VN - Others - Luna in the Tavern [v0.46] [TitDang]

I really wish i could give this game a 5 star for it originality and it's art but i can't and i will keep it simple

The good

• Has a very good art imo.
• it's very original and has plenty of different fetishes
• an OK amount of scenes

The Bad

• A single save
• No skip button and the only way to pass things is with a mouse click so get ready to spend your mouse clicks and lifetime together with your sanity for doing a miss click and need to go back on your save
• No walkthrough so you need to do trial and error to unlock scenes with 1 save

The Terrible

• Paid extra saves
• Paid Skip button
• Online DRM
• Criminally low update frequency for a monthly subscription
• 15$ bucks per month as a pledge to unlock the full game, with some countries taxes it can get into 19~25$ that is more than 10% of the minimal wage on a lot of contries for a couple of scenes, more saves, ability to skip, but the worst aggravating factor is that the moment you stop pledging you lose all, everything so yeah

Some extra points is that you can play with more saves and other basic features some free versions(v0.11 and under *without premium scenes) that you can get for free on dev itch.io so if you want some crumbs there it is

On a final note i follow this game for about 2 years maybe more, i had hope dev would change, but seem how little the game was developed this is barely a scam, and i'm sorry for anyone that already paid more than 200$ with little to none hope for an finished product, but if you didn't yet i suggest you to bail out, because at this pace this game is going to take more 10 years to reach an end.

+ 5 where:
1 - interesting dialogues and plot at all
2 - really nice art with bimbos and even loli
3 - a fresh air, a single project of dota. there is no alternative. So far so more, nice character designs
4 - easy to play, but with this have some tasks to do.
5 - almoust free to play

- 1 where:
1 - shitty payable system. but from devs words 'all payable scenes will become free at the release of the game', so it makes it not so bad. So yeah 4 stars

Good
- Art: One of the best games when it comes to art in my opinion. A very unique artstlye that I haven't seen in another game. Also managed to capture the source material (Dota 2) very well.
- Dialogue: The setup for all the Chapters and resulting scenes is great. The dialogue works well in the scenes and is fitting for the character from the original game.
- Content: There is quite a lot of content, even for free players. The vast majority is very high quality with only a minor amount of reused or lower quality stuff.

Neutral
- Choices: The game has quite a lot of choices and for the drinking-game part they are very good. There are some fake choices (like chosing which contest to do where in Chapter 4 when you can only do it at the correct spot anyways) and it's easy to lose track all of the status effects you will receive from the dialogue options that will usually have an effect much later.
- Game features: While there are some features that are paywalled (multiple save slots and skip function), the free features are still fine for the most part since you can at least skip the longer chapter introductions. A second save slot would be convenient, but you can usually manage with one.

Bad
- Payment model: The game has a very controversial payment model which is also a big reason for the many negative reviews it has. You get early access to new versions as well as some premium scenes and game features (like the mentioned multiple save slots) with a Patreon subscription. I don't think anyone complains about the early access, but the premium scenes/features require a monthly "Offlaner Tier" ($15) subscription for as long as you want to use them, which is quite high. I hope there might be some middle ground in the future with either unlocking the premium scenes for lower subscription tiers later (and possibly free users way later) or only requiring a one time purchase once the game is complete to access everything indefinitely. Since the premium scenes are only on the server side, this means they would be gone forver if the service ever stops and it also limits modding possibilities. I think releasing an offline version that includes the premium scenes with a year delay and lower subscription tiers being able to access it with a 6 month delay online would be reasonable, but if the current model is required to finance the game it's still much better than stopping development.

(Note: I have played/tested the game with the free and the premium version at some points)

I enjoyed some scenes in this game but I Patreon adds in game ruin the experience for me. I can understand having few scenes behind a paywall but inability to save game or skip dialogue as paid features? WTF

Art 3.5/5
Story 2/5
Gameplay - It's a VN so no real gameplay
Fapability 3/5
Music -/-
DevSupport 1/5
Originality 4/5

Good Points
+ Art style looks good.

Bad Points
- Saving and skipping are locked behind a paywall, and that's just totally unacceptable. It's what every game should have from the beginning, not something you should sell for more money...
- Despite all ways DEV tries to take money game is actually very half-assed in every way: the art style looks good but it's not detailed enough nor unique, our story is not well-written, detailed, or original and we don't even have animations for sex scenes, they are nothing more than couple pictures and sex scenes don't even have good enough picture and different position variety...

For The End
With the paywall thing this is beyond playable and deserves nothing more than zero starts (if we have it...) and let me tell you something: I played the unlocked version and it wasn't good at all either, even with unlocked features it's nothing more than 1 stars rate game and that's very sad, don't waste your time with this.

Saving and skipping is locked behind a paywall, in a visual novel, where to get to different scenes you need to make different "choices", choices in quote marks because they are not even choices in a sense that visual novels usually entail. They are meaningless besides getting to a scene.

