A review of the current state of Smash the Guild
I played around the time that SMG first came out, and it was the definition of a frustrating, tedious game. If the game was still like that, I'd probably not write anything and just continue on with my life.
However the game has changed and improved itself, so I'll talk about that.
[Story]
You play as Gob (or whatever you name yourself) a goblin who wants to do what the title says because the Heroine(who is currently unnamed) killed his village.
...
that's about it. Along the way you capture Yui and Amy because...
They're right there.
Why shouldn't you?
[Gameplay]
While it's turn based it does use EXP as a currency system. In the 0.1 this took the form as the most annoying most perfection demanding fucking mini-game I've ever played. As of 0.3 they changed it so that it's a more genuinly fun bullet hell where you grab a sparkle. I'll give props this little evade mini game isn't annoying it also doesn't force you to sleep once before walking over and doing a more frustrating mini game.
You don't level up you go to Penny and get your stats directly upgraded. It's a different system than normal, but it's a nice change of pace.
There's also a handful of puzzles and their solidly put together. Nothing there that makes me angry or incredibly confused, and honestly I like the few that were there.
Amy's boulder rush is cancer and I don't care that I have to put it on easy, that shit's annoying otherwise.
[Bugs]
The game just broke one when I opened the menu in Amy's house once because the swimsuit sprite wasn't found. Why that happened I don't know.
There was another thing, but I'll put it in the next section because I don't know if it's a bug or not.
[Conclusion and critique]
Smash the Guild clearly has effort put into it. That being said it has a major issue.
It has no story.
I get it we all know what a goblin is, but as it is there's nothing to grab on to for this. We have no idea about Gob and his village, the world we live in, or any reason about anything.
How does Gob know about the guild?
Why do Amy and Yui count as his revenge when their not even a part of the guild, just random girls.
Why does the demon specifically save Gob.
Why, why, why are things I am constantly asking with the game. To the point I'm asking why do I care that Gob accomplishes his goal.
This could have been fixed with like a short section where we see Gob in his village and what that was like. Are goblins just rapist monsters, well than why didn't he try anything with Penny? Are they an actual society or just pest.
I get this is only 0.3 but that should mean that the intro should be stronger. It's the thing that is supposed to draw people in. I'm not asking for a massive story driven game, but like anything being there would be nice.
That being said there is effort that I enjoy. I do want to wait some time just to see where this project goes.
{things I just remembered}
When I did Yui's card quest the wolf Gob mentioned didn't exist. I can't tell if this was him lying or the wolf just didn't spawn.
Why can I see the swimsuit option if I can't buy them. This just annoys me.
In the gallery you can see the different path to get Yui is grey out because you can't get it. Why not just unlock?
That's all I had to say about the game so far. I wonder what I'll be like in the future.