written in 2001

Update: The latest version (4.1) features more interactivity and better functionality. You can now use a dildo and pull one leg up with a harness for easy accessibility. Those strong legs will be no match for your rapist tendencies any longer! Also there's a hat. I'm still unsure why there's a hat. Hats are erotic right? Check out the screen:

And now back to your regularly scheduled review:

Most virtual sex games allow you to dominate a great-looking voluptuous babe - command her to strip, make her grab her breasts, tell her to use the dildo, and then watch her get fucked silly by an onscreen representation of you. And the ladies are more than willing to comply. But what if you want to dominate a woman against her will? What if you want to grip her shirt sleeve with one hand and forcefully squeeze a breast with the other? And how about sawing her clothes off with a sharp knife while she gives you a terrified look? Well look no further you sicko, cause now you can in a cute little game called Sex Master.

Already this game is a "cut" above the rest (get it?) because of its fully realized bondage theme. That's right; the star of this interactive show has her arms bound to a post behind her, effectively limiting her movement. While she struggles helplessly, you may use a knife to cut her clothes off with one of your bodyless hands, while the other hand holds her still. This is a frustrating exercise in futility. If you're patient enough, then it's possible. You'll undoubtedly end up referring to the help files in game or online, where deciphering horribly translated English is a game in and of itself.

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With her clothes on or off, the virtual hands can pretty much caress any part of her: hair, shoulder, breasts, thighs, etc. Once you've removed her garments, you may squeeze her tits, pinch her nipples, and finger her pussy. You are also given the ability to apply chains to the poor girl's nipples, which you may then pull in any direction, sometimes swaying her entire body. By fastening the hands around her bare boobs, she will be held still until the player decides to move, once again pulling the entire body in the direction of movement. It's easy for her to squirm away from your grip, as if the mechanical hand things were just used to eat greasy fried chicken. I would expect it to be challenging to hold down a woman in real life (not that I've tried more than seven or eight times), but in a game it should be easier to get to the goods. After all it's a fantasy, not a struggle.

While not exactly state-of-the-art 3D, the 2D animations are not bad. Her arms constantly struggle to get loose; her breasts jiggle slightly; her belly contracts in and out rhythmically; and her thighs shift nervously. These movements also occur at appropriate times, in response to the player's input: Her eyes follow the hands' actions; her mouth opens wider as you violate her more extensively; and her clothes fall to the ground as you slice them off. Push or pull her breasts or nipples and they react realistically, although these particular animations could have been smoother and more varied. The same goes for her head, which appears awkward atop her body.

The game runs a little choppy, even with the speed maxed out on the options page. From there you may also turn the sound effects on, but your settings aren't saved, which is a nuisance because the defaults are no sound and low speed. Once the sound is on, it's a real kick to hear her yelp when you grope her, but her perpetual whimperings get very annoying.

Overall there is much guilty pleasure to be found in Sex Master. Although I wish it was longer and that there was more to do, it provides a rare opportunity to act out an extreme bondage scenario, interacting directly with the woman's various body parts. Other virtual sex titles that use filmed scenes can't respond with instant reactions to your actions, and this makes Sex Master unique.