Recent reviews by C-Tor

Dirty is a word we associate with uncleanliness, sometimes even disgust. I wasn’t disgusted with this game, but I was disgusted at the internet’s reception, a reaction that resulted in laughter when people were chased by anthropomorphic beings or when someone was being milked. When I read the reviews and reactions for Breeders of the Nephelym (BotN) at PAX east and even at E3, I thought to myself,

“This game is going to be insane. It’s going to be a true character study. An honest masterpiece of hentai gaming”

I wasn’t wrong, but what I didn’t expect was how controversial the writing and storytelling would be. I would like to give forewarning and say upfront that this game is incredibly good from a hentai enthusiasts standpoint. However, many people are not viewing it for what it should be.

Where do we draw the line on what is morally right or wrong?

That is the question that is laid at the audience’s feet over and over again in Breeders of the Nephelym. It’s a simple question and almost any human with emotion or some understanding can agree that something that is “right” is something that is “good” and something that is “wrong” is something that is “bad.” It’s a simple enough understanding that even children can comprehend. What the developer does in this game is blur that line continually without any doubt that what he is doing can have negative connotations.

Am I saying that the developer was wrong for what he included and portrayed in this game? The short answer is no. But what I can say is that he tiptoes and weaves in and out of an area that is so clearly wrong and forces it to be considered and perceived as grey.

The moment you feel pity for the breeder is the moment he gains humanity. The moment he seduces someone, however, is the moment our brains should click and register that he has stepped over a line that should no longer put him in the right. When playing a game like Doom where the action and brutality is an 11 out of 10, our brains immediately register it as fake or fantastical or even so absurd it’s not real.

Breeders of the Nephelym, however, doesn’t establish those boundaries at all. Here we have a man who is mentally ill and is being seduced immensely by his sexy Nephelym. It’s a situation that, unfortunately, many real-life people go through. Whether it is family members with depression, bipolar disorder, or even schizophrenia.

What the game does get right is its commentary on how society treats mental illnesses. One phrase that the breeder writes in his journal is, “The worst part of having a fat ♥♥♥♥ is people expect you to behave as if you don't.” This statement, as unfortunate and sad as it is, is a reality for many people. It doesn’t reinforce violence, murder, or rage, but it does present commentary on how many perceive mental illnesses.

However, the actions that ensue because of his mental illnesses are so ultra-violent that it passes the line drawn in the sand. That very well could be the point of BotN - passing the line that was drawn. Throughout the movie, aside from feeling pity or sorrow for our main character, we also get a glimpse into how it affects others. The way that characters perceive the breeder is as a threat or that he is a wounded individual. The breeder is awkward, and thus his intercourse is tense and awkward.

Tense is a good word to describe the entirety of the writing for BotN. Despite its controversy and blurred lines, it does a phenomenal job of gripping the audience and manipulating the atmosphere not only in the film but in the theater. For better or worse, this movie perfectly captures what a psychological thriller should harness.

As this analysis comes to a close, I’d like to highlight the technical aspects of BotN. One of those being the gorgeous bounce physics. The sloshing and lighting is utterly breathtaking and propels this game into an achievement seldom reached in the futanari/breeding genre.

With almost no noticeable CGI or digital effects present, the developer does stellar work that heightens the tone and feel of BotN. Very rarely does a game capture and immerse the viewer completely. Discrepancies and flaws plague games more than ever. To see a game with no noticeable discrepancies is fantastic.

In closing, while I feel Breeders of the Nephelym could have conveyed its messages in a way that didn’t glorify as much as it condemned its own actions, I truly believe it is a forerunner of change in games. Not only for comic book movies, but also thrillers and crime movies. It’s successfully developed a character that can be analyzed from many different angles and has earned its place in the awards season.

For all its controversy and for all its faults, its commentary is important. However, some of its contents may be even unnecessary to the extent they're taken to. Thus leaving us with a game that is and surely has been overshadowed by its own glorification and condemnation.

You could say this game has some potential. The animations are really neat and the concept is humorous.

