RPGM - Completed - Black Souls [Final] [Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?]

Played a few hours and killed the first boss.

1. Bad map design. Out of place clutter and objects everywhere like pub signs in the middle of nowhere.
2. Enemies that respawn instantly and waste your time. Very hard to avoid fights.
3. Too much crappy loot everywhere and hard to find decent weapon.
4. Boring mechanics and gameplay. I guess normal thing for rpgm? I'm new to this kind of games.
5. Confusing prologue and uninteresting story and setting. I'm used to more trad rpgs not something like this.

Tried to like it but its just not fun for me.

First of all, the game is called "Black souls" and it has a lot of inspiration from Dark souls, as you might expect, basically speaking the combat is very Final Fantasy style but even if you don't know it (my case) it is easy to master,

The game is in 3 languages, Japanese, which is the original, and the Spanish and English versions, both made by fans.

Let's talk about the gameplay

Let's assume that it is an rpg maker game just like mogeko castle (from the first reviews) so the movement is very similar,
As I mentioned before, it has a Final Fantasy style turn-based combat in which each participant in the battle has an action bar that fills up. When it fills up, it's your turn. The faster it fills, the faster it fills.

By killing enemies you gain souls that are the currency and are used to level up which slightly increases all your stats. There are also colored souls that increase specific stats, be it blue, defense, red, attack, etc.

There are around 13 weapons in the game but each one is a completely different style from the other, for example the moonlight greatsword (which part of what Dark Souls was inspired by they didn't catch xD) regenerates MP and HP and the storm ruler does not. They never miss an attack and on top of that, taking them to +10 gives them a very powerful additional skill or passive.


Regarding the beginning of the game, the 3 initial classes are knights.
thief and magician choose the one you want each one has 1 skin and there is an additional skin with certain conditions at the end of the game you can change skin and class at any time it is not decisive,
Then they have initial gifts that basically don't matter, take the key if you want, I don't recommend the ring, it's pretty bad.

Don't skip the prologue (the boss of this one can be killed and it is relevant if you do it or not)

Before finishing on the gameplay, it must be said that in combat you can summon what costs a turn but it is a great advantage to have someone on your side, which brings me to the next point.

Let's talk about heroines

I didn't mention it before but
Black souls has romance, there are 12 heroines, each with their own ending apart from the special endings.

There is a little bit of everything, the truth is, there is a succubus, a saint, Little Red Riding Hood (I will clarify it in history) etc.

You can deactivate the risque scenes or activate them at any time during the game, you can see the ones you missed later, I recommend only leaving your favorite ones.

The game has a karma system in the form of sins, killing npc's or doing worse things raises the sin, but don't be afraid to raise it, you can eliminate the sin with an npc above the initial area in a simple way, unlocking a heroine requires having 4 sin So not everything is bad, by the way they are called heroines but be wary of even your shadow in this game, finally you can level up the heroines with your souls, raise them to more than 99, unlock their ending.

Let's talk about the artistic section

The drawings of the game are made by hand and although their quality is not extraordinary, they convey what they want very well.
The music, as is usual in RPG maker games, is very simple and pretty for the most part.
It has the advantage that you can repeat the game endings from the reminiscence room without having to do it again.

Let's talk about the story

Honestly the best of the game and by far in my opinion

You are chosen as the main character of a bloody fairy tale, in the lost empire the continent where everything happens a long time ago
A fog appeared out of nowhere that transformed all the inhabitants into indescribable horrors, a place where the stories created by a very famous writer came true, whether it was the Wizard of Oz, the Ugly Duckling or Alice in Wonderland, nothing is impossible here,
On this earth the story of one more undead takes place
Your history

Your objective will be to defeat the 4 demonic princesses and eliminate the fog, whatever you decide along the way, whether to ally with them is up to you or maybe not?

Black Souls is the only title in this website, where I felt like I could be truly evil, without having to worry about game mechanics (meaning the evil path hampers your progress in the game, and playing the good guy is an obvious benefit).

Let me paint a picture for you:

What happens in roommate (cohabitations) games if you are evil? "Rape/kill is bad player", your progression is now stunted, buy her flowers XXX times. Or straight game over.

What about party based Rpg's? "Don't rape/kill your party members player", cause 9 out of 10 scenes are on the good path. "Don't you know they are precious player?" Rage … Blood pressure.... Hemorrhagic stroke.

