RPGM - Completed - He Who Vowed to Create a Demon Harem [v1.13] [Avantgarde]

He Who Vowed to Create a Demon Harem [v1.13]

I love this game, it's like classic RPGM with superb art and voice acting. But why 4/5? Let me explain.

You play as a failed special student called "brave." You try to restore your reputation but fuck it up, end up adventuring with a demon because you've got some god's power, and gotta save the world, of course, while building that harem.

Combat's standard RPGM style, with some pan-in/out during fights and a little challenge. But because of no real equip options, no skill slots or choices, you don't gotta think much about gear. Nobody sells armor or weapons anyway. There's a ton of grinding to level up though, if you ain't got time, hit the options and turn down the difficulty. The grind's all for levels, 'cause nothing makes you stronger than that. Accessories are the only buys.

Art is superb, the way they draw 'em is just amazing—lewd demons, big tits, nipples, chef's kiss. Game's got voice acting too, makes it even hotter. Too bad it ain't animated.

Story's pretty straightforward, with some sidequests like deepening favorability with the girls and shit, but just a few. Feels linear as hell, but the game's not short, so the story's more than "ok", just not amazing.

H-scenes are all nice and erotic, can't complain. But a bunch are missing, some just use sprites, dialogue doesn't always match the favor level, kinda wasteful with that art. Won't make the good ones bad though, they're great. Yeah, pregnancy stuff and sprite scenes are a total waste.

Pros
+ I can fap to this
+ Solid voice acting
+ better than 99% rpgm game
+ Decent story that's not too short
+ Superb lewd-ass art
+ succubus

Cons
- Heavy grinding for levels, no time? Lower difficulty
- Combat's braindead—no gear, skills, or many choices
- Super linear with barely any sidequests
- Missing H-scenes, shitty sprites, and dialogue mismatches waste the art
- No animations, and pregnancy scenes are lame

TL;DR: Nice RPG game, better than 99% of RPGM shit out there, with decent story and great art. If you're into demons, it's golden. Such a shame the scenes, dialogue, lack of combat depth, and side quests make it feel a bit hollow.

Just like Amelia's game, great design and a good idea, but disappointment after disappointment. Two stars, that's it.

The story and the game's premise don't bother me, quite the opposite, but as you progress you feel like there's no real development between the girls and the protagonist. Suddenly the girls are telling you they've slept with him a thousand times and are addicted to his dick, but we haven't actually seen anything. The girls' romantic development is barely noticeable; in one scene you see something interesting with their personalities intact, and in the next they're already in love with him.

I don't know, guys, they give them time for dialogue and everything, but you always feel like scenes are missing, you always feel like you've skipped something. I don't know, the synopsis and the beginning of the game sold it as non-stop action, but then you get past the halfway point, hours go by, and you feel like you haven't seen anything. You wonder when the eroge starts, hahaha.

Well, I don't have much more to say. It was a game that promised a lot, but delivered far too little. Less than half the scenes are worthwhile because before you know it, the girls are already in love with the protagonist, and you're just like, "WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?"

SLOW game with i worry rape as mandatory way to progress?
basically i walk the girl places
and she still don't like me all that much
and according to some guide i need to lose fight to unlock things?
why would i willingly lose fight...
not to mention i worry in order to advance with girl i need to get her raped by monsters??

i don't wanna grind more affection than i currentlyhave and i don't rl wanna play it

Technical issue
game didn't run on my PC but i menaged to run it with joyplay

What i would like to be better?
1st demon bitch should be free and guide you to things
not to mention should have some sex scenes already there
as game is now i m basically quiting without even unlocking single sex scene just to have idea if game is worth the grind
i suspect it isn't as its often the case

Very solid remarkable game among the RPG 2d genre.
It's one of few i came across, which provide entertainment in every aspect that makes a game interesting for me: art, gameplay, h-scenes, story, heroines with personalities, voice acting. Even MC to some extend, here he's a little bit of a douchebag , but it's bearable.

I can't say the game doesn't have flaws, but they are more in a way what the game is missing, for example:
-Lack of equipment. It has only levels to progress with and few skills, which you can find in various locations further into the story. Where are the weapons, armors, rings, the randomised aspect of drops from monsters, which makes a game fun? The gameplay is dearly missing because of that, atleast there's many locations for exploring to compensate.

I am familiar with avantgarde's games and i think that's superior so far. It's just that not messing around with controversial tags like NTR and Blackmail can do wonders, and that game is an example. While on the otherhand you can never go wrong with harem/pregnancy focus ... well you can, but it's rare.
Anyway i may replay it someday.

