RPGM - Manila Shaw: Blackmail's Obsession [v0.37c P2] [Abaddon]

When playing an RPG, who is making the choices? Is the player making decisions based on their understanding of the character, or is the character acting to the whims of it's maniacal player? An odd question for some, but one I am particularly interested in.

From my experience, most games cater to the later answer. and most porn games are no exceptions to this.

Manila Shaw subverts this trope. In it's own way at least. There are still some crazy nonsensical options, yet more often than not, I found myself considering the "horny" option more-so than the "not horny" one.

Sure, I could shoot the criminal's accomplice in the hand so that he releases the hostage (and the game will let me, if I pick the option) but between you and me, that sounds a bit risky, and a blowjob can't be that bad, can it?

This is by far the best part of this game : You can find yourself slowly becoming more corrupted not because of the horny demon on your shoulder, but simply from your actions (and their consequences). Almost every porn game I've played, even some of the great ones, suffer from this, and it sometimes makes it very hard to enjoy the protagonist's story.

Don't get me wrong, it's almost always clear how to avoid sex. But at the very least, it usually involves acting like a super-human.

But, I did give this game a 3/5. I find myself wishing for developers to play this game more so than the regular Joe, if only to give them a different look on how to do options/events.

At the end of the day, the game has average writing (might be generous to call it that) better than average renders. Sex scenes are a few cheesy lines mingled with videos (GIFs might be a better name), though cum remaining between scenes is a nice touch.

If you're the kind of person that has gotten frustrated in the past with games essentially not having sex if you refuse to act like a complete slut, then I definitely recommend giving it a shot, if only for the experience. Otherwise, unless the protagonist really appeals to you and/or you have an interracial kink, I'd skip the game.

The best whore story. Very interesting developments, interesting sex scenes, very erotic productions. Clearly, this game is one of the best. Most of all, it is fun and the story development is interesting. Being able to get pregnant is also very erotic. The sex scene while pregnant is also very good.

Just finished one full play-through. I'm sure I missed a bunch of scenes and routes, but it took SO long to get through, not sure I'll play again. So my first review on here...

Very mixed feelings about this game. Really want to like it, because it does do some things very well and has a great premise. But this game makes too many easily avoidable mistakes to reach its potential.

The Good

- The female protagonist is likable and beautiful, even if her body is a bit of a caricature

- Tons of content and a story that is interesting, for a while a least

- Reasonable amount of build-up for encounters with some of the characters

- Initially seems like Manila really does want to do the right thing

The Meh

- Some of the renders and animations are very well done, but most are just ok; maybe that's the trade-off for the large volume of content

- Not as grindy as some games, but definitely a grind, and after a while that really does get old

- With a few exceptions, most of the male characters in this game are totally forgettable and look basically the same

The Bad

- The corruption path is juvenile, contrived, poorly thought-out, and unrealistic (like alot of games in this genre). Obvious paths that could have at least made her descent more believable are missed or undeveloped. While the actual paths she follows are dubious.

For example, the camera in the shower. The most obvious person to explore the webcam concept with is her landlord, since Manila didn't have money for rent. Would have been so simple for Manila to have begrudgingly agreed to a camera in lieu of rent, gradually increased the intensity of the shows, and built a believable relationship with Burke as the money poured in, even if she felt guilty about it.

But the game doesn't do that. Instead, the game lets some random troll that we don't ever get to know install a camera. And after he gets caught, he somehow gets to have sex with Manila before profiting from her nudity. Seriously?

And as for Burke, he just shows up for sexual encounters with Manila whenever. No build up. No underlying relationship. And somehow she eventually enjoys that. It's just not believable.

- This poorly planned and executed corruption means that Manila essentially descends from a beautiful, educated, fit, ambitious professional to a streetwalker within weeks, and without terribly good reason. Worse, the lack of any guardrails on her corruption is inconsistent with the overall story of the game; she is supposed to be special, the center of attention by the leaders of a vast criminal enterprise.

Yet somehow low-level thugs in that enterprise are allowed to just have their way with her after a battle. What?

- And about that, since there's no buildup to these types of post-battle encounters, there's nothing erotic about them; she basically gets raped in the street by dirtbags she's never met before. But because she's becoming more comfortable with her sexuality, we're supposed to believe she enjoys it when that happens? C'mon.

- And why are her only battle choices to win, lose, or surrender? She's a police officer; where's her ability to call for backup? Why can't she run? Or at the very least, why can't she be taken to the big bosses when she loses a battle so she (or they) can make a choice?

