RPGM - Harem Collector [v0.56.1] [Bad Kitty Games]

First off, I want to preference this by saying this is a huge game. This really is a huge game with over 40+ hours into it. Doing missions to get stronger, interesting side quests, engaging harem members. All of these events will keep you busy with this game. So if you enjoy a lot of content, this is a game for you.

First off, found the combat to be fun. The game has many different characters that can be in your party with their own strengths and weakness. The battles are challenging as you sometimes need to think about what is effective against different enemies and how many items you have to endure through a dungeon. The only complaint is because this is a game in development, the special items and armors you need to collect three or five fragments to unlock, can feel frustrating as you don't know if you missed a specific item in a dungeon you can never go back to or the developer just didn't add it yet.

The harem is absolutely massive. If this game really does want all 151 pokem-slaves, this game will be massive. This harem alone will really take up your time. Thankfully, the missions and gifts you give to each slave are compelling enough to not get too grating.

About characters, I loved them all. As stated previously, the gifts and missions you do for each member of the harem felt compelling and offered sexy (and effective) rewards. Though my favorite had to be the man at the head. The main character. This is not your standard RPG where you are a wide eyed naive youth born with special powers and destined to save the world. No, you are an asshole who goes around enslaving women to recruit to your harem. (Thankfully, both your MC and future harem member have nice bonding events to not make it too dark.) Far to often in these types of games, you are portrayed as a paragon of virtue rather than the more realistically flawed person we all are. Their are times during quests when you are beaten because the enemy was stronger or better prepared for you. You are not invincible. Whether that is getting knocked out by ninja, or getting the crap beaten out of you by a general, you don't always win and this shows both a flawed character and leads to character growth for you get stronger, and character development as you are thinking of new ways to win a battle. One of my favorite moments in this game is when you are beaten by a demon from hell and about to be turned into a girl. Yet rather than fight honorably and challenge him to a duel, you decide to cut off his dick when he isn't looking.

EDIT: Aint really a harem anymore, more of a large polyamorous relationship. Borderline ntr at the level where my favorite girl doll gets stolen away by another girl in the harem. They see the mc as a sidefuck and prefer each others company. Turns out it was a patreon vote scene. Below was the original review.

despite mechanically being more competent than most... the story is just so over the place, and after so many time I get frustrated that the main girls I am interested in dont have their "routes completed" like, you will need a healer, and if you want a female healer who is competent you need "doll" but the girl haves no arc for flowing her path and its infuriating.

Currently in the mid 20s on v0.43.1 Princess -

I should probably start by saying that I don't generally like RPGM games, for a lot of the same criticisms I have with this game specifically. So I'll break it up into story/content and mechanics.

Story - Well written, though the MC wavers quite a bit between villain and hero and you sometimes can't really predict which one it's going to be in any given situation. Sometimes he has no problem talking women into his harem consensually, sometimes it's just straight up kidnapping and rape. The MC never really seems to suffer any consequences for most of it, some of which is really brazen, which I suppose I can only handwave away as being 'kidnapping and sex slavery must just be really common in this world, nothing to get worked up about'. The other characters are all fairly consistent though and have unique personalities, which is good when you're getting into the dozens of characters. The quests and storylines seem as good as a 'normal' RPG.

The sex scenes are still mostly low-detail, but I know how hard getting real artwork is, and the writing helps. Everything's clearly had a lot of work put into it.

I'd probably score it at 4.5/5 on the content, with half off for the inconsistent direction of the MC - I don't mind playing games as the villain, but I like that to be consistent both in how the character acts and in how the world reacts to them - at the point where I'm currently at in the game, women should probably be running and hiding whenever the MC comes into town, given his track record. A similar game, Overwhored, had a similar complaint from me in that the game starts to lose sight of whether the MC is bad or good as the game goes on.


