RPGM - Completed - Sakura Gozen [v1.10] [kaniheadcrab]

EXCELLENT game. It takes a very hard comedic route, but it's able to switch off and become so much more when it chooses to. Highly recommend for anyone looking to play a game that has story first and porn second. Speaking of which, most games which take that route tend to have either bad porn and good story, or good porn and a bad story. This is in the middle and is able to execute both quite well.

I love how the devs drop in little mentions and hints of events that happened in the past, and how it's impacting the current setting. The item descriptions are a good read, and you slowly put together some extra context that adds so much more to certain scenes.

The characters are surprisingly charming. Everyone grew on me, and I especially grew fond of Tokuro, Suzune, and Sakura herself. Everyone is badass in their own way though, and gets their moment to shine.

5/5. Highly recommend, and I'm definitely going to play the dev's other game afterwards.

I have my complaints but it's overshadowed by just.. all of the rest.

Game CG and scene CG are all great, story and characters are fantastic, scenes are hot and (reasonably) well-written.

Warning: Pacing is good for a game with porn. if you're looking for porn with game, this may not be it.

Some tips: Don't buy/craft/unlock anything unless you need it for a specific scene. You'll get access to better money later, weapon upgrades aren't necessary, and grinding is annoying.

If you do need to grind, going in and out of the farming zones a few times will spawn extra enemies that you can then mow down all at once.

tried it thinking it might be good but slightly skeptical because of HUGE boobs. was surprised that isn't just good but REALLY good!
GREAT story and one of the only times a plot twist has actually got me.

Genuine peak. From the first sight, it seemed like a game that a person would just do a quick beat then discard it right after. But, the utter, UTTER tonal whiplash after chapter 1? Amazing. Surpassed my initial expectations. Also lore is surprisingly deep (but not too deep, just moderate)
Characters are also very loveable too.
Had to lock TF in after chapter 1. Game turned from a ero game to a game with optional h-scenes that you can skip.
But the actual gameplay itself when excepting the story?
Shite. Meh at best. You're also able to grind beforehand via memories which can pretty much dominate everything if you do so.

I really love this game story you guys should try for yourself you will love it trust me. Games with time loop is always peak in my book.

But there's one small issue I have with this game and is that the combat get pretty easy near endgame like every boss you encounter because alot more simple to defeat because all them have the same move set.

Overall the game is really game hope there's more hgames like this one.

Came for the fap, played the whole game for the goddamn story. This is peak fiction.

Some people will say that this has a generic story but if every time loop story is generic then every medieval story is generic. Why are people saying this story is generic? I have no fucking clue. Believe me you'll have your pants flown off you after finishing chapter 1.

Extremely high effort, high quality game, reminds me of Alicesoft games.
Tons of variety of H-scenes with different characters, position, costumes, kinks and a lot of them are animated.

The game is very quest-based where the gameplay loop is just accepting and completing random quests for rewards.

Sidescrolling game, so some people might find the town annoying to traverse through.

they're trying to be creative with the gameplay with QTE stuff, but at its core it's just another turn-based RPGMaker combat

As a game, even though it's VISUALLY very charming, it's not really fun to play, but worth it for the H scenes

i come for the futa tag, but i stayed for the stories.

Well, apparently i need to put 200 characters so here is my thought :

Superbe and dynamic combat system.
Golden stories With a fire pencil.
lovable characters.

The only bad point i see is the farming who can be a little long.

5 Stars

The high rating is undeserved, with many people overlooking the serious flaws in gameplay and story because of good CGs.
Even tough the CGs are good the scenes themselves are unimaginative and mostly stand alone with little buildup or tie into the story. For example the different costumes consist of a few lines of dialogue and a very generic scene. Overall the scenes and fetishes really fell like quantity over quality with next to zero tie in to the broader game.
Another aspect often praised in other reviews are the gameplay, even though the gameplay isn't generic it isn't unique either or well executed.
Overall a mediocre game I wouldn't even really recommend for the gallery as all the scenes are executed better in other games.

Time To Beat: 13~ Hours

Excellent art, a wide variety of fetishes, great quality of life and anti-grinding features would've made this an easy recommend out the gate. However, what's really sets Sakura Gozen is that the story, while not wholly original, is compelling because the cast are well defined and the comedy is consistently good.

As an added bonus, unlocking all the CGs doesn't take my effort or isn't gated by the story. I can't recommend this game enough!

9.5/10
This game is absolutely off the wall crazy. It appears to be a typical ero corruption RPG, but opens up into something way bigger with story, depth, humor and tragedy all spiraling into one of the best h games i've ever played. Trust me, it's worth your time if you like the preview images at all, and don't mind a giant crazy adventure.


The good:
- A LOT of ero scenes, semi-animated, well translated and covers most kinks
- A lot of secrets, exploration, odd things to uncover, create
- Humorous and tragic story with hot moments, disturbing moments, I think it pulls it off where others really can't (Great translation helps here)
- Gallery hints and items which help you unlock everything make it a lot less painful to get scenes and events to happen.

