RPGM - Harem in Another World [v0.801] [Jong Games]

Astoundingly above average

Usually don't trust games that are rated under 4 stars but this one always caught my eye because of the art. After playing I can definitely say that this is one of the games of all time.

If you're looking for a more serious fantasy or isekai story, this won't be that, nor will it be really immersive as the world seems to be a mickey mouse clown world where things don't really make much sense past "it's funny" or "it's convenient". Also, for a game that does not take itself seriously, the random bits of more serious social commentary from racist religious propaganda and corrupt elites to "rich people bad" felt very jarring despite the fact that kinda based.

The game itself is a walking simulator through and through. The combat is a complete nothingburger, but atleast you can just get the gun once you unlock the castle and the memory crystal thing. I did not use the gun in my playthrough but honestly I do not think that my experience was any different or certainly any better for it.

A lot of the quests are just fetch quests where you need to go here and get this and then go back and its just a lot of empty time spent walking. This would be okay if the graphics of the world would not have been outdated before the year on the calendar started with the number 2.

The resources sprinkled throughout the land serve as incentives to go and explore the world but GODDAMN do i not care to comb the desert of the vanilla rpgm asset landscape for that last bit of iron I need to upgrade the master bedroom. Then the fact there aren't any levels, progression or loot you can find in the world to make your character stronger makes me just wish that you could teleport anywhere on the map since there is nothing to find by exploring the world.

Due to this I think that the game utterly fails as an rpg(m) game, but is just fine if you think about it as a sandbox visual novel game. Still, the art is up there, the writing is occasionally funny and pretty spot on, the kinks are right up my alley and the dev(s?) seem disciplined and committed to actually finishing this project and (at a glance) seem to actually care about their patreon.

In short, I've played heeps worse games rated higher so therefore 5/5 instead of 4/5 because I certainly think that the game is undeserving or the current average score. Am I stupid? Possibly, but I almost skipped this game because of the score and would rather have it sitting closer to the 4/5 mark to not have this happen with others.

Oh and if the dev reads this, good luck with your current and future projects!

Absolutely amazing.
It has a good story, the grind isn't necessarily that tedious. Like.
THE ART THO? THE SCENARIOS?

I don't usually actually care about the quality of the MC, it doesn't necessarily make a game worse for me. This one is pretty alright.

The graphics are pretty great.

Criminally underrated, this game is so damn fun. The art is top tier, it's got great animations and well written scenes and it's not bogged down by the boring combat most rpgmaker games have. The dev clearly listens to feedback and a lot of things I see people complaining about, like no autosave have since been fixed. I want to see more of the goblin girl, see doesn't have many scenes yet but they are definitely the hottest so far.

TL/DR: Annoying wimpy pervert MC and his bevy of lady-classmates get ported to another world and do random chosen-one stuff b/c mcguffins. Its a mindless, tropey, harem game that thinks it is really funny- but usually is not. Art is somewhat redeeming, but this generic 13 y/o looking MC ruins that too. Auto-battle system is somewhat fun- but overly simple and requires no strategy at all so it gets repetitive. Sexual content was pretty lame- its a harem game that led with two scenes of the MC tricking his classmate into sexual situations, a rape scene, and some whorish shop keep... Scenes were single CG animations.

+ Art
+ Some of the prose and observational humor is clever.

- Literally everything else.

Isekai RPGM where you and your school pals are whisked away after a mysterious ritual and eventually they get naked and you do a little sex with them.

One major innovation is that combat exists but plays on auto. They could have innovated it further by having it not go to the combat screen at all and have it play out on the map screen, considering it's deterministic.

The art is very good looking, but it tends to be 15 minutes between each scene and they're all one animated CG each.

Don't let the negative reviews sway you, it is actually one of the more charming and unique games here. It's funny without being stupid and the interactions are actually really nice when they happen. So is the art but there's not a lot of it. The mechanics are refreshing too, combat being a HUGE plus with the way it is done here.

Unfortunately, it also suffers from typical RPGM issues, like maps that are empty and too large. You'll walk around a lot just for the sake of spending time. Also most quests are fetch--this or walk-there quests, which doesn't do the game any service.

But all in all, it's more good than bad.

