NU: Carnival - Bliss Reviews

by Booberrytrain

This game has filled up my TikTok feed and, I’m not even going to lie, I only wanted to play for the boy with blue hair. But apparently the game doesn’t want me to play anything after the tutorial. There was a bit of a download at the beginning and I thought that’d be it because everything else ran smoothly. But then there’s a pop up for a second download and no matter what I try I can only get to 55% before there’s suddenly a network issue even though my internet is the strongest it can be, my phone shows it is at least, and I am right beside the Wi-Fi router. And every single time it says this it immediately resets progress all over again. I also made sure it’s not a memory issue as I have games like IDV, Genshin, PJSk on top of several social medias and other apps and it isn’t even that. Company just needs to fix whatever issue/bug that this is.

by Scary Mary

After the main tutorial, NU brings me back to the main menu where I’m forced to restart NU to apply a download. Once I open NU back up and get started, the downloading crashes and says “Network Unstable, Please Try Again. Status: Download”. I’ve tried using my cellular data, my WiFi, a different WiFi and it still crashes. When trying it on my WiFi, I got to 74% before it gave me the error message and then tried to restart the downloading process. I can’t even play. I wanted to play this game but being forced to download and get glitchy behavior just forced me away.

by Satoru H.O

When the game first started I thought it would be cool and interesting but the only I got to even play is the introduction/tutorials just to see how everything works. After the tutorials the game send you back to the main menu and then suggested purchasing some things and updating the game. However it when back to the “tap to start” screen and I have been able to pass the “ downloading resources” stage. It keeps buffering before 240 mins and 4mins AND even if the bar starts filling up it just goes right back down and blames WiFi when it’s working perfectly fine and I almost accidentally started a new one it seems like it actually work but when I try to use the original account I made like 9 minutes before it doesn’t work. WHY ?????

by Kenmascrocks

It was fun when I first started but once I got past the tutorial it would never let me load the game data. No matter how long I waited, it was always some error or another. I would exit the game and reopen it or leave for a day and try again tomorrow but it was still the same thing. I've read the reviews and it seems others are having this same problem too. Honestly this was something I was hoping I wouldn't experience after downloading since it seemed like an interesting enough game (plus the music was too tier) so I hope this gets fixed so I can play the ENTIRE game but until then, I'm going to remove this from my phone.

by #BisexualPercyJackson

Okay, I get tons of ads for this game, and I played the first chapter and loved it, BUT… I can’t even play it after that, because no matter how long I wait, it never gets past downloading resources… it just takes way too long, and if this were fixed in some way or perhaps broken into chunks where you download a chapter or two at a time so the wait would be shorter, I and many others with this issue would actually be able to PLAY. And while it’s trying to download, I can’t even go to another tab without it giving me an error… what am I expected to do for that one-hundred-and-ninety-minute wait? Sit there and watch it not load at all and then give me random error messages even though I didn’t do anything? I’m honestly super frustrated with this, because I’ve been looking forward to playing this game, but every time I go in thinking maybe it’d work this time, it just doesn’t.

TL;DR: I can’t get past the “downloading resources” screen despite many attempts, but if it were fixed I’d love to play and I’d probably give it five stars if it’s anything like the first chapter was. Developer(s): PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

by Ayjae.jae

i’m not sure if it’s my phone or not, but whenever i try to download the resources, it says i have a connection error. i’ve turned off every device in my house and it still won’t load. i was intrigued by the comedy of the main character eidan and i wanted to play more because the art caught my attention… but now i can’t even update it properly. i’m stuck listening to the same song over and over and when it does get anywhere close to loading, it restarts again giving me the same error. i tried this on my ipad, but the numbers for the waiting time just got larger and larger. at one point, it had said it would load at 1000 minutes and i wasn’t going to do that.

