Oh my gosh, 5 stars straight away! This is like a community game from 20 years ago, where players voluntarily pay, and this environment is rare. I hope the author stays happy every day! Life first, and making games according to your own preferences is great!
When is the next chapter going to come out? I have become really attached to the game I really want to find out what happens with the situation at the end. I also would become a patreon if I had the money I'll be the highest tier you got that's how much I loved your work
"When is the next chapter going to come out?" When its ready :P Also, please look after yourself first, before you support. The game is free and will stay free.
I’ll admit, when I first launched the game, I had mixed feelings. I openly expected a C-grade movie storyline - something like "Zombies Beavers 2." I decided to give the game a chance, and I don't regret it. The plot and music completely won me over, and I’m really looking forward to the continuation. A good production deserves support, so I’ll probably decide to patronize it soon.
Noel is my favorite character. I didn’t expect that an entity born of darkness and living for thousands of years (or even longer) could be so attached to a human and feel such deep emotions. I’m really curious how her relationship with the MC will develop. She is my TOP1 girl.
I’m also rooting for Rule B – I believe his story deserves a continuation. Especially because his relationship with Nael is much more mature. Who knows? Perhaps the younger siblings will come to their aid at some point.
Arsa is really well designed. Her temperament, combined with her capriciousness and humor, gives the whole story a pleasant lightness. The humor is at a good level.
Amy is sweet, and like Noel, she is a great support for the MC. I’m curious how the situation with her... belly will unfold. :)
I have mixed feelings about Clara. She's a nice girl, and at the beginning, I was sure that it was with her that the MC would build a lasting relationship. However, somewhere along the story, she got left behind. As a result, her feelings for the MC have to give way to other relationships, as we simply don’t spend any time with her. Poor girl but that's how sometimes life work.
okay that is weird, i just downloaded the game and it worked fine for me. i would love to drop you another link but i dont know if i am allowed to promote another store here. if you join the discord and ask for a link there, i would glady share it with you.
Absolutely fantastic game! First of all, thank you for being able to create such a wonderful story!
I love cod very, very much, and would like it to be enjoyed by more people. Unfortunately the game doesn't support Chinese, for that reason I'm working on a voluntary Chinese translation of the game. So far I've completed a fine translation of chapter1. I'd like to ask you how you feel about this, for or against.
If you are against it I will stop immediately and stop working on it, and delete the results I have so far. If support ...... you don't know how happy I am!
P.S. In my area, sponsorship from overseas authors is very difficult due to policy issues, and I don't have a steady source of income at the moment. I'll fill in once I find a solution.
Hey there,
I think it’s great that you’re translating the game into Chinese! I already have some Chinese players, so making it accessible to even more people would be awesome.
Also, there’s no need to worry about sponsorship. While it does help keep the game alive, it’s more important to me that people take care of themselves first. Otherwise, I wouldn’t feel right accepting the money in good conscience.
Hello, my friend. I really liked your game. A fascinating plot, unique characters with their own twist. I wish you good luck in future episodes. Maybe we will see a sequel in the future in the same game universe :) Don't stop, please. You really have talent.
I'd like to know what the Legion's purpose is. To kill as many dark ones as possible to gain power equal to God's? Everything is clear with the other two alliances. But Legionnaires are a bit strange guys. Especially what makes mere mortals who are not companions help them.
As everyone else said... 10/10, worth every second, minute, and hour.
The adult scenes keep getting better as you progress through the chapters, as does everything else from fight scenes to... hell, it becomes top-notch later on so don't get discouraged early on, though I doubt anyone would...
First of all, I apologize because my English isn’t that great. And secondly, this will be a long comment :3.
If I had to summarize this game in one word, it would be: masterpiece :v. After playing the first two chapters, I thought: the storyline of this game really has potential and opens up so many directions. This game would definitely be on my tier list... And after playing up to chapters 6-7-8. Damn, now I can say this game is at the top 1 of my tier list. There's nothing more to say about the story, it’s simply perfect: the way the characters are built, the way their inner struggles are expressed, their changes and development... truly beyond imagination. And the music, the animation, it really, really gave me goosebumps. I actually replayed some parts right after finishing chapter 9 (currently updated). Right now, I don’t have the financial means to support the devs or to enjoy the upcoming chapters sooner =((( , I really regret and apologize for that. But overall, this is truly a game worth experiencing, and I hope the dev will continue to update this masterpiece.