The bad:
- Takes time to open up and unlock scenes
- At times, grinding is unavoidable, becomes a total non-issue later
- Secrets and small events can be very easily missed, from containers that look like background decor, to npcs that give you things after certain things happen.
- Very chaotic, can make the story hard to follow in a serious regard, small details are extremely meaningful and maybe just never fully understood

So, I have finished the game finally, oh my god this was great. This genuinely, really caught me off guard.
So glad that I was able to look past the initial images to actually play this, me playing this was pretty much a coin flip, so worth it though. I loved the story of this. I wont spoil anything, because you should play this for yourself, oh my god, the ending of the first chapter really takes a turn and caught me by surprise. I've now gotten all the endings, worth every second of playtime I put into this. 5/5 stars, if I could play this for the first time again I would love to.

The game has a very good history. Although I was lost at the beginning. But the game really impressed me, the art is gorgeous, the sex scenes, the many clothes and the mechanics. They really put some effort into making this.

Greatest praise I can give the game is I played it start to finish and then bought it. Game has great art and a story that is fairly interesting. Biggest praise is the game play is very intuitive and not at all grindy if you use the items they give you. Play time was like 4-8 hours depending on how much you skip. I didn't experience any bugs or performance issues, so game runs flawlessly. Like I said in the start, I actually bought it So yes it is a 5/5 game, would recommend.

downloaded game to goon but tears came out instead, literally peak.
detailed rating:
combat: 4.8/5, standard turn based combat with a twist of quick timing aspects and enemies having their weaknesses, which is very nice in my opinion.
world building: 5/5, the map seems simple at first, but as you progress further into the lore, you can easily tell the fact that there are events that happened before the story of the game, which explains for a lot of questionable stuff in the storyline (if you can, DO read the dialogues, don't make the same mistake as me).
characters: 4.8/5, rather than being just a bunch of interactable NPCs, the characters do have depth and their own story, side quests do affect the endings and gameplay, only complain would be how some of the interactions seems abrupt, making it a little bit unnatural every now and then.
Sound: 4/5, the BGM is good, sound effect are janky for some certain part. In general it's ok, not bad but not very outstanding either
performance: 5/5, idk much about tech and coding but it ran well in my case, no bug or problem occurred at all, like buttery smooth.

on the surface the game might look to be carried by the art, but further down the game the story (art is still excellent) starts to really shine and hook you into the game. unironically one of best few good stories i've experienced.

If you are a stranger to kaniheadcrab work, you might think this is a generic overdeveloped breast female MC scene collector game, but you will thank yourself after giving it a try.
-It's a side-scrolling game while exploring and turn base when fighting. Resource are easy to collect after you finish exploring. Heck, they even give you the optional items if you want to see H-scenes early or fight easier. Plus, there are tons of surprise if you do side quests.
-The theme of this game is comedy with tons of weird sex talk but the story is on another level. In some scene: the pussy was visible, the character was stuck in boobs, the dialogues were weird,... but my tears keep dropping. A head-up for those who are too lazy to read.
*Play it, resist the urge to comment something like "this shit is so peak" and give it the rating your heart want you to do. Then, if you like it VERY MUCH, consider buying it to support the mad lads who made this gem.
The Merchant Guild give it a 5/5. I, too, give it a 5/5.
It's totally worth playing.

One of the few games that left you speechless after completion. Like that feeling after you finish your 500 chapters worth of manga, and you just sit there contemplating about life.

H-scene looks great but kinda boring. Piss everywhere. Offer a wide range of fetish so every scene are short af. Let u dress naked but eh mc isn't anywhere near the degenerated level of sex fiend like those other games I've seen even when you max out the lust level.

Plot: intriguing, a lot of plot twist but hey at least it's happy ending, like a fairy tale type of happy ending.

A good game that just barely don't quite get to greatness.

Story: 10/10
The best part of the game. Characters are interesting and memorable, plot is strong and emotional, there's a bunch of background lore, all of that is sprinkled with good comedy. There's even the original music which improves immersion a lot.

Gameplay: 7/10
Devs had a lot of good ideas but execution is consistenly missing the mark.

Combat is unique and you'd think that it would be a big selling point. In practice, the 5 weapons don't have distinct identity, "Collapse" mechanic often acts like an only bar that actually matters, enemies fight the same and it's hard to tell what they even do.

There are many crafting systems...which leads to grind...but devs also add dedicated grinding areas with instakill items...which makes the whole process pretty redundant?

It just leaves me with a sense of "it could've been amazing, and instead it's just okay". If nothing else, I appreciate all the QoL in the game, though.

Porn: 5/10-8/10
I personally felt like scenes were very hit-or-miss. First of all, mosaic censorship is the worst, and this one has pretty heavy mosaic. Beyond that, many scenes just mildly annoy me, like how most men are bald, Enka's tattoo, most boobs being oversized, e.t.c. I can't call them bad, but I only enjoyed ~40% of them.
Quality of the art is top-notch though, although I'd argue that it shines the most in story battles.

Pretty alright H-Game wrapped in a surprisingly good plot and interesting characters, seriously, the end of chapter 1 is WILD (in a good way) so if you haven't been spoiled by one of the comments here please go play it RIGHT NOW! it's so worth it.