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

Idk why this game has such high reviews? The plot, renders, etc are fine and the spanish to english machine translation isn't a problem ether. My main gripe is that this is yet another rpg maker game aimed at wasting your time.

e.g. theres a point in the game where a guy asks you to count bushels in the school yard. Walking over there and seeing them and coming back and giving him an answer should have been enough. BUT NO you have to walk and click on all 17 of them before you can leave. Theres nothing plot related to this, its not fun to do in itself. Its just filler.
Theres a bunch of other little things like that in the game walking back and forth clicking on things and going through menus and you could argue that its for realism or some bullshit, but not this.

Its not fun walking around for no reason or fiddling through slow menus. You end up just holding down the skip button because its all so tedious and then you miss some dialog and you have no way to look back.
You get the feeling this was made by yet another "game designer" that doesnt play games themselves.


Or better still use renpy,or flash or something else and make this game a visual novel/point n' click.

0.2v

Still early stages but such a great potential, so much work done in terms of structure that will shine in the near future, i really like were this is going.

3 different paths that it will be a real challenge for the developer but very well thought-out it seems. this game has unique characters but time well spent in the right places, girls look really good nice poses and expressions that is what it matters for me.

For the moment only three complaints:

- For the people that want to explore all of the three paths, we need more visual ques in game, is really easy right now to lose yourselve and mix choices of different paths and this can lead us to break the game, and it would be perfect that in the save file you could see which path are you following. This is the biggest issue for me, but it can be fixed in the future, I ask for a lot here, I know, game development is hard, but I have hope as is early in development to upgrade this part,

- Too fast animations, even if the dev gave me the same loops but at 0,5 speed it would be awesome.

- the hard R's, yeah i understand the premise of the game it suppose to be over the top but i don't know I see as and old thing and it threw me of a little, the MC can show anger to the "antagonists" in different ways.

The engrish is terrible and the story feels so lost, you are going from task to task with no correlation. There are plenty of games that do the cheating/cucking better and have better art that aren't on rpg maker. Go play those instead. Maybe when this is finished over a year from now I'll look at the scenes and change my mind but so far this is hot garbage.

I cannot for the life of me understand why this got such a high score. The English translation and grammar is so incredibly bad it's almost impressive.

The art is kinda dull and the facial expressions are a bit exaggerated.

In regards to the story it's so simple it feels like a 14 year old wrote it.

All in all it's disappointing, and the reviews scoring this a 5/5 are just baffling.

Really good game, alot of potential here. I liked the pace of the narrative, the visual of the girl and I also liked how there are several paths and variables that can change your narrative, so everyone can find the NTR narrative style they like best (I personally really like cheating, but I'm not a fan of blackmail the girl. But I'm sure other people think differently than me, so adding different routes in the game was a great idea. Just be careful with any bugs that can happen if the player mixes different routes).

I hope we see more animations in the future, as the dev evolves, rather than just pictures.

Good start, games look promising, the content is great, i will be sure to keep looking for the new updates. RPG maker is not my favorite engine, but the game delivers. If you are into IR, cucking and NTR this game shows promise.

The game is very good, it could have a mark on the choices saying which way you could be going and it would also be interesting if in the future it involved more mc family members, such as mother, sisters, aunt, cousins, etc. Congratulations on the great job.

v0.1
this game has lots of potential.
i love how mc girlfriend looks.
the story is good too
and i love the part about how you need to work to get money or your girlfriend will find a job its make the game more realistic
i give it 5/5
Dev pls work hard on this game \^o^/

Pretty great start. Very much looking forward to seeing more BBC NTR! The girl is very cute, and I can't wait to see her abused in different ways. Good choice for a boyfriend as well, always nice to see the size difference between BBC and a small white one.

I'm giving this a 5 but please author lose the hard R. You're not English so I'm completely understanding of the cultural misunderstanding but it's very disrespectful and even Black people don't use the hard R.

Otherwise hot damn this looks great and I'm pumped for some updates! Gonna wait for a couple before I start putting money towards my guy here but I feel like my wallet is gonna be 3$ lighter every month eventually!

Pros:
3 path for most ntr lovers; sharing, blackmail, cheating (my fav and super pumped to see!!)
EXCELLENT models. Not too cartoony and there is a clear reason other than dick size why the fmc is attracted to the antagonist (which is shown right from the start and isn't because of sex skills. Major emotional plus!)
FMC has agency and is in love with her man BUT you see the existing cracks in the relationship and where someone more emotionally stable like the antagonist is alluring to her.
Dialogue, other than the hard R stuff (that I will remove if he removes accordingly), makes sense and you see and feel the different cultures. The black talk is quite obviously turned up to 10 but my mans got rizz so it's alright... for now.
MC has potential to be a decent person but you definitely see where he lacks even when you choose to be the best version of him. He got the girl by literally being first in line and has held on cause others just didn't approach her cause they're waiting for them to break up. My man ain't waiting so it makes sense why now she falls.

Cons:
Kind racist with some hard R dialogue but the writer's main language is Spanish so I'm imagine there is some loss in translation. Spanish has the word Negro for black so I understand the familiarity with it. just replace the er with a and we good man.
Maybe tone down the black speak too tho. Funny for a bit but as the story goes on I imagine it's gonna get old.
MC's model looks... dead? Gray? Something is off. Everyone else looks great! (Especially the fmc in the sneak peek artwork hot DAMN those eyes). Just the MC looks weird to me.
Short - not really a complaint yet and more of a compliment at this stage. I want it to be 1.0 not 0.1 cause damn this prologue was HOT. The tension, the conflict, the legit characterization of antagonist and FMC, etc.

A little exaggerated in terms of race play and character behavior, lmao, but otherwise kinda entertaining with selection of paths. CGs are okay too. If you like those kind of games - give it a chance. It has potential.

I really liked the idea presented, I prefer the path of cheating, of hidden netorare. Seems to have great potential, I just hope the amount of routes doesn't detract from the quality of the game. The girlfriend model is very hot, I hope to see a lot of teasing too.

Really like the FMC very hot character the BF cuck is not to my taste has a douchebag face but its ok! The gameplay was interesting and immersive a minus would be very slow walking speed even with the 'always run command'... Another personal con would be the sex scenes trying to mimic movement do it abit to fast images should not switch back and forth so quickly it makes it look more weird than satisfying to me maybe if the scene had one more image in between the movement it would look better I do not know! Overall I really liked this game even with the little content it had it made me interested in it and I am hopeful for more great content and improvements in this game!

good start! I like games of this genre and this one has a lot of potential. I hope you continue with the good work. Renderings are great. the main girl is very attractive and I want to see a lot of action involving her hehe