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Assylum has been on my wish list for quite a while now. However, eventually I decided to give it a try and I did not regret it.
This is definitely a fetish site with lots of BDSM elements. So if you are into vanilla sex and romantic foreplay, stay away from this site and resub to sweetsinner or danejones.
The big difference to other BDSM sites is, that Assylum does not follow the usual trends of dark dungeons and dudes in black clothes wielding whips and spiky things. Instead, this site tries to combine BDSM with playful settings and creative action. As expected, this is a narrow path and sometimes, they slip into the realm of ridiculousness.
The models
There are a number of well known names to be found on this site, Penny Pax, Layla Pryce (although it is never sure wheter she's spelled Laela or Layla), Casey Calvert etc. But even the not-so-well known models on the site are pretty good! I found some models I never heard of and that are SO good that they are now on my follow-list. Lily Lovecraft, Delirious Hunter (what a name!) and especially Charlotte Sartre. If you are into goth models, check out Charlotte. She is absolutely incredible. Also, take a look at Felicity Feline.
Another *thumbs up* goes out to the fact that there are almost no fake tits to be seen on the site. 20 points to Gryffindor here.
The scenes
Techically, ther content on the site is top notch quality. You can download the scenes in up to 1080 resolution and they look great, perfect lighting, good editing.
The set up for each scene is more or less individual. The producers are going great lenghts to be as creative as possible. There are lots of unique technical devices, weird plots and practices and a great deal of psychological play. Of course, this comes at a price. Sometimes, they seem to get carried away with their creativity and as a result, the actions or set ups are borderline ridiculous at times. Call me strange, but eating candy out of the guy's ass or wearing a horse head throughout the entire scene is not really what I would like to see. I know that some people like this stuff, so I won't complain, since there is a lot of different content available.
Another unique thing on this site is the fact that you can optionally listen to the model commentary during the scene. Many sites are featuring some sort of BTS clips, but the models acutally commenting during the scene is new to me. For some reason, I found it extremely entertaining to hear, what was going on in their minds during the scene. Especially Charlotte Sarte (mentioned above) is really worth listening to. She cracked me up when they poured scrambled eggs into her butt and one commentor said something along the lines of "Are you affraid of shitting scrambled eggs over the next few days?" and she replied "Not really, but I'd be really impressed if I actually layed a real egg."
One of the male talen... excuse me... doctors on the site is constantly wearing a leather mask. I know that wearing leather masks is a common thing for doctors all over the worls, but for some reason, I did not like it very much. Then again, who am I to complain about medical equipment.
Assylum has an update frequency of one scene per week. This is pretty standard for fetish sites, but this rate also means that they will have a lot of "on-off" subscribers.
Technical stuff
The navigation of the site is rather plain, but intuitive. Downloads are coming in various resolutions, however, you have to pay an extra couple of $$$ to get access to the 4k videos. This is strictly a video site, so there are no pictures available except for a couple of screenshots.
The site supports download managers, but you can not stack the downloads. In addition, you can not download a scene and stream another scene at the same time.
There is a more or less active forum where you can add suggestions and give feedback. While this is a good thing, one thing that really bothered me is the fact that your forum name is identical to your user name. And anyone, even non-subscribers, can see the forum, so you have a couple of login names to chose from if you want to hack an account.
Bottom line
Although the site has some drawbacks, it is indeed the most creative site I ever subcribed to. Some of the scenes are incredibly hot and I really appreciate the freshness and the kinky stuff on the site. If you are into fetish/kinky stuff, I can only recommend Assylum. |
