RPGM - Caliross, the Shapeshifter's Legacy [v0.9.11] [mdqp]

Very solid game. Really above and beyond most adult games.

Great setting, characters, storytelling, and gameplay. I love the variety of the sex scenes and types of sex available. I also love that it doesn't veer into misogyny, which I see a lot in adult games with Female Main Characters.

Can't wait to see the finished product.

(v989a)
Surprisingly long and detailed for an erotic game, had the perfect balance between good erotic content and wanting to continue the plot. Has a complete walkthrough guide and cheat codes in game, for if you want to look only for the sex scenes or jump ahead in the plot.
Has between 30 and 60 hours of content, more if you want to explore all the different routes.

Not a fan of the combat system, pretty lackluster, or the CG scenes, but the puzzles and "companion routes" are all pretty good. A wide variety of fetishes or romantic relationships for everyone.

Well damn, this is definitely a hidden gem.
This game is far kinkier than it seems.

Normally smutty games don't even manage to make me hard let alone get me off since most of them vanilla with pretty shit writing. This game actually managed to get me off. I am very impressed since it happens very rarely.
The game has a lot of tags actually, far more than the op implies. There is slavery, slave training, piercings, tattoos, humiliation, mind control, brainwashing.. to name a few.
Tags in the op don't even begin to reflect all this.

The game is using old version of RPGmaker, possibly 2000 or XP. Due to this you may want to download a program called: Sizer It will help you to resize the window in any size you want, default for this is F6 instead of the usual F5 but the size is locked to a couple specific ones that may not fit every taste so use Sizer if you find the default resizing to be lacking.
(To use it install the program, launch it, make sure game window is active, then press ctrl+window+z key and pick one of the sizes you like. Can also configure the hotkeys in the options of the program if you want.)

The game is also using rather interesting puzzles, you solve them with magic which you can use to move objects or do stuff like light fire. Very fun and a welcome deviation from the boring default RPGmaker grind.
There doesn't seem to be leveling in this game, instead you find trainers and items that can increase your stats.

Well, this turned into a small wall already and i don't really like building those so we'll call it here, have fun playing!

I really like the content of the cow girl. The plot of making money and seeking political benefits for the master is unique. I hope to add more content in this area.
The disadvantage is too few pictures, many places have no pictures, only black screen.
For this content is very large game, hope to add some pictures.

Even if there is no pornography, this is still a good game.
I kinda like to avoid all sex scene when playing "F95 games" but do tons of lewd stuff in triple A games. (what a paradox)
This game is great cause the story is driving by it's own purpose. Not like some Japan games which everything is just meant to make sexuality happen. Making the whole story nonsense.
And spells can interact with the environment, it is just like playing DIVINE divinity 1and2 , make you feel like a wizard.
no "actual" CG though
Afterall Totally worth playing .

My introduction into porn gaming Bit too much nostalgia.

The best part are the many many fetishes you can live out, all on the opposite side of vanilla, while also not breaking the taboos (pedo, scat, necro, etc). So its in the perfect middle for that.

Only con I can really think of is the Art, if youre not into that. I do like it, but look at some screenshots to determin if its for you.

The only issue that I have is that I have to replay it from the start everytime an update hits and cant get very far because it is VERY good. Suffering from success imo.

Game that caters to my fetishes extremely well!

• dom MC gets subverted by a sub (particularly the sub route for the slave you can buy, Jin)
• powerful MC getting turned into pets (related to the first point, but this one's more generic, and has multiple paths related to it)
• body modification (some forced)

Great game
Caliross isn't one of the many shitty female protagonist rpgm games, this gives me hope for the genre, I recommend you give it a try.

Pros

• Actually has a story and well defined lore
• It has a few rpgm battles, however they aren't filler if that makes sense. What I mean is that you aren't forced to go through an absurd amount of pointless and repetitive battles.
• Fun and varied gameplay, I loved the temples and when I needed help with it I just checked the walkthrough the dev kindly created.
• Nice Art, there is a bunch of cgs(400ish in the gallery but I think about 100-200 are unique) I don't mind the cgs shown on the game page on f95 but there are other better ones in game.
• I like the customization
• The dev has written alot for this game, some of the H scenes have about a paragraph dedicated to them, I believe this is a positive. Some may not like this but it's better than the alternative of a shitty story and gameplay with a CG.
• This game is made by an experienced/good dev, I don't know how to justify this point nut trust me you as you play through the game.

