
"Theory of Fear" is a visual novel combining “slice of life” and “dark fantasy” genres. In the daytime, the main heroine is an ordinary girl, a first-year university student, who does an evening job in a café. At night, in her dreams, she visits another world with extraordinary guys, who start pursuing her...
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Languages: English, Russian**languages with full audio support
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I can definitely see why people have mixed reviews on this game. This game is for people like me, who enjoy fantasizing about being raped/cut/mistreated. Each character has a "good" ending where they genuinely fall in love with the MC and a "bad" ending where they abuse her, sometimes until she kills herself (although there are no graphics of her killing herself, just text). This is erotic, but you will only see breasts. Even the descriptions of what the MC is experiencing are short and to the point. This work focuses more on the story, and it does tease and titilate, but doesn't do enough to really drive you sex crazy, which could be a good or bad thing depending on what you're looking for. I like it when a thing can be really sexy while still having a good plot, but artists always seem to either want to write a story or write porn, and don't like to mix the two. This one chose to lean towards story. I thought what this game did best was make it to where all the characters can simultaneously either fall in love with the MC or hate her and only use her for sex, and the logic behind both choices is believable for each character, especially once you read their motivations in the secret room.
The story on this game is kind of short, but it's definitely worth your time. The artwork is beautiful too. It gives the option to turn the sexual stuff off or on so if you don't like that kind of stuff- the story is still really good. There are a couple of forced acts in the game, however you need to keep in mind that you are dealing with demons.
Я буду честной, если все, что вы ищете, - это много секса и обнаженной натуры, независимо от предпосылки и интересных персонажей, то эта игра для вас. если хотите больше материалов для игр otome, таких как хорошая история с мрачным подтекстом и интригующими персонажами, мммм.... что ж, надеюсь в Steam появится немного хорошего dark otome. Теория страха - это, по сути, оправдание для того, чтобы нашу героиню использовали и оскорбляли до тех пор, пока она необъяснимым образом не влюбится в одного из 5 парней, а затем ее унесет в удивительную жизнь, полную неограниченного секса и чудес. Я понимаю, что это описание, вероятно, продаст игру некоторым людям, но для тех, кто ожидает большего от чтения визуальных новелл, особенно от персонажей с приятными характерами, вы захотите пройти мимо. Чтобы внести ясность, четверо из пяти парней насилуют Исанами против ее воли, трое из которых явно садисты; мы говорим о парнях, которым нравится наблюдать, как она страдает, напугана и умоляет сохранить ей жизнь. Одной из изюминок является полная русская озвучка, которая довольно хороша. Хотя некоторые персонажи временами кажутся немного монотонными, это никогда не было неприятным или режущим слух. Музыка, к сожалению, представляет собой легко забываемые мелодии без рояли.
Ok so like, I bought this cuz its rare to see porn games targeted towards women, and I wanted to try it out. This game is... bad? Its for a specific niche of people who want to live the fantasy of a group of dominant sexy dudes that are obsessed with them, which is completely fine if that's what you're looking for. But as a warning they LITERALLY kidnap, drug and rape her to show their "love". To me they come across as creepy bastards with no sense of boundaries. The pacing of the romance is pretty bad. The only route I liked was Sadao's, cuz considering how creepy everyone is in this game, he gave the heroine a lot of agency towards the end. Which didn't really make sense bc his character was introduced as being an ass? He literally grabs the MC and covers her mouth in an alley within a day or two of meeting her! And all of a sudden towards the end he's this intelligent, mysterious dude trying to help the MC? Weird. Moving on to the "erotica", The smexy scenes would've been better if it wasn't all, you know, straight up sexual harassment and even assault. I mean, the way Isanami gets treated in the bad ends is just... horrible. Also holding out hope that maybe? the glasses wearing dude is halfway decent, and perhaps Hideki. But yeah, personally, don't find rape and sexual harassment sexy. Plus, the rated R scenes are legit just the main character w her tits out. I mean, if this is a game whose targeted audience is women, it doesn't make sense for them to only showcase boobs? Wouldn't you showcase the dude more? Hmmmmm. I do have to admit though that the game does deliver on what its advertised as, and can definitely please girls that like cheap smut that crosses the line, so I can't say it was disingenuous in its presentation. Still can't recommend though.
