RPGM - A Struggle with Sin [v0.5.9.1] [Chyos]

one of the few excellent games in the porn sphere, other than good porn it has excellent game elements, awesome story, good grind that hook you up more to the game, crafting system with different weapons and armors, top notch music that fit in every moment, awesome overall

This game is incredibly captivating! The storyline is compelling and keeps you hooked from start to finish. The characters are well-developed, and the visuals are stunning. Can't stop playing! Hope the author manages to finish the game soon. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an adult visual experience!

I struggle to find games that I like-I want some grind (not too much), some sandbox (but with direction) and some realistic corruption other than the MC has a huge penis.
This game has it. The characters are sexy, the scenarios are realistic (more than most other h-games), there is a combat element (not too tough) and some mini games to play.

I loved the game... pretty much there is nothing that needs improvement besides new content hehehe

I've played Peasant Quest, and it's very similar but this game has a better story then the later.

Continue your great work, i'm still playing and i think in the half of it.

Great job!

Honestly? I was going to put a 4/5 as 5 is a "perfect" score and no game is without it's flaws. But it's been years since I've been so enamored with a game.

Story
The game has an interesting premise and has a lot of plots, sub-plots, personal stories, and implications of greater story beats to come. The setting despite having witches, orcs, goblins, etc is actually pretty well grounded. The war which is happening has smaller more reasonable impact on the people who live.

Characters
The characters are great. To start, they're actually characters. There's routines that most characters engage with each day which provides life to the town. The most compelling thing is how they're written. There are personal tragedies that weigh from the past, current issues to be resolved, worries about the future, and all sorts of things that make up interesting motivations that influence their behavior. Not everybody starts as the MC's friend and working through that actually takes effort on the players part. It's well done.

Rarely has there been a time that I've met a character and haven't been interested in seeing how their personal story takes shape afterwards.

Corruption
Easily one of my top 3. Corruption in this game follows the flavor of their being various stages and the various stages have changes in a lot of the dialogue. Entire events play out completely differently depending on the corruption of the characters involved. It's also a slow-burn to get from point A to point C so you have time to appreciate the changes

But, what I like the most is the flavor that this games corruption takes. Characters aren't so much as being brainwashed and molded as they are finding liberation and self-confidence.

Gameplay
It has most of the aspects of a simulation game. You do a large amount of different tasks for your character to earn a living while doing a large amount of other tasks to deepen your relationship with others.

Both my biggest praise and one of my few demerits are in the combat system. The combat system uses the system of weakpoints and by attacking with the right attribute you'll break their guard and make them vulnerable to an attack. If you've played Octopath you're familiar. It's a good system for any game and is good here as well. The main issue is that there aren't a lot of tools you can use to approach combat. Party member skill selection is VERY limited and the fights can take awhile. As a result, you usually end up chipping an enemy to death in a fight you can't possibly lose over a duration of 5+ turns.

The groundwork for additional skills and interactions are already there, so this will undoubtedly improve in the future.

Content
This game is incredibly robust with it's sex scenes. There's a lot of them. So many of them that it threatens to spoil me from any game I play in the future. There's tons of characters, positions, different flavors of pillow talk, the entire gauntlet of foreplay, and multiple angles on top of that. The animations aren't particularly smooth but the sheer eroticism wins out and isn't diminished at all for the majority of the scenes.

NTR
Alright, partially the reason I missed out on this terrific game for so long was in part due to the tags alone. Most games that have NTR (optional) have obvious blackhole sized content gaps. This one does not. There is a toggle that flat out disables it and you never feel like you're missing something due to the way the game is written. No mysterious absent time skips or other stichjobs. If you don't want it to happen, it doesn't happen, and you're not missing anything.

Summary
All in all, I really like this game. This is probably one of the few games I've played that led me to immediately support the creator. I'm interested to see where the game goes. Easily one of the 'must-plays' on this website.

Version as of review: Hotfix 0.5.8.0b

91 hours and 26 minutes without counting all the times I've Saved/Loaded. That's how long it took me to finish all content except for the Natasha Corruption route as of version 0.5.8.0b. I rarely spend so much time on a single game period let alone a porn game. That alone should tell you how engaging the game is for those who will like it.

That qualifier is not a minor thing though, because as much time as I've spent on this I can recognise that it's not for everyone. First, you know the term 'porn with plot'? Well this is 'game with porn'. Anyone who wants to have a quick fap can go elsewhere right now. This is a old school RPG game with all the pros and cons that entails. The only other really similar game I can think of right now is Peasant's Quest.