Cons

• The stat system of Willpower, Inhibition and Intelligence. This system is probably what I dislike most about this game. I understand what the author was going for but it undermines the rest of the gameplay experience, I don't believe it should be removed, however it should be overhauled.
• You can easily be railroaded into be complete submissive slut if your not careful.
• A lot of bugs, you have to use different save slots and save them often to counter them. Ex I randomly got all the traits in the game and some other stuff, I went back to a save from 30 minutes prior, I don't know what caused this.
• The paths. Though they are loved and add a lot to the game, you are pretty much railroaded into them one you start them and they change you character, I understand this is one of the main motifs of the game, however there should atleast be options other than avoiding the path(And missing out on alot) or being railroaded down the path.
• The main/early game needs more content. A lot of the content comes from paths in this game(Ex cowgirl, ponygirl, Sonya route), a player misses out on alot if they elect to not do a route. There should be a bit more focus on the main game. I think this would help the game grow, especially if some of the scenes are early into the game. One last thing is to have the ability to access the CGs you missed when you skipped a route, this can be done through the gallery or better yet in game. An example would be if you skip the Sonya route(Because your forced to get hynotised and get the titty lover trait, etc) you can still hook up with her(Seduction mechanic would be nice) and you can still do all the job events she offers.
• Finally, I understand one of the main themes of the game is hypnotism, submissive mc and corruption into slutdom but it would be nice to have more options/variations. For example why can't the mc have an option to dominate Aliza, why can't the mc find out Sonya's been hypnotizing woman into working for her and blackmail her, etc. Something like this would really attract new potential players, while keeping the old audience happy.

That's it, sorry if it's long I just wanted to provide an in-depth review to the community and I hope the dev reads this. One last thing, this game isn't the simple traditional H game, I recommend you actually play it, because if you here just to wank than this may not do it for you(But what I recommend is start with a low inhibition character, look at the walkthrough speed through some of the non H parts, get the sexual traits at the circus, then go on the paths and the jobs to get the H scenes, I also recommend going to Solina there are a couple of nice H scenes there )

First thought about the game was, while playing it a few hours: Why not starting with a story, giving some action?

Instead:
- You start in a big town and it feels empty. There are many buildings, but mostly filled with only uninteresting NPC's and nearly no loot.
- At first you need to work to get money, but those text scenes are sadly mostly boring. Just a stupid game mechanic which is wasting the time of the player instead of doing something for the story.
- It is not a sex game, more a text game with very few pictures. This I could tolerate if there would be any interesting and/or a funny story and also interesting NPC's. But was not happening during few hours of playing.
- Far to much running around with nothing happening and far to slow, the dash settings does not make it much better.
- The MC is a mage, but using the gun was a far better deal in combat.
- An Armor and Weapon dealer with only different shields...

I really hate Willpower and Intelligence. I mean having a corruption system, something like Inhibition going down is often in such games. But why having Willpower and Intelligence, just to get them down at a fast rate? Why having the option to choose high Will or INT at all? And no mechanic to get it back. This makes me angry. Especially while playing a magic user.

I like the idea of having spells which can be use outside combat and influencing your surroundings. Detect Magic, Push and others, but they far to seldom useful. I found a secret passage, but nothing can be found. Just a big red button with a game mechanic I really hate. I mean just get a long stick which presses the button permanently, issue solved... I found a Cocoon spell, but cannot learn it, the time just proceed. After casting few more times those spells, I got bored, not finding anything interesting or important.

I like it that the inside of buildings are not full of giant rooms. What I often hate in RPGM games. But looking around the furniture, there is nothing to find, same as in the town (and the first boring crystal dungeon).

