Spoiler-free review.
I played season 1 and 2, and have been waiting for this one.
(And my previous review even won an award, oh wow! (still more helpful than my languages degree))
Here I'll tell you which of my expectations were met and which were not.

This game series was at a fairly decent level of execution from the start: funny jokes, an interesting, slowly advancing and engaging plot, and beautiful artwork. The protagonist and the girls he (or other characters) met were interesting to know and read about.

Overall, the selling point of this game for me has always been 50 percent art and 50 percent story.
By the second season, the pictures got even better. The plot kept evolving, as if hinting at something a little more global than individual encounters with the girls. Although there were some filler episodes.

But since the characters in this game are much better written than in your usual hentai, I suspected that the world in which the game takes place is not just a placeholder, but something more elaborate too. And that even the fillers may not have been fillers.
The characters occasionally mentioned some important events in the history of the world. But there wasn't any particular emphasis on that for the viewer.

And this new season confirmed all my theories!
But was it predictable? Certainly not! For although everything I suspected was confirmed, it was confirmed in some special way.
I was expecting a continuation of one story. And got a somewhat different one that sheds light on many other characters, sometimes making it hard to say «who's the main protagonist here»?

Overall, I really enjoyed it. I got answers to some of the questions I had.
Some that I hadn't even thought of.
But there were just as many new questions!

All in all, the developer delivered.
The only nitpick I have is that there are a bit fewer chapters than it used to be. Although the content-wise it’s not that noticeable, and the price tag is cheaper. But I want to play the next season right now!

So I'm looking forward to the sequel. It was nice to look at, interesting to read, and fun to play.
It took me about 3 hours to finish the season.

⚠️⚠️⚠️Keep in the mind this is my honest review maybe different preference with you , I will share what I feel when I played this game.⚠️⚠️⚠️

🌸Disclaimer : This my first 2D art style visual novel games ever I played in Steam platform🌸



🍭🍑🍭Game Tags Information :2DCG, 2D game, Male protagonist, Big ass, Big tits, Exhibitionism, Fantasy, Humor, Monster girl, Groping, Vaginal sex, Oral Sex, Creampie, Masturbation, Spanking, Anal sex, Teasing, Tit♥♥♥♥, Voyeurism, Lesbian, Bondage. 🍭🍑🍭

My score : 8,5/10 ( Solid 2D game)

Total hours : 3-5 hours more less (Depend how fast you read and how many playthrough you play it. And your desire to unlock all scene and achievements.)

Positive side : ✔️✔️✔️✔️

1. Graphic : Honestly I was uncertain to start this game, but I found surprisingly for me the art really good and polished very well. The women also attractive and have own different characters

2. Story : Story pretty fun and interesting also there is comedy in the story and dialogues in every chapter ( There is 5 chapters in this game) you can play from chapter one or whatever chapter you want to play.

3. Free roam : Yes you can roam like usual game with W.S.A.D

4. Sound : Sound very good and easy listening make you comfortable when playing without feels boring

5. There is mini game like with Turn base mechanic ( with first time I don't understand, make me restart from begin chapter because 0 move left can't do anything) I suggest if player not type of this mini games , can make skip button or auto win battle

6. Mechanic : feels like RPG game and Luckly not too much grindy game to get what you want.

7. Price : Very affordable and worth with this kind of quality.

8. Autosave feature : I when try to find out how to save this game, try to esc button no works only "main menu and exit" then I realize in bottom right there is small icon which is autosave symbol.

