RPGM - Completed - Crypt's Rend [v1.02 Steam] [chimaLABO]

Disclaimer: I am not a fan of NTR. I am a fan of corruption, which is why I tried this. The double-corruption aspect sounded like it would avoid the misery inherent to NTR, so I thought it might be interesting. I did not try to get every ending, since I'm guessing it's possible to get heavier NTR than I got, and I have no interest.

For the most part, this is an exceptional game and very satisfying as a fan of corruption. There are enough issues that I only think it's 4 stars, not 5, but maybe NTR fans can just jump to 5. There's probably more content for them. While I did enjoy this, the rest of the review is going to be the issues I had with it. The good stuff is more subjective, while the bad is a bit more objective. In particular the first one, which I consider to be a huge problem.

Major technical issue: No skip read text. This probably isn't solvable due to the engine. I've never seen RPGM support this before. However, it means RPGM is a poor choice of engine. There aren't many scenes where being able to see the characters and move around really matter, so this could've been done as a sandbox-type VN. Most RPGM games here are linear, but this explicitly has multiple routes - you're expected to play it. And there's no indication when a scene changes due to different past choices.

As a counter point to this read-text issue... there really doesn't seem to be many changes. There's plenty of room here for subtle changes in manner and speech, and there just aren't any that I saw. The library area makes it sound like she would start calling him Lord Sadi if she's being corrupted, but she doesn't. Again, wasted potential. I was skipping over entire scenes and they looked the same, but it's possible I missed something. But the uncertainty is why it's a problem.

Much of the corruption uses magic. This is a completely personal opinion but I find that significantly less interesting. There are lies and manipulations, but much of it is magical corruption. Using magical eyes to charm a girl into a french kiss is less interesting than talking her into a blowjob by lying about MP drain (the kiss was still hot. But it's suboptimal, IMO).

There's a lot of sex that happens off screen and CG reuse, which is pretty disappointing. I'm at least willing to chalk that up to finite budget.

This game also falls into a frequent trap of corruption (and "optional" NTR, I believe). You can choose to engage with the majority of the content (and corrupt one or both characters) or you can choose not to, and get the true end. In other words, you can choose to play the game or not. There's no point in playing a porn game and then choosing to not see the porn.

This game starts off great with an interesting story /premise but issues quickly mount, namely the lack of CG and later when more corrupt scenes are unlocked they're just badly drawn static, censored images.

There are zero clothing options, and items do nothing. The game is like 2-3 hours long at most.

The game just feels very bare bones, a lot of scenes and corruption events are just completely without CG.

There is also a lot of unnecessary flashing. I'd give this a skip.

i rarely play ntr games
this one is great

Really amazing main heroine design
the story is good, the corruption is good and withhow short the story was, i actually like it. Dont really want to play NTR game for long

amazing game that kept me hooked both in the sexy department and the puzzles, even tho the 2nd game has way more content and scenes this one still my favorite, cant wait for the third one tho cuz it seems really interesting. Also i think the translation has some mistakes but overrall it works, and the image of the male demon is kinda goofy

One of my favorites, I love the fact that both characters are getting corrupted at the same time.

There is some reading/puzzle stuff involved, may not be your cup of tea if you just want easy quick CG's

It is a short lackluster game without any quality h-scenes, the corruption is kinda meh.

There are inconsistencies in writing, even if you refuse "kissing" the future story says as if it happened. Some of the choices mean nothing.

P.s. I spent just as much effort writing this review, as devs developing this game.

2/5

Has a good story continuing between games played its sequels too, good corruption mechanism and nice animations, female perspective neotare was nice the puzzles also good hoping to see its continuation.

I've played through twice now and really like the different choices and how that effects the story/characters. It is fairly short so replayability is built in. I enjoy this type of game where corruption is a choice and not forced (mostly). I will be following this game maker.

Fantastic gradual corruption, with simultaneous storylines that complement one another. If you like to roleplay the heroine resisting somewhat, some of the later submission choice work best if you did deny the demon earlier.

The plot isn't anything crazy, but it's a functional excuse for the gameplay gimmick.

Also, the game is not very long, so just try it yourself, you'll know if it's your type immediately.

I enjoyed this one, if I had to give it a negative it'd be that it's a bit short
and that I got stuck on chapter 5 for a bit.

The game also has a couple of different endings and mind control which are two of my favorite tags.

4.5/5 I feel that the game is too short but it does a pretty good job at conveying corruption, mind control and NTR.

I really like the art style, the general concept and the corruption... But it's like they fell a little short. As if a few more scenes and it would be just awesome. I would also like it to be a little more diverse as in Curse of Kabul. Which is full of optional scenes that show gradual corruption.

The game gets a lot wrong but at least the cuck gets some action and the love triangle (square?) aspect is a little more interesting then the played out, typical ntr plot.

