Romancelvania

I would give a more neutral recommendation if I could but overall I would say this is worth it if you are into weird romance stories in general and monster romance stories in specific. You have an incubus who acts like a frat guy, a brooding Japanese vampire, a "cursed" witch that looks like pumpkins and loves puns and trashy talk, a reverse werewolf where the human side is the "beast". Just look at the screen shots. It works as a game but you better enjoy the characters because "metroidvania" is a term so stretched it's practically see through. It's fun enough but nothing compelling. It's very obvious where you are supposed to go and when and it's pretty linear overall. The music however is actually pretty good and one of the few times I am looking forward to getting the soundtrack for. That said the characters all have a certain amount of depth and even the ones I didn't think I would like I actually found reasons to like them. I did not expect to find myself wanting to spend time with a pumpkin witch who introduced herself as a "switch witch". Which made elimination phases that much harder since you can't hang out with those characters anymore if eliminated. Even more so in that characters like Medusa if eliminated you lose access to the power she gives you, so there is a strategic aspect as well. Similarly in how to get upgrades you have to raise character's affection bars to get points to spend on upgrades. But...I never saw the bar decrease and frankly raising affection was pretty easy even without the gift giving aspect. So overall I wouldn't say it's a bad game. It's a game that leans heavily on the characters and for the most part they are all interesting. But the gameplay feels more excuse than fleshed out and I am not sure how often I will go back to try other character's romances despite how much I liked each character. I would say 8/10 mainly for the characters but you probably should get this on a sale unless you really are into dating type games.

multiple crashes in first 30 minutes of picking it up, uninstalled

This game was an amazing experience all the way through the various relationships and interactions you have throughout the game! 100/10 highly recommend and will play again!!!

Would I recommend this game? Truthfully, only to people who I was confident would enjoy its quirkiness. As a dating game, it's rough. The dates and buying drinks are the best part. Good banter and leaving you with tidbits of the characters. Unfortunately, it doesn't make up for only two (maybe three) characters who I felt had complete romance arcs with Drac. The rest feel like I'm reading a story's outline. Rather sigh inducing as there were definitely character arcs and "drama" I would have loved to explore more. The combat portion is fine but buggy in areas for me. I'll let others for whom side-scrolling combat is their bread and butter leave better reviews. Overall, I do like this game. It's just clear that the scope was larger than what the project could do.

It's a fun game, clearly a lot of effort went into it, it has a good and refreshing premise and gives a twist to the regular dating sim. The thing is.. it's odd to complain about this but the game is just too big. I wanted to focus more on story telling, getting to know each character and missions, but I'm really bad an navigation lol. Every task took FOREVER I got lost and went to the same places over and over, same rooms, everything. I wish the navigation was easier like more areas to fast travel or when you choose on a task to do It can guide you to it. You also have no indication which character you can talk to currently and where they are

It's glitchy, it has problems, it's clear the devs ran out of kickstarter money...but I still had fun

Wicked janky. There is no map, lighting is weird, and the combat feels forced.