RPGM - Completed - Ambrosia [v1.07] [Shimobashira Workshop / Kagura Games]

Shimobashira cooked with this game. Definitely the best game from them. The world looks & setting is fits very well with the game. The game mainly focusses on corrupting the female MC through various means & characters. Definitely worthy of at least one playthrough.

This is a 4 star game if you're into female MC corruption games.

It's very, very good in almost every way.

The main problems for me are the corruption and the sex scenes.

The corruption is fine for a while and then just gets kicked up a notch and you can be letting randos nut in your pussy without much buildup. There's a bit of buildup but no where near enough imo.

The CG's are still images with some animations on top. The writing in them isn't very hot either most of the time.

The combat is neutral for me. It's above average RPGM combat, but unless you want enemies to overwhelm you, you will never lose unless you're not paying attention. Which leads to the combat feeling kind of repetitive and useless. You can skip a lot of it though, to the games credit.

TLDR 4/5 pretty good. Karryn's Prison is way better tho, so if you haven't played that, play it instead.

Ambrosia [v1.07] is an absolute masterpiece that combines captivating storytelling, rich world-building, and stunning visuals into one unforgettable experience. From the very first moments, I was drawn into its immersive atmosphere, where every location feels alive and every character has depth and personality. The soundtrack perfectly complements the mood, enhancing both the emotional and intense moments. The gameplay is well-balanced, with smooth mechanics that make exploration and progression feel rewarding. Each update shows the developer’s dedication to polishing and improving the game, and v1.07 truly feels like the definitive version so far. If you’re looking for a game that will keep you hooked from start to finish, Ambrosia is a must-play!

The Shimobashira Workshop games are all very similar, you have a very naive girl who needs money and gets corrupted slowly into prostituting herself - there are some dungeons for main quests and side quests. The art is always really nice. Ambrosia is this and it does it well! Good sized game and well paced corruption. Decent story and good scenes. Can't ask for more.

This game is very good tho, RPG kind of game, pretty simple cool story, very intriguing to say the least, the fighting system, now I'm not really into a fighting MUCH like RPG game in Hent game, but I did actually like it. The H scenes are pretty meh, I mean it's 2d, but the drawing is pretty meh, not that great. You need to explore and fight enemies to get certain items or gears, grinding to level up and it's pretty rewarding and satisfying. Spent 13 hours to complete like 95% in it, all the main and almost all of the side contents.

Game was alright, nothing to ride home about, the art was nice, but there was so much more potential, I would've liked the corruption drawn out a bit longer, worth your time if you like corruption games

Honestly ... I expected better.

I wouldn't mind aspects like mediocre CGs that are like still frames with dialogues, or rather generic RPGM battles. But what disappoints me is with the writing and how scenarios came about.

How the corruption was presented in this game makes sense until after the first phase. Then things just kinda fell apart. Character progression jumps a nonsensical notch. It should make no sense for a nun to just kinda volunteer herself to do semi nude belly dance in front of a slum bar, without any prior build up except that she 'kinda' needs money. The money aspect is not that pressing in the plot to justify that kinda jump of character logic. Oh, and the allowing herself to prostitute to devotees only just in the second character corruption level.

And that puts off the wind out of the sail with me. I hoped better because I really like the character. Nuns in general. But a well developed, corrupted one. Not a lazily written character the dev just kinda want to speed things up because it's already some 3 - 4 hours into the game.

However, the other aspects of the game like the costume changes, side portrait are really good.

Corruption story line and not over the top artstyle. gameplay is nice actually something to do rather than slop. Feels like there could be more to be explored w.r.t shrine story line and converting the towns to other faith. Crafting is all over the place, dev tried to help with providing guide but still could use more qol. Overall recommended highly

Man, I liked this game, but 5.5 stars? It feels kind of generic and grindy. There’s a noticeable gap between the beginning and the end, and the extra activities mostly boil down to killing and crafting something with X items.

That said, the art is great, the map is small enough to avoid getting lost, and there’s a decent number of events. However, too many of them feel like copy-paste content. Overall, it’s a good game with its own gimmick, but others do it better and have a lower score.

A excellent game from all perspective.

It's not tedious, the areas are of enough quantities and coming a decent pace.
The combat is basic RPGM and simply works.

From a visual point of view the porn is okayish. It doesn't really shine imo.
What's really good though is the corruption and the variety of scenes.

In overall it's a good porn game. The experience comes from playing it rather that merrily watching the CGs.

Not usually into female MC corruption games, nor the religious elements which the devs seem to love, but this was done well. Very polished, detailed and balanced world, good quests. It's just a bit too linear and obvious. Maybe it's because it's centered around a fetish that I do not have, but I just can't get fully involved because it can be too ridiculous for me.

One of better games of this genre.
Balanced combat system with well weighted difficulty, good corruption system, good H scenes, sexy MC, decent story. What makes this one unique is pretty good audio, usually this RPGM games have way worse OST. Overall a must play rpgm game focused on MC corruption.

