RPGM - Abandoned - eNTRusted Everwhite [v0.5.8] [PickyPockety]

Version 0.5.8

Story - 2/5. It is incomplete so naturally I can't say much. However, it was abandoned in a state where I can imagine where it is going (thanks to the main screen) but for now it is just your regular school bully story in a fantasy setting.
Gameplay - 0/5. Like many RPGM, it is actually a visual novel. I would give it a point because, unlike many other games, this one makes use of the map elements and exploration. However, this shows to future creators many of the pitfalls of using RPGM: repetitive sequence meant to pad events that lead to the story.
Characters - 2/5. Maybe I ask a lot of a NTR setting but Trisha disgusts me. Not after the S route no, the initial setting needed more backstory for her to act from tsundere to innocent to strongwilled. The designs are okay but it loses points for making Ryota extremely generic; it is almost the most gyaru-oh stereotype. At least not UB.
Scenes - 3/5. What I read is good but what I see is bad. Maybe because half of it are placeholders. On the other hand, I must say classical music is a great choice and the slow burn progression makes otherwise generic scenes much better. There needs to be something else aside of following routes, which aren't particularly different.
Overall - 2/5. It is abandoned what can I say. The scenes are good but much better experienced through the story than the CG room but the story is plagued by unpolished features and bugs.

Version played: 0.5.8

Introduction:

This is a fairly simple and linear NTR VN, naturally don't play this if you don't like NTR because it's not avoidable, but if that fine with you here we go. It has roughly 7h of content so far (without the optional scenes). As usual a rating for every category and the overall rating at the end

Graphics/art: 3/5

Only the sex scenes are illustrated, there's no images for smaller events like you have in some games but that's fine imo. There's some very basic animation but it's mostly just still pictures.

The quality varies wildly throughout the game. At the start it's really bad, just look at image 7 in the OP it look like it's drawn in MS paint in 5 minutes however it gets vastly better towards the end, in the final scenes it's actually pretty solid art. I think whoever is in charge of updating the OP should add some of that art from later in the game, it's a little misleading otherwise.

Music/sounds: 3/5

basic stuff, gets the job done. During some sex scenes the sex sounds are too quiet and barely audible because of the loud background music, even though the action is happening right in front of MC so it's not like the characters are trying to be quiet on purpose.

Gameplay: 0/5

It's a linear VN, you basically just walk around and see some sex scenes and dialogue, no mini-games or anything like that. Some exploration (the "forests" thing) that's frankly boring and irrelevant. If some sexual content was integrated with it at least it would feel a little more interesting. This should've been done in Ren'py imo, none of the RPGM mechanics are used here anyway.

And now to the main flaw which is that the game is buggy as hell. I frankly have rarely seen something this bad on this site. There's several game-breaking bugs that completely prevent you from continuing the game and do not go away when reloading or reinstalling. It's such a shame because the game has some redeeming qualities but I'm sure that there's some people out there that dropped this game and never saw the later content because they couldn't get through the bugs. So if you're considering playing this game I'm gonna give you ways to bypass 3 game-breaking bugs that I personally encountered, but there could be others. Light spoilers ahead obviously:

1: when you go back to school and Trisha says you're gonna walk to class together, she gets close to you and the game freezes: you have to use Mtool as suggested by someone in the thread, it's external software but easy to use and seems safe, I've used it. Just lauch the game with Mtool, use the "click to teleport" option and that should end the bug, then you can save and close Mtool

2: when it offer you a choice between training and going home and when you choose to train the screen goes black and nothing happens: reload and go home to continue the game

3: towards the end of the current content after the when you have that CG that's stuck on the screen and prevents you from doing anything: press esc, go to inventory/key items/memory shard (that's the gallery) then close it and come back, that should remove the bug.

Absolutely unacceptable imo that the game is so badly bugged that you need to install external software to even finish the game.

Writing: 4/5

The writing quality is pretty average, not too many typos but a little repetitive at times. I won't go into more detail because this is getting pretty long already, but a lot of things could've been phrased better. I do feel like it improves towards the end though.

The narrative imo is this game's strongest aspect, it's a fairly generic bully trope for most of the game but there's also a constant stream of little clues that hint at some alternative storyline, with other characters. The game's obviously not finished yet so I can't really give a proper opinion but I must say I find it quite intriguing so far, and I'm curious to see how the storylines will tie together.

Special mention to the last 2 scenes of the current update,
Conclusion: 4/5

A game that really flies under the radar, doesn't have many reviews (which is why I felt it was important to leave one) and I just found out about it yesterday even though I've been into NTR games for a long time. Honestly I had a blast playing it, starts a little slow but gets really intense at the end. Would've loved to give it 5 stars but I don't think i can do that in good faith given the multiple game-breaking bugs. Despite that for people who like NTR it's certainly worth giving it a try.