So I wanted to like this one, it is unique story. However, this game seems like a Beta to me, it wasn't flushed out and the dialog seemed like it was a placeholder. I kept playing until completion because I had hoped that it would improve. I am not sure if something is lost in translation to English but the story is one level all the whole way through. The game drudges on until the happy endings when you finally get to see a more flushed out character.
I thought long and hard about whether I would recommend this game. I liked: - the beautiful art - the things found in the secret room - the interesting backstory - the inclusion of myths/mystical creatures/... - the way it messed with my mind in a complete new way - that characters were allowed to be at least partly evil - the what-the-heck effect some events caused in my mind - the sexy time with certain characters - *spoiler* What Sadao did with the spider. No idea whether that was intentional, but I found it sweet how it helped her if you choose the right things *spoiler* I disliked: - would have liked more one-on-one loving with specific characters - more time for romance to develope between certain characters, some apppeared rushed - consistency in certain characters - being completely honest here: I would have liked more actual sex scenes, though there were some real nice scenes in there Overall: As you see above the positive aspects outweight the negative. There is definitely room for improvement in character consistency, character development and romance building, but and this is a big BUT: I think it is a unique experience over all. Maybe you will like it, maybe not, but if you are made of sterner stuff then it is definitely worth a shot. By the way, I hope there will really be a Theory of Fear 2 that we can look forward too and that the developers took the comments to heart and use them to be even better. They certainly have great potential and I am eagerly awaiting their next game. :-)
гениально жду вторую часть
This game definitely isn't for everyone because it has some pretty intense and potentially triggering content. Honestly, it could use more explicit trigger warnings since there's a lot of non-consensual stuff going on. If you're into manga or webtoons with yandere male characters aimed at adult women, you might like this game. On the upside, the voice acting is top-notch, the CGs are beautifully drawn, and the story is really interesting, even if it's a bit short. The heroine is pretty strong-willed, though some of her choices, especially in the latter half of the game, are a bit baffling. It's one of the very few adult games aimed at women, and I really hope the developers release the second part on Steam soon.
I would give a 12/20. It’s my first game with audio in russian, quite nice. It can be sexy and frightening according to the sentence. Akira and Yuki have a very sexy voice, Tomayo not at all. To hear frightened in Russian is funny. The music of the menu is very good. It deals with demons who want a young girl. They each say to mistrust the others. Their evil attitude reminds me simply of bad boys abusing her. Their smushiness is not credible. I find Yuki shabby to erase her memories to get her to want him and Sadao for preventing her to [spoiler] leave the Midworld [/spoiler]. I felt oppressed by Sadao like he’s going to rape her in the backstreet. It’s hard for me to see the true intention of Tomayo cos we know [spoiler] the Midworld and demons exist [/spoiler]. I find Hideki to be the only one truly well-intentioned. His declaration is sincere as it’s not detailed. Akira is very sexy with his white hair and slender body but he’s meager. Scornful as he’s raping her several days. I’m surprised seeing him evil and self-willed. I didn’t see Isanami being able to [spoiler] kill the boys at the no ending and Tomayo raping her in her sleep at his bad ending [/spoiler] . My gruesome endings are Yuki's bad ending. So upsetting to read, good we had no pictures of the macabre scene. I wanted to – him against the wall. Hideki's bad ending is horrible, saying her talent was a lie. We understand some emotions if we know the backstory of the character. My favourite sex CG are alternate ending Sadao and Isanami and her lied on the floor legs apart. We learn about [spoiler] boys/ demons [/spoiler] true story in the secret rooms, it’s very interesting about demons’s lore.
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