RPGM - Completed - Eclipse Knight Saga ~Touchable Princess Knight Mary~ [v1.14] [Tsukinomizu Project]

This is a pretty beefy rpg with a big prologue and cast of characters. The story and world is pretty well done. I enjoyed the h scenes a lot. I managed to 100% all the hscenes. Most of them involve tentacles and monsters. This game has alarge roster recruitable after prologue with unique sprites and forms.
I reccommend the game for anyone looking for a beefy hgame rpg. The depth of strategy is surprisingly deep. 5/5 from me

As someone who was a huge fan of the Tsukinomizu circle all this time, I gotta say this one just doesn't feel like it has the same magic as the other games.

You still get the well written lore and fun character interactions that these games are known for, and for that I still give 3 solid stars.

But the H portion? Forget about it. The circle has always had more niche fetishes, sure, and may not have always catered to everyone... But the H in this game was just plain off-putting.

Scenes either feel very underwhelming or just plain weird (and "weird" is already saying a lot for this dev). It's like they somehow made the kinks in this game even MORE niche than before. I personally only enjoyed 2 or 3 scenes max in the entire recollection. Also, GONE is all the elements of battlefuck seen (at least a little) in previous games, which seems lazy to me.

Sad I couldn't really get into this one, and for the gargantuan length it is, I couldn't justify recommending a full playthrough for gameplay/story only.

This game is crazy quality and size - to me its second best rpg on this site. Roster is dozens characters.Hundreds of skills and items and huge world full of quests and things to discover.
I like how xp is mostly stored and you can distribute it to characters however you like. Instead of simply lvling up you can switch up tactic - if you like chalenges like that this is game for you. Unfortunately half the battle then is rpgm interface
Translation is mid and i dont like how almost all scenes are weird tentackle monster stuff but at least they are drawn high quality

At the time of writing, I'm yet to finish this game (probably only about halfway done) but I am impressed enough to rate it as is.

Story - good, but:
I'd call it a character-driven game. While there's obviously an overarching plot, most story is tied into worldbuilding or character interactions.
I like both the world (having a world full of sex monsters not being dark is nice) and characters, but it spreads itself very thin because of just how many characters there are. Even with 7 prologues dedicated to teams of them, I still forgot about a couple. And then you get another dozen people who don't even get that.

Gameplay - good, but could be much better:
It's a fairly standard RPG - explore, run around doing quests, upgrade things for better gear, end up having sex with tentacles. There's no battle-fuck or on-loss scenes. There's a lot of variety in combat styles as well as an elemental affinity system that's both more elaborate and relevant than most.
It's also got plenty of good QoL, like quests giving you stored EXP for non-party characters, good fast-travel and encounter avoidance, hotkeys, estimates for skill power, e.t.c

But it needs a bunch more QoL and it again suffers from character count.
Characters don't get any EXP if they are downed when encounter ends (horrible, just horrible) and they don't get full EXP when not in party. Most of them also start out having a few generic abilities that don't give a good idea of what they'll grow into (or give you a reason to use them).
Skills also don't give a clear indication of how they scale
The EX forms often have undocumented impact to your stats too (most just giving you a small buff in attack and debuff in defense, with others giving a hefty AGI penalty and halving your TP gain)

Sex - Great:
Starting off with an assumption that you already like the art.
Variety is great, descriptions are detailed and over the top (in a good way). Not much else to say about it - it's good and there's a lot of it in all the positions.
One gripe is that anything even looking like a real dick gets hit hard with strong mosaics (and vaginas but also only if they are open? for reasons?). It's kinda hilarious seeing phallic tentacles not get censored at all but a dick get so blurred you might confuse it for an ugly tentacle itself.

Presentation - Great:
Everything looks professional. There's a lot of character art (and it's all consistent and high-quality). Your party has battle sprites which change with their EX skills, if they are horny, or during attacks. There are pretty "slideshows" for repeating tasks or for post-defeat summaries.

