Ovidius

version act 3 p3- The story really drags on and on, and i really had to start hitting skip to get on with it. Not sure why the dev goes from novel form, to one where you have to click arrows to get to the chamber except to frustrate the player, or just make the game longer? Certain scenes have timers, fights at this point, i hope it doesn't go onto other things. As someone else said from the logic side some of the decisions don't make sense like dancing when you could be killed for lack of speed in your investigation. The renders aren't bad, and the animations just seem plain, like something is missing. Yes you can change angles, but something is missing from them. Maybe premade animation scripts used? The dev is not a native English speaker so sometimes you will see his and hers mixed up. A few spelling and other errors as well, but not as bad as some of the avns i seen. Choosing the ntr path has no content other then a 3some which isn't ntr to start that path, so i'm guessing ntr will come later from that decision. I did the non ntr path too, everything the same except for that 3some scene. This is more story then wank fest, and more vanilla then kink at that point. Seems like irony to have a roman peace with an orgy but everything is vanilla, and lewd content is low. I'll probably give the next update a shot since the painful part of playing is done to this point, and will see where it goes from there.

Has potential but right now there are problems. The most egregious is a significant story contradiction. Problems: Renders are fine, except the genitals look subpar. Not a big fan of the animations. Written by a non English speaker with usual issues including mismatched gender. The MC starts out fine but seems to get dumber as time goes on. The worst is the main story plot has only a few scenes earlier seems to vanish from characters memories more than once. As well as multiple other laughably stupid actions by the MC. Like when there is a life or death event and the MC stops to teach a girl to dance during the middle of it... I was getting rather bored, oh and there's Lots of bugs in the code. The good: With an editor the story could be good. The women have very pretty faces. There is room for improvement and the issues can be resolved.

VERSION: Act III P1 SUMMARY: A familiar historical setting that goes further and does better than most. 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. General visuals and renders are actually rather good, details and have high quality finish. LIs and MC are good looking, even if they look familiar to many other AVN characters. Sounds are good, good amount of ambient and lewd scenes have sounds also for extra immersion. Good atmosphere. Writing is decent, structured and reads well, fits the times rather well, not flawless but good for what it is. Story is not overly complex but has intrigue even if predictable and does a solid job of driving the player onward to discover the rest of the plot. Characters seem interesting and have personality that has been thought through as well as their relationships with each other. Also the MC has a decent amount of background created which also adds to character development and complexities. As per story point, dialogue feels solid, logical and structured well, realistic and coherent, doesn't subscribe to cheap tropes and porn logic. Mini-games are not bad and done well, but often pointless if only one outcome progresses the game. UI/UX style is not bad, it provides what you need but may not be that obvious unless you look for it, See Cons. Apart from that I like details like scrolling text that you can pause and resume, nice details those. CONS: - See my opinions section for details. Per point about mini-games, I understand that add to the "game" element but they don't add to it really. e.g. the fight at start of the game, the wrong option gets you killed, there is no skill involved like a normal game, rendering it kinda pointless and a time waster, but sure it does add some immersion. Animations are a little bit on the bland side of things, not bad or horrible, but can improve a bit in terms of passion, kinks, styling. See comments. While I like the slightly different take on the UI, there are things to note, the EYE icon in game is the only way to change the dialogue box settings which is different and players may miss that initially. Also the mini tool bar with options like auto skip/play are missing and are useful to have. The stat/point system is confusing to me, doens't show when or how to earn points or what affect they have if any. If there are scenes exclusive to one or other paths or if there are even other paths, this could be done better and be more obvious and/or descriptive. There are several typos and spelling errors that need review. Another issues I find are the plot holes, like the MC discusses with his friend how to lure the two maid away from the princess and yet when one comes back to find the MC with the princess he doesn't know her? Lewd sounds can do with some slapping sounds, but not a Con per se, just listing it here. 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) Animations are not bad, but they not really great, THEY LOOK GOOD, but feel stale, bland almost, lack the sexiness and kinkiness that the situation demands, often feeling short lived and leaving the player semi-dissatisfied. Its not a "deal breaker", just something that could use some attention. The quality is good, but may even improve with decent AI modding, provided developer has the skills. Tying into above comment with animations, so the kinks like the fisting scene of the two female gladiators/entertainers is an example of a good kink that was not really executed well or rather was not fully utilized, which is really a shame. Here better animations, longer scenes, more kinks like even urination used as humiliation and even some more rougher scenes that had some blood (not being weird, this is the coliseum and people died for entertainment.) could add to that immersions with more visceral additions. A personal remark, while I understand during these times people we kept as slaves and such, I do find the MCs demeanor towards people to be cold and dismissive, especially towards his own slave who seems to be as afraid of him as she is of the prince. This is not a deal breaker but does make the MC less appealing to me personally as the player. It also confuses me with stats being what they are, the player should have more chance to act as they would want to toward any NPC... There is at least one plot hole instance that I noticed, though I am fairly sure I saw another but fail to recall exactly where. Still fact that there are these inconsistencies puts a significant damper on this game for me enough so that, when adding all the other issues, small as they may be I feel that 3 stars is a solid rating for this AVN at this time. TLDR: This game is a breath of fresh air to me, the developer really does a good amount of things here pretty well and it shows the effort the developer went to. I am fairly impressed by this AVN, it takes the Ancient Rome theme and adds more intrigue to what has been out there. It also does most things rather well and I am eager to see where it goes. The only thing lacking is really in the details, review dialogue and address plot holes.

[Act II] Plot structure (story/events/writing): This is a typical Roman medieval fantasy story; it's not original, but a popular genre of AVNs. The story progresses very well, IMO. The tags are correct for what you see in the game. There are some grammatical errors and misspellings. Graphics—Standard DAZ. The scenes are very well crafted. The models are believable, and the women have normal proportions. The animation is very good. Gameplay - It's Renpy. It plays fine. GUI, saves, and loads work well. There are no issues with Playability or Performance. There is music, and it works well in the game. There is a lot of content for an [Act II]. (Opinions may vary.) Final words—The MC has some interesting problems to solve; it's not all about sex. But the sex is hot. The choices matter. I see a lot of potential in this game. I feel that updates will come in regularly. I recommend this game. It's 5 stars because it has a very good story, is well-made, the dev is active here, and I'm sure the game will finish on a high note.

What a surprise! The theme caught my attention right away — it's so rare to find a good game set in this kind of universe, Ancient Rome, with models that are just stunning, wow! As for the combat, I was expecting something a bit different; the gameplay aspect could be explored further. But both the music and the storyline seem very promising. It's way too short — I would have loved to experience the full version of the game, and it almost annoys me that I discovered it so early. But there are so many angles and possibilities with a setting like this that I'll be following its development very, very, very closely.