Corruption stories work when they're methodical and logical, but they are totally ruined when the descent is random, senseless, or unnecessary. Despite the great premise of this game, it can't overcome a very poorly executed story of corruption.

One of the best games I've ever played. I played it over and over again. I am looking forward to the final version. Hope the developer is there soon. Thanks very much!!! Waiting for the next version. KKKK

This is honestly one of the best games here...If not THE BEST!
This is the first of these kinda games I played, even before discovering this forum. In fact, I played this game for the first time online on gamcore.
When I first discovered gamcore...
Before that I didn't even know such things as "sex games" even existed! And so I kept sticking with ordinary boring porn.
Now, let's talk about the game:
The story is exceptional, the blackmailing is so hot and she is simply just too beautiful. The game, in my opinion, reaches its highest with . That was the best scene ever, for real. The best scene I ever got to see in porn movies or sex games or hentai comics. I never saw a longer fuck scene in any of the games here on F95. And, honestly, .

But the game does have its limits, its flaws. After it reaches its highest in it can't obviously get any better ('cause that scene was and will be the best!). So, it does get boring after a while.
And do we wanna talk about fight scenes?
This is honestly the biggest problem of the game!
If it wasn't for them I would have given 5 stars to this game 'cause it would have easily been the best game on this website! Well, I would say the best sex game ever created!
Fight scenes are sooo boring, but I would say even worse: They Are ANNOYING!!!!
And this is sad 'cause this one could have easily been the best sex game ever created or posted on this website.
Cheers

Great police theme story, attractive and beautifull main character and all around her as well.

I loved everything about this game and i would recommend for all to try it.
Only thing that bothered me is the combats, sometimes you need luck to win or dont... sometimes it gets boring, i wish there would be a button for insta win like there is for insta lose....

solid hot game where choices matters. cant unlock all scenes in one playthrough. Deliver updates every second month. one of my favorite games out there. big thumb ups for me and the best recomentions if you like RPGM

Tbh I've just downloaded RenPy remake for a quick fap and I wasnt disappointed.

Idk what I've found in Manila, but her model is just perfect for me.
Can't give any comments on story or characters, or anything else.

Maybe longer scenes with more options could make it even better.

pros
hot protagonist
lot of choices
lot of paths
battles are fun
good story so far
lot of side quests

contras
only the animation of sex scenes itsn t that good

in geral, you can see the evolution of the game and the dev trough the time. i really hope he reach his patreon goal

This game is insanely good. Except for sex sounds))).
It is a really rare game nowadays. Choices that matter, sound battle system, you do really need money in this game, not like in other game where you got millions of money and nothing to buy (useful).

I have complicated relations with this game. It's objectively bad, but I like it nevertheless. I guess there are not many modern-day RPGs around, where you play as a hot corrupted cop - oh well, I'd love to play a game like that! But for now, I have Manila.
What's good:
I like the model of MC a lot. She is really hot, she has believable facial expressions, etc. It's usually a pleasure just to look at her
Some choices actually matter! I finished 2nd playthrough recently and was surprised how choices made at the beginning shape the game into something different
The combat system is challenging, battles are not auto-win, and you have to manage your resources carefully, especially in the early game
What's bad and terrible:
The daily routine is killing. The first week I actually liked it - get up, shower, get dressed, equip a gun, drive to work, work, print, good morning lieutenant - that felt like a real slice of life and worked to deeper immersion. But it takes so much time later...
Animations are unskippable. Some are good, some terrible, mostly mediocre
Writing is bad. When characters open their mouth for speaking not sucking, you laugh. They are bad, they are stupid, and you can't relate to them. Also, there are gems like "Fill my urethra with cum"
As I said, not all choices matter, and it mostly visible with alignment ones. For now, there is no reason to have high dignity, there's not much content for it - but a lot for high corruption.
The majority of the sex scenes are behind battle losses. I hate when games punish you for being good at it - but maybe it's my thing, many Japanese games are like that.
It's a fun idea to have many clothes, but having clothes tied to your equipment and weapons is just bad and adds useless micromanagement.

Overall - not recommend. But I personally will still be checking it from time to time, guess it's now Stockholm Syndrome for me

This game got me really immersed, and I played it to current finish.

