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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwY9NnMhKo
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I started playing Grey Haven today to cope with my sadness over missing out on Varesa in Genshin. I played about an hour or so before taking a nap. It was fun so far. It's one of them rougelike dungeon crawler whatchamacallits. The normal difficulty is fairly easy so far but the second boss already starts acting rather aggressive and dishing out attacks somewhat rapidly. Thankfully, attacks can be canceled upon dodge rolling which makes a world of difference in any game. It's nothing too punishing but I can tell that the steam reviews may be right and that the challenge is likely to ramp up. Thankfully the difficulty can be lowered and the game is fun enough that I don't mind yet.
There a lot of lasers and shooty enemies that need to be dodged or jumped over but the enemies are manageable so far in that they can be stumbled or even knocked over, opening up the opportunity for continued attacking. The gear and weapons seem rather standard in the sense that it is simply equipped and you reap the extra benefits they add. Death on a boss presents the option of leaving the dungeon, retrying the boss but with half health, or a full restore at the cost of resources you may have gathered so cooking health items is essential.
Speaking of, there are resources to collect, so far I am mainly using the ones collected in the hub world which are mainly pumpkins, stone, and wood. I don't have a lot of the meat enemies can drop so far.
Before starting the game you are presented with the option of seeing certain CGs. All, yuri only, or SFW only. I didn't see any sexy CGs yet so I suppose that comes in time but considering the game only advertises female characters I'm not sure what straight cutscenes I might see that could even be censored. I will, however, be open to the thought of restarting the game with the yuri only option.
The game is $22 on steam right now but is also available on quite a number of different store fronts. Stove store currently offers the cheapest option if you want the base game on sale for $7 until the 20th of April.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2314650/Gray_Haven__Witchs_Garden/
https://store.onstove.com/en/games/1878
https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/grey-haven
https://medibang-trade.itch.io/grey-haven
That said, it does feel quite clear that it was made on a low budget. The game only allows for 8 direction movement, casual chat lines are voiced but those more important to the story are not, and some characters get more animations than others like Dayna, the witch, whose chibi model only having a hands crossing animation while Mei, the half-oni, who has a few different animations like slouching, holding her hand and shaking frantically, Dayna's hands crossing animation, and probably more that I am forgetting.
Personally speaking, the characters make up for the flaws but I feel the need to mention it anyway. Expect "indie" from the indie game. Also the characters are very... full, I must say, which is exactly what I want out of my monster girls. You also play as a pretty blonde lady, which is very nice since I always pick the female option in games anyway.
On a side note, it is nice to play a game with a wide variety of thicc monster girls that doesn't come with an added slot machine function.
I think that is all. I may post more about it as I play through it but it is fun so far. I really want to reach and become close to the cow girl named Stein! Please let me be your handsome yuri prince, Stein-chan!!
Overall: It is a fun and straightforward, albeit budgeted game. Fun if you aren't too picky and just want a dungeon crawler game with monster girls of varying monstrous features and big busty bodies.