RPGM Completed Scars of Summer [v1.03] [Shinachiku-Castella/Kagura Games]

[Leo D. Marstone]

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Also good games but many of them are not completed yet. I have them on my radar as well but deliberatly did not include them on the list. If I did our lists would match even more ,)

I just don't like playing in updates to be honest. I will test one early update out and if it catches my interest I will wait until completion. Double edged sword I know but I want to enjoy games at my own pace.

At the end let me cross reference how Scars of Summer played out again because I saw you have "Her Love is a Kind of Charity" as well listed. Both use MC only POV.

The MC only POV in NTR games is just a questionable design decision imo. You as a player have nothing from it if you go through the whole game just to have to go into the recollection room at the end and binge watch all scenes. I mean what is the point?
I get it. The mystery what is happening behind the closed door during the playthrough adds to the tension but I just don't have the imagination for it nor do I want to imagine xD
I don't self insert in games either so I tend to have a negative opinion if games are doing that.

At least give the player the option if you discovered something like "Do you want to see what happened or continue playing?"
Some games I played actually do that and I do believe this to be a neat compromise. Anyway at the end of the day the NTR genre, albeit nische, is multifaceted enough with different styles of presentation that there is something for everyone.

Another extreme, now that I remember it, is "Nebel Geisterjäger" by BBQ Lover.
A NTR game praised by many which was so experimental, badly explained and slow burner that you could play for 5 hours straight and never see a single scene. This can't be it as well.

 

[NiktoAzure]

I like POV-male and shadow play more in NTR games. That's why I play more games where the main character is a man.
Otherwise, I don’t understand the charm of playing as a woman in NTR games, it’s basically just go to NTRman and have a happy ending, it’s just the easy way, just lose or go to the object, and that’s it. Game over.
But for a man it’s a different matter, looking for him, pretending to be a fool that everything is ok))

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Well, there are others, but I don’t remember the name, and there are too many, I decided only on those where I really got stuck. I really liked it.

 

[pheno]

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Hahah I agree with you there about the male only POV's and about how this genre is plagued by demos, alphas, abandoned, etc... can get tiring. There is another game I would add to my list I forgot about and its Kibo: Slow Fall. Have you checked out some of the ddfunlol games? They are more on the wacky side but there is some decent NTR games in there like The Motel, Saturday Night but the male gets some optional action as well.

 

[pheno]

I like POV-male and shadow play more in NTR games. That's why I play more games where the main character is a man.
Otherwise, I don’t understand the charm of playing as a woman in NTR games, it’s basically just go to NTRman and have a happy ending, it’s just the easy way, just lose or go to the object, and that’s it. Game over.
But for a man it’s a different matter, looking for him, pretending to be a fool that everything is ok))

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Well, there are others, but I don’t remember the name, and there are too many, I decided only on those where I really got stuck. I really liked it.

Demon Hunter looks interesting! Haven't played that yet. Thanks for sharing your list. SAO is definitely a top one for me also I just wish he would either redo part 1 or blend it into part 2 better. The dual gameplay x h-scenes he does are very good!

 

[RossoX]

There's actually a bunch of scars of summer clones
Summer Memories
Tsubasa Fell during Summer Vacation
Big Breasts JK Amemiya Ayumi Returns the Favor
Sunset of Purity
Me, My Girlfriend, and Sparklers
Summer Memories: Cuckolded Girls
Other than those try
Dungeon NTR
NTR Knight
Amelia Blanchette Falls
Finally you could look into, other games by Shinachiku-castella, GAPTAX, and NTRMAN
BTW worth noting that NTRMAN has a new release on the 22nd, and it looks to be a good one

It's interesting that essentially all of them are of worse quality than SoS (which is not even a perfect game to begin with, far from it). The basic formula can be improved upon much further that what we've been getting and yet all of them miss the mark in one way or another.

Ones who got some things right: NTR Knight, Sunset of Purity and the Amelia one (off the top of my head).

Funnily enough, the ratings (subjective as they may be) here on f95 do reflect that. Male-POV, free roaming and mystery, basic gameplay for a vanilla route, option to "fight against" the ntr, chance ntr encounters, easy to navigate maps, icon to track-down the heroine, decent CG and writing, voice and moaning. Is it really that hard to copy the formula?

 

[HHLONG]

It's interesting that essentially all of them are of worse quality than SoS (which is not even a perfect game to begin with, far from it). The basic formula can be improved upon much further that what we've been getting and yet all of them miss the mark in one way or another.

Ones who got some things right: NTR Knight, Sunset of Purity and the Amelia one (off the top of my head).