Mechanics - This is where the game gets really frustrating for me, and why I almost always avoid RPGM games in general. The game gets lost in RPG bullshit and doesn't spend enough time thinking 'does this make for fun gameplay?' I'll just list off a few things:

1. Using the wiki walkthrough is essentially mandatory. Sure, some things could be figured out with some hard work and effort, but some things are just completely breadcrumb-less. For example, there's one entire plotline that gets kicked off by going to talk to a character sitting in a bar, who you have no reason to talk to. There's like ten different bars in the game, hundreds of background characters, and this character is one you can talk to earlier on and who doesn't have a quest for you then. Who is going on around talking to every background character every five levels just in case they have something new for you? The game does have something of a mail system which it uses sometimes, although the letters just show up in random spots so even then you might not even notice you got something.

2. I'm now at 26 harem members and the affection system is getting out of control. To get character bonuses and 'love quests' you need to do things like give them gifts every day, but the harem characters are scattered across almost a dozen different buildings. Doing a daily cycle of gifts requires dozens of screen transitions. Two of the characters can wander between seven different areas that you need to hunt in to find them. There really needs to be something like a gift dropbox at each person's room, and a mailbox for distant characters with you only needing to actually go and find them when there's something to be said. There's also a furniture affection system, which I understand is currently in progress, but this is another thing that requires 100% knowledge from the wiki, there's nothing in the game providing the info you need here to get the bonuses out of it. In any case by time you can afford to spend your money on that stuff you're probably past worrying about it.

3. Quest Grind - My kingdom for a savepoint. These quests can go on very, very long with no savepoints to be found, it's almost like they included them early on to get the savepoint tutorial in, and then figured they were done with savepoints. This is kinda fucked for two reasons - first off, dying to a boss and facing the fact that you now have to do the entire quest over again only results in ragequits. Second, I have to block off a whole chunk of my schedule before doing any quests because I have no idea how long I'm going to be stuck at my computer. It's also a huge motivation to not try anything until you've overleveled it, because taking on a 'challenging' quest is too likely to just result in being a gigantic waste of time.

The actual combat seems fine enough I suppose, though the above point means I'm discouraged from experimenting much with my party makeup. After all, don't want to get halfway through a quest only to realize my team's a bad fit.

On mechanics I'd give the game a 2/5, with it kind of feeling like a punishment you have to endure to continue with the story rather than something fun in and of itself.

I'll probably play out the rest of the current content and keep an eye on future updates, but it's not really encouraging me to spend more time with other RPGM games.

While one can easily denote a large amount of content to the game it suffers in two ways.

1 - A convoluted mess of items and systems that one has to navigate. I have stores of stuff and constantly having to jumble around to get everything lined out. It seems to have grown into a huge mess over time.

2 - Content hidden behind a greater frustration or a complete lack of any indication as to its presence. It has been denoted before that you'll need some manner of walkthrough. This is, indeed, the case. And even that information is convoluted. Which leads to the third major issue with the game...

3 - Balance: While I've not dealt with easy mode, simply playing the normal "as intended" mode shows a complete and utter lack of real attention paid to balance. This is not simply a subjective observation. On one dungeon the MC alone managed only a 36% hit rate for the entire dungeon. That did not include evade, which were much lower due to constant missing. Given I've done game testing before, yes I did the entire run of averages for the entire run.

Enemies, even when the level indicator had the entire party roughly 3 or more levels above, vastly outpace any damage the player is capable of dishing out. Boss battles are often dictated by having "just the right party members" in most cases or simply slogging it out in an annoying and drawn out fashion, eliminating the ability for the player to have the freedom to select party members. Enemy healing also vastly outpaces the players own healing. In essence, on normal, the player is constantly put into one annoying encounter after another based solely on the ability of opponents to spam abilities at will and quickly outpace anything the player is capable of on normal.

