The job even comes with health insurance. It’s not the most glamorous work, but as Stan tells it, a paycheck’s a paycheck, student loans, and all that. Your typical secret lair has a lot of doors that need guarding. Stan’s life isn’t all critical missions and high-octane action though. You know, the first step in Lord Bedlam’s ultimate master plan. Our story begins with Stan in the act of absconding with 50 pounds of kibble from the local pet store. Meet Stan: your average everyday henchman in the employ of D-list supervillain Lord Bedlam. Or maybe henchmen are chasing their dreams just like the rest of us. What makes them tick? What kind of person looks at the job of a henchman and says: “Yeah, that’s what I want to do with my life”? Maybe they do it for the money or to serve the evil agenda. That’s where Silken Sail Entertainment’s Henchman Story comes in.Ĭome take a look behind the curtain at what these people do when they’re not being repeatedly punched in the face by the forces of justice. After all, every villain needs someone to polish their armada of emblem emblazoned helicopters. But what about the people standing behind these titans? And no, not the sidekicks and lieutenants, behind them too.
HENCHMAN STORY ROMANCE INSTALL
Villains too – we naturally wonder what compels a person to install a death ray on their moon base and try to destroy the world. These days, it’s probably been made into a 3-hour long CGI spectacle. It was just not the impression I got from the marketing and what I would have wanted from this game, personally.Every hero has an origin story. If that’s what you want for your game, you’re in good shape. The back half that I played (there are eleven endings, so others may read differently) felt like just a general superhero story with a comedy twinge where things really start to pick up in the action. The front half of the game is an office comedy with the superhero part playing more like a veneer than a central narrative construct. It’s just self-aware enough that it feels like it should read more metatextual than it really does, in the end. The game, in many ways, doesn’t go as far as it could in really exploring what the ramifications are of being in the world these people live in. I’ve consumed a lot of media that is both superhero-centric and lampooning superheroes, so that was an inescapable factor in painting that expectation. To be fair to the game, I’ve personally experienced that specific story before. I think it just didn’t quite meet my expectations for what I would have wanted to experience when telling me it’s a comedic take on the superhero genre from the perspective of a henchman. The backgrounds for the lair, in particular, hit all the notes for a sort of corporate overlord feel. Aesthetically, it’s a synthesis of the genre while still being its own things. It’s very fun to see hints and homages to “real life” heroes and villains in the costuming and the small details, but at the same time, nothing feels like it’s a direct parody or particularly derivative.
All the character designs are unique, but within that very distinct comic book expectation. Stylistically, it’s comic book from top to bottom, while still elevating the art to something even more clean and fun and relaxed. The reviewer also happens to be a Kickstarter backer for this game by happenstance. He also learns that even a henchman can make dramatic changes.Ī review for this game was requested through the VN Game Den review request form. After a particularly personal encounter with a superhero and another villain joining the outfit, our main character finds that things are about to get a little more complicated in a world that’s already a little weird. A job’s a job, right? As an underling for Lord Bedlam, Stan’s done his best to keep from standing out. From Silken Sail Entertainment, Henchman Story takes a peek behind the mask at what supervillainy looks like from the perspective of the cannon fodder.
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