Boyfriend's Rescue - Gay Platform Game

Premise This review reflects my personal experience with the game. While I aim to write thoughtfully and as fairly as possible, my reviews are subjective in nature and should not be used as objective metrics to assess/critique a game. I also curate a steam group which focusses on reviewing BL/Bara/MxM VNs. Feel free to join if you would like to see more reviews! :) [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46061383-Gay-Games-Vault] Gay Games Vault[/url] [code] SECTION | SCORE --------------------|------- Writing & Story | ★★★☆☆ Representation | ★★★★☆ Gameplay | ★★★★☆ Art & Direction | ★★★★☆ Recommendation | ★★★★☆ [/code] P.S. I enjoyed this platformer way more than Baracop, despite this being released 5 years earlier! Writing & Story — ★★★☆☆ The premise is ridiculous, and I mean that as a compliment. You play as Alex, trying to rescue his boyfriend after he ends up trapped inside the so-called “Gay Sutra.” That setup tells you almost everything you need to know; this is not a game asking to be taken with great seriousness. It is throwing you into something silly, playful and knowingly over-the-top, then asking whether you are willing t…

🎮 Gameplay & Genre This is a cheeky little platformer with RPG-lite elements and pixel graphics. You play a lovesick hero on a quest to rescue his boyfriend trapped in the Gay Sutra. The controls are simple, though a few tight platforming sections may challenge players not used to retro-style jumps. The core gameplay is straightforward, but it adds variety with different magical costumes that give you new abilities. It’s not long or particularly difficult, but it’s fun. 🔥 M/M Content True to Male Doll Games’ style, the erotic scenes are bold and unapologetically gay. There’s a good number of full-quality CGs, and while they’re not the most polished out there, they’re sexy and suit the game’s vibe. The premise is gloriously camp, and the game fully leans into its own raunchy absurdity—costume powers, ♥♥♥♥-riding (literally) puns, and all. 🎨 Visuals & Style The pixel graphics are charming and very old-school, though they may not be everyone’s taste. The CGs are much more detailed and offer the real visual reward. It's colorful, queer, and occasionally ridiculous—in a good way. 🗣️ Tone & Writing The story is light but surprisingly coherent. It doesn’t take itself seriously (…

The mechanics are so poorly designed. Has the person(s) that made this game ever played video games? The game freezing to swap costumes then unfreezing before you can start controlling your character again directly punishes you for doing a core mechanic of the game: changing costumes. If the freezing will continue to punish you in this way, then you need to compensate it is elsewhere. For example, the balls on Mofir that go from one side to another and are randomly oriented where you can go over, or a gap in the middle (that you cant actually jump through to avoid damage). These need to be addressable in any costume otherwise you will STILL take the damage despite changing the costume to even be able to do the mechanic. Like, make it duck-able or don't, make us be able to jump through the gap by making the gap bigger, or at least allow us to jump over it. All the aforementioned can be ignored if you change how to activate the core mechanic of the game: the costumes. They should NOT be on a toggle-able wheel and then your cursor to one of the options. They should be action items that either have their own keybind with ability use once on, or equipable items on an action bar where t…

Game saves appear to be broken and mechanics to defeat seem to take forever to defeat enemies. I get the gag, but it gets old after a while.

I wanted to recommend this so bad because I like the idea and the sex and alll but it has a few too many technical that need to be fixed 1. is no manual saving bc that should just a given in any rpg 2. the hit box during the costume change shouldn't be there considering I've been hit by attacks I was changing just to avoid by using that costumes ability only to have to wait for the last second of the animation to play where I couldn't move but still could hit by enemies for some reason 3. there's a real b ad glitch that's happened to me twice when trying to change costumes during a fight where everything just freezes up and I have to shut the game down only to come back and have my save data completely wiped (another reason manual saving is a must) 4. carryable items would be better than when you go to the shop where you get auto healed by whatever you buy especially since you start levels at full health anyway

Much better than I thought it would be! It’s so nice to play a real gay *game* when too many lgbtq+ products are visual novels. Animations are fun and very well done. Checkpoints are very reasonably placed for a less skilled gamer like me. Works just fine on Steamdeck. I will be looking for this studio’s next project!