P/s: Gab and Nael are such a great match; I just hope nothing bad happens to them, but if the dev have plans for them... well, I won’t comment any further...
P/s 2: Could I have some games that people usually recommend? XD
Absolutely LOVED this game! The story was fantastic and found myself completely immersed. I can tell you put a lot of effort and lots of your time into this game. Thank you so much for this masterpiece and I cannot wait for future updates!
Great game! I'm completely immersed in this story. Any game that develops a sense of history/lore automatically has my interest, and this VN takes that and runs with it pretty well!
The only issue I'm currently having with it (and I'm only on Chapter 2, so maybe this won't be a thing for long) is there's a considerable change in the writing from Ch1 to Ch2. Chapter 1 was mostly written well but Chapter 2 could use some serious TLC from a proofreader. I don't want to judge too harshly, not knowing if the writer is a native speaker... but so many run-on sentences, missing or incorrect punctuation, subject-verb agreement, so much seems to be all over the place and at times it's jarring to read and distracting from the actual storytelling, which itself is interesting, engaging, and has me invested.
[EDIT/UPDATE]: Can confirm, this didn't stay an issue for long. There are still things here and there, but I'm down to the last chapter and can say it hasn't been a bothersome distraction ever since. Seems to be much less of an issue in later chapters.
But so far that's my only negative critique, and while it's been distracting many times I've still been able to grasp the story, so in the end it hasn't ruined anything for me and ultimately amounts to a nit-pick. I keep wanting to know more, and there are things happening that I didn't expect which is great!
I'm happy to hear you like it! I didn’t have a proofreader for Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4. Now, But some people, set up a Discord group dedicated to fixing the spelling issues in my game. The downside is that I have very little time to implement all the improvements, but I’ll do it slowly over time. (My day job and work on the avn steals all of it.) But i managed add the implementations of Chapter 1 so far. Which is probably why you noticed such a big drop in quality afterward.
hey, love the game, really enjoyed it! i did notice some spelling and grammar mistakes here and there tho, didnt take me out of it but they were kind of annoying. if you want to i would offer to help you fix them or fix them for you by just going through all of the old text and correcting everything I notice, let me know if i can help you somehow!
Happy to hear to you liked it. We have on my discord server a small proofreading group, they added alot of suggestions, you can join them as well if you wish.
At first, I played this game with a try it out attitude, but as I continued playing, I found it to be a great game and quickly completed Chapter 9. I am looking forward to its updates and thank you very much for creating this game. I would like to know when its next update will be
Just started, but odd occurrence: had gallery scene 1 in autosave, but it is gone once I moved to main game. That is easy enough to fix, but wondering why?
I mean I unlocked the first gallery scene, but did make an actual save of my own until a few hours later. I think maybe the autosaves had cycled by then, but not sure. At any rate, the first gallery scene now shows as locked, even though I already saw it. Not a big deal; I will try and remember to save after each new scene.
The time and thought that had to put into writing this, is just unmatched. love the Wow reference and such too, still have yet to finish.. wonder what other references there are?
Can't believe this would be the first game I would write a comment on but bravo, the pacing on the story so far is phenomenal, you really manage drag our emotion like a real dark one.
If there is one thing that you nailed with this game is the pacing. The story, events and character development was so in sync that I couldn't stopped playing this game and ended up binging the whole thing in 3 days.
I wish I could support you through patreon but I am sorry I can't just yet. But I definitely want to rate your game on itch. Can anyone tell me how I can do that?
Can anyone recommend where I can get myself a dark one, a primordial would be preferred. Jokes aside, as @NightMarine said, on par with Eternum for me as well. Awesome story, awesome action and I dont just mean the NSFW stuff. The amount of limbs coming off is perfect in my opinion as well. Keep up the good work!
Nice game so far, definitely near the top of my list. Hoping for more Emma content in the future, became the hottest girl in the game for me with her new look.
Also, how do you unlock scene 23? I've gone back a couple times trying to get it, but I can't seem to do it.
Don't sleep on this. Seriously stop reading the comments and download. Absolutely worth it 10/10 WILL bang again. SPOILERS BELOW!!!
Maybe a small oversight but why does B return your bag you leave in a rush at the beginning only to later act like he didn't know when he obviously did. he returned your bag.. then later acts to Nael like he has no idea whom Noel is with. How did he know?
Also when Noel has her fight when she is feral was it intentional to have her look like Noel at that point?
So how did he know at that moment it was the MCs bag? When you awaken later on both Rule B and Nael know where you are that's what they've been wating for. They then show up and B acts like he doesn't know who just got his ass put into the wall until he reaches down and touches him. So the entire time B knew.. Sorry i think to much.
Yeah i meant Nael haha. Good good just making sure i wasn't going crazy again lol.
Thanks for the reply and do take a break sometime, really don't want to see this amazing story go the way of the dinosaur.
I finished the game from Chapter 1 upto 9 it was good, i can't wait the chapter 10 or maybe i'll wait again until the game is further or until the game is finish and what's going to happen to that guy called "Two" and the woman with him in the plane 🤔, also the MC is getting stronger when Noel said "How much stronger have you become since our separation?" But it didn't mention what rank he is right now because during Az arc the MC's rank is low S-Rank. I just hope you add it in the script in the future updates what rank he is right now (is the MC still on lower S-Rank,or middle S-Rank or High S-Rank or maybe he's already the lower of SS-rank?)
(WARNING: SLIGHT SPOILERS) I’ll try not to do spoilers, but just in case, a small heads up. (IF YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED THE GAME YET, WHY ARE YOU READING THIS? GO PLAY THE GAME!)
Objectively speaking, this is not the single best AVN (It's quite close), but it is definitely my number one personal favourite. I do not think I have ever gotten this emotionally and intellectually attached to the world of an AVN before. Sure I do have some small complaints of smaller pieces of the story, but the general story and the execution of the premise is probably one of the strongest in any AVN game. The world built within the game is probably the SINGLE most thoroughly thought out and carefully crafted worlds. The tension, action, and conflict in this AVN is also very strong. However I do have two complaints, first, the beginning feels quite slow, and even if a lot of it is necessary to build context and foundational emotional connections with the characters, I feel there are much more concise and effective ways to do this. Also, near the end of ACT 1, the story kind of "ran out of gas" in the way that, immediately after the Congress, the action felt slightly unsatisfying and non-continuous (In my head, the actions of the characters in that situation were slightly nonsensical, but I guess the justification makes sense). In addition, the Deus Ex Machina resolution of the first act could be criticised but here, instead of it being a cop-out resolution, it feels earned and correct. It feels emotionally justified and creates a sense of catharsis successfully when, in most cases, Deus Ex Machina resolutions tend to feel empty and random, which is not at all the case here. In fact, when the “Deus” from the “Machina” showed up, I was silently cheering in my head.
Another thing this game does quite well is the emotional aspect, by the beginning of Act 2 I was already completely emotionally engrossed in the game, and the idea of not having Noel around viscerally hurt me. I really empathically related to the story in Act 2. Which I feel really solidified my fondness for this game. The action was gripping, the pacing was perfect, and Act 2, although not finished, has probably the single strongest story of any part of an AVN. The interaction of the main plot and the subplots are cohesive and flowing. Even though the action jumps from place to place, it never feels like the action breaks, the scenes just fit together perfectly. I have high hopes for the ending of Act 2, and the ending could really solidify this game as one of the greatest AVNs. The choices of which information to provide to the player is also done perfectly, we always know just enough to create an idea of what is happening, but never enough to completely predict the future, and when a new piece of information is given to the player, there is an “Aha!” moment that is just so rare in AVN games (Most of them when you get information, it causes you to be more confused than anything).
I also like how the game touches on deeper social-philosophical ideas, especially of power, or more specifically, vertical structures of power. Power and abuse of power may be quite an overused thematic idea in fiction, but I think this game pulls it off quite well. Especially with Samuel (Wisdom lies not in utilising power, but knowing not to) and the parallelism of the actions of the leaders of the High Order (This can also be related to historical events in the real world). This central idea permeates every aspect of the story and is central to the conflicts, not just present as just some superficial idea that is there only to make the creator feel smarter than they actually are.
