VN - RPGM - Abandoned - Erolon: Dungeon Bound [v0.15 Alpha] [Sex Curse Studio]

Played at: 0.15a
As of now, quality of writing and character development is very high, there is little to none time wasting empty dialogs. Protagonist himself is often adequately rewarded for correct choices along with characters' responses that give satisfaction.

Each character has its own development with protagonist, and it progresses very nicely. There are no sudden jumps in moral compass; relationship and conversations develop in natural-seeming way. It completes the facial and body expressions in art very well.

Technically it's rough, but functional (though I was never able to run html version personally), it's clearly unfinished, but gives player some freedom of choice and progression system. Dungeons are doable without any grinding, and it's possible to min-max (i.e. universal enchantment for everything and everyone :v) characters to overpower easily everything (I kind of wish some high difficulty dungeons are introduced for challenges if combat and crafting systems will stay the way they are now).

In the end, of those rare titles that have enormous potential, but were trapped by some unfortunate events. Devs proved themselves with greatly received title Insexual Awakening, I think it's absolutely reasonable to give them vote of confidence and simply wait for steady development in the future.

A wholesome game with cute characters, beautiful art, a story interesting like Final Fantasy and a combat system similar like Pokemon Myster Dungeon.
The designers are active here and listen to even small requests that make the game better like for example increase the sign limit for names. Thank you very much again.
If you like handdrawn graphics, RPGs and/or heartwarming romances than I can wholeheartly recommend this game.
I feel actually sorry for not having more money to support this gem.

Game even at its WIP state great artwork, a number of harem/romance choices, option for scene revisiting, decent story, covers many 'preferences', gameplay is not frustrating. The dev seems to connect well with the player community (even non-Patrons)

Definitely deserves the chef's kiss

All the girls are giant dorks, and it's amazing, "You like me? Oh, I uh left the potions on." That aside, the girls are all pretty different, and that's not all that common in games like this. Generally it's either text only, or limited to a catgirl or two. With this, everyone you bang looks different. It's pretty refreshing tbh. The only game I can think of off the top of my head with both loads of pictures and more diversity is Teraurge, but that's it's own thing entirely. It's a little grindy at times, but it's made in MV, so cheating is extremely easy. Great game so far.

Erolon is a simple game about dungeon exploration and very RPG elements. It has the relationship level mechanic that Sex Curse's previous game had, but in this one you get relationship level as you explore the dungeons, and you get scenes by talking with your party members at the town if your level is high enough.

Gameplay wise, man, I think the game has A LOT of problems, one of the biggest problems being the grinding the game requires. IA allowed you to bypass grinding when you had a lot of money. In this game you can't do that, and it's even a bigger problem because exploration can get tedious, and I don't know if it's only because my PC is a potato, but the dungeon sections drops the fps to the floor. Fights can get very repetitive, the first dungeon is way too long, to the point you will probably max your relationships up tot his build only in the first dungeon and, the biggest problem with the dungeon itself: All levels are randomly generated, meaning that most balance and design is not there.

However, not everything is bad. Characters are top notch. The magician, Elia, is supposed to be the MCs sister, but due to patreon you can't state that, which is a shame, Leru, the wolf, is amazing, furry or not, but I think the dark elf is a bit rushed due to her involvement not being a direct party member, and I'm still have to level up the "light elf".

Art wise, the base game looks AMAZING, I really like the art. My problem with the sprites, however, is that it's a bit hard to read their expressions when they are constantly moving their mouths, and even if they are not it's still hard to notice what they want to convey, this is particularly a problem with Leru, but I guess it's just part of her stoic personality. When it comes to CG, I'm not sure what happened. The first batch of CGs, ie first Elia and Leru scenes, have the same quality as the character sprites. But as the game goes on, I think there was a change of artist, so it looks different. By any means I think the later CGs are bad, even compared to the first ones, but the difference is a bit jarring.

Other than that, I recommend the game. It has a lot of flaws, but it is enjoyable for what it is if you have time and patience. I've been crawling at it very slowly, but it's quite nice.

the game is honestly great i like the development in relationships. the grind it a bit annoying but fun. the dungeon doesn't run smoothly for me idk why i have a gtx1660ti 6gb but people tell me it runs fine for them. the scenes are well made .

Some of this game is influenced competency or lack thereof, some of it is the limitation of being a like, 2-3 man team and working with rpg maker. I’d say it is relatively well done overall.