However it get's really old. The game uses the same joke way too many times, which is really annoying. In the dialogue, the characters would say something "odd" and both would just say "..." and it will switch between characters a few times. The first time it happened, yeah it was kinda funny. But after like the 13th time I couldn't wait to get it over with. The game did this a lot. I had to skip through so much dialogue because of this.

Another issue is the failed potential of the characters. All of the characters are pretty much exactly the same personality. Part of this could be because the game is so short though even then it seems no effort was put into it. It seems like the whole game revolves around a single joke the developer had in their head.

The "puzzle" in this game is very poor. You could say it can be made up with the content of the characters but that needs help too. You just get something, bring it to someone, and that person gives you something else you need. over and over.

Amazing game, or as my fellow bee's would say:

Å̶̧̢̢͍̺̬̣͐̈́̈̾̓ͅc̶̡̗̦̫͍̰̤̄̋͂̋c̶̙̮̖̲̹̱̞̟͌͌̅̕o̷̙̼̱̬̫̫̣̜̜̒͂͒ͅr̸̢̤̰̩͕̟̯͎̪͒d̶̨͖̫̹̖̻̐̽̊̀͐͘̚͝ị̸̳͔̺̀̇̈́͊n̶̡̹̞̬͐͊̈́̎̕͝ͅg̷̡͔͒͘̕ ̶̧̧̲͉̞̙̼̙̳̉̏̒͜t̴̥̤̱͕̪̹͇̄̇̾͆̄͐̈́̈͐͜͜ǫ̸̱̞͈͚͈̀̅̒́̀͂͂̎̕ ̸͍̣̪̦̥͓͉̖̅́̀͋̓̒͗̉͘͝a̴̧̧̛̘̠̭͙̞͔̪͆̌̈̄͆ļ̷̧̛̜̱̝͊̉͗̄̌͝l̷̡͕̈́̏͗̈́͆̉̄̏̎ ̷̧̧̧̧͕͍̄̈́̄͂̌͋k̴̢̗̝̖͔͚̭̱̠̬̀̈́̇n̵͖̪̗̘͔̩͖̍͋̉̈́o̶̢̲̝͈͈̝͕̺̞̒́̉́̊͂̈ͅw̸̨̛̽̈̿̽̇̌̄̓̚n̵͉͉͌̋́̉͒̕ͅ ̴̨͎̽̋̈̀̑͒͗͑̕͘l̷̝͖͚͠a̷̫̥̯̾̓̓͗̐w̶̛̦̯̹̠̏̏͐̋̍̃s̴̛͇͐̉͋̃̎̓̔̕
