RPGM - Completed - Black Souls II [v1.13 Official translation] [Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?]

Top 10 H-games of all time. BS2 is a good game with a captivating world, and captivating characters inside it. So much love, care, and passion went into this game and you can feel it. This is one of the few RPGMaker games that really stand out from the rest.

This series is just phenomenal the emotions that it evokes from you are so powerful , after going on a journey and facing many challenges to reach the True End all I can say is

This game and the first hit me way too hard. I first started to play cause of how the artstyle was, didn't even was that interested in the porn of it yet it was so good, the story, the character, the emotion it made me feel. Try this game, please, if you have to turn off the adult scene but play it.

Gem alert
Outside of it being an ero game, the combat is great and the story is outstanding. If you are just trying to goon though, not the game for you. This is an actual video game with adult themes, not just jonkling material.

Never played dark souls or elden ring, i've skipped this several times for years in my radar mostly due to the lack of first impression it had for me, so I came playing this blind- and I gotta say i'm thoroughly surprised by how much it offered, truly a rollercoaster of emotion with that delicious topping of depression. I just finished all the possible routes and secrets I could find within my busy schedule and lazy adult life, it's been a long while since I got hooked to an RPGMaker game again that I feel surprised looking forward to open my PC just so I could boot it up. And i gotta say it truly was worth my time, will highly recommend to friends I trust, or simply people with based tastes.

I have no idea how the hell this game is so highly rated and shilled on every imageboard on the internet.

Its an rpgmaker assetflip outside of the character portraits and event CGs. Even the enemy sprites are unaltered stock RPGmaker assets. If any other game tried to pull this shit, they'd be eviscerated. Yet for some reason there is a dedicated group of shitposters hellbent on shilling this false narrative that this is an actual game just because it has "dork souls" reference in the title and shitty scrawling artstyle.

It also falls flat on the basis of being a porn game as H scenes are far and few between and almost always end with you murder raping the character. Casual sex with a girlfriend/wife seems to be an unheard of concept despite said shitposters claiming characters from this are their waifu and talking about romance aspects of the game that outright don't exist.

very inspired by dark souls series as there are consequences and impacts from how you progress, thankfully your character stats carries over and now you also have a story. First impression which I think influences most players was it starting difficulty, which can be as tedious as black souls I, but then again, thats kinda most soulslike games out there. What makes black souls II different its the discovery to isometric journey of switching between Madness and Normal sane state, as well as ensuring from each side having over 10+ different endings

its really fucking GREAT
its a challenge getting your friends to fucking play the first game and then this one, though. thats the single negative thing i can say about this game. i would say grindy and repetitive, but thats... thats intended gameplay. i need 200 characters to write this. Lets see... yeah its good bro play it

iS JUST ...
Im crying cause ending H (not happy)
If you had play darksoul you will love how this black

I love how Red Hood really like Grimm. And I Hate Leaf but we a going to Alice.
OH and when you play this game you will going to Alice .
I GOING TO ALICE YOU GOING TO ALICE
WHERE MY ALICE
HOW IS ALICE
WHAT IS ALICE
DO YOU SEE MY ALICE
ALICE

I was originally iffy because of the art style but the writing, gameplay, and music is some of the best I have ever played.

Characters may seem simple at first but when you learn/figure out their backstory, you will be able to piece together their motivations and how they tie into the story.

RPGMaker gameplay is generally straight forward but the weapon switching system mid-fight introduces so much versatility, additionally some items don't take a turn which gives you so much freedoms to create your own strategy for dealing with bosses.

Actual masterpiece, giving a description would be a waste of time, just play it, play it all, probably the best game on the entire site, easily competes with most of the non porn games on the market, easily beats most games, what an experience, and i blame myself so hard for not giving a rating 2 years ago when i played it, 10/10 absolute kino

This is, weirdly enough, worse than the first game somehow. Which is strange because by all accounts it IS better: more scenes, deeper gameplay, more stories. But it is less enjoyable for multiple reasons.

Significantly worse cast of heroines and characters, much more convoluted stories, gameplay is hella bloated and time-consuming. No comments about the endings because I got so bored mid-day through I dropped the game.

The arts are a lot nicer compared to 1 though, and there are some cameos. Still recommend but man what a waste of potential.

Do yourself a favor and play this game. Black souls 2 has changed my life. It has become one of my obsessions. I love the story, the fandom, everything.

The characters are amazing, the story and lore are good, the art is unique, everything is good, even the gameplay.

