General Info:
Post Type: MiniView
Developer: [Circle Group] Tokinokogiri
Language: English (Fan-Made)
Progress: Complete
Series: [Series] (3+2) Monster Girl Quest (+Paradox) (Spin-off of the Main Series)
Engine: Wolf RPG
Fetishes: Femdom, Vore (Oral & Unbirth & GTS (Giantess) & Absorption & Misc.) ## Male & Female Victims (Multiple Victims, mainly Luca)> ## Human & Magical & Monster & Succubus & Demon & Angel & Artificial & Undead & Misc. Girls ## Kinky, Foreplay ## Multiple Partners (Very Slight), Yuri ## Lips & Pussy & Monstrous Fetish ## Drain, Mind Control, Size Difference, Tentacles
Links: DLsite
I had this one brewing for a while.... A long while, let's just say that. (Around when I released the Review for MGQ:P). The delay wasn't just because of my dalliances with working for Bo Wei and my reintegration into the job market afterwards... (but big part of the reason was, indeed, also because of those). I also was at a loss on how to make this Review, when the game itself is pretty short, not much gameplay to speak of, and basically to small for a full standard Review. Also no Files for me to make, since the game is essentially a Scene browser, it doesn't even use Save Files.
For this specific reason (and some future game review ideas), I made the new Review format "MiniView"! Essentially, a smaller, condensed form of a review, in cases in which there isn't as much to cover as in a normal Review (such as this case). It'll probably be a bit more freeform in its format, but it should do the job for the most part. And thus, I finish the current MGQ game series, so that's a plus for me personally, too (Well, almost finish; I need to finish Part 3 of MGQP, and wait until they release the final update with the Update LoC, to finish that, too).
Review Contents (links to each part):
Review TL;DR:
All Scores:
================ Plot = ----
================ Gameplay = ----
================ Scenes = 8.5
================ Development = 8
================ Obtaining = 8
================ FINAL SCORE = 8.16
QuickView
A compilation of Vore Bad-Ends in the MGQ universe, in Visual Novel format. If you wanted more MGQ-related content, of a few different artstyles (as per usual), and are a fan of Vore itself (also regularly featured in the MGQ series), this might just be a nice bonus for you, so long as you think its 46 scenes justifies its price. Personally, I'm not that keen on games without much actual gameplay to them, but as a fan of MGQ itself, I could understand an exception for this one.
Full Review
Plot = -
The story of each of the individual Bad Ends is, like the name would imply, a possible Bad End, or an alternate "What-If" scenario, generally related to Vore scenes. The scenes are relatively simple in their "story" (since it's direct H-Scenes), most that can be said about their Plot would be the references to the main Story. The Story of the Original series, at least (not the Paradox one; Big difference).
Each "Chapter", previously individual games (Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner; and the additionally-added "Last Order"), presents different scenes, that are farther in the "main story" the latter the Chapter is. Also, Luka's NOT the only prey in the scenes! You get to see occasional scenes with other victims (the banner picture for the game would suggest this, what with multiple "weak"-looking characters in the middle, surrounded by predators all around...).
Either way, can't grade this part, since it's a glorified Scene Gallery (with decently-good vore Scenes at least).
Gameplay = -
The basics for a VN. A pure VN ("kinetic novel" to be specific, since there's no choice to be made besides choosing different scenes to see from the menu) this time, not a RPG VN, like the main series. In the menu of each chapter, you can click on the Scene you want to see (each has a pic that communicates what you'd see). All chapters, aside from Dinner, have their last "Scene" in the menu be an Extra from the author (some words from the creators, and some extra panels), which I did not count for the total count of Scenes (without those, the total is of 46 Scenes).
Another category that I can't grade for this game.
Scenes = 8.5
Finally, something to talk about. The Scenes in this game are of a much better quality than the ones in the Original and the Paradox series, due to them being made more in the style of Tokinokogiri games (those who at least played Succubus Prison from them would know of that quality). This does mean a different BGM in the background, and a lot, I mean a fuckton lot, more sound effects, coupled with some minor, but key, visual effects, to make the scenes be really immersive. This, coupled with more CG variations to advance the scene, easily raise the quality of the Scenes themselves. Likely this as far (and as smooth) that one can push using CGs in a "dynamic" fashion without swithing to animations (such as Live 2D ones). Sadly, there's no Voice Acting in this game, unlike other Tokinokogiri works.
