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• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2022

  ⠘⡀⠀Yes, I play NSFW games ⠀⠀⠀⠑⡀ on my main account, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠢⢄⠀⠀ so what?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠤⠄⠒⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣀⠄⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢏⣴⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣾⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⡴⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⢴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣁⡀⠀⠀⢰⢠⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣴⣶⣿⡄⣿ ⣿⡋⠀⠀⠀⠎⢸⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠗⢘⣿⣟⠛⠿⣼ ⣿⣿⠋⢀⡌⢰⣿⡿⢿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣧⢀⣼ ⣿⣿⣷⢻⠄⠘⠛⠋⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣧⠈⠉⠙⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣧⠀⠈⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢃⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⠀⠴⢗⣠⣤⣴⡶⠶⠖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡸⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡀⢠⣾⣿⠏⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠉⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣧⠈⢹⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠈⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠁⠀⠀⠹⣿⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀⢻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠈⣿⣿⡿⠉⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉ ⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⡴⣸⣿⣇⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡿⠄⠙⠛⠀⣀⣠⣤⣤⠄
• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2022

  [h1]Before playing, apply the uncensoring patch.[/h1] [i]At time of writing, the free official patch can be found on the Kagura Game website. If need additional help, check the game's steam community-hub/discussion-threads.[/i] [b][u]Game Is:[/u][/b] Ero visual-novel RPG with a focus on time-management. [hr][/hr] [b][u]Positive/Negative Thoughts[/u][/b] + The character art looks extremely good and the H-scenes are very enjoyable. +/- The combat is really bland but it does have an H-grapple system which while pretty simple has some very nice CGs that help spice the whole thing up. +/- The game revolves around a calendar-deadline system where you must decide what activities to spend your days on. Some of the requirements for a deadline can be kinda vague but luckily the game gives you a chance to rewind if you fail. +/- The dungeon-crawling/adventuring is pretty simplistic, you have to manage your resources as you trek through a series of randomly generated events. It isn't really all that much but it does the job. [hr][/hr] [b][u]In Summary:[/u][/b] The game is pretty small in scope, being an RPG conveyed purely in visual-novel form but it tries to make the most out of it's content. The combat and dungeon-crawling really aren't that much to write home about but the art for the heroine and the H-content is really well made and makes the game worth your consideration. [b][u]Tip:[/u][/b] Press F4 to toggle fullscreen.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2022

  I... Expected more. But also deep down, I knew better. At least it's a little different I guess? I guess it's nice that they used a listed menu for interactions and moving around town instead of having your character sprite run around, so you can skip all the venturing aimlessly and get right down to the game. Which.... I had no idea what I was doing throughout the majority of it. I skipped 99% of the dialogue as if every second I was not in combat was an unbearable waste of my life. They do have a quest log, though it's often so vague it's not helpful, so it was just a matter of beating up bums and collecting money, then waiting it out. Without patch, combat is meh.... you have like 6 attacks that use MP (which is often a sparse resource), or you just swing your weapon around. Everything is done in a quest you pick out, where you exit the town and hit the RNG button to find out what (mis)fortune you land on, be it enemy or item, until you reach the target value and complete the quest. With patch, combat is meh. Same as before, but you lose your cape(?) and are just left with an apron(?) when enemies damage you? Oddest exhibitionism twist I've seen. And they also play with your lady bits here and there, or just full on bind you and have their way if your durability is 0. But there's 3 core enemies: humanoid, tentacles, and slimes. Which means... there's only really 3 kinds of binds, and then there's a couple more in special quests where they puff up your milkers like they're inflating a kiddy pool. So you very often see the same thing, over and over and over. There's also pregnancy for kink reasons I guess? Figured I should add that. The artwork is great. Though it does get into the habit of looping a lot, and there's not a lot of different scenarios, I still think it's well done. They only cover the main character though, and 1 shot of some extra NPC you don't even interact with for plot reasons. It's pretty much all just kink related, not many normal scenarios at all, but it's like the discount kink bin stuff, nothing way out there, just the usual fantasy stuff: slime/tenta/gangbang/spine-breaking-milkers/etc. General assessment: Short, not a lot of content, but decent quality stuff if you can stomach constant overuse of the same scenes. Doesn't match the price to content in my opinion, but not horribly far off. I'd recommend it on sale only if you are reeeeally interested in the above mentioned scenarios (or just the MC design), otherwise it'll probably be a downer.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2022

  Great game. Don't forget to patch: https://www.kaguragames.com/product/serafina-and-the-key-to-the-egg-patch/
• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2022