While I suspect the attempt was to be 'challenging' the balance has fallen into the trap of obnoxious. Add to this situation the aspect that the game has content that prevents the player from performing certain actions and it becomes even more asinine as viewing said content becomes far less interesting when factoring in what it took to achieve.

had a first look at it when it was 0.29.7 years ago. now even more content.. by numbers (0.42.6 as i write this) one can hope it's about almost half finished?
entertaining it is, certainly. with a twist.
if you like games with alot things to tweak and consider, you have loads of stats on loads of girls. enjoy. if you like games to spend long hours on, certainly the finished game will be just for you.
on the other hand; if you're a quickshot just looking for a fast something to drool over this one is definitely too vast for you. intentionally picked the word. not: too big.
you can play by trial and error, sooner or later you might want the walkthrough. i haven't played through the latestest version yet, lack of time. there it comes in handy.
the H is of expectable quality; don't expect a 4k-super-HiCam movie in a RPGmaker work. some more consistency might come in future updates..?

starting off with "ok ima get me a big house with lots of girls" was what got me curious first, been coming back to it every now and again to find there's more to do.. hopefully one day i find myself playing the finished version.

v0.42.6 ROYAL

(I have not completed all current content yet. My playtime: 14+ hours)

Hands down one of the best RPG games I have ever played. I think it has all the qualities that one would expect from a good/classic rpgm title. Lots of quests, puzzles, mini plotlines and ofcourse chicks to bang.

What really separates this from other rpg games imo is the humour and the details. There are a lot of funny/quirky dialogues with the NPCs which adds a lot of depth and entertainment value. On top of that, there are hidden references to some extremely popular anime, tv series, etc. which I loved (a harem of 151 should be the very first clue ).

Gameplay is fairly simple. You are in an open world fetching and completing quests. One minor detail that I would like to point out is that the game starts out with a quest and after completing it you can do whatever, kind of gives the player a starting point and direction. I know this the common protocol in most rpg games but there are a few in which you start out at zero and have to figure out what to do next. I find that to be extremely annoying, thankfully it's not the case in this game. Once you start out, you get into a flow and at no point in my playtime did I find myself wondering what to do next, there's always a quest waiting to be completed.

The quests can be a bit tough, even if you try them at the recommended level. I feel that there is a need to have a balanced party and you need some sort of strategy to win all fights successfully. So my word of advice for completing quests would be be atleast 3-4 levels higher and have sufficient heals and potions in your inventory because some quests are really long and can overwhelm you in the later stages. You cannot save midway in a "dangerous area" of a quest so you should be prepared before starting any quest, although in really long ones, there are save points in between.

Aaaand finally regarding the sex scenes. They aren't great but not bad either. Maximum of 2-3 CGs for each scene(some might have just one), which is good enough for me(as long it's not completely text-based i'm good to go ). The developer is slowly changing the art work with 2dcg which looks a lot better imo.

To be fair, this game isn't just for the sex scenes. It's just a great game all around. Highly recommended!

Obviously, there was a tremendous amount of effort put into this game. It has large maps many characters and quests. This is the only game I know of on F95 that one could consider to be an actual game. There is an actual leveling system, RPG stats, party members, quests, and other gameplay elements that make it an enjoyable experience (provided that you like JRPGS).

HOWEVER, I consider those 'deep' gameplay mechanics to be a hindrance on the game and not something that makes it better. The game is too convoluted for its own good. There are many stats, items, party members, etc. You actually need to strategize in combat. Many quests are in the form of 'Go find X'. And you really need to find X. Because it's not obvious at all where you should look for X.


As for adult content, you will be looking at the combat interface of the game far, far far far far far far, far more often than on any adult content.

The game is far more trouble than it is worth. And it's hard to progress even with the walkthrough in the Wiki.

For example, there is one quest in the very start of the game after you obtain the mansion that tells you to follow some girl and protect her. The quest giver says something along the lines:"She'll be going east of here". So you go to the world map and go east. There are *MANY* interactable places east of where you are. And you have no idea where you need to go. The walkthrough says: "Leave the Slums and head south on the map until you see a broken road heading east. Follow it to a broken tower and enter the area." So you go south and you go east and there is nothing there. Or there is something there and you are underleveled for it. There is no actual way to decern where you need to go. In the end, I just randomly entered areas until I stumbled on the correct one. I decided to quit after this quest.