I had played the first chapter of the prologue long ago when it was the only translated part and it left me quite disappointed. Now seeing that there was an actual game after it I changed my mind.
I played the whole prologue since it's part of the game anyway and it has some bits of the story. Also the stuff you get is given to you when you recruit each character. Nothing actually exclusive, you can get everything sooner or later. Besides that it's something to be played once and never again. It took me probably 10 hours just to get past it reading everything, exploring everywhere and killing all enemies (they don't respawn) to get as many levels as possible for the boss/es.
Once you are done with the prologue, the real game starts and you control Mari.
The corruption can be tricky to raise at first since events are gatekeeped by the amount you have but later on you can raise it very easily. Anyway, Mary might act like she doesn't like it but in the end she's into it. There isn't actually slow corruption so that might not be good for those that don't like from prude to slut in 15 mins.
The amount of zones is quite big. There are a few puzzles but nothing too hard. The combat is also fine enough, turn based, skills you learn by leveling or from events and many accessories to combine. There is crafting, harvesting, base building (not directly but upgrades). And it has lots of recruitable party members, each using a specific weapon and with unique skills and passives that can make them stronger (or weaker). Several of those party members and also other npcs come from previous games if you like the series (there is a post around that states all of the cameos).
The scenes are still images that change, with some sfx but no voice or simply stock moans. The fetishes might be a bit niche too, since the circle is about tentacles, futas and yuri. There is a little bit of bestialism and just 2 human male sex instances that I remember. There is also some loli and shota but shhhh, don't invoke r7. In general it's mainly rape, either from tentacles or silly situations that end up with Mary being fucked. The pregnancy is late game and the only depiction is sudden big belly when waking up and not even showing birth during the scene. It hardly serves any purpose except certain ones that give tentacle eggs or materials.
In general a good game with a fine plot, nice combat and decent scenes.

A new height for the series/shared universe from a circle that never fails to deliver. If you like the hentai content tags this work touches in and aren't averse to JRPG mechanics, you are in for a ton of fun, now with a quality translation to boot.

Rating a Tsuki-no-mizu game a 4 feels odd, but that's just how it ended up being with this.

The game has way too much padding, and the story itself also falls short of Nightmare Girls or Naedoko. They ended up bringing so many characters into the mix here that none can really shine.

Mary's corruption doesn't escalate as well as the previous FMC's would've shown in the older titles. Since there's very rarely any 'responses' from her on things, you don't get to see her responses get lewd as you progress.

Item grind/farm is terrible here, with our only source of items being a monster encyclopedia that doesn't tell you where the monster is, and no item encyclopedia for items that are only found as pickables when wandering.

My biggest issue with this game was the story. Unlike say Nightmare girls where the plot was intriguing and stakes seemed high at times, here everything was a little too casual, way more than the usual style.


The other big issue was the large cast, which essentially left Mary as the only character, since you cannot possibly focus on everyone. Comparing this to Nightmare Girls with 4 FMCs (and some side character stuff), Naedoko with 1 FMC and 2 very prominent side characters, this was a step down in terms of Tsuki-no-mizu's 'mainline' games.

Hopefully the next game returns to the formula that was working.

This is still worth playing, but for the 16-20h it'll take you, it might be a bit dry. As much as it hurts me, it might be worth just getting a save.

The circle eclipsed themselves yet again. They always serve high quality HRPGs with a wealth of content and sexy humor. Sole flaw may indeed be the prologue this time around since the characters still get enough screen time even without but personally I excuse it.

About the work specifically, there is a lot to say but also a lot to spoil. In the best case, one has played the other entries because they serve as prequel (especially Lily Knight Saga, Succubus Trap Island is the spin-off) and I think there are also cameos from Lady Knight Saga at least. After so long and with so many characters, please excuse me having lost the overview.

Chronically, it should be Lady Knight Saga->Lily Knight Saga->Eclipse Knight Saga but anyway, they are all, this one included (but especially Gemini) relatively low drama with more sexy humor and comedy rape. There is no deep corruption because the girls are all pretty used to debauchery anyway.

