If you consider it a hentai game, it is 3/5 at best. But if you consider it a normal side-scrolling puzzle platformer with hentai elements, it could bump up to 4/5. Full unlock save: https://workupload.com/file/kjwCPajEXsh
(put it in AppData\LocalLow\TFANCS\TheBuriedPillars)
It is from the same creator who made Hidden Realm of the Enchantress. I quite like that game, but there are three caveats for this game (or problems), so to speak.
The first is that the game is difficult. Secondly, even though I personally quite like the CG, not everyone will like it. Third, the amount of animated CG in this game is quite few, only about 15 if I remember correctly, which is far fewer than in Hidden Realm of the Enchantress.
I can quite easily imagine many people simply dropping the game midway through a run and never picking it up again.
I will divide the review into two categories: “as a normal game” and “as a hentai game,” and give a separate opinion for each.
As a Normal Game
The map design is very good. You rarely get lost, especially now that the game includes a map. I checked some earlier posts saying that the game did not have a map function in early access, and if I had played that version of the game, I certainly wouldn’t have even come close to completing it.
The progression feels natural, and the ability to parry enemy attacks feels pretty good. That’s the reason I think, as a platformer, it deserves a 4/5 (at least high 3/5), but even though the map itself is well designed, it is not presented in a particularly impressive graphical way. Also, the ability to combo attacks is very limited. You cannot really mix different elements to make combat more interesting.
There are also many recurring enemies, often simply reusing existing artwork with only a color change, which feels a little bit lame here and there.
But overall, as a platformer game, I would still recommend playing it.
In terms of difficulty, I really struggled to beat the final boss, especially since you cannot carry your orbs into the final fight. It always reverts back to one orb, which greatly increases the difficulty. 1 orb means you can only heal once, and there are not many attacks that can be parried to regain orbs, resulting in many players being unable to finish the game, no matter what. I think that, beyond the easy difficulty, there should be something like a “babysitting” difficulty that appears after dying too many times to the same boss. In the end, it’s mostly a hentai game—why lock players out when they clearly can not progress?
The game’s strong point is the map design and progression, not the combat design.
As a Hentai Game
On the other hand, as a hentai game, it’s another story. The animated CGs are few and far between during gameplay. You get one H-CG if you are defeated on the map, and one CG after beating the stage boss (which is standard). However, there are no animated H-CGs for common enemies.
In some more elaborate games, you get one CG after defeating a common enemy and another H-CG if you lose to a common enemy. Here, you don’t even get a unique H-CG after losing to the boss. You only get one after beating the boss. Paired with the aforementioned problem that not everyone likes this art style, the game struggles as a hentai game. For those who don’t particularly enjoy this type of animated CG, the style may not appeal to them. But even for people who do like it (like me), the quantity of CG simply isn’t enough to satisfy players who came for that content.
This results in a two-way problem: People who don’t like the style or cannot finish the game will dislike it, while those who do like it and finish the game will feel that there isn’t enough CG content to call it a good hentai game.
Overall Verdict
If you think this game might appeal to you, it is definitely worth trying.
However, I would say it’s not as good as the first game. The first game was a card-based game that almost anyone could play, while this one is a platformer—not everyone enjoys or can handle a difficult platformer. And even for those who do enjoy the game, there simply aren’t enough CG scenes to fully satisfy players looking for that content.
As the text is too long, I used a bit of AI to make it more readable. And it changed the wording I typically use, but the idea does not stray from my initial text, well, anyways.
I'll get you guys a full CG save, it is a pretty good game, as least on par with that game which can switch between male and female one (the name is not on top of my head)
If you consider it a hentai game, it is 3/5 at best.
But if you consider it a normal side-scrolling puzzle platformer with hentai elements, it could bump up to 4/5.
Full unlock save: https://workupload.com/file/kjwCPajEXsh
(put it in AppData\LocalLow\TFANCS\TheBuriedPillars)
It is from the same creator who made Hidden Realm of the Enchantress. I quite like that game, but there are three caveats for this game (or problems), so to speak.
The first is that the game is difficult.
Secondly, even though I personally quite like the CG, not everyone will like it.
Third, the amount of animated CG in this game is quite few, only about 15 if I remember correctly, which is far fewer than in Hidden Realm of the Enchantress.
I can quite easily imagine many people simply dropping the game midway through a run and never picking it up again.
I will divide the review into two categories: “as a normal game” and “as a hentai game,” and give a separate opinion for each.
As a Normal Game
The map design is very good. You rarely get lost, especially now that the game includes a map. I checked some earlier posts saying that the game did not have a map function in early access, and if I had played that version of the game, I certainly wouldn’t have even come close to completing it.
The progression feels natural, and the ability to parry enemy attacks feels pretty good. That’s the reason I think, as a platformer, it deserves a 4/5 (at least high 3/5), but even though the map itself is well designed, it is not presented in a particularly impressive graphical way. Also, the ability to combo attacks is very limited. You cannot really mix different elements to make combat more interesting.
There are also many recurring enemies, often simply reusing existing artwork with only a color change, which feels a little bit lame here and there.
But overall, as a platformer game, I would still recommend playing it.
In terms of difficulty, I really struggled to beat the final boss, especially since you cannot carry your orbs into the final fight. It always reverts back to one orb, which greatly increases the difficulty. 1 orb means you can only heal once, and there are not many attacks that can be parried to regain orbs, resulting in many players being unable to finish the game, no matter what. I think that, beyond the easy difficulty, there should be something like a “babysitting” difficulty that appears after dying too many times to the same boss. In the end, it’s mostly a hentai game—why lock players out when they clearly can not progress?
The game’s strong point is the map design and progression, not the combat design.
As a Hentai Game
On the other hand, as a hentai game, it’s another story. The animated CGs are few and far between during gameplay. You get one H-CG if you are defeated on the map, and one CG after beating the stage boss (which is standard). However, there are no animated H-CGs for common enemies.
In some more elaborate games, you get one CG after defeating a common enemy and another H-CG if you lose to a common enemy. Here, you don’t even get a unique H-CG after losing to the boss. You only get one after beating the boss. Paired with the aforementioned problem that not everyone likes this art style, the game struggles as a hentai game. For those who don’t particularly enjoy this type of animated CG, the style may not appeal to them. But even for people who do like it (like me), the quantity of CG simply isn’t enough to satisfy players who came for that content.
This results in a two-way problem:
People who don’t like the style or cannot finish the game will dislike it, while those who do like it and finish the game will feel that there isn’t enough CG content to call it a good hentai game.
Overall Verdict
If you think this game might appeal to you, it is definitely worth trying.
However, I would say it’s not as good as the first game. The first game was a card-based game that almost anyone could play, while this one is a platformer—not everyone enjoys or can handle a difficult platformer. And even for those who do enjoy the game, there simply aren’t enough CG scenes to fully satisfy players looking for that content.
So that’s the situation.