With one exception, it's a strict upgrade over Black Souls 1 in every way. The gameplay is more fun (though still RPGM combat), the builds are more varied and less easily exploitable (they still are, just less so), the characters are very interesting, and the tone, goodness. The music, atmosphere, writing, artwork, environments, it's all beyond excellent.

It's funny, most people start Black Souls because they're curious about the 'porn dark souls', myself included. But now, excepting the gameplay itself, I believe these games (and especially this one) to be strictly superior to FromSoft's body of work. They're amazing, and absolutely packed with soul, ironically enough.

Carve yourself out a weekend to play them, it's well worth it.

Currently in my top 3 erotic games of all time. Black Souls 1 blew me away, so I came into BS2 with high expectations and, surprisingly, it exceeded them.

• Erotic content is top-tier and frequent. The CGs have a unique style which might take time to grow into, but I like it way more than most adult game art - it's not always perfect but it often nails the erotic aspect, which is what's important. The writing and translation is also great, one of the games where the text adds to the eroticism and I don't skip or skim it.
• Characters focus on breadth over depth. However, the game manages to achieve a lot of characterization given the amount of screentime each character actually gets. They all feel unique and different, not just in visual design, but in their personality, which is impressive imo. Most characters have small questlines too, which are mostly super interesting and among the best character questlines in any RPG I've played (non-adult included). There were moments that made me feel regret, pity, joy, etc. I have to emphasize how much this game achieves with its characters, by using so little.
• There's a ton of character/scene variety, too. I mean, it's seriously got something for everyone. Giant tits, small tits, harpies, bunnygirls, lonely stoners, femboy lizards, brutalizing murder-angels, furry doctors, mildly dominating but loving queens, adultery, a vore scene, assorted incest, plump sorts, tentacle girl, girls who you rape, girls who rape you, girls who hurt you, a popstar idol you can date and drink bubble tea with, a lesbian revolutionary gang, orgies, footjobs, a threesome with god... ok, I'm exaggerating a bit. But there's a lot of variety.
• Exploration is my favorite part of the game. The world is decently interesting in and of itself to explore, but layered with the fact that you never know when you'll turn a corner and find a new waifu... BS2 exploration was genuinely more fun to me than Elden Ring exploration. Meeting new characters and unlocking erotic scenes is simply a way, way stronger reward/incentive for exploration than anything other games can offer.
• Music: very strong use of royalty free music from a variety of sources.
• Story: I didn't get super hooked by the story. It's rather abstract and there's a lot of lore to delve into. I don't think I really understand it, even after reading some explanations from other players. The game overall wasn't super emotionally poignant for me, but some other players said they cried from it, so your mileage may vary.
• Gameplay is JRPG turn-based combat, similar to BS1. I'm generally not a fan of JRPG combat like this, but I often tolerate it since so many adult games use it. However, I was able to enjoy BS2's combat system more than most games in the style, and even had one challenge which is one of the most memorable gaming moments I've had. Aside from the combat, gameplay is exploring, picking up items, interacting with characters, it's very engaging and player-driven.
• Compared to Black Souls 1: BS2's illustrations are better, and the RPGMaker environments are way better, too - the world is more interesting and memorable. There's more characters with more questlines and variety. One big change is that you no longer have characters as party members (i.e. they don't fight alongside you). That's been replaced by "covenants", which are basically buffs you can get by giving souls and advancing your relationship with characters. The covenant system works well, but it's definitely less effective for character bonding imo and I miss it for that reason. You only see characters when you visit them, they aren't a constant presence alongside you on your journeys.
• DLC: I was confused about this when I played, so: there's three DLCs, which were actually just free updates, not paid DLCs. DLC1 is a difficult area integrated into the main game, which you can find by just exploring (it's entered via
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  ); as someone who didn't play for the combat but for the exploration and eroticism, I largely skipped DLC2. Finally, DLC3 is a postgame area only accessible after the true ending.

I've been a huge souls fan for a decade+ and recently played Elden Ring for the first time before starting BS2. 100% serious: I enjoyed BS2 a lot more than Elden Ring. I'm unsure how interested I'll be in the next Fromsoft souls game but I know I'm hyped for BS3 and whatever else this dev makes.

I do want to mention that I think the game's balance is rather poor. I felt like there were three types of encounters, particularly w.r.t bosses: (a) the enemy is a pushover, (b) the enemy is an impassable wall until I level up, (c) the enemy has a lot of health and dies very slowly/tediously and they can also maybe 1-shot me seemingly at random. I was fine with (a) although it's not super stimulating; (b) was fine because it just meant I should explore somewhere else for the moment; (c) was the one that annoyed me the most. Very slowly killing enemies isn't fun when combat is just menu-based, and getting 1-shot wasn't very fun to me either. However, the design kind of needs 1-shot, since you're able to carry practically-infinite healing items, and you can use as many healing items as you want without consuming a turn. If an enemy doesn't 1-shot you, you basically can't die; there's no war of attrition and there's no limit on your healing dps (hps?).

