RPGM - Renryuu: Ascension [v25.09.11] [Naughty Netherpunch]

My main reason why I rated this so low is because of how unintuitive it is to play. 5 hours in and I give up and will look at a guide. A map or quest tracker would make this much better instead of having to find an NPC hidden away in a corner

Pros:

1. Game isn't afraid to experiment: The whole kingdom building aspect was fun, I liked that. But I have no clue what it's for because it's not the actual game.
2. Consistent art: Not ai generated but hand drawn art. Static images which I'm not picky.
3. Open world: You could be on a level 1 quest and take a wrong turn and you'll be facing level 20 mobs. Which you will do a lot if you play this without a guide. The entire map is open to explore right at the start. I like that, others don't

Cons:

1. Easy to get lost: With how many mechanics or people you have to talk to or places you have to go and with no map or ( ! ) markers...good luck
2. Annoying RPGM movement in menus. The ones where you move the cursor with the arrow keys to select things.
3. Everyone in the overworld look like they could be the MC. Its the default RPGM sprites, which makes it hard to know who is important especially since they're not marked

I'll update this review when I catch up with the story. If I ever do

I was surprised by the politics/simulation systems. it is really different from your usual adult game and it adds a lot to the project!

The diplomacy and construction mechanics are really funny to play with andthey add depth to the world and gameplay.

The art is good. Not perfect, but consistent and I really enjoyed the character designs, although some of the png arts do not mix with the RPG Maker backgrounds in a nice way.

I think this is a really promising project, the dev should be proud of it!

This is an absolute gem for RPG and AVN enthusiasts. Game brings great TRPG combat wrapped in a descent story that itches the RPG game loop. NSFW Scenes are great too and the amount of chice given to tackle problems is welcome.

With all that, I have to say the addition of the country management mechanic is a game changer. While a bit overwhelimg at first, once you get used to it, you get rewarded with a game that shows you a well developed fantasy world.

This game is a blast, and I highly recommend you get an android phone, or gaming handheld (I'm playing this on the ayn odin portal 2) because you can sink hours into it, and I do attribute lounging on a couch while playing to a good part of my enjoyment.

If you're a JRPG fan who loves anime tiddies, this is for you.

Good game with a story, and I love the artwork, and I need a longer story arc and have to see the other brother's point of view on why he is doing this. Would it be possible to include a hidden quest in the game where players must search for a person or beast-type trap?

Awesome king simulator with a lot of things to do and many characters to meet.I would like to see even more villages and NPC to meet and interact cuz this is the most fun thing for me to do. The main characters are great an funny and all have distinguish personality. 10/10 game for me.

+Plot/lore:


-Side characters: 50/50, there's some who directly impact the general plot, then there's other who speaks a lot but no even scene yet,

-MC: Have you wonder how a sandbox would feel from the playable character view? That's Ryen, sometimes is serius, sometimes a complete mo***, sometimes sweet and in others can ra- without a corruption check, I mean, I know some things as corruption/slutiness are more to female MC in part to enjoy the slow fire progresion, but c'mone, where's the check of "20" to be able to take some actions? Whatever, just hope he gains more plot/mind devolving in these time-skips acts, it feels like the history pass throw him rather than a character that reacts bc what's happening around him, nvm, porn game MC.

+Combat:

-Normal enemies: too easy, technically you can farm exp by killing monster plants near your door and then go slaughter bandits at the north of Dorgarian.

-Elite enemies; feels more like you need certain character to do it unless wanna fight hal hour, HP sponges? Seriusly?

-Bosses/Endgame: Did I mention how much I hate RNG? well then, how about a whole endgame based on RNG? jeez, skipping nature raid BTW, too much RNG even to me.

-Worldmap/Vangard: Did you recall how much I detest RNG? Bc of course the best way to improve your troops ought to be thieves's chests after a whole battle or a camel whith "who knows what it sells" mehcanics, and to make it even better, it is not that RNG affects your troops equipments, but items are required to even unlocks skills (lvl 10 max skill) or to even be able to ride a horse? Gold? Stable? Blacksmiths? Nein! Raw RNG! It's even beyond annoying.

+Scenes: it's no a pool but a sea of kinks, anal? check, orgy? check, ra-bondage? double check since bad routes, it even has necro if you considere vampires, jianhis and ghosts (no joke, a ghost girl), traps etc, sadly VA are expensice as heck but hopefully in the future AI can bypass the uncanny valley.

