The Ambassador's Coterie

[I] The Ambassador's Coterie [/i] is a visual novel I bought today during summer sale with 69% XD discount. I finished it in one go, I don't remember when was the last time I did that xD even with short stories. It's a really well-written BL story. Though one partner isn't actually human, having a bit dif anatomy with two hearts and no irises, surprisingly it didn't even look disturbing to me. It's been a while I read any gay smut and I didn't even realize before starting playing this game how much I missed that XD Thanks for the novel and this affordable price. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2825785433 As the story is short, there's not much here plot-wise but all those details mentioned about two peoples, Empire, possible war, religion...all that could be a nice setting for a more detailed continuation. It'd be happy to read that. I'm not that much into politics. Thanks real world for this aversion. So, I didn't expect much from these political mind games and at first I really felt some repulsion towards that calculated conversation with hidden meaning and subtexts, it was definitely witty but so tiresome. Just to imagine how carefully you must choose your every word. But on the other hand, in comparison, it again made me feel great appreciation of real friendship where you can express openly and frankly what's on your mind. That was a nice contrast. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2825785173 And then with the change of the flow of their conversation everything became so much more passionate, hot, sultry. Though, honestly, at first I kept laughing a lot. That constant comparison of intimacy and diplomacy was hilarious. I've read quite enough VNs with adult content, there're some devs specializing in yaoi smut and after a couple of similar stories, the narration seems too...boring, obvious. Welp, perhaps they can't be even blamed too much, what new can you invent to describe the same process XD But that's why when I still find well-written 18+ games, I deeply appreciate the effort. It turned out it's dev's first experience of writing such stories. Congratulations! That was well done! <3 Minor complaints: --What I mainly disliked in this game is that huge text box occupying the whole screen, it's not very nice to peep at the chars through that veil(( I don't understand why it was decided to make this way( --I get it that with this visual choice the story feels quite unique and atmospheric but I'd prefer more colors. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2825785739 --why voice settings if the story is not voiced? :( --not a fan of kinetic novels, I'd prefer choices, thooough I get it, that short story containing mainly one intimate scene, what choices I could possibly make ahaha but maybe in future projects I could hope. --some typos. So, if you are also into LGBTQ+ games, hentai, minimalism, master/slave, slight submission..., I definitely recommend to try it, esp during the current summer sale. [table] [tr] [th]More thoughts about the game in a [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/readingnook/discussions/0/3419936083031804874/] Reading Nook [/url][/th] [/tr] [/table]

[h1]«The Ambassador's Coterie»[/h1] [b][i]Кинетическая визуальная новелла с контентом 18+, повествующая об нетрадиционных отношениях между мужчинами. Ради сохранения мира дипломатические отношения двух представителей разных империй переходят из политической плоскости в интимную связь…[/i][/b] [code]Игра содержит наготу и откровенную сцену гей-секса. Если это противоречит вашим религиозным или моральным ценностям, советую воздержаться от комментариев и пройти мимо этой новеллы.[/code] Поскольку это кинетический роман, нам не дают выбора в диалогах, мы не можем влиять на развитие сюжета и отношения между героями. Мы лишь наблюдаем за интригами и разгорающейся страстью на фоне мира на грани войны. Сюжет на любителя, но арты у игры отличные + есть анимированные элементы + атмосферное музыкальное сопровождение. Озвучки и достижений нет. После прохождения разблокируются все картинки в галерее. Если этого не произошло, то перегрузите игру. [i] Обзор был написан для группы [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Obzzor4ik]Обзоры Онлайн[/url]. Почитать другие отзывы можете[url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28776273/] тут[/url].[/i]

(Note: When the CG Gallery fully unlocks in the end, I had to close the game and then open it. Otherwise they were all LOCKED. Not a problem... At all... Just in case you want to stare at the pretty pictures.) This was certainly an interesting game. I mean... It ends on a cliffhanger... But sometimes you gotta get a taste of something to enjoy the bigger outcome. For some reason I thought this game had both Russian and English languages... I don't need it, but it just felt that way? OH! And I like that there are so many options to re-size the windows! Those are always welcome! Music is nice... Artwork is great... I like the Gauss guy... The drawing of him I mean. Also liked the anatomy of Mr. I. Now I definitely want to know how big it can get... XD The story... It was very political and diplomatic. Here is what I got: two guys come and talk. It gets to the lewd scene very fast and I like that, as sometimes you really need for that to happen... Then a twist happens and we get some more of the story, before the cliffhanger. I do like the "alternative words" that were used for some things and that backside line? Love it. Not sure what else to say... Apart from me wondering what will happen next. And here I thought that intercourse is the solution to all problems in politics... Sigh. :3 Thank you for this interesting game and if you do plan on continuing it? I'll check it out! :D =) ;3

The game is indeed good. Hi heard people are refunding this, it's most likely they finished it under 2 hours and steam allows refunds without reasons. So I would suggest doing something like furry shades of gay by locking the story behind a bit of gameplay. It's painful to see short games having the refund issue. Found this by accident but would love another game/art by the author the art style is very unique and refreshing. Also the story...the writing the pacing i love it.

Przeczytanie historii (bo ciężko nazwać to grą) zajęło mi godzinę bo szybko czytam. Fabuła mnie zaciekawiła, a kreacja głównego bohatera była zaskakująco dobra. Strasznie mu kibicowałam i miałam nadzieję że wszystko skończy się dobrze. Gra ma słodko-gorzkie zakończenie i zostawia czytelnika w napięciu. Na szczęście pod koniec mamy info że kolejna część przygód naszej dwójki ma mieć kontynuację. Kibicuje zatem autorom by dali radę wydać kolejna grą.

Short and sweet. It was amusing to see the difference in social standing between the characters, and how they spoke to each other compared to their physical affections. The music is very emotionally powerful and makes up for the lack of color in the artwork. I'd love to see more.