Just terrible, even good art doesn't save this developer decision. If not for those paywalled functions, game can easily be 4 stars, maybe even more, but those types of things don't inspire much confidence.

A mind-blowing plot. Gorgeous art. Constant innovation. The coder and artist deserve their money for such a great game. Paid scenes are a fetishist's paradise. But I will lower my grade (from five to five stars) for the fact that all the most interesting things with Luna happen either in flashbacks or in alternate endings. When is she going to get fucked in the ass on the table in front of all the visitors and the plot continues!!!? Oh, and waiting for a cameo by Mortred.

It's impossible to evaluate because all the scenes are blocked by paywalls... It's just impossible to play.
What's the point of posting new versions if it's impossible to view the scenes? Definitely the worst game on the site that I have ever seen.

Quite a fun game, I do not know why such low ratings.
Well, yes, it is simple, it should rather be considered erotic and pornographic humor than hentai in its pure form.

But let's be objective:
- There are plenty of scenes in the game;
- Good artwork;
- The plot in the chapters is simple, but this game, even judging by the title, does not need a complex plot.
All in all, I liked it - just what you need to lift your spirits and turn off your brain.
But one thing I will say, you either have to pay on Patreon, or look for a hack of this game.

Absolute scam, everything is locked behind a paywall, even the simplest functions like skipping / saving etc... Don't waste your time on this. Dev's like this shouldn't be allowed to promote their game on this forum if you ask me.

As others pointed out this is as close to a literal scam as it gets. The only thing this game has going for it is the art, and even in that regard it's just above average, nothing novel to write home about.

And even that slightly above the norm art reeks of scam, cause this "game" is nothing but a shiny hull around literal nothingness. There's no real story, there isn't much in regards to characters, the sex scenes are really repetitive and pretty random, there is far less player agenda than I can personally enjoy in a game that isn't much more than just a glorified visual novel (and then really a subpar one, it's less straight forward and honest than a kinetic novel, but it also totally lacks the intricacy and branching paths a good VN with player choices offers)

Also this game obviously picked Dota as a theme because it attracts players, so it's a blatant cash grab/scam in that regard as well.

I don't wish anything bad on the Dev as a person but I really wish he face-plants with his attempt to rip people of their hard-earned money, I would make an argument that paying for an exclusive membership on a porn site would still be a better investment than this.

A blatant scam with good art. It's like if EA tried to release a porn game. Locking skipping and saves beind paywalls is just baffling. Titdang's other and the release schedule is so few and far between that you can't justify supporting this especially when the first tier doesn't really grant any benefits.

The Electronic Arts of the Adult Videoludic Industry.
Pay wall after pay wall after pay wall.

But is the game actually worth it? It has good art and kind of decent-ish, original-ish gameplay. That's it. Don't expect a good game.

If you want to spend some money on adult videogames, then look for something else that is actually worth them and donate to people who actually WORK on their games.

Paywalls like these are really scummy. You should figure out a way to have patreon content be a bonus rather than a way to lock basic quality of life functions to force people to pay you money for something that should be a given. Removing functions like saving or skipping is super lame and obnoxious.

Everything is behind a reoccurring paywall that I don't think is justified based on the content provided. I wouldn't recommend even trying the free version out because basic quality of life features like saving your game are behind a paywall. Go offer your patronage to a developer more deserving of it.

the images are nice but thats where good things end
playing with just mouse is not good, u need to brute click ur way forward without any way of skipping text when there are no scenes showing at least i didnt found any
another thing is multiple endings to whom u cant reach because there is only one save space and u can only skip game to certain location
it didnt felt nice trying to get all scenes and i gave up after my finger started hurting (heh) but i liked images and text too but it doesnt make sense for me to read something again and again without ability to skip when i need to reopen same save to get to different scenes
it got potential but for now i recommend just finding gallery sites with images it will save u a lot of frustration and time from reading same things, loading ten times, looking for right answer just to get the image, hurting ur finger on mouse

The farcical DRM makes it impossible to enjoy this title. A shame the dev seems hellbent on not securing any goodwill with anyone in this community and would rather throw their name in the ring for the title of worst porn game developer. There are better games and developers you can and should support if you absolutely must spend money on porn games.

Nice art, though.

Most of the content is blocked off and there is not enough to bother. Art is good, but not worth paying money for it.

Do yourself a favor and forget about this game. This is clearly intended to be a cash grab by the developer with no real concern about the desires and wants of the people actually playing the game.

Very poor gameplay, and some of them needs money to be unlocked. I respect that but not when each chapter is short, with several CGIs.
This wouldve been better off as adult comics instead of a game.

The art is great but its almost unplayable with all the money blocked scenes. As a completionist of games, that bothers me a lot.

I disagree with anyone who gave this game five stars and one stars bc there is some good in this game like the art design. However there is a lot of issue with this game like for what the devs are doing right now with adding a online drm to a VN game which it is questionable by itself but making people pay 15 per month for low effort content. I would given this a one star if I wasn't grading with how the game looks so It gets a two at least.