First off the gameplay is really bad - choices are too binary (do you want to see the sex scene or not), vanilla playthrough has no added difficulty and just as uninteresting as the ntr playthroughs. You just run around and talk to people, collect things. There is one puzzle to figure out in the second chapter which contains the only piece of real thinking and gameplay. There's a big amount of endings but most of them are based on actions in the last chapter which means 90% of the game is a waste of time to play. Positive or negative based on who you are.

Story is okay - a lot of fluff but it may payoff in future games (apparently they are trying to make this a series). NTR in here is super generic and childish, there's nothing to really grip into here. At least there's status changes that you can enjoy after h stuff.

No voice acting at all, big miss, and although there is no animation a lot of games are able to do at least Live2D enhanced CG scenes so combined with the lack of va, the h-content is a little empty. Good chunk of scenes, though.

With the scene gallery being scuffed (the game directly tells you this on booting up), you are kind of forced to play the game at least once to get the context of the scenes. I recommend accepting every sex option until it's one of the last two chapters when the game tells you to start making multiple saves, and at that point you keep one master save and follow the steps to watch the endings. You will probably get bored after seeing two.

great game, takes yet another new spin to the regular RPGM games. this was a surprising play for me and found myself playing it for hours on end. The progression and pacing is great for what it is. Looking forward to the next game!

The story is enjoyable, and the art is good. But the problem with the game is the below average sex scenes... There are very few of them, are not animated, lack variation and sometimes do not even take the hole screen.

There's nothing really new for Corruption or NTR fans. I think it's a pass, unless you really are into "demon/succubus" genre.

Rating: 5/10

The best corruption games are those which are able to convey a gradual increase in tension.

This game excels with well-paced corruption.

Additionally, the double-NTR of both main characters getting seduced into cheating at the same time by the succubus-incubus duo, is a very fresh take on the genre.

The game is freeform insofar as it allows players to voluntarily choose how deeply they sink into corruption.

The game could benefit from being a little bit longer, but that's purely because I have enjoyed it so much.

The artystyle is great, I encountered zero bugs. The sound effects are generic RPGM.

I really like the concept and most of the execution but it had two fatal flaws that to me remove it from the realm of great.

I cant take seriously a chubby Incubus/demon....sorry but it cant, it kills the vibes.

The nipples. Sounds silly but both girls have a really sexy desing but those nipples are a joke and literally bring sexyness down with the demon that had one too many burgers

Very nice NTR game. My type. Various NTR - type endings. Even "good NTR" ending when both MC found their "new partners" and they're happy.

Short, you can finish in around 3 hours. Nice arts. Nice story.

Cons: lack of proper recollecton room. You cant acces to it from the main screen, even after unlocking it. And you won't get all scenes.

Thank god 'cheating' became a popular kink. I swear it's like the only way you can get some juicy drama in japanese porn.

What I really liked about this was how your love interest is almost like a resource you have to manage. If you do poorly or take too long, your locked up boy starts taking too many looks at the succubus.

I feel like it would have been even better if we just didn't have any control over Hayato at all. Some of my favorite parts of this story were where he protects you and you don't have the option to become corrupted.

You can kind of play the game like this. Roleplay that Hayato's being a good boy doing his best. Episode 5 really gives you a ton of options for this - there are so many branches from this point that it makes up for how short the final Episode is.

If you're going the corrupt Celia and pure Hayato route you get some, in my opinion, extremely yummy choices. From here I'll spoil that arc because it's my fav.


Four stars - made my heart beat in excitement and anger.

A game where I WISH there was a bit more resistance, instead of it handing things to you

Pros:
-REALLY good characters. The FMC is resistant to lewds and tries her hardest to not get corrupted, while the male love interest also tries his hardest to not get corrupted
-FMC has her own desires to "let loose"
-Pretty easy puzzles, but not so easy that it feels handed to you.
-Writing is fairly good from what I can remember
-CG room unlocks everything, so even if you miss something it doesn't matter

Cons:
-The whole premise of the game is "don't fall into lust/temptation of the succubi!", but there's not much reason to fall. Sure, if you fall, you can see the sex scenes...but that's it. There's no other incentive that would force the FMC to fall into temptation. No "I need money", no "I need that item", no "If I don't, he will die", etc. It's just "Do you wanna bone, yes or no?". When there's no wiggle room, it doesn't really feel rewarding to resist corruption, or to fall into it.
-Because there's no reason to accept sexual advances, the game can kinda feel like a walking simulator. So, you're torn between "I will stay pure because the resistance is what makes it hot!" (but not ever have it pay off), and "I will slutify myself and feel no personal attachment to this FMC".

Overall, its a really solid game that could do with a bit more polish

Great game, but it's pretty short in my opinion. Could use some more CGs and should help you in bits that would often get you stuck especially the puzzles. Sometimes you don't even know what to press anymore or you've tried everything and now you're lost as to what to do. But Overall, the art was great, decent sound effects, fitting music, just needs some more content to flesh things out.