by Gary Xiong

I saw that some else had the problem with being stuck in the loading screen too I thought it was my internet but I’m glad I’m not the only one unable to experience this game :( I thought I give a try since the ad for it was cute and the song was really good too not I’m just stuck at a loading screen that won’t load so I can’t play it :((

by ZŻŽŹZ

I was really excited to play this game after seeing an ad for it but it won't let me past the tutorial. It says it needs to download the remaining resources but never actually finishes downloading. It keeps blaming my wifi but its perfectly fine. I've seen other people in the reviews saying the same thing, a lot of which were posted almost a month ago. This is an issue that has been going on for a while. It's honestly really disappointing. The devs need to step up and fix this.

by Megacoolman7

So when I first downloaded the game it was pretty fun! I liked the game and such and I really liked the art style and the characters! But one problem is the loading time…. So when you first download the game you can play a chapter so that you can see the different things and how the game works and I thought it was pretty fun and I liked the story telling, but one thing is that after you’re done with the chapter it would have to finish loading the rest of the remaining things needed to load. But when I waited and waited for it to load I kept getting a connection error, I’ve done everything I can do to try and get it to load but it just won’t work and I’m sad because I really wanted to play more of the game :(

by Hot Scene Lover

Not gonna lie, I came here for the hot scenes. With that being said I have yet to actually see any bc you have to first get the appropriate SSR first. And while getting a SSR isn’t too hard, you have to just hope you have the correct one for that scene, which is annoying. Besides that decent game play, story could use some work but I care less about that with a game like this. So just Maybe make the hot scenes more accessible pls.

by Dfhutvb

I just started playing and when I picked my name at the start it switched back into Eiden or something, and I wish at the beginning we could have chosen our genders, and looks because I'm a girl and I expected it to be like the POV games, But instead it chooses your gender, looks, voice, ETC. I hope that you can change that in the future some time soon? Because many girls (including myself) like games like this but all the games like these either are expensive, or all the choices are girls and when I got the game I was expecting more range.

by Brooke Anonymous

I have been playing this game for a very long time and I’m quite satisfied with it. The only bad part about this game is the banner reruns. You have to pay a large sum of money, which not many people have, to try and get an old character they wanted? I find the whole idea dumb and I only wish that the developers could see that and maybe just do the regular wishes with banners, even if the reruns come out later. The only thing I think is a fair price in the game is daily login gift pack (which lasts 30 days) and rewards increase between the two affordable options.

by Permafrost_blaze

Well some people you know dislike lady well when it’s like loading you have to wait for like one hour and it takes so long and then finally I get my final thing and then it sends me to the game and I have to sign in so I was just like signing in and then I signed it played for a while then I hopped off to eat dinner and then I came back. You had to wait another hour or so I was just I was just mad I was just real mad I didn’t want to even say anything. I was disappointed in this game. Can you fix that? May you I beg you

by Trolldevil

Okay so at the beginning of the game you get tutorials and tips and whatnot and a nice story to follow but only for one chapter? It wants to download the rest of the sources afterwards, but it gets stuck on a never-ending loading screen that doesn’t even remotely advance. I know it’s not even a “me” problem because other users have had the same issue. Please tell me how to fix this if there’s a way to fix it.

by Kitty_me_Kawaii

When I first opened up the game, I fell in love, but when I opened it up again? It couldn’t get past downloading, before a pop up going “Network unstable, please try again. Status: Download” and restarting over, and over again.

I would understand it if my Wifi was genuinely bad, but it isn’t. And even using other Wi-Fi, I got the same result. I want to continue to play, but it’s not working. I even tried to redownload; and nothing.

