Lust for Darkness

TLDR: If you can get this game for 1-2 bucks, then go for it, otherwise I'd skip.
Just as other reviewers said, this game is a perfect example why we need a neutral option for steam reviews. Allowing explicit nudity in the game for the sake of setting the scene (the game is about a creepy/demonic sex-cult) is an interesting choice that was used very well, especially combined with the great art-style and music which helps to set up some really great scenes.
However, the story is nothing special and the gameplay itself is also mid at best and similar to an asset flip at worst. Not because it is a walking simulator but because the player is railroaded throughout the game, yet sometimes you still get stuck due to the lack of instruction clarity.
Overall, I think the 15 bucks is a lot for this game, especially since you can 100% complete it within three hours. If you find this game for around the price of a cinema ticket, then I guess it is still a fair price
Oh and for the hornies out there, this is not a pr0n game (bonk).

So I was really on the fence about this game. The x rated aspect didn't really appeal to me but I was looking for a chill weird and unique world to get immersed in and explore but the mixed reviews did make me hesitate.
I then saw that this game is very short and its follow up game 'Lust from Beyond' had very positive reviews. I then found out the M edition of Lust from Beyond had a demo. I played the demo and decided to give this game a go as I did find the demo very intriguing.
I enjoyed this game. It wasn't amazing but was a very unique and weird world that I found quite chill and fun to explore in. I then played the two free prequel games to 'Lust from Beyond' followed by 'Lust from Beyond'. I had a really great time with this game series and I think it's worth playing this game just to get onto the sequel.
While it is an X rated sort of game, it's more of a theme and a narrative rather than a game being X rated just to get you hot and bothered. So if you're looking for a porn game to do that, that's not really what this game is.
This game is mostly a walking simulator with puzzles. The setting is unique and interesting and is mixed between a manor full of cultists and a surreal world of gods based on lust and pleasure that these cultists worship. With a bit of horror survival mixed in.
Overall I'm glad I got into this series of games and would recommend.

Lust for Darkness is an erotic exploration game with stealth elements.
You invade a Victorian mansion filled with enemies, but as you go along you also enter a magic realm.
This is a low budget game and it shows in all elements, but the overall package is well done. The voice acting is also well done.
There are some really good ideas in the game, as well as some annoyances. Given this goes regularly on sale it is definitely worth a look - beware there is a lot of nudity and sexual acts though.

If you buy this due to explicit content, don't. Sex sells always, but here vulgarity and hedonism are very intelligently censured, terribly short - 4 hours, with additional story elements, which do add some value to the otherwise underwhelming story, starts well but with steady pace gets bland. You will not be dragged deep into this story, just around the edges of something - idea, vision of thoughts, and when you collect the side story pieces - you get a picture, but still uninteresting one... for me at least. For soft at heart people, this may prove to be very scandalous and unsettling experience.
I recommend it only, because I love that steam opened up to explicit content and I hate limitations on someones creativity and desires, and there are developers who decide to dig in that themes.

Get it on sale. I only recommend because there's a seed of an interesting idea here and I want the studio to make some money so it can actually fully flesh out a story within this universe the way it really should be made. Perhaps with a bigger budget and and more courage to take this where it needed to go and show more of what it was probably afraid to show this could be a truly fascinating experience.
Don't get me wrong, It pushes the envelop slightly, but I wish it pushed it so much further. I would have loved to see more of the other side of the story instead of this rushed rescue mission that we get. Higher quality models as well.
Installing Lust from Beyond, we'll see how they improved since this one.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
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☐10

It's evident that the developers drew inspiration from the Amnesia series.
+Appearance. While some locations, objects, and NPCs may appear a bit cheap, the overall graphics are beautiful.
+Plot. This stands out as the highlight for me. The concept of presenting stories conveniently in a chronological journal with the ability to read a summary is excellent and incredibly useful. I wish more games adopted this approach.
+/-Localization. I chose Russian subtitles to understand the plot better, but there are some errors in the texts. Although the game supports 11 languages.
-Sound design. Bad and significantly impacting the impression and immersion.
-Puzzles. These are more annoying than entertaining. Use YouTube so as not to waste your time.
-Auto-save. It doesn't work as usual and often having a considerable gap between saves.
-Collectibles (side stories). There is no way to choose which chapter to start from in order to collect what you missed, you can only start the game from the beginning. The method for obtaining the "Arcanes of Lusst'ghaa" stories is far from obvious. This is extremely important because you learn about the world through it.
The 68% positive reviews on Steam seem justified. However, the game overall gives off a demo version vibe, seemingly crafted by amateurs. I know that the next "Lust" game was rated much better, I will definitely play it.
Some 2k shots, Ultra (SPOILER ALERT):