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- I started playing this yesterday and I feel like I'm missing something. Oil Sluts 10 levels BELOW me can one-shot my characters, (14 levels below for Summer) with focus up. That seems really out of proportion. Although the OS Boss insta-killing herself on the first round when her spell reflected was hilarious.
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- Although, now that Ari has a group attack, it is getting somewhat manageable, but most of the enemies many levels lower still get to attack before she does, so it's mostly pray that they each aim at different characters because some of them can take one hit but none can survive a second.
I like the concept. I like the style. I like what you've done here. I want to keep going and see the rest of the game. But either I'm missing something or the enemy power levels are a bit... off.
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- Edit: Current record for Summer: One-shotted by a level 8, at level 23, with double focus up.
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- Edit 2: Seems like the other types of enemies are more what I call normal with their damage. I guess it's only the Oil Sluts who hit for like 3x the damage of every other type of the same level. (Possibly the only enemy type who can one-shot *themselves* if the spell reflects.) Now that I'm past them, it feels more like normal RPG game... well, except for the fact that I'm still fighting enemies 20+ levels below me as if they were even level, but I just learned to accept that enemy levels and player levels are totally unrelated.
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- Edit3: Finally made it though and beat Jenna! And damn that fight must have taken over an hour. One of the Boss's clips went on for 3 or 4 songs. I had to stop using Ari's stronger attacks because she would have added at least an extra 20 min of stroking for very little extra damage. (Why does Ari make *me* stroke, anyway? I thought she was supposed to be on *my* side.) I felt a lot less grouchy when I finally got to cum after three days of frustration, though. That was a trip.
Final Thoughts: I can't imagine trying to play the early levels and stroking too because there's just too much one-shot-reload-saves going on to even try it. But once you pass the Oil Sluts, it settles down from Battletoads-Level throw-your controller across the room frustration into a decent challenge.
The extra spells for Ari were kind of a letdown, since the damage didn't seem much different, I guess I was expecting more from Apocalypse and The End than Oil Oil Ari. Maybe slightly more damage but not very remarkable considering how long it took to find those sex toys hidden behind trees and that one that blends into the floor in the throne room. They mostly provided more help to Jenna in the boss battle with longer clips for me to stroke to.
However... now that I know what to do and what not to bother doing, I'm sure a second run though would be more enjoyable. In fact, I may give it a shot, because in spite of my going on about the problems, I do like many aspects of this this game and I think you did a good job so far. I like the story, I like the humor you slipped into the dialog, I like how you managed to blend an RPG with cock hero. (Although I admit I skipped the stroking up until the end, which just made the clips annoying after seeing them so many times. lol)
Suggestions:
Difficulty Modes: The difficulty modes you mentioned, only stroking for X parts of the game... implement them as actual settings. For people who don't intend to stroke anyway, allow them to chose a difficulty setting to turn off the clips in the early game so they spend less time just sitting around waiting.
Alternate Rez: Mostly for the early game, to try to abate some of the mandatory save scumming, have a rez girl to go to who makes you stroke it for her (by that I mean a CH clip) in exchange for reviving the character. It provides a penalty for death without losing your progress by starting over from a save. Also a way to revive Peyton in the midgame should you not have 50k to spare.
Ari's Spells: I don't understand why Ari's spells attack *me* with a clip. Is it a penalty for using those spells I spent all that time grinding for? I don't think her spells should trigger a clip. If for no other reason other than it doesn't make any sense for that to happen. (If there's a reason I missed, please let me know.)
Just a thought: Just to make the game a little more unpredictable, how about when the enemy's spell MISSes or does 0 damage, it doesn't trigger a clip. Or, maybe triggers some kind of short "failure" clip. (I don't know, like the dick slipping out or something.) Maybe that's not even possible to program, I don't know. I'm just throwing these out there.
Tweaks:
- I hate to harp on this, but... I don't know what your concept is for the Oil Sluts but maybe tone down their damage or lower their HP. Their HP seems about the same as every other enemy but their attacks are SUPER powerful. Their damage numbers make even Summer look like an awkward virgin, not a sex freak. I'd replace her with an Oil Slut if I could. (Sorry Summer.) I think a party of four Oil Sluts at level 9 or 10 could blow Jenna away.
- Summer, oh poor summer, getting one-shotted by mobs 15 levels below her with double focus up. That's a sad, sad sight. If she did Oil Slut level damage, it would be justified, but as is, I think she could use a *little bit* more HP per level. The problem is compounded by the fact that since she's the one who dies, (once you have Rez) she's the one who's always going to be lower level than the rest of the team.
Other random observations: I tried the Baton skill a few times, never saw it actually hit, stopped using it. I quickly stopped using any of Ari's spells other than Beach Slut and Oil Oil Ari because the rest take to long for simple grinding, and do little more damage than OOA anyway. Disappointing after grinding for the items.
BTW, don't take my critique as some kind of slam. I wouldn't have played this all the way though if I thought this game had no merit. (I probably would have just quit playing and not bothered to give any feedback.) I'm trying to list what I see as problems so they can be dealt with either in an update or in the next game. (No game has ever been perfect right out of the gate.) I also threw in some suggestions to try to be helpful.
I know I write informally, probably sarcastically, but I'm mostly trying to inject some humor into what I'm saying for entertainment value. Also I played 3 days without cumming because I was waiting for the end. That's a long time for me. Three days *without* hours of porn clips in my face would easily make me grumpy, so... some of it could be the blue balls talking.