Visual novels maybe? "No, rape/kill bad player!". Here's the Bad Ending for you. Restart!

Sure they let you be a little evil, and then they are like: "There will be consequences player". Oh yeah? Where are the consequences for being good developper? It's fiction you limited puppetters, dare to be bold once in your mechanical lives! I know better than to punch my real life neighbor, when he has the gall of "politely" saying "good morning". Sarcastic prick. Let me choose evil in a virtual world!

For me 50% of the appeal behind Black Souls, was allowing me to be evil ALL the time, and do whatever the hell I wanted ALL the time. Sure, some stupidly high level assholes kept trying to catch me, but I just patiently waited for my chance to brutally murder them. So yeah, my prison was full of "lust drainers", and the world was very empty NPC wise. The rabbit thought it could scare me by saying i woudn't level up. The rabbit no longer exists (it never did, but you know). I finished my first run, maintaining the same mindset. It's unheard of.

The other 50% amounts to Black Souls having the same feeling as Dark Souls, and is a great tribute to a great game (ambience, characters, exploration etc..). People have a problem with imitation, but in this case it definitely is a form of flattery. Now I will say that turn-based combat, removes from the equation, something that is very important in Dark Souls: SKILL (and a significant portion of the learning curve). That's my only complaint(actually, I have a problem with one of the fairy tales you need to get for the library, but that's too specific). Black Souls is a numbers game, and the first "black knight" is gonna kill you unless you level up. Nothing can be done there. In Dark Souls your range of performance is significantly increased.

What more do you want? Perspective? All right, something like Bound by Love (Steam designation) also rewards you for being evil, but the kicker for me is choosing evil, not starting with an evil premise.

This is a 9/10, and if you like Dark Souls, and are not a stranger to turn-based combat, this becomes an instant recommendation. I wish more games would just let you do what you want, without the consequences being tied to game progression.

P.S - The "fairy piñata situation" was first seen here by me.

I'm not going to pretend that this game has good mechanics, it doesn't, nor that it has good visuals, it definitively doesn't. Its H-scenes are grotesque, but at least the game gives you an option to turn it off, which I used.

The map building is passable, but not good compared to the best rpgm games. Custom character art/designs are minimal aside from the main characters, most other visuals are ripped from rpgm libraries.

Any other game with this level of quality would've gotten 1-2 stars from me.

So why give it 5 stars? It and its sequel has a better plot than any other game I've played, not just H-game but any game, and I've spent my entire life playing games. I love blacksouls, I am going to Alice. I'd give anything to experience the plot for the first time again.

Turn H-scenes off though. I wasn't joking when I said it's unironically disgusting.

Come on. You've heard of this game. It's the RPGmaker game everyone compares to. The only thing that beats it is the sequel. You don't need anyone to tell you if it's good. It's a passion project by some insane japanese man. That's where the best shit comes from. Any complaint you see about it is always going to be a skill issue by someone destined to be ratioed even post-death. The VN crybabies.

But whatever, here's why it's good anyways.

Lore. It's thicker than dehydrated cum. Even after having not played this for like 4 years, I still remember a good percentage of it. That's the kind of impact it has. A story that sticks with you and has more to uncover if you dissect it.

Combat. Games like this take that boring ass turn-based combat and turn it into something engaging. The ol' "watch what your opponent does or git fukt". Something that makes the player more involved rather than just being a numbers game. You can grind if you want, but it's not your only solution. The game respects the player, not just their stats.

Emotion-evoking. I mean JK though haha come on guys its an h-game pfft. I didn't feel a thing........

Art. Okay, it's not awesome. I'll give it that.

Okay, I'm bored, I'm better at being a critic really. I've unironically recommended this game to many for the sole purpose of it being a unique experience. Cut out the coomer material and you still get an experience like no other.

Out of ten, I'd give it eleven. And this game absolutely deserves a 12

Gameplay is one of the greatest I've ever seen in RPGmaker, it's brutal but still gives you every single tool you need to break it in half.

Story is %100 worth reading. Especially the deeper more "lore nujob" parts of it. Also basically every character is murder-able which is always a welcome addition.

CGs are a bit lacking but whatever, I personally don't mind. It still has more style than the generic unity asset store robberies I see plastered in the 3dcg tag.

