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TITLE: Nightmare Knight: Sacred Maiden and Fallen Magic

RELEASED: Nov 1, 2024

GENRE: HORNY, Defiant, manipulation, noncon, NTR, RPG

Rain is a Holy Knight in service to the church of the holy demon, in the events of this story she travels to Hakudeti. She is ordered by her beloved boyfriend Jas, also the captain of the holy knights, to investigate the rise in sex crimes caused by sorcerous activities in her first solo mission. The story writing is very fun!

This game has some creative mechanics and fresh music, a lotta combat encounters are engaging even if experience can trivialize them later. Lusty scenes require levels in specific acts and there are many scenes that focus mostly on manipulation and coercion under enchanted horniness and dubious/no consent, sometimes for both parties. Masc attracted manipulation fans will love this game.

🥵 Great!

*soundtrack for non horny content*

*manipulation scenes are so fucked and hot*

*Jas! also how into him Rain is*

❌Ick

*a certain kidnapping scene with a friend of Rain's crossed a line for me*

*some of the non-consensual actions make the "needs" of the masc characters unrelatable even though theyre also being non-consensually influenced*

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TITLE: Ys X Nordics

RELEASED: Oct 25, 2024 (PC)

GENRE: Youth, Traveling, Hopeful, 3D action adventure, Sailing

This is the latest release in the Ys series of RPG's and it was my first time playing any in the series. I was really enthusiastic from what i'd heard before, and playing through this game was a joy! The game centers around two protagonists, Adol, a traveler and beloved previous protaganist of Ys 8. And Karja, a young Norman femme who is a sea captain and warrior in the Balta Sea force.

The game is full of lush sailing and sea battles brought to life by a growing ensemble cast of independant young people.

The open ended exploration is all anchored by a steady and thrilling main story with surprises and memorable zones. The action is pretty great and in involves switching between either character and blocking hits to build a power modifier for dual attacks, where both characters attack together. It starts simple but it can be difficult at times, the stronger items you get from exploring frequently help take the edge off.

Anyone who loves hopeful, optimistic and inspiring RPGs should check this out! This is definitely one of the high budget hits of the year.

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TITLE: Sorry We're Closed

RELEASED: Nov 14, 2024

GENRE: Survival, Breakups and Romance, moving on.

This iconic retro aesthetic survival horror game is a must play, a queer highlight of the year. Highly recommended for anyone going through a breakup or contemplating love.

The characters, writing and music are all phenomenal and stylish. The gameplay is challenging and active. Support these devs and check out this game!

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TITLE: Night Stones

RELEASED: Nov 11, 2024

GENRE: Peaceful, traveling, puzzles

A short and bright game about traveling thru a dream and finding your way home. The gameplay is simple and polished and you are mostly left free to wander, there are some battles and by solving environmental puzzles you can defeat them safely. This has an upbeat and appealing artstyle with charming writing and character customization incl a choice of binary pronouns. A highlight is the indirect writing style that allows you to solve many puzzles contextually, and without a map you can find your way without pressure.

I would recommend this game for anyone looking for a relaxing game to poke around in.

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TITLE: Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

RELEASED: Jul 17, 2024

GENRE: Metroidvania, Traveling, aerial action

This game is short and breezy, the art is hand drawn and captivating! A lot of the tough encounters encourage you to focus on staying airborne and there are many options to launch yourself into the air and stay flying! Even the level design encourages lengthy and creative aerial platforming, and there are challenging platforming sections that keep a fun difficulty. The sound design is lush and the characters are fun!

I would recommend this game to anyone who likes metroidvania games and would like to experience some rare satisfying air battling.

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TITLE: "虚构未来（Imaginary future)"

RELEASED: jan 25 2024

GENRE: Turn based RPG, Mystery, Occult, F/F, anti fascist.

Play as Gu Shuoyue, former leader of the defeated black shadows gang. Forced to work as a cop, her handler's cases take her to the heart of a cult conspiracy to destroy her hometown of Serbia. Great small stories and fun femme cast, story focused long game with F/F scenes! Detailed RPG maker game with a day system, I highly recommend this story!

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TITLE: "Penny's Big Breakaway"

RELEASED: "Feb 21, 2024"

GENRE: 3D Platforner, speed running, Anti-Fascist, hopeful!

