit content feels surprisingly limited once unlocked. The scenes are fairly short and the artwork itself does not feel especially polished or expressive. In a bara-focused game, character presentation is usually one of the biggest selling points, so the lack of stronger detail here stands out more than it normally would. The erotic presentation, unfortunately, feels comparatively lightweight in comparison to the gameplay system. Art & Direction — ★★☆☆☆ Visually, the game sits in a strange middle ground. The 3D presentation itself is functional enough and combat remains readable during larger enemy waves, which is important for this kind of game. Menus are also fairly straightforward and easy to navigate. But outside of that, the overall visual identity feels fairly basic. Character models and explicit scenes lack stronger detailing, while combat animations often feel stiff or unappealing. Considering the game is specifically marketing itself toward a bara audience, I expected significantly more effort put into the character presentation itself. The soundtrack also remains fairly forgettable overall. Nothing sounds bad, but very little stood out during longer sessions either. Replayability — ★★★★☆ In my opinion, this is where the game performs best. Unlocking new characters, leveling specific skills for achievements, testing different combinations and gradually expanding your available roster gives the game a much stronger replay loop than I originally expected. Even when the combat itself becomes repetitive, the progression systems keep giving players smaller objectives to chase. I especially appreciated how the achievements actually connect back into gameplay unlocks rather than existing purely as cosmetic completion goals. For players who enjoy incremental progression (similar to Hades but without losing so much), there is enough here to stay entertaining for a while. Do I recommend it? — ★★★☆☆ I ended up fairly mixed on this one. There are genuinely enjoyable ideas here, especially in the progression system, unlock requirements and replayability aspect. However, the game still feels fairly superficial in several areas. Combat becomes repetitive after a while, enemy encounters do not evolve enough mechanically and the erotic presentation lacks the level of detail or polish I would personally expect from a bara-focused title. Bugs and smaller optimisation issues also occasionally interrupt the flow of runs more than they should. That said, I do think there is potential here. If the developers continue expanding the systems, improving stability and adding more depth to both progression and character presentation, this could become a much stronger game over time. For now, I would mainly recommend it to players who already enjoy survivor-style progression games and are interested in the bara aesthetic alongside it. Just keep expectations realistic going in. Tags: Bara • Action RPG • Explicit • Indie • Achievements

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this game, it just does not run well. There are tons of bugs, glitches, and game breaking sections that completely lock or crash the game. It was fun in the beginning, but then it become pure frustration to just try and finish it.