Second, the graphics/porn is honestly fine, neither too terrible nor very great. The graphics may take some getting used to but it does the job. What elevates it to above average into good/excellent is the writing. The writing, what is there anyways shows the personality of each women and there's a clear sense of progression in terms of both affection and corruption for the women making it satisfying to see the progress.

Having said that, the MAJOR gripe I have with the game is the grind. I mean, sure it makes sense that leveling up and earning money takes time. Hell, I've over grinded so much I'm now at max level 100 with more gold than probably the baron at what seems to be only a third to halfway through the game. What gets on my nerves is the grind for corruption and sometimes affection points. Some characters have it better than others like Helena who once you figure out her corruption method automatically have their corruption go up though these are sadly in the minority. Others, like Maui had me skipping days in frustration just to painstakingly progress her affection and corruption. Granted it's not like it's strictly neccessary to max out affection or corruption and it makes some sense as lore wise I also wouldn't want turbo sluts after only a couple of days but is giving someone a drink 2 times a day really asking for that much?

In conclusion, if you are looking for a game with CONTENT in capital letters and can stomach grinding like nobody's business at times try the game out. If you're here purely for the porn and don't care about gameplay, maybe look elsewhere.

One of the best games I've played, length, story, mechanics all well done for the genre. Even if it's not done it's still more feature complete than most games in this space. The graphics could use updating but they're sufficient. A+

Having played a fair number of RPGM games on this site, this one is definitely one of, if not the best ones. In terms of gameplay quality, it's a classic, but surprisingly deep RPGM game. Semi-recent update added different strengths and weaknesses to armor types and enemies, and since each character can equip multiple weapons, you get rewarded with stuns and extra damage for discovering an enemies weakness and focusing on it, which makes the actual combat surprisingly fun. In terms of the actual scenes, they're incredible. Just about every scene is very high in quality, repeatable at any time, most have 2-4 positions, and by holding spacebar you can increase the speed, meaning you actually have about 4 different speeds to play the animations at. Also, just about every female character in the game has scenes and interesting quests to do to unlock them, (most) of the quests aren't really boring or anything either. Surprisingly good worldbuilding for a porn game, stories have a lot of variety, and overall a top quality game on this site.

I really enjoyed this game. I've had it bookmarked for a while and was just putting off playing it, waiting for it to be finished. But I decided I would play it anyway. The game has a ridiculous amount of content for each girl, the scenes are good, and the story was interesting enough to keep me playing. Combat was okay; in the late game, it can feel very repetitive.

Game is very good. That game is good combination of porn scenes and grinding. Combat style is also very good. You can play that game like normal games and also if you want to enjoy sexual content you can also enjoy that. Everyone should try that game. Thank you dev for good work.

This game has much potential to become best rpg adult games,
If you just give your time to enhance game, like upgrading the house by choosing different house, also add option of upgrading the furniture, furniture now looks ugly like adding more ambient stuff ect, also add option of making new dress and buy different from shop ect, also add more interaction with animals pets more also you got option of choosing pets that can be in your house or outside, also make your own farm ect, like online rpg games in totally game superb and very good just need to improve it by adding many options.

im going to keep it short as possible since most of the problems of this game already explained by the others, and i may change my rating in the futre
(-) should you play this game in the current state and invest your time in it? no absolutely not
(-) what if you are just curious? yes you can but don't expect any finished story inside, absolutely nothing is finished because everything quite "half assed"
(-)TBH i've spend around 85 hours-ish in version 5.7.7-5.7.8 damn it can be quite fun to play but sometimes hideous and way too grindy with little reward
(-)"gated" content...what i mean is that gameplay content it's locked behind characters, unless you grind (e.g) emily
you can't build/improve your house unless you grind emily route..
and i don't wanna to do it why?, cuz shes lookin like grandma not a freakin milf, who want to bang that fossil? i get it if chyos liking GILF but don't push your shtty fetish to US! tbf there's one actual good milf but i wont spoiled it here, no it's not claire
and god the witch is the most hideous of them all
(-)corruption mechanics, it does not equally works as NTR in this game, just a word from me, even if you 100% wanna to avoid NTR and decide to turn it off, don't turn it off cuz it will turned off corruption (afaik correct me if im wrong) and pull you away from actual good scene, even ntr in this game is "mild" compared to japanese games
(-)Barebones inventory in everything, there's not even a sorting system or button, you have to scroll thorough all of it, it's annoying as hell
(-) Bugs, some of them are quite serious and ruins your route, like lyvia route, i slay brigands too early without talking to her and it stuck whenever i sit on the campfire, mira too, if i haven't talk to her after the prologue and goes to lucious first and proceed to steal "something" (already have the ability to read from mira in 2nd ch) from the witch, you are going to get stuck. tbh last one is quite rare and i can't reproduce the bug anymore...not that im going to bother again and again
(-)why the background has to be dimmed so much even at daylight? it's waaay too dark i have to crank my brightness, and when i alt tab i got FLASHBANGED on my dekstop ffs
(-) don't read the walkthrough it's just wrong or oudated most of the time