+Building: It changes more between versions than you or me change underwear, but speaking about the current version. . .

-Turns: Barely noticeables, no events around the map besides fire, no interaction out of war with other countries besides some commerce, in theory you could let slips 999 turns and nothing would happen, no game over, no rush event.

-Buildings: though it makes sense you have to devolve some tech to advance the tech tree (besides some missions as the factory requeriment) I wonder if we could actually build seize weapons or stone turrents before enemies are knocking the door, besides, defensive building only drags enemy army to a longer fights, there's no real damage to enemy army, just a "no moral debuff" to our own army by more tuns.

-"Council": Enough of seeing the same boring faces at your throne room to devolve the country? Good new, now you can see more boring faces at the world map, jokes aside, a few bonus (for example a defensive bonus at Red Keep if a commander is asigned) would be nice, it makes sense a country isn't sustained just by a few characters.

+A few minor points:

-Races: there's no clear point in what are "smart races", only monster(girls sometimes), or a between, I mean, there's orcs, ugly as ****, but then there's goblin girls? A few version ago draconics were included in daemon races, but now are similar to elves? there's capturable monstergirls who are smart enough, but only hellhounds or bee girls have something similar to building/tools???

-Tasks: TBH, you can marry Varea even before Chiyo yet they gonna speak as if chiyo is already married, then you have to see the wallthough to understand how to advance with certain character, and then you have to explote the whole map bc someone teleports out of nowhere to your dungeon! It feels like camp full of shells.

-Marriage: RNG again now with minerals/farming????????.

8'7/10

Renryuu: Ascension [v24.12.20]

TLR: Absoulte garbage, a perfect example of what happens when a dev focus only on more content and doesn't polish a single aspect of the game, not a single redeemable aspect, and that is incredible, since this game has so many mechanics and extra content, but not even 1 is decent, let alone good, all mediocre, all a waste of time, just garbage, get yourself a full save, watch all the CGs and move on.

It took me 36 hours to ''beat'' this incomplete garbage.; all Main cast marriages, almost every side marriage, all the ''end game'' challenges and almost all the extra content, i spend almost 40 hours on this and i didn't enjoy a single minute, the game is just grindy for the sake of being grindy, almost every mechanic has the objetive of wasting your irl time. let me give you an example, in one random segment you have to explore a cave, but every time you touch a boulder blocking your path you have to walk to the entrance to deposit that rubble you just picked up, now: Does this have a purpose?, no, it simply wastes time.

You have a fast travel system that is absolute garbage, you have a ''marriage'' system that is simply ''grind stones haha'' and don't get me started on how cryptic every quest is, EVERY SINGLE INTERACTION IN THE GAME IS RANDOM AF.

''well you see, to unlock the next part of the story for this character you have to finish this other character in a random building, oh but i forgot to mention, if you want to make her spawn you have to complete this 2 extra quests, and no, there will be no indicator or hints about this''

This game was so badly designed, so badly planned, so badly made, that you need the wiki to even play it.

The dev just added content for the sake of it, including but not limited to:

An element system in combat that doesn't work properly, your own stats do jack shit sometimes (150% accuracy and my archer misses 1 out of every 3 attacks)
A country management system that relies on your IRL time, but every time you pass a turn it defaults to waste all your turns in one click, and you get no benefit from this, so why is it in the game?, and it was so bad that you simply have a button that says ''cheat and get 100 points'', and i have to ask, if it is so bad that you implement a ''cheat'' WHY IS IT IN THE GAME.
A ''we have fire emblem at home'' with the worst strategy i have ever seen, not even a shadow of a challenge, and that translates to just boring and grinding battles, in this vanguard system 99% of battles are just a clicking simulator until it's over, but, the final battle in the game suddenly is extra hard, because the dev had the brilliant idea to throw hp sponges at you, ver fun, thanks.
The entire marriage system is ''we have evenicle at home'' but holy sh*t is so terribly implemented.
The pregnancy system sounds cool, but it has 0 payoff, no even a line of dialogue in the poorly excuse of an ''ending'' this game has (btw, there is still no ending, it's been >10 years and it's still not finished, but rejoice, we have a fishing mechanic where you catch useless items that you can just buy)