There seems to be much stuff in the game and if all this get more connected together, woven into the story, instead of I need to make money so I can start sooner or later with the story of the game itself, it could get interesting. But this game is already 3 1/2 years old and I do not think it will happen.

High quality work, is my primary impression. A great deal of both depth and breadth even in its unfinished state. While there are parts that jar a little due to state/traits/etc not applying to a scene this is surprisingly rare given how many scenes there are in total. The artwork is well done and consistent.

While there are problems they mostly come down to 'it isn't finished yet' rather than bad design.

This game contains a main story which focuses on Erika (you) to find the truth about yourself. Caliross further contains side quests and side story plot lines.

The game has various kinks for pornographic material. This game focuses on mind control, hypnosis and other forms of corruption pornographic material.

Slowly gets new content each month but a well made pornographic game. Highly recommend people try. This game appears to be nearly finished with the main story but the developer appears to also want to flesh out the side factions and story content after.

Now its version 0.97.2a some of the issues have already been said in the old reviews. But I will talk about my personal Issues and why even though at the moment its pretty hard for me to recommend the game I believe that when it will be finished it will be one of the best
So, I played a lot of games from f95 (at least 100 in a 4-4 and a half months) and this is the first time a game managed to get me angry. When I played a bad game I was like, yep its a bad game, or a good game, or a meh game, this time around is very different and here is why. (some spoilers ahead)

When I first started playing I wanted to go through the many paths the game has to offer, the first one and the easiest to get is the cow path, It was consistent, entertaining and even after you finished in theory and you decided to go out of the farm continue the story, you were still tied to, needing to be or milk yourself every morning and at some future quest the game will auto take decisions because of the brainwashing you sufered at the farm, this is an example of a good and rewarding path that made a real difference in the game so 9.5/10 for the cow path the reason im not giving it a 10 its because it should need some more art, but I believe that is in the works.

Then you have the slave path. Oh boy was I pumped for that one, after you became a slave because you fucked up at blackjack the path begins, the things you had to do were ok, even though at some point you just smash the next button because the text is mostly the same, you had a slave competition which was really nice and at some point you have the option to remain as a slave for him you want to go out. Compared to the cow path, here you get nothing, it just reverts you before the slave path started back in your home and I was something like "That's it? WHAT?" the slave path takes around 20-30 minutes untill you have to chose to stay or leave and after you leave you get nothing. The reason why I am so mad Is that we know that the guy who wrote the script its capable of making a path you chose really mean something and here it meant nothing and lets say that if you did the path you got a lot of scenes or things like that, at the moment of writing, you dont get even that.

And besides that you also have a ponygirl path if you fuck up again at blackjack and did some noble quest before, but you will be in that path for a few seconds until you realize that the path has almost no content (only 1 single scene) and you can get out and when you get out, this time around you remain with something, its a slave bracelet that is perma equiped on your weapon slot and you cant take it off, also you will be in the pony outfit until you go to sleep (at least thats why I did to get rid of it)

I can talk more about it (the amount of bugs is magnificent) but I used this example to emphasize that this games feels like a bin in which are thrown a lot of ideas (most of them are really good) and just left there for you the player to understand the logic of it all while the creators throws some more good ideas only to be there.

What I do believe will be the best thing to do for the game right now is to stop adding new story lines and quests, like full stop, fix most of the bugs and add some more cgs because there are a lot of places that are just black screen and walls of text (I hope that the black screen with wall of text is only a placeholder until the cg is ready) and for the love of god, make the story consistent and make me the player feel like the decisions I make with her really matter, he did it with the cow path, why not with the rest? If she is dumb a a brick, make the story so she will do dumb shit , because in this way, even if the game is open and you have stats that go up and down and body sizes that change and character traits, I only feel that very rarely some things really change, this problem is because of a huge LACK OF CONSISTENCY.

And this is my almost angry review <3

I love this game. RPGM is janky, the art is fair to so-so, and other nitpicks are definitely to be had. BUT the creator has written a lot excellent content and player actions feel meaningful, which in turn makes me actually feel invested in playing and exploring the world.

