Game Version: 0.57
NOTE: My review rating is solely on the game and it's content. Also my first review. Me yapping about the developer at points is just that. Me complaining. I'm slightly biased as a result, but I'll try my best to get my point across.
This game is a CG set cloaked in the guise of two RPG maker engines.
From the story that goes from mildly interesting to just down right boring in the matter of an hour, to mechanics that just do not respect your time, this game has it all... and the creator is out here still making at least 5k a month on the fans money.
I've seen some other reviews of this game, and it's crazy how polarizing they are sometimes.
I'm not really a fan of NTR, but I let it slide because TechnoBrake's art is too good to pass up. Unfortunately, even if the art carries the game on it's back constantly, some aspects are just blatantly unrefined and it's sad to see.
The story is one of my biggest gripes to date with this game. The game starts off pretty basic in which you play as an adventurer- Ah, well you've most likely read the overview, you know how it goes. Actually after the fact, the story actually tries to become interesting, and it succeeds (personally) in what it tries to be... Up until a point.
Once you've done the intro and first few quests, you're essentially shat out into the world, and good luck knowing what to do because documentation and tutorials are slim for these new versions. You do go to a few places of note, but the story unfortunately falls sharply off it's own cliff. I won't spoil anything (Lol) but there just isn't a lot of interesting content in the game where I can recommend it for anything other than to beat your meat stick. The characters are interesting, but their lore isn't exactly very fleshed out compared to other highly rated RPG porn games. A lot has a changed between versions, but the story is not exactly the highest point...
Speaking of changes, If you look at the version history, (a lot of you hate to read the first post on this site, I swear) you'll find that the game switched engines. This was out of left field as I'm aware, and due to that, a lot of content is currently missing from switching from the previous, lower resolution and I guess less developer flexible RPG VX Ace, to the better RPG MV. It makes sense why they switched, but a lot of content is just missing now, not including content that was just removed. I'm tired of seeing "Not Yet Implemented" on shit that's been in the game for literal years ever since we got out of the dungeon test. It's a shame, because there's decent world building going here. It's just been put to the back burner.
In addition to the story becoming lackluster, it's exacerbated by the fact that the game is a grindfest, and not even the good grindfest like a Megami Tensei game, but a nothingbutter sandwich that only exists to extent the theoretical steam playtime this would have. Fame is in my opinion, the biggest offender, and it hasn't even been in the game since it's early days!!! It was added more recently! Bruh. Tell me why I have to just repeat those silly ass rat killing and delivery quests just to get some damn theoretical fame. It purely serves to waste your time from the already lower amount of story content. The corruption system is probably the 2nd biggest offender, and I would say it matters more since that's what a lot of us are here for. The way Lust and Love works makes sense on paper, but In execution it's just another slog. I've had to use MTool several times to just cheat my way to 200 love or lust because frankly you're going to be doing the same thing to increase (or decrease) those stats. A few dialogue options here and there. That's it? Same thing applies to the relationship/addict aspect which essentially is the same damn thing wrapped in the same damn grindfest. There are scenes for yarizo and Potion Maker, depending on whether you are the Priestess (Kohaku) or The Protagonist (Jimmy, I named him Jam). The scenes, as I said are very nice, but gaining those points to get to the scenes is just very very boring and it's honestly not worth actually grinding for them. It's just better to use the in game cheat tool or an external program to do so. A shame. I also have gripes on how Kohaku can go off and get piped by anybody, but the second Jimmy stares in the direction of a woman, he's fighting for his life (Even if she knows you know she's cheating/you're willingly cucking yourself). It makes sense I suppose, considering her suspicious background and character, but take that as you will.
Everything I've talked about is honestly a shame, because if at least some of these were properly addressed, even with a slow update pace, which I have no problem with, I would rate this game higher than the 1 or 2 stars I'm about to give it. If you've taken the time to read through this, agree or disagree, props to you.
PROS:
Great Artwork as always
Scene diversity
Surprisingly interesting characters
The dialogue is pretty funny sometimes
Idea of the corruption system
CONS:
Insane grind that plainly does not give a fuck about your time
The story content falls off quickly
Glitches and missing text in English
Update speed and amount added each update (there's a better way to do things, I swear)
Kohaku is very hypocritical (personal gripe)
Inaccessible areas
Technobrake beefing with a single modder (more in the link at the end)
Surface level lore (yes I know this is a hentai game, but with that world map, c'mon. be serious.)
Execution of the corruption system
No TD;LR because I'm too lazy and already wrote a Goddamn essay.
EDIT: Do also note that there was a mod that added a lot of things I would like to see in the official game, but that mod was shut down sadly because somebody snitched on a dude who was creating a free mod, and Techno got pissed.
EDIT 2: .70 has come out, and some things never change! The mod I was talking about has returned, but unfortunately other than that, most if not all of the things I've talked about have not changed a bit.