RPGM - Abandoned - Rina: Elementalists of Manahold [v0.4.5] [RareRiroRie]

This review is addressed towards version 0.3b, which is the latest version uploaded on the site

This WIP game has some good things and some bad things.

The good things are:

.- Art:

The art in this game is very very nice, very very detailed and appealing to look at. I enjoyed some of the h-scenes I was able to get before I stopped playing it because of an issue I will comment in a moment

.- The second good point is, writing and story:

The writing has honestly been a nice surprise.. usually when it comes to eroge games I expect writing to be good but nothing out of the ordinary, or even bad.. as most games are machine translated, but this one has some very nice writing and it made me enjoy the plot of the game and scenes lots more

Sadly, and it's the reason why I will give this WIP game a 3/5 stars, there's one MAJOR problem at least to me.. and that is, the combat system.

And I don't mean it in terms of RPG style combat system, no.. my issue is that the combat feels very very unbalanced at the moment. Everything you fight tends to do a lot more damage than you do.

You could think, but there's ways to avoid this.. and you wouldn't be wrong, but it makes the gameplay loop revolve around tons of grinding (attending to the biology and alchemy classes, which will give you stats boosts although they're mostly defensive stats.. nothing offensive as far as I saw) and working to be able to pay attending to classes until you have somewhat decent statistics to be able to go out and do the things you have to do.

This is one of my biggest pet peeves in games in general and especially so in eroge games, where usually the rewards you receive for grinding aren't really worth the effort spent into the task and doing the same action over and over and over again ends up being boring.

I can't really think of a way to fix this issue at the moment, but I would like to suggest this being looked upon before further developing this game, as it makes progressing through the game bothersome, at least to me.

This is an awesome game. It's unique, it has everything you could want, a busty female lead who's clueless, horny goblins, horny teachers, weird penis shapes and more! Definitely have it on my watch list and cannot wait for more updates with more content. This has TONS of potential!

One of the best games I have played recently. Absolutely love the art.
Rina looks absolute gorgeous. Would prefer if you can remove the glasses.
Would like to see more scenes with the old goblin.
Also would like if the dev brings more clothing content.

Amazing game so far. Art stile and fetishes are same like in game"ionian corps", witch I also like it a lot. Story is also interesting and dialogs in the game are also good and funny. Cant wait for next update!

TLDR: So far so good. Nice story, not overly grindy a few cool things. The art looked strange but when i played, I didnt mind the art at all.


I think the combat-lust system is still incomplete so i'm hoping that wont break it. There were a few strange bugs such as the issue with holding fast talk freezing you and in one of the work days at the library the husband and wife didnt move during the cutscene so when it was over i was trapped.

Due to these bugs and a few minor things i would more truly give this a 4.5 as is but since we arent able to give half stars i'm looking forward to future iterations making me revise this score.

I wasn't quite sure on this one on the opening but it definitely becomes worthwhile after a bit. Even though the developer is critical of the game in the current state I have to say for a RPGM it's pretty damn polished compared to many.

I just really hope the succubus can be caught and turned into a prisoner-thrall or minion or something for Rina and dressed up (or undressed completely). Her art and character attitude absolutely deserve hanging around. The bitchy stuck up attitude was exceptionally well conveyed. And the shine and fine details of anatomy on the Succubus body is very well done in this style.

Lastly before listing some pros and cons I'll say given the goblins, the warg and other events it's going to be very interesting to see all the things Rina expands her power from

Positives:

Art consistency - The art is very consistent in quality and style, not perfect but definitely a way better then most.
Story - It's a bit campy at first but it did get interesting enough for me to actually read.
Writing/Grammar - It's not Engrish! When writing the developer actually takes their time to proofread it seems.
Clothing options for character - It's a great addition though down the line it will add quite a lot of permutations for the developer, impressive to see and well implemented.

Negatives:

Having to go through the same dialog over and over for each class session gets a little old fast. As do the 'jobs' once you've seen all the variations, especially the bookstore one as it takes a long time for him to move and if you do it in the wrong order you get stuck.

V0.2.2d
Great model
Magic school settings done right (Some Adv. of Tara's inspiration maybe?)
Some combat but not too heavy combat based (RPGM combat...)
But most of all, inspired situations and sex scenes
There's enough content to have fun if you didn't play it already.

4.5/5 Let's hope the quality stay even and it gets completed.

SAVE often, any chance you've got, cut-scenes get stuck while holding space to speed it up (or just don't do that)

Last but not least, there is two ways to avoid any money grind.

So glad I came across this game.
Dev is so active in this thread and even outside f95 (discord)
The only Dev I decided to support in Patreon. Attitude is everything, well also his Art. It is the best art. Never been into any Female Protagonist of an h-game before. Rina's is just an angel...like the janitor said*

Not so Old Dudes + Old Man is a triple +++ for me...
There's a Goblin and he's an Old Goblin Holy shit...
Again the Art is Superb!

Cons tho...
Lots of Bugs in the game, I'm hoping the dev can just focus on drawings and someone will do the coding. Imagine that...Rina is in every position possible the never-ending possibilities if the Dev sticks on his drawings.

Overall.. Abosolute fucking legend of a game and dev. (never rated anyone's game before too)

art isnt good
potential drinking cum by master ghund is bad
janitor is not very smart and so is Rina
its wierd crossover of harry potter and some comedy show
there are better RPGs than wasting time on this

I'll keep it short. This is my opinion.

Version: 0.2.2b

Pros:
-Art - Def the best thing about this game

Cons:
- Bad mapping
- A lot of movement bugs that make you stuck during movement routes. This happens if you use the text skip button during those scenes.

The story is so-so. It's a bit silly but it's an h-game so I'll take it as it is.

I still gave the game five stars since it's still in development and the cons can be easily improved with time.

This game is excellent, it has a nice female protagonist, the "story" (if I can call it that way) is not that hard to follow, it is not grindy at all(and I love that) , and I really enjoyed playing it. The design is simple yet amazingly drawn and I am looking forward to seeing the new updates that are to come

Super great artwork, genuine quality man...Gameplay isn't half bad, but the content is where its at. I give a 10/10 for style and the plot seems to have some potential. ITS STILL VERY EARLY, but damn its better than quite a few out there.

Yep 5 stars for me. It's a good start for a game.
Just played the game and I love it. Beautiful art. I really loved that the moans aren't the generic ones which are totally overused. I, for one, liked the pacing of the game. The training quest looks good. That art of her sitting on the bed naked was bloody beautiful.
All and all, love the game can't wait for more updates. Good luck with the development. All the best.

Excellent drawing. Really like. An interesting plot point. It is curious whether in the future there will be important plot choices or there will be a linear plot, but well thought out. Variations to resist corruption and get one branch of development or succumb to corruption and get the next option. Whatever choice you make in the development of the plot, success and thanks again.

overall nice game . creator also likes to engage with audience and listens to their suggestions as well.. game is new .. will definitely like to see new content . overall must play game . nice scenes currently only one sex scene.. but surprised to see creator included it as per request by the people to have sex scene in next update . I also gave some suggestions to the creator which he said will definitely think about.

It seems that the mystery and the magic await in these great incredible stories really, I want to go to play of desire of mysterious, secrets, powerful, lolitas, cures ... very tasty game! I already vote for website: Patreon better!

i loved this game, its one of the best experiences that i had with rpgm. it has a good gameplay, i liked the magic stuff and the design is pretty good! and i hope you dont give up in doing this game, i wanna play it a lot haha