9.Steam cloud : There is steam cloud and sync perfectly saved in cloud. ( because my recent crash PC, then I realize this feature its must and mandatory also carry all your save and gallery progress which is very important )✔️✔️✔️

10. Achievements : not too hard to collect it all, you can when playing the game.

11. Game run perfectly I don't find any issues or bugs

🌼 Thankyou very much to developer
PixelGreeds for give me key and access testing and try your Arcana: Heat and Cold. Stories. And sorry for delayed reviews for me because this is my first Hentai 2D game for me so I feels uncertain and questioning to my self if I capable to give and delivering my insight 🌼

🌼Congratulations for your release and Goodluck in the future ,and Universe bless you always 🌼

🌟In the end all of us play gaming for having fun and spend our free time, stop hate each others make better community, Enjoy the game🌟


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TL;DR
PixelGreeds strikes again with a dialogue heavy, worldbuilding lewd game full of stunning artwork, engaging characters, and satisfyingly saucy lewd scenes! Absolutely worth a grab for the amount of content versus the price point, my only major complaint is that the game plays more like a visual novel as the exploration is so linear and discouraging of exploration that it feels almost unnecessary to be included.
"I have to admit, your p*ssy is a worthy opponent" is probably the funniest line I've ever read.
+ Beautiful artwork, the girls all look amazing!
+ Great blend of lore/story and the lewd content
+ Starts off with lewd content immediately to really hook you on playing more
+ The combat feature, while not explored as much as I would have liked, is unique and effective
+ Gallery is great for replaying scenes
- The world is linear and discourages exploration
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Another entry in the Arcana series, Stories contains five self-contained short-stories, some with the purpose of some character shenanigans, while others contain some prequel stories as to the lore events of the game, notably the looming United Great Crusade and the events which lead up to Arcana Season 1.

Among these 5 chapters, you play as different characters in a rather linear world. Each chapter offers different lewd scenes and does a great job at mixing the lewd elements with the actual story elements!

There are several girls, most of which we've come to know and love from previous titles! Most of the girls featured follow a similar body type of slender with big breasts, with the real differences coming in the form of some minor species deviations. Miley returns with her catgirl features, we have some Imp love and some elves, of course! These deviations help to make characters feel unique, but what really deviates the characters is their interactions with other characters.

With six sex scenes, the game wastes no time in starting you off with one of these sex scenes and plenty of lewd visuals involving the beautiful imp girl Blair, before really getting into the gameplay of the title. This isn't just an eye candy scene, either (although you definitely get plenty of that). You get a good introduction to these characters and how they behave through their erotic encounter with each other in this first scene. If you're looking more for the lewd and less of the substance, it's pretty easy to ignore the story part in this particular scene as the dialogue is efficient at giving you some good brain fodder along with your eye candy.

All of the scenes in this title are done in the form of well-done and beautiful artwork with stunning girls, containing no animations and just utilizing still images. That does NOT detract from the way these scenes are done, however. They are still always plentifully erotic and engaging every time they occur.

Sadly, not every girl has a lewd scene. I was a bit sad that the imp girl at the market doesn't have a scene. I know some of these are cameo appearances, but I still wished for them to have a scene in this title as well.

The gameplay of the game is more akin to a visual novel with an RPG skin on it. The gameplay kind of discourages exploration with nothing to really interact with aside from what will trigger the next set of dialogue on the story. With this mechanic, it is unfortunately a linear and straightforward map. You can't deviate from the beaten path and there is no real dialogue to explore outside of just "I don't want to go this way."

There are a few combat encounters in this title with an interesting way of doing combat. Having a certain amount of energy points and using them for either movement to position yourself near an enemy, attacking the enemy in front of you, or waiting to be able to attack faster next round if you have any energy leftover is a really unique way of handling this type of combat. It's not as braindead as most of the gameplay combat you'd find in something like an RPGMaker title, but it's not overly complicated, either. I really give kudos to this combat mechanic and my only complaint is that I wish there was more of it to the gameplay.

As is custom of the Arcana series, the girls in this game are more explored than your typical H-game. They aren't just lusty maidens (most of the time) but typically they have a pretty important personality to them, whether that be a sense of pride, a sense of duty, a sense of independence, or a sense of survival. The extensive amount of dialogue in this title help you to become familiarized with these characters as well as with the lore and worldbuilding that the game offers in between the lewd scenes, attempting (and for the most part succeeding) to blend a rich RPG world with the lewd aspects that we've come here for.