by CopperGoblin

This is a really fun game to be sure, but it’s hard to keep interested when there are chapters where everything seems to just grind to a halt fighting a boss or a challenge that seems to be impossible. Maybe I’m just not good enough at strategy in this game but it really ruins the fun when I have to spend weeks grinding just to get past a single chapter when the ones immediately before it were straightforward and the ones after immidiately go back to the straightforward approach until you hit the next wall

by JashaDB

I really hope one of the game creators find this because like the title says, I do really like this game but my only problem is that it’s ONLY targeted to men. I’m a black woman who loves submissive men and I was excited to try out this game because the guys are really cute. Unfortunately I had no way of knowing before purchasing this game that its was only targeted towards men, so I ended up getting it and being disappointed when there was no male or female options. I love otome games and was hoping this could be another I added to my list, and it’s also kind of hard to find otomes with submissive boys so this one got me kinda excited and i even played through a bit although I was depicted as a man. Again, I literally love this game but I’m deleting as of right now until they do some kind of update on it and/or add diff

by Nuvada

I like the art and story and the characters. But I have to say, I don’t like that in order to unlock the…*ahem* premium cut scenes— that I have to pull on the gacha and just pray I get the cards I need. I’m fine with needing to complete certain objectives and tasks and reach certain ranks or levels to unlock things— but having to obtain cards that I have no guarantee on winning to unlock the cut scenes (which is one of the prime reasons I installed the game) is incredibly disheartening and frustrating.

by Im Gay❤️

I love this game, love all the characters. My only really huge problem that annoys me and I know annoys other people is when you try to unlock new SSR characters, you can get the same ones twice. I’ve only gotten two right now….. and then I got those same two again later, like I love them. Designs amazing, but I want new SSR characters too, not the same ones twice. Otherwise good game. (Forgot to say, it’s horrible to get things that you need to upstage characters, I can’t get through chapter 6 without instantly dying. Oh and also pls make an anime out of this game one day like the ad, it would be amazing!)

by That0neArtist

Been playing for a bit now and I gotta say it’s been a lot of fun! The story is interesting and the characters are all likable so far. My only issue is that it’s very hard to grind for items that are necessary to power up your characters. You’re heavily limited in how you can grind as you can’t auto clear already cleared missions unless you have assault tickets which are given sparingly. This means you have to manually fight the same stages over and over for the chance to get the items you need to increase your character’s potential.

by Snailbutters_

I’ve been playing for a while and I really do love this game. The characters are very enjoyable and well written. The story is alright, and the events are super fun the majority of the time. Once you get the hang of how to level up the teams and whatnot it becomes smooth sailing. I will admit, the censoring in this version is off putting but idk how to exactly explain that properly? It’s weird I guess lol. The gacha system is nice. I like being able to earn enough to pull on a banner a few times, but it has gotten to a point where I feel like I need to pay to play if the awards are already earned. There’s a lot to improve on this game, but a lot that is very good and I’m excited to see where this game is taken throughout this year.
Also a quick note, I think the main story being voiced helps so so much. I started a new account for NU just to get the experience, and I feel like I can better connect with the characters. The vas did an amazing job, and thank you to the dev team for creating such a fun and engaging game.

by Lelandholliday

game devs do NOT listen to that entitled woman in the reviews. this is a game for GAY MEN. there is no other game like this that is explicitly for gay men. women have hundreds. if you want submissive men use google or keep crying about it. this game is NOT FOR YOU. and you will not ruin it for gay men!!!

anyway, the combat is sometimes really infuriating and confusing. a lot of the bosses are so strong i have no idea how to beat them other than being super over leveled, except they all have level restrictions. instead it feels like you need very specific SSR characters who directly counter the mechanics of the boss and then get their potential leveled to max, which is just not realistic. i end up getting stuck on a boss for such a long time, and not being able to progress feels so bad. i think just removing the level restriction of your team would fix this issue completely. people who understand the combat very well and who have the right characters can still clear quickly but people who don’t still have a chance to experience the rest of the story by leveling up their characters really high.

still, i love this game. i love being able to play the game without either being forced to play as a woman or just an entity who’s gender is conveniently never mentioned (even these are rare). it feels so good to finally have an easy to access and easy to pick up game for gay men.

by Kat Rats

Excited for this game to be on here. Didn’t expect for me to enjoy the plot, but here I am. The art for this game and the character designs are truly fantastic. The voice acting is very fitting for all the characters and done super well. Just wish that it wasn’t censored, very jarring and kinda gets rid of the point of the game. Also censorship just kinda gets rid of the incentive for me and maybe others to pay money to unlock scenes or characters. I’d be dropping money in a heart beat if that was the case. I’m just glad to experience this game in any type of way.

