RPGM - Completed - Mirage's Defection [v1.04] [chimaLABO]

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I'm very lazy person for writing long game reviews, but when I encounter project that catches my heart, I always try to overcome my laziness in order to help it at least in some way. Tho I don't have money to support the dev, I'll at least rate this one with my 5 stars and hope it get's popular for dev to find funds for his next game.
(Now to the review itself)

What I liked about the game :
* Interesting characters with their unique personalities, back stories, own motivations and goals, some actual feelings and "working methods".
* Very spicy art, although not in large quantities, but with great quality and detail, just the way I like.
* Pretty interesting plot, firstly I was not catched by it very much, but the further it went to more it captured my attention to the point when H-content haven't became the only motivation to play the game to the end. I was very interested in how the story would end and overall variety of choices and endings is very remarkable. I absolutely love variability in games and the way it affects the world and endings, this game nailed it. Also the "days before catastrophe" countdown is pretty intriguing technique (simmilar to Pathologic), which keeps the player at constant tension of things escalating very fast, I like this idea. I'm waiting for the next chapter now.
* How game world and side-characters dialogues were changing depending on the events which happened.

One of the best Corruption/Mind_Control hentai games I've played, will forever be in list of my favourites. 5/5, must try for everyone who likes those tags.

Scrolling through some other reviews makes me question if we played the same game.


Imo this is a "more does not equal better" scenario for chimaLABO.

First game did it fine, near perfect. It's linear but the areas generally change, are short, small and sweet. It's to the point, you don't have to chew through hours of outer layer and slow walk to get to the meat of it. There is no combat or actual gameplay in that one, it's a walking sim with choices and unbeatable puzzles. It's just like this game, but didn't feel painfully slow due to it's short length. It did worldbuilding fine by giving us a few lines and flashbacks that didn't last long either.

This game said "fuck it" and went balls deep into the walking simulator part. It's like the dev played a AAA game with 3h tutorials that appear every 10 seconds of gameplay and said "Imma do this, but replace tutorials with story and exposition dumps, layered with some stupid mana system because it seemed cool so I added it."

Obviously everyone has their own tastes and preferences, especially with NTR games that have a gazillion subgenres. Some love the slow burn, some prefer a faster pace, others prefer porn level acting for it where it's basically zero resistance from the get go. But to me, this one ain't it chief.


I didn't give a damn about these characters. Which is infuriating because it was so easy for me to like the first games characters within a few minutes, just because they were so cookie cutter generic. It keeps things simple. Which, imagine, is a preferable thing for a porn game.


Also the CGs stink over half the time. There's only a few gems in there, surrounded by mediocre, if not low quality artwork.

Another low quality male protag NTR RPGMaker moment.

4.5 stars
Would have been a solid 5 if one additional character had been romanceable and I was hoping to be able to turn the antagonist to my side. I will say that it is the best written game I've played in a while...it really nails the sexual tension (I guess it depends on your choices too). I enjoyed it so much I played their previous game, and I enjoyed that as well. They do corruption really well.

Excellent game. Excellent plot, with characters with interesting dynamics. Great NTR.

The scenes are simple and so is the music but unless you are just looking to fap this is more than worth the read and the writing actively adds to the porn. Spoilers should be avoided.

This game has a nice story premise and alluring women that make the intent of NTRing, or being NTRed somewhat believable, and the scenes are all well done, if not for the fact that the audio is slightly lacking, as when you want to enjoy the scene long enough to have a long build up to reach your own climax, the sound will cut out as it isn't looped, leaving you to masturbate to silence, which might not be a problem for most people that would have that sound muted.

The Good

Good Art no question about that
Relatively easy to win, you given choice to get NTR'd or not literally if you don't want main girl betray you, you can always pick none lewd option.

The Bad
-- Gameplay is not that good, issue its not RPGmaker type of game this more Visual Novel would been better done in Unity something got rid of ugly sprites and made their own characters.
- Chapters and where to go was still confusing if they didn't give you site star every floor you always get lost, no clear direction

The Ugly

- Sex scenes, both NTR and non are so-so, non-animated, and just shaking jpeg. This was big issue for me this would been better if didn't just have sprite sex and some scenes with nice art were animated

Solid game still, had interesting story wish NTR was better and game shouldn't of been made in RPGmaker if VN style story telling

This closer to VN than RPGM cause there's none RPG elements in this game because basically this game is just Search for the character, talk, make a choice, fix barrier, search for the events, repeat. The art is great and if you can't bear the wall of text (especially when the MC having flashback in nearly every day) you can just enter the recollection room, basically this game for me is carried by the art.

man what a good game this was. even though i'm an ntr fan, this time i preferred the vanilla route with some ntr bait. leo's father was a good man. my father never talked to me like that, but the way he talked to his son, the way he gave advice, the way he interacted with him, made my eyes a little teary. i've never felt this way from any game, not even rdr2. it put my heart at rest. thank you, leo's dad. i'll be a better person. i won’t let my loved ones down just because of the failure i've been. and thanks to the devs for making such a good game. i owe you

easily one of the best ntr games ive played. mostly because the target is pushed very very far, you really see the peak ntr, while other ntr games fail at that. definitly up there with scars of summer in my mind, truely peak stuff.

