Sex, revolutions, and monstergirls

• Developer: BP Games (Published by TinyHat Studios)

• Genre: Visual Novel

• Store: Steam, Itch.io

• Reviewed version: 0.31

• Censored: No

• Patch Needed: No

• OS: Windows

• Language: English

Monstrous Liberation is one of the games I've been looking forward to the most because of how much its demo impressed me back at the latest NextFest, and after giving the full game a shot, I can say it's even better than I expected. It puts you in the shoes of a streamer named Sasha, who gets sent to a fantasy world after stumbling upon a pair of magical scissors that can cut through any enchantment, and soon after sees herself involved in a rebellion to free the inhabitants of Civitas Imperio from the mind-controlling spell of The Usurper.

The story is as enjoyable as I expected, as it grabs your attention from the get-go and keeps you engaged until the end, wondering how Sasha is going to free each of the monsterfolk from their mind control. It's largely linear despite the game's sandbox mechanics since each new area opens once you free all the monster people from the previous one, and the choices featured in the game only affect the order you free them and some dialogues and scenes here and there. The characters are well-written and so likable that they grow on you quickly, plus the few tidbits of lore regarding them and, in the monsterfolk's case, their species make them more than just a walking archetype.

The game's visuals are gorgeous, featuring detailed characters with vivid colors and a wide variety of body types, ensuring that players will find something that tickles their fancy, whether you're into petite gals, THICC women, burly women that could shatter your head with their thunder thighs and make you thank her for it, and everything in between. It also translates into a variety of scenes that you can revisit in the gallery once you unlock them, as it includes heterosexual scenes, lesbian scenes, sex with futas, threesomes, and so on. However, its biggest drawback is that the placeholder backgrounds stick out like a sore thumb due to the contrast between the 2D art and the real-life pictures.

Its soundtrack is just as good, featuring orchestral tracks that immerse players even more into the story and enhance the mood of the scenes. For starters, the game plays inspirational music whenever Sasha liberates a monster person, epic tracks when shit hits the fan, chill songs during the more relaxed moments of the game, sultry music during steamy scenes, and so on.

Even though Monstrous Liberation isn't complete and has some issues here and there, it's 100% worth a shot just for the quality of the story alone, especially if monstergirls and/or monstermen are your thing. It's visually pleasing, engaging, and more importantly, fun.