At first glance I wasn't sure what to make of this game but I tried it because I'm secretly a fan of management sims. The premise looks simple. You're the devil and you own an apartment complex. Various monsters need a place to live so they fill in vacancies in your building. Every now and then a hero or 2 comes along wanting to vanquish the devil. So you can ask your residents to fight intruders. Now that we have a general idea about what this game is about.
To add another layer you have the management aspect in which you have to buy items for your monsters to keep them happy. You also have control over the rent they pay and if your residents are happy their stats will raise making them stronger and of course your status among the monster races will rise allowing you to recruit higher tier monsters for your kingdom / building. Your main goal is to get as many tenants as possible and to make a profit. Further emphasizing that goal is that the heroes who come searching for a fight never actually try to kill the Devil. They usually just end up robbing you and killing the tenants who were foolish enough to get in their way.
When you aren't getting robbed by 'heroes' and residents aren't skipping out on the rent you might see love blossom among your monsters as they find a mate, move them in and have little monster children.You can even buy them items such as erotic cakes to help them out a bit. Now it's not all sunshine and rainbows as it's very difficult to make all the monster classes like the Devil. Your popularity between the different monster classes influences the types of creatures willing to rent a room. Some hate living near other monster classes, or dislike it when you let other residents die and of course if you don't give them a comfortable place to live. In all the devil has a tough job in juggling his residents and vanquishing heroes business so there's no shortage of things to and can be a bit of a challenge trying to please everyone.
Gameplay: (^__^) - This game is pretty casual, easy to play, tough to master. The mechanics are fairly simple and that's a good thing as you will no doubt learn different strategies on how to handle hoards of people coming to disrupt your peaceful apartment and tenants who have all sorts of quirky demands. The user interface is straightforward as well. I do wish there was more you can do in terms of monsters not getting along with each other. It seems like they just mention how they don't like other types but that doesn't prevent them from fighting on the same side. I don't know, I just guess it was a missed opportunity for more conflict.
Graphics: ^__^ - The developer kept it simple and it works. But it's nice that in your one screen you can get changing weather which a few of your monsters will have an affinity to certain weather types. The game's interface tells you everything you need to know. But for a one screen game it doesn't get boring.
Sound: ^__^ - The music is good. Although the sound effect of certain actions, like monster mating can get a bit annoying. But stuff like thunder and lightning weather sound solid.
Overall: ^__^ - I find this game fun and highly addictive. You'll spend hours playing this game trying to get that next powerful monster to take up a room, Attempting various hero quests challenges your monster's defenses. And expand your empire while trying to keep from getting robbed. It's nothing revolutionary in terms of gameplay but it is different, refreshing and mildly entertaining.
Buy It on: Steam
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