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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 24.7 hrs on record (22.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 24 Jan, 2019 @ 11:16am
Updated: 2 Aug, 2021 @ 11:35am
Product received for free

Played Character Route Order: Saji โ—ˆ Harsi โ—ˆ Vald โ—ˆ Devi

Are you looking for a Yaoi game where every detail is revealed to your eyes? Then you should seriously consider trying this one out, however, if explicit sex scenes aren't your cup of tea, then this one is clearly not for you. To Trust an Incubus contains a lot of R18 content, thus you should only play this if no one can see you fangirling or hear your heavy breaths and squealing unless you want to worry the people around you. Yes fellow fangirls and fanboys, I'm looking at you! This Visual Novel offers plenty of moments for you to squeal, to gasp, and to show your lewdest smirk. You can enjoy all spicey situations uncensored even if the Patch/DLC is not available in your country. Just check this Announcement from the developers out.

I love Yaoi Visual Novels, I really do, and I'm so happy that we get all the uncensored R18 ones as well now. That is a huge enhancement and a blessing for Yaoi lovers. The sex scenes in To Trust an Incubus not only make the heart of every perverted Yaoi lover beat faster, but they also come en masse, the characters are coming en masse as well, just in case you were looking for that kind of information. Nothing is hidden here, you can see just everything. There are no cut-outs, no mosaics, and no positions that hide the explicit parts. Awesome, right? Right?! I prefer the uncensored version, even if the chibis from the censored version are really cute, though!

This is exactly the type of Yaoi game that you can use to torture your straight male friends who would never play such a game by themselves. Not that I would send them any CGs totally out of nowhere without asking or randomly while we are chatting, I'd NEVER do that! God, please tell me I'm not the only one doing this.

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Let's take a look at the story, shall we? Our protagonist is Kenta, a young man who volunteered to work in a lab where four Incubi from another dimension live at the moment. They arrived on earth with the help of a portal that was purposely built to get in contact with other life forms. You can probably imagine already what it means to have incubi in a game like this, so I don't think that I need to clarify that any further. Whatever you think it means, let me tell you that you're 100% right! Kenta is looking forward to meeting them as well as to his new job after he totally screwed everything up at his last workplace. Enviable, isn't he? I'd like to have four Incubi to choose from as well. Why doesn't happen anything like that in real life?

The narration is strongly linked to the erotic scenes as sex plays a huge role plotwise. As we all know, it's not an easy task to successfully blend together straight smut and a solid story. That's why storytelling in such games is usually quite meager. Nonetheless, To Trust Incubus has managed quite well to integrate a minor yet sophisticated story, despite the focus being on smut. Personally, I don't care much about elaborate storytelling if it comes to smut, but I do appreciate it if it's well done.

Like in My Magical Demon Lover, the incubi desire to bond with humans. Y Press Games polished the bonding system here quite a bit though since they added more depth to it. Both the incubus and the human learn the language of their partner after bonding, furthermore, there is a notable difference between normal bonding and bonding with someone you are aligned to. Now, take a guess which lucky man is aligned to all four of them? Right, it's neither me nor you.

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My pervy heart yearned for some action if you catch my drift, and To Trust an Incubus managed to satiate my longing for more BxB intercourse quite well if that's even possible. Whatever it is you desire to see in a Yaoi Visual Novel, it's most likely to be granted, as long as guy gets eaten alive during intercourse is not one of them, because you won't find such obscene scenes here. Contrary to most Yaoi games, the sex here is always consensual and r*** scenes that are frequently used in your typical Yaoi don't occur here either. To Trust an Incubus breaks free from some tropes that are often represented in this genre and adds a few elements that you might haven't seen before.

Our protagonist and his lover are often in the situation that they are watching other characters doing it. Other characters, including the incubi you didn't choose, sleep with each other too, which adds a nice dynamic to the narration. Did I mention already that Kenta can also have a threesome, or watch other characters having a threesome? That's right, your eyes don't play tricks on you; a threesome! Not only one or two, no there are four in total! That's actually the first time I've ever seen this in a Yaoi VN except for the Virus/Trip route in Dramatical Murder. And let's be honest here; that one was hard to endure especially in Re:Connect. In two routes/endings, Kenta even has the opportunity to have a polyamorous relationship with two incubi. Admittedly, I liked the threesome route with Saji and Harsi a tad more than the one with Devi and Vald.

To Trust an Incubus comes with a ton of endings, including bad endings, but don't worry, these are rather funny than sad. The characters also share many heart-warming and sweet moments with each other, and even serious topics are taken up, be it insecurities about one's own sexuality or the long-term effects of mistreatment.

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The artwork is fantastic, despite several inconsistencies. Some CGs aren't as refined as others, some have slightly too thick or too thin contours, others don't really look professionally colored and some just look off, but that did not really bother me since there are so many other CGs that perfectly make up for that.

I struggled with the fact that the characters speak English at first. It felt weird because I'm used to listening to Japanese voice-over when it comes to this type of game, but that wasn't the only reason why it felt strange. A few moments are cringeworthy, but at the same time, they also give the whole game a unique touch. Sex and comedy don't necessarily have to exclude each other, Y Press Games already proved that both aspects can harmonize splendidly together with My Magical Demon Lover. The English voice acting is not terrible, except for two or three characters that regrettably don't really have talented voice actors, but apart from Devi, those were just side characters, which only showed up near the end. In spite of everything, this is a petty complaint that can hardly be taken seriously, considering the mass of content you get for a moderate price.

To Trust an Incubus is definitely not a softcore Yaoi game and while the storyline might not be absolutely mind-blowing, the comedy elements blend splendidly together with the sexual tension and erotic scenes.

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12 Comments
ELITA ONE 1 Feb, 2021 @ 1:35am 
:thumbalift:
Askalians 5 Apr, 2020 @ 9:11am 
I am enjoying pretty much ^^
I hope you'll enjoy it! :cleatongue:
Askalians 4 Apr, 2020 @ 9:54pm 
it is my next game on the list ^^
naru.pyon 24 Jan, 2019 @ 1:22pm 
Aber natรผrlich! :sayaka_DGR:
Subtilizer 24 Jan, 2019 @ 1:17pm 
Ich bin echt gespannt wie das Spiel ist!
Thank you both! :heartp: :mgsmile:

@Tachie Du musst es unbedingt bald spielen! :leeblelove:
Airi-chuan 24 Jan, 2019 @ 12:57pm 
love your review :ssorano:
naru.pyon 24 Jan, 2019 @ 12:48pm 
Hatte es zwar vor deiner Review schon auf der Liste, bin aber jetzt (und vor allem nach den ganzen Screenshots) umso gespannter auf das Spiel selbst! :meadowlovebadger::Speech_Love:
Coralune 24 Jan, 2019 @ 12:46pm 
Got me curious. Nice one. :2016imnotcrying: