RPGM - Ren'Py - Shadows of Desire [v0.5 T2] [Shamantr]

Good for being the creator's first game, it's fine, but there are things to improve.
1 Even when playing with the guide there are scenes that you miss.
2 the character of the mother seems very unattractive to me, dry skin and there is nothing attractive about her face.
Be careful, I'm not complaining, just giving an opinion, I think that as the game progresses the creator will improve for the better and I trust.
I liked the recent update. success to the creator

Sloppy and disappointing

The game looks decent at first sight. Good reviews, the pictures capture you into an illusion of a great NTR game with good scenes.

First issue is the fact it is RPGmaker game, and of course that means lots of walking around and talking to random characters. But why do all developers working in this software have to prolong the suffering by pointless quests, and walking around looking for different npcs on a map? And why do devs making games in this engine have to release unfinished games? Especially when it's not even their creation, with zero interesting mechanics and models made in another engine (like Honey Select). What are you trying to showcase here?

Definitely not your writing skills this game, that's for sure. It is hilariously bad at some points, decent at others, so below par on average. The english could've been better, but let's not discriminate ESL people (I mean, I'm one of them as well). Anyways, it does get some points for making a good slowburn storytelling, but since it doesn't reach any satisfying moments, you will just be left with the blueballs syndrome. And where did the misinformation that white people handle cold weather worse than black people (a thing that will be mentioned on two different routes)? It's literally not true, whites handle cold temperatures better while blacks handle hot temperatures better, I mean it is logical.

Gameplay itself is typical RPGmaker stuff: BORING and TEDIOUS. Go fetch my bag, bring a key, blah blah blah. Just make it a VN in Renpy at this point, it's not like you have much else going for you. And then you also have to play Jason, the main pussy thief, which sucks for a NTR game.

Which brings me to the already mentioned models. They are not handmade, but just "borrowed" from other games/engines like Honey Select. And you can see it (at one point the hot teacher has few shotgun shells strapped around her thigh). Second problem which you will most likely notice is the clash of the so called WHG (western hentai games) and AHG (anime hentai games) styles of models. While the main character Fred looks like a typical WHG character (a bit alien tbh), his GF looks like an anime character (wouldn't call it Honey Select but it's not far from it). Same could be said about his mother (Donna I think was her name). She has a look of a typical WHG milf while other female characters, like the shopkeepers, Ruth, Melissa, etc., look like anime style characters (I'm positive about some of them being from Honey Select).

Which brings me to the scenes: don't get baited by the colorful frontpage,it doesn't have so much explicit stuff, in some routes you get to see kissing, fondling ,handjobs or blowjobs, you don't get to see actual sex though, which is a pity if you goon for 4 hours only to get to a sudden end, realizing that there's not anymore content. The animations are surprisingly decent, except at some parts they were somewhat fast.

For improvements, I would suggest less RPGmaker style walking around, focus just on a single route (the cheating one should just get 100% of attention) and character (Camille should take 100% attention, I don't care about a girlfriend of some other guy, mom and sis are nice so they should be the first two in line) simpler ways of making cash ( go to work button that would pass the time and give you money would suffice), more outfits (that wouldn't be so eccentric).

v0.3b

GREAT NTR GAME I HAVE PLAYED IN A LONG WHILE

First of all, great pacing of NTR, at least for the cheating route. Unlike other NTR games where the characters just turn to mindless whores upon seeing the antagonist's dick, there is HESITATION and RESISTANCE of the characters, which is ever so slowly tested. I like the internal struggle. But it doesn't fail to give something spicy. Some NTR games are just grindy, and more others are too "sudden" in the NTR pacing.

Second, graphics. I love how the characters are drawn. Cami especially exudes the innocence that she needs to portray. The characters are all drawn beautifully, and their assets stand out, which make you think that the loser MC could go for another instead of Cami, if that is possible.

The con for this is the engine. RPGM while contributes to the pacing of the story, it makes the animation clunky.

Other than that, I can't wait for the next updates.

Plot: 10/10
Charters: 10/10
Renders: 10/10
Animations: 9/10
For the NTR genre, this game is an absolute masterpiece. The game has a huge potential, there’s nothing to complain about. But it can still be improved by raising the quality of the animations. For example, you can look at the animations in "My Girlfriend's Amnesia"

story: 5/5
artwork: 5/5
animations: 5/5
immersion: 5/5

Don't pay attention to the 1 star reviews, the vast majority of those reviews are from people who hate RPGM and hate NTR.

If you really like NTR games, then this is the one, it may be that the beginning of the 3 routes is not that good at the cg art level, but starting from version 0.2 the developer reworked the game and both the animations and the images can easily compete with the AAA games that exist today.

Now speaking of the story, the game is divided into 3 routes, each route with its own story in which the MC's girlfriend is going to be corrupted by the antagonist of the game without the possibility of the MC being able to save her, the three routes are: Blackmail, Cheating and Cuckold. And also, each route has its different branches depending on the option you choose at the beginning of the game. If you don't know how to get them, there's a walkthrough that explains in detail how to get into each route and branch.

Aside from the MC's girlfriend, there are also a wide number of hot female secondary characters who will have action in the game.

Now speaking of the sexual scenes, the corruption of the MC's girlfriend will vary depending on the route, in both cuckold and cheating the corruption will be moderate, while in blackmail it will be faster. The animations in these scenes are excellent and the improvement from the rework is widely noticeable.

Remember that it is a game in development so bugs may be found during the playthroughs, it is also a game that has a lot of dialogue between the scenes, so if you are the type of player who only wants to watch the scenes without enjoying the story, This may not be your type of game.

Terrible game, waste of time, characters look weird, the MC's gf is avg looking there are hotter secondary characters in the game, gameplay is buggy there are some elements that make no sense, story is boring really boring, to the point I skipped dialogs most of the time and still took a long time to see some action and on top of that very dissapointing erotic scenes, bad animations etc, you should avoid this game, it's just a waste of time

If you love the NTR genre, this game is one of the best of its kind! The models are very sexy and the pacing is very smooth. Renders and animations get better and better with every update! Paths within the game also add diversity to the game and each path has its own beautiful content (although pure cuckold is not my thing). Every event in the game arouses curiosity and excitement (and really turns me on). It does not repeat each other.

Some people have criticized the game engine, but I think if this game was made in Ren'py, it wouldn't give this much pleasure. The gameplay and the feeling when you reach an event while managing the character in free roam is very nice. You slowly see what's going to happen and it adds more excitement to the game.

I think that's all. Good job, DEV! So far so good! Keep up the good work and I am sure you will be much more successful! You're one of my favorites now!

5/5!

OK WOW WOW WOW i did not expect to get SUCH a GOOD game when i pressed the install button this game just skyrocketet to my top 5 of all time.

You see i was on a pretty long dry period where no Cheating/NTR games really caught me to an extend that the best games do because those are making you edge for hours because you are so immersed in the game and the story but this game managed to pull me so hard and let me tell you why and why you NEED to play this game if you have a similar taste in Cheating/NTR games that are not just Scene collectors but good immersive Mystery NTR where the FMC is not a gianormus slut 5 minutes into the game.

Let me Start first by telling you i really like RPGM games... there are really shit ones out there but there are also once that use the engine to its full extend to create THOSE games that really pull you in.
First of all i have to start by Praising the DEVS use of Sound i think many DEVs dont have the slightes Idea how important sound is in pretty much every media and its the same with H games. Sound is THE MAIN factor that transports and Impacts the Emotions of the Audience (have you ever watched a horror movie without sound ? yes exactly they are 0% scarry and you know why ? because the only reason you get immersed and scared is the emotional engagment that soundinvokes) And this dev defenitly used that tool greatly he used it to set Great atmosphere and Mood in many parts of the game aswell as using it as a cueing and foreshadowing tool for events. The use of sound for building suspense and the above mentioned topics helps this game immensly in delivering a Great Immersive Experience.
And i absolutely love to see that since this in my opinions is a Huge part missing in many H games and i think alot of DEVs underrate how much of a impact that has on theire games.

