Remember a couple of years ago we wrote about collecting money through Kickstarter for the game Mein Waifu is the Fuhrer, where cute anime girls played the role of Fuhrer, Himmler, Goering and other Nazi bosses? The game has not yet been released, but its work lives on. And for a very long time. There were similar reincarnations in the Eiyu * Senki series, which has existed since 2012. By genre, it is a mixture of tactical RPG, global strategy, visual novel (namely eroge) and dating simulator.
For example, in 2015, Eiyu * Senki: The World Conquest was released, where we, conquering the world, could sleep with Rasputin, Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, King Arthur, Napoleon, Tutankhamun and many others - they are all represented more or less dressed girls. And recently, Eiyu* Senki Gold - A New Conquest, improved and supplemented with a new story, was released on GirlsGoGames. I must say right away - it is censored, there is no hentai here, and you will not be able to immerse your Excalibur in King Arthur (not my joke, if anything, forgive me!), But there is a lot of other interesting things.
So, we act in the role of a more or less typical anime hitman who, by some unknown way, was transferred from his world of computers and wet teenage fantasies to a wonderful world, where all real historical or mythological characters are represented by beautiful waifu speaking (or rather, funny chirping) in textbook girlish Japanese. Naturally, at first the hero does not remember anything, so the first girl who found him - the ruler of the city of Sendai, Date Masamune, decides to use the little man for her own purposes: she calls him her brother and convinces him to start conquering Japan (here it is called Zipang).
The girl does not like the isolation policy pursued by the ruler of the country, but then her appetites grow, and we are talking about conquering the whole world. And we do not particularly resist. Moreover, the leaders of the conquered / annexed countries and cities, be they Napoleon, Christopher Columbus or Ivan the Terrible, are each beautiful in their own way. And we do not kill them, but we persuade them to join the ranks of our growing army of dear sisters (as the main character calls them), so that later we can communicate with them and start romances. What guy in his right mind would refuse such a thing?
What unites them and justifies our plans of conquest is the presence of a common enemy - these are the Templars, led by a colorful Christian woman, who scatter dark spheres all over the world, and they sow chaos around. And it is clear that it is our hero who, with the help of some artifact, is capable of collecting and absorbing these spheres.
At the same time, he tries to "remember everything", hears strange voices, sees fragments of the past (and what, quite an intrigue!) And communicates with his amazing harem. In addition to purely conquering or defensive missions, about which a little later, we always have access to personal quests related to certain girls, each of which has its own characters, dialogues and history.
Some of them amusingly play up real historical facts like the restoration of the Great Silk Road or the inventions of da Vinci, others are invented - for example, we go together to fight monsters, and then we save and catch a falling girl in our arms. And many people are associated with cooking, drinking tea, eating - chan, of course, want to show in this way who is the most skillful housewife.
Completing such personal tasks strengthens the hero's ties with the girls, which opens up new active and passive skills for them, unlocks equipment slots, and for us - brings them closer to the opportunity to have a romance. For example, one of the sisters, a healer by her class and nature, after solving the problem with miso soup (it is very important, of course!), Strengthened her bond with the hero and discovered a passive trait called "Love", which increases the healing by 100% allies standing right in front of the girl.
All this fabulous nonsense, of course, is contraindicated to be taken seriously. This is humor and banter, playing on a very specific sports-erotic interest - and within this framework, Eiyu * Senki Gold - A New Conquest feels great.
In addition, the game is designed not only for perverts who are eager to undress Ivan the Terrible because this is a girl who runs in the snow in a white fur hat and white panties (there is also enough fun cranberries playing with the national flavor in the game!).
Eiyu * Senki Gold - A New Conquest is also quite capable of challenging tactical and strategic talents. In many ways, it is similar to the Total War series: there is a clear division into global strategy and tactical battles. On the world map, we choose which mission to carry out further, where to move and whom to conquer. Action points are spent on this - at the beginning there are only two, and then gradually it becomes more. They made their move - it is transferred to other countries under the control of AI, which may well try to recapture the cities and provinces captured from them.
In the same place, on the map, we are managing our army, buying, crafting and distributing equipment among the girls.
You can see which cities are already available, how much they bring income to the general treasury. And there is also a list of missions - in addition to conquest and personal missions, there are also additional missions that bring money and new equipment. Gold is used both for the purchase of equipment and for the treatment of units under the control of our dear sisters - in this way we restore their numbers, which are only slightly replenished with each turn.
Well, directly tactical battles take place on a separate arena, where we first place the girls' squads in the cells, focusing on their class specializations. Ahead - those who prefer close combat, behind - mages, healers and arrows. And you also need to take into account the range and direction of attacks and skills. For example, arrows often fire only in a straight line, along which other skills inflict through damage. Or there is an artillerywoman Perry (a hero of the American Civil War, if that!), Which must be placed behind everyone - so she can cover three enemies with a volley on opposite lines at once.
And then, on our turn, we use each squad's skills, the strongest of which are not immediately available in battle. You can and should also move the fighters, depending on the situation, in order, for example, to enter the enemy's line of defeat. Each squad has indicators of number, damage, defense, speed and luck, which we also increase with equipment. Many items increase some indicators, while others lower - here you need to be careful. And the size of the squad gradually grows depending on how often and successfully it fought.
So, all these exercises only at first seem to be light nonsense with an erotic bias - the further, the more often the game will begin to punish you for such an attitude. Enemies controlled by AI and counterattack, trying to reclaim their territories, and grow stronger over time. And if you miss the moment when it was necessary to conquer the capital of the enemy with a swoop, then it can turn into a source of troubles - from there they will regularly raid.
And this slows down your development and distracts forces - you always need to have in reserve heroes who did not perform actions on your turn, so that they could defend territories on the enemy. Therefore, it is important to correctly distribute the girls on missions, taking into account the total limit of action points, the strength of enemies and some specific conditions. For example, there are missions that involve negotiations, and you need to send as many heroes there so that their negotiation skills meet the minimum requirements.
Some missions require the presence of specific characters.
Some missions require the presence of specific characters.
In battles, more and more often you come across bosses and large-caliber opponents who have two or even three times more health and who inflict huge damage. We have to experiment with the location of the fighters and the composition of the party, since there is always the opportunity to replay the battle or roll back the move.
Eiyu * Senki Gold - A New Conquest is, of course, a classic joyful anime nonsense, which, on the one hand, tells everything in serious cabbage soup, and on the other hand, winks at you so cheerfully and rubs sweaty hands that you involuntarily start to smile ... At the same time, the game does not fall into frank hentai for the sake of hentai, but also offers quite addictive gameplay. So, comrades, lustful anime people with the makings of generals and strategists, go ahead - to conquer and captivate Napoleon and Ivan the Terrible in openwork combinations.
Pros: funny setting and plot; many bright girls for flirting, playing the role of real historical figures; addictive gameplay, quite capable of challenging your tactical and strategic talents; nice art; juicy voice acting.
Cons: no depth inherent in serious strategies; there are still a lot of cliches in the plot and characters.