There is something very human about this AVN. It feels that it has genuine care and thought put into it, and everything is done with intention. That is what I like about an AVN that I feel is lacking in most other AVNs, sure they have passion, but also they try too hard, making it difficult to emotionally connect with the story. Which is what makes Companion of Darkness so special.
Going to need to wait until it's finished i think before i pick this back up, really not a fan of the Amy stuff, too many mental scar's from when i found Korean pornwha. That being said i enjoyed it enough to play through all 9 chapters, will be following the progress until i can download the complete thing!
I pray for a Chinese translation!If there is a Chinese translation, the number of downloads of the game will definitely double。Excellent plot and graphics, only language prevents more Chinese from learning this game!
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I rated this game 10/10. I am waiting for next parts. charactor and story was amazing. I really enjoy this.
Happy to hear that you liked it :D
Oh my gosh, 5 stars straight away! This is like a community game from 20 years ago, where players voluntarily pay, and this environment is rare. I hope the author stays happy every day! Life first, and making games according to your own preferences is great!
happy to hear that you enjoyed my little game.
I like your game very much. Can this game be written in Chinese?
Hey there, i can't add chinese, because i don't speak it. <.<
中文不是很简单吗，自己找教程自己汉化了
When is the next chapter going to come out? I have become really attached to the game I really want to find out what happens with the situation at the end. I also would become a patreon if I had the money I'll be the highest tier you got that's how much I loved your work
"When is the next chapter going to come out?"
When its ready :P
Also, please look after yourself first, before you support.
The game is free and will stay free.
how do I get gallery #23?
Be nice to Blake and help her in chapter 4.
I’ll admit, when I first launched the game, I had mixed feelings. I openly expected a C-grade movie storyline - something like "Zombies Beavers 2." I decided to give the game a chance, and I don't regret it. The plot and music completely won me over, and I’m really looking forward to the continuation. A good production deserves support, so I’ll probably decide to patronize it soon.
Hey "Zombies Beavers" is not that bad.
But happy to hear that you like my game :D
I wasn't expecting much from this game but fell in love with it. Looking forward to the next chapter.
Hope you will like it :D
so whenever I try to download it keeps saying
"You do not have permission to save to the “(null)” folder."
okay that is weird, i just downloaded the game and it worked fine for me.
i would love to drop you another link but i dont know if i am allowed to promote another store here.
if you join the discord and ask for a link there, i would glady share it with you.
nah i just had to reset my computer and than it work
im guessing the reason why it didn’t work before was because i had deleted an empty filed incorrectly
Absolutely fantastic game! First of all, thank you for being able to create such a wonderful story!
I love cod very, very much, and would like it to be enjoyed by more people. Unfortunately the game doesn't support Chinese, for that reason I'm working on a voluntary Chinese translation of the game. So far I've completed a fine translation of chapter1. I'd like to ask you how you feel about this, for or against.
If you are against it I will stop immediately and stop working on it, and delete the results I have so far. If support ...... you don't know how happy I am!
P.S. In my area, sponsorship from overseas authors is very difficult due to policy issues, and I don't have a steady source of income at the moment. I'll fill in once I find a solution.
Hey there, I think it’s great that you’re translating the game into Chinese! I already have some Chinese players, so making it accessible to even more people would be awesome.
Also, there’s no need to worry about sponsorship. While it does help keep the game alive, it’s more important to me that people take care of themselves first. Otherwise, I wouldn’t feel right accepting the money in good conscience.
辛苦了大佬
Hello, my friend. I really liked your game. A fascinating plot, unique characters with their own twist. I wish you good luck in future episodes. Maybe we will see a sequel in the future in the same game universe :) Don't stop, please. You really have talent.
Happy to hear that you like it.
I'd like to know what the Legion's purpose is. To kill as many dark ones as possible to gain power equal to God's? Everything is clear with the other two alliances. But Legionnaires are a bit strange guys. Especially what makes mere mortals who are not companions help them.
The game looks fun but I have a small question for if I play, do the H scenes have sfx in them?
thanks
some of the newer ones have sfx in them
As everyone else said... 10/10, worth every second, minute, and hour.
The adult scenes keep getting better as you progress through the chapters, as does everything else from fight scenes to... hell, it becomes top-notch later on so don't get discouraged early on, though I doubt anyone would...