Unbelievably good netorare. The corruption is at a perfect pace and supplemented with great emotional manipulation of the MC. I am excited to see how the two other girls.

I hope this game will not get abandoned because it is SSS tier.

You need to iron up some bugs, otherwise it's perfect kind of NTR.

This is the coldest breathing fella out there that creates brutal NTR (I wish for more trisha beating up MC content lol). Also i can't wait for the other two girls yuuki and ???, their corruption will be delish .

In summary, the game is fun, but the bugs are a bit annoying. I can also see that you really like writing, because some scenes are a bit too long (for me). There aren't many games of this type (femdom/ntr), so I hope you'll persevere and finish it. I also hope you'll finish Trisha S Route. Because I'd like to see a more cruel ending. The game is 8/10 for me so far, because of these freezes.

As a big NTR fan i really wanted to give this game 5 stars, but simply can't. No offense to the dev but aside from the very bland AI CGs the game is very buggy. The dialogue in the sex scenes still hot though. So i hope it improves so i can change the review to 5 stars.

[Review of the version 0.5.3, that is as of writing still Patreon only]

Well this is a weird one

One one hand this game is a half broken mess, it is very easy to get stuck
thanks to the many, many game breaking bugs (this is a problem especially
early on in the game), it is easy to move out of bounds and walk on top
of trees etc., the art is incredibly inconsistent and let's not mention the grammar and prose...
On the other hand, despite all of the above I found the game to be incredibly engaging

I need to unpack why, so essay is incoming

Some strong points of the game without spoilers:

- has a quite a bit of content for what is pretty much a prologue to the real story

- quality of scenes goes up with every update

- the girl getting the action in the prologue has a let's say a quite interesting feelings towards mc, she is a breath
of fresh air when it comes to NTR heroines

- in NTR it is important to properly build relationship between heroine and protagonist, this game is very good at that


Unneccesarily long review bellow

Very hot premise. NTR with hot females and a bully character...

If you like NTR, at least keep following this game imo. It's still very early in production, that's the only "drawback".

Also (as far as I know) the first project for the developer - the scenes are pretty good for this. Can't wait for whats coming in the future.

As for v0.1.0, This is one of the most perfect introduction of a game. no bullshit you already have a choice immediately although it only have 1 route for now. Seeing there's other route is cool. There's some bugs here. Which make sense it's 0.1.0 and not full game. Story is already interesting i hope the story quality don't degrade overtime.
Ngl i want a route where screw the childhood friend or gf. I wanna be hero shit and don't care. But you do you. I hope this succeed.

Only at v.0.1.0 as of this review, but it's already quite good. Kind of a slow paced opening, but that is really necessary for a proper NTR game, and that's what we get here. There's sort of 3 scenes so far (2 are variants), but they are really excellent; well animated, with sfx, good writing and hot situation. The writing is consistently quite good all throughout, other than a few minor spelling mistakes.

This has been a surprise start to a NTR game for me. I wasn't expecting much but if it continues down this path then it will be a good mystery netorare game.

I was definitely annoyed right at the start because its a long cutscene where you can't control the character. A big factor into that annoyance is the preview images. I thought I was still in the intro part of the game for a while since it seemed like we were being shown some backstory before jumping to the present. But once I realized we were gonna play through the whole of his school days before seeing the black-haired and white-haired girl it got better.

Great art and animated scenes. I do hope the other girls aren't blackmailed since it is not good NTR in my opinion, but works for the childhood friend in the story setting. I assume we will have the friend corrupted fast as a way to establish the bully as someone who has stolen the MC girl before, for when we jump to the present with the main girls.

I look forward to seeing this one updated.

Played on version 0.1 Rating: 4.5/5

This game initially looked to me as though it might be a cheap-ish netorare game. Giving it a shot anyway, it turns out I was wrong.

Pro:
- Good setup, seemingly good production value
- Music is picked well and so are the respective timings
- Writing is good, sex scenes are hot*

Neutral/Minor annoyances:
- Art is a mix between 2-3 styles with some definetly being done by AI (Characters are still consistent, except for the girl having big boobs in an animation when she's more flat than anything)

-Game is sometimes a bit too cliché in it's writing/setting, BUT it is still executed well.

*Currently only 2 sex scenes with one having a variation.

I will point out that I'm biased and like this genre and archetype of storytelling, nevertheless this is done well and I'm giving it 4.5 for its future potential, based on what I've seen so far. Looking forward to the next update!

Edit: Grammar