A rather good JRPG/Visual Novel (with the general emphasis on the latter). The graphics are very nice, although the backgrounds could be a bit more detailed. Character animation is somewhat basic, but are drawn with great detail and do look lovely. Story is good too, and quite funny in parts.

The battle system is quite good fun and seems easy enough to get to grips with. The main problem is that you only ever need to use one weapon - you will always defeat your opponents using that as long as you time your blocks correctly and use your friends abilities at the auspicious time.

Music and voice acting is good, although you don't get VO when the protagonist is thinking, which does seem a bit weird. He also won't talk during the ra-pe scenes (according to second-hand reports the voice actor wasn't allowed to)

Overall, it's a fun game. Whilst you wont get the adult version on Steam, it does get pretty risque. It could also be regarded as rather dark, especially with regards to what Wilfried does to Fine (and later on to Erika), especially once you get past the half-way mark.

Whilst ra-pe isn't uncommon in VN (in Army Gals it can be part of the story), in this it is rather disquieting, both due to Wilfried's attitude and the girls sanguine response to it - with only Fine commenting on it towards the end of the game, in a off-hand manner.

Whilst the DLC does partially explain the reason for both, it also makes Wilfried far, far nastier than without...

By all accounts (especially with regards to the cliff-hanger ending), events do become a lot darker.

More can be found here : http://thegg.net/reviews/re-lord-1-pc-review-a-very-enjoyable-plus-18-lewd-anime-like-strip-battle-rpg-visual-novel/

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Quite an interesting game. 90-95% VN, the rest 5-10%, simple action-RPG, which, is played with one mouse only with relax state.

In general, the game is good.

Graphics:
Very nice. Backsgrounds, characters, VFX - everything is very beautiful. The sprites of characters have enough emotions (a look from under the eyebrows from Erica is hard to forget, and i cannot remember it without a smile). You might found problem only with the stylistics of the absolute majority of characters that look like stuffed animals, but the plot for this is correctly adjusted, so everything is ok. I think authos saved a lot of money on that, not drawing large amount of humanoid characters. However, I'm not saying that stuffed animals are bad, or something like that, its fine. Its just like there is only stuffed animals all around and only few "humans" (including Protagonist).

Sound:
The music is good. Just good. Nothing outstanding, but nonetheless fine. I remember only 2-3 audio tracks, but its doesn't mean that evetything else is bad. I'm waiting for ripped version to appear on YouTube (if it happens at all). Don't wanna to extract them from .bin files on my own.
Seiyu's are 10/10 (probably this is a default for Japanese VN, but nevertheless). The voices of all the characters are memorable, they fit the character perfectly.
Oops, almost forgot. All characters voiced. I mean when any character says something, it's voiced. Always. Even the secondary characters that appear in the plot for 2-3 phrases (courier, etc.) Or is it fine for Japanese VN? I've played a lot of MMO and in Japanese non-VN (Final Fantasy series, etc.), and there is commonly one big problem - main plot are voiced, but side quests is not. Here, in general, all this is just wonderful.
Many thanks to the authors that they voiced the main character. VN's where all characters EXCEPT THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PROTAGONIST are voiced sucks ♥♥♥♥ (hi "Nekopara" and a lot more ♥♥♥♥).

Plot and dialogues:
That's actually the point that most affects the gameplay experience. In short, everything is at a decent level. Local humor I, personally, like very much. I play with a smile bigger part of the game.
Problem might be the main non-comedy piece of story. I mean general questions like - who are the witches, who is their master, etc. I hope its not like Wilfried is a Master of Witches from the future / parallel universe, but so far its mainly thoughts. The ending (namely the last few lines of text and final art) scares. Frightened by the fact that in the continuations (I hope they will be released?) story might depart from the comedic component and focus on the development of the plot with the revolution of the Protagonist and terrorism, and personally I would not like something like that. Such plot part is too gloomy for such a brightly-shining game - it is played with a smile, and not with a gloomy attentive look. The problem im not sure authors can harmoniously combine comedy part and dark part - its quiate a difficult task.

