RPGM - Completed - INNOCENT RULES [v1.12][Leaf Geometry]

An exceptionally boring game in the standard RPGM formula that thinks you need 20 different tutorials in order to figure out how to play. You don't have to listen to the tutorials, but after the tenth time clicking "I'm not listening" it becomes pretty irritating.

Combat is exactly like every other RPGM title, and involves countless filler enemies that have no H scenes. When you do encounter a lewd enemy, it only has a scene if you intentionally lose.

The art is cute. Not particularly sexy, but it's better than some games and I like most of the character designs.

Story seems to be the strongest part here, if that interests you. Lots of dialogue. But the degree of separation between the player and the protagonist is somewhat strange; instead of being Ino, you're instead some disembodied voice that he communicates with. Maybe that'll make sense later in the game, but it's pretty immediately off-putting and makes it harder to be interested or immersed in the story.

disclaimer: i haven't played the other games by this developer, and am aware that this is a spinoff of a main game series with a smattering of references and tie-ins.

pros:

+equipment, battle mechanics, encounter design, and stat growths generally feel polished, consistent, and easy to understand, with some interesting hidden/special gear and abilities

+linearity broken up pretty effectively by occasional forked paths, items to find off-screen, and character interactions requiring different party members being present

+effective, non-grating soundtrack

+game length feels appropriate (doesn't overstay its welcome), and basic xp grinding is mostly painless during the main story (if needed) thanks to optional speed-up in battle and abundance of multi-target damage skills

+surprising amount of optional content, including more h-scenes and difficult battles during the main game and post-game

+feels like the writer (and translator) actually enjoyed writing the script and characters; easy to get attached to some

+being able to choose whether to view any individual h-scene and the added content warnings for some is a nice touch

cons:

-bearing in mind this could be a misunderstanding from not playing the other games: the ending suffers from a frustrating lack of closure and feels like an intentional cliff-hanger/sequel bait. strange to see from a game that's already a spin-off/side-story, especially considering how much figurative and literal world-building happens throughout the story all the way through post-game

-some in-battle skills have no description (e.g., "grants 'x' for 'y' turns," with no description anywhere of what 'x' does, even when using the option for additional information)

-late post-game content, while functional, feels rushed and unfinished

-while it's not at all necessary for the main story: optional ultra difficult battles, which otherwise seem interesting, are made much less desirable by the main post-game stat growth method being an inexcusably torturous grind, whether via battling normally, or by the somehow-even-more-torturous-despite-being-faster resource farming available as part of the bare-bones camp building feature

-with some exceptions, multiple (most?) h-scenes per character either use the exact same art per scene, or nearly the same with very small changes

neutral/personal observations:

-+if you're anything like me, you will still unintentionally flashbang yourself with the main character's butthole at least once, even with the content warnings

-+it's strange how few and far between the "game over" scenes are as a fan of that sort of thing, but it's not worth being upset about because they all use the same art as the companion versions of the same characters

-+i really wish there was a LITTLE bit of sequence breaking possible and some other small touches to make NG+ a little bit more appealing, since the game length and optional challenges make it feel ripe for that sort of thing

-+the two characters you can get that have options to be auto-attacking, uncontrollable berserker types are both hilariously broken when you first get them, which was a fun contrast to them being the most useless archetype in literally every other rpg ever made

I can understand someone who isn't familiar with the lore of these games to misunderstand the story. In truth, the game story is fine on it's own if this is your first introduction to Hakika's games, but if you've played the sequel series or Asylum by the same creator then everything becomes much better. Again, the story is fine as a stand alone, but if you've played the other games then you appreciate it much more. Gameplay is standard RPG elements in similar fashion to Hakika's other games so if that's something you're into then you're all set. The comedy, character personalities, and "fuck your companions" aspect is done very well.

The game is definitely worth a try if you're new and even more so if you've played the previous titles.

Porn's top tier as always too

Hello! It's me, Illidan! It was quite a while, since i made last review on this site. To be honest, there is far better and interesting hgames than this one. But anyway, i will place rating for this quite long hgame, by such categories : Translation, story, gameplay, hscenes.

Let's start!
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Translation 5/5 - I didn't see much problems with translations

Story 3/5 - Story feels very mediocre. I would say that it's not downright horrible or very interesting. It's just ok. You don't meet absolute evil characters except 1, but that's all. Even ending is very cliched. Sure, you will see a lot of mini talk scenes between monster girls which you gather, or your trusted imp companion. Some of them interesting and give girls personality, while most of them just thoughts, which are not really interesting.

Gameplay 2.5/5 - It's your usual RPGmaker gameplay. All talks about girls bringing unique styles and etc... Yet, will you really build every single one of them? Will you endure grinding monsters for EXP and mana benefit, to upgrade stats of your monster girls? I really dislike such filler content. I would seriously recommend to simply cheat like 10-20 lvls for more comfortable gameplay. Also you will be required to walk a lot. If i didn't use Mtool(first time using), i would have spend much more time on walking and fights. Anyway, the best skill in this hgame is murder, for fast killing mobs to lvl up/farm mats/mana benefit

Hscenes 3/5 - I checked scenes and HCGs... And i didn't like it. Checking previous hgames from the same Dev, art style didn't undergo any improvement. There is some not really pleasant censoring but that's okay. It's not like we have a lot of hgames without censorship.

If you like femdom content with shota, i would say that it's 5/5 for you
If you don't like anything of that, i would say confidently that it's 1-2/5 for you

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Conclusion 3/5 - It's solid hgame in my opinion. Not great and not bad. For that reason i place average rating. For comfortable gameplay, i would recommend to use Mtool and play with always pressed ctrl, except for dialogues. Because otherwise... You would really spend 20 hours like one certain guy in reviews. I spend for example, somewhere around 8-9, despite cheating some levels and currency, on top of playing with speed up. So it's better for you to cherish your time!

Thank you for reading this review

P.s I wish some people learned that 1 star means terrible, while 3 star means average in terms of rating. Guy himself said so, regarding this hgame. Then why not give it adequate rating?

Dont listen to the 1 Star review, he just want a quick fap.

This game and series are an absolute bang, so much fun to play, be sure to play all other games if you want the full experience, each one has his own set of characters and plot.

One of the more fun h-game JRPGs I've played. Combat is fast and doesn't feel like an afterthought. It was also really interesting to play around with all the different monster girl party members you get. They all have unique use cases and it was very fun to go exploring to find all of them. You see, this isn't a monster girl catching game, and that was a pleasant surprise for me to realize. All the monster girls are obtained in different unique ways as you go through the game. There are plenty of optional ones too, so no two people will have the same experience.

The sexual content in this game is good overall if you like femdom, although it leads a bit to be desired compared to the other SEQUEL games from the same developer. This is because most of the girls in the game only get 2 scenes each and a smaller scene that can play repeatedly. In exchange, there's a big focus on the quantity of girls available. There are 33 monster girl party members total, and a couple more girls from the story that have scenes. I think there's something for everyone in here. Do bear in mind that, like other games from this developer, you’ll have to play for a while to get access to any scenes. Not like that’s a problem, since the game is fun.
In addition, there's a bit of optional homosexual content in here, for those that like that sort of thing.

This game took me about 20 hours to beat, and there's a whole load of postgame to do afterwards. You can easily get more than 40 hours out of it.

I've played this before, half a year ago or so.

It's a pointless waste of time. Extremely generic and the scenes, on top of being scarce, are super bland AND heavily censored. Low-effort artstyle, dialogue, everything. I don't remember how far I went into the game but safe to say I didn't play much of it, I got some 4 scenes or so.