Now for the Movement and Ui /comfot parts of this game. I dont think it is all perfect but it is really good even tho some things could be polished like the movementspeed of characters and the general navigation of the player around the map. its more of a standard Rpgm game in the sense of walking around and experiencing events but it doesnt have any combat and i absoutly love RPGM for that since it is sooooo much more immersive to see events on the map walking around as the MC and experiencing anything out of that view. I also found the Walktrough to be rather lack luster at times missing Dialouges and generally being a bit of a lackluster reading experience that needs a little bit of polishing to make the "red thread" a little bit more clear and get a bit of a better and cleare reading experience out of it but those are just small nitpicks overall i played throught the game without getting stuck or completle confused.

Now for the CGs the Characters and the Story.
It should be noted that so far i have only played the Cheating path as that is what scratches my ick the most but im pretty sure that the quality of the cuckold path and the Blackmail path are on par i will try them out in the future.
As for the dynamic I realllly love the dynamic of the "pretty white boy skinny type" with the sexy blackhaired girl cheating on him with a black dude. I also want to emphasize that i really played a Cheating path here where the FMC really is behind all of the Actions and its not just the typical lazy Blackmail corruption theme i guess it its because there is a dedicated blackmail path for that if you are into that. Without giving too much away i really like how the Buildup of the Big H scenes streches and its not a fuck fest 5 min into the game. i also want to disclaim that "realistic" is a bit of stretch in these games but the FMC refusing and denying the counter parts atempts feels really reaistic and great so to say as in its not making you scratch your head while playing thinking wtf it doesnt make any sense that the fmc does that. In generall the dynamics and characterisation of the game really makes the developments of the story intersting and i am very excited as to what comes next. now a little bit to the CGs i Really like them they are not the Most insane Cgs out there same for the Animations in the game but they are more than enough and i really like them just look at the preview pictures and if you really cant stand the look dont go for it even tho i would still recommend just for the story.

Now for my biggest nitpicks about this game. First of all i really like the amount of scenes that are in the game as of v0.3b i think its immpressive that there is so much content in the game already. Ill also have to say that having 3 routes in a game usually means that single Routes progress slower and you might not get much content for multiple patches which would suck as im most interested in the cheating path but i will see if this turns out to be a problem. But my BY FAR biggest nitpick here is that sometimes i feel there are not enough Scenes explaining what happens behind the mcs back For example when FMC and Bully are alone in the room and he then leaves trough the window i reallywould love to see more scenes showing what happens behind closed doors while the MC is away. Also the World building and character introductions aswell as in what connection they stand to each other aswell as the main couple should be explained a little bit more i didnt understand sara is his sister until the 2nd or 3rd time she appears.

All in All i REALLY love the game and i am super excited what is to come i will defenitly support the dev but rn i need to rest cause my balls still hurt from this session lol

what a fucking awesome game Shaman! thanks for your effort and time you put into the game, you really scratch that special itch that no other game does with the models, scenes, dialogue I could go on and on. Can't wait to see what you have for us in the future!

If I would just add something I would like to see improved its the sound during sex, a bit more clapping sounds and different female sounds depending on how hard they are getting it

either way, thank you very much for the game and I am looking forward for more

0.3

i dont get the high rating of this. ppl have a fetish for choices it seems. but what use are choices when the animations are so bad that it would be better to use still pictures? this must be the first game where i rather have still pictures than these horrendous animations.

plus sex scenes are not erotic. they take cliché to another level and take out every sexual tension between characters. the build up is very good to lead to the sex act (black antagonist can blackmail or cuck the MC, it has multiple protagonist perspective and you can play from the black guy's as well, so this is all good), yet the actual sex act is rushed and boring and low effort and is simply just bad.