  [h1][b][u]Serafina and the Key to the Egg-cellent H RPG[/u][/b][/h1] Did that pun make you groan? I'm sure it did. Well, even if it didn't, let me start by saying that i've purchased this game years ago, as well as most of Hasoyua's other works on DLsite, and double-dipped here on Steam. Before we begin the review, know that I [b]wholeheartedly recommend this game[/b]. Do you even need to read the rest of the review after i've said that? Probably not, but think of it as a TL:DR. As some or many of you may know, my reviews on H games tend to be incredibly scathing-- ranging from "HARD PASS" to "It's pretty bad, don't bother", so if you recognize my username, you can be surprised at my recommendation. ... Anyway, let's begin the review! [h1][b][u]THE STORY[/u][/b][/h1] Serafina and the Key to the Egg takes place in a fantasy world, where the protagonist, Serafina(whom you can rename), is a True Maiden, whose task is to find the Key to the Egg, which was stolen from her village. The Key to the Egg is used to unseal the Demon Lord Ires, and it must be retrieved at all costs Upon hearing news about a major commerce hub auctioning off the key, Serafina sets out, with an invitation/visa to stay in the city sent by her friend/rival, Ange, who also seeks to gain the Key to the Egg. The goal of the game is to extend your Visa's duration long enough to participate in the auction, which is 80 days away, then purchase it. Pretty simple story, and definitely quite a bit different from the usual. It kind of reminds me of Kino's Journey, just... with a different, clear goal, and smut. Parts of the story are also linked to previous Hasoyua games as well, and if you've played them, you will quickly understand the correlation and references throughout the story. [h1][b][u]THE GAMEPLAY[/u][/b][/h1] The gameplay loop is pretty simple. Typically, an average "day" in-game is comprised of: 1- Checking the Government Office, Slums Tavern and selecting a quest 1a- Working at the Town/Slums/Inner District Tavern, Church, or Arena in the Slums 1b- Talk to townspeople(once for 90% of NPCs, the rest require 2-3 times) 3- Buying any gear or supplies you might need 4- Exiting the town/slums/inner district and embarking on the quest. Once you embark on a quest, you simply need to hit "Proceed". The game will randomly generate an event from a pool of events, such as taking a break, finding an item, encountering an enemy, and other such things. Make sure to spend at least 60% of the days alloted to you doing quests, or beat the excrement out of all the Top Fighters in the arena to get to the key point in the game. Now, i'm not sure what the game is like without the H Content, but progressing through quests and encountering monsters means fighting, and fighting means Serafina's clothes can get torn. Serafina can also get "handled", if you know what I mean, then ultimately captured and "taken care of". Sometimes, upon capture, she might even be dragged into a Den that she needs to escape from, in a similar style to normally progressing quests. If you get captured, it takes away from the deadline of visa extension, so take extra care not to get caught and linger too much... should you fail to extend the visa deadline, you will be thrown out of the city, sent to the slums. Should the worst case happen, Serafina would be reduced to having to rely on more... underhanded means to achieve her goal. There are also two clear endings, and a hard mode clear ending, but i'll let you play through to read about it. [h1][b][u]THE GRAPHICS/VISUALS[/u][/b][/h1] Aside from Serafina and a few other characters, the rest of the game is comprised of stock assets from RPGmaker's store, such as item icons, text windows, backgrounds, etc. Unnecessary characters are all just shadows. How much more unnecessary can they get? Not much to say here except that Hasoyua's artist, Senra, has improved when it comes to the characters. [h1][b][u]THE SOUND/MUSIC[/u][/b][/h1] The music for Serafina is actually pretty unique-- at least, I haven't heard some of the tracks from other H RPGs made using RPG Maker VX ACE, or MV, or any other common RPG creation tool. The sound effects range from uncommon sounds you might hear in some RPGmaker games, to common assets you'll regularly hear. Nothing too striking about this section. [h1][b][u]THE H CONTENT[/u][/b][/h1] It's starting to get old writing this every time, but this is probably why most of you are here reading this, right? Let me start by saying that Senrabanshou's art has significantly improved compared to the older titles such as Lisette's Assassin Maid(The Power to Manipulate Demons, in JP), Seed of Evil, etc. Serafina still has the same-face issue, but the body isn't cut-and-paste from the previous protagonists-- as she clearly has more pronounced curves and larger breasts. The H content mostly revolves around being "roughly handled" by either bandits or tentacles, either in battle, or on defeat. The game heavily features corruption as well, which is fantastic if you're into that. Certain mid to late-game H Events can lead to costume changes, such as being forced to wear little to nothing, giving Serafina humongous dobonhonkeroos, or having her put into a living tentacle outfit, which, incidentally, all affect Serafina's standing pose in town and in battle-- the oversized bonhonagahoogs also reducing her speed by 40. [list]Anyway, If you're into: [*][spoiler]Tentacles[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]Non-consensual[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]Clothing Damage[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]In-combat non-conensual[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]Foreplay(oral, paizuri, etc.)[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]Hardcore(DP, Bukkake, captivity, etc)[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]Lactation[/spoiler] [*][spoiler]Pregnancy and Birth[/spoiler] [/list] Then this game is absolutely for you. There's at least 20 scenes, with varied CGs, and all of them are well-illustrated, the text also being quite decent. [h1][b][u]MY PERSONAL ENJOYMENT[/u][/b][/h1] Now, as biased as I am toward Serafina and the Key to the Egg, the game is not without flaw. A few encounters can be incredibly imbalanced, and it feels like you have to lose to progress, as losing gives SP to learn skills and passives. A lot of events also require Serafina to have lost her virginity, so either stick by the virgin route, or make her into a mega "farming tool". Also, my biggest gripe with the game is the amount of menus you have to go through to actually play the game, and the repetition. However, aside from that, there isn't much I dislike about the game-- Serafina and the Key to the Egg is an H RPG that's a head above the rest of the H RPGs on the market, standing up there with games produced by ONEONE1, Triangle!, PICOPICOSOFT, etc. As of 3 days past writing this review(6/27/2022), i've cleared the game on Hard Mode, Virgin Clear, on a fresh save. It is possible, but if you seek to do the same, make sure you have 350,000~600,000 coins saved by the end of the game, and focus on raising your combat stats. [h1][b][u]THE VERDICT[/u][/b][/h1] [h1]8.5/10 GOOD GOSH, JUST BUY IT, IT'S WORTH YOUR MONEY IF YOU'RE CULTURED.[/h1] The game is relatively short, depending on what difficulty you're playing on, and if you keep Serafina virginity or not. This does not include new game transfers/post-game continuation to get the other endings. We're talking about 6~16 hours or so if you just hold CTRL down to skip all the text and mash through battles to get the other endings. This has not changed between the JP and Steam version. Rare is the H game that I praise, so do take this appraisal seriously. [spoiler]Also, this game ticked so many of my boxes, that it was arousing to someone like me, who has been incredibly desensitized by smut and has bought hundreds of H games, and also has a dead libido. If that doesn't sell you on the game, then there is nothing that will convince you to buy this gem of an H RPG.[/spoiler]
• gamedeal user

