Genre: First-person dungeon-crawling RPG
Tags of interest: defeat rape, yuri, nukige
Synopsis
After her adventures in the previous game, Raidy continues her adventures, with the three monsters Fonfon, Tiss and Folles following behind her, upset at having lost their home in the dungeon. They head to the crime-ridden town of Vice, where Raidy hopes to get help from the local Thieves' Guild. When the four are unable to pay for their meal at an inn, they get in big trouble. The only way to pay off the debt and get their weapons back is to enter a dungeon and remove an evil alchemist who's been kidnapping the humans in the town to perform experiments on them...
Once again Raidy must enter a series of mazes and defeat wandering monsters and evil bosses who do naughty things if she loses. But this time there's a new twist: a magical item that allows Raidy to merge with one other individual, allowing the creation of a new being with new strengths that are suitable to take on this new challenge.
Overview
Lightning Warrior Raidy 3 is the third in a series of dungeon crawlers from Zyx which pit the protagonist Raidy against various evil foes bent on sexual exploitation and other evilness. The story in Raidy 1 and Raidy 2 is pretty light--just enough to provide context for the wacky sex scenes and set up the dungeon crawling. The gameplay is very simple and revolves around grinding to overpower foes with superior level and equipment. There's some focus on exploration, as some bosses cannot be defeated without the proper item or trigger event.
Sexual content
The sexual content revolves around "sex if you win, sex if you lose". Raidy encounters various female bosses as she explores the dungeons, who are typically engaged in sexually tormenting a captive. A battle unfolds, and depending on the result either Raidy prevails and gives the boss a taste of her own medicine, or Raidy loses and becomes a sex slave, triggering a game over. Some of the sex scenes are animated with simple but well-executed loop animations.
Fusion system
Raidy 3 introduces a Fusion system, which lets Raidy fuse with each of three heroines from previous games and inherit their characteristics and abilities. These Fusions influence the H-scenes as well. Some bosses may be difficult to defeat without a particular Fusion, which gives players the option of choosing the appropriate Fusion for a given dungeon excursion, or challenging difficult encounters with their favored Fusion and using other means to prevail.
Background and my perspective
Raidy 3 is actually the first new entry in the series; the others are remakes of older games from the mid 1990s. As such the story and gameplay in Raidy 3 may be more up to date. Raidy 2 is significantly longer and more content-filled than Raidy 1 (with about 3x the content of Raidy 1), and I'm hoping Raidy 3 continues this trend. Raidy 1 is very short and not worth the asking price of $25, in my opinion. While there's some small degree of continuity in characters and setting, this is a series I would recommend jumping in wherever you feel comfortable; don't get hung up on missing previous entries, especially Raidy 1. Above all, keep in mind that these are gameplay nukige with very primitive gameplay and storytelling; don't get your hopes up too much. If you're looking for meatier H-RPGs, check out Brave Soul, Aselia the Eternal, Yumina the Ethereal, JAST's upcoming Seinarukana (~November 2015), and Mangagamer's Beat Blades Haruka. Fans of the Raidy series should also check out Demon Master Chris, a doujin yuri-focused dungeon crawler from Mangagamer.
Raidy 3 is now available from J-List and JAST USA. The hard copy version includes a download code, which should be e-mailed to customers shortly after placing their order.
A short first impression is available in the comment below.