Strongly recommend checking this one out.

V 0.97

I want to rate it higher but there is some obvious problem which should have been fixed after 3 years of development.
- A lot of areas in construction (because the dev is too lazy, dixit the in-game message and i believe it)
- An empty open world, either you fill an open world with a lot of valuable interactions or just reduce its size as it is, it's just a waste of time
- Barely any H-scene, even when you find one, you get one picture and a shitload of text.
- Nothing feels connected, the game desperately needs some strong story telling and link the pieces together

On the bright side :
- Interesting magic + stats system
- "Good" combat system (for RPGMaker )

What the game needs :
- A lot of drawings, multiple images per scenes.
- Some random events, maybe depending one the way the MC is dressed or her reputation or both (harassment and groping on the streets and more depending on her stats)
- Everything already mentioned

There is a hidden good game under that lazy draft, i can see it but i'm not sure i see it happening.

One of the best examples of an rpgm game done right in terms of the open world; sandboxing; etc. A lot of content and fetishes, rewards exploration as a lot of the content is relatively hidden. Great art and, despite how annoying it gets travelling around the town, its well thought out.

My biggest issue is I don't find the protagonist compelling. I don't understand her motivations and it seems like she just get corrupted at the drop of a hat (she was fine one second and a complete submissive slut in the next).
The world is big but doesn't seem interconnected enough while you explore it. Especially if you choose to ignore the main story, but even if you don't. Various npcs appear mostly in isolated storylines and the world doesn't feel alive or lived in.

Hello, my name is Siderophilia and I have played Caliross, The Shapeshifter's Legacy v0.95a by mdqp.

I've played my share of RPGM games, but none of them have resonated with me in quite the same way as Caliross. I saw this game a few times before but skipped out on it because I thought it had a dumb name, which was admittedly a mistake on my part. Taking place in a fantasy setting, Caliross is a game featuring a female protagonist and lots of non-consensual themes and mind control. With that introduction I'll rescind my usual paragraph breakdown in favor of listing strengths and weaknesses, the former of which I believe massively outweigh the latter.

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• A RPG maker game which does most things right, albeit the combat is just the run of the mill RPG stuff it isn't a major presence and what you get is decently balanced, there is no grind, very little running around useless empty maps, and most fights can be skipped with a bit of critical thinking.
• The game features heavily in puzzle gameplay, mostly in the main storyline, which is actually surprisingly good. A lot of puzzles are on the easy side for sure, but they don't take up time as to be annoying, and a few actually feel a little satisfying to solve.
• While the game is complex and can sometimes be confusing, there are some massive quality of life improvements such as the personal info and quest screens, which are great aids in keeping track of your current situation.
• Actual decent writing with a main storyline which stays interesting despite keeping the sexual stuff to a minimum. It didn't get me extremely engaged in the lore of Caliross, but just opening up a game like this to discover that the protagonist left home because she wanted to become a historian and learn of the origins of her people is amazing when you consider the standard for these games. Somebody tried. Can we have a small applause?
• Lots of side content which caters to a pretty wide (but not too deviating) set of fetishes.
• Highly customizable female protagonist who may undergo both psychological and physiological changes over the course of the game. 3 main stats (inhibitions, willpower and intelligence) plus a set of acquirable traits, bust and ass size, tattoos, piercings and more. The stats and trait system open up for a lot more than the typical corruption game advancing, and things such as your intelligence cap being massively lowered because your character is now a bimbo actually have you questioning your choices once in a while.
• The art is good. Not the greatest and it sometimes feels inconsistent between drawings, but still, good.
• Even when art isn't present (might be unfinished scenes), the writing actually works good enough to carry the experience on its own.
• There's a lesbian vampire lady named Beatrix who is all around just the greatest. She shows up for a glass of wine, calls you her flower, and when it's over she'll always carry you to your bed. Someone tell this girl she didn't have to hypnotize me.

