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• gamedeal user

  Jan 8, 2022

  [i]"You know what really makes me laugh, Kloun? I used to think that my life was a tragedy. But now I realize... it's a f‎u‎c‎king comedy."[/i] - Princess Salthe of Mersin Poor, abused princess who only ever wanted to be an insufferable theatre kid goes full Joker mode after a gratuitous amount of time is spent on her and her best friend being betrayed, r‎a‎p‎ed, and tortured over and over and over again. Filled to bursting with text, r‎a‎p‎e, torture, text, r‎a‎p‎e, humiliation, text, r‎a‎p‎e, mindbreak, a little more text, a lot more r‎a‎p‎e, and even some gore, this isn't for the faint of heart, and if there's a more pretentious, depressing, and long-winded eroge out there, I've yet to play it. Which is to say, I loved this, a‎nd need more.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 5, 2022

  Once again this is where I should start with "I do recommend this game BUT". Being a 18+ game about rape and torture said themes are for the most part there for the sake of being there and overall start looking fake, bland and uninspired pretty much from the start (and there's A LOT of them in the game). I get that at least some of them were needed for the plot but it's too repetitive. On the other hand the plot itself was pretty good, I enjoyed the small clues here and there that helped piece the full story together way before it was revealed and it was still interesting to read when it was. So pretty much the best part of this game is revealed at the very end so if you're confident you can get there through all the 18+ content (unless of course hours and hours of rape scenes are your thing) I'd say go for it.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 11, 2022

  Salthe was a promising story concept, but ultimately a revolting foray into torture porn and rape fantasy. I seriously question the intended audience for this VN. All of the characters ended up being hateful, and at the end I had no idea what the meaning of it all was. What was I supposed to take away from this story? The world is full of horrible people? [spoiler]Everyone but Jean and Marie died, and no one got what they wanted.[/spoiler] I don't read fiction to experience that--I read it to escape from that, or understand something more about the human condition. This story was completely meaningless and vile. If you must play this VN, I DO NOT recommend the 18+ patch. It adds absolutely nothing. It's simply CG after CG of graphic rape. Someone actually created those CGs and wrote the accompanying voluminous text. Think on that for a moment. That is not the kind of eroge anyone should enjoy. Who even cares all the characters are over 18? That doesn't make rape or sexual torture okay. Spoilers from here on regarding story: [spoiler]This entire story could have had a very simple solution that left everyone but Salome happy. All Salthe had to do was kill Salome and take her place as queen of Mersin. Garnier could have ruled through her, while she supported Marie and continued the only thing that mattered to her--acting. The people of Mersin would have been none the wiser, and the king would have been too senile to even notice. Very few people knew Salthe was a body double. Jean knew, but would he have been so unhappy over Salome's death? He knew she was an abusive ****.[/spoiler] None of the gratuitous rape or torture was necessary. The only plot necessity was for Salthe to die, but because of that constraint, this is the warped and disturbing VN we got. What a tragic (not the least bit comedic) shame--this story could have been so much better without trying so hard to be "dark" and "edgy."
• gamedeal user

  Jul 21, 2022

  This game was disappointing. I feel the plot could have been handled better, to me it just felt kind of flat. It wasn't terrible, but if I could tell my past self whether or not to play this game, I'd tell them not to.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 25, 2023

  Still don't know if I should make this review negative or positive. Let's say this is positive review for Salthe as for h-vn. And that doesn't mean it's a good h-vn, but this one have some mystery, theater and kind of plot, so if you want some porn not about "well we talked for 5 min now let's have sex", then you can pay your attention on Salthe. Characters never shut up in h-scenes, and soon h-scenes just become boring cuz this is the same humilation dialogues over and over again. If you want to see something similar but with better quality I can recommend you to try Dead End Aegis, which is in times better than Salthe in both main plot and h-scenes. The sound of copulation, or "thrusting" too slow, and desynchronized with seiyu(voice actor) voice, so I had to turn it off at some point. But CG's are good and main heroine seiyu is professional with impressive amount of works, so you can enjoy her high-lvl voice acting. As about everything else like story, characters etc I don't have anything new to add that wasn't in other reviews. 5.5\10.
• gamedeal user

  May 10, 2023

  interesting VN with a good mystery story behind the death of the actress Salthe. Music and art is lovely too. Get it on sale if you can, now goes a couple of dollars. Warning: do NOT play the game with the uncensor patch outside of Steam due to the high amount of nonconsensual scenes within this game.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 7, 2023

  I'm afraid this game's plot isn't very good. It has some of the worst twists that I have seen. Besides, Salthe, the protagonist, didn't even need to die. She's killed by Garnier, just because... in an earlier scene, she didn't kill him off for good. ALWAYS make sure your enemy is truly dead. I guess even protags -though this girl is hardly a heroine- need to read the Good Tyrant's Handbook. Also, all the suffering and R-word serves little purpose other than to make the story more salacious, and an 18+ eroge. I guess this game is truly aimed to sadists. Overall, disappointing.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 14, 2023

  Very Interesting setup with a future leader caught in a war between three countries now killed but given a chance at redoing it if she can find who killed her and why. Trouble is there is a lot of big up and just when you think they have hit a good payoff they try too hard then set off several twists which turns a serviceable plot into a mess that they fail to explain their way out of. This ends with a complete 180 needlessly, if you are going to act like a characters true intentions are different to whats being shown then there needs to be hints of it, you cant just be like oh that guy I liked for the past 10 years, no I didnt like them and I didnt like my childhood friend oh and I liked that person that burnt my face with a horseshoe.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 9, 2023

  7.5/10

  The feelings that Salthe, as an obscure adult visual novel game, evokes in me far exceed expectations. Bizarre and exaggerated, filled with suspense, and while dark, it manages to provide players with a remarkable impact. It's hard to imagine that such a game in the adult genre could deliver such a shock. The game is set in the Middle Ages, with an overall style that is both bizarre and exaggerated, and a plot full of suspense. The relatively short game script effectively stimulates players' curiosity before the novelty disappears. Once accustomed, the initially flamboyant voice acting and artistic style contribute to an expressive gaming experience. With ample twists, well-laid foundations, and sufficiently skilled scripts, combined with unexpectedly excellent writing, the in-depth portrayal of characters makes the plot progress seamlessly. After skillfully revealing foreshadowing, it genuinely provides players with a satisfying and memorable experience that seems cliché yet maintains a certain level of quality. The game's overall style leans towards the dark, rife with scenes of cruelty and humiliation. The storytelling in the early to middle stages can be overly fragmented and obscure, with riddles and mysteries galore. Some plot holes and a lack of rigorous logic may disappoint some players and leave them feeling misled. Curtains fall, leaving emptiness behind. The story of Salthe is both a comedy and a tragedy. To the audience, it's a comedy; to the protagonist, it's a tragedy. If you are deeply interested in this style of narrative and can accept the game's brutal sexual depictions, you might have a relatively good gaming experience. Similarly, spoilers would spell a devastating blow to the gaming experience, so make sure to avoid any degree of spoilers.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 17, 2023

  Very Dark And Twisted Story (Not for everyone a lot of torture)