RPGM - Completed - Damon [v1.4] [BraverGames]

Held back by pure jankiness.

At core great concept, characters and tropes/events. Truly if the game was smoother could've easily been a 5star.

However the grind is wayy to long, the scenes are v slow/unskippable. And too many technical faults, my missions menu was bugged so played everything blind ( no issue for me) but right when I get to the end the game bugs and I can't proceed to enter the endgame. Spent over 10 hrs playing just to get cucked by the game in the end. V sadge. Almost had a 4 star rating until that.

The real name of the game is Grind, not Damon! The idea is good, but the execution. The game is something like a quest - I will interact with each item, get a hint and reach the goal. But damn it, how disgustingly implemented. What did Vaas say there? Madness is the exact repetition of the same action. Time after time, in the hope of change. This phrase is exactly right for the game. You need to constantly repeat the same thing, the same scenes with slight changes, which may not be there because you didn’t find something there, didn’t do something ... Everything is aggravated by the fact that the scenes cannot be instantly skipped, only speed up the text ... And you know what the worst thing can be? With such an action, a bug can happen and the scene picture freezes, and then only loading ... and if you didn’t make a save, well, replay a lot of time (I had to replay it once for 1 hour). Further, if you failed the scene (no strength, no object, you didn’t do something before), then the time of day also changes and the same scene can be caught the next day, i.e. either do something else or go to bed. But that's not all, there is the concept of manna!!! Ok, I don’t mind this, but to make up for it, you need to arrange a hookup with a doll, and so every time when the mana gets low or it ends (I remind you that the scenes don’t skip, they scroll quickly at most). In addition, to get the next power to advance scenes, you need to use the previous one a certain number of times. Cool, but damn telekinesis....how much time did I spend looking for the last scene...It really hurts me to play this game. I didn't have the strength to go any further. Deserved rating 2. Play at your own risk, only if you are GigaChad and grind is the meaning of your life.

The game is good, and as of now (6 hours in), I am expecting some content to be good. But wow do you need to menu through a long, LONG pile of unskippable scenes with the speed-up button and the confirm button assigned to the same slot, so, if you are like me and tired of watching the same awkward scene you are forced to repeat because progress is gated to a single character, you can also accidentally skip a day, or around 10-15 minutes of holding z through a handful of worthless scenes. It is getting kind of fucking annoying watching the same half assed shitty tease. It might have been neat the first time, but after the 5th or 6th required time due to 1 thing in a list of 7 that I goofed, its fucking boring and even more aggravating because I am aware there is quality beyond the horrific UI, interface, and setup.

Excellent puzzlework though a bit counter intuitive it fairly easy to figure out objectives and progress.

good art work with character progression being represented in cut-scenes

Very Very bad dialogue execution. This is the fault of a built in timed delay that makes 5 minuets of game play turn into 20 simply due to the forced pacing.

The story is clever and full of humor and playfulness which fits the theme.

If not for the slow,migraine inducing pace of the dialogue this could easily be one of the best games on the site.

I'm going to sort of echo Lgn332's review below - you need to make the modifications he listed in order to make this game a 4 star experience. However, to me, because I'm having to do all this fucking around, the game itself deserves a lower review than the experience I was able to create myself by modifying it, so I'm giving it 3 stars.

If someone does figure out how to mod the game to be able to skip any already-viewed scene, I will put this game at 4 stars. For this game to get 5 stars from me, the dev themselves needs to make all these changes (1-remove the need to fuck the doll for mana AKA make mana auto-refill refill every transition from night to morning or something, 2-speed up the fucking dialog oh my fucking god, and 3-let me skip shit I've already seen - a misclick can be a fatal 5-min time waste in this game since there is no rollback feature). I shouldn't have to mod a game to make it tolerable.

TLDR: you can today craft yourself a 4 star experience by making the modifications listed.

Didn't manage to go past the intro.
The text is painfully slow and full of stops that can not be skiped. Even with the w fast forward option.
That alongside several unnecessarily bright flashes made me close the game before anything could even happen.