first thing first the FMC is just unattractive and fat with big tits. her face is fine just not the rest. but whatever, it's passable. but dialogue and build up during the sex scene (teasing, or playing with desires or submission) is atrocious.


all this game has is a good story build up to sex and some choices... but fails in all the main aspect of a porn game... being a porn game and having if not erotic but at least a non-retarded dialogue. (calling her a bitch then trying to be friends with her, convincing her to not go to police with 0 proof. the most low effort rape scenes ive ever seen, etc)

i pretty early encountered a gamebreaking bug, where Ruth called me, i have a message from her, when i press"read it" nothing happens, and i get stuck.

so i dont recommend this patch to anyone. the bug downgraded the rating. hence the 1/5 rating.

This one has best potentional to be best ntr game on the f95
IF ! ;

-The game engine swapped to renpy to rpgm
I know its hard to change game engine but it is possible. The game is still in early development. As the content increases in the future updates, the rpgm gameplay with horrible sandbox will feel like torture. From only third update people (me also) started to cry for save files for each routes. as i said imagine this thing also in future updates... damnnn. you need to start the game from beginning every single time . Speaking of the routes, you need to start from beginning to change or see the contents of each route so that means lots of grind... also there arent any rollback system to see the content u want to see again or change the selection u made. To avoid this problems just change the engine to renpy . It will take time but it will be better for future contents in game. Im not sandbox style game fun but renpy will also better selection for sandbox too.

Other than engine problem, This game has potential to be best ntr game in the site. All the models are fine as hell and all of them feel special.
Story is good . Render's are good. Animation's are fine for now.

To conclude, yeah the game has major gameplay problem because of rpgm engine . it will get very grindy for swapping routes or even just start to day like walk to bath , walk back to room. this takes lotsss of time. it may fixed with renpy. Gallery is not that good, it also takes much time to see the stuff and its not worth it tbh.
By the way the slowness is the generally this game's #1 problem other than rpgm engine and sandbox style.

I hope dev see's my review and we get what we need .

Solid 3/5 for now.

I really enjoyed this game, is my kind of NTR game, with clear paths and easy mechanics to follow. And it doesnt take itself seriously, some faces are funny af. Art is good, specially the girl design, the dudes all are over the top on purpouse for sure. A good small game that you can play and finish (atm) one route and have some fun if u are into the flavor.

I like this game a lot, and I have a lot of faith in how it will develop in the future... I played it once and when I finished it, I was in a scene in a bar with the boyfriend's rival and he wanted to kiss the FMC but she wouldn't let him... That's when I discovered that there were routes and I didn't even know which route I was on... I had to follow a guide and I followed the Cheating route, and so far it is the one I like the most! With the twerking scene or at the end when she brings the boyfriend's two rivals to her house... I'm really excited to see what will happen... This whole scenario of the couple living together is perfect, in my opinion... And when we chose what "game" to do for the MC's birthday, I knew there was going to be something if we chose hide and seek... And there was! It's really cool... It's been a while since I've felt this excitement towards a NTR situation as I felt in this game! I think the models help a lot.. The model of the gf really is great! I'm looking forward to a next update and I have great faith in how the game is going to develop

v0.2c
I am really impressed with the game so far.

The 3 routes design is great. They are 3 differents NTR subtopics : Cuckold, Cheating, and Blackmail.
Each one seems to really stand out from the others, with a distinct story, unique scenes, and the girl's feelings progressing differently.

The walkthrough helps to navigate through these routes, but it could be made clearer. I would much prefer to be able to find my way directly in game with clearly indicated conversation choices, without alt+tab.

The art is good, the girl is superb.
But animations can be hindered by strange arm/hand movement. And you cannot hide text, altough you have some textfree moments where you can admire the image.

"Antagonists" are tall, muscle, bbc guys.
Boyfriend is weak, but can still have some courage and try to stand his chances.

On a personnal note, it will easily be in my absolute top tier list with a bit more content.
The game don't shy on some roughness (smearing mascara, drugs, dominant words) and that's the best part.