̵̙̗̈́̕o̶̰̬͙̔̊̍̆͆̎̏͘f̸̡̢̲̝̦̞̫̫̂̏̇̑̊̈́͝ ̷̣̟̟̏̏a̴̢̺̟̱̙̹̥̠̓́́̄̅v̶̝̇̔̽̏̑͘i̵͇͚̮̣͚͌̉̎̊͌͠a̴̡̢̱̭̫͓͌̏̄́̿͋̌̈́̓͝t̷̜̼̔̍̍̌i̴̮̦̤͔͕͈̪̫̹̇͠ơ̸̜͉̥͐̑̀̈̅͌̃͝n̸͉͙̙̗̪͕̦̳̩̰̓̍,̵̯͉̳̣̭̍͆̔͒̂̒̔
̴̨̦̥̓͐t̶͊͜h̵̛̛̝̜̳̔̋̏͋͑̓͘e̵̮̰̺͎̖̫̱̭͉͊r̷̯̈́̑͐͌̾ͅe̶̛̗̋̆̊̄̆͘͜ ̵̨̻̝̝͍͙̠͗̀̊͑͠į̷̧͈͎̹͍͉͙̠̿s̶̛̟̜͖̮̰̮̤̺͂̕͘͘ ̴͕̬̼͒͊n̶̢̳͊̿̉̾̈́͊̃̑̍͝o̶͇̱͓̐͐ ̵͔̍w̸̩̓̇̓̃͑̋̊̍͝a̷̝̟̪̔̔̌́̈́y̶̢͍̅̊̅̎͊͝ ̶̨̪͔͚̦̯̟̙̞͒̃́͠ä̶͍͓̼̺͓̰͉́̍ ̶̢̢̲̘͆̑̑̐̌̾͗b̶̗̲̉̽̊͗̈́͆̈́͠͝ě̷͕̰̗͇̀̀ę̴̝͎͙̰̖̣̹̌̉̐͊̽͘
̴̨̹̺̘͇͈̪̇s̸̭̥̄̓́̌͗͠͠h̵̨̬͈̬̘̠͕̦̏̀̎͛̈́͋͋͂̆̚ô̸͎̹͈ͅu̶̡̯̪̳̰̱̦̦̓̉͘͜͜͝l̷̝̒̂̈́̆d̴̤͚̪̞͛́̇͋͋̈́͝ ̵̖͇̀̌͒̊͊́̊͗͝b̷̛͔̹͍̘̔̏̀͒͌̅̚̕͠e̸̲̪̱̖̦̤̣͕̙̬͆̀̀̇̃͐̀̚͝͝ ̵̤̫̙̌́̚a̴͎̦̼̠̎͌͒̚b̴̢̩̥̘̠̥̺̦́̂̋̽̆̊̂l̷̯̱̫̾̊̂̃͑́͋̚ę̷̲̫̝̭͆͂̍ ̷̹͉͎̌̆̂͆ṭ̷̳̟̱̈ȍ̵̞̦̰͚̰̞̼̈͂́͌̕͘͝͝ ̸̭̟̣̟̫͓͊̑̌́̔̍̚f̶̻͓̬͌͐͋̐̾̑̕l̷̙͇̣̪͛͐́͛͒͑̉͝y̸̠̳̪͍̳̗̐̀̿̀͐.̷̝̩̯͎͎́͂̏̀̈́̄͊̓̈́͜
̷̼͙͉̭͉̾͑̄̌̽͛̏͜I̶̛̤̓͛̀͐͑̒̒t̶̲̤̬̭͛ͅṡ̷̗͉̤̑͊́̓̉̏ ̷̛̙̩̞̆͝ẘ̵̮̯̻̈́̽͘i̴̛͙̖̪̱͈̾͊̊͋ͅñ̴̛̝̝̠͉̖̖͉͔̘͊̓̔͘͠ͅg̸̨̗͇̘̟͎̣͈̩̈̇̑͝ͅş̸̩͖̥͓̠̣͓͋̎͊͜͠ ̴̺̰͍̫̲́̐̒̑̈́̈́̅͂̀ͅả̵̡͎̤̔̑͘r̸͇̥͎̮̭̊̂ę̷̛̱̩̭͔̉̌̋̉́̉ ̸͉͑̾t̷̨͕̣͍̱͇̗̮̖̎̀̓͛̀͗̿̓̎ő̵̢̧̲̘̭̙͙̭̥͐͌̈͘o̴̦̳̰͉̥͓̦̍͜ ̵̨̰̩̯̱̺̅̔́̃̊̆́s̸͙̞̿͗̈́͌́̎͋͠m̵̨̧͓̗̟̻͉̟̖̌a̵̝͕͎̹̞͋̔l̵̼̣̗̖̳͂̏͐̈́̈ļ̸̧͎̬̞̹̗̞̄͒̅ ̸͓̱̭̱̫̺̲̘̳̼̑̑̀̌̆̌͂ẗ̶̛̗͎́̅̊͛ō̶͓̅̊̾̇͊̌̇̐͝ ̴̡̛̛͉̪̟̮̩̝̘̆̌͋͛̅̏̄ĝ̵̡̟͉̻͍͈̬̻̟̦͆͑̽͋͗̏͂͗ȩ̶̨̛̤̥̦̲̹̟̏͌̀͑̚ͅt̵̗̹̟̺̖́͒̀