I so want to rate this higher. Played 1.2 and cheated with saveeditor for mana points, and used w key to skip text I had already seen.

So to start, slow irritating start, flashes of a lightning storm will burn your eyes out. Text is slow...verr.....slow and pauses that drive you crazy. EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD READS FASTER than the dev thinks people read with the pauses and text ........it is difficult to get past, but I perservered.

Now the gameplay itself is pretty good, graphics are really nice. Better than your average honey select, the woman are beautiful and great outfits. The quests are good, and your little "Toy" guides you along with things.

The world is small (his house and yard) surprising amount of content, ...lots of it. Sex scenes are well done (excepting the slow text and pauses) and I didn't find any ability to scroll back at all. Especially with games were the text/pauses are irritating you tend to smash the keys to move on....and sometimes miss things.

First game I found that was a clear ...1-3 stars that should be/could be easily a 5 star game. It is completed, with great graphics, good characters, and plot. Sex scenes are great and lots of content HUGE AMOUNT.

But its, being generous, a 3. If they fix the Lightning, slow text, pauses, slow transitions when doing things, and have an ability to rollback I would give it a easy 5 stars.

Hope it gets fixed.

Version reviewed: 1.2

I would not give this game, unadulterated, more than 1 start.

But I am giving it fourbecause it becomes pretty enjoyable with a little tinkering.

The game if very grindy, and worst of it, you can't skip already seen parts quickly.

So, for example, you need to have sex with the demon to increase your mana, and you must see the same scenes lots of times. You can skip text partially, but not images.


To counter that we have first, the MVMZ_Cheat. You can add as mana as you need without having to grind for it.

And to counter the text pauses we have many options in this forum. I have chosen just one.


Cheat engine for infinite mana:
https://f95zone.to/threads/rpg-maker-mv-mz-cheatmenu-v2-1-1.12121/
https://attachments.f95zone.to/2022/08/2010583_MVMZ_Cheat.zip


Instant text and no pauses:
https://f95zone.to/threads/damon-v1-2-bravergames.152446/post-10305640

If I find some method to skip the scenes I will give it five.

The games theme and corruption is fabulous. The art and animations, while not top-notch, do their job well. The only reason I take away a star is because it is a bit grindy. Using the W key to "skip" is a must at times.

Still, highly recommendable game

Way too much grind and clunky. Cannot skip scenes and on top of that the text comes very slow with no way of speed things up. If these things can be fixed, then we can grind little more easily to get those proper scenes.

It's alright, it has sleep sex in the tags but the farthest you go is getting a blowjob from one girl in her sleep. The rest is all just light groping. Also a insane amount of grind just to figure that out.

What The FUCK man, First off, I'm not someone who hates grinding, in fact
I've played up to 80hours each~ on a few rpgm games. I spent around 6-7 hours.

So what is wrong with this game ?

• The grind is JUST too MUCH, so much repetition.
• The game works by making you play x amount of scenes to lvl up.
• BUT to even play a repetitive scene, you need to get through locked doors and things you can't reach, which cost MANA
• To get Mana, you have to do a repetitive scene with the sex doll
• And Repeat this until you get any progress

Now, that Might not sound bad to you, but to make you better understand how bad it is, There are around 2k Images total, How many do you think I progressed in 6-7 hours playtime, with Cheated MANA and double Run Speed?, 300 PICTURES!!!!
Oikou out. Sorry rant.

It this a good game? I have no idea, the premise sounds good but it's basically unplayable.

The text is so slow and disjointed, you have to wait several seconds for it to continue after every pause, that my finger got tired of clicking and I got bored. So I ran an auto-clicker while I read a book waiting for it to finish, it still took an hour to be able to get to free-roam and even then you are constantly being interrupted by slow-ass text boxes and have to go back to do slow-ass sex scenes to refill you mana ever couple of castings.

Yeah, a porn game so tedious I chose to read a book rather than play it. It's brutal.

