Devils' Night Party

fire protag design not enough va lines to justify how fast they're spammed overall i liked it, though i can see why it's got a mixed score

Devils’ Night Party, developed by NAGATOUI and published by Playmeow alongside Playmeow News, is a narrative-focused title that leans heavily into visual novel conventions while incorporating light simulation elements. It presents itself as a character-driven experience built around social interaction, choice-making, and branching outcomes, with a tone and structure clearly aimed at a niche audience that appreciates dialogue-heavy storytelling combined with mature themes. The premise centers on a protagonist placed in a time-limited situation where forming relationships becomes the primary objective. This setup frames the entire experience, guiding players through a series of encounters with different characters, each offering their own narrative paths and outcomes. The story unfolds almost entirely through dialogue, with decisions shaping how relationships evolve and which scenarios become available. While the overarching narrative is relatively straightforward, the game attempts to create engagement through variation in character interactions rather than through a complex plot. Gameplay is built around a simple loop of selecting actions, progressing through events, and managing…

Its not a terrible game, however it feels unfinished or under whelming. The combat scenes are good and it adds a feeling of present to the game play, but the system of multiple deaths in combat till you reach game over feels like they were trying for a rogue-like effect that feels kind of flat. The story while limited is interesting, I do remember this game was delayed a few times before release so that adds to the unfinished feeling. Additionally there is a major bug that if you uninstall the game and reinstall you only keep the 2 pre-made versions used during testing and your own personal save disappears meaning you have to start again or from the dev save files. Overall not bad but not great, decent if you got a few hours and it is on sale but there are better games by the same publisher.

I dont know why, but game is so hard even with easy- monsters slash you in 1 turn, and after its lead to loose. Also, map is very hard, i wish there only stright way,not a mazzle. To be honest i wish full gallery open save file. The grind and super hard map is not good. I cant say about arts,because i couldnt saw them due to hard and repetitive gameplay.

I like this game is more centered in fighting than anything else, it barely has a story and different from other H games we have an actual hard mode so it's not just walking around reading text, you gotta manage the inventory, i have never thought i was gonna need to min max a build for a game like this.

It's OK.