Art: 10/10 (I really love their style)
Characters: 10/10 (there are far more than 10 though)
Gameplay: Excellent Exploration
Prologue: Feel free to skip and perhaps read later if you like to.

Really solid game. I'm a sucker for JRPGs, and this is fun enough to stand out on its own even without the H-content.

This is a pretty long game - it'll take a dozen or so hours if you skip everything and play through the easiest difficulty. If you're someone like me who enjoys JRPGs and cranks it up to 'Eclipse' difficulty, prepare to spend 50+ hours going through all the content and sidequests and figuring out how to beat each boss. It's fun.


Gameplay:
Standard JRPG turn-based combat. What sets this one apart is the breadth of options available.

You have something like ~30 playable characters, and your active team can hold five. Some characters have a balanced role, some are more suited to do big damage, some are tanks, others are healers, others a mix of two or more. A mage might use staffs and robes, a different warrior character might use heavy plate and a hammer, or you have a drunk girl who throws coins and has a greatsword for a 'sidearm'.

Skills are also unique and personalized - my healer is a tree nymph who eats 'seed' consumable items in order to activate her buff skills. There's a nun with great healing and support skills, who can turn into a succubus demon at maximum TP to inflict heavy-hitting AOE attacks. Even one of the first characters you get is cool too - a rogueish girl collecting magic swords. The more of the swords you find while questing, the stronger she gets, and she can use each sword differently in combat to unleash strong elemental attacks. And elements matter! Soaking an enemy with a water attack makes freezing them with an ice attack much more likely, for example.

The large amount of teambuilding choices is why I recommend Eclipse difficulty for anyone who's a fan of JRPGs, since there's a lot of fun in mixing and matching in order to finally beat a boss you're struggling with.

Story:
Considering just how many characters there are to play around with, it's kind of impressive that they manage to flesh out the vast majority of them. All companions have story relevance, and most of them also have a quest or two. They also appear throughout your base as you upgrade, and can also occasionally be found in overworld maps as well. The attention to detail from the dev does a LOT to make the world feel fleshed out, and to make your companions feel memorable.

The story itself is a pretty generic one, but the dialogue is light-hearted and the translation is solid (no Engrish here!). It's been interesting enough of a story for me to want to pay attention over the last couple of dozen hours, though I've preferred the sidequest companion stories more over the main quest. Compared to the awful porn-writing of a majority of games on this site, this is a breath of fresh air.

H-Content:
If you've played any of the other games this dev makes, then you probably already know what to expect (tentacles, and a LOT of them). I'm not a huge fan of tentacles personally, but there's also a decent amount of other content to keep things interesting. Humans, humanoids, animals, etc, whatever floats you boat. There's also a corruption mechanic, where your main character gets more and more corrupted as they do lewd things. This comes with benefits too - at low corruption she wouldn't dare to loot from owned chests, but at high corruption she'll happily swipe it without a second thought. More loot for you!

Lore-wise, ero content is more or less a fact of life in this world. Getting raped by tentacles, or bugs, or giant frogs, is kind of common, and just something people get used to. If you're looking for more realistic H-content scenarios, you'll likely be disappointed.


Overall - great game! If you're here just for a quickie, this isn't it. But if you want a solid JRPG with some smut mixed in, this one will provide dozens of hours of gameplay. Kudos to the dev and the translators for this masterpiece

Not only do you not really miss anything from skipping the prologue, I actively recommend that you do so for your sanity. This is from the game's own readme:

The prologue of this work is a prequel to the main chapter, which consists of seven chapters.

There are almost no flags or obtainable items that are exclusive to the prologue,
so if you have already confirmed the contents in the trial version, etc., you can skip it without any problems.

We recommend that you play through it once to better understand the story,
so we have used a hidden command-like method to skip the prologue.