the list goes on and on, i love this game this one of the best H-game with sprinkle of realism out there without a doubt, fight me for it, if this goes on steam i would buy it period. buuuut..if i have to expect and wait another 5 years for it to be finished? NO, just big NO, come on guys it's been 5 YEARS
boy do i hate crowdfunding games it give devs reason to slooowly dripping content to their addicted followers, i just hope chyos isn't one of them because...some of them made and short content but and turn into very good game, or worse turn into massive disaster like Hel**s (can't spoil name f95 policies)

What can I say a fun game that lets you decide good and evil. I love this game and have for a long time. I was always worried it was going to fall into that long I need 6 months to a year for updates to milk us members. This has never once happened and this game is a gem with great repeatable content and a log to show how many times you have completed your business. The story, characters, variety, and humor are all enjoyable aspects. Main decisions also give a high replay value.

only thing I cannot wait to do is kick the barons arse and throw him in the street while his former wife leaves him for me lol.

V0.5.7.0c

I kept from playing this game for more than two years... and WOW!!!

Don't even know where to start...

The quest log is detailed enough to keep you on track, without wandering what to do or where to get it.
The story is well driven and quite inmersive.
The H part can be very appealing.
Combat is correct, and spares the player of tedious encounters with very low lvl mobs when MC lvl is much higher.
Crafting is a plus; and I find the development of talents as they are being used a very good idea.

I really expect those unfinished questlines to be ready, because this tittle has improved too much to be ignored.

Very good job.

Excellent rpg. Not only a solid rpg, but also one of the best adult games to play. You have options and its not catered to only one audience. This game is for everybody. What ever your preference is this game has it! Amazing job! Best adult game period

Legendary game....nothing comes close
The game changes according to your choices, the characters have life and are realistic..... it's just too good...I almost enjoy it too much, can't wait for it to be completed...please support the devs patron if you can....he deserves it for creating this wonderful piece of art

Amazing game with good art and characters that grow with the story. Very similar to peasant's quest and I cannot wait to see the final product.

The character progression feels natural and it is one of the few games that uses pregnancy properly rather than just having an ending CG.

Great game! one of the best H-RPGM out here!

While it's not my favorite engine for adult games, in my opinión, is a game with well-written stories and dialogs, a lot of quests, u can craft, hunt, upgrade houses at some point and u can even harvest crops and vegetables. Theres a night and day cycle. The NPCs do there routine in it.

The game gives you a choice, whether you like non-NTR or NTR. The game also gives you more options for each route.

Scenes are animated and most have different positions and at least 2 angles for each. U can get more positions if u raise some stats for the girls.

And there are plenty of scenes in this game.

Quests are detailed and fun.

In my opinion is not a grindy game, it is part of the quests and gameplay, and it makes it engaging.

One of my favorites, 5 stars due to the quality of the world made.

Great work!

A game with a lot of potential, which is being wasted by too many repetetive tasks. There are plents of girls that you need to get the affection up, which can only be done once daily. So in order to get girl A to 10 affection (which isn't the end, just the start of first actions!) I have to repeat the same tasks on 10 individual days.

Sleeping and everything takes up a long of time. So most of the time you'll be grinding for hours just to unlock a little scene, and these aren't the best quality wise. The animations are low FPS, the text box is in the view ( you can't turn it off) and the worst thing is, that each time the MC cums, he makes a disgusting noise that sounds like someone is puking and shitting in the same time while letting out a little burp.

Maybe the dev recorded that with his mic.. I don't know. But you gotta hear that each time you cum in the end of a sex scene, which destroys the feeling.

Also, you always lack money to progress with many quests and you can hardly earn new money, because all monsters are so strong that you go game over and over again, and then they rob your little money too. You can't buy new gear or improve existing ones, and working in the village only increases affection with people, apparently you work for free all day long..

And last but not least, sometimes how to progress with quests is unclear. A game should NEVER require any external walkthrough to function.

Literally peak rpgm game. I usually prefer VN or Renpy
But this game made me change my opinion on rpgm games..firstly this game has many things to offer. I really love the story and of course the route of every fml characters are impressive.. as for fetish this game has lots of it.. I usually prefer corruption and netori games and don't like netorare very much and this game has plenty of it , of course netorare is avoidable..the art is great and there are huge amount of content avaliable. overall I can say this Is the God of rpgm. games out there..