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| Where relevant, scenes can have an ongoing image-pulsing visual effect. |
The artstyles used in the game feel a bit more consistent, possible because of 1-2 artist from the Original series missing. Clearly a lot less differences in artstyle compared to what you can see in Paradox at least. There are guest artists still, so you'll likely see at least 1 scene from your favourite artist from the Original series.
The writing of the scenes is quite good, too. Much like in the style of Tokinokogiri, all scenes are written in the 1st person, further aiding in the immersion. While the brief parts before each scene (the introduction of the Bad Ends) are quite brief, the scenes themselves are just the right length, and manage to relay both the situation at hand (including sensations) and the prey's feelings. All in all, a good job well done.
Development = 8
The games composing this one (Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner) were released at a steady rate. However, they were made as a HTML games, pretty annoying to deal with, especially when applying Translation Patches. Luckily, in this last installment ("Full Course"), all the games have been packed into one single Wolf RPG build, much easier to manage (although, of course, this also removed the option to buy each game separately...).
Obtaining = 8
The basic DLsite deal. As mentioned previously, with the advent of "Full Course", all the previous Monmusu Delicious games are packed into it, however now you're also unable to purchase them individually. Take that as you will. "Full Course" itself, in a new 4th chapter "Last Order", only adds 6 more scenes, however from what I recall, the current price of the game is lower than the added prices of the previous 3 games (and you get a bit more scenes, as well).
Thus, for a current $13.7, you get 46 individual decent-quality H-Scenes, , which means about $0.3 per H-Scene. Decently worth the buck, although still, you may want a price reduction, especially considering there is no actual gameplay in this product.
FINAL SCORE = 8.16
So, if you're a fan of the MGQ universe, a fan of Tokinokogiri-styled H-Scenes (probably one of the best uses of CG H-Scenes with immersive visual effects), or have some spare cash to support this Circle Group, too, I can recommend trying the game out (or at least try the Demo, to see if you enjoy the style of the H-Scenes).
Translation (Others')
Arzor-X's Translation Patch (+Dargoth and other User's contributions)
Link to the Patch: [Here]
Link to his Blog: [The Blog]
Still going at it! In fact, this game got Translated whilst the work on the Translation of MGQP Part 2 was still going, without damaging the quality of either of them! Much like with MGQP, Dargoth started the project (by translating the Breakfast and Lunch parts), but, with his disappearance, this project too was continued by others. Still, extremely good work on the part of everybody involved!
Finally took care of this MiniView. Obviously, no Files, since there's not even a Save this game holds (you may want to use a Speedhack if you also get annoyed, like me, by the text show speed; use the one I shared in "General Tools", under "Cheat Engine" category). Now let's hope I can actually keep going with a proper posting schedule this time.... And works on some cool new things, while at it.
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Developer_CircleGroup,
Language_English,
Progress_Complete,
Series_Series,
TypeGame_2DGameplay,
TypeGenre_VN,
TypeSetting_Fantasy,
Engine_WolfRPG,
StyleCGs_2DCGs,
StyleView_2DView,StyleMiscView_XRay,
FetishMain_Femdom,FetishMain_Vore,
FetishVore_OV,FetishVore_UB,FetishVore_GTS,FetishVore_Absorption,FetishVore_MiscVore,
FetishMC_MaleMC,FetishMC_FemaleMC,
FetishChars_HumanGirls,FetishChars_MagicalGirls,FetishChars_MonsterGirls,FetishChars_SuccubusGirls,FetishChars_DemonGirls,FetishChars_AngelGirls,FetishChars_ArtificialGirls,FetishChars_UndeadGirls,FetishChars_MiscGirls,
FetishSex_Kinky,FetishSex_Foreplay,
FetishSubSex_MultiplePartners,FetishSubSex_Yuri,
FetishFocus_Lips,FetishFocus_Pussy,FetishFocus_Monstrous,
FetishSub_Drain,FetishSub_MindControl,FetishSub_SizeDifference,FetishSub_Tentacles,
Links_DLsite,
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UniqueDeveloper_Tokinokogiri,
UniqueSeries_MonsterGirlQuest,
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