  Jun 27, 2022

  No thanks. Small, nothing to do, completely linear, played it once, that's it, nothing new. Nowhere near as good as Hasoyua's Seed of Evil.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 28, 2022

  This game has excellent pacing, solid scenes and a surprisingly compelling narrative. It's easy to get roped into it all once more districts open up to you.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 20, 2022

  Another enigmatic game - I've played it, beaten it, I enjoyed almost every minute of it, yet the places it falls short are what stand out the most to me. I'll start with what I have almost nothing negative to say about - the H. The CGs are top tier, the frequency is largely dictated by you - so there'll be as much as you want (though there will be a bare minimum - so if you want none at all, you're SOL), SFX, BGM, and VO are all great. My one and only complaint is that some of the angles are a little poor and a little more variety would've been greatly appreciated; but I don't find either to be particularly lacking. On a somewhat related note, I can say much the same about the UI - a little more streamlining would be great (Why is there a character select when using items, when the only PC is the MC? Why do I get forced out of the menu after using only one item [forcing you to have to go back into the menu, if you have more to do]?), but as it is those are minor irritations. Where the game really falls short is the endgame and NG+. Near the end of the game (or shortly into endless mode) you hit a level and just... stop getting XP. The XP bar will still tell you next level at ------ xp, but even doing the most difficult mission will provide you with nothing. I will admit that I /suspect/ you have to go through at/to a higher difficulty to continue gaining XP, but I can't guarantee that - either way a notification to that effect would have been nice. This issue runs into affecting NG+; if I'm going to go through another run, I would've liked to do some power-leveling in endless before starting, as the skills are EXPENSIVE AF. I finished the game with perhaps only 20% of my skills unlocked; which the completionist in me is howling about. (It occurs to me now that I can adjust difficulty in game - if it works, I will update. UPDATE: Well, you can change your difficulty, but only in one direction - down, and only by 1 tier... so that option is singularly unhelpful unless you start off your first run on hard. There are some real boneheaded decisions going on here; -1 point for poor design choices :( .) Lastly, is the world itself... or lack thereof. While the battles are very much what you might expect out of an RPG, "exploration" is effectively down to a menu consisting of "proceed X amount of a required 'distance' at which point RNGesus will decide if you get a battle, sexually assaulted, find a potential shortcut, or get money/items", "open your menu", "something else (I can't remember atm, because I literally NEVER used it)", and "quit the mission and return to town". An actual world to explore (even in 16/32bit graphics) would've added a lot. Despite my complaints and how prominently they feature in my mind, I'd lying if I didn't acknowledge that it is still REALLY fucking good, and the characters/story were both interesting and had enough depth that I hope there is a sequel. 7/10 (down from 8, after update)
• gamedeal user

  Aug 11, 2022

  art is ok but the game is extremely boring nothing in the story too a very disappointed work from hasoyua nothing like seed of evil at all
• gamedeal user

  Sep 2, 2022

  all of the positive reviews on this game are really misleading this game is extremely boring everything is menu bases the exploration to the hub to the fight and the combat zones are all menu based and 90%of the options are useless and it becomes very clear that there's no point to doing anything other then they tell you to (IE) all the h-events are noncon which to me is very annoying especially when im supposed to be playing a bad ass its not established that the MC is foolish or weak that make the h-events pointless especially when there's no events where you decide to join willingly so that only leaves the missions boring and excessive the entire game i kept hoping for something new to do but i lost interest and the story was was to straight forward