RPGM - Completed - Ariel Academy's Secret School Festival [v1.0] [CourregesTry]

aye, sometimes all a game needs to get 5 stars from me is to have really really good art and really really sexy characters. gameplay aint necessary to make an immersive experience. anyways i enjoyed save scumming to rig the casino to get all events in 3 days, it definitely isnt the fastest way to complete the game but it felt satisfying lol.

This is a weird premise with all the girls down to have some fun as long as you pay them enough. There's relationship events and even some live 2D animations.

Pros:

• Lots of scenes to collect, some are even live 2D
• Gallery included
• Around 1-2 hours to complete
• Different girls with different personalities and physical attributes
• Besides the main girls, there's a bunch of scenes to collect with generic side characters
• The VAs and SFX are done well

Cons:

• There is a bit of a grind that's tedious at first
• I don't think there's enough scenes for the main girls, only 3-4 per girl
• A little too easy, but that's due to the plot being kinda generic with all girls open to sex right off the bat
• MC is an ugly bastard which sucks

Overall:

Yeah definitely play this one. It's a good time killer for an hour or two and you get a good amount of scenes. Don't get too attached to the main girls though as there's not much content for them.

The game has some of the best art, a lot of CGs, multiple endings, and good character designs, with a few secrets sprinkled in. You will need a few playthroughs to get it all done but It Is well worth the time.

The scenes with named heroines are voiced and there are plenty of NPCs to do stuff with as well. This is a game gets to it pretty quick and doesn't waste your time. I agree with a minor nitpick that there aren't indivdual endings, only paired endings.

Surprised this game only has 4 review (excluding this)

Great character design, CGs and good animation, short and straigth to the point story, it is nice to see many NPCs with CGs, all around a great game.
Only minor criticism is the endings not being for each girl, but only in pairs.

Not-so-secret Scene Collector Festival (Review) [v1.0]

Total playtime: 0-1 hours
Number of faps: 0
Finished the game?: Yes

Game-play (1/5)
This is not actually a game. You walk around the map and interact with the girls. You have limited days which means you can only get end-game scene with the girls you interact the most. That's it.

Sex (4/5)
The game has great art-style. Nearly all H-scenes have voice-over (main heroines). Some of the H-scenes are animated. H-scenes are vanilla but sexy enough. However, there are not many H-scenes.

Verdict (3/5)
This is a very simple and short H-scene collector. There is no gameplay. It does not have enough H-scenes for a fap session. Since it is a short game, it does not feel bothersome to walk around and collect the scenes. Okay for a brief naughty session. You should not expect much from this game.

Why only 2 categories (game-play and sex) for the review?
I only care about how good and entertaining the game-play (mechanics, replay-ability, enjoyment, etc.) and whether I can fap to the h-scenes. The rest doesn't matter to me.

5/5 stars might be a little too much at first glance but let me tell you: time is all we have and this game does not waste any of it.

Lately we have been getting some pretty good story based RPGM games which it can take you a few hours or even days to complete, but this one is quite the opposite. It's the perfect game if you are in the mood for a quick and short game focused more on the porn side than the RPG side (which, to be fair, there's almost none of it in this game), and if you love the art you are seeing right now as much as i do, then you are gonna have a good time, since it has a few scenes with each girl and some random girls too + some animations to go along with it. Also, If you get bored at any point you can unlock the full gallery.

so yeah...you can't compare it to an actual good game, but for what it is, it was a perfectly enjoyable experience in my opinion.

TLDR : Fine enough, passable time killer with decent scenes. (THE MC IS AN UGLY BASTARD, A FAT PIECE OF SHIT, ETCETC)

Gameplay is about par for the course on most RPGM games, it's a day / night phase game with a limited amount of actions (based on your stamina) per period. You have up to two weeks to either raise the affection of all of the girls or the ones your interested in to get to the end you want. If your able to grind a bit of money and manage your stamina, you'll be able to finish this game pretty easily. If you cheat money into the game, it'll basically just become a scene collector. Though, on that note you might aswell just access the gallery, which can be fully unlocked immediately.

The storyline is pretty minimal, you have small events per every 10% affection on each of the girls, each girl has about 3 sex events in their story (excluding the endings) and they're not all that compelling. As far as I can tell, there is no fully harem ending, each girl has an ending in a pair with another one, so in total there are 3 unique endings depending on which pairs of girls you seduced. They're pretty good, so getting all of them would be worthwhile.

On that note, the translation is good. I at no time noticed that this game started in JP, which is about as much as you can ask for.

Art and scenes are pretty abundant! The art quality is pretty good and the design of the girls are interesting, although if your into more petite or flat girls you'll be a bit dry here. Some scenes with the main heroines are fully animated, some are not. If your the type of person who skips through text just to look at the art, you'll be better served clicking slower through in order to make sure the scenes load. There are ALOT of fairly good small sex events around the school at night for you to see, as long as you have enough money to see them.

Sound is fine.

The game itself is a passable semi-interesting timekiller with some pretty decently done scenes, girls are attractive and it's not a challenge to complete whatsoever. I didn't find myself caring for more than two of the girls, (unfortunately their endings were separate) but I liked most scenes in game. Given there is a full gallery, there's just about no reason to cheat in this game or even download a full save, but I'll put one in the thread anyways. I recommend it if your trying to burn time, but it is not especially compelling.