Combat system:
As already mentioned above, everything is done with mouse and, accordingly, it is quite pleasant to play by one hand, leaning yourself back in the chair. There are no random encounters every 3 minutes on the world map - all enemies are visible and if you want to focus on the plot, they will not become a wall from your goal. The developers do not force the player to kill all the mobs in the location for the passage, although I did it, heh.

Battles with bosses:
It is not entirely clear the logic of developers. Do censorship in a game in which bosses need to undress? No, understand that this is far from vomiting fan-service "Senran Kagura" and other ♥♥♥♥ e.g. "Queens Blade", etc.
However, undressing of two witches is present here (which is even explained by plot, lul)
But in steam version you undress witches only to underwear. Eeee logic? Why is it here at all? It would have been better in the censorship version to have completely cut this stripping system, and left the bosses only with an HP bar. And then in 18 + DLC version add damage for clothes. If they do that, might be peoples had some incentive to look on 18+ version, but in current state thats just looks dull.
Yes, and even in the 18+ version, to undress a witch in a boss-encounter is simply impossible task. After all, with your damage to clothing you also damage boss HP-bar, so that as soon as you reach the strawberry part, the boss will be 0 hp and the encounter will be finished with your a victory (or lose). As a result - full stripping is possible only in the story encounters, which happens, if I'm not mistaken, 4 times. Then why you add this feature to the boss encounters, where execution of this is possible only in theory? Hello? What is wrong with you, developers?

Translation:
English version seems kind of good. I've noticed very few Spelling errors, although I'm not a native speaker of the language. True, there were moments of playing when the character spoke aloud two or three words, and the text was on 2-3 lines, but this maximum caused surprise. Japanese, whenever...
The only problem is the lack of subtitles on the world map (i've generally understand meaning of them, but still...) and in battle (also a couple of voice lines). But its not critical... Just tell me WHY IN THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥ HELL YOU DIDN"T TRANSLATE EXTRA-CONTENT OF THE CHARACTERS (which are unlucked by the passing of the game)? I do not know Japanese and i cannot understand their monologue =((((

Time:
I think it took me near ~13 hours to complete game (I still ran the 18+ version, and it didn't count in Steam)

General:
I like this game. Look forward for sequel. Hope it will be on same level as this part (or maybe even better!)

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Довольно интересный образец попался. 90-95% ВН, остальные 5-10%, простенькая экшн-рпг, которая, в силу своей не затянутости играется довольно забавно, налегке, и одной только мышкой.

Вообще в игре радует тупо всё.

Графон:
Очень приятная картинка. Задники, персонажи, VFX - всё очень красиво. У спрайтов персонажей хватает прорисованных эмоций (взгляд из-под бровей от Эрики трудно забыть, да и без улыбки он не вспоминается). Придраться можно лишь к стилистике абсолютного большинства персонажей которые выглядят как плюшевые зверушки, но тут уж сюжет под это грамотно подогнан, так что всё в меру. Думаю сэкономили себе трудов, этим ходом, авторы не мало. Впрочем я не говорю что зверушки плохо прорисованы, или что-то вроде того. С ними тоже всё в порядке. Просто их дохрена, а полноценных "человеков"/"людей" всего трое (включая ГГ).

Звук:
Мызыка хорошая. Просто хорошая. Ничего особенно не выдающегося, но тем не менее приятное. Мне запомнилось всего 2-3 трека, но и это в принципе уже не плохо. Жду когда появится их рипнутый вариант на ютубчике (если это вообще произойдёт). Не хочу в .bin файлах игры копаться.
Сейю подобраны на 10/10 (наверное это дефолт для японских ВН-ок, но тем не менее). Голоса всех персонажей запоминающиеся, подходят под характер. Вообщем тут придраться даже при желании было бы невозможно.
Да, чуть не забыл. Озвучено тупо всё. Вплане когда персонаж говорит, это озвучивается. Всегда. Даже второстепенные персонажи которые появляются в сюжетке на 2-3 фразы (курьер и пр.) Наверн это норма для ВН? Я просто наигрался в своё время в ММО и в японские не-ВНки, и там в сайд квестах на озвучку жлобятся, скоты поганые. Тут, вообщем, всё с этим просто замечательно.
Огромное спасибо авторам что озвучили главного героя (у меня от ВН где озвучены все основные персонажи кроме ГГ просто бомбит. Это настолько уёбищно выглядит что фейспалм поначалу, пока не привыкнешь, ловишь постоянно).

