RPGM - Ren'Py - Shadows of Desire [v0.7.5] [Shamantr]

  1. 1.00 star(s)

    jerichodowns

    I honestly just got bored with this one. Only finished 1.5 paths. The renders are ok-ish, lots of really weird/over exaggerated faces. The animations are just short loops that are maintained for way too long. The dialogue has some kind of weird delay effect that makes it difficult to click through, WAY worse on the RPGM version since you can't roll back.

    As for the story, its really weird, it comes at you like a normal porn story but for some reason the dev wanted to have the racism thing be a plot point so it feels kinda like they just dropped some lines in to cover that but they don't really fit. And be prepared because there are some hard Rs in there.

    I'm not really sure what the devs goal was, but I don't feel like they're achieving it. The move to ren'py was definitely an upgrade, but I feel like they need to work more on the storytelling/grammar/animation quality and just kind of everything. And definitely lay off the racist crap, you're not even using it in a believable way, its just awkward and no contributing to the story in any meaningful way.
  2. 3.00 star(s)

    HalfANickel

    Hot girls and excellent NTR content but, I’d say some of the side content is even hotter than the main girl . Overall fun and arousing experience but….why am I playing a racist twink? Is this like when horror movies make the victims so insufferable that you want to see them get their fate?
  3. 2.00 star(s)

    saekoa

    This one’s tricky to rate because, when I think of legendary NTR games, this will definitely come to mind. It had so much potential and even started strong. Cami is absolutely gorgeous, and the character models look great. The concept is solid. The animations aren’t top-tier, but they’re serviceable. What really drags this down is the writing—it’s painfully cringe.

    Like so many others, it spirals into being way too over the top. What could’ve been a simple, well-executed story about an interracial bully cucking a scrawny kid with his beautiful, thick girlfriend turns into a chaotic mess with gang drama, multiple routes, and way too many side characters you can’t care about. Some scenes are so absurd they break immersion completely, even by porn logic.

    The writing now feels straight out of a “zoomer parody” of what adult game dialogue should sound like. It’s corny, awkward, and tries far too hard. I honestly gave up trying to take it seriously halfway through.

    Gameplay-wise, it’s tedious and repetitive. Too many characters, too many routes, not enough payoff. Moving around the map is a nightmare. I don’t even bother playing it anymore—I just watch the Cami route videos on online when updates drop. Even that’s gone downhill.

    At this point, the only redeeming thing left is Cami herself—her model is great, and the animations are fine. Everything else ranges from mediocre to outright bad. It’s a shame, because this could have been one of the greats. Cami is hot, but that’s really the only reason to stick around.
  4. 2.00 star(s)

    dogerts

    The models and animations are pretty good but that's about it.
    The sandbox is watching certain scenes in any order then you can progress, the corruption is the most unrealistic I've seen in any of these games. Pure innocent virgin to mega slut in a couple of days. The characters are annoying and made it hard to read the dialog and overall was just an annoying experience for something that could have massive potential.
  5. 3.00 star(s)

    giggityyy

    Visuals: 5/5
    Story:3/5
    Scene: 5/5
    Playability:2/5

    I just wanna fap yet I have to click on a lot of buttons. Could improve. Hope it gets a major remake because I love Cami and Fred's relationship. And it could also be better if the route that we are taking are also included with the choices.
  6. 1.00 star(s)

    Doriangray666

    the game has only one positive thing, the graphics, then everything else is of very poor quality, to date this VN is a hymn to BBC NTR,, with a description on a white MC to the point of exaggeration, it has become practically repetitive, now it no longer gives any hint of novelty, it has become flat as a story and monotonous, it has lost all its initial mystery, now it is only sex scenes, nothing more, the story, too simple to be able to attract a player in the long run, it would be more ideal to give an ending.
  7. 1.00 star(s)

    ILIYAK

    Does it look good? It does.
    Visuals are 9/10.

    What about text?
    Could be better and more logical, also less repetitive, but it get you going pretty fine.

    Why do you rate it as 1 star then?
    It's unplayable.

    Even with the transition to Renpy it remains unplayable.
    You will have to press as much buttons as you do in RPGM games, and it gets annoying really fast, when you have to hit an additional Enter/Space/LMB after every single line of text.