But my critical balance issue was with the DLC3. The first boss there was just absurdly difficult; I spent hours banging my head against it and just getting annihilated. It was frustrating because everything in the DLC3 before that was absolutely amazing, but then this absurd boss suddenly halted all my progress. It stained my entire overall experience with the DLC3 which is unfortunate since DLC3 is the final/closing chapter for the whole game (luckily best girl Leiden was there to show up and save my emotions and game experience). Recommended stats to start DLC3 are like 10k+ in each, but after doing the base game with multiple NG+'s, doing DLC1, and trying to do some grinding in DLC2/rabbit hole for awhile, I still only had ~2.5k in my *highest* stat. I'm not sure what the dev's idea here was, exactly. There's more efficient ways to grind some souls that what I did, but unless you enjoy that I would recommend just save editing and skipping the hassle. I eventually gave myself max stats, and after that the rest of the DLC3 went back to the base game's difficulty and I enjoyed it more.

On the story not being emotionally poignant for me:
P.S. the game has some flashing lights. In one area it briefly flashes bright fullscreen RGB at you quickly. There's also a couple bosses that take up a large portion of the screen, and they flash rapidly between being black and very white during attacks. I don't have flashing light issues but I had to turn on irl lights nearby because it was actively painful.

As a sequel to Black Souls 1, it has improved upon it in every aspect. The story is fantastic, it builds upon what was learnt in BS1 and expands the universe in a coherent way in-line with internal logic.
Combat has ditched the party system (for the most part) and allows for a significantly more varied and flexible build choice. Music is fantastic as well, and exploration may be confusing initially but once understood, you can take a variety of routes to achieve your specific end faster. Although you may lock yourself out of certain endings if you aren't careful. I personally found the characters to be endearing but your mileage may vary.
The only thing I'll knock it for is DLC 3 being rather tedious to access and it essentially having a stat requirement lest you get constantly one-shot. But through it you gain access to the most refreshing content combat-wise in the game. Regardless of how high your stats are, if you don't play to their gimmick, you are getting dumpstered.
This game's lore had driven me into a 3-week long blind obession to learn as much about the game as I possibly could and I cannot possibly praise this game enough. The world is fucked, its characters tragic and there is no happy end in sight but goddamn is it marvelous. Black Souls 2, I kneel.

Right, it's a H-game, all the scenes are static but has sound effects. The art is not exactly stellar and isn't my cup of tea to fap to. But as a narrative device, it delievers on the bleakness of the world in a way clean art cannot.

It's really weird to find a game like this. You download it to waste some time and keep playing it because the vibe is just that good. Definitely play the 1st game before playing this one. They're both great and pretty well balanced. A game like this with fun combat is rare.

Oh but it do be kinda fucked up sometimes.

This game is one of the most cruel porn games ever created. It will hurt your heart if you're not in a good place mentally, it lives up to its name and if it had other, it'd still be called the dark souls of porn games.

+Tons of girls from real fantasy stories.
+You can rape pretty much every woman you meet.
+Your decisions TRULY matter. Be very careful with what you do.
+You can romance all the girls, get to know them and even get their own romance ending.
+You can kill anything, SOMETIMES it's totally worth it and has great rewards.

-Sex scenes are visual novel style, I prefer animated scenes.

Best game ever.
I'm literally impatient to see Black Souls 3 announced because the first and second chapters got me so hard that i 100% them both and still play these Works of Art.
10/10. I strongly recommend this game to those who likes games for the plot, the soundtracks and gameplay.
In-game events that changes the story, the need to micro-manage every stats or event just to gain a specific item or access a unique point in the game and the fact that you see something new also after you finished the game only because you missed a single particular thing in the ambient, hard bossfights that require you to concentrate, a whole intricated story that is based nothing less than fairy tails and Easter eggs of the prequel every now and than during the talks with npc's, events or by just hanging around the different locations.
This is THE Game, and the Develpores, as a painter wants for his paintings, created something that should enspire the other game developers.

+Can literally kill whoever you want
+Can rape any girl, even the shopkeepers
+Multiple endings
+Cruel and dark

You're gonna like this if you fapped to games like Euphoria and have no problem with getting your heart broken.
It does live up to its name, black souls.