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Jakou no Lyla Allure of Musk European Night

I admit it, I’ve played this game because I love sinning; no excuses, I’m a lost soul.

When I saw the first trailer, the beautiful art and those sexy scenes, I fell immediately in Otomate’s trap…. I’m too weak.

Sadly, the plot couldn’t keep up with my expectations and it ended up being kinda mediocre.

I’ve played the first episode, European Night, which had 2 playable boys: Vince and Rollan.

Vince is a cruel and heartless prince, known for having killed a lot of enemies during wars.

But obviously, he ends up repenting for his actions very soon and swears to become the most lovable end empathetic prince ever in the future.

If the happy ending was too predictable, I admit the bad ending was great, in a twisted kind of way: it was unexpected, creepy and kinda fascinating at the same time. I’m glad they decided to put some effort at least there, the shocking effect is guaranteed.

I have mixed feelings about Vince, because he sometimes acted violent (he basically raped the heroine at first, even if she forgave him immediately… you know, this poor hot guy couldn’t help himself, he wanted her too much to resist…. ok…), then he kinda apologized, he started blushing and acting like a piece of cake. Still, he had forceful or even yandere vibes from time to time, which made me feel like he was physically attracted to the heroine or even obsessed, more than being in love; but maybe I was expecting too much, a prince is used to obtain everything he wants, so in his mind probably she’s some kind of property.

Anyway, til the end I couldn’t be able to decide if he was trustworthy or not.

Now let’s talk about Rollan, I have so much to say about him, I could write an essay.

Just by looking at him and hearing his voice, I could tell he had serious issues; but I didn’t know how bad it could become or how dangerous he could be.

I was asking myself: “Is he a yandere? Maybe a yangire? Something is wrong with his attitude and his sister-issues, maybe he will go berserk and become a psycho or suicidal. Maybe both”.

You know, when someone goes around carrying in his hand a small cage, with a doll which looks like his sister, there are multiple red flags.

The moment his doll broke, I already knew hell was opening under me.

His reaction surprised me, but I didn’t know how to react: his apparent calm was hiding something even more terrible than screams, that was sure; his tears and his fears of being hated and rejected, obviously hid a deep trauma from the past. I’ll leave you the pleasure to know how it goes, if you’ll dare to play the game by yourselves.

After you’re done with main routes, a Spy route will unlock.

I was excited to see if there was actually some kind of decent plot, if the heroine decided to fully do her job, instead of just having sex with a guy…. but well, I was wrong.

I can’t deny there were a few revelations which explained better the overall plot (if you can call this a plot) , but still everything was rushed and the focus was obviously on sexy scenes.

I guess we could basically call it “threesome route”, since the heroine keeps banging with a different guy every day without being able to choose one.

Some dialogues were basically soft porn, at this point I wonder why they didn’t go for a full R18!

Now let’s talk about Shirien, the heroine of this game.

At first glance, she seems to be very original and distant from normal otoge heroines: she’s sexy, independent and potentially even dangerous for the boys around her, who can’t help but being attracted to her pretty face and sensual perfume.

Seeing her saving the guy was great, I thought I was finally playing the role of a badass girl who knows how to do her job!

But when she forgave Vince for having her way with her, even if she admitted to be a virgin before knowing the guys, I stopped for a moment to facepalm: her job was literally seducing everyone to gain information, she’s not the innocent type at all! Why did she have to be innocent and pure?

Cant’ we please normalize adult heroines who had sex before?

Even if she was kinda useful, in the end she was always saved by her prince charming, instead of being the one who actively helps to reach the best conclusion. Disappointing.

In Vince’s route, she was saved from rapists and just stared at the final duel, in a corner, like your typical average Mary Sue. This is sad, cause she was charming enough to become one of my favorite heroines ever.

Is this game worth playing?

If you buy this for the beautiful art and sexy scenes, yes.

I guess it’s going to get a CeroD rating if it gets released on Switch, since there are many implied sex scenes (not R18 obviously, but still explicit), suggestive situations and borderline porn lines.

If you’re looking for a deep plot, don’t keep your hopes high: it’s not too bad, but overall predictable and mediocre. It’s obvious that the main focus was on the visual part, not the plot.

If you’re interested in my full review of the Switch port, here it is!

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6 Comments

  1. tomizu

    Interesting review! I went into the game not expecting much besides good looking boys and some 1001 nights setting (I’m sucker for that and I’m tired of highschool and/or samurai in otome) and I wasn’t that disappointed.

    Episode 1 seemed short, I mean only 2 guys for that price? But I liked them both enough. Looking back, I disliked that they travelled to the Europe-like Lugan. I wanted to enjoy the arabian setting some more!

    Since then, I’ve played Episode 2 and I’m in the middle of the sultan/king’s route of Episode 3 (leaving Jemiru for last), and I HAVE TO SAY, it really seems the games are getting better with each volume.

    It’s Episode 3 that deals with Shirien’s past and I expect the 3-some route to be some kind of true-route, maybe? Episode 2 has some lovely tunes as it’s Asian inspired and both brothers are total sweethearts.

    I do love this mini-series and I would recommend trying the other volumes, but I’d say wait if you can get it cheaper somewhere as the price for all three games is quite high for having only 6 guys to romance.

    (PS: Yes, I headdesk’d pretty hard when I learned this super-sexy and alluring lady of a MC was still a virgin, not to mention she’d never been kissed before. WHY?!)

    • otomeland

      Jemiru looks really interesting, I’d leave him for last too!
      I’m glad to know it gets better each volume, maybe I’ll end up playing every route if I find a cheap price… sadly, this system of splitted games ends up really expensive, so I’ve decided to buy Steam Prison instead.
      I hope it gets released on Switch one day, with all 3 episodes in one game… at least, it would be worth the price!

  2. elli

    wow i havent been active im sorry 🙂 i was so busy then i checked your blog and there were like 10 new posts LOL. anyway is this a mobile game or or vita because lets be honsest the art make me wanna play LMAO

    • otomeland

      It’s a PC game! don’t worry, take your time and come whenever you want! 😉

  3. Dexterraca

    (つД`)ノOh gosh bless your blog!
    When i learn than the heroine is virgin i just wonder if she’s a real spy or a junior working for the WOOHP. She bed the guy so easily and we’re supposed to believe than she’s a innocent girl, yeah sure Jan! Anyway, i will take that game has its pretty naughty and the heroine is very hot and i don’t see this very often in otome game in general, though the otome game heroines are more sexy today than they use to be 10 years ago which is great. The game got released in Switch so you can play to the other volumes.

    • otomeland

      I still haven’t bought this game (and even a Switch tbh…. yeah, I’m really late) because I didn’t want to pay full price for something I’m not sure about: it wasn’t bad, but not worth 60 euro for me. I’m going to Japan next year, if I find it for a cheaper price, I’ll probably get it!

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