    And then you will also have to press additional direction buttons, when there are no variations of possible actions.

    Honestly, I would have liked Doshima to remake the 5 and 6 chapters, like he did with Chapter 1-4.

    He did a great work, and it is frustrating, that the original developer couldn't follow in his steps.
  8. 5.00 star(s)

    FZI

    Well the best BBC NTR game I found. I know there are lot of flaws. Especially with the animation but story and character building is so good that I have to give it a 5 star as I feel it's the best in this genre.


    All three paths are amazing and maybe that's the best decision by Shaman. And the flow of story is good as managing multiple storylines is not easy.

    Haven't played RPGM but Ren'Py version is great.
  9. 3.00 star(s)

    Dorobo6

    This is feels like propaganda by BBC enjoyers or owners really i am not even joking i know its cringe but i am not joking.

    Game all about rape assult and seducing white bitches nothing more really there no capable white dude in this world nor black females other than maybe few i forgot since i played long time ago and sure sure snow bunnies loves BBC and throw away their better future for BBC thats the idea of game.

    Story have no brain its just for CUCKS i am not even joking and every route is copy paste of each other because all girls enjoy getting raped and gangbanged for some reason you know ? oh you throw your life for BBC ? dont worry they gonna take care of you in da hood since they rich you know ? ah lets not forget police worthless too.

    I know this is adult game a hentai eroge style but even with that you need to turn your brain off to enjoy it and this game nothing but BBC really just BBC nothing more its gets boring easly and all girls copy of each other MC MOM TO FMC MOM they are same they enjoy BBC and what about FMC ? yeah she gonna throw everything to become snow bunny no cap no joke.

    GRAPHİCS is only good thing and female models but animation is shaky still its better than story.

    So ? thats bad ? nope ? but its good ? nope nope nope hardly worth for 3 stars no joking its heavy cucking shaming while FMC and other girls turning their brains of betraying their partners for nothing.
  10. 1.00 star(s)

    Hazystomp

    Not my cub of tea. Too much use of the word r*pe and even worse r*pe scenes and r*cism to the point of me getting turned off. When there's controversial topics in any entertainment my brain starts thinking critically on those things and that makes me turned off.
    For me this is a game with good visuals ruined by trash writer.
    1/5 stars overall.
    4.5/5 stars for visuals.
  11. 1.00 star(s)

    WingedKing

    I started this game almost a year ago but now i have to make this review because this game as fallen so low, at the start this was my favorite because it was a simple game about a sexy girlfriend, her boyfriend and the bully.

    Now its just an orgy of side character with more scene than the actual main girl Cami, every new update is wasted on side character and i thinks i know why, shaman has said on discord that his next projekt is something like the big brother show, a lot of character put together, i feels that Shaman want now to use Shadow of Desire only to train for the next game. Such a waste, if you want to start this because you like the look of the "main girl" just know that she will lose screen time to a lot of side character that are there just to fill the space and nothing more

    I cannot recommend this because a porn game where the main girl is shadow banned its just sad to see. Unfortunate because i never saw a female character more sexy than Camila. If this review feels harsh is also because i put money on the game and i'm disappointed and kinda angry that it became like this.
  12. 5.00 star(s)

    Deathbringer_jo

    Peak.

    just play it.

    All three routes are worth experiencing and honestly they might as well be stand alone experiences as there is barely any overlap in content.

    Don't be intimidated by the first 4 parts being in RPGM, there is a Renpy remake on F95zone that you can go through pretty quickly to catch up.

    Might be one of the best NTR games on the site with essentially 3 routes. Cheating (Oblivious NTR), Blackmail (Classic/Brutal NTR) and cuckold (Reluctant NTS) all three routes legitimately scratch a different itch and are worth experiencing as they are different subgenres,

    I will never understand how I just don't notice games like this for so long.
  13. 5.00 star(s)

    LeVocaloid

    After playing this game I can say for sure this is one of the best ntr games out there. Compared to generic ntr games, about half of the characters in this story have good information and 90% of characters have a sex scene.

    Personally, there are three major positive aspects that really made me give this game five stars. First, character design and graphics, story progression, knows how to verbalize situations well.

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    PROS

    For character design I doubt I have to say much. Regardless of whether everything else is bad, just the character design and graphics makes this game deserve 2 stars at the very least.

