RPGM - Completed - Enishia and the Binding Brand [v1.06 Steam] [Shimobashira Workshop]

Played right after release with MTool, this translation is much better HUH.

As for game - an excellent lewd work from excellent dev. It might seem like a "Ambrosia" copy-paste, but I don't mind.

Well paced corruption RPGM game with a lot of scenes, it's enought for 5 of 5 score.

More of the same concerning Ambrosia and Celesphonia, which isn't a bad thing. From the get-go this feels a little more grindy to get stats going, though, and similarly to the other two games there's a lot of extra stats and tracked things that feel like they don't actually do anything meaningful - like in Celes oral/vaginal/etc experience determined the text for in-combat molestation and nothing more, but as far as I've seen this doesn't have any and it's still being tracked. The gallery is pretty full, but in the same breath it feels a little weaker then the circle's other two games - better than average, still.

Combat gameplay wise there's nothing special to say, really. Similarly to lewd stuff, there feels like there's tacked on stuff; you can custom build two other party members... but the game also gives you two named NPCs (and a few other friends you can cycle in) to run around with, who actually have dialog and scenes and such, so I question the point. It's also a boardgame set up, which is apparently in vogue and is a little tedious to go through but a hell of a lot better then running through empty hallways.

Still, it's good. I recommend you play on relaxed mode, with no timelimit; the game gives you plenty of rope it seems with it, and actively encourages you to do spicy things to give you more time in the base game, but it feels a little unnecessary. If and when this gets a Kagura translation, I am playing on the MTL version, which is surprisingly solid and coherent.

I was a big fan of Ambrosia and it's corruption system and I was excited to see how the developers were going to evolve from their previous work.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed to see that this game is nothin more than a copy of Ambrosia. Which objectively isn't a bad thing, Ambrosia was great and this game is just more of it so if you dont mind playing the same game again go for it.

But to me , the fact the developers just remade the game with the only difference being the really tedious TTRPG style dungeon crawling mechanic (more on that in a moment) left a bad taste in my mouth. Like they could have done literally any plot and their corruption system would have carried the game for me. But the lack of creativity brought what should have been no less than a 4 star down to a 3 star.

The TTRPG dungeon crawling was really the final nail in the coffin for me. Adding a shitty RNG aspect that made it tedious to even move around the map made me almost avoid adventuring and exploring altogether. Which is a really bad sign for a RPGM game where adventuring and exploring are the two staple features.

Overall, this game isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination. But the complete absence in originality and creativity by the developers completely culled any chance of this game being one of my favorites. Though the AI translator deserves a big shoutout, the game was mostly coherent.

+Almost good sandbox, much of unexpected scene.
+much things to do.
+has clothes and shame system.
+good quest hint
+many ending.

-bit lame in exploration but it is worth to play.
-hope they give a more sex content

*Note: I played the Japanese version beforehand

TL;DR - 7.5 / 10 - Could be better, but still enjoyable.

Design / Graphic - 8 / 10
I noticed no improvement from their previous title. But I don't mean it in a bad way since it's already great from the start.

Story - 7 / 10
To be honest, I'm kind of disappointed in the story. It feels like they reused their previous idea for Ambrosia: the same old debt-trap. That's the only spoiler (and you can read it from the game description) I'll mention here.

Gameplay - 7 / 10
Again, I'm kind of disappointed *too* in the gameplay. It's indeed different from their previous titles, but I'm not really a fan of RNG (moreover, in a porn game). And the map made it hard to control the game so it's been a downgrade for me. The battle was nothing note-worthy. The rest of the game mechanic is the only part that I can enjoy for gameplay.

CG - 8 / 10
It's the same as their previous titles: you got 3 stage of corruption, in which all of those are perfectly paced (imo). The CG in this title is as much as their previous one, and it's quite enjoyable.