In the present day now we have some perception into our newest launch, Alicesoft’s Beat Valkyrie Ixseal, from considered one of our testers!
Enjoyable gameplay, surprisingly good writing, and a protagonist who would unambiguously be a villain in one other setting, who has chuunibyou tendencies, a loopy intercourse drive and superpowers that fell onto his lap by likelihood? Sasuga Alicesoft, although the Hyper Weapon is lacking… Oh, it’s not. Welcome to one more Alicesoft maserpiece, Beat Valkyrie Ixseal!
Rapidly- should you’re new to the Alicesoft scene I wish to set up that, as a rule, their video games to be improbable as eroge, however their gameplay components and writing completely are main highlights as nicely. To the purpose that I personally take into account them the focus. Their erotic content material is nice, but it surely’s just like older renai in that you find yourself working for it. Completely not a nukige.
Additional, should you’re new to the Beat collection… they’re elevating sims with a concentrate on branching paths by way of each the ladies stats and your choices in battle- just like Princess Maker if the rpg segements took a central focus and… you recognize, it was an eroge. Insofar as being an eroge, there may be an extraordinarily heavy concentrate on content material for the heroines. Mixed with the heavy narrative focus, they’re the kind of sport the place you’re meant to fall for one (or all) of the ladies arduous, and decide to the bit- giving gravitas to the story no matter the place your choices take you. The vibes from how they have a tendency to steadiness fridge horror content material with humor is similar to sentai-style content material… although, per having the potential for failure, it’s not at all times balanced. Maintain your women. Or don’t sicko.
Beat Valkyrie Ixseal is the third entry, coming after Beat Blades Haruka, after which Beat Angel Escalayer- however regardless that information of the prior entries will make the expertise higher, they’re not essential to get pleasure from it in any respect. I’d say Ixseal is definitely a superb entry level, because it’s a bit simpler than the sooner entries.
That out of the best way I’ll truly discuss Kirika Ixseal!
Spoilers for the primary 5 minutes of the sport: our beloved protagonist, Oudou Tsuguhiko, occurs to be the latest in a protracted line of reincarnations of Aidam, the demon king. The demons have been on the dropping finish of a battle with the angels, and unsurprisingly the outdated heads within the demon navy are mildly upset and resolve to take issues into their very own fingers.
Betraying the most recent version- Tsuguhiko, throughout his awakening… stealing six of his seven sources of energy: Greed, Wrath, Pleasure, Glutttony, Sloth, and Envy… leaving him (hopefully, unsurprisingly) solely with Lust. Skipping plenty of particulars, he joins fingers collectively together with his earlier near-killer, the Valkyrie Ixseal, as a result of it seems divine energy and demonic power is completely interchangeable as an influence supply, to defeat the demon military earlier than they take over the world!
Additionally, Lust demonic energy is finest transferred by way of intercourse. 🙂
I went in anticipating an expertise just like Haruka and Escalayer… and I completely wasn’t disillusioned. I discovered myself getting much more hooked up to Kirika My Spouse the ladies than I had within the earlier entries. The writing, particularly after (spoilers for the quilt artwork) Kirika joins the occasion, picked up actually rapidly and maintained a improbable steadiness of darkish comedy by nature of the setting and… surprisingly honest romance Kirika my beloved?
Properly, “surprisingly,” I say. I don’t know why it surprises me each time, I’ve been with Alicesoft actually eternally and this occurs each single large launch they make. I could also be silly. No matter. I really like Kirika. Shifting on.
The gameplay, as standard, is very strong. Like I mentioned earlier than: the Beat collection are “elevating” model video games, the place you improve the stats of your women to struggle in a flip based mostly rpg that kind of hybridizes dungeon crawler fight and autochess model video games.
Losses are recoverable- and even rewarded should you’re the kind of one that enjoys watching ladies they love get violated by different individuals. Or issues.
I discovered the balancing act of sex-rest-combat that Ixseal required to be extra lax than the Escalayer remake, solely getting arduous caught as soon as for my first playthrough… Which is definitely actually welcome, to me. In every section of the sport there’s a timer- a few week by which it’s essential defeat the boss of the zone, which finally ends up being a little bit tight should you mismanage your schedule, or have a poor assault loadout for Ixseal and Kirika, however the truth that it permits for any mismanagement in any respect is sort of a blessing!
However, right here I’m, speaking in regards to the gameplay and story centered eroge prefer it’s not an eroge- it shouldn’t actually must be mentioned, however the selection and high quality of CGs is improbable as standard. Once more, Alicesoft tends for his or her greater ticket video games like this and Rance to have a lot of H scenes that cowl a lot of bases- making an attempt to keep away from spoiler territory, however by nature of getting “dropping” scenes there’s plenty of protection for content material made for you little freaks who get pleasure from struggling(emotional or bodily) of their intercourse, otherwise you greater freaks who’ve… inhuman proclivities. “Inhuman” contains each of noodly appendage and recognizably… animalian… natures. In fact, should you’re a superb individual and love Kirika like it is best to assuming you’re not a complete monster then you definately’re simply extra invested in avoiding these items. Proper? …Proper? God, proper?
It IS value noting, although, that this sport just about solely options Kirika the 2 most important Heroines, Ixseal and extra importantly Kirika. Don’t develop a factor for the recent demon women please.
This sport is very large. Which is, in fact, partially a operate of what number of H scenes there are, however normally I’d truly method this extra as a conventional RPG than an eroge… once more, sasuga Alicesoft. This was cooking in QA for simply barely in need of two months! I wasn’t timing myself, however I’d spitball getting by way of to my first ending was most likely round 60 hours? Much like Rance or Evenicle, the branching paths and one off “each day life” occasions rapidly makes the scope for checking every little thing spiral uncontrolled. Fearful of Rance X on the horizon. This, to me, is an absolute win. I hope you want what we’ve performed, and loopy props to Yukino for pulling by way of all of this.
I wasn’t actually certain the place to place this, however I additionally wished to say that Minatsu Eru put out a banger soundtrack once more. I miss Shade within the context of Alicesoft, however Minatsu tends to lean extra synthy and upbeat-ey, which works a bit higher with the Magitek-esque vibe of Ixseal. Nobody requested, however Jinki was truly sort of formative for me. Lesbians who fall in love with each other however are literally extra in love with their large robots? It’s me.
Anyway 10/10 would marry Kirika once more.
Beat Valkyrie Ixseal is obtainable proper now on the MangaGamer retailer, decide up your copy at this time!