Story 2/5
Its all to vanilla and boring, theres just nothing new or fun about it, i wouldent call it bad but its not above average either.
MC and hes class mates gets teleporten to anoter world and hes now trying to find the rest of he class.
For some weird and idiotic reason MC grows a horse dick from traveling to the new world? makes no sense and its just stupid.

My guess is that the young small tittet girl whos to blame for sending them to the new world is also the evil boss that are trying to stop them, i mean i hope its not since its would be to idiotic to make it so simple that you wouldent even be able to call it a plot or a supprise but expected which makes story even less fun when you can see it coming from miles away, but then again with quests like go save a cat or pick up shit it might just be that low level of a story but lets see once it gets to that point.

Once in the new world MC claims a castle as hes own? no clue how that works but he then putting in alot of money to clean it up and make it nice, it dosent really make much sense really since he could get kicked out at any point.

Quests are boring as well, go fetch this and that, go fish to make some money and fighting is not a main thing its something to avoid? thats what game tells ya.....and yes the fighting is awfull as well since there is nothing to do no turn-based combat you just sit there looking and waiting for fight to be done and every now and then click yes to use a HP potion, so again just another boring aspect to the game.

As for the graphics its pretty shitty in normal play as most games of this type, i dont mind that though aslong as there is some good stuff in lewd scenes but it also fails with that.

As for lewd stuff there arent really much yet and even though you fucked someone and took their viginity your still not allowed to do anything with them since it goes back to the normal way of first a BJ then moving on in steps depending on relationship points or something, which feels a bit idiotic when you already fucked them once.

No auto save either so when game crashed and you dont remember to save it just pissed you off as well and no scroll back either which can be annoying as well.

Animations 2/5
While the art is good the animated are short and boring, when MC fucks someone hes dick barely moves an inch so there really isent anything to see and might as well just be a normal picture instend.

Music 3/5
Its the standard background stuff for games of this type, so nothing special.

Sandbox 3/5
Its the standard kind where you run around to do quests and wait for fights to be done, its just meh.

It´s actually good decent gameplay and story not just running around, great art.
Takes time between upload but doesn´t push it which is normal honestly it s a must if you like simple none fucked up games

I'm not a fan of RPGM games but this is a hidden gem! The story and dialogues and characters are great, the lewd scenes although few (as the game is still in early development) are marvelous, and the best of all: the combat is simplified, there's no tedious turn-based combat these type of games tend to have.

I read somewhere that the game is being developed since 2020, which explain some of the "old" memes. Yet I don't think those small references get in the way of the story, I myself just found two or three npcs saying dumb things like bruh or big chungus.

For those who for some reason struggle with the combat: you have a "cheat mode" in the ¿Recollection? room, that make you win every fight. And being an RPGM game you can also use some Save editor online to make your character richer or stronger.

Edit: I really don't get the hateful reviews btw, it's a cool short game, some people just want too much. Combat being simplified saves me the time of putting more thought than I should on a porn game, I rather not have to think or do every combat action or use both of my hands. If u ppl want cool turn-based combat go play Fallout 2, that shit is awesome.
I don't find the dialogues cringe nor things like that, at the contrary, having Sasha questioning the Main Character horniness and acting "normal" it's a breath of fresh air, I'm used to many trash games from this page that put their female characters as dumb whores.

My only complain in that regard is the lack of character "corruption" or "relationship", Kali instantly becomes your sex slave after you save her, Ruth let's you grope her boobs during the Boo-kkake quest and look her ass while training; Sasha keeps saying you are a perv and hating you for your actions yet she becomes an ahegao hoe every now and then, even letting you cum in her face & tits, etc. I think the MC should need to work a lot more on those relationships before they even *think* of showing him a pixel of their nipples.

Not saying the game should be slower or harder, rather that the dialogue/sex would benefit to have a different pace; or at least invent some mumbo-jumbo about the MC having mental powers that make the girls more disinhibited or "predisposed" to his advances (I think the Boo-kkake scene kinda pointed in that way but idk)

The game is fucking awful! This is the worst RPGM game of all time. How the fuck did they messed up the mediocre RPGM formula???