̸̝̈́͂͒̈́̏̇͊i̵̤̹̝͈͛͑̐t̵̡̲̤̯͚̦̅̌̍͋̒̚s̵̥̹̻̠̋̇̀ ̴̱̲͕̭̝͓̊͐͛̒̏̊̕͜f̶̛̟̬͎͇̳͖̻̩͍͐͒͆͊̈́̇̄͝ǎ̵̢̦̤͕̀̓̚̚͠͝t̷͇̦̜͒̏̾̾ ̶̱͘l̷̞͔̩̖̉ȉ̴̧̦̠̲̼͓̰͌͐ẗ̸̡̨̛͉̥́̎̇ẗ̸̡̺͎̬͇͉͎͚̲́l̷̞̈̌̋͗̐̈̊̎͌͝e̴͉̞̼̲͂͌̒͠͠ ̵̰̩͕̤̼͐̔́̎͛̿͛͊̂̋b̷̼̮͒̔͆̿o̸̥͒͋̾d̶̤̞̘̗̙̙̀͛̎̄͊̊͘y̴̨̠͉͈̻̙͔̦̯̒̅͊̀͌̐̔̕͘ ̸̩̱͓̠̮̜̽̋̽̈̍͛͋o̵̟͍̜̼͉͐͑͜f̴̢̘͍̤̦̃̅͊̈͒̚f̶̼̮̟̪͙͚̏̽́͆̐́̂̈́ ̴̡̝̳̝̩͙̗̬̓̃̕t̷̖̲͇̽̿̓͂̇̀̽̄͠h̸̰̋ͅe̸̢͙̩͚̩̭̼̓̊̒̀̉͠ ̷̧͓͉̟͑͊̈̓͋̈́̐̈͝͠g̶̱͛͒̀͌̒̽͊̿͋r̸̢̞̝̥͍͇̗̝̓̓̈́͠ͅơ̷͚̓̑u̶͇̰͈̲̼͒̂̄̃̋̉̍̕͘n̵̛͇̯̪͓̬͓̜͇̿ḍ̵̢̮̜̖̳̝̞͌̽͒̈́ͅ.̴͈̺͉͙̪͂̈́̃̂̄͌͘͠
̴̢̺̱̪̭̲̜̾̓̈́͜͠Ț̴̢̯̂̿̎̀̓h̶̠͉͖̙͈͖̲̭̑ȩ̴͔̰̟͐̽̾̎̊̍̓̋ ̵̧̨̛̼͉̥̦̼̽̆̀͌͐̀̓b̷̥̖̩̜̣͒̑̂͝ě̵̢̛̝͍̫͉̳̺̭̌͗̽̏͒̚̕͝ę̷͙̱̮̥͓̝̊͐,̴̢̲̗̫̉́͜͠ ̸̢̛͉̙̣̬̦̜̫̪̗̃̎̾̒̽̃͐o̷̧̖̭͚̪̼̩̘̓̓̾͗̓͘̚f̸̨̬̞͉̺͇̣́ ̵͚̖͆̋̅̄̎c̴͈̤̻̺̘̗̐̋́o̶͎̫̞͚̜̜̹̟͋͜u̵̝͚̾̈́͑r̵̛̩̱̞͚͗̽̋͛̍́̒̂͝s̶̨̨̥̱͔͋̈͐̋͐̀̏̒̀͗ę̴̡̯͕̰̉̿̎̌̅͆̓̚,̸̹̞̈́̆͜ ̴͓͎̞͇͈͚̳͔̩̜͗́͆̚f̶̞͔̖̘̤̃̌̈͌͝͝͠͝l̵͕̻̭͎̼̱͓̊̍̊͂i̵̟̲͚̺̯̳̼̍͘e̴͖͋͛̚s̷̰͉͆̂̊̀̏̕͝ͅ ̷̡̺̱̜̩̞̫͂a̵̡̢͚͕̗̙̘̫̅̓̄̀̈́͝͝n̷͚̮̝̟̟̱̒͑̏̀̀͂̒̕y̴̦͙̹͙̠̬̹̋̊̆̅̏͊w̸̡̳̺̦̲̥̄͜͜ͅḁ̸͓̮͎̅̀y̵̛̻̺͍̣̣̯̯̋̏̏͑̂̑
̵̩͇̤̫̳̖̖̫̉̄b̵̛̰͕̣͍̀͒̑͜͠ę̵̢̖͈̦͚̻̝̮̟̓̎̽͌́̚c̷̛͎̓͐̒̓͆͛͛̕͠a̵̡͍̟̥͕̤̒͂́͜͜u̵̦͇̱̙͈̭̭̹͂͗̎͂́̆s̴̝̞̝̈́͂̍͗͠e̸̡̺͎̺͓̗̥̫͉̔̂͂͛̓̎̌̒͝ ̷̨̢̣̼͓̲͎̽͌͌̾͝b̶̛͇͙̖̠͂̑̎̄̊͑ę̶̡̝̩̯̯͕̀̿̈́ę̴̙͓̪̝̘̽̈́̐s̸̠͔̈͊͜ ̸̜̤̓̑̓̿͆̀ḑ̵̢̞̠̤͉̦͒̐õ̷̮̺͛̈̈͑͘͝n̴̰͕̎̌͗̍͗̍̽̽͘'̸̤̄̊̀̈̓̑͑t̴̼̩̞͇̯̘̫̽̏̕ ̴̡̛̳͖͈̋̌̅̽̄͌̌͌c̵̮̳͍̪̻͍̪̩̏̎͊̒̑̎́͆̚a̵̯̰͓̓̊̇͆͠r̶̡̩̱͚̝͔̥͕̬̖̔͌͊́̿̉̐̚͝͝e̴̛̮͉̙̼̹̎̋͌͊̽̚͝͝