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• The game is often ambiguous, there is an inconsistency in the display of eventual stat changes and sometimes even things like controls. While I can forgive minor stat changes going unannounced, things such as receiving a new trait really ought to be announced more clearly.
• The complex nature of the game and branching paths can make it hard to navigate and find content which interests you the most. Some content being hidden behind things such as losing a battle in an early quest really doesn't help. There's a link to a walkthrough included with the game which is quite frankly a necessity just to find the things you are looking for, but even that isn't all encompassing.
• Like a lot of games with non-linear storytelling, Caliross often feels inconsistent, and it doesn't do as much as it could with its impressive character customization. While NPC's will sometimes react to your looks and traits will sometimes have effects in new places you didn't expect them to, it is the exception rather than the rule. I also fear that a lot of the inconsistencies relate to things so integral to the game design that they can't be fixed without massively limiting player freedom, but things like the MC being a noblewoman who regularly works at the brothel without any reactions or a bimbo who complains that thinking makes her head hurt one moment only to the next decipher ancient runes and note them in her journal really bring down the overall immersion.
• As this is a game in development, a few pointers of where the dynamic content ends and where additional content is planned but not yet implemented could be really useful.
• Repeated usage of the phrase "meat toilet".

So yeah, that should give you an idea of what to expect from Caliross. In short, if you care for writing, mind control, or the female protag corruption stuff, this is definitely worth checking out, even if you've tried and disliked other RPGM titles. If you hate games asking you to expend any kind of mental energy skip it.

This game is a wonderful example of a good RPGM game, this game would never work in Renpy. Its main story has not a lot of Lewd things in it, the lewd things are the sidejobs and exploration. So you can get to filthy stuff quite quick and you really can pick and choose which way to go. Nicely done.

The storytelling is excellent. The MC has a goal that's clearly stated in the beginning and that she's always working toward, even alongside her many dalliances. The pacing is divided into "chapters" that each have their own dungeons and resolutions. At the same time, the smut is just as well written with a variety of kinks and waifus fulfilled.

There is combat, but it's over pretty quick and rare enough to be almost enjoyable. Once again, MDQP shows attention to pacing.

The extra content in this game is also awesome. You can join factions that will affect the world and your future choices in the main story. You can take up jobs, do a little worldbuilding, and form relationships. There's a night life and a day life. There's so much to explore.

I could nitpick about wanting more CG or wishing I had more scenes of certain kinks, but there's no doubt this game deserves my 5 stars and my $2. The production and creative quality of this project is on another level.

Surprisingly good game with well-developed game mechanics, good story and writing. The main character is likeable, the erotic scenes are hot, and the humor works. Sure, it's far from finished, but already really good as it is, and my only reason not to give it 5 stars is the lack of finished romantic stoylines, and the lack of the art during the adult scenes. The majority of scenes doesn't have any art, but the few ones that have, is really good. I can only recommend this game to anybody who is in search for a good adult game with engaging story.

I give five stars in advance, hoping the game receives CGs for every naughty scene. Otherwise, it's 4 stars .
CONS:
1) Unfortunately, the game lacks proper images for numerous erotic events. In other words, the majority of events is text-based with black screen.
2) You can make mistakes in story development for your character, and such mistakes lead to minor corruption (decrease of "Inhibition" as per game mechanics). However, there is no way to restore your corruption meter (Inhibition)--or at least I have not found any (except cheating).
3) In most cases, you can avoid major character-changing events (sorry, no spoilers) only by ignoring them, but not by making choices or smart thinking.
4) The game implements "love" with some NPCs, but lacks relationship development after falling in love.
5) Minor bugs (which are constantly corrected, though)

PROS:
0) One of the rarest things nowadays in RPG Maker games: you don't need to run through million miles of empty space or thoroughly painted but dead landscape. Everything is compact, nice and in its place.
1) Many-many sexy women (I would give 6 stars for the whole idea of bringing them all).
2) The text itself is very good, even for my taste (as I really don't like text-based only games and almost never play them).
3) Corruption is (almost) optional.
4) Game mechanics with spell interactions is fine.
5) The game is being actively developed, new content is added, old content is expanded, so hopefully many things will change to good.