X-Change

System: PC
Release Date: 2001
Published By: Peach Princess
Reviewed by: Darien
Rating:

Yet another hentai adventure game. Ho-hum.

This one, at least, has high-quality images of high-quality sex, and well-translated dialogue backing it up. So that's a plus. Also, the sex scenes are relatively constant; after the first few minutes of the game, you won't have many times where you're wondering how to get back to the action. The gameplay, however, is nowhere to be seen; adventure games are rather light on the gameplay in the best of cases, and hentai games are never the best of cases. This one, in common with most of its bretheren, treats you to a number of choices to be made but it's never clear what effects they'll have before you choose them, and it's never clear what effects they've had after you've chosen them. So, really, you may as well just pick at random. The good side to all of this is that, unlike most hentai adventure games, the total number of choices is kept relatively low, and judicious saving will allow you to reach every possible ending and every possible sex scene in a fairly small amount of time.

The sex is done well, here. The pictures are explicit and good-looking, and the text is explicit and reads well. There is also a good density of sex in this game; you won't spend much time staring at pointless text waiting to get to the action. If you do find it to be dragging, however, the game gives you a fast-forward button that automatically skips you to the next choice you need to make. That's what I call convenience.

So in the end, this game manages a 2 from me largely because its lack of gameplay prevents me from rating it any higher; I don't want to trick anybody into seeking this out for his gaming jones. Gameplay is not the top concern of most people shopping for adult games, however, and this one features good, plentiful, and accessible sex scenes, so I recommend it if that's your criterion.

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