RPGM - Liora's Price of Dignity [v0.2.0] [aura-dev]

honestly, candidate to the top game in a long time.

mechanically complex, a lot of interactive ways to solve problems.
great art and charming heroine.

i have the greatest expectations from this version of the game.

Even though its an early build, clearly much potential here. I might be a bit biased since I'm a avid supporter of this specific developer and the corruption tag in general though. The game isn't fleshed out enough yet to really give it a go and at the moment of reviewing this version has a timer, definitely not ideal but regardless I'm rating it a 5 because the story that's being built as well as how the main character is corrupted is super unique , at least in my experience.

Amazing game. The concept of negotiation though obviously needs more work on but at that stage it's promising. Potentially the best way to mix corruption with gameplay while give players agency in controlling the flow.

I think this has great potential to be one of the best games of this page, the combat system it's really good, it even surprised me, the corruption and negotiation system seems interesting and the scenes, although they are few now, are really good. If this is game is well-executed i have no doubt that this will be one of the best games out there... But that's also my concer, the dev is well-known for having the greatest ideas but lacking execution. I really hope the dev had learned from his past mistakes and make this a good one.

An absolutely amazing game even at this early stage of development!

Though I did initially face some issues with the pacing of the game and attempting to view all events in one run, I understand that with the current state of the game, such a thing isn't meant to be wholly easy to accomplish.

The characters in the game don't feel two dimensional, and when events don't make sense, they comment on it, rather than go along with events blindly.

The UI feels sophisticated and easy to follow as well as the general guise of the contract system, which I initially thought was going to be difficult to keep track of.

The art appeals very much to me personally! It's, "Otome"esque style is put together with deliberate care, crafting both a visually appealing villain and love interest!

....The only thing I could ever ask for is a princess carry scene....

As of now - 1 star. If you are looking for a game where you can comfortably, at your own pace, role-play corruption to watch some scenes and maybe engage with the world a bit - safely skip this one, or wait for a full release.

Strangely, the game suffers from the same problems dev's previous game did in early updates - game punishes you for every move not intended by dev's design, and potentially soft lock you out of progression doing so.

Main way to play - is to constantly reload and replay it like a chore over and over in finding the exact way developer want you to play, and not the casual play at your own pace. Can't find the exact pattern how dev want's you to play? He basically tell you it's a skill issue and brushes it off (which is strange, because those exact issues were fixed on the release of his previous game)
But this time around, game is much more restrictive in what you can do, just for the sake of making it more chore and restrictive for some strange reason, even when it doesn't make sense, and with those restrictions, comes even more severe punish for your every mistake, after what you forced to repeat the same loop over and over in hope to eventually get out of it and fix those mistakes - which is barely can be called fun or good game design

It's a good proof of concept, and some ppl who will treat it like a bad rogue-like, with starting over again and again to find out optimal build what game want you to find - will enjoy that for sure.

It's a shame seeing that, because
-art, ui, map, is indeed improved and very solid
-Characters well written (*2 of 3 main character well written*) and interactions are good
-Contract system is promising and interesting, but right now, affected by problems above - it's another chore
-Bugs? Expected, but the build itself is stable

Dev can do better, dev did better, but don't want to anymore in this game for some strange reason.

Right now - it's not worth to even try the game in this state sadly :/

Really promising start as it was with the dev's previous game Star Knight Aura but I am sad to see that it keeps a lot of the tedious aspects from the previous game. Upgrading your gear ends the day and talking to the main antagonist to progress the corruption also ends the day so once again it feels like the gameplay loop will be just as tedious as SKA. They are also continuing with the "advantage" mechanic where your advantage has a 50/50 chance to be useful or worthless and you are pathetically weak and will get 1 shot by anything past the weakest trash mobs and even the weakest trash mobs will chunk your hp. I have to say I really hate that they are continuing with the same SKA mechanics of doing literally anything ends the day and all the fights feel like an rng fuckfest because of advantage. Idk why the other reviews are glazing this hard when the combat gameplay is just atrocious.

I do really like contract mechanic with the antagonist and how it's integrated with the gameplay so that's pretty cool. You have to negotiate with the antagonist which gives him more control over you but you can also pick benefits so it's similar to A Promise Better Left Unkept but in gameplay form which is unique. I would hope to see some kind of battle groping and things happening during the day so the normal rpg gameplay aspect of it has at least 1 enjoyable thing to try to offset the horrendous SKA copy paste combat

I like the premise here much more than SKA so hopefully this one turns out better as I followed SKA's development for years and was pretty disappointed by the final product. Good luck Aura-dev

[Edited for 0.2]

Battle gropes were added which is awesome but they're really fast and I thought they would get autotriggered when the antagonist uses protect but this isn't the case. While I'm pretty happy to see this addition, it's very limited and is severely undercut by the awful combat of this game. Fights generally end within like 1-2 turns either by you getting a surprise attack and winning, or not getting a surprise attack and proceeding to get deleted by the enemies because advantage is a stupid design and you're pathetically weak.

Still hoping they ease up the restrictions on what ends the day. At a minimum I would say upgrading your gear should not end the day. Upgrading gear ending the day makes the gameplay loop needlessly tedious and makes any day that you do it a boring and uninteresting one. This is also made worse by how the game basically limits your time with prestige going down if you dont clear an area after so many days and the boyfriend needing treatments that get progressively more expensive as time goes on.

Just like it was with SKA, the RPG progression of your characters feels boring and takes you out of the story and character progression in favor of upgrading your gear or training skills which is awful. I hope the dev considers changing this as the functional gameplay should meld seamlessly with the story and character progression instead of feeling like a hindrance.

10/10, one of the best games I've played.

There aren't many sex scenes yet, v0.1.0, but it has so much potential, it's incredible...
Seriously, give it a try. It's worth it.
You can clearly see all the love they put into their game.


It's possible to play without corruption, but it's really difficult...
But that means you can avoid netorare/corruption, which is nice. I tried to do that at the beginning and still had a lot of fun.

Aura Dev comes out swinging on his next big project.
You can tell that there is a lot of accumulated experience and talent from the previous game.
Very promising interaction between plot and gameplay
And switching out the decent previous artist with a toptier one.
This is one game I will be watching closely

Wow, this is good.
Game concept is nice and rpg elements are entertaining, though many would look at this as con rather than a pro I guess. Art is also nice, I'll keep an eye on this, if its like the other dev's game will also be completed and have plenty of gameplay to explore.

Left me wanting for more content

This is one of the better NTR corruption games I have played.

The RPG battle elements are deep. This might be a turn off for those who just wants not to battle and get to the sex part. NTR is AVOIDABLE! But the party is so weak that you will need to multiple NG+ to get there. You can restart the game anytime with bonuses to make the next run easier.

The corruption part comes from negotiations with the other guy. You have to trade your actions for his actions. Like wearing lewd clothes if you die in battle. You start out so weak that it is impossible to avoid making bad deals. As you do more lewd actions, your perversion increase and the corruption increases. It is possible to avoid the corruption but it is impossible without multiple runs to start with bonuses.

The art is really beautiful but it does not have animations or sounds. The story is a slow burn corruption. You can see the gradual change in the woman's feelings. This is a exciting game to look forward to!

The Good
- The art
- The gradual corruption using the Negotiations system.
- NTR is avoidable!

The Bad
- No animation or sounds during scenes.
- The battles are long and complex, if you don't like RPG battles.
- The sex scenes will take a while to get going.