Others - Completed - Blood Root [v1.1.3.3] [stDoppel]

I came looking for silver, and I found gold instead. Sure it's not really focused on the p part, but I have been finding the game very enjoyable and the challenge too. The first succubus boss, Mary, really sets you up for the rest of the game, you learn through hardship on how to better dodge attacks in general, and made me fall in love with using the dagger, until I unlocked the broadsword, and later on the greataxe. Str+Def ftw

If you like metroidvanias, it is a really solid game. One of the better ones I've played, outside of the obvious Metroids, Castlevania and Hollow Knights. At the very least comparable to Night of Revenge.

Very solid movement and combat (I'm pretty sure I did some sequence breaks by accident before getting double jump), nice sprites to look, a good variety of weapons (although it falls on the trap of making heavy weapons REALLY slow, with a long wind up, so most of those are useless compared to faster weapons), a solid magic and subweapon system (more on the subweapons side, to be honest) and bigass map to explore. Also a nice dress system with each piece actually having stats (and some of them special effects), so it's not just eye candy.

If you want to get more than half of the gear and subweapons, you'll have to grind though, and the map is... not exactly the best. It's not unusable, but compared to some games with actually decent maps, it may as well be.

Porn? Oh, yes, this game is suposed to have that... Well, there IS, and unlike what the description says, it does have some penetrative sex... but it's NOT the focus on the game.

The enemies can break your dress, but you DON'T want to be in that state, as you lose a LOT of defense and, more importantly, you only can use the dagger in that state, instead of the rest of your weapons (given, the dagger at the very beggining is a solid weapon, a better boss killer than the rest of the early weapons, but it's not as good against normal enemies and you'll eventually get BETTER weapons, including better daggers that you won't be able to use undressed).

Besides that, some enemies and most bosses have grabs with sex, and eventually your character can equip a futa dick and fuck some of the npcs that eventually arrive in the base (after finishing the game I got three of the fuckable npcs, not sure if there is a fourth, it may)

If you are just looking for sex, this game probably won't do it for you. If you want a GOOD metroidvania, I can't recommend it enough. This game's a treat. Just some advice, do get the "easy mode" rings. IT's not so much easy mode as anti-frustration mode, the game will still KICK your ass if you are not good enough.

TLDR: more metroidvania and darksouls than it is porn, in fact, there is very little porn. If you want a challenge with some h sprinkled on top give it a try.

Gameplay: 5/5
Lots of different types of weapons and skill to chose from, and good amount of them is viable too depending on your preferred play style. Control feels quite smooth. Somewhat good amount of enemy variety, boss are fucking hard, especially the optional rematches; basically darksouls but metroidvania (which I personally love, but it is targeted at a more niche audience). Somewhat grindy but you can make it up with skill if you are a masochist.

Map design: 3.5/5
Not too bad but not amazing either. There are lots of rooms to explore but somewhat easy to get loss and stuck on. There is a map but it's more of a general outline. There are walkthrough japanese siteyou can translate with good if you need some guidance or 100% the game.

Graphics: 4/5
Somewhat old feel of castle/metroidvania graphics, runs pretty smooth, I personally like it but it may not resonant with some people.

Story: 3/5
Simple and linear story, not too much world building or lore. Passing grade.

Porn: 1.5/5
Mostly pixel animation and some cut in scene, the art style is not bad but H is not the focus in this game.

Conclusion: just read to TLDR
1/5 for a eroge orientated player
3.5-4/5 for gameplay orientated player
5/5 for a metroidvania & darksoul masochist <- me

Pros:
+actually nice character design
+multiple weapon/magic options
+(relatively) large wardrobe (with stats, not just cosmetic)
+story actually exists

Cons:
-grind, eternal grind
-map is utter ass, memorize where you've been/where you're going or suffer eternal wandering
-to expand on map issue, in game you only have an incredibly basic sketch of the greater area (and for each area you need to find the map first), with pretty much no landmarks to show, it 100% relies on the player to memorize what is where to actually progress properly in the game


+/- about 3/4 of the weapons/clothing is enemy drops, so, go forth and exterminate in hope of getting a drop(at least you also get XP for all that)

If you like metroidvanias I do recommend it..just, as others already mentioned, don't expect much focus on porn

I 100% recommend for players to get the offense/defense rings from the skeleton/corpse on the very start of the game, otherwise the first....half an hour/hour of the game will be a pure grind frustration

Trying to be objective...the game tethers between average and good.
IF you find yourself with hours of free spend and got nothing better to do, then yes, most certainly a "good" game.

If however you're someone who wants the most of the time put into the game, facts are you may not enjoy the amount of grind and map memorization needed to go through the game

(Should the dev at a future time decide to implement a more fleshed out/detailed map, it would firmly catapult it straight into the center of "good" category imo)