I did like the art, and as I said the concept sounds really cool. The dev just desperately needs to add an instant-text function or an auto-skip function.

I don't usually write stuff here, but this game deserves it. Either way, is this game far from perfect? Yes. It has some bugs, can be quite difficult to figure out what to do next and it does need like a cheat engine to speed up time which can be horrendously slow at times... but does it have one of the best premises around here, coupled with very nice scenes and good writing? Oh, yes, and then some...

Damon is not a perfect game. The puzzles and their hints are not always clear and even though the 1.2 patch fixed some bugs, there are still some that may be game breaking. With all that being said, I still sunk a significant amount of time into completing it and found it well worth it.

The most faping game in recent times. But there is a very low rate of progression and the need to constantly view already open scenes. However, I haven't had such an experience since the days of Milf Control. The game needs translations, and a steam page with the ability to support the developer.

I played the whole game without knowing that you can use w to skip lol. Now that I know there is a skip feature I can whole heartedly give this game a 5 star.

Really, really good content. A little grindy in some situations, and even with skip for scenes youve already seen, for scenes you actively want to read, the text scrolls horribly slow.

Still really worth the play. The slower burn of the content builds anticipation which makes the ame very hot. It's written very believably in the context of slow corruption mind control powers.

Admitting that I played this for like 10-15 hours without knowing I could skip through scenes I already watched isn't the best endorsement I can give

It's a good game. It has some issues. Mainly the flow of the game is a bit slow. But the art is good and there is a lot here in terms of game.
Now that my review is over I'll just keep writing for a bit.
Honestly, all I can say is this game is worth a try if you enjoy mystery point click adventure games or games like Stanley parable. The more you play the more will gradually be unlocked. The writing kinda sucks specifically the dialogue; it's quite repetitive and fails to really scratch the itch it seeks to. But the game loop has a great feel. And I can see how much time and effort went into every detail of this games porn mechanics. Though there is some laziness around the mid section.
I spent about 6 hours playing before I got bored. But I will proly pick it back up in a month and finish. Easy 4.5 star imo

i enjoyed it so much that it got me typing my very first f95zone review!!:
the writing had me invested with the characters so that made my experience 1000% better
some things i would add for a second game:
autosave.... omg yall dont know how many hours i lost due to the games bugs... but its okay i still enjoyed it
for it to be made in renpy so it can be a faster game..
i loved it even tho it was slow as hell im rating a 5/5 would recommend hehe thanks!!!

Gameplay: A bit grindy. Could be much improved by skip functions for repetitive scenes (e.g. replenishing mana. any scene you've already seen before really. Perhaps just an option to set to ask, always skip, never skip repeat scenes.) But as a whole, decent mechanics. Biggest issue though is the hard pauses, though there are some files in the comments you can grab to eliminate those. Greatly improves game quality.
While I'm not sure how much of the bugs and random freezes have been fixed in1.2, those are also a bit annoying.
A teleport or run speed adjustment feature could also be nice when you're trying to figure out what you need to do next.
Skipping the entire intro (and perhaps option to stick with all default character names outright instead of one-by-one) would also be nice, but not really an issue unless you really need to restart the game because maybe you were using v1.0 and naively inspected the washer before saving and sacrificed your game screen to the void.

Art: Average to Good. I'm not super picky, but others have pointed out ways the art could be improved. Good variety though so I'm good on this point.

Story: Pretty solid. It could be nice to see some more "evidence of corruption" in miscellaneous dialogue as you progress.

Overall: It's a little clunky, but there's a decent bit of content and the art is passable to good, depending on how keen an eye you have for the details there. I feel like the quality of mechanics and art could be improved upon to bring this up to a solid 4 star game, maybe even as far as a 5. But as is (assuming v1.2 has fixed most of the annoying bugs, since I played 1.0) I can only give it 3. Unlikely I'd replay to check quality of life improvements though. I'd say it's worth playing sometime though, even as is. Just has a lot of what I feel are obvious room for improvements.