The art is good, but no animation, but there is voice acting, and it's good enough to make up for the machine translation.

The combat is decent, but definitely has many ways it could be improved. For example, Rose is easily the least useful party member: the protagonist is tanky and deals the 2nd most damage, Lyla deals the most damage by far and applies strong debuffs, Mia is the healer and provides strong buffs, which is useful up until end game when bosses start dispelling all buffs every turn. As for Rose, she provides debuffs and a mana regen buff that can't be dispelled for some reason, but most fights are too short for it to matter. She's also the attack caster, but her spells are barely any stronger than her basic attack, so they're only worth casting on trash enemies for AoE damage.

The accessories are unfortunately pretty linear: you basically just use the newest ones you got because they're the relevant ones for the newest area, so there's really no room for customization.

TL;DR: It's a good adult game, but a not-so-great RPG.

Good artwork, nice story with some options (Harem or not), plenty of scenes and I liked the voice actors. There's a few things that makes me not give it 5 star which is-

- The occasional poetry (it's pretty rare tho and still one of the best translated games I've played).
-The affection system may unlock scenes, but it doesn't affect old ones so when you go to the hotel to do lewd stuff, they still behave as it's the first time and talk trash, even if they are pregnant.
-Pregnancy is a game mechanic, not just an ending scene and yet nothing is explained after birth. They go to the hospital, no scene except some talking and then it's as if it never happened. Like did they just yeet the child to an orphanage?
In short, it has some minor flaws, but 8/10 would recommend.

I’d say it’s pretty lightweight and fun. The only downside is that during the segs scenes, the art is always the same , so it feels a bit lacking in those moments. As for the voice acting, I think it fits well. I’d give it a 7.5 out of 10

This could have been decent game. I don't mind little grind and demon girls look fantastic. Story is decent too.
But everything is ruined by shitty MC. He is over-confident loser and completely oblivious to the fact that no one likes him nor want to be near him. He abuses some power he believes he received from god to manipulate demon girls. Someone like him deserves to die virgin.

It's good. The narrative is pretty paint by the numbers and the ending feels too flat, but it's a passable jrpg that serves as a vehicle for nice art and fetishes I like. Combat isn't incredibly interesting but it's not a painful slog either, and the game is balanced well enough that you're never forced to grind.

I'd say if you're on the fence about playing, it's probably worth your time.

A fine game.
Didn't even had to play it, just opened the memory gallery - and it was fantastic.
I imagine gameplay/grind will ruin some of that, but the art itself is quite cool.
Characters are a bit too similar to each other though, that is disappointing.

He Who Vowed for Mediocrity (Review) [v1.13]

Total playtime: 2-3 hours
Number of faps: 0
Finished the game?: No

Game-play (2/5)
This is an RPG where you roam from one location to the next, fighting random mobs and some random bosses. The gameplay is very basic, no-depth, and grindy. It is actually very difficult to lose. But you need to lose to unlock some scenes. Overall, the gameplay is boring, I couldn't handle it more than 2-3 hours.

Sex (2/5)
The art-style of the game is great; however, the amount of H-scenes are very few and it takes a decent amount of time to unlock the next one. Most of the H-scenes are just 1 image where the heroines facial expressions change. The game tries to make up for the lack of H-scenes with voice-over but it's not enough.

Verdict (2/5)
This is a very simple and boring RPG with very few H-scenes. It takes a while between unlocking each H-scene and non of the H-scenes are fap worthy. Essentially, you spend around 30 minutes of very boring gameplay between 1 H-image with a great art-style that has lots of voice-over. Not worth the time.

Why only 2 categories (game-play and sex) for the review?
I only care about how good and entertaining the game-play (mechanics, replay-ability, enjoyment, etc.) and whether I can fap to the h-scenes. The rest doesn't matter to me.

If you are looking for non-NTR Avantgarde feature game, this is for you!
Included tags(that I enjoy): Pregnancy, Harem, Male Protagonist, and Corruption (but the good kind).

Story is straightforward, as you are a Hero within a world of other Heroes, trying to dethrone the demon overlords who are for some reason, peaceful. You were blessed at a young age of controlling demons, which are the love interest in this game. This game's story whilst straightforward, is satisfying as it has happy endings which are always nice . The game also includes amazing RPGM features such as fast travelling, tips/help, and other useful features. Overall, the game provides a satisfying story with plenty of H-Scenes while also providing a user friendly experience.

v1.13 with GPT-4o translation

+Fantastic art
+Fantastic waifu bodyshape
+Focused. 3 waifus only. Lots of dialog and interaction for each
+Tsundere
-Censored
-Not animated
-Mediocre quantity of sex scenes

+Girls are fully voiced
-Can't rename MC. sometimes it calls him Theo and sometimes Charlisle

-Some bugs
-inconsistencies in art, specifically: girls can be pregnant / not. lewd tattoo/ not. nipple rings / not. And it often displays the wrong combo of thosee states

-Lots of walking simulator
-Lots of grind.
-Bad RPGM combat.
-Mediocre QoL features. (there are only 3 of them: fast travel. items that can let you take off/on nipple piercing. hold down s key to fast forward text. that is it).