Roll swing and dance as Penny and yoyo in this slick and satisfying 3D platformer!! Together perform mutual aid as you outrun penguin cops, make lasting friends and reknit the fabric of community as they return for their star studded debuts! The soundtrack is fantastic and the levels are creative, a must play title for any genre fans or speed nerds. The story is simple and touching and the conclusion was hopeful in a way that made me happy

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TITLE: "Death of a Wish"

RELEASED: "Mar 11, 2024"

GENRE: Action RPG, Brawler, Anti-Fascist

Christian embarks on a quest for vengeance as he rips and tears thru nightmares and the NEO-SANCTUM to crush their power and snuff out their organization. Team up with old friends and rebel groups to crush their sick fantasy and rise up against fascist theocratic atrocity.

The gameplay is slick and stylish and tho the visuals made me seize (until they didn't???) they are extremely unique! i really recommend this to anyone seeking vengeance or catharsis, especially for its discussion of solo vengeance!

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TITLE: "Mary Skelter Finale"

RELEASED: Sep 12, 2023

GENRE: Dungeon Crawler, Visual Novel Turn Based RPG

The finale in the mary skelter series of 3d dungeon crawler RPGs! You could easily play this after "Mary Skelter 2" because the timelines of 1+2 merge for 3 and the backstory of 1 is well summarized. The opening has the blood maidens face to face with some intense violence so it might be hard to play this first. An ensemble cast of Blood maidens fighting to escape a warped earth where living jails consume and twist human lives. Marchens roam the dungeons and powerful nightmares stalk the halls but at the end of this finale the cast finally reaches out to live their freedom from jail once and for all. Its a satisfying end to a great series but a long long game.

🩸💉Upsides

Great systems, upsetting environments

Varied-ish Cast of Neurodivergent femmes

Sapphic content (f/f couple in main cast, central to second games story)

🔪🔥Downsides

Huge dungeons, 3 party split means 3x size

Ableism issues, tw: Hameln's speech is mocked even more than 2. The happily ever after ending cures everyone of their blood libido "neurodivergence"

Mascs are still technically the main characters in two parties so the bechdel test ratio gets way rougher than 2.

Why play?

Hack and slash and power creep your way through difficult encounters with compelling mechanics, unforgettable locations, enemies and conflicts! If you like fairy tales the aesthetic will resonate with you!

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TITLE: "Mylene and the Lust Temple"

RELEASED: Feb 1, 2024

GENRE: non-con eroge

Strange and fun short non-con game!

Mylene is a low power, low confidence magician who learns hidden magick to drain magical power from sexual desire. She uses this gift to travel to a sealed nearby temple and find a cure for her daddy's terminal ilness.

Battles are bonking into others, it costs mp, but there is no turn based system. There's optional requests with the magician's guild and some optional scenes along the way!

I had fun, i'd definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys f/m non-con games!

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TITLE: "Slave Princess Finne, why did she sell out her own kingdom?"

RELEASED: Oct 13, 2023

GENRE: Eroge, Turn Based RPG

Strange and compelling eroge about a world where humans won a wish granting contest with the godess. They chose to be above everyone else and enslave elves. Finne is a half elf who can switch back and forth from human to elf as she chooses. Adopted by the human royals she becomes their representative, while secretly acting as the elf queens champion. The game is a quick romp & stomp thru dungeons with side quests and some optional content. The main story a touching slow build, and I really liked Liss the demon paragon.

The Ero content is f/m, mean non-con with a misogynistic gross out flavor. Theres also a lot of fantasy race play, heavy intox scenes, and multiple slavery ends.

❌T/W & potential deal breakers❌

⛓️Heavy over 18 Loli content🚨, Finne's human form is labeled "human(loli)" and treated as such and if you choose not to rescue Liss there's scenes with her too.

🤢 Smegma/grossout 🧼

Rough anatomy descriptions

Terrible depiction of sex work

💊rude depictions of drug use & addiction

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TITLE: "Crystal Story Dawn of Dusk"

RELEASED: Jan 12, 2024

GENRE: Adventure, Turn/Action based rpg

I liked the title, and the art & imagery was thin. The gameplay is okay, and the story is short and sweet! You could play thru most or all of this game in one session and as an undertale-like it's fun! I liked how the turn based boss battles draw a window with the typical action gameplay for dodging and charging moves. Apparently this is part of an upcoming series so its more of a taste of whats to come. If u like weird rpg's its a great one-shot.