The English translation isn't perfect as there are some minor grammatical errors, but it is not nearly bad enough to warrant knocking any points off. You understand what they're saying even if it isn't said quite right.

· The "End Turn" Hourglass Button doesn't work, but right clicking does!

Another great title for the Arcana series! There's plenty of really well-made content to make the price point worth it and the amount of worldbuilding is hefty enough if you like to have a bit more substance with your lewds! If you don't, then you might have an issue with Chapter 5, which is quite dialogue heavy and only tackles the lewd scene near the end.

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Arcana: Heat and Cold. Stories is a spin-off of the "Arcana: Heat and Cold" series that keeps everything we love about the franchise and focuses on the side characters. The stories are shorter this time, but the dialogues are as witty as usual and there's even room for some worldbuilding. Moreover, it takes a lot less to get to the juicy bits this time, sometimes starting a chapter with a sex scene. What's more, it's as gorgeous as ever and features panning shots during the scenes that you can scroll up or down in case you want to err... take a better look at them.

In short, don't think twice and get it if you're already a fan of the series, but starting with the main series is a better idea for those who haven't played it yet and are looking for a well-written adventure game with gorgeous visuals. After all, you'll feel a bit lost if this is the first game you play from the franchise.

This game > Dota

So what have we got here? A new season?! Mmm yummmy.
This season's first chapter starts right off with a hentai scene, huh! Not typical of this game. But it turned out to be appropriate here. Now that's what I call a start! Lol.

Here’s my brief overview:
There are less chapter, but so is the price.
The pacing is okay, it's a good attention grabber. Story, pictures, gameplay and of course the girls change quickly so it doesn't get boring.

Liked the jokes and the comedy situations.

The game skillfully squeezes all the juices out of what it’s allowed to be. Not falling into surprise for the sake of surprise territory, but also not turning into «nothing really changes, except this new girl has a different hair color».

There is a new feature that in some scenes you can scroll some pictures up and down.
Oh, and fights have become easier and there’s less of them.

And the game isn't 7 hours as it says in my review. I just forgot to close the game. In fact, it lasts about 3 hours or so.

Attention:
- this review may contain spoilers, if you don´t mind go ahead.

Summary: A hidden gem, a short-length turn-based strategy lewd game. Features excellent artwork (already uncensored).

About:
- Game: A hidden gem, short-length turn-based strategy lewd game, with some ecchi, adventure, and comedy elements.
- Story/Gameplay: not the S3, but some side/ short / spin-off stories with a couple of turn-based battles and lewd scenes.
- VA: N/A
- Artwork: pretty good; already uncensored.
- Text/translation: no problem so far
- Performance/cons: no problem so far

Conclusion: "Arcana: Heat and Cold. Stories" is a short-length turn-based strategy lewd game, with some ecchi, adventure, and comedy elements, featuring excellent artwork (already uncensored). Even is only side/ short / spin-off stories, they're lewd. Recommended to play S1 and S2 first.

I recommend

Huh, well, we’re getting serious now. We don't just have a hentai with a plot, we have a global plot here, guys!

You have my respect. Got me so interested that I went to replay past seasons. And if a hentai game makes you replay itself not just because of the art, I think that's a sign of quality.
And while it started out pretty good too, it wasn't THIS global, huh.

I liked the music – simple, but not boring tunes (as it usually happens), that create the right atmosphere.

UPD:
1)Man, that chapter with the dark elf and the imp was hilarious. That "simple man" twist.
2)Yuri elves and tentacles. A dream come true.

Okay, listen up, developer. I loved it.
But if you end up leaving me with no answers, you'll regret it!

I can't say that I'm an ultra-coomer. But the game was praised for the story, so I decided to try it.
I have not played the previous parts, so sometimes there were some questions about what's going on. But in general it was all clear. As I understand it, this season is a mix of prequel and side-story.
I liked a lot of the jokes and the story was interesting, so I might check out the rest of the series.

I'll be honest, the autosave in the form of a bee confused me...