TL;DR
Positive:

1. Content-rich game.
2. Decent RPG gameplay
3. Exceptionally entertaining writing

Negative:

1. Too much 'gameplay' in the way of adult content
2. Convoluted systems
3. Impossible to progress without a walkthrough. And even with a walkthrough, it isn't easy.

PROS:

+Great characters and designs
+Amazing storytelling. Very reminiscent of an old JRPG
+Good soundtracks
+There's a lot of women to choose from. And i mean A LOT.
+Adult scenes are very plenty; there's a lot of kink for everyone
+Gameplay is AMAZING. One of the few adult games that you will still play even after whackin' the ol brass knob
+If you're looking for a well-deserved awaited wank, after investing time in story/characters playing, this game is for you

CONS:

-Art style of the adult scenes are inconsistent and change a lot
-Game can be a bit grindy
-You'll need to look at their wiki a lot
-If you're looking for a quick wank, this game isn't for you

10/10 will buy a mansion full of women for my harem

If I had to compare this to an anime, it would be Overlord. The game focuses on [Insert character name here]. who plans to live all fancy-like and have a harem of 151 women. As you do. However, he had to go on various adventures for some of these chicks ranging from easy-peasy save the girl from so-and-so, to more ridiculous things that I won't say for the sake of spoilers.

HOWEVER! Please remember that although you are the main character, you are not a necessarily good character, thus the comparison to Overlord. But it had funny writing, scenarios that are stupid but for the right reasons, and overall is just a good game. Check it out if you haven't!

A fun and funny harem game of huge ambition and scope. I personally am a sucker for tsundere characters and games where you collect a house full of sexy maids, too. The developer is dedicated to the project and works on it consistently, which has brought it forward in a huge way since the game started development. It's a labour of love and well worth your time.

While this game has potential I found it more often an exercise in frustration than fun. It has a lot of RPG elements I was having fun with. I liked the idea of the story lines and I liked the essential game structure. My issue is this game just too confusing and the mechanics poorly explained. Too often it's not clear what to do next, what items do, to figure out where locations are, or even how to properly use the games interface (placing plants comes to mind). Even figuring out which girls are which is a pain as their name isn't even shown when clicked on. Also the artwork for the adult scenes was mostly not that great for the girls I had unlocked.

I ended up spending a ton of time in the wiki trying to figure things out but even that is not great in too many places.

This game desperately needs more in game guidance, improved artwork for the adult scenes, and a detailed walkthrough (the 'walkthroughs' in the wiki were not that great.

The game is okay but definitely incomplete and unclear and pretty linear at times. Its like there's false freedom. And at the start of the game they ask if you want 2D porn pics or 3D - and if you choose 2D then all porn scenes are disabled completely, but if you choose 3D then the art is completely inconsistent! Sometimes hot, sometimes the people look all claylike and gross - BORING AND INCONSISTENT!

I really like this one. Standard jRPG with decent quests and good plot. MC is stereotypical complete asshole who is only interested in fucking but unlike other games with similar tropes writing is good and violent side of MC is balanced with absurd humour so it doesn't feel forced. You collect harem of different girls who are quite diversified so it doesn't feel boring. Game uses pretty ugly 3D images, but they are replacing them gradually with pretty nice images.

hilariously addictive game... XD
but, needs more Quests!
..ok, i know its an ardious task sometimes..
and the developers are hard at it
.uh, um.. yeaah.
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ok, so i'll try to be patient
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ah..um..how many characters is this?
screwit if it aint at least close to two hundered freakin
characters by fn now..

?!Splooged Ver.28.8!?

It gave me info I didn't know existed. I didn't know there was a walkthrough, nor did I know there was a fricken set of codes for a lever in the mansion. May I give praise to easily but no on the receiving end of my praise as ever complained.