The game's RPGM combat system literally doesn't exist. It's a fucking autobattler with no controls, like WTF??? There's no turn based combat, so any enemy encounter is a fucking slideshow! Not to mention, the quest structure is fetch quest in the worst way possible. There's an entire quest where you have to literally fish into the deep waters just to get a fucking item. You have to literally interact on any surface / tile because the game sucks at highlighting interactive objects. So quests will takes several minutes. And they're not even fun quests at all.

The game looks like a typical RPGM game except emptier and more boring. The only saving grace are the art cutscenes, which looks gorgeous for being 2D. And the sex scenes are serviceable though the looping and animation speed is fucking slow.

The story is dogshit! It's a "self-aware porn Isekai" story but terrible. Like holy fuck! The dialogues are so FUCKING cringe! I've never seen a game that tries to sound like chronically online Gen Z. It's porn brain rot with no substance.

Overall, it's shit! 2/5 because of the cutscenes art.

The "Rome" - "Roma" exchange at the very beginning of the game is stupid and offensive, was looking forward to the art since all dialogues were all quite dumb and skippable but i'm not going to spend any more time this low-effort and low-quality game.
There's no story here: just cringe delivered via stereotypes, internet culture and memes.

I played v0.44
Pros
Really like the art
Animation is really good aside from one scene (where the girl is riding the dude on the chair, it is choppy)
Neutral
The humor and dialogue is hit or miss, some I was rolling my eyes, others like the with clown had me smirking
There are ways to improve combat to be less painful but...
Negative
The combat has virtually no purpose since there are no levels or stats to improve and it is just an auto-battle mechanic with no input so aside from the extremely limited pool of gear, there is nothing that goes into combat so it just feels like a waste of time
The bar mini-game was dull but would be tolerable if it gave more gold. The fishing mini-game was horrendous to control, at least on mobile, and getting to 1000 gold to get the better boat felt like pulling teeth
The scenes are pretty short for now so there is not a lot of tension or buildup to the otherwise nice erotic scenes

For things I'd like to see improved in future versions: if you want battling to stay as a gameplay, then it needs to give you xp to feel like you are still progressing in some way or gives more gold and there are significantly more equippable items available that do more than just give a flat stat boost to make the battles go a little faster. Mini games should give more gold so you don't have to spend as much time on them or they should be more entertaining as a gameplay mechanic. Even if it's playing blackjack at a gambling table or something I feel would be better than the current ones that have you click the screen mindlessly and intermittently. Hopefully this doesn't sound too harsh because I know the build is still early, just can see a lot of potential in this game and don't want it bogged down with clunky gameplay mechanics that bring down the fantastic art.

I played v 0.42

I quite liked this game. Great art, and decent story. Gameplay isn't bad; while combat is completely hands off, it has a few minigames to keep things interesting. Honestly, if combat isn't a focus, it kinda makes sense for it to be done as quickly as possible, so you can go back to enjoying the story and whatnot. I'm eager to see how the project progresses!

Review for Harem in Another World v0.42:

Overall: 3/5 - I am not a fan of RPGM, but I started liking this game until the combat and minigames started, then it just became painful to play. I assume there are players that like this type of gameplay, but it just feels to me like it was designed for 10-year-olds. The game needs to have settings to minimize the pain for players that don't like the gameplay style.

Story: 4/5 - Not enough of the story actually exists yet. So far, it's mostly a bunch of tiny side stories that don't contribute to the main story. The main story appears to be slowing unraveling a mystery around the MC and what little has been told so far is intriguing.

Writing: 4/5 - The writing is probably the best thing about the game. The English is good, the characters speak and think more naturally, and the humor is pretty good.

Renders/Art - 3/5 - I'd like to rate this higher, but I don't feel the art is what it should be for this game. The visuals during free-roaming are just default super low-resolution RPGM garbage. The art during scenes is good although the MC's penis looks like it's from an animal instead of a human. There's also some cheapness where each of the lewd scenes starts out with 15 to 20 lines of dialogue/narration with a black screen. It's cheap because it's obvious there should be 15 to 20 more frames of art in those scenes, but adding them would take more time and effort.

Animations - 4/5 - Animations loops are short, but they're smooth and they fit in well with the art style.

Sound: 2/5 - The music that plays during the game is usually annoying. The default RPGM sound effects are extremely annoying.

