Super Lesbian Animal RPG Reviews

Fantastic game, love the characters and story, very fun enemies, and a lot of the lesbian interactions made me go "Aww" out loud.

[h3]What's poppin'?[/h3] I don't bother writing reviews often, but Super Lesbian Animal RPG has spoken to me. Intimately. Gayly. I absolutely loved this game and I wanna give it a good word. I'm always up for an indie RPG once in a while and this one was special. I was drawn to it by its 24-karat no-shit name (CHECK IT OUT THEY'RE GAY FURRIES) and no, it isn't ironic. This is exactly what it promises on the can, love it or leave it. OK I'm keeping this review as spoiler-free as I can but the basic outline is that you are the vaguely anxious healer Melody, and you and your punk-as-fuck girlfriend Allison have signed up for the adventurer's guild in your hometown, encouraged and abetted by your messy witch friend Claire. Things start to happen in earnest when she makes a little practice dungeon for you in Allison's basement. A weird glitch guy with a VHS for a head shows up while you're in there, and he's obviously bad news. ADVENTURE beckons thereafter! [i]Gay[/i] adventure! That adventure takes your party places, again, no spoilers, but everything looks and feels right, if a bit garish sometimes (there's a lot of pink and lilac, surprising no-one). The locations are not tremendously exciting in concept – you'll traipse through forests, visit a mysterious floating island, walk around dungeons, climb mountains, you know the drill – but they're incredibly well dressed and the world building is impeccable. Everything is creative and cool and I have to give a shoutout to the music, Beatrix Quinn's soundtrack is [i]excellent[/i] (you can buy it on Bandcamp btw, I did). Without going too far into it, some of the dungeons feel like they'd give Crypt of the Necrodancer a run for its money if they were actually rhythm-based. Sometimes they're a bit overlong but that might just be me wandering in circles and not checking the map enough. The music makes up for it. Enjoyable writing is subjective of course, but nothing in the game felt forced to me, for what that's worth. Emotional moments feel earned and impactful and jokes land well, though they can come off as a bit "online" which some might not like (I am online. I'm online writing this now. Works for me). In case anyone was wondering from reading the game title alone, the game is not horny but there is a ton of gay drama. It's really well done, I swear, but you WILL be sad and gay with some frequency so be prepared for that. Frankly I appreciate that the characters just exist in their pleasant little off-brand Equestria, normally but also gayly. It is OK to be gay, after all. The combat is turn-based, Mother/EarthBound style with encounter entities on the map that you can avoid rather than random battles. Let's be honest, you'll be playing this for the vibes and the character writing more than the gameplay but what's there isn't bad! It hews kind of easy, I only died while fighting the optional bosses in act 4, but whatever. The spellbook mechanic mixes things up a bit and gives you a bunch of options on top of the party's innate abilities. The monsters are funny lookin'. I lost it the first time I encountered a mimic. THE GAYEST MIMIC [i]EVER[/i] The shortcomings of the game are mainly technical; I played this in its entirety on my Steam Deck (luv too play indies while snug in bed) where it runs... FINE... It works. it functions. It isn't Deck verified for a reason. Worst I can say is, I'd really prefer to use the d-pad to control a game with grid-based movement like this and could not do that on the Deck – thumb stick and face buttons only – and the weird lag spike whenever you skip text is awkward but livable. The bright graphics really pop on the OLED screen though for what that's worth. I believe the issues are due to its being made on an older version of RPGMaker, which is unfortunate but what're you gonna do? I'm too lazy to mess around with a custom control profile or whatever so I just dealt with it. On the upside, everything is very parsable on the Deck and none of the text rendering is too small or anything like that, which is more than I can say for [i]some[/i] "verified" games. Mechanically a lategame criticism I have is that the experience levels cap out at lvl30, which takes no effort to reach if you're covering enough ground. I'd have appreciated if they'd kept going to lvl40 just so it didn't feel like encounters were a waste of time and resources after that (unless you are collecting scrap or filling your bestiary, of course). As mentioned above, you can just avoid them so it's not the worst problem to have, it's a pacing issue more than anything. Narratively, the endgame (as in the final act and epilogue) hits just right, no anticlimax or anything like that. Also, this is irrelevant to how the game plays but SLARPG doesn't have Steam achievements or badges and you know I'd craft the badge for this at least once!!! I'm just saying!!!!! Anyway, if you got something out of OMORI or Undertale you'll probably like this a lot. You do not need to be LGBTQ+ for SLARPG to touch you but it certainly helps. It has SO much soul and it is SO gay. tl;dr: My dick fell off a couple times while playing this game and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Ponett please make a sequel so this can happen again love you bye

