Others - Completed - Red Sakura Mansion [v0.10] [TinWoodman]

Before I start I should probably mention that I played v.04. As I understand it the gameplay has been redone and simplified.

Which leads me to my first point. By doing so there is almost no grind. The only limiting ressource is money and you can earn money very fast and easy. On the downside, you don't feel like you actually earned the money. All you have to do is click "end day" a couple of times and voila, you can buy whatever you want. If you expected some kind of management you've come to the wrong place.

It's also worth mentioning that the game is extremely linear. You have zero influence how the story or even certain scenes play out. You do have dialogue options from time to time but they don't change anything. You also have no way to influence the MC's behaviour. This sort of game would be perfect to let the player decide if he wanted to rule by force or kindness or something in between, but the game gives you no choice in the matter.

A word on the story. So far there basically is none. The game is about the corruption and enslavement of the girl(s). So don't expect much in this department. The writing in general also isn't very good.

So why did I give 3 stars. Because all in all I liked playing the game. The graphics are good, the girls are very hot, there are a lot of kinks and it was refreshing to play an asshole for once (which is probably a big negative for others). I'm interested in seeing more of this game in the future.

Edit: I haven't played newer versions but it appears that the gameplay has been redone again, so my description regarding the gameplay might be outdated. There now seems to be some kind of minigame where you have to pick a girl according to her hair colour which apparently is quite annoying.

Renders are 10 out of 10, one of the best on this site. Story is quite unique, kinks are not boring and updates are frequent. Don`t fear tyrano, try this game, it doesn`t lose to renpy. Must have game for all not vanilla players)

The following review is based off my personal experience with playing this Game/Visual Novel... I try to be as brutally honest and detailed as I can, and these are my own opinions and thoughts, from one or more play throughs... The version this review is based on is v0.1...

This is a very grindy sex slave trainer management game, that feels very much like a demo...

The visuals of the 1 character are high resolution and looks unique... The background visuals are few but I don't think I recognize them... The user interface is somewhat easy to figure out as you play around with it, but there is no tutorial that really goes over the UI elements... There are no animations other then a few quick succession still images...

The script is a mix of broken English and some spelling/grammar errors... There really is no plot or story, as pretty much all you are doing is playing as a male protagonist who is given a mansion to take care of, and he uses it to house and train sex slaves for money and his amusement... There is some dialogue and occasional inner-monologue but it is not really for the purposes of story telling, but just plays out as part of the training... Not even sure why the thread is tagged with VN (visual novel) in the title, honestly...

The game play mechanics involve keeping your sex slaves happy, submissive, and not sleep deprived... In most cases if the bars are not all full, the female sex slave will not really do much... There is a quest system, but it is extremely basic and follows a linear progression... You have to pay attention to money, because each game day there is a fee associated to mansion upkeep, and if the money dips below zero, then you get this lengthy event involving the protagonist having to work himself and lots of complaining... And you have to spend money on items to keep your slaves happy and to open up some progression... Most of the money is made by sending your sex slave out to do escort work etc... But as the sex slaves get tired and lose moral and so on, you have to spend days of game time buying gifts and letting them rest and so on, after some events, just to get the bars back up to 100%... Which makes this game highly grindy...

It is the very first game I've ever played using the Tyrano Engine, which in some ways was ok, but it also felt a bit clunky... Sometimes you would get stuck on a screen where left clicking would not end the message you were given, so after trial and error I found out the Return key would end the message so I could continue... Also, I highly recommend you stay away from the Options menu choice to make the messages auto complete, as there seemed no way to turn it off other then restarting the game...

It is very obvious that based off what you see, and what the developer repeatedly tells you in the game, that what you get currently is just a small taste of what they have planned... Based off the list of choices that currently do not work and the image preview at the end of the current content, it's develops have lots of plans for more hard core content... Which makes the current content feels pretty much like a Demo, just to entice donations, which you also get a bunch of requests in the end of the content, for donations...

The characters have no real personality... The only current female character has a rather hollow personality, pretty much just being this reluctant participant that is groomed into wanting and liking all the stuff the protagonist wants... The protagonist himself is a highly selfish and dominating personality that really is only interested in money and being in charge... No depth at all to any of the characters...

Overall, I'm not really into some of the tropes/fetishes this game has plans to include as development continues... Then there is the fact that there is really no story of substance or meaning in this game... It's just a very grindy management game with it's theme being the finding, training, and prostituting of sex slaves... You waste so much time repeating all these steps over and over to continue with a small amount of new content, then do it again for a small amount of content, sometimes having to do even more repeating stuff the next time, on an on... Some folk will probably find it annoying...

I'm also sure there will be some folks that will like this sort of stuff, but in the end it is just a meaningless porn fest grinder game... The visuals of the character are alright, but a game can't stand on visuals alone and be one of the top erotic games available... Obviously this game is very early into it's development, and it's developer/s have lots of plans... So only time will tell how successful or average this game will be... Will I revisit this one? I doubt it... Only time will tell...

Playing v0.1

A game that needs more polish.

The positives: Good animations, interesting art work, and an interesting premise. Also a limited tutorial.

Negatives: characters have no depth, animations have an odd sequences, bugs and technical problems, poor balancing in game.

Other: The interface works at the moment due to the limited number of characters you can interact with, as more characters are added, some tedium may appear.

Overall, this game is more of a management game than anything else. One that is aiming for the main character to recruit girls to be his escorts and money makers. However, the lack of any character depth kept me from being at all interested in the protagonist, or his first girl. The visuals are solid, and the interface is usable. But the technical issue of having certain screens become un-clickable (forcing the player to use enter, or other keys) breaks the experience. As well, the fact that ALL of the girl's stats must be completely full before any commands can be given means that you may find yourself skipping days simply to see her become less tired.

In the future, I will certainly return to see how this game develops, but in its current state it is a rough start.

Artwork is spectacular, premise and storytelling are well thought out. It could use some work on the English grammar, but this is very good for an initial release. Looking forward to future versions.

I love this game, wish it were in ren'py. But I love it just the same. My hope is that it will be completed. Please give this game a chance, and if you enjoy consider donating on PATREON. Game is well written, and renders look great, this is of to a good start.