As much as I like fast action firefights I also like stealth in my games. Unfortunately Trepang 2 doesn't do a good job at it. Weapons have suppressors but when hitting enemy to the head, first thing that happens is helmet to falling off... once that is done it's back to gun blazing. Gun lasers which will alert enemies, claustrophobic locations and A.I that will smoke you away from cover / stealth ( flares, grenades etc. ) makes stealth an afterthought or just a gunfight starter. However If I can only carry two guns, then I will only carry the most powerful / accurate ones. That means silenced pistols or smg's often don't get used. Luckily the game makes up for it with bullet time, cloaking ( if you plan to avoid some enemies for a brief moment to heal or reload... or just pass by to the next room ), flashy slide mechanic and funny ragdoll physics. Overall fun experience but the stealth and lack of manual aiming ( only hip fire crossair in 2023 lol ) takes this game a star lower. 4/5
It started off good ( wacky character creator and stats! You can make giants or tiny people with only luck stats :)) however 2-3 hours in and the game shows its ugly sides. - Gated quest. Players need to grind in order to progress some quests. I got 1-2 shotted by a "normal" enemy where as it takes many hits to kill said enemy. Yes I was lower level but the game didn't show me the "AREA LEVEL" before I have entered it resulting in a lot of trial and error. - Rather bland writing and "cutscenes" at times. - Clunky controls ( the amount of times I triggered traps by accident or got my whole party break the stealth because the characters won't try to hide by themselves.... is staggering ) Overall not a bad experience but honestly there are better tactical games out there ( gameplay wise ) than this one.
This game has plenty of H scenes, situations and characters to interact with. Some routes are harder to obtain than others but NEW GAME + carries over the progression so eventually players will be able to unlock everything. No stress. Definately one of my favorites ( mini games kinda suck tho... especially fishing. )
The main point of any adult game should be the "acts". Sadly Vigor stat in Succumate does not regenerate by sleeping. As to what is Vigor stat, it's a meter that allows for "acts" to occure and how long said "acts" can last. This creates a problem. In order to get the Vigor, one needs to buy the "potions" from a doctor. However that requires "currency", which can be earned by doing some minigames. Sadly minigames are dull and will take MAJORITY of the player's time. Sure there are some ways to increase the three gauges ( Sleep, Vigor and Hunger ) but like I've said before it requires currency and that requires doing boring mini games. There are some "side characters" available to play with but honestly, cutscenes are limited and add to that "vigor stat" problem and the pursue of such side quests is not worth the hassle. Main Story is the only motivation I had as "succubus" who lives with the MC, has a personality of a wooden plank. Luckily next game from Dojin Otome solves all of those problems. I would recommend picking Summer Memories over Succumate any day.
Just like in the title I was hoping this game would start without any DRM. I should have just bought it on Steam if I wanted a launcher. The game offers nice voice acting and generally enjoyable "Adult" sections but there are better games that offer more control over "speed, camera and positions"... Not bad but not good. Combat is... well it's an Adult game don't expect too much from it. Sadly it's turn based rather than action combat like in Mass Effect but it's no where near let's say XCOM series. I would probably wait until full release and removal of DRM from launching.
Soudtrack is great, gunplay and stealth is fun... but I wish there was more RPG, more in depth quests with gangs, interaction, police chases... it really underdelivers on many fronts but at the end of the day I do not regret buying it.