I vascilated between loving it and being exhausted by the grind. I stopped and restarted play a couple of times before finally finishing it.
Although this might be partially attributed to the initial MTL being so godawful before it was replaced with the vastly superior GPT translation.

A non NTR game from Avantgarde, pretty solid hgame.

Story is pretty standard for an hgame as well, not that complicated.
Art is amazing, as per usual and gameplay is what you would expect.

Overall easy 8-10 hour time waster.

I do have some issues with the game, which imo is not actually complete. Probably because I played most of their games before but some of the "story" beats are too similar to that of an NTR game. It seems like some situations should have had defeat scenes here like the last boss. Probably some of their writers are used to that type of scenario. This setting seems more suited for it than "Furry Ear Girls Wont Betray", holy F is the NTR there crap. This game has clothes damage, a single self deletion item, and scenes with the heroines when you lose. Imo they had those things planned out but scrapped it for some reason. The things I list out have absolutely no bearing to anything outside of a sprite, one skill and a single scene per heroine. Pretty sus imo.

In any case, thats about my only gripe about the game. Not having some defeat scenes seems very weird to me in that context. And you could only go to one hotel for h training for some reason.

Very small side note, No I don't care that it has no NTR, as long as the art is fappable I'll play it.

At around chapter 4 it got really formulaic and stale and just stick to what works. or so they probably think it works.

the comedy is too flat. the dialogues obviously is way too long for what's supposed to be, the battle is practically auto-attack and skill-auto attack on bosses.

there's also no story. you'd think there's something with the MC and is able to "control" the first heroine but ultimately that was pushed aside completely and the two heroines after her just completely accepted it.

This probably has a lot to do with how steam refunds games under 2 hours therefore devs had to make the first 2 hours "interesting" to avoid the refund.

decided to give this one another try after dazed released an updated translation.

tldr; an avantgarde game that isn't NTR?!

-art is what you'd expect from a games from the same dev.
-cgs are pretty easy to unlock
-battle system is what you'd expect from rpgm games
-story is pretty wholesome by avantgarde standards

I think this is the best game Avantgarde has ever made. It has almost everything a man can wish for. The art and story is super good but there are still some bugs and error.

btw, the translation need to change but playable and enjoyable

10/10 would recommend
Art: 10/10
Story: 8/10
Game play: 5/10

Game play is pretty standard RPG maker H game stuff. The story is mildly intriguing but really just a driving force for the content. The Art is top tier. No NTR although a little stockholmy. Overall high quality game

This game is great, I am midway finishing it and savoring every minute of it. I actually read every dialog box (tips on how to understand 99% of MTL below).

1. -Art is great.
2. -RPG elements are entertaining enough and you can skip encounters.
3. -The characters are archetypes, but well made, it makes you want to have sex and romance them. The dialog is great, every character have their quirks and personality and they bounce well out of each other.
4. -MC doesn't monolog in his head more than a little, I hate internal monolog in H-games and I wish more games are as minimal as this one.
5. -The corruption is fast(no grinding for sex) but gradual enough to feel earned. They all start hating the MC, but as they are half succubus virgins they fall for him pretty quickly when MC starts harrasing them.
6. -The story is generic but servizable.

How to read MTL like a pro:
-Ignore pronouns (Japanese is contextual, most pronouns in MTL are made up, thats why female characters talk about their dicks - they are talking about YOUR dick without pronouns).
-Ignore tense most of the time (same as above).

Once you understand this about japanese you will get to understand everything. Example:
MTL: My penis is growing and I squid.
Originial: Penis Grows and someone is squirting. You can guess who is doing every action.

Super easy to play without cryptic nonsense that can sometimes be in RPGM games. The auto translation makes this playable which is great, but chops up the dialogue and story so it isn't too satisfying to read. You can still make this out to be an average harem and it has nice romance elements. I like that the sexual kinks aren't too out there, like the incestual content aside, at most there are waterworks but it isn't too extreme. The art is good but there isn't animation so that's the only negative to it. It also kinda drags on a bit.