Sex and shooting
This is the fourth entry in a rather bizarre series of sci-fi adult games, which mix exploration, shooting and interactive sex scenes. This one is probably the best since the first installment, simply entitled Des Blood, but if you are easily offended, then you're going to want to skip it. The setting for the game is a future where humanity has spread out into the stars. Esk is young girl born on Mars but raised on Earth, and when she returns to her planet of birth, her ship is attacked. She escapes and reaches Mars to team up with an adventurer to get to the bottom of the mysterious assault, thus setting in motion the events of the game. What follows is a story-driven adventure which finds you exploring various environments in third person view, solving the occasional puzzle before switching to first person perspective to take out the bad guys in an Operation Wolf-style shooter section. The plot also manages to throw in frequent sex scenes where the mouse is used to make things all the more personal. Des Blood really is quite a bizarre little game. None of the elements when taken individually are spectacular, but when combined they make a simple but reasonably entertaining time. The visuals are quite strong, with some nice character and environmental designs, with some particular delights in the sex scenes. The exploration scenes are simple but fun, while the same can be said of the shooting parts, and with the story being strangely fascinating. All in all, a weird but enjoyable adventure.