Speaking of buying, gold is irrelevant, the country manager just generates infinite money, and since the dev believes that 70% of quest must have the ''you have to buy this expensive item to progress'' mindset, this makes all of those quest irrelevant, and thats another issue, this game has almost 200 quests, 195 of those are fetch quests, enjoy.

i have an entire notepad full of everything this game does wrong, and now that i'm writing a review, it's simply not worth it, don't waste your time on this garbage, since its just that, a waste of time, and what a shame it is

RATING 2/5 (Would give a 1/5, but by virtue of quantity you get an extra star) honestly, just get a full save and see the CGS, the story is boring, the gameplay is horrendous and the entire game enjoys wasting the player's time. down to the trash it goes)

I can't get past the first five minutes of the game, I really can't, we start with a sex scene which is already quite jarring for an introduction to a game, a main character that is some sort of edgy tryhard design by an 11 year old, and is also probably a self insert by the author given that they have the same name, the fact that it is characterized both as some kind of detached tough guy and a playboy at the same time doesn't do him any favors in the likeability department, the gary stu schtick gets even worse with the cast figuratively and literally fellating him from the very first second, the excuse the plot gives you for him to become the ruler is *incredibly stupid and unbelievable* and makes the main character even less likeable (honestly him saying he wasn't the heir and the guards saying "shut up, we have bigger problems, you have the sigil, and since you're already some kind of god's gift to mankind according to everyone else you'll do", would have helped tremendously).

In short, the main character and the writing are so terrible I can't even make it to the management mechanics that seem to be the game's main focus, I genuienly can't.
And I thought Monster Girl 1,000's main character design and name were outrageously stupid, at least he's likable.

Been a while since I played this but it is easily one of the best games on the site. Good story, interesting mechanics game. Updates are very frequent as well. Overall I really recommend this game. RPGM doesn't really hold the game back imo.

Just starting the game but so far so good, the charachters are likeable, the art is quite good, the only gripe i could think of it's that as an rpg you might hive to grind to actually defeat the bosses and monsters, but if you have no problem with that this game will be quite enjoyable.

One of the classics of the adult RPG's! This game is old and the dev still active, so only that is enoung to give him the first two stars!
Abou the game, it's very good made, with good art, good mapping, nice puzzles and a new system that I had never seen on a RPGM game, the kingdom management and tatical battle. A very cool system!
The diplomacy is a nice thing too. The story is simple, but sustain the gameplay very well.
There a lot of grind on it, but mostly is not a "must do" to follow the story. The grind, as like in all RPG games, is to unlock more content. So it's ok.
The bad thing about this game, is that for some years it turned like a "testing project", with things not that cool, while the story was stuck. But happily it's moving foward again, and I just await good things from now on.
A sky full of stars!

For a game about becoming a king, this game drastically fails to capture the feeling of becoming a king.

Instead, the game puts the player in a very passive role for all but the most superficial grinding choices. Whereas when it comes to important things like relationships, you are given little control. Often just relegated to buying everyone's love by mass feeding gifts and waiting until they feel his highness is worthy of their linear fetch quest.

With a lack of more proactive/dominant options and an MC that rarely initiates anything, this game really does not do power fantasy well. And combined with the mismatched emasculating fetishes that cannot be properly avoided, the "becoming a king" theme falls entirely flat.

its so boring and nothing makes sense


in first 2 minutes you became a king and literally nobody respects you (not the kinky way) everybody talks to you like you are their friends.

Mc looks ridiculous with wings,management system doesnt make sense, tutorials doesnt make sense.

You are not given any option if you want to have sex with characters it just happens even if they are annoying or just ugly as fk


Companions joins you also without asking, you just accept anybody....

why even bother making this game if you arent gonna let me play it

I enjoy strategy/grand conquest games (Rimworld, Total War, Tropico). I love JRPGs (Persona, SMT, Legend of Heroes, Final Fantasy pre-13). I jack off to porn games (I'm here, aren't I?). I'm very well experienced in all of these genres. So, I'm sad to say that this game tries all of these things and doesn't do anything particularly well. Sure, on paper, it functions, but in practice none of it is very enjoyable.