̷̺͖̞̮̟̺̙͂w̶̧̞̝̳̜͉͂̇͆͂̚ȟ̸̻̗̥̍̓a̷͈̓̌̏̀t̵̢̫̺̱͍͍̠̣̱̎̀̽̑͆̽̀̿̊̂͜ ̴̝̬͎̤̟̠̞̑̀̏̉́́h̶̡̬̥̻̥̞̫͑̓̍͗̽̋͝ͅư̴̹̪͑̓́͌̆̎̎̚̚m̸̢͈̠̬̫͇͒̇́̓̈́̒́̀͘͝a̶̧͖͎̹̗̫̔̋̾͒̔͘ͅn̴̝͊̌͆̚ŝ̵͈̹͋ ̵̡͔͕̣͇͉͍͈̩͎̄̈̑̍̓̉͂ţ̷̻͔͍̦̳͌͜h̷̜̮̦̓̀͋̈̔̍̑̔̈́͝i̷̮͈̳̝̺͈̹̖͊̊̐̄͗̅̀̆̌̆n̷̛̺͓̭͇̩̆̀͒͒͘ķ̵̣̬̹̺̞̜̘͖̣̊̆͛̊̑̎̿̈́ ̶͕͇̬̰̝͚̐̚͜ͅį̵͔̪͒̇̾̆̉̕͠s̶̨͍͔͙̗̳͕̭̖̆̚ ̷̧̩̙̝̲͓̬͖̲́̍̌̕͠i̷̝͖̯̟͓̫̱̹̋͂͆͗̀͐̈́͝͝͝m̷̜̝̜̝͚̭̥̉͠p̶̠̯̺̊̈́͠o̴̢̻̒͑̅̕͝ͅs̸̩̺͎͇̲̬̟͍̦̼̽̀̊̿̃̋͛̚̚ş̴̛͍͉̩̩̺̈́͛̐̄̅́̈́͝ḯ̷̮͇͈̘͕̝͈́̓͋̈̆͝b̷̳̱̤̀́̋͒̈͆͛͑̓ͅļ̷̢̯̖̇͐̀̂̀͘͝ë̷̠̲̠͈͉͉͕́̃̐̓͆̆̅̇͛.̵̛̣͙̞̗̦͖͒͠

I ran a man over today in a low-poly ATV. Also played some bean battles with friends.

Had to refund it, the characters were very dislikable. No matter what dialogue option I choose, it's almost always given in a sassy tone, not much room for personality integration into the characters.

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This games great, a work of art. The visuals, music, storyline, characters, dialogue, all of them are very well done. However, I didn't really understand that much of how their town got screwed up, but it did not take away from the basic understanding of the world.

I really liked bastion, so when I saw this I knew I had to get it. Bastion is kind of more of a bad ass type game and storyline, while this one has more emotions and thinking involved.

As with Bastion I recommend using a controller, it would feel odd playing this on keyboard