Play it, praise it, and definitely get your heart snapped in half by it. The only criticism I have is that a lot of the content is easy to miss. I'd recommend that you do a blind playthrough first then go complete walkthrough mode, or only look at the guide linked at the start of the thread (though it will spoil some minor things)

If you really want to try to do everything in one run then here are some spoiler free tips (or tagged as spoiler when needed):

Spoiler: how to level up

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Passing a fog gate advances time so be very sure that you haven't forgotten anything before doing so.

There are no specific keys, the ones you get are universal

Use the map, it's basically spoiler free and helps a lot

If you're playing thief, get the bow. The abilities seems a bit weaker than your starting weapon but trust me, when fully upgraded it can do big single and multi target damage.

HP regen rings are broken, use and abuse them.

Spoiler: Cool oversight that you might want to discover on your own

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If you manage to return to Fort Ivern, there's an NPC in one of the cells near the beginning of the game. It's probably a good idea to talk to him whenever you find him

Spoiler: Izu questline

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Spoiler: Late-ish game soul farming

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And remember, LEAF IS A FUCKING BITCH

Welcome to black souls! you get to kill nerds that are annoying. Or rape a female that you desire or sometimes even both.

1. Game? pretty good. i honestly really liked it. its not really hard? but its definitely not easy. But if your running into bosses that 1 shot you? Again and again? im sorry dude its not bad game design. your just not thinking. so don't 1 star it for your skill issue.

2. Gameplay? on god.... pretty fun. since you can legit go anywhere and whenever. unlike most rpg games where they are like go here, do this. this one? yeah run straight to a boss that ur not supposed to fight currently but cheese it with some items / strats to get s o u l s.

3. A game that actually punishes you for trying to rush h scenes? S i c k. this game actually makes you choose for once. You try to rape that girl? well you either succeed, or perish. but don't think your getting away scot free. you ALWAYS lose something.

TLDR You like RPGM? Play this. Not for the h scenes. Horny is temporary. But... SOULS.....STATS.....ITEMS.... Are Eternal.

Side Note: Always kill or rape when you want to. Some NPC really just deserve it.

Last Change: i just did all the ending, i am in pain. there is no happy ending. man i feel like big sad.

loved the game i really dont know what to say other than that. this game in it of itself isnt the best of the best sure, but compared to every other rpgmaker porn game out there it may as well be called a masterpiece, besides the sequel is really fucking good

A video game masterpiece. It's not just a 5/5 for an H-game. It's a 5/5 for a video game.
Really, you can play it for the porn, but you will find one of the best video game of all time.
The story, the characters, the exploration, the freedom, the unique art style, the athmosphere... This game is a fucking masterpiece. Really, just play it.

Good story, many girl for you to choice, combat hard ( because game has "soul" in the name. Many ending and big plot for the final end. First i look to art and think "this game draw in paint" but gameplay and story blow me away. I think black soul 2 will be next game I play.

I was initially skeptical about the game due to its less-than-impressive poster, but once I started playing, I was pleasantly surprised. The game offers a rich and immersive lore that truly captivated me. While the combat was initially challenging, especially for those unfamiliar with games like Dark Souls, it proved to be a rewarding experience as I honed my skills and developed better strategies. As I progressed, I found myself deeply engaged with the game's lore, eagerly uncovering the stories, secrets, and meeting intriguing new characters. The only disappointment came when the game abruptly ended, leaving me craving for more.

Just a thing, this is not a your typical horror game as you might feel sad after you try to achieve the true ending, the things you have do for it, you might not like that. So be warned, do not form actual attachments to any characters.

Overall rating: 2/5
Technical rating: 3/5: The lore-building sets itself from the sea of mediocre eroges. The combat is half turn-based, half-realtime. However, overworld graphics are mediocre stock RPGM graphics.
Enjoyment: 1/5: The early game experience did not give me any desire to keep playing. After playing for 15 minutes, i did not find any sense of direction, just annoying enemies in every direction, and bosses that 1-hit.

My new Favorite game on the site, Thought id dislike it because of the art style but turned out much better than i thought. Loved the scenes, characters and the story, though not sure how far i would have gotten without a guide.

epic game. i'll skip the art and gameplay details, as it's such a bother to write. but it's pretty good, though the lore is definitely the smoking gun

The Lore is a gem, like a sweet lover greeting you in the arms after a long day of work. If I had a Soul for every time I think about the game's lore, I'd have maybe 200-ish souls by now.