    Story progression is good, not too slow or too fast. Some people may argue v0.6 cuckold route made Cami too hasty, but I disagree since at most it'll take one more version update to achieve the same state. Overlooking the fact that 0.5 basically was at the tipping point of Cami realizing Fred's a cuck.

    Verbalization of the situation is a major positive aspect that makes this game greater than others. Shamantr, or whoever wrote the script, must be a veteran cuck since the way he convey's the story telling for the sex scenes is amazing. Regardless of the route, the word choice as well as sequence of events are impeccable (assuming you're into BBC otherwise this may vary).

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    CONS

    First con is that the blackmail route (emphasis on this route) is not for people who aren't veteran ntr enjoyers (veteran cuck's don't count in this case) or individuals not into extreme scenarios (r*pe). Since this route specifically focuses on some controversial content.

    Second, since this game is centered around BBC and NTR, having both together is obviously in the realm of raceplay so racism is expected. I wouldn't call this a con, but some individuals may disagree.

    Third, the download file is way too big. Although I understand to get the quality pictures requires large file sizes up to 10 mb, chapters 1-4 takes 11 GB (iirc) and chapters 5-6 takes 14 GB. The former you only have to download once but the latter after each update you have to redownload which is quite a hassle considering the download limitations.

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    TLDR; This game is one of the top tier if not the best BBC NTR games ever made. Hours of content, three different routes, and hundreds of sexual scenes.
  14. 5.00 star(s)

    big_PP

    Game is amazing. Filled with a plethroa of exciting sex scenes which all include a erotic build-up and smooth animations, from gangbangs to casual bathroom/lockeroom sex. These scenes also occur through 3 different routes (cuck,blackmail and cheating), making sure the game is able to excite all types of hentai enjoyers. The main character is also absolutely beautiful, not excessively curvy, instead having a great balance of 'fit thick'. Only gripe I hold is that there is no dedicated/full gallery , making it a little slower but taskks to progress are highlighted/shown in most cases. Overall a 5/5 from me
  15. 3.00 star(s)

    johnysanchez01

    Should be 2 stars, but the quality of the female 3D models is so good that it makes it 3 in my eyes.

    To start, I don't know why RenPy developers on this site think it's cute to bloat their games with boring click-hell. The constant backtracking through the map/environment is not immersive and merely serves to stretch out the game artificially without adding anything to the experience. The biggest no-no is how the sex scenes suffer from this too, which is a shame since the animations and cgs are pretty well done. If the drudgery is this bad on Renpy I can only imagine it was worse in the RPGMaker version.

    The plot is... alright for an NTR h-game I guess. It's not horrible for a gooner game considering the bar is set 100 feet below sea level. The inclusion of different types of NTR is a cool plus, but the perspective changes between the main character, female main character, and the antagonist weaken the tension since there's little mystery about what's happening. Even if you disregard that, there's little chemistry between the main couple so it's hard to feel any sense of conflict or tension for the main girl caught in between the protagonist and antagonist. This doesn't really feel like an NTR game at all, mostly just Netori or Netorase. And yes the distinction matters if you're into these kinds of games at all.

    Shame really, I think there's a solid gooner VN somewhere in Shadows of Desire. Most of the problems have to do with its presentation and execution. I think changes that make the experience more streamlined and cohesive would go a long way, even if it comes at the cost of making the game shorter.
  16. 5.00 star(s)

    dcyd

    The best ntr game in the world.Camila is the best girl in the world,she is so beautiful and sexy.And the sex scene is fantastic,every scene is very sexy.The animation is also good.BBC and beautiful white girl is amazing.
  17. 3.00 star(s)

    Azure_Lightning

    First of all, I'd like to say that I absolutely loved this game at its peak. The pacing at which the story and characters progressed was exquisite. Gradually corrupting Camila at a well-balanced pace gave plenty of room for imagination, complemented by excellent character designs. Personally, I found all of her routes to be exceptionally good, each excelling in various aspects.


