RPGM - Completed - Kunoichi Karin [v1.2] [CHERIS SOFT]

Typical RPG from Japan. Good art but bad game.

I do like the quality of the art but I can't for the life of me understand why you make corruption games where you must seek to be corrupted. If you lose in combat it usually ends in a game over screen without any scene, and even in the case of bosses it is a game over after a scene. You'll never play after the consequences. Most enemies in combat try to kill you, and those few enemies that sexually assault you in combat ask for permission first. Well, I suppose nobody gets offended this way... but kind of kills the fetish for me at least.

The sneaking part is not the worst I've seen, at least it's quick when successful and fairly punishing if you fail. It's a real shame losing all the HP just ends the game, a missed opportunity. Few design changes would have made this a much more interesting game for me.

Gets very tedious towards the end, the battles are, honestly, terrible. There's very little skill variation and bosses have way too much HP. The world is fairly large but there's not much in it. The maps are decent looking for RPG maker game but hardly something to marvel at, so it all just feels like a bit of a waste.

The story is long, too long I would say. Kind of reminded me of those anime series they make for kids where it just drags on for 500 episodes and barely anything happens. Those series have their fans and it seems this one has fans also. I think flashbacks are most often a bad way to tell a story, this one has plenty of that.

I'm not sure what to think of the scale of the game. On one hand it's quite a large package, but at the same time while it is long and rather wide it is also very shallow. Lots of empty locations. This game lacked the sense of wonder of exploring what I've come to expect from similar titles. There are, as far as I can tell, not much choices along the way. You will pretty much experience everything there is when the game wants you to. The only option to choose seems to be getting fucked or not, the progress of individual corruption seems very disconnected from the general progression. And I don't even dare to imagine how dull the virgin path is. Choosing not to see sex in an adult game? In most games that's the challenge path but in this one it's just choosing "no".

Overall a bland experience. Pretty, but not exciting.

Just finished playing this game exactly a week ago since its launch in JP. Definitely one of the best RPG Maker Eroge I have played in a while. The story is well planned and well executed (Although, the first few chapters (1-3) may seem to be tedious at first but it is understandable as it tries to get the player to understand and familiar with the environment and the NPC surrounding the areas, mainly within Edo), various events and options you can choose and do, and a lot of alternative endings you can end up with (Not counting the Main 3 Ending)

This game is better than I imagined. Over 100 CG with erotic sexual harassment in the city, sexual harassment attacks from enemies, defeating bosses, and stage events in the city. The hint of scenes will be taught in the recollection room so you won't be stuck.

Bit grinding because the boss was really hard. Personally, I was grateful to be able to go to the END as soon as after 20 hours of playtime, and tips here when you are fighting a boss is ALL BUFF AND BUILD just for Karin.

H content is focused on the mid-game (around chapters 5-10). And not only erotic but also the main story is made with a key point in mind, the story is also very voluminous, but there are plenty of sub-stories other than the main story so you can enjoy it.

I recommended it to have a good time for the new year!!!

Pros: Artwork and length of game are both really good. Variety of routes and sexual scenes is good.

Cons: The RPG elements are very grindy and tedious. The enemies are not that tough, but the bosses are VERY hard. You have to grind levels to get increased stats (there are like 12 stats in the game too), but that is not enough you also need to apply these permanent stat buff cherries. There are hundreds of these stat buff fruits hidden in containers in towns and dungeons, so you have to look in every container to find them (and you need them because the bosses are hard). Actually applying the fruits is a pain as well, because you have to eat them one at a time, so the whole stat increase system is very tedious and grindy). The actual dungeon layouts are also hit or miss, they become very maze like with dead ends everywhere, but there are some puzzles to solve that differ from dungeon, so they aren't awful to go through, just tiresome. While there are a large variety of routes, I did find them all to be very short and somewhat repetetive. Most of the sex routes, that lead to an ending, only involve 4 one-time scenes (1=intro touch, 2=kiss plus blowjob, 3=sex, 4=pregnancy ending scene). I wish these routes were longer with more scenes, so we could see our heroine fall over time. Also, like 90% of the sex scenes can be unlocked by the halfway point of the game, meaning to finish the other half of the game, is really just grindy RPG fights and dungeons with not much reward.

Conclusion: The game is good for the first half, but becomes tedious and unrewarding in the second half. 3/5