I'll just get the rpg part out of the way, since its the elephant in the room. There are some really cool concepts with the characters, like the paladin that uses health to heal others, a druid that helps you heal yourself by using your mana for a spell, a leader that manages turns of other characters.
A lot of creativity

-The combat is lacking in variety(aside from cool character concepts), complexity and presentation overall. Not their fault probably

-dungeons are too long, with progress too slow and tedious. Better in rpgmaker to have short(er than now) areas with more puzzles, scripted events and character development throughout...and faster more rewarding progression. Maybe one short grindy section in between. What i've learned form other rpgmaker games

-the rest of the stuff like the menus and crafting and towns are basic as hell, as to be expected







Story/characters

The characters for the most part are pretty good for an rpg setting. Effectively targeting a bunch of fetishes and “waifu” instincts which is what you want. This is the big strength of thi studio as a whole. Special shout outs to Liru/Leru


-The writer carries over some problems from IA. Obviously a lot of thought was put into the the characters background and how it would play out, daily life, and cool details about "what they would say" but either not enough time, or not enough consideration into making the dialogue sound natural, so characters can sound like robots reading wiki articles to eachother at times

-the above also happens during sex scenes

-the characters are endearing enough for the most part, but due to dialogue issues, their personalities can blend together at some points


The porn: the scenes are hot with a pretty good amount of CGs and all the positions you want.

-The art The cg's sex scenes seem to have a disconnect from the sprites. characters end up looking more "cartoony". A little jarring. Still, art is nice. I feel like some designs could be more polished to not seem as standard.

-The scenes could do a bit more with inner monologue or descriptions, but that seems to be a recurring theme with western games with some being better than others.

-The above mentioned dialogue issues also come up, the characters could speak a lot more intimately during sex rather than cheerful robot running commentary/full on discussions.




Overall, the theme of this game is "misguided ambition" a lot of effort and thought is put into the concepts, but the execution is clumsy, probably due to deadlines, having a lot ideas while not knowing how to work within limitations.

5/10 rpg(extra for creativity,) 6/10 characters 7/10 porn averages out to 6/10 or so. 3 and a half, but I'm giving it a 4. A decent admirable effort. Needs polish.

Pretty good for a 3 man team who haven't made an rpg before



Also I'm slightly torn.

I kinda like the "sort-of persona" gameplay loop of, do, character stuff, do dungeons unlock more character stuff, repeat. Nice to take a break after coming out of the dungeon and its like the fucking is your real prize.

But I also think it would be better to tie character quests into the dunegons themselves, like many rpgmaker games.

hmm

I’m giving this three stars because I felt the pacing was pretty poor when I played this. The intro was very long with no lewd content whatsoever, or teasers, to maintain the player’s interest.

Upon finishing the very long introduction, the player finds themself in a central hub of sorts. At this point you can run through character scenes VN-style until either you run out of character points or the character runs out of scenes. Personally, I found the gameplay pretty tedious and burned through the scenes as fast as possible. I felt like there was a disconnect between the game and the scenes, and it made sense to avoid the tedious gameplay whenever possible.

I feel like some of these problems could be fixed with some simple things. The pacing could be improved by having a little banter indicating sexual tension during the intro and dungeon scenes. Progress with the characters could be tied to progress in the “game” part of the game. The levels in the “game” part of the game could be shortened to feel less tedious. But as it is, this feels like too much game and not enough lewd, which is one of my least favorite things among lewd games.

I’m still giving the game a rating of 3 stars because of its obvious qualities though, mostly because of the mage character and the overall good art. Man I love how the shorts on the mage character are drawn. Longer in the middle than on the legs, damn. But anyway, this is still overall a good game. I just feel that it could be so much better.

[rev @ v0.09]

Art's solid.

Plot's freeform and open-ended at the moment and that doesn't hamper my enjoyment. Nice to not have a Sword of Damocles interfering with trying to get to the porn. The bit that boggles me is how the author managed to balance the insightfulness, derpiness, and likeability in the MC.

Porn was enjoyable. Needs more tentacles. Nothing squicked me.

Talent here, please keep it up~

PROS:

+Impressive characters and designs. Well made 2D hand-drawn art are always welcome in my book
+Engaging storytelling
+Great soundtracks
+Adult scenes are alluring and very well made. All scenes are static images, but don't let that scare you off, the artstyle and composition of the scenes are really enticing!
+Gameplay is good
+Game is using RPGM but it feels like you're playing a Ren'Py game. Its honestly very pleasant to play
+If you're looking for a well-deserved awaited wank, after investing time in story/characters playing, this game is for you

CONS:

-Dungeons and combat can be repetitive
-You will click a lot navigating the interface. UI need improvements
-If you're not into interspecies stuff, this game might be jarring for you
-If you're looking for a quick wank, this game isn't for you

10/10 would leave my farm for dem $$$$$ again

story: good and easy to follow.

characters: preety original and nicelly done.

gameplay: really well done. (just a bit grindy)

draws: really good.

music: well done.

scenes (all of them): really well done.


conclussion: this game feels good, fluid and clever gameplay, nice and well defined characters
and there is a lot of though on the ambient and draws.

this game TOTTALLY deserve your time and money.