RPGM - Completed - Below Sunshade [v3.2] [Arvus Games]

A lot of grinding for very little reward. Oh and bugs, the game crashed not even five minutes into game for me. As well as a dungeon puzzle breaking so I couldn't complete it. Combat is more polished than Roundscape but just the same it gets boring after doing it a couple hundred times. And as for the survival mechanics they work fine but don't really add much besides being another time waster.

This game is the worst example of wasted potential I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot.

From technological PoV, this is the most advanced RPGMaker game I know of. Animations, graphics, everything feels like it's made in another engine.
But that's everything the game has for itself.

The game is a festival of grind. Grind this, grind that, every movement and animation are slow, the map is big but has no shortcuts of any kind.

The plot is nonexistent. You get to interact with entirely TWO (!) sapient characters! Which will only have any meaningful dialogue once on half an hour, which would be a couple lines of text at best.

There is barely any actual sexual content. In two and a half hours, I've seen a total of two scenes (one of which was literally just a pussy shot).

Combat boils down to just punching things and healing occasionally. The combat skills you *do* have are random, meaning you either savescum or use them never.

Exploration is both boring and pointless. You have dozens of small "dungeons" and zero incentive to care about them. And when I say small I mean "a tiny room with two enemies". And nobody probably even tested them, since one rock pushing "puzzle" can get stuck because if you push it into something with half a tile size you won't be able to push said rock into the hole anymore.

I really wish whoever was writing the code was working for someone actually competent at writing stories.

All grind no scenes after an hour into the game. The art is good, actual implementation of game mechanics is decent. 2 stars for being an eroge game minus the eroge....

You are better off spending your time on a game that is better. RPGM games already have to worry about grindy content and this just embraces it.

Art is very good. For some reason, even with a decent gaming video card (900 series of Nvidia) the game kept playing with very low FPS during the cutscenes. I don't know why. But I really didn't like the Futa inclusion in the game. Generally, game developers allow you to hide a penis on their women, however not in this game.

I love this game, always good to get something from Kaliyo. Always loved the style of their art and the voice acting that another step up. If your a fan of their work you should definitely check this out. I love how they add the crafting and survival aspect to it.