Glad to hear that you like it :D
First of all, I apologize because my English isn’t that great. And secondly, this will be a long comment :3.
If I had to summarize this game in one word, it would be: masterpiece :v. After playing the first two chapters, I thought: the storyline of this game really has potential and opens up so many directions. This game would definitely be on my tier list... And after playing up to chapters 6-7-8. Damn, now I can say this game is at the top 1 of my tier list. There's nothing more to say about the story, it’s simply perfect: the way the characters are built, the way their inner struggles are expressed, their changes and development... truly beyond imagination. And the music, the animation, it really, really gave me goosebumps. I actually replayed some parts right after finishing chapter 9 (currently updated). Right now, I don’t have the financial means to support the devs or to enjoy the upcoming chapters sooner =((( , I really regret and apologize for that. But overall, this is truly a game worth experiencing, and I hope the dev will continue to update this masterpiece.
P/s: Gab and Nael are such a great match; I just hope nothing bad happens to them, but if the dev have plans for them... well, I won’t comment any further...
P/s 2: Could I have some games that people usually recommend? XD
Your english is mighty fine, and happy to hear that you enjoy my little game.
Absolutely LOVED this game! The story was fantastic and found myself completely immersed. I can tell you put a lot of effort and lots of your time into this game. Thank you so much for this masterpiece and I cannot wait for future updates!
Happy to hear that you like it.
Great game! I'm completely immersed in this story. Any game that develops a sense of history/lore automatically has my interest, and this VN takes that and runs with it pretty well!
The only issue I'm currently having with it (and I'm only on Chapter 2, so maybe this won't be a thing for long) is there's a considerable change in the writing from Ch1 to Ch2. Chapter 1 was mostly written well but Chapter 2 could use some serious TLC from a proofreader. I don't want to judge too harshly, not knowing if the writer is a native speaker... but so many run-on sentences, missing or incorrect punctuation, subject-verb agreement, so much seems to be all over the place and at times it's jarring to read and distracting from the actual storytelling, which itself is interesting, engaging, and has me invested.
[EDIT/UPDATE]: Can confirm, this didn't stay an issue for long. There are still things here and there, but I'm down to the last chapter and can say it hasn't been a bothersome distraction ever since. Seems to be much less of an issue in later chapters.
But so far that's my only negative critique, and while it's been distracting many times I've still been able to grasp the story, so in the end it hasn't ruined anything for me and ultimately amounts to a nit-pick. I keep wanting to know more, and there are things happening that I didn't expect which is great!
Can't put this one down. Great work overall! 👍👍
I'm happy to hear you like it! I didn’t have a proofreader for Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4. Now, But some people, set up a Discord group dedicated to fixing the spelling issues in my game. The downside is that I have very little time to implement all the improvements, but I’ll do it slowly over time. (My day job and work on the avn steals all of it.) But i managed add the implementations of Chapter 1 so far. Which is probably why you noticed such a big drop in quality afterward.
Thank you for your game, I really like it and immerse myself in it, I hope your game will be known and loved by more people
Thank you, i hope so as well.
Thanks for your reply! By the way, will Amy be able to recover her memories in the follow-up episodes and let her choose her own future?
Sorry i am not telling what happens in future episodes.
hey, love the game, really enjoyed it! i did notice some spelling and grammar mistakes here and there tho, didnt take me out of it but they were kind of annoying. if you want to i would offer to help you fix them or fix them for you by just going through all of the old text and correcting everything I notice, let me know if i can help you somehow!
Happy to hear to you liked it.
We have on my discord server a small proofreading group, they added alot of suggestions, you can join them as well if you wish.
At first, I played this game with a try it out attitude, but as I continued playing, I found it to be a great game and quickly completed Chapter 9. I am looking forward to its updates and thank you very much for creating this game. I would like to know when its next update will be
Happy to hear that you liked it.
I currently work on Chapter 10.
Just started, but odd occurrence: had gallery scene 1 in autosave, but it is gone once I moved to main game. That is easy enough to fix, but wondering why?
Sorry but i have no idea what you mean.
I mean I unlocked the first gallery scene, but did make an actual save of my own until a few hours later. I think maybe the autosaves had cycled by then, but not sure. At any rate, the first gallery scene now shows as locked, even though I already saw it. Not a big deal; I will try and remember to save after each new scene.