    However, recent updates have completely disrupted all of that for me. The progression has become abrupt, losing the original rhythm and causing everything previously developed to feel wasted. What I considered essential—the slow, nuanced seduction of Camila by the antagonist—was lost entirely. She went from gradually succumbing to temptation to suddenly becoming easy within a single update.
    Honestly, it's with great regret that I see such a downfall in a game that, in my opinion, featured some of the best 3D female character designs on this platform.
  18. 2.00 star(s)

    JEER0X

    Blackmail path
    I'm gonna start with a Warning for players this game is BRUTAL on the emotions if you have any conscience there is 3 paths Cheating/Cuckold/Blackmail.
    I tried the Blackmail path so far and wow its brutal. the game is Originally on RPGM and its is really clunky to play and full of bugs and glitches but if you can get past that the game does have a story and some interesting characters as well as Stereo types and alot of Racism.
    I kept playing cause i was hoping for some kind of win for the couple but it just keeps getting more and more brutal and i am beginning to think its just going to be a torture game on the Blackmail path at least i'll try the other 2 paths and get back to this review its on Ren'Py now so hopefully its less buggy i gave it 2 stars because its so buggy and the animations are pretty bad until loaded all the way. and when i say brutal its brutal on the Emotions if you feel bad for the Female and her boyfriend.

    The Characters actually look Decent Cami is gorgeous as well as a few other females in the game the dudes are fine too if your looking at that but there penis is a little off not sure if the creator has seen a penis and I'm not talking about the ridiculous size I'm talking about shape
    the writing for me was pretty good i understood most of what was going on i think there is a few typos and mixed up words but overall ok
    The emotional facial expressions i think are amazing some disagree, Cami looks Dead inside on the blackmail path its heartbreaking

    The Animations are pretty bad at least on the RPGM version they take forever to load and the background fazes in and out its weird till it loads all the way

    I will update this as i play the other paths i haven't finished Blackmail yet as it is glitched in the school on the Renpy version
  19. 1.00 star(s)

    PixelProphet

    This game is an absolute slog. Let's start somewhere in the middle of the mess: the navigation. Wandering around in the last chapter is a chore. It's a tedious, repetitive exercise in frustration, and the "turn left / turn right" duncrawl-style navigation, combined with pixel-hunting, feels incredibly outdated. It's like the developer actively wants to make the experience as unenjoyable as possible.

    And speaking of unenjoyable, the attempts at building atmosphere are laughably bad. The musical cues are over-the-top and melodramatic, completely undermining any tension the scenes might have tried to create. It all feels incredibly forced. The story is buried, it seem,failed to savor.

    Let's jump to the writing. While technically competent (meaning it's not riddled with typos), the overall quality is poor. The flow is dreadful, the pacing is erratic, and characters frequently act in bizarre, inconsistent ways. This is particularly noticeable during, for example, the cosplay interactions. There is just so much text, models are wasted in throwaway scenes, and that is boring.

    The linearity of the game is stifling. While there are choices presented, many of them feel inconsequential, failing to meaningfully divert the predetermined path. You're essentially on rails the entire time.It's like a "choose your own adventure" book where every path leads to the same dull conclusion.

    The "mini-games," if you can even call them that, are just another layer of frustration. The constant need to hunt for the next interaction point, often hidden in the most obscure locations, becomes tiresome very quickly.

    And the character design? The males are, frankly, visually unappealing.Combined with the general lack of charisma throughout the entire cast, it's impossible to connect with anyone. The whole experience comes off as a poorly conceived exercise in unpleasantness.It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion – you can't look away, but you're certainly not enjoying it.

    The tone is also seriously off. It shifts abruptly and without grace,leaving you disoriented and wondering if the main character is still trapped in some bizarre dream.

    The excessive focus on the antagonist is a major problem. In a game that seemingly revolves around NTR themes, the supposed "main girl" feels like a secondary character.

    And the mechanics of sexual part? Shockingly bad, shocking long,and just awful.And don't forget, the performance, because of frameworks,is not good.

    Honestly, this game is an effective sleeping pill, but a terrible use of your time. I would not advise to waste your time in that.
  20. 3.00 star(s)

    burningchrome

    Shamantr had no right being so damn good at designing women. Cami is STUPIDLY hot and carries this game on her shoulders and her moments are all you are looking forward in this game. That being said, the plot is simple: bbc this, bbc that. Animations are bad. Writing is bad. 3 stars just for Cami.