The secondary skill changes with the heroine brought along for the mission in Act 1, Lily's is an explosive projectile, while Killi's is a short-range shotgun blast. The fighter can be upgraded to modestly increase damage and durability with resources from space and ground missions. Subverse's gameplay consists of two major mini-games: a shoot-em-up (SHMUP) where you pilot a space fighter and fight off large waves of enemies on a large map, and small-scale 2D grid-based land combat where you control one heroine and 3 bio-engineered monsters against similarly-sized waves of enemies on a small randomly-generated map.ĭespite the limited customization options, the SHMUP combat is pretty fun and doesn't wear out its welcome. The writers cleverly sculpted a setting that justifies the oddball story they wanted to tell. In an overarching narrative about sexual liberation, it makes sense that sexual humor would abound, in the same way that politics polarizes the conversation of ideologues in real life: the adopted language demonstrates group affiliation. While humor is an overarching focus, it doesn't crowd out other elements: we still have characters with at least superficially plausible motives, as well as a surprisingly detailed and coherent setting. The Captain is a huge pervert (which you might have guessed from the panty mask), and light sexual humor pervades much of the dialogue. This story is told primarily through lightly-animated visual-novel-like character dialogues, with cinematic sequences for major scenes. Subverse's story is easily its strongest asset. The Requital, led by the ruthless human ex-General Blythe, is a terrorist organization bent on eradicating the Imperium and establishing an independent human state-by any means necessary. The Senu-led Imperium is transitioning from the rule of former Empress Kasidora, a hardliner championing the Veil and the suffocation or outright destruction of any races that would opposite it, to the young new Empress Celestina, who favors a relaxation of state-sponsored restrictions, as she believes Kasidora's oppressive regime has antagonized the other races and destabilized the Imperium. While the story largely follows the Captain and his crew, perspective occasionally shifts to show the interactions of the other major factions, including two introduced at length in Act 1. To successfully face the might of the Imperium, he must now travel the galaxy and amass a harem of beautiful but deadly vixens. The Captain escapes with the aid of the genius hacker Fortune, who enlists him (on pain of death) in an audacious plot to cast off Imperial rule and its draconian restrictions on sexual freedom. Enter the protagonist, the Captain of the cutting-edge stealth ship the Mary Celeste: a notorious smuggler, anti-pirate mercenary, and general pervert (and thus outlaw). The galaxy Prodigium is dominated by the Imperium, which seeks to propagate its sexually-repressive gospel, the Veil, in order to restrain population growth and preserve the dominance of the ruling Senu (space-elf) elite. The setting is unlikely but surprisingly coherent. Ero is fairly light and completely optional. The story is the main focus, with (mostly optional) gameplay segments interspersed. Subverse blends story, gameplay, and ero in a ratio of about 40:20:1. Act 1 introduces the smuggler/mercenary protagonist Captain and his AI assistant DEMI, the rogue scientist Lily, and the ex-pirate boss Killi, as well as a number of other non-playable characters. Priced at $30 for the full game, the initial release (Act 1) contains 5-10 hours of content, with 30hrs planned for the full game. Subverse has been in development for 2 years, culminating last week in the Steam release of 6 of 22 currently planned chapters. A project that was hoping to raise $140,000 ended up raising over 10x that, and thus what should've been a small amateur porn game became a multi-year blockbuster production. The appeal was simple: a Mass Effect knockoff with hardcore porn, made by the Mass Effect porn creators Studio FOW. The Kickstarter campaign (for an eroge!) raised a record $2.3 million USD, and catapulted to #2 in Steam's weekly overall rankings on release. Subverse has been one of the most highly-anticipated eroge ever released in the West. Subverse is an ambitious cinematic gameplay erogame that blends visual novel dialogue, SHMUP and grid-combat gameplay, and animated ero.
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