by Arkeel

I played this game through the website a while back until the website started giving me issues and I no longer could. I’m really happy it’s finally been made into an app so I can play again but to be honest, also very disappointed the NSFW aspect was taken out of the game, game easily could have been made an 18+ game. Part of the reason I liked the game was the spicey aspect and now that’s basically been taken completely away…really wish one of the biggest aspects people liked about this game wasn’t taken away. But still fun nonetheless

by Dweebotron9000

I love this game a lot. I love the character designs and the different events that happen, but there are a few things that make me upset. 1. I have to pay to get characters I want or else I have to save up. I’m not one to spend money on mobile games since I’m already living paycheck to paycheck. 2. There are a lot of bosses I don’t know how to beat because they are way too strong. 3. I can’t find any specific instructions on how to level up my mojo level, it just kinda happens sometimes. 4. You can only get to level 60. 5. There needs to be different quests.

I can’t say much because I haven’t been on this game for years like others have, and some of these complaints may just be from my ignorance.

by BookLover:>

Don’t get me wrong, I loved the game. Even though I saw no steamy scenes since I got none of the characters needed, it was still really interesting. But it started glitching out. I knew of this before I got the game so I was ready but I didn’t expect it to just not let me play. And right before I was gonna get a sex scene, it just didn’t let me which made me sad. And it started saying my thing was expired so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it but it saved no progress which I probably should’ve expected. I decided that I won’t be able to do it all again so I kind of in a way raged quit. It’s a good game so if you know how to handle that, you should get it. Just if you find out how to get all my data backkkk, tell me so I can see that one sex scene I really wanted to see.

by Ace Defective

I’m enjoying the story and how absurd it is so far but certain “special” scenes seem to be locked behind a paywall since I’m not sure how to get them otherwise. A pop-up to pay to unlock it comes up every time you get to one of these scenes and its a bit annoying. Affection also seems hard to level as well though that might just be an early game issue. I enjoy the characters and designs though I wish I had a voice preview before I pull for an SSR especially as a newbie. Overall pretty solid game since there aren’t many mainstream BL sims.

by Anxietyfrog

One issue with the game is that I cannot get past even the first battle in chapter 4. It shouldn’t be so difficult to get past. I can’t increase my level past level 7 but all the enemies are level 14 and it’s giving an unfair advantage. Is it possible that it can be fixed a bit? I have no clue how to even progress because I keep dying.

by Lablab$2

The song when you first open NU . I like the other song better. They should remove the cloud 9 song and put the other one back on. Sorry, that’s what I think every time I open NU because I would live singing the other song. Now I just get upset when I hear the cloud 9 song lol. But, yea I had to get that out.

by YourRandom_and Weird

I do very love this game, I enjoyed the preview! But like how many others stated, this game takes up too much space, long loading (and it keeps giving me errors, like the network isn’t good when it is), and lots more, do hope you can fix this up.

by Cmshts🕺

I wanted to se Eid someone can reach out to me to help me log into my old account it has a lot of stuff on it and it’s with the eroslab website I use to login to but it only gives me my Apple ID or google to login and I don’t wanna start over

by DestinedProdigy

If you are experiencing a buffering issue, aka 240mb - 4mb, after the installation and tutorial, YOU NEED TO CLEAR STORAGE. The game requires additional resources that need extra viable space in order for it to process and download correctly. It happened to me at the beginning, but after clearing up space, it had no problem downloading the rest. Give it a shot before you throw the game away!
Oh, and this game is awesome, the detailed artwork is so neat and well-made. The only thing I can think of that would hurt the reputation, is the constant walls you run into progression-wise. They’re everywhere and it makes you wanna buy the deals they offer. Otherwise, it’s a great game if you’re okay with a slow grind.