That is weirds, good to know.
İ finished game but i can't unlock 23 Rd scene can someone help me how to unlock 23 Rd scene
Help Blake in chapter 4, as Noel advises you to do.
The time and thought that had to put into writing this, is just unmatched. love the Wow reference and such too, still have yet to finish.. wonder what other references there are?
Glad to hear that you like it so far :D
Can't believe this would be the first game I would write a comment on but bravo, the pacing on the story so far is phenomenal, you really manage drag our emotion like a real dark one.
Happy to hear that you like it :D
If there is one thing that you nailed with this game is the pacing. The story, events and character development was so in sync that I couldn't stopped playing this game and ended up binging the whole thing in 3 days.
I wish I could support you through patreon but I am sorry I can't just yet. But I definitely want to rate your game on itch. Can anyone tell me how I can do that?
Also, looking forward to your next update 😸
If you have an account, which you do, I think you can rate it in the top right corner,
it's a bit more tricky with the phone. You have to hold it horizontally, and then you can rate at the top of the page.
Also, hope you will like my future updates as well.Only in English?
Officially only in English, correct.
There are fan translations, for example into spanish, but they have nothing to do with me, so download at your own risk.
Ok, thanks.
Can anyone recommend where I can get myself a dark one, a primordial would be preferred. Jokes aside, as @NightMarine said, on par with Eternum for me as well. Awesome story, awesome action and I dont just mean the NSFW stuff. The amount of limbs coming off is perfect in my opinion as well. Keep up the good work!
Happy to hear that you like my little game :D
probably on par with eternum for me, cant wait for more updates!
Thanks!
And i hope you will also like the new content.
I'm sure i will :)
Do you mind making a list of the type of content and/or fetishes in the game. Pretty please.
i think there is a list of them in my discord server.
Somemade made that.
IM BACK AND I WANT SOME FUCKING UPDATES.,....................sorry for that. When will your update the game sir/Ms Berkii4?
I am currently workingon the next update, but i generally don't have any release dates, but don't worry you'll know when there's a new update.
Namaste
I just found this game and played through it.
Very engaging story!
I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of it goes! :-)
Hope you will like the rest as well :P
Nice game so far, definitely near the top of my list. Hoping for more Emma content in the future, became the hottest girl in the game for me with her new look.
Also, how do you unlock scene 23? I've gone back a couple times trying to get it, but I can't seem to do it.
For scene 23 you need to help out Blake in chapter 4.
Don't sleep on this. Seriously stop reading the comments and download. Absolutely worth it 10/10 WILL bang again. SPOILERS BELOW!!!
Maybe a small oversight but why does B return your bag you leave in a rush at the beginning only to later act like he didn't know when he obviously did. he returned your bag.. then later acts to Nael like he has no idea whom Noel is with. How did he know?
Also when Noel has her fight when she is feral was it intentional to have her look like Noel at that point?
Nope fully intended.
Why does Noel look like Noel at that point? You mean Nael right? And yes of course it was intentional. XD Her hair didn't turn white by accident :P
So how did he know at that moment it was the MCs bag? When you awaken later on both Rule B and Nael know where you are that's what they've been wating for. They then show up and B acts like he doesn't know who just got his ass put into the wall until he reaches down and touches him. So the entire time B knew.. Sorry i think to much.
Yeah i meant Nael haha. Good good just making sure i wasn't going crazy again lol.
Thanks for the reply and do take a break sometime, really don't want to see this amazing story go the way of the dinosaur.
I finished the game from Chapter 1 upto 9 it was good, i can't wait the chapter 10 or maybe i'll wait again until the game is further or until the game is finish and what's going to happen to that guy called "Two" and the woman with him in the plane 🤔, also the MC is getting stronger when Noel said "How much stronger have you become since our separation?" But it didn't mention what rank he is right now because during Az arc the MC's rank is low S-Rank. I just hope you add it in the script in the future updates what rank he is right now (is the MC still on lower S-Rank,or middle S-Rank or High S-Rank or maybe he's already the lower of SS-rank?)
Happy to hear that you liked it so far :D
(WARNING: SLIGHT SPOILERS) I’ll try not to do spoilers, but just in case, a small heads up. (IF YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED THE GAME YET, WHY ARE YOU READING THIS? GO PLAY THE GAME!)