Mirage's Defection is the best NTR game of the year.
Why?
~ The art is amazingly great (I love the heroine's design).
~ The H-scenes is amazingly hot (Vanilla and NTR).
~ The MC got a ton of H-scenes (with main FMC and sec FMC)
~ You can steal sec FMC from her bull.
~ Choices that branches to different outcome.
~ A very unique gameplay.
~ Same universe as their previous game (with some cameos).

My suggestion? If you love NTR, try it at least once.

Boring game with barely any H art. Only play this if you have a lot of time to waste reading while praying you see anything happen. Like you will get one short h scene every couple of hours while playing.

The only game I was extremely hyped for its release, and it did not disappoint! I was a big fan of the developers previous game, and this one improves upon the design in every way. I would have liked some more variation when it came to CG's in scenes, but it was still very enjoyable. Cant wait for their next game!

This game has a really great story. Not often does a H game have me so invested in it's lore and characters. I love the characters in this game and Its great how much freedom of choice you have regarding scenes and relationships. I highly recommend it.

++ Interesting Story (at least for me, love the overarching plot & connection w/ prev game & future game)
+ Pretty Good Art
+ Relatively easy to win (true end & worst end are pretty close)

-- Gameplay is not that good, probably cause it's RPGmaker
- Sex scenes, both NTR and non are so-so, non-animated, and just shaking jpeg
- The branch/routing is unclear as hell it's confusing

The truth is I thought it would be boring but I liked it a lot, the story is connected to the previous game and how little by little they corrupted the FMC I like that and the you can have a happy ending , I look forward to the next installment

All things considering a pretty good game. I could have asked for more obvious corruption but tomboy NTR is great, reverse NTR is also interesting. CGs are simple but good. The story has a good amount of choices and the player is given agency in a way most NTR games don't. Highly recommend this one.

Another story from chimoLab.

This one has a great plot with 3 main routes, props to chimoLab, he usually nails these WNTR / reverse NTR themed story. Hot CG as well, though it might be better if the corruption had more transformation effects.

Lots of CG's and mulitple routes make this game very enjoyable to play! Further, the game takes place in the same universe as his previous game which added a little extra excitement for the people who like their work and this genre. My only gripe about this game is that you move a lil slow even when running, which I expect from any RPGM game anyways. Overall lovely game and I look forward to more content from them!

Between 3 and 4, but closer to 3.
GAMEPLAY: very frustrating -- run click, read/skip a wall of text, repeat. This is a common case when you play a visual novel made in RPG maker. RenPY would fit this game much more.
STORY: at the start, you're presented with an intrigue -- you're guarding something extremely important for 20 days to learn Logic is all over the place. Characters behave dull and dumb. Closer to the end, even the developer breaks the fourth wall and says themselves "sorry for inconsistencies in the story".
On the other hand, a good thing is that you're almost not 'forced' into NTR and the two protagonists almost always have an option to 'walk away'. Still, there is no gradual corruption if you skipped first several scenes, as your characters are forced immediately into fucking in the third or fourth encounter.
Too bad such approach isn't applicable GRAPHICS: either pixel fucking (including "silhouettes behind the curtains" for NTR lovers), or generic but censored anime porn (including face-mask fetish).

In conclusion, for a 6-7 hours' game (if you skip 2/3 of the text), it's somewhere between bad and good -- it clearly lacks a better consistent story and needs more engaging gameplay.

Characters designs and premise are peak but the gameplay and writing are mid. Four stars for a gallery worth spending some time in after playing enough to get the premise.

It's the RPGM classic, hunting for scenes needlessly dragged out by a map that could have been 1/4 the size with 1/2 the transitions. A map that tells you where events... might be. Or not. Go there and probably find out you wasted your time.

Dialogue is simply subpar too. Sex dialogue is meh, corruptor just explains what's going on in a self-congratulatory manner while coruptee expresses some reluctance/shameful pleasure, not too detailed.

The mitigating upside of the premise and art/character designs being exceptional mean this game is good for the gallery.