You can start from the main chapter without any problems.
You can also use the skip function if you want to enjoy the RPG parts and H-scenes quickly.

***How to skip the prologue***

On the prologue selection screen (the screen where you select the chibi character and start the prologue), you can select the main chapter by inputting the following in the order:

・In the Snow Country chapter, press the ↑ key twice

・In the Beach chapter, press the ↑ key once

・In the Eastern Country chapter, press the ↑ key once

You will hear a small sound effect when you input something or if your input fails, so use this as a guide.
(If you don't enter your answers slowly, the game may miss a decision.)

***Please note***

Once you enter your answers, you will no longer be able to select the prologue chapter.
Please note that you can still enter your answers even if you have cleared some of the prologue chapters.

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Played a ton of the JPN version. I'm also biased towards this circle's work, probably because I like their character designs, art style, and the circle's overarching world that's used in multiple games. If you don't know, it's one where the usual run-of-the-mill monsters are ecologically sexual predators that spare and reproduce with women but kill men, meaning adventurers are almost all exclusively women. On top of that, these female adventurers simply accept that sexual stuff and rape are the norm in their job, though they still all react differently to it (some still hate it, some are apathetic, some see it as a perk).

This game so far might well be my favorite from them, though it's still not perfect. The prologue introduces way too many of the characters you will randomly collect throughout the course of the main game and serve as side stories splitting off the actual heroine's own prologue into parts.

The problem is that the ero scenes here are sparse (one per side story usually, often softcore, with one for the MC when her prologue advances). They're also SLOW and filler-y. None of the side stories are interesting either. You will meet those characters eventually anyway, and their own issues hinted in the side stories are regulated to quests with little additional writing (i.e. guess I have to find and fight the rest of these ice demons, who are also just sitting in the world with no narrative prompting).

Basically, don't think too much about the prologue stories, and they are very skippable if you want to rush them. Bright side of this is that the cast is huge, with a wide variety of body types, and many of them get at least one of their own ero scene chains. This is similar to how Nightmare Girls worked if you played that, except that one character gets the lion's share of scene event chains this time (the MC).

Content varies wildly, from bestiality to tentacles, to birthing, to human groping and rape, to mind control and accidental pron (i.e. trying to help someone push through a trap, handle of hammer goes in butt, they orgasm from aphrodisiacs). This means there's not a lot of any one thing but there is a lot of variety, tho 90% are with Mary, the MC (girl on cover) and she herself wears a shapeshifting tentacle suit that gets a lot of time too.

Gameplay wise, it's actually kinda cool. There is one massive mostly interconnected world, but the game lets you instantly travel to hotspots via world map and is generous with locations to spawn (start of map, start of cave, start of resource hut, etc) and you can go back to the world map whenever.

Despite being an RPG maker game (and ultimately being unable to escape that fact...) the devs tried to spice up the combat with some complexity. Every hero is unique in interesting ways, some are specialized frontline tanks, some get targeted less in the back, some can't wear panty equipment, etc, and they all have EX forms which shift how they play. I.e. a phalanx girl pulls her greatshield out in EX mode, allowing her to use defensive buffs and attack skills that scale off defense. The ice spirit melts into a water one her EX form, using ice/water magic depending on form, but then the soak status effect from water magic makes inflicting the freeze status more likely, so there is internal synergy for some characters too. EX form abilities and perks typically use TP instead of MP, so you have a cool ying/yang kind of system there.

Lots of accessory items also give you good abilities, letting you give heals to someone without them, or attacks to someone with only buffs.

There is also a base-building portion which while not extensive is still something you will likely spend time on, and the currently recruited cast is scattered throughout the base (and many non-dungeon areas like towns, actually) with bits of things to say, which is impressive for an indie ero game.

Overall, I quite enjoyed it, and frankly it might be their best work yet. It's definitely not for everyone, but if you liked their previous work chances are you will love this one provided you make it past that terrible opening wheel of side stories or skip them (don't feel bad about skipping them).