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TITLE: "TEVI"

RELEASED: Nov 29, 2023

GENRE: Battle Platformer, Backtracking, Bullet ocean.

Hot new release from CreSpirit, devs of previous snake x bullet ocean rec "Last Command", and action platformer "Rabi-Ribi". This Battle platformer blends bullet ocean mechanics into boss and enemy encounters to create a ranged/melee system that feels gripping and definitive. Abundant Sigils (costing build defining EP) and super diverse combo options make the systems feel super exciting. The movement and patterns in all encounters feel great, and the story is unmissable. This game stands among all time greats as a true pleasure for metroidvania fans. The character designs are diverse and stylish and theres touching and heartfelt LGBTQ+ representation!

I give this my full, sincere, recommendation as an all time hit!

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TITLE: "Eris Dysnomia"

RELEASED: Aug 18, 2023

GENRE: Eroge, beat-em up

Fun Horny beat em up with some repeating scenes, theyre mostly f/m with two f/f scenes at the end. It was difficult to avoid non-con grabs (more so with optional abilities) so i liked that you're able to be fully resistant and still experience the ero scenes. There are many skills you can develop with changing names based on xp levels but the title names can be a bit degrading (enjoyable?!). Big rec as a simple game with flashy combos and strong systems.

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TITLE: "Cookie Cutter"

RELEASED: "Dec 14, 2023"

GENRE: Metroidvania, 2D Brawler, Revenge

Play as Cherry, an amnesiac android & cut a path to her kidnapped creator. In this world humans have their souls extracted and placed within immortal android bodies to perform endless labor for Infonet, their capitalistic overlords. The gameplay is weighty and dodging or combos are key to surviving fights with many opponents. The weapons and finishers are creative and very fun, so are the void powers and build options! All the zones feel very distinctive and are fairly large. The boss encounters are fun and varied!

Overall the story was pretty compelling and the characters were appealing. I',d strongly recommend this game to any metroidvania fans!

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TITLE: "Scarlet Maiden"

RELEASED: Sep 15, 2023

GENRE: Roguelike, Eroge, action

"Scarlet Maiden" is a gameplay heavy, eroge roguelike with a high variety of shorter scenes and mostly f/x content. Nearly all the scenes are penetrative, but there is a lot of f/f scenes and good genital variety. The scenes are goofy and gameplay affecting, granting items and power boosts to the polished gameplay. The Sin you collect in the underworld can be handed over for permeant boosts, and you get lots each run.

Negatives:

There aren't any trans-masc characters, and nearly all bodies have pale skin, or are enemies with fantasy skin tones.

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Title: "Baldur's Gate 3"

Released: Aug 3, 2023

Genre: RPG, turn based strategy

Well known and well loved, "Baldur's Gate 3" has already been played by many RPG genre fans. Anyone who likes Larian's "Divinity Original Sin 2" will recognize the similar gameplay, otherwise it can be a little difficult to pick up. The systems and wandering are wrapped in Dungeons & Dragons lore and drenched in production value. Most dialogue is voiced, and the set dressing is very detailed. The character building and roleplay options are robust and kind of linear. If you aren't into mind flayers the plot focus can be a turn off. There are some truly great dialogue lines, scenarios, stories and encounters to be seen. However there are major flaws.

The world has LGBTQ+ people, scenes and characters are central to the plot even if they can be missed. There is the option to select pronouns independent of the player's body (she/her, he/his and they/them). There is one trans character very hidden away near the end of act 3. There are few fat characters anywhere, and the character customization does not let you create a fat character.

Another Owlbear in the room is the near abscence of characters with darker skin tones in the main cast, APID people are non existent in faerun. The world is slightly better with non-white characters playing major roles in many quests throughout the game. However many characters with darker skin tones (Minthara, Mizora and Wulbren) are fantasy races and played by white VAs.

There is also whorephobia, a SW can be found as a missing murder victim chained under a bed, when informed of her killing the brothel owner treats her as disposable. As an ex sw'er I found it painful.

It is long, those flaws might not even be noticable to some. But it remains very missable. The time commitment can be a big ask and the pacing drags in the 2nd and third act.The plot is mostly anti-fascist.🤷‍♀️