- Pro:
- Lots of very well made MOVING scenes, with great variety and especially nice if you like cumshots/facials/bukakke, with (more or less) realistic portayal of sperm
- Plays smooth, no bugs, and a VERY clear and good quest guide, so much so that you only need a walkthrough to get the wanted routes
- MC is cute, very pretty, and has a great body, and if you are into Lara Croft, she does look a bit like her
- Every game day there are new scenes
- For a RPG it is very straightforward, just follow the quest guide, no need to explore or talk to dozens of NPCs; also the amount of dialogue is very doable
- One of THE greatest things: You can lose (surrender) every fight, get a different scene, and you just can continue playing. NO bad endings! I find it arousing to let her lose on purpose

- Cons:
- Like any RPG it becomes a bit grindy at times, at least repetative: Take a shower, dress up, step in car, watch car move away, get behind work desk, print a report, and that like 100 times during playthrough (true: every in game day brings new scenes and plot changes). Also some very sexy scenes (like whoring out) get grindy because you need to repeat it like 2x 20 times
- There is a corruption stat, but this has no major impact. The corruption that there is comes from all unfortunate events the MC finds herself in (and loosing fights on purpose). I would have liked more choices that would make her extra slutty.

For a porn game it got me really immersed, and I kept playing to see how the story unfolded.

One of the most amazing games I've played. Only thing I have an issue with is not being able to continue once the main mission line is finished. There are several optional quests that need time to be finished, such as doing a certain action so many times while only being able to do them once a day. Only other thing that I think can be improved on is some of the earlier renders, such as the ones with storm in the hotel. Granted may have been fixed by now. I havent played sense V.021. About to restart and play for V0.23.

This is an RPGM that deserves attention.
The sex animation, fights, people walking, occasional shots, sounds at various events were perfect, even the groans in sex gave a better taste in the game.
Of course there are some quest event projects that need to be fixed because some of them have happened like this - Sometimes there are 2 quests in the same place, at the same time, with the same character, on the same day without period interleaving, so if you do each other is going to fail it urgently needs to be fixed.
Other than that the project is perfect on all the routes that are many in this game.
If the developer sees this that I said, please fix it or if someone has contact with him warns of this bug there.

Play a policewoman, make your own choices, play by the rules or get bribed... This game seemed promising, but it has unforgivable flaws...

The gameplay is atrocious, everything is slow and bad in this game, fights, moves, dialogues. The developer simply copied and pasted default maps from the RPGMV game engine, CGs are grotesque and the story is incredibly stupid.

In short, it's a lazy, boring and very bad game. Run you fools!

Game has had consistent releases with sex scenes in almost every update. Manila is one of the sexiest models on this site and there are many different scenes with different people, positions, outfits, and environments.

This runs on RPGM and you need to earn some of the scenes with the sometimes difficult combat. You can also give up and lose, which sometimes gives you a different naughty scene . There are instructions on how to cheat or edit the game if you can't handle it.

Great game with lots of content that deserves a playthrough if you like sexy red-headed police women.

All the scenes are unskippable. All the transitions are terrible and SO SLOW. Seriously the animations and transitions make this game nearly unplayable. This game is slowed down 10x by the simple fact that every single thing in this game requires a 5 second cutscene.

Simply going to work requires a shower scene, clothing choice, car transition, and building check-in.

Rinse and recycle this at least a few dozen times until you get anywhere with this game.

After coming back to this months later I feel I can rate it to save others the pain.

Gameplay is a horrible repetition of shower, dress up, travel to work, multiple action to do work, work and hope for a short scene, go home, dress down, sleep, repeat. There will be eventually days when you can do a bit more, in the evening mostly, but it is overall a waste of time big time.
The game also includes fights which has no purpose as you will almost always want to lose to see the naughty bits.
Scenes are pretty sparse as a result of the boring grind but also very underwhelming. Unless you love blowjobs, because that's almost all you will always get.
When you have other types of sex scenes, their production is terrible anyway with very poor angle and quality.

This is the type of games that give RPGM games a bad rep I think. But it's not the engine, it's the game here that is poorly executed.
Avoid and save yourself wasting time on it.

Great game but we should improve
on the downside, and this has been said before, it is just too repetitive in the points. Shower scene in the morning, transition speed, regular police.
I hope the game will improve even more

CG design of the characters are amazing. I like the various plots. for an erotic game, this is very good and I quite enjoy it. facial features of the characters are very attractive and at the end of the day, that is the most important part for a game I am using for the purpose I am using it for. game play could be different.