Heartbeat Casino-Hotel

VERSION: Ch.1 SUMMARY: Not bad, has potential, but there is some work to be done first... RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐ NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally , scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐ Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐ Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Story & Dialogue .................. : ⭐⭐⭐ Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐⭐ UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐ Playtime & Pacing ..................: ⭐⭐⭐ Music & Sounds .....................: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐ Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars. PROS: - See my opinions section for details. Audio is well done, some ambient, environmental and music is decent also. Models are very decent looking, especially the female LIs, the male characters do not have the same level of detail though. Writing is fine structured and reads well enough but will need revision. Dialogue is simple, not too bloated or dull. CONS: - See my opinions section for details. UI/UX leaves much to be desired, the dialogue box needs work, font needs resize and outline, text is too small. UI/UX, the icons, indicators are too small, vague, no stat tab. See Comments Choices are an open question, does it matter if the person likes you or not, because often only one choice gives a <3 with the NPC. How this affects things go forward, is anyone's guess, this is where a walkthrough will be useful. Dialogue will need work, sentences are poorly formed in some instances and the dialogue feels unplanned and unnatural. See Comments The overall world visual is kind of bland, very simple and lacks detail and complexity it deserves. Though thats not really it either, its more the bightness, the style. There are also inconsistencies I can't reconcile. See comments. Animations only during sexual scenes are mediocre at best, including their audio. See comments OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS : NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't) Stats mean nothing when you can't see how they change the experience, to who do they matter, how do they matter, where can you see these stats, does the MC only have them or the characters also. Poorly explained, implemented and no way to track or monitor these stats or choices. Icon sizes are too small, no legend or way to see what they icons even mean. The first page notwithstanding, but the player should not be expected to remember the system. The mechanics need better explaining and implementation that is intuitive and the result needs to be immediate to understand the effect at least some of them. Pop-up text and icons need more work, need to be slowed down so you can read them etc. The dialogue box leaves also much to be desired, its hard to read, its intrusive even if the right hand side handles choice dialogue, its honestly not the best way to implement this, especially when there are no choices and the bar does not need to go so high during normal dialogue. The visuals are an odd ball too, colours are often very bright, high contrast in some cases. Small cinematics don't fit the overall visuals, looks like a pastel art drawing, very basic, almost like from an 80s cartoon. There is often out of focus scenes that make renders feel kind of odd, weird and make me wonder if it was deliberate or just done poorly. Maybe there is some artistic impression behind it, which I sadly fail to appreciate. The character rooms, like the MC and staff feel like its from another building entirely, looks dilapidated and does not fit the style of the casino, doesn't have the professional look of the passage where the MCs boss leaves him even, this is a major inconsistency flaw and breaks immersion. Dialogue sometimes feels unnatural, like it was not planned well. One moments people are stranger the next scene but a few minutes later they act like the know each others habits and make remarks that don't fit or make sense. e.g. Nagasi giving the barman lip about not remembering his name, when they just met. There are other scene that just do not flow naturally or feel like there is a logical flaw. Choices and actions need revision, they dont make sense, like Prudence asks the MC if he wants a beer, if you say yes she gives you a compliment for not drinking much, if you say no you get no compliment, wtf kinda ass about face reasoning is that? Lewd/sexual scenes are not very good, they kinda bland also, animations are not the best, the scene is short and simple, its over before its starts and seems only the MC gets off, too soon also...pity. TLDR: I think its a decent AVN, interesting enough, dialogue is fine, reads fine and looks decent also. It has a style about it that is kinda jarring for me, but not really an issue, its just a little different. Its characters are good looking, at least some of them, which also speaks to the realism of it. The UI and game mechanics are one issues I really have that need attention, but there is also the dialogue issue that needs to be restructured. Overall I am optimistic and will re-review in the future.

Not very impressed with this. Ooh only one sex scene for the first look and.... MC comes as soon as he enters the prize. NOT AT ALL IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!! So the first look at sex in this and ut sucks balls. I mean literally 12 scenes total from foreplay to end and what a shitty ending it was. Ummm The fake ass Jamaican was more annoying than anything else. No I think I will give this a hard pass. A 1 second man for an MC in a game you can barely understand as you read it. I think there are way more games that are way better at meeting my needs on here.