Sakura Sadist is a short visual novel developed by Winged Cloud. In the story, we'll follow Azusa, a student of the prestigious Victoria Academy of Music. She has one goal: getting her long time crush Mamiko to date her! But how does her roomate and childhood friend Mari feel about that? And what if Mamiko isn't the soft, innocent girl Azusa has always imagined and assumed her to be?
Technical stuff
-H subgenre: Yuri.
-Playtime: It took me 4 hours to complete, but I'm slower than average, so I'd say around 3 hours.
-Where to get it?: It's on Steam for 9'99€, so $11 or so, I guess.
-Does it need a patch for +18 content?: Yup. You'll find guides on where to find it and how to install it on the Steam Guides page of the game. Without the patch, the game is just ecchi and the sex scenes are cut off.
-Languages it comes in: Text is in English and Simplified Chinese. No voices.
-DLC's: Nope.
Fetishes it covers
As the name of the game hints, this game goes hard for a domination kink. There's some soft bondage, pet play, degradation and roleplaying outfits. And that's about it, there aren't that many sex scenes in this game, and despite it being kinkier than other Sakura games, it's still pretty vanilla.
Ratings & review
-Art: 9/10. Sakura games once again don't fail us in the art department. The art is very pretty, the style is super cute, the CGs are gorgeous. The portraits are pretty nice, too, but as usual, there are only portraits for the main characters. In this case, though, it's not that much of an issue, because the extra characters aren't that recurring. So extra portrait art doesn't feel as necessary, though it would've been nice.
-Gameplay: It's a visual novel. Click, read, click, read. The game has a CG gallery, but it is a bit messy as the pictures aren't in the correct order. The UI was fine, for the most part, but the text and the text boxes had a very light, soft color that sometimes blended with the background or the sprites and made the text a bit hard to read.
-Story: 6/10. Surprisingly, it isn't bad. It doesn't try to be more than what it is: a school romance story, but kinkier. None of the scenes feel like filling, the character backgrounds make sense and have a reason to be, and it doesn't feel too long. However, I didn't like any of the characters. The three of them are either assholes, stupid, or both. It's really hard to relate or even empathize with any of them. The romances between them have a more or less interesting dynamic, but if you think them through for three seconds, they feel super toxic, unstable and unsustainable. Which would've been fine, if the game didn't insist on framing them as cute school romances. It just doesn't work. All routes end in a cute/sexy note, but you just know that after that, it's going to end badly.
-OST/Sound design: The OST was mostly pretty generic stuff, but there was one theme (the "sadist" theme?) that I actually liked a lot. Another track was very annoying though. As for sound effects, they were totally non-existent.
-Bugs: There were a few small bugs and a few typos, but nothing to worry about.
-Fap worth: Pretty solid in this regard. There aren't a lot of +18 scenes/CG's since it's a short game after all, but they are good. The only problem is they talk too much during sex, the dialogue can kind of spoil the mood because it feels very pointless. But I think I can say that this is one of the Sakura VNs with some of the lewdest H scenes I've read within this fanchise.
Recommended?
Sure! On sale. As it usually happens with Sakura titles, I feel like this game is way overpriced for what it offers. It's not bad, but it's very short, and the story won't exactly blow your mind, nor will the H scenes or the art. It's kind of the bare minimum for a decent adult VN. It's cute, though, and the story is pretty nice even if mediocre. So as long as the price drops to at least half the original number, I'd say it's worth buying it if you're interested.
Final rating is 7/10.
Steam page of the game (link won't work if you aren't logged in Steam).
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the images in this entry. They are there for illustrative purposes only. Credits go to the respective owners
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