Don't be fooled, however, thinking that the game is meant to be played with one run. I recommend at least 5 runs, if you're a n00b.

I'm not here for a quick fap, I'm here for the story. It has my favorite atmosphere, mostly dark and gloomy. The characters in the game may be familiar to you from somewhere, but not in their happy state. It actually tells the truth of fairy tales. Before they were suitable for children. The music and sounds make the great atmosphere even better. The game is easy, especially if you followed the walkthrough. Art isn't for everyone, but it's definitely great for me. Bosses are quite different from each other. I've never encountered a bug.

Oh, without forgetting, you can be good or bad in this game. Up to you.

To summarize, this is a game containing porn, not a porn game. Which is better for me. I'm going to the second game now, definitely play it!

at first i dismissed this game as an over-complicated mess of half baked ideas, but giving it a second chance i fell in love with this game. if you're looking for a quick release (like me the first time) then this game is probably not for you. the game borrows heavily from the souls series and adds some ideas of it's own. the progression is really fluent and i haven't had any trouble with navigating the map, it all seems well thought out and neatly put together. the game takes about 15 to 20 hours and has multiple endings, the characters are great, and the art even better. i'm not sure why this artstyle appeals to me so much, but it's just so simple and elegant. sex scenes, although sparse are great and the combat even better. not gonna lie i've had more fun playing this game that any of the souls games, give this game a chance.

fromsoft hire this guy

Decent art for being drawn, I found the game very complex and unenjoyably due to how complex everything was. It was way too much work, and not enough fun.

As someone else said the sex scenes are lacking in the game, which is normally fine if everything else is ok.

I give one start for moderately good writing and one start for the artwork. As far a story a pliability, That is just lacking in this project.

Do you remember those fairy tales that you read as a kid? Have you imagined what happened to those fairy tales when the story is over? Have you ever imagined what it would be when you live with those fairy tales? Then wonder no longer, this game is for you *

"My son first played this game as a virgin, now he's a depressed virgin, 10/10", local dad

"My daughter played it when a stranger in internet recommend it, now she won't get out of her room. Sometimes i heard her crying from her room. Well, at least she won't get pregnant anytime soon", local mom

"My sister always bugged me to read her fairy tales stories before she go to sleep, even though she's 10 years old now. After i tell her the story of this game, she never ask me to tell her fairy tales again. Thank you BLACKSOULS", local brother

*terms and conditions may apply, sanity not guaranteed

AMAZING GAME, the turn-based combat is okay, but it's made better with the parry, evade, and that bar that indicates when your enemy will attack System.
But that's just the side content because this game's lore is magnificent, I loved the homage to some of the characters, Tortoise and Hare were Pate and Creighton , Caramille was Kalameet, and many more.
And most characters are uhhhh......

Absolute fucking ruthless.

Overall, Great game 10/10, It may or may not be a biased opinion.

Not only a memorable experience, but one that will also leave you craving for more.

This game is pretty good. It honestly doesn't even feel like an H-game at all. Don't get it wrong, there's plenty of CG, but Black Souls simply feels like an actual RPG.

• The world is as fascinating Dark Souls'.
• The music was spot-on.
• Bosses all feel unique. Hell, it's been over 6 months and I still remember a few.
• The characters are really fleshed out and even have their own questlines with their own endings.
• Don't even get me started with the actual ending of the game, it's simply genius. I didn't expect to have such a difficult choice. I love it.

This game is heavily insipired by Dark Souls 1. It doesn't give you any directions, just a goal: Murder X people, reach the castle gate, and become king. Usual souls plot.

However, Black Souls is not perfect:

• The game is just too easy. Compared to your usual souls, there is no "builds" in this game. You simply level up and you are allowed to use whatever you want. This means the following: You can be a tank that can also wield heavy ass weapons in one hand while casting ridiculously overpowered magic on your other hand. By late-game, bosses simply die.
• Save system: I honestly wish this game had the souls save system: It saves whenever you reach a checkpoint. Instead, the game allows you to save at any moment, allowing save-scumming, which really reduces the already-easy-difficulty with a save system that makes it so that you can't die. Dying and learning from it is what makes Fromsoftware games unique. This game doesn't have that.

Black Souls is probably one of the best H-Games I have played. I honestly wanted more after beating it. It's a pity it's not on steam because I'd honestly be willing to buy this game.