King of the Raft - A LitRPG Visual Novel Apocalypse Adventure

Should you buy it? Short answer, no. There are better things even for free on Itch.io. [b] Edit: They actually lowered the base price with 75% in one go a month after I wrote this review. On the one hand this was the price range I myself recommended. But a sudden, massive drop in price without any updates as to why makes it feel a bit off to me. It may be an honest reaction from the developer to the lower than expected reviews. But a cynical part of me says they never meant to sell it for 12 euro's and just jacked the price way up in hopes of fooling people with a discount on launch. If you are reading this Royal Guard: It would have been better to fix some issues or post an update as to what is happening. This just makes people who did buy your game for full price feel like crap. [/b] Back to the review: Long answer? Art: It is serviceable but nothing to write home about. The artwork is reused with a few new elements added to trick you into thinking they have drawn more than they...

actually enjoyed it. Its more of a visual book on audio than a traditional game though. I enjoyed it though.

This 'litRPG' or Light RPG meaning you have valid path choices that end in different results is a misnomer. Additionally for all the 'chapters' involved the VN ends abruptly and does not indicate if there will be more added. Attempting to goto the publisher website is worthless as it goes to an Amazon novel affiliate site that has no actual association to the VN since even using their search engine to look for data ends with no results. At this time I have to remove a possible recommend and will be putting in a refund request since there is no valid developer access method.

Interesting story at times, but lacking much at all in the way of player choice. It's just a single path railroad. At times it explains mechanics for in-game choices you will not actually have opportunity to make. It also stops rather suddenly and is clearly Chapter 1 of a larger story. Not terrible, but without any real player agency and given the short length it really doesn't measure up.

Made it to the seventh chapter - good art, but strange, far-fetched plot, mary sue hero, almost linear gameplay and a very boring soundtrack from single melody. Sadly, cannot recommend!