Сюжет и диалоги:
Вот собственно пункт которые больше всего влияет на игровой экспириенс. Если кратко - всё на достойном уровне. Местный юмор мне весьма понравился, с улыбкой на лице я сидел на протяжении большей части прохождения.
Тёмной лошадкой выступает основная некомедийная сюжетная часть. А име

Re;Lord 1 ~The witch of Herfort and stuffed animals~, is a visual novel with RPG and puzzle elements. I'd say it consists about half of the content in the game. The puzzle aspect of it occurs in the over world. Various "blocks" are dropped as loot whenever you open a chest in the over world or when you defeat enemies. Using them, you can move towards the objective and "conquer" the map. Beware though, you are given a limited amount of time to reach your goal so utilizing the blocks you are given efficiently is quite important.

The role playing aspect of the game comes when you encounter enemies on the map. The game will switch to a first person view. In this mode, you use the mouse to cast spells or block attacks from enemies. After either yours or the enemies' HP goes to zero, or when the time limit runs out, you'll be kicked back to the map. The only true game over are when your time limit in reaching the objective goes to zero.

So far the game play has been satisfying albeit a bit easy. The only time I had encountered a difficult battle was against the secret boss in the final chapter. But that’s nothing a little exp grinding can’t solve! There is an option to increase the difficulty but only after completing the game at least once, so there’s that. The over world puzzle won’t give you too much trouble neither as you get an effin tons of blocks just by progressing through the game.

Story-wise its just ok for me. Not much going on at the start. In addition to that, it’s obvious to tell where the plot is heading even before you reach chapter 2. Furthermore, the ending feels more like some sequel baiting to me rather than a proper conclusion.

In terms of character, personally the dynamics between Wilfried and Ria are quite annoying. Their antics aren’t as endearing as they are made out to be. Wilfried stands better on his own or when interacting with other characters like Erika for example. Despite his chuunibyou affliction, he is quite cunning, able to outwit his opponents easily. However, that doesn’t really mesh well with the light hearted tone of the game. Maybe, with the exception towards the end where the game foreshadow something much more sinister. Will the sequels be more darker in tone? Who knows? Hopefully Sekai Project bring over the next Re;Lord game.

Gameplay Video
https://youtu.be/AzZL-UUw1NM

The game is good. I like the part where you can strip a girl naked. The only thing I don't like is their long conversations with each other.

This is a very polished and beatiful visual novel with really funny story and interesting battle system. The interface is intuitive and easy to learn. CGs are juicy and colorful. The only sad thing is that the game is rather short. Let's hope that the sequels will be released here as well!

TL;DR
If you like VNs with an element of action gameplay and funny story - you should try this game.

This was surprisingly addictive. The art style was very good and the combat system was intuitive and fun to play. The story was overall okay being one out of a trilogy of games, but the second and third have yet to be translated. As a stand alone game it was a fun play but I want to know what happens next...

A decently written visual novel filled with likable characters, trashy humor and a bit of game-play consisting with a slice of an rpg and puzzle mechanics.

To summarize, it's a story about both dense and idiot demon lord with dad complex who goes on a delusion filled quest to save the kingdom of demons from witch invasion, and of course he is followed by his companion, a tsundere childhood friend. Wherever they go, they face challenges and idiocy, make new friends, fight stuffed animals, tear girls clothes apart and, if situation allows it, does some casual rape on the side.

Overall, if you're a degenerate enough, you will definitely enjoy this comedy ridden visual novel.

Pretty fun to play, but feel the dlc is a bit too much

Highly recommend this game, it has fun click-drag mechanics with PLENTY of "plot".

Good VN with a bit of rpg elements and unique fighting mechanics 👍