Countess in Crimson

Introduction
This game was a revelation in a certain sense of the word. And all because this is not an average project made on the Ren'Py engine with the same female models, but a creative erotic novel with an exciting plot and interesting characters.
Plot
The plot of this game revolves around a young couple who, by coincidence, find themselves cut off from civilization and forced to reveal the secrets of a Carpathian village. To put it less formally, the script is really interesting. Moreover, the game has multiple endings that require multiple playthroughs. In general, the game does not get boring and is interesting.
Gameplay
What really makes the game difficult at times is the gameplay, which relies on solving various simple riddles. If you have a lot of blood draining from your brain when you're excited, you'll have a hard time.
Visual component
The picture is juicy and bright, which encourages you to take as much visual content and screenshots as possible. In terms of city studies and animations, this is a very strong project.
Bottom line
This game is a real work of art. Good luck to the developer. And I want to ask you, why haven’t you bought this novel yet?
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A rare instance of more plot than porn being their intention but more porn than plot being the result.
The good news is that I highly recommend the game and enjoyed it quite a bit. The studio clearly has talent and vision which showed in the final product despite it's shortcomings. It's a considerable step above most adult games that I have played, drawing the player into a world that's more than just sex and the point and click adventure exploration style served it well.
What didn't serve it well was the disjointed way the story came together. Feeling on the whole like several good but unfinished and ultimately confusing ideas rolled into one.
Each core idea - succubi, old gods, sacrificial cults - would have better served the game had they been the complete focus. Otherwise, to get these ideas to work together, you'd need an altogether longer game by a considerable amount.
The secret photo-ops are cool but the photography feels odd considering half the women we photograph are doing mundane tasks one second and then stripping in the next. The other half are assumed to be untrustworthy or outright hostile yet somehow we're getting juicy candids.
The costumes are also a nice touch but there is no correlation to game-play. The girls are always in default attire when in the over-world and during sex scenes. That relegates the ultra luscious costumes to only show up in dialogue which, honestly, just feels like a waste. I understand it's a limitation of building a game piecemeal as pre-rendered vignettes but still, it just seems wasteful if we can't actually have the girls in costume for the dirty deed.
The game runs in chapters and excluding chapter two, which seems to have been a blink and you'll miss it scenario, most have you trekking around areas to get the odd item to progress through the story. A lot went into these areas which makes it all the more of a shame that there isn't more to do with them. Most just exist for a brief one-off story beat and nothing more. Dare I say it, we need more interactivity and a Nancy drew style of puzzling and exploration might make the adult content more rewarding.
The characters are fun and the ladies gorgeous. The bar maid being a particular favorite of mine with The noble lady Eva being a close second. Even when you're not sure who to trust you still can't help but enjoy the view.
The ending was abrupt as hell, utilizing the sanity and curiosity system to net you a certain ending but not really explaining why high or low values resulted in the final outcome that you get. The end I got felt rushed and I would have liked several more hours of "down the garden path" to flesh it out before the finale.
All in all a good solid piece of NSFW gaming and an all star compared to a lot of what's out there.

Cons:
* Sex scene animations, and really the scenes overall, are way too short - the animation bits are basically like 2-3 second loops and that will consist of the entire scene in some cases - these should be multi-staged animations (some are, like the Mastery Scenes, but there are only one of those per girl) in order to make the scene be much more complete. It feels like you're just seeing a tiny portion of what the scene should be - I noticed another reviewer mentioned this as well, and I agree with him - it's just not long or detailed enough to feel like a complete scene. This would be a huge opportunity for improvement on the developer's next game. This issue is absolutely glaring and would significantly improve the experience of the game if addressed.
* Light Spoiler here: The girls in the game aren't really traditional "LIs" (Love Interests) - the game isn't really deep enough for there to be relationships, or proper end-game scenarios with them due to both the narrative and how the intimacy scenes are set up. Your MC is in a relationship with Ashley as the game starts and it basically stays that way as you make choices throughout - the game can end 4 different ways but outside of only a couple scenarios, you are unlikely to really "end up" with any of the girls.
* There's a really hot pregnant girl at the castle at one point in the game; sure wish we could have had sex with her but that was not an available option from what I could tell.
Pros:
* Fantastic graphics - the girls are hot as heck - this cannot be overstated. Magdalena (the Nun) is off the charts, IMO. I'm sure the pierced nips help, though, so fantastic job on designing her - the other girls are not even close to her.
* I liked how when the characters are standing there talking to you they move a bit which is a nice quality addition.
* Game has a good story with it that's pretty engaging and because the game has a pretty solid story, the sexual situations are pretty damn hot at times. This is why games like this that have a narrative and actually set up a story with proper situations and character development hit so much better in the "sexy" department than just mindless porn.
* No wokeness, no extra DRM, no extra launchers, no Epic Online Services.
Game Length: 4-5 hours.
Final Rating: 7/10. Very solid game. I wasn't sure what to expect with this but it turned out to be really good. Would have given it a 9 or 10 if the sex scenes had been more thorough and you could have actually ended up with the girl you wanted, but the narrative locks you in to a certain set of ending possibilities based on your choices.

I played the "demo" version and decided that the content was worth it.

The downside is that to open the master scenes you need 16 and 19 points respectively. All characters and quests give a maximum of 19, 19 and 16 points. So you can't open everything in one playthrough. The animations are great, but not enough.

Great characters, great models. Eva, Countess, Magdalena, Aliyah are a great idea. We need more content.
The story is okay. Having a gallery for ALL scenes is just a great solution.

The graphics are great. I wish the game had a longer storyline though. The play through is pretty fast. At least it has multiple endings.

A very nice game with a cool story and good characters. The animations are very well made and the ends are very well made. After Cockwork industries its a good chnage of scenery. I can highly recommend this game.

Short game. easy to tell pathing. Takes multiple play throughs to get all the scenes. the sex scenes are of quality. my only critique is its hard to predict what ending you are going to get and that the game is just a little too short for my taste. Storyline is interesting and there are fetish toggles for those uncomfortable with the idea of futa.