RPGM - Project Red [v1.81] [Danny Phoenix]

Very good, far more game than porn but for those who enjoy a story-heavy experience this is very much worth playing.

The positives are that it's deeply atmospheric, moody and dark and emotionally intense in very real feeling ways despite its overall surreal aspect. The main character is sympathetic, her emotional and psychological journey is compelling, and the story is strong. Even when it's treading on familiar ground, such as its use of Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and Wizard of Oz elements, it does so in a unique and interesting enough way that it doesn't feel at all derivative.

This is one of those stories that is adult-rated not as an excuse for porn, but instead because the story needs to be able to tackle it's dark, mature, and disturbing subject matter without being tied to limiting content standards. Sex and violence are where the story calls for them, not gratuitous but instead unflinching. It's the kind of story that makes a strong case for unrestricted fiction as a worthwhile category for serious storytelling, able to cover aspects of the human experience mainstream media either can't do as well or cannot do at all.

The main negative I see is that, perhaps in attempt to reinforce the horror and the odds against the protagonist in her quest, the game is on the rather difficult side. This can be frustrating for some, and perhaps some options such as allowing a choice of difficulty levels and toggle for things like how limited the save system is might help more people get past the hurdles of the difficulty level and enjoy this outstanding story without becoming too frustrated to continue.

Those who do stick with it are in for a hell of a ride.

Gotta get my eyes checked, because I can't see what people are liking about this. Edgy as hell plot and writing, sparser than hell content, and art that is not created equal. Some looks wonderful, some looks like it misses the quality provided by MSPaint. Frequent game overs with zero content provided, obtuse saving system that requires the passage of time, and of course...a timed system. No. So many things about this are a hard pass.

god damn the character designs are so good, that alone makes me wanna play this game yeah but challenges are also great well i haven't reached too much far in the game yet, but one thing that can be improved is that corruption rate, like literally she becomes easily corrupted and it could be best if you'd allow quick travel settings maybe i have onlooked that thing? well but it has potential looking forward for its updates

To summarize:

- Good stuff: Fun combat options, good story, great art and music (very original), and even voice acting.

- Bad stuff: Saving can be annoying (it's hard on purpose), combat can feel unbalanced, there are some bugs.

Despite the flaws, for me it's a 5 stars game. Not many RPGMaker games seem to be polished to this level. The dev here is really inspired, and it shows.

After swimming through mountains of shit, what you find here is gold.

> Fear and hunger mechanics
> Enemies stay dead
> The girl is hot, unless you're gay.
> Has some voice acting? didn't expect that.
> MC has interesting attacks, fights are not a slopfest

Just don't expect much H content this early into the game dev, even tho it is not that hard to get them. The game is not always lose -> H, so that is an important plus too.

there are a few bugs tho.

Finally, someone did it! Thank the author so much for bringing some RPG systems from fear and hunger and undertale! I played so many r18 RPG games and I am so tired of them because they are all the same. Finally, I get to enjoy playing the game.

I like the save system, when you play, you need to think of resources and try to not just win the fight, but to minimize the damage dealt to MC, cause otherwise you will run out of saves.

I like that there are many options you can choose from in the attack menu.
I like the act option the most, sadly it is not developed enough.

There are balancing issues, like the stab ability for 45 stamina deals almost the same damage as a normal attack for 5 stamina. But overall the system feels like a breath of fresh air.

The story is unique and enjoyable to follow. The mc also gives some realistic lines, especially at the beginning. Thanks to great music and art you also get into the atmosphere.

The only problem I had with the story, is that the corruption of the mc does not feel so natural. I do not believe she would agree to get into any sexual act when she is 100 percent pure, I do not really get her motivation, considering her reactions previosly. It can be told that the faster you get the sex in a sex game the better, but actually with stories like that a little teasing does not hurt.

I play a lot of RPGM games, but this one really takes the cake for trying to make a unique and interesting story that actually had me come back after the first time I had to stop. I really enjoyed the story and the unique way of managing time with saves for this game. I didn't feel necessarily underpowered or super overdone, but had legitmate enjoyment over a lot of the features in this game. It also passes the fishing test so already a peak game

Honestly more of a 3.5 than a 4, but since that's not an option I'm erring more on the higher side because the game does have a lot of effort put into it already. It has voice acting, great art, and some real effort put in, to the point that if they keep it up it'll turn out as a really great game.

The main reason I don't consider it higher though is the insistence on limiting saves. As far as I can tell, the only way to save is via a consumable item, and only at the goddess statues. This is somewhat mitigated by the fact that it autosaves, in theory, but the problem is that the autosave happens too frequently. Basically every action you do, every screen you go between, etc, all trigger an autosave.

This means if you accidentally click the wrong thing in a choice, or walk to another screen at the wrong time, you have it autosaved to the only autosave slot. Since manual saves are limited, this could mean the only way you can undo a simple mistake would be to lose quite a bit of progress. To make matters worse, if you return to the main menu after dying, the default load option is on the most recent manual save, and if you load a manual save guess what happens? It autosaves when you load in. I lost about half an hour worth of progress due to that, and it was enough to make me decide I was done playing it for now.

I know that the intent behind limiting manual saves is to force you to stick with choices more readily, but it can also be frustrating if implemented poorly. Particularly when combined with the time crunch mechanic, which makes it so a misclick can cost you a portion of your limited time.

The game does have potential, as I said, which is why I'm still giving it a good rating. It's just that sometimes you have to decide if a mechanic actually needs to be there to improve the game, or if implementing it detracts from it. I don't think the game as it stands now feels like limiting saving improves the experience, so much as adds an arbitrary limitation.

Good art and voice acting, lot of turn based combat.

I don't enjoy turn based combat all that much, so for me an easy mode or something to speed encounters up / skip them, as there are quite a few monsters around that chase you, would make it a 5/5.

Besides getting clothes ripped and therefore less armor, there isn't really any H content in the combat either during battle or losing. Some times you lose but will just get teleported away if what you are fighting doesn't finish you off, or you just get a game over if it is the type that does finish you off.

The game itself is well made with a real options menu and a combat system that does try to do more than basic turn based combat usually does. There is just a lot of it and for someone more interested in the H part, it can become a bit of a slog.

But you can tell a lot of real effort is going into it and the art, and the fact that having any voice acting at all is so rare for H games, makes it an easy 4/5 looking forwards to future updates.