Atlyss is a considerately horny RPG where you can play the thickest furry this side of the internet, but I'm in it for the fun action and oldschool MMO nostalgia, I swear

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A little mouse guy with a spear stands next to a tall goat with a rather prominent bust in Atlyss.

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A poon, a race in RPG Atlyss, presents their posterior while the player fiddles about with a butt slider.

This outward-facing salaciousness isn’t deceptive, per se, but it’s not a main focus of the game, as much as it is simply a consequence of an artstyle that’s otherwise really charming. As an opening notice mentions, the game contains suggestive designs, but “nothing explicit”—and that’s genuinely true. What’s more, there’s a trio of options that allow you to take smaller doses of carnality. You can limit excessive proportions, disable jiggle physics, and banish transparent clothing client-side.

As far as the enemy variety and dungeon crawling goes, it’s anythingbutsexy. You fight a slime queen and some magic goat carbuncles, but they’re conservative when compared to the stuff players can pull off. Seeping from room to room in my seven-hour solo playthrough of this early access build, I began to sink into ignorant bliss. The animations are fluid, the dungeons are nicely designed, enemies are cute and interesting, and the music’s simple, but has enough character to vibe to. I’d forgotten, entirely, that this game also appeals to an audience with specific tastes.

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A mouse character in Atlyss lunges forward with their spear.

Atlyss shows a ton of promise. It’s still in early access, but it has about 8 hours of playtime for a single character (completely reasonable for its current price point), and what’s there is genuinely endearing. Structurally, it feels a lot like the MMOs of yore. You pick up quests—most of which are repeatable, for the XP grind—and level up, grabbing gear as you go. There are two dungeons, each of which have around three variants to make repeating them less of a chore.

There are also three classes currently in the game, Mystic, Fighter, and Bandit. You’re locked into these once you choose them, but there’s further customisability in your general abilities—learnt from spell scrolls—as well as your weapon typing and stat distribution. While each weapon type corresponds with an attribute, you can enchant other weapon types to scale with your stat of choice, burning a stone to do so. For example, my little mouse fighter has a bow I enchanted to scale with strength. Respeccing is comparatively cheap, so there’s room to experiment.

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Combat is simple, but fun to master. Moving around and fighting in Atlyss just feels great. Everything is tight and responsive. You have a dash on a one-second cooldown that will shoot you off in a direction, and you can use it to cancel most animations. Depending on your weapon type, you’ll have access to a basic and strong attack, as well as a jumping strike. You can equip five abilities and two weapons, as well. Oh, and you can parry with a timed block. To show you what that looks like at a higher level, here’s a picture of me tearing through some boars:

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Is it anything revolutionary? Not exactly, but the kind of vibe it aims to replicate is done in a pitch-perfect way. It’s a pleasant grind harkening back to the days of games like Maplestory, only with none of the attempts to swipe your wallet for bragging rights. Atlyss has a core audience, one I am not a part of (I swear), but it’s also standing up on its own two paws for us normies, too.

I think, more than anything, its wider appeal really does lie in how its salaciousness is an option, not a mandate. If you’re into that sort of thing, you can wobble your way around ruins, going ga-ga for your goat girl’s derriere to your heart’s content. If you aren’t, then you can just… vibe. The character designs permit smut, certainly, but if you aren’t maxing out all of your sliders, you’re able to make some cute little guys just fine.

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