by Amporra

I want to play this game so so so bad but Im female so playing from a male perspective kinda ruins the experience 😔 BUT i dont wanna be rude and I know this game advertises that its a BL game and maybe its meant to be, but it wouldnt hurt to just slide in a genderbent mc…? Please 🙏 I really really wanna connect with characters

by —DottoresL0ver

I really like this game, probably because of Hormones. But i wouldve given this game a FULL 5 stars if it weren’t for these things: you cant log in with iro labs (where my og acc was.) , a lot of other people were Also having this problem with the game. Also PLEASE GIVE ASTER ANOTHER SSR IM BEGGING.

by Bugged Person

As an anime and fan of BL (boys love), I find this game both cute and hot and I love the concept of an Otome game boys love reverse harem, but I don’t like it downloading 8gb on a 32gb storage. Especially if I have to delete some games to make room, which to me doesn’t seem fair😔But, I’ve known about this game already and I’ve seen some small scenes of it, so even though it takes SO much room, I still like it😊

by Casper_ghost8474

I have played this game now three times. Why? Because the first two weren’t actually through NU store and they quickly gave me issues and stopped working alltogether. Besides that though, it is quite a fun game. I do wish they didn’t need as much censorship, but it is understandable. Overall i’d say it’s a solid 7/10 minus the technical issues.

by Dabi Is Kool

(without a super complicated download you have to manually update every few weeks, anyway.)
so happy this is finally in NU store, i am NOT getting sleep tonight!

by Ppboy72

In terms of a gacha game I think it’s really great. The card designs are beautiful and I think the summoning system is really unique! Something I haven’t seen much before. I actually really enjoy the story which is something I wasn’t expecting. Each character is so interesting and has a distinct personality. The gameplay is just okay for me but I’m in it for the story and art anyways. The combat can be fun but repetitive. Overall I give it a 5/5 because it’s one of the best mobile gacha games I’ve played. I really recommend it!

And P.S. to the devs. I really like Aster and Morvay if they got new SSR skins I would be eternally grateful!

by Simplyassi

I am not someone who typically plays these types of games, but as soon as I started playing, I got wrapped up in the story, and the fighting elements are actually really easy to understand instead of being super confusing this game has shown to be very exciting and fun to watch the characters interact with each other, as well as their storylines. Absolutely love this game, I appreciate not having any ads, and I plan to play for hours on end!

by Ghostixxy

I love this game with all of my heart. I just wish that the nsfw was included in this version of the game, though; even if we just had to pay to unlock the scenes. (I know the guidelines doesn’t allow it). I’ll just have to see my old Erolabs account scenes. I still enjoy the game even without it.
<3

by Smolseka

Ive only ever written maybe two reviews and this is my second. I LOVE this game. Its story is amazing and so unique, along with each character having such different personalities to enjoy. The gacha aspect is fun along with the leveling and fighting systematics being SUPER easy to understand. Normally these games make me want to not play them since they constantly throw in absolutely neeeeding to buy in game purchases to get good stuff. This does have ads, however it is also completely FREE TO WIN. I love this game and havent gotten off of it 😭.

by Dhejhfjfjfjfj

From the ads I thought it was gonna be a cutesy bl game but I got bombarded with but plug talk and gay sex but it’s so addicting and fun once I played more there wasn’t as much sex talk so overall really fun game and the characters are so cute/hot and me and my friends do smash or pass with them and I always pass bc I’m a girl and they’re gay im pretty sure but my male friends who say they’re straight instantly turn gay when I play this around them and it’s hella funny so overall 5 stars but don’t recommend this for less mature people

by Mercutio Cervantez

I want more gay games like this. I play a lot of otome games with romance and battle style and this one is genuinely fun!!! I also wish we had more games that are gay like this no queer baiting (like a lot of games tend to do) and I am a trans man and I like yaoi like the next dude for sure and this is just fun to play honestly have no negatives except maybe the loading time for the game can be a little extensive and annoying hope the glitches with that can be fixed soon.

by Knotty Dragon

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this app Carnival Bliss, but it’s been a fun adventure so far. It sets the story up well and walks new players through all the steps.