OMG THIS IS AMAZING.

I'm into lewd games since 2019, have played hundreds of games from then to nowday, but the years have passed and almost all the new games I played were just... not exciting enough .
I really wanted something like Summertime Saga, My New Life or Milfy City that got me excited or even euphoric for an update, well, this game accomplish this and with a 10/10, this dude really knows what's hot and how to truly develope everything.

Just hoping to have more quality of life in the future and just keep the quality dude. All the paths system is truly unique but lacks in the needing of an external guide, if this guide is implemented into the game all would be 11/10 even if doesn't make sense.

The renders are all amazing and very proportional, Camila is tied in my first spot with Lucy from MNL and those are big words dude.

You got all my attention from now on and a spot in my favourite games from this site ever (a new pledger too!), congratulations for your amazing game and keep the good job.

Shadows of Desire weaves an intriguing NTR narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat, exploring human desires and consequences.

I recommend it for anyone into NTR games.
Edited: more amazing updates, and now rated 5 stars.

One of the best games on the site, doesnt take itself to seriously and understands how subtly and facial expressions convey emotions. Good stuff overall. Not sure what more to say except it doesnt contain much padding, unlike this review trying to reach 200 char.

Not my favorite art style, but had nothin else to play so I gave this a go. Overall Id say its average. Just a lot of annoyances that drop it a lot to me. Those things might not bug others so I can understand a higher rating, but for me, it was not great.

I like the basic premise, and even with teh jank animations the scenes I like are good, which is what kept me playing till the end of the current update.

But right out of the gate, the first 30min teh only thing I get to see is the flaccid tiny dick of the cuck, fucking why? There is no reason to shove that in my face.

Then there are all the time waisting mechanics, go click the shiny glowing thing 12 times, go click 10 locker doors, ect. There is no need for all of that, why are you dragging out playtime for boring mechanics that add nothing?

The characters are all adults right, so why are we in highschool? Or if this is supposed to be a university, then why does it operate like a highschool? And why are the teachers dressed slutty? I get that its a porn game, but small stuff like that just breaks any impression. That teacher would be fired on the spot.

It took me a while to find the exit in the basketball court at the start. Many of the exits are not obvious or marked in any way. You sometimes get a small arrow, but not always.

I feel the game wants to hit all the NTR routes at the same time. This makes them all feel poorer in my opinion. Im not a fan of jumping back and forth between the cuck and bull. It just ruins the experience of both routes. If I want Netori im not gonna have a good time playing cuck boy. And if I want Netorare or Netorase I dont want to be controlling the chad.

I think the option on what kind of route cheating or blackmail is good, but it seems only the blackmail route is in the game so far. (unless i messed somthin up)

Not a fan of tatoos either so some of the girls were a major turn off, but thats just more personal preference and not an issue with the game.

Overall, I think im not the target audience for this. I would prefer a mystery Netorare where you control the MC who doesn't find his girl cheating till the end. (Me as the player see all the scenes though).

If you have nothing else to play and are bored, I think its worth a single play through.

I'm sure somewhere in the mind of the developer the plot is consistent, yet despite some visuals, it's not really good. It helps that the story takes itself not really seriously a few times (red eyes), since there're a lot of jumps in character progression and loose ideas.
If you get over the typing (terrible grammar, missing punctuations, smileys – N-word meant as an insult), you may get something out of it or look forward to how it unfolds.
A few mini-games that aren't too bad, even seemingly got a social media element in there – however, RPG-Maker, man. Can you even hide text in this game?

As long as the main characters can actually love Fred and don't immediately turn into sex-driven clichés, it doesn't go too far, which is good.

All in all, it's a whatever-project that seems to have enough elements to make the plot somewhat work. Hopefully, it stays this way & there'll be more consistent stuff.

I really want to like this game but the game mechanics design is awful.

Even after reading the walkthrough, it is so hard to reach a certain path. Like literally need all stars to align.

The renders are great but if trying to get a scene is so so much work, it really isn't worth the effort.