Funnily enough, the ratings (subjective as they may be) here on f95 do reflect that. Male-POV, free roaming and mystery, basic gameplay for a vanilla route, option to "fight against" the ntr, chance ntr encounters, easy to navigate maps, icon to track-down the heroine, decent CG and writing, voice and moaning. Is it really that hard to copy the formula?

yes, it hard when they just want some fast and ez money from cuck fan

 

[saitamaTM]

Also good games but many of them are not completed yet. I have them on my radar as well but deliberatly did not include them on the list. If I did our lists would match even more ,)

I just don't like playing in updates to be honest. I will test one early update out and if it catches my interest I will wait until completion. Double edged sword I know but I want to enjoy games at my own pace.

At the end let me cross reference how Scars of Summer played out again because I saw you have "Her Love is a Kind of Charity" as well listed. Both use MC only POV.

The MC only POV in NTR games is just a questionable design decision imo. You as a player have nothing from it if you go through the whole game just to have to go into the recollection room at the end and binge watch all scenes. I mean what is the point?
I get it. The mystery what is happening behind the closed door during the playthrough adds to the tension but I just don't have the imagination for it nor do I want to imagine xD
I don't self insert in games either so I tend to have a negative opinion if games are doing that.

At least give the player the option if you discovered something like "Do you want to see what happened or continue playing?"
Some games I played actually do that and I do believe this to be a neat compromise. Anyway at the end of the day the NTR genre, albeit nische, is multifaceted enough with different styles of presentation that there is something for everyone.

Another extreme, now that I remember it, is "Nebel Geisterjäger" by BBQ Lover.
A NTR game praised by many which was so experimental, badly explained and slow burner that you could play for 5 hours straight and never see a single scene. This can't be it as well.

iin cien he say want to make game have more ntr so me think he will change how the game work and not need finish the game to see the scene

 

[Aaceyy]

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[gordovalor]

It's interesting that essentially all of them are of worse quality than SoS (which is not even a perfect game to begin with, far from it). The basic formula can be improved upon much further that what we've been getting and yet all of them miss the mark in one way or another.

Ones who got some things right: NTR Knight, Sunset of Purity and the Amelia one (off the top of my head).

Funnily enough, the ratings (subjective as they may be) here on f95 do reflect that. Male-POV, free roaming and mystery, basic gameplay for a vanilla route, option to "fight against" the ntr, chance ntr encounters, easy to navigate maps, icon to track-down the heroine, decent CG and writing, voice and moaning. Is it really that hard to copy the formula?

If you have a certain amount of money to invest at the beginning of the first few months to do things properly, you could, but most who do it either don't have it or just want to milk it.

 

[yeetyeet6969]

He said on twitter he is going to post a new ci-en article and update the demo.

Not gonna lie, an updated demo seems like bad news for the folks expecting a release soon. It feels like something to placate us for the time being. Please dont be the case

 

[PotatoBoi647]

He said on twitter he is going to post a new ci-en article and update the demo.

Not gonna lie, an updated demo seems like bad news for the folks expecting a release soon. It feels like something to placate us for the time being. Please dont be the case

naa bro. Why is he even updating the demo now. Just drop the game

 

[Oghenekaro]

He said on twitter he is going to p
update the demo.

2025 yall.

 

[Roaring_Resolve79]

Preview image from the update. Looks like Saki in some sort of pet-play with a vagrant in the slums at midnight

 

[Urgot Main Urgot]

He said on twitter he is going to post a new ci-en article and update the demo.

Not gonna lie, an updated demo seems like bad news for the folks expecting a release soon. It feels like something to placate us for the time being. Please dont be the case

Well, there's still until August, and it's normal for games to update demonstrations at ci-en, at least in other games they always update and then launch, now I don't know what the case is.

 

[NiktoAzure]

He said on twitter he is going to post a new ci-en article and update the demo.

I still believe that the game will be released this year, 2024. It’s just possible in the fall, but I’ll believe in August.

And the fact that the demo is being updated, it seems to me that this is normal, a lot may have changed during this time, and before the release you need to first update the demo version, otherwise the old version may not coincide with the new one. Who knows, but I believe in August.

 

[mazda1024]

Damn i need daisuke route yet zigu keep it secret...

 

[Knight6797]

He said on twitter he is going to post a new ci-en article and update the demo.

Not gonna lie, an updated demo seems like bad news for the folks expecting a release soon. It feels like something to placate us for the time being. Please dont be the case

updated demo may be for playtesting reasons, at the end of the day the demo that already exists probably has alot of old stuff that's been changed so maybe he wants some feedback still.

 

[HHLONG]

I still believe that the game will be released this year, 2024. It’s just possible in the fall, but I’ll believe in August.

And the fact that the demo is being updated, it seems to me that this is normal, a lot may have changed during this time, and before the release you need to first update the demo version, otherwise the old version may not coincide with the new one. Who knows, but I believe in August.

he release demo and delay the game last year too.

 

[saitamaTM]

guy let me cope, i think it drop demo is normal thing for game that near out

 

[Tamayoa]

Not being negative but, he doesn't seems so excited on the release. Even on the Demo, it is like nothing. So I think it will be delayed for months again.