Gameplay 0/5:
- The user interface is the default RPGM UI which is terrible. It feels like it's designed for a game controller and it's just tedious to use on a PC. This game doesn't even provide a load option while playing, so if you want to load a save game, you have to exit to the main menu first. There's also no way to see how much money you have until you interact with a trader, which is really inconvenient [Edit: the dev pointed that the unlabeled number on the main menu is the MC's money, but still it should be labeled and on the inventory menu].
- Combat is terrible. Players spend their time trying to avoid enemies that can move at 2x or 3x the MC's speed while the player has only a small field of view. The only real combat strategy is to run away and avoid combat, but it's ridiculous with that small field of view and sheer number and speed of enemies. The combat itself is garbage. It's just 10 to 20 seconds of automated sound effects and mini animations of the MC trading blows with the opponent, but it's completely governed by a random number generator. The player can't do anything but wait until it's over. The payer can't even go to the menu and load a save game. Small animals like rats, bats, and scorpions are very overpowered and there are way too many of them. Players can buy "upgraded" weapons and armor, but they don't make a noticeable difference in combat. The only way to get through an area with many enemies is to carry a lot of health potions, but you can only carry 10, and in some areas that's not enough. To make matters worse, enemies respawn if you leave the area and come back.
- Navigation through the game world is terrible because there's no map. I'm sure the dev remembers where all of the people and locations are, after waiting 3 to 4 months for an update, I certainly don't remember.
- Earning money is grindy and boring. Players can find some money in crates and chests, and doing quests, but most money must be made by fishing or bartending. With a little practice, players can make around $100 to $150 per play of each minigame. Both games are boring. Consider that players need $5000 to do the bank quest and about $4000 to upgrade weapons and armor (which doesn't even seem to help), plus keep stocked with health potions that costs $70 each. Plus, thousands more to upgrade the castle. That's a lot of boredom.
- The Quest Log is sometimes OK, but it's also sometimes too vague and incomplete. For example, in the Horse Whisperer quest, it just says to catch the horse. After you catch the horse, it doesn't say you have to go back and get a reward, and the game kind of makes you not expect one since you are supposed to be helping the people to improve morale as part of another quest. Thankfully, a walkthrough is included, but... why not just put all that info into the Quest Log?

Content Quantity: 3/5 - So far, there's not much and the scenes themselves are short, but it's about average for the development time.

Content Quality: 2/5 - Scenes are short. They're too short to be very erotic. The game seems like it wants to go for the [text-based] tag. The scenes need more visuals and less of the blank screens with narration that reads like a cheap porn magazine.

Really good. I couldn't stop playing until I finished the version. The humor is on point, better than the average. Characters, dialogues and story aren't lame. Every quest made sense with the story and were fun. The gameplay in fights is good and fresh and I enjoyed the scenes too.

This is not a game for someone looking for a quick fap, it takes time to get into it and some of the puzzles are quite tricky. That being said when you do get into it the art and animation is great. This latest update (0.42) adds a lot to the characters and world. I think this game has great prospects. It still needs some more time to develop though. Seeing some of the default faces and enemies pop up can be jarring but they seem to be getting phased out over time.

Not enough games have this great hand drawn animation in them. It reminds me of what a legend. The art is so good I love. it. I like being able to build up the castle with the base building. I want to see more and that and maybe more customized things like you can choose decoration? Great game overall looking forward to more of it

Gameplay is pretty standard for rpgm. Art is very pleasing and scenes are pretty hot. Since it's a project early in development there sadly aren't many of those yet. I'm going to give this game a shot again once more updates are out.

Art 4/5
Story 3/5
Gameplay 2.5/5
Fapability 4/5
Originality 2.5/5

It's nice to play a game that doesn't take itself too seriously for once. Not everything has to be deep and dark its good to just have some fun. The art is great and the animation is really smooth. It's still early so I might downgrade my rating later but currently I think there is great potential and like where the game is heading.

I see a lot of potential here. Story might not be the best feature, but I find the characters and dialogues to be quite fun, and the art defenitely makes this game worth playing. The premises are good, and if the devs manage to improve the combat system and the minigames, as well as some other minor aspects of the game, I believe this one will be a really good playing experience. Can't wait for new updates, keep up the good work!