The idea of the game gets 5 stars from me and is the main reason I'm reviewing. A game where you play as the cheater(s) and the gameplay is keeping the cuck busy to give you more time to cheat is like the perfect game for my tastes. I could imagine this basic idea in other games that fit my gameplay tastes better; like a business game where you're trying to run the business in such a way that you can make an employee work late to bang his wife would be more up my alley.
As far as the story, these characters have been done before and this game does them sorta well for my tastes. On one hand I like that it's not rapey like I feel other media with these characters can be; the princess is running away with the bad guy not actually being kidnapped. On the other hand it's not NTR at all (which you can probably tell from the fact that it's not in the tags). It's more just a romance story (between the princess and the bad guy). Which is fine if you don't like NTR, but it feels a bit weird to me to choose these characters and this setting and have the gameplay revolve around delaying the hero so you can cheat on him, and then have the story mostly ignore that aspect.
As for gameplay it's a pretty fun little rhythm kind of game. You have to press different arrow keys at the right time to activate obstacles as the hero passes them and there's a bit of upgrading between levels too.
The main issue with the gameplay right now is the pits, but it's really an issue with the speed mechanic in general. In this game every time you hit the rhythms correct the game slows down, basically meaning the better you are doing (and the more challenge you want to keep having fun) the less challenge you get. It's never a problem in the earlier worlds because it's such a minuscule effect the game is basically just running full speed the whole time. But in the last world the pits really slow the game down and can make it a bit boring at times. Either ditch the speed mechanic (and maybe add difficulty levels or something), or reverse it so the game keeps speeding up as long as you're doing well and only slows down when you miss, keeping the game at the perfect level of challenge for each player.
As far as the story, these characters have been done before and this game does them sorta well for my tastes. On one hand I like that it's not rapey like I feel other media with these characters can be; the princess is running away with the bad guy not actually being kidnapped. On the other hand it's not NTR at all (which you can probably tell from the fact that it's not in the tags). It's more just a romance story (between the princess and the bad guy). Which is fine if you don't like NTR, but it feels a bit weird to me to choose these characters and this setting and have the gameplay revolve around delaying the hero so you can cheat on him, and then have the story mostly ignore that aspect.
As for gameplay it's a pretty fun little rhythm kind of game. You have to press different arrow keys at the right time to activate obstacles as the hero passes them and there's a bit of upgrading between levels too.
The main issue with the gameplay right now is the pits, but it's really an issue with the speed mechanic in general. In this game every time you hit the rhythms correct the game slows down, basically meaning the better you are doing (and the more challenge you want to keep having fun) the less challenge you get. It's never a problem in the earlier worlds because it's such a minuscule effect the game is basically just running full speed the whole time. But in the last world the pits really slow the game down and can make it a bit boring at times. Either ditch the speed mechanic (and maybe add difficulty levels or something), or reverse it so the game keeps speeding up as long as you're doing well and only slows down when you miss, keeping the game at the perfect level of challenge for each player.