RPGM - Living with Tsunade [v0.42b Fix3] [Bitawastaken]

V0.33 Review

Playtime: 1 Hour

TLDR - Should play. This version feels lacking but I see a lot of potential.

I rate this a 3.5/5. It has some good elements but the content is a bit disappointing and the gameplay is lackluster. This should not be confused for the amount as for this version, it seems pretty good.

Art
I think the artist has so much potential but the game gates it. Scenes should have 3 animations IMO for this style of gameplay. "Warmup" animation --> Main Animation --> Cum.

The animation is a completely different style and good. It makes the rest of the game look subpar but that just speaks to the artist. The game's art outside of scenes is not the greatest but that's fine and I think for the best. It's still NOT ugly.

Scene
Seeing that there's only one looping animation is a bit tilting. I'd hope in the future the artist introduces scene variety. In addition, the Hinata content was very lackluster. One repeated scene to improve lust is not engaging. I would prefer AI generated shots of random activities between the two than just a single repeated scene I have to spam through.

Writing
English isn't their language but ignoring the grammar mistakes, it's good. Characters feel themselves.

NTR
I didn't see NTR in this version.

Combat
Pretty dull and not well designed. Game combat is difficult to get and using RPGM makes it even worse. While not the focus, I suggest the dev to look at their favorite systems/what makes things enagaging to them when fighting. Should they opt for turn-based? Should they opt for behaviour tree AIs? Etc.

I think for the current system, perhaps introducing a parry/frame dodge mechanic would work. Introduce basic status effects like stuns, bleeds, or roots.

Music/SFX
Add some. Handjobs, gushiness, etc. Make the game atmospheric.

Editing this review since I played a newer version and it deserves a better rating than the first one I gave. The dev listened to feedback and changed the combat which was my biggest complaint in my first review. It's more streamlined but grindy and a bit overtuned so hopefully eventually the numbers will be tweaked to deliver a more gradual build up as you progress through the combat missions but overall a huge improvement over the previous version I played.

The art is really the best part of the game. The animations are really well done which is rare so thats a big W and definitely carries the appeal of this game.

I hope the dev eventually gets someone to edit some of the dialogue. The english is understandable and conveys what is happening but could definitely use some polish. Looking forward to future updates.

As a demo I must say that it's not bad at all, I like the drawing of the characters, the fact that it has animations is a hoot and some of the dialogues made me laugh, maybe I don't like that they add ntr in the future but that's up to the developer, even so it promises a lot
The truth of all Naruto parodies, this could become one of my favorites

Well I'm gonna rate the content that is here as well as the direction of the game, unfortunately it's not great. But perhaps it could be.

Art 4. 5/5 : The art is straight up great. I'm sure you can see it in the preview pictues, but whoever is making the sexy art is doing a great job. The characters look like their anime counter parts and the quality is consistent. However, I have to ding them just a little because sometimes character design isn't consistent? Like for example this should be shippudden era, but some characters are just straight up in their pre-time skip outfits like Ino and Sasuke (who's here for some reason).

Story 2/5: It's a parody game that even gets it's own main concept wrong. Gonna nerdge out a little but the apartment is given to Naurto by the 3rd so why the hell does he even need to pay rent? Anyways there is no real story, its a parody game where you click and go to the next event.

Gameplay 2/5: It's an RPGM game. There's nothing interesting or fun here, in fact it's kind of annoying having to click everywhere, especially since the map likes to be a bit of a maze and just clicking somewhere means you're clicking multiple times to get the RPG sprite to go where you want. Then from there you're literally just doing the same thing, clicking through a forced cut scene to raise your money up by 10 so you can get 100. So you gotta do that 10 times, but nothing changes, you're just spam clicking through the same cut scene. Obviously there's hints at things in this game that there will be more in the future, I can see the small beginnings of some kind of battle system, but none if it's implemented. So this RPGM clicking simulator. Not fun and just annoying atm.

NTR??: It's been brought up in the thread multiple times already, but yes. It's in this game. Some people are cool with it, some people aren't. Dev just make it a hard YES or NO that leads to the same outcome. In this particular instance, Shizune is found to be hypnotized by Orochimaru, and gets dicked down in the hokage office. There was an option that said "Stop him" or "lets watch", I didn't click the stop him option because I wanted to see the scene. Does the stop him work? Well if it does then you solved your issue. If not then make it work. All you have to do is make NTR optional. That's it. Put a box in the thread that says its optional and not cannon if you don't want it and then people will stop complaining, simple as that.

Overall 3/5: The art is great and the quality is consistent. The gameplay is RPG snooze fest, but it hints at some cools things maybe being added. There is no story really but the bits left makes no sense to me.


One thing I forgot to add was that STUPID porn music that indie devs like to add to every thing. Just take that out, it's stupid and ruins the immersion. I went from playing a Naruto parody game to a stupid 2006 Newgrounds Parody game. It's the only music in the game as far as I can tell, and it just makes me laugh more than anything. It's awful, keep it out.

Since there is not much there yet, I would rather want to talk about in which direction this game seems to be going, and honestly it could be good when the map gets expanded. Currently there is not much to do in the map, main content is pretty okay (working for Tsunade and helping her with house work gets you money and trust, let's you see scenes in the future) and the side job mechanic together with Hinata is also a nice touch I suppose. Some things are rough around the edges, but since it's essentially a first demo it can be overlooked for what's to come.

Why give it 5 stars? Because I really like the direction this is heading, the art seems to be pretty good and given there's animation in the H-scenes, this could definitely come up to be quite a good harem type game. If the interactions with the characters and certain side activities get expanded with future releases (as to what you can do aside from simple housework and studying etc.) then it could be pretty fine. After all, there are some thick asses in this game that urgently need a pounding, and I am all here to wait for it to happen.