[...] Of course a logical guy like our protagonist thinks of the obvious conclusion of: “Me and my new girlfriend will create and sell our Adult Videos and we'll use the money we make to pay off her debt."[...]
[white masq via vndb.org]
http://vndb.org/v500
I really liked playing this game. The premise is the hunt for the perfect AV; alas, our two heroes know almost nothing about "acting". So the aim in this game is looking for places to improve your "acting" (and also acting) abilities. This is done via (graphical (and often "graphical")) random, semi-random and non-random events that play after choosing a location to visit (on an ever expanding city map). Specifically, you gain skills that improve your performance (ie. speechcraft, acting ability) and thus pay per AV and skills that, in certain combinations or alone, enable you (resp. your partner) to learn more stances and feats.
The actual AV scenes are presented in 2D CG; a sense of live action and life is emulated via two different means:
- for every stance, up to twenty or more [1] variations exist; these include several states of immersion and extacy as well as temporal evolution of the scene and
- a moving camera (with an optional mini game to hit the perfect angle) and an image filter that, at least in my opinion, makes the scenes much more believable and good-looking. Even though my eyesight is not bad, I tend to prefer slightly blurry/grained images [2]. Maybe I will upload some examples tomorrow.
The game language seems to be restricted to Japanese, but the story progression was understandable with the classical combination of ATLAS/QuickAtlas and AGTH (with the corresponding code; google AV King AGTH code; I also used a different program (ch... will look it up tomorrow) that did this in an easier way). I also referenced http://www8.atwiki.jp/avking_matome/ (currently down, will check back tomorrow; I still have a site backup and an ebook version on my HDD) for combos and events.
Being made by a game company (Nude Maker) that primarily does strategy, rpg and other better-selling game types, this game is extremely well designed and contains save/load, gallery view for events and AV scenes as well as several other extras. Character design is cute, the breast sizes are in a normal range (rather pleasant to the eye) and scene content is diverse, depending on the players choices. Censoring is existent but rather non-obstrusive; as one can choose between several different censoring styles, there might be a hidden way to deactivate it completely. The game can be bought or you can ask "Friend"sukebei Fukubei. Mind that he speaks Japanese. Nyaa!
Conclusion and Outlook
AV King is a fun game to play, slightly addicting and can inspire you to find even that last event. A translator or proficiency in lunar runes should be accessible for full satisfaction. Of course, your mileage may vary. A possible improvement would be even more skills/item (upgrading the camera for example); we can only hope the game company will produce another item in this genre!
[1] https://xkcd.com/870/
[2][3] https://xkcd.com/598/
[3] https://xkcd.com/906/
[white masq via vndb.org]
http://vndb.org/v500
I really liked playing this game. The premise is the hunt for the perfect AV; alas, our two heroes know almost nothing about "acting". So the aim in this game is looking for places to improve your "acting" (and also acting) abilities. This is done via (graphical (and often "graphical")) random, semi-random and non-random events that play after choosing a location to visit (on an ever expanding city map). Specifically, you gain skills that improve your performance (ie. speechcraft, acting ability) and thus pay per AV and skills that, in certain combinations or alone, enable you (resp. your partner) to learn more stances and feats.
The actual AV scenes are presented in 2D CG; a sense of live action and life is emulated via two different means:
- for every stance, up to twenty or more [1] variations exist; these include several states of immersion and extacy as well as temporal evolution of the scene and
- a moving camera (with an optional mini game to hit the perfect angle) and an image filter that, at least in my opinion, makes the scenes much more believable and good-looking. Even though my eyesight is not bad, I tend to prefer slightly blurry/grained images [2]. Maybe I will upload some examples tomorrow.
The game language seems to be restricted to Japanese, but the story progression was understandable with the classical combination of ATLAS/QuickAtlas and AGTH (with the corresponding code; google AV King AGTH code; I also used a different program (ch... will look it up tomorrow) that did this in an easier way). I also referenced http://www8.atwiki.jp/avking_matome/ (currently down, will check back tomorrow; I still have a site backup and an ebook version on my HDD) for combos and events.
Being made by a game company (Nude Maker) that primarily does strategy, rpg and other better-selling game types, this game is extremely well designed and contains save/load, gallery view for events and AV scenes as well as several other extras. Character design is cute, the breast sizes are in a normal range (rather pleasant to the eye) and scene content is diverse, depending on the players choices. Censoring is existent but rather non-obstrusive; as one can choose between several different censoring styles, there might be a hidden way to deactivate it completely. The game can be bought or you can ask "Friend"
Conclusion and Outlook
AV King is a fun game to play, slightly addicting and can inspire you to find even that last event. A translator or proficiency in lunar runes should be accessible for full satisfaction. Of course, your mileage may vary. A possible improvement would be even more skills/item (upgrading the camera for example); we can only hope the game company will produce another item in this genre!
[1] https://xkcd.com/870/
[2][3] https://xkcd.com/598/
[3] https://xkcd.com/906/