I was just a little sad to learn that Bliss was the censored version.

by Xiuuuuu0001101

Got an ad of it and downloaded once I saw it was a bl type game. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into but i was pleasantly surprised. Wish there was character customization though, and idk why there’s girls in the reviews saying to add a girl ver of the mc. It’s a bl for a reason yall! Also, it randomly changed my name to Aiden which is the default name, when I had chosen another. Oh well. So far, I’m enjoying it.

by Maria D'Angelo

Just like the title says, I’m so happy I can play this again without it heating up my phone!

by 0192837465 Human

I have been sick and tired of the games in this style, always the same girls with the same annoying voices and next to no variation between them.
But THIS? Finally some decent hot men with promiscuous intentions in an unrealistic fantasy world! I mean that in the best way possible.
This has been great so far and I haven’t had to spend a dime.
The game did crash during a cutscene in chapter 3 but I didn’t lose progress, just missed the end of the scene but thanks to the lovely game design I can just go back and see what I missed.
Keep it up! It’s going great! Totally recommend!

by .anonymous User.

the voice acting is an absolute 11/10 and the storyline is pretty funny and entertaining too! the game gives you so much free starter items and energy to replenish so you definitely have lots of things to do:) great so far

by V1Luka

Honestly, when starting I laughed so bad 😭Def recommend if you wanna laugh. I didn’t even know it was BL since I don’t often see some. But 10/10!

by Lumennie

i've been wanting to play this app: carnival for years but due to the unavailability in north america, haven't been able to do so until now. so happy that i'm finally able to play it.

currently there's an issue with account binding not working, and a lot of people are confused as to why bliss' events are already in progress (as in, same timing as the original game, with most events having few days left) these are the only things i'd complain about though, and overall i'm enjoying it as much as i expected to!

by DoNotUnderstandThisNickname

I used to play this before it got to NU Store by jumping through hoops and having to sideload it every few days before I gave up on it - I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had finally added it on NU Store! It’s just a fun mindless gay game

by Stxr_D4st

Could you make an option to make your character a female instead of a male? It’s kinda annoying feeling like a different person then who you are. Please take this suggestion into consideration

by Vøið

This game, being the first BL simulation game is amazing. There are alway Female directed game so this is an awesome change, the storyline is great and the dev’s have fixed most (or all) of the typos. Some people clearly didn’t read the description where this is BL and not for straight woman or woman at all, perhaps doing a bit of reading or going to the many simulation games that are directed to female audiences is worth a try for those simpletons.

by Ashlyn🙂

When I first saw this I thought it would be fun to play even though when I tried starting it said to wait 47 minutes and it doesn't even download it I would even keep NU running for a few minutes and it never downloads all it does it stay at 0%

by Itzhoshistar

I'm ashamed to say I am a fujoshi. But NU is just what I have been looking for. Don't listen to that other girl saying she wishes it would include a female pov (or sum like that) she apparently cannot see the BL part for some reason. If you are stuck on the downloading screen I suggest to let it load for a while and then keep closing NU and opening it back up. I love the variety of characters and the booba😍this is the perfect bl game. Thank you for feeding me!! <3

by Alex113014

I’m lwk in love w every character, the other reviews made me think it would be one of the games where ur 80 percent game and 20 percent interacting dialogue, vn stuff but it isn’t as bad it’s literally only a little but of interacting games that aren’t hard or something you have to wait hours and hours on.

ANYWAY IN LOVE W IT AND THE GACHA SYSTEM

by LeoMyBeloved

Ive seen people play this on tiktok and i wasnt out on app store yet so i was happy when i saw it. Game works perfectly fine. There is a downloading resource thing but it didnt take to long for me. You can just do something else while you wait for it to finish loll. But overall its a good game :3

by EreminSimp

Although at some points it gets annoying to be pulling the characters and building them cause ( don’t know if it’s for everyone) there was a large jump of how much power you need to pass. Otherwise that it’s really good and I love the art