I don't play old-school RPGs very often, SLARPG reminded me why, and even by the standards of indie RPG throwbacks, it feels behind the times mechanically. Omori and Undertale are waiting for you if you want something truly special in gameplay. The random battles, slow animations, low level loot and general monotony make overworld traversal boring long before the credits roll, and while there is some class flexibility and some neat boss designs, it's just not enough to remain engaging before falling into the old mood of running through battles to get to the next cutscene, where the game becomes good again. But when it gets there, Super Lesbian Animal RPG gets goooooood. The fantasy role-playing story on top is nothing special, and from the title you can probably guess it still has a bit of that "wishful thinking" vibe: characters fight, but they make up in the end, and no one has to make any hard decisions about what's best for each other. But it overcomes these hurdles in two important areas. Firstly, it highlights issues few other games dare to touch, featuring frank discussions of the loneliness surrounding being trans, in an era where game characters can be trans but can't say they're trans for some reason. It talks about the difficulties of being a late bloomer in identity, how to live up to others' expectations when you feel so far behind your own. It has sobering conversations about the importance of communication and boundaries in relationships. Most love stories annoy me, but Melody and Allison's hit the spot because I understood why they fell for each other AND I saw they understood that relationships take work, on themselves and for each other, which then makes it feel like it's worth all the stress. Secondly...the game is just really funny! Bobby Schroeder is a quick-witted storyteller, and SLARPG is filled with piercing zingers, wry observations on the weird setting, fourth wall jokes, references so obtuse as to wrap back around and be hilarious in context, and even by the standards of an Earthbound-like, some of the most bizarre enemy designs I've seen. Overall setpiece design is dryer than Undertale, but it still hit that same quality of never quite knowing what the next screen was going to hold. It's not going to convert the unbelievers, but SLARPG is bolder than its title suggests. ...Great soundtrack, but it loses points for featuring Devi McCallion. She could have stood to learn about the importance of communication too, and I don't just mean leaking legal affidavits for half a day. The Black Dresses love story seems unbelievable in hindsight, for exactly the reason Mellison is not.

Game is pretty super in my opinion. It's also an RPG that includes lesbian animals, so! I'd say it's pretty good.

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maybe my favorite indie i've played this year, it's got so many charming jokes, handles the experiences of anxiety and self doubt in incredibly natural ways, ways i've hardly seen properly expressed in media. maybe the best depiction of couples figuring out issues i've ever consumed, and also half the main cast is trans and that makes me VERY happy :3. banger music, gameplay is super fun, albeit a little simple! make sure you talk to everyone and check so much because the dialogue is really where this game shines. game is lesbian art, and if you're a lesbian, animal or questioning any of these things, play this game <3

HOLY SHIT!!!! THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. It has everything, Girls kissing, a very well written story, and an in depth and engaging battle system. As a certified girl enjoyer, This game is spectacular. PEAK! PEAK! PEAK! i love this game sm. I want another one

I adore this game so, so much. Never before have I played a game where the story touched me on this deep of a level. Sure, the game is silly, but underneath that whimsy is a passionately beating heart. I want to say more, but I genuinely think I would be robbing you if I expounded on the story more. Just know that this game quite honestly changed my life. On top of all that, the gameplay is some of the most fun I've had with that classic turn based rpg combat. Star power is a very inventive mechanic, and the combat has an addicting flow to it. Also the music is so, so peak. Beatrix Quinn and others knocked it out of the park, and it just serves to make this amazing game even more remarkable. In general uh. Its so, so peak, please play this game if you haven't already.

Maybe the most 'what it says on the tin' game I've ever played. It's an RPG that has animal lesbians. It does all of these things very well. Super, even. On a more serious note, I don't think this was For Me too much. Which is fine. I've been out as trans for 11 years. A lot of the themes and issues felt very First Three Years Of Transition. But even in that regard it was very nostalgic for me, the characters and situations reflecting things I've long since gone through and moved on from. It's simultaneously the game's biggest strength and weakness; it's [i]so[/i] authentic that you're either going to say 'oh they're so me' or 'I know this and it is definitely not me.' I think it's an incredibly important game to exist. The me who was 1 year into transition would have been more than a little insane about the game. I'm sure it would have perfectly reflected so much of my life and experiences and troubles, while also putting it in enough of a fantasy veneer that it wouldn't be depressing. Honestly anytime I run into a freshly hatched queer I'll probably be recommending this, if the topic of game reqs comes up. If you're pretty new (sub 5 years) to being queer and/or trans you should pick this up. On a more general level the game is very well made. The soundtrack is full of bops, the art is gorgeous, and the gameplay is in the upper tier of turnbased RPGs that I've played in my long gaming life. I don't [i]quite[/i] put it with my absolute favourites - it isn't as singular-encounter-driven as Wild ARMs 5, doesn't have the additional action draw of the Mario RPGs or Shadow Hearts, and doesn't have the depth of build diversity as something like FF5 or FFX - but it's up there on all fronts, makes excellent use of all the modern lessons people have learned from the genre's history, and competing with all-timers is an incredible accomplishment for such a small team. Although, Magical Girl is way too strong. Well, it's not too strong, but the niche it fills is too important. Magical Girl Melody is a one-woman infinite engine and it's really, really hard to dignify trying alternatives. Everything else is well balanced though. Anyway that's it. If you want an RPG that involves lesbian hairies walking in a circle banging a drum that says trans rights, this game was made for you. If you're an 'elder' (lmao) you might find it a bit [i]too[/i] faithful to those rough early days, but it's still cute and nostalgic. If you're [i]in[/i] those early days, you just might find something incredibly important.