RPGM - Completed - Melphias: Azure and Crimson Verge [v1.226] [dorgel]

That was a ride ngl. There's a lack of the queen scenes but overall it's absolutely good, normally i got bored 2 hours in and just skip to the recollection but i play it till the end. I did get the normal ending for one of the girls but nevertheless. I will absolutely replay it again for the other endings.

Gameplay 4/5 solid kinda grindy especially for But nevertheless you can beat them pretty easily.

Scene (NSFW and SFW) 4/5 Super lagy especially the h-scene and custom introduction. But it's still bearable.

Story 4/5 easy to understand atleast for me.

A very polished and well made disappointment.

Amazing art and beautifly animated sex scenes. This game would have been much better off just going full vanilla. The NTR is poor at best. From the onset you only get the NTR when you specifically choose the color coded NTR options. This completely nullifies the feel for anything other then netorase imo.

The game also has way too much combat, you will be fighting pretty much non stop. All while navigating maze maps that eat up your time with forced backtracking.

I play NTR games for the NTR, and while the two main antagonists were set up decent enough, the game failed to establish a proper relationship from the MC to the girls that felt satisfying. With adding that the only way to trigger NTR was to pick teh NTR color coded options that also initiated the MC to cheat.

Ultimately the writer of this just didn't understand any form of NTR, as I dont think this will please many on the story alone. Just comes off as being NTR because NTR is popular, and they wanted to capitalise.

But as a game, its solid if you like the basic RPGM combat. The art and sex scenes are very well done, the the game runs smoothly without issues. It was just an average experience overall for me. Just felt it missed every shot it tried to take story wise.

If this wasn't a porn game it would be a very good game. A lot of work looks to have gone into this game. It's production value is insane. However the porn side of things is very underwhelming. As someone who enjoys NTR games the NTR just doesn't really hit especially in the Queen NTR ending where the only sex visual is ruined by Matsunaga's face taking up the screen. As a game it's pretty decent but as a porn game it falls short at least in my opinion.

Honestly, it's one of the most impressive RPGM games I've played. Some of the shots it's able to set up are really impressive and feels like you're watching an anime at times. You can tell the devs had a clear vision and a love for the story they wanted to tell with their attention to detail. I wouldn't say it's a perfect game though.

The story is on the darker, more serious side like something you'd see in a Cli Pick game, although not quite as dark. Which is great imo. The set and setting are easily 5/5. All of my issues pretty much come with how the game implements it's systems and some of it's pacing.

For example, there is a phone system in the game. Early on, you feel like you'll be able to call different characters and/or maybe catch them in the act because you can travel separately but this never materialized for me. With Melphi, the only person I was able to ever call was Shizuma ( MC ) for example. I think there is the bones of a great system here though and could be better implemented in future games.

Also...

My only other issue with it is pacing. Some parts get a little grindy, especially towards the end and that last dungeon was an absolute chore to get through. Luckily you don't have to actually go through random battles though if you don't want as you can just farm the 1 shot enemies for xp.

Overall though, since half points can't be given ( 4.5 ), I'd give it a 5/5. Because the visuals are unmatched really for an RPGM game, the storytelling and worldbuilding is great and I think it sets an incredible base game for what will be no doubt be one of the best devs going forward.

And the game is selling great on DLSite. It's good to see a dev that puts this much love, effort and attention to detail into it's game seeing great success. Congrats to the dorgel team, they made a banger!

Amazing production value, great art and designs, detailed city maps and dungeons, terrific concept. Why only three stars?

The core concept of the game is the Verge system. Spend time with one heroine, the other gains jealousy which unlocks NTR scenes for them. If you mess around with a subheroine, both will gain jealousy.
However, almost all of this is opt-in. You rack up jealously then run around the world to find events. In essence, it's one of those scene hunter games. The premise seems to make it sound like NTR goes on in the background too which I didn't quite see.
The combat is stock RPG Maker. There's a tiny bit of in-battle sexing but it isn't a focus.

It's a really cool game, it just could have been way better.