In terms of being a JRPG, it's bog standard, with character personalities that hit you like wet cardboard. Character arts match with what I can only describe as "default". Add to this repetitive encounters in towns that could easily be way over your level because you dared try to wander around or explore, with quest level suggestions being a straight up lie (A quest will say it's level 1, but you'll get jumped by 2 level 10 dudes along the way), and it's all a subpar experience.

In terms of being a grand strategy game, it feels like someone made it with only a baseline understanding of what one is. Lets dump a bunch of numbers, stats, modifiers, and scenarios on the player while having an extremely cumbersome and unhelpful UI. It doesn't even feel good when you balance the numbers and get it right, it just feels like you ripped off a band-aid and now there's just a sting left over from the leg hair you pulled out.

In terms of being a porn game, well, it does alright. Characters are kind of bland visually, and their quality of H-scenes can vary between mid and decent, but there sure are a lot of girls.

It's pretty hard to recommend this game, but I do deeply respect the effort put in to try. Dual-genre games aren't made too often, and it's on display why that is here.

Creative mix of RPG and management that work flawlessly together, as well as rich content that allows to continuously discover new characters and events throughout the game.

The one downside was missing out on most events by the time I finished the main story. It still took over 30 hours and felt complete, which is the reason I would consider them ‘easter eggs’ for completionists that have the urge to spend another 20+ hours to find all the hidden gems.

What i likes bout this game is the games mechanic like fr i like this
Kind Of game when u rule a kingdom and got some features that u can control ur army or go war with another country it's so enjoyable to play even there's some grinding but that's fine the adults content is just like a bonus u feel me like that's making the story bout the games feels alive, like what kind of king that rule a fckin country that doesn't has a bitch right

The premise is pretty great. You come across the heir to the throne who was raised in secret when assassins take him out.
You kill the assassins and then steal his identity.

The execution is poor. Wide puddle lacking depth.
Dialog and plot is poor.
Art does not impress.
Too many token scenes instead of a focus on a couple of specific fetishes.
Bad combat.
Walking simulator.

This game is really bad and boring.

The story is very badly written and the dialogue is boring.

The characters all have very little personality.

The art is too inconsitent and never looks more than average.

The combat is very boring standart RPG.

I think the biggest problem is that the game tries to do too much at the same time and never focuses on a single aspect which makes everything feel shallow and bad.

I would only recommend it for poeople who are new to porn or RPG games, atleast it has much content.

Review of v23.11.23 is a 7/10 from me but rounding down for stars for the average player.
Time to complete was 30 hours for main story and 60 for most of the rest of the scenes
Would I recommend this game? Only for hardcore jrpg fans, otherwise the hundreds of battles and aimless questing will likely wear everyone else out.
Art: 3.5/5
Animation: not applicable (less than 2% of the scenes are animated and what is there is fairly basic)
Sfx: 1/5 (no sound effects during sex scenes and basic rpgm stuff the rest of the time)
Gameplay: 3/5
Story: 2.5/5

Pros
Hundreds of girls to romance
The newer art is pretty decent
A wide variety of gameplay mechanics
Tons of content

Cons
Inconsistent art that ranges from amateur to pretty good
Inconsistent characters, particularly the mc who you can be a serial rapist to a nice guy, but then the latter half of the game is destined for the good path with most of the girls.
A lot of the mechanics and areas are not very fleshed out and feel half baked despite being in the game for years at this point
The romances you can have with most girls is extremely shallow and most girls only have one scene because there are just so many

I played this game 4 years ago and really enjoyed it, but plot wise it hasn't gotten very far since then. I think this game really could have benefitted from the dev splitting the new stuff into a 2nd game rather than tacking stuff on to this one for years, especially with the new art style and personality of the main character feeling vastly different. Quests and cgs are very difficult to get in a lot of instances because so many different prerequisites need to be met that the game doesn't tell you about, a hint system would be a lifesaver. Overall it's a game I had a lot of fun with, but there are a lot of flaws that mostly stem from the long development time of the game.

As wide as the ocean, as deep as a puddle, you are thrown into a kingdom as the new ruler, you have many quests to do, but far too often you have no clue where you are supposed to go cause there isn't a global map available for you, the quest progression is often far too tedious because you have no clue where to find the people in the quest, there's readily available cheats at your bed in the castle which is absolutely hilarious, "animated" tag, but <5% of H-scenes are animated, the other 95% are 2D CGs, combat is meh, you just gotta grind levels, why is this the highest rated game in this category?