Objectively speaking, this is not the single best AVN (It's quite close), but it is definitely my number one personal favourite. I do not think I have ever gotten this emotionally and intellectually attached to the world of an AVN before. Sure I do have some small complaints of smaller pieces of the story, but the general story and the execution of the premise is probably one of the strongest in any AVN game. The world built within the game is probably the SINGLE most thoroughly thought out and carefully crafted worlds. The tension, action, and conflict in this AVN is also very strong. However I do have two complaints, first, the beginning feels quite slow, and even if a lot of it is necessary to build context and foundational emotional connections with the characters, I feel there are much more concise and effective ways to do this. Also, near the end of ACT 1, the story kind of "ran out of gas" in the way that, immediately after the Congress, the action felt slightly unsatisfying and non-continuous (In my head, the actions of the characters in that situation were slightly nonsensical, but I guess the justification makes sense). In addition, the Deus Ex Machina resolution of the first act could be criticised but here, instead of it being a cop-out resolution, it feels earned and correct. It feels emotionally justified and creates a sense of catharsis successfully when, in most cases, Deus Ex Machina resolutions tend to feel empty and random, which is not at all the case here. In fact, when the “Deus” from the “Machina” showed up, I was silently cheering in my head.
Another thing this game does quite well is the emotional aspect, by the beginning of Act 2 I was already completely emotionally engrossed in the game, and the idea of not having Noel around viscerally hurt me. I really empathically related to the story in Act 2. Which I feel really solidified my fondness for this game. The action was gripping, the pacing was perfect, and Act 2, although not finished, has probably the single strongest story of any part of an AVN. The interaction of the main plot and the subplots are cohesive and flowing. Even though the action jumps from place to place, it never feels like the action breaks, the scenes just fit together perfectly. I have high hopes for the ending of Act 2, and the ending could really solidify this game as one of the greatest AVNs. The choices of which information to provide to the player is also done perfectly, we always know just enough to create an idea of what is happening, but never enough to completely predict the future, and when a new piece of information is given to the player, there is an “Aha!” moment that is just so rare in AVN games (Most of them when you get information, it causes you to be more confused than anything).
I also like how the game touches on deeper social-philosophical ideas, especially of power, or more specifically, vertical structures of power. Power and abuse of power may be quite an overused thematic idea in fiction, but I think this game pulls it off quite well. Especially with Samuel (Wisdom lies not in utilising power, but knowing not to) and the parallelism of the actions of the leaders of the High Order (This can also be related to historical events in the real world). This central idea permeates every aspect of the story and is central to the conflicts, not just present as just some superficial idea that is there only to make the creator feel smarter than they actually are.
There is something very human about this AVN. It feels that it has genuine care and thought put into it, and everything is done with intention. That is what I like about an AVN that I feel is lacking in most other AVNs, sure they have passion, but also they try too hard, making it difficult to emotionally connect with the story. Which is what makes Companion of Darkness so special.
(That concludes my 3 am weed-fueled review)
Happy to hear that you like my little game :D
Going to need to wait until it's finished i think before i pick this back up, really not a fan of the Amy stuff, too many mental scar's from when i found Korean pornwha. That being said i enjoyed it enough to play through all 9 chapters, will be following the progress until i can download the complete thing!
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Is the choice of Gabriel's name as Gabriel biblical allusion, or just a happy coincidence? Because if it was intentional, then that is a genius move.
Maybe, maybe not.
Who knows?
MF Cliffhanger author add a scene with cia please I beg you 😭
😭 MF AUTHOR
One of my favorite VNs on the site! Right up there with Out of Touch
happy to hear that you like it :D
I beg you to add Chinese,please.I am sure Chinese people will love this game.
Hey there, i can't add chinese, because i don't speak it. <.<
Please have a scene with Ciara in the next update. I think we're overdue one with her after those teases loll
Maybe, maybe not.
Who knows?
I pray for a Chinese translation!If there is a Chinese translation, the number of downloads of the game will definitely double。Excellent plot and graphics, only language prevents more Chinese from learning this game!
I will pray with you because I don't speak Chinese.
But happy to hear that you like it :D