To start: I'm reviewing this not as a finished product, but as a work in progress, so I'm not going to dock the game points for lack of content (although I do have some nitpicks).
Here's the things I like about Demon Deals:
Here's the things I like about Demon Deals:
- This game's story is pretty damn good. It's obviously not trying to be high art, but it takes a number of concepts that plenty of H-games have done before (deals with the Devil, using powers to corrupt and seduce family and friends, etc.) and subverts them in interesting ways.
- The actual writing of characters is good, as well—the MC and the main characters, in particular the mom, are given reasonable motivation and show genuine familial affection for each other, in addition to the added layer of sexual tension.
- Something a lot of RPG Maker H-games don't pay attention to is the quality of map assets, but for the most part, the character sprites and tilesets all look very consistent with each other, and stray away from the exact same "default RPGM" look.
- The art is of a consistently high quality throughout, sticking to a unified art style with a cartoony, stylized aesthetic that doesn't deform characters so much as to make them unsexy. H-scenes are well-paced and well-animated.
- The main story can feel railroady at times—the game often has the appearance of open-world sandbox gameplay, but really, the only thing to do is to advance the main story. There's nothing wrong with a more linear approach, and I imagine this will lessen as more side content is added, but it does generate some odd friction at times.
- There are still some assets which feel clashy, even if the overall tileset work is good; again, I imagine this will be ironed out over time.
- The main BGM for the game is... weird. It's not outright terrible or annoying, but it has a bit of a "bad MIDI" feel.
- The hyper on some characters (particularly w/r/t the MC's dick) is a little off-putting to me. However, I acknowledge that's a matter of taste, and I'm not going to begrudge an H-game for having an idea of what it finds sexy, and sticking to it.