Edit: Changed score to 4 stars.
I made last review somewhere in mid-late game, now i beat it. Late part was somewhat rushed and devs didnt keep quality as it was in early-mid game. After MC got corrupted it became pretty boring, combat also was way to easy in lategame and i just rushed to see ending. Still good game, but not as good i thought.

im gonna get crucified for saying this but i prefer ambrosia over celesphonia, PUT DOWN THE PITCHFORK! LET ME COOK DAMN IT!

first of all ambrosia have a simpler plot and a more relaxed world building compared to celesphonia where the town you are living in is going nuclear and its up to you to save them,

WELL ambrosia have none of that!, you can take as long as you want and corrupt the MC in your own pace which is a better aspect if youre new to this genre and ERORPG in general

Comparing both games ambrosia have less dialogues and simpler ways to get the scenes and a linear story and honestly it has its own charm to that

in conclusion: Try this game first to ease you into ERORPG before touching any of the other top tier games because this is some good entry title into the degeneracy youre about to descend into

Shimobashira Workshop did well with Ambrosia but it's not their best work, which goes to Magical Girl Celesphonia, and most of the issues present here (that ding it to a 4/5) were cleaned up for Celesphonia. Still, it's worth a play.

TL;DR
Ambrosia is an RPGM-H title where the main character, a religious girl, is slowly subjected to corruption. The gameplay and dialogue mostly respect your time and the game will keep H-events and H-scenes prevalent enough to keep you entertained.

Player Choice
Shimobara Workshop is great at giving the player freedom of choice in how the main character is corrupted. However, Ambrosia suffers a bit from difficulty being too easy at times; while it's nice to give the player clear paths, you pretty much have to choose to slow down or corrupt the MC because you likely won't be struggling with combat or choices.

Still, I like the option of keeping her pure or mostly pure or going in on corruption. Situations the MC finds herself in have good build-up and there's a lot of variety in H-events and H-scenes.

Content and Gameplay
The story is passable for what it's worth. It's close-to-mimic, or was mimicked, to their most recent game (as of this review) Enishia and the Binding Brand. The devs seem to consistently enjoy the religious-to-corruption stuff.

Combat and other gameplay is straight RPG-M. It resolves relatively fast, and you will get very strong at a quick pace, so slow yourself with activities if you want a more "natural" move to H-scenes.

H-Details
H-content is really good though lacks animation at times. Shimobashira has consistency along their game titles and I think it works fine, though once again, Celesphonia is the true best at it in my opinion.

Conclusion
Overall a definite "recommend", but consider Celesphonia as being the more refined of the two.

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Non-lewd Gameplay is kinda meh, and there's very little incentive narrative or mechanically to corrupt the main character, but since that's why you play these games to begin with, it's not such a big deal. Art is fine for the main character, everything else is just not very good.

FLAWS -
1 - AVERAGE STORY
2- AVERAGE GAMEPLAY
3- LACK OF CHOICES
4-EASY BATTLES

The map has lot of things to do and discover. The story: It's not anything profound or anything but it keeps you engaged.

version 1.07

well it's a classic so it would be a sin to rate it lower. although as a porn game in modern times, without animation it's not that good. but there are some unique and hot scenarios, and there are many scenes, but there could have been many more, some usual tropes are completely left out. i still enjoyed it. it has many fappable scenes, you are just handheld a bit too much with teleports and escapes and etc. well, i guess it's a chill fun game. makes me want to play celesphonia again.

The most complete RPG Maker H-game I've ever played! Gameplay loop feels good, it's easy to switch from dungeon crawling to improving the temple or doing odd jobs. The boss battles are great too, had a bunch of fun prepping for the final boss. I don't recommend grinding, as it would make most battles too easy, even on Very Hard difficulty.

Lewd content is fine, expected more CG's but the art works well in general. Bonus points for adding a simple option to fully unlock the gallery without needing multiple playthroughs.

This game has a lot of freedom it is crazy how many things you can do in this game,want to be a virgin throughout you can but it's hard ,you want to take easy route and become a sex craved whore your welcome,I won't spoil the rest but this and dev other games have content to occupy you and freedom, enjoyed it very much

Completeness: story is finished, fatal bugs are fixed, major update unlikely.

Mechanic: regular rpgm mechanics. Utilize a lot of aspect from the engine's base mechanics(buffs & debuffs, traps, moving in-map projectiles, weakness & resistance, etc.). No party system, so no recruitable NPC.

Story: make sense(?), minimal twist, tame and innocent enough for virgin run. The side things is mainly for the slut run.

Progression: too fast(?), you need to hold back yourself from ending the game early if you want to get some scene. Innocent to slutty in less than 5 business days. The New Game Plus is great since you can choose what to keep and what to reset in some degree. Grinding doesn't progress time forward, so you could have 6 hours into the game and still on day 4. Enemy stats may force you to grind for level or equipments, but ingredients for equipments are often limited each day. Is replayable to scratch that itch of "slutty life sim".

Art: the fully furnished temple is gorgeous. Bust size is a bit inconsistent(?). Towns are nicely designed. Cave dungeon walls could use some work.