Becoming a King

Editorial Has potential

Becoming a King is a surprisingly ambitious political intrigue disguised as an adult visual novel. Community consensus celebrates the narrative depth, strategic choice system, and high-quality animations—players consistently praise the writing, character design, and the genuine weight of decisions that affect which ending you reach. However, the game suffers from well-documented technical problems that have persisted for months: save/load corruption that forces players to restart entire days, dialogue that ignores major plot events as if they never happened, and combat mechanics that don't function as described. The final act feels rushed and narratively underdeveloped, with at least one character arc abandoned mid-story. For patient players willing to use community-made guides and save editors, the 40–50 hour experience offers compelling political maneuvering and varied romantic/sexual content; for others, the grind, bugs, and save system will exhaust goodwill quickly. The game is polished enough in concept and creative execution to justify its price for fans of choice-driven narratives, but the technical state holds it back from being the gem it could be.