RPGM Star Knightess Aura [v0.47.0] [aura-dev]

[AtotehZ]

Sooo reading some reviews and some pages here on the thread I gathered that this game is a narrative RPG first and a H-game second. A very slow burn with far and between actual H-CGs with more focus on the narrative of corruption of the mind. You could play hours before you see a H-CG.

The frequency of H-CG's goes up towards the end. Dunno if it works for you, but after you know the story you can go to the gallery or some well-placed saves and replay the things you're into.

My biggest gripe right now is that the only thing Alicia cares about is to make Aura a near carbon copy of herself. She could've gone in other directions too, but it's hard to match fantasy and real-life stories with the development aura goes through if there are different real-life mind-related choices.

 

[Robin_Scales]

Sooo reading some reviews and some pages here on the thread I gathered that this game is a narrative RPG first and a H-game second. A very slow burn with far and between actual H-CGs with more focus on the narrative of corruption of the mind. You could play hours before you see a H-CG.

So actually no game I can fap to while I play it xD

Don't get me wrong, I haven't played the game yet since I almost always wait for the finished product, so I could be wrong about the impression I got but seeing the new update and reading that a final release is aimed for january next year, I thought it's time to stick around and start gather some informations. I thought we got a classic corruption game here with more and more escalating sexy times but it seems the focus is on the narrative here and aiming for more corruption is actually punishing you for giving you a game over. Much to read.

No hate or anything but I guess it is good that I did it now so I can set my expectations accordingly when I do get the chance to play the game and not be dissapointed going into the game blind with my dick in hand haha.

Godspeed aura-dev , looking forward to the full release nonetheless.

That's true, to some extent. But your impression isn't getting the whole picture.
This isn't built like your run of the mill Kagura-game, where the protagonist wants to bone half the city on day 5, because the dude running the equipment store groped her a few times. And it's a LONG game, PACKED with content. No filler.
The protagonist is extremely sexually reserved at the begining, and one of the antagonist slowly messes with every aspect of her mind.
In the later half of the game, as Aura's mental defenses slowly get worn down, there is plenty of sex scenes of good quality, with many different guys. There are well over 100 scenes in the game.
Thing is, (and this is highly subjective and based on my experience) you kinda stop wanting to chase all the sex scenes and bad choices.
Aura is a smarter and more likeable protagonist than the vast majority in this medium. Watching her slowly losing her ideals and becoming a steadily worse person, day by day kinda sucks.
So against all odds, I actually started avoiding as many scenes as I could somewhere near the midway point of the game, against all odds.
Doing the full corruption route is heart-rending. But all the content relating to the corruption ending is completed, if you want it.

 

[Leo D. Marstone]

Dunno if it works for you, but after you know the story you can go to the gallery or some well-placed saves and replay the things you're into.

Wouldn't work for me. I don't see the appeal of rewatching scenes after I finish the game. Never used a gallery in my life to fap to.

No matter how good the narrative is at the end of the day I am still playing a porn game and I want to get off by playing it.
If I have to play the game normally and rewatch all the scenes in the gallery and have a fap session then I could also just rip the CGs and never play the game.

The only time I look at a gallery is when I want to know if I saw everything or how much there is still to see.

The frequency of H-CG's goes up towards the end.

In the later half of the game, as Aura's mental defenses slowly get worn down, there is plenty of sex scenes of good quality, with many different guys. There are well over 100 scenes in the game.

It gets only juicy towards the end of the game. Got it.
With the game being advertised as a 30 to 50 hour long game this seems like a long dry spell until then ngl.

Thing is, (and this is highly subjective and based on my experience) you kinda stop wanting to chase all the sex scenes and bad choices.
Aura is a smarter and more likeable protagonist than the vast majority in this medium. Watching her slowly losing her ideals and becoming a steadily worse person, day by day kinda sucks.

I am indifferent to these kinda thoughts to be honest. Eroding her values and getting the protagonist more sluttier is the whole appeal to the game or not. Why working against it especially on your first playthrough?

But yeah, this is highly subjective and you both basically confirmed my evaluation of the game. Thanks.

I read that here are still some CGs being drawn for the corruption route and some side quest stuff so I will still hold of for now.


Edit: Are there any scenes I could repeat or is it all railroaded?

 

[smkey21]

aura-dev I managed to run into a softlock condition by having a storymode Aura on a pure run do the first two Hermann dates, and then take the contract. She didn't have the lewdness to accept the date, but couldn't back out either. I didn't have a save on hand to easily test the marriage version of the contract, but I imagine something similar can happen with that one as well.

 

[rontremalo]

aura-dev I managed to run into a softlock condition by having a storymode Aura on a pure run do the first two Hermann dates, and then take the contract. She didn't have the lewdness to accept the date, but couldn't back out either. I didn't have a save on hand to easily test the marriage version of the contract, but I imagine something similar can happen with that one as well.

def report in discord too (they may just see it faster, I'm not on the dev team)

 

[rontremalo]

Wouldn't work for me. I don't see the appeal of rewatching scenes after I finish the game. Never used a gallery in my life to fap to.

No matter how good the narrative is at the end of the day I am still playing a porn game and I want to get off by playing it.
If I have to play the game normally and rewatch all the scenes in the gallery and have a fap session then I could also just rip the CGs and never play the game.

The only time I look at a gallery is when I want to know if I saw everything or how much there is still to see.



It gets only juicy towards the end of the game. Got it.
With the game being advertised as a 30 to 50 hour long game this seems like a long dry spell until then ngl.


I am indifferent to these kinda thoughts to be honest. Eroding her values and getting the protagonist more sluttier is the whole appeal to the game or not. Why working against it especially on your first playthrough?

But yeah, this is highly subjective and you both basically confirmed my evaluation of the game. Thanks.

I read that here are still some CGs being drawn for the corruption route and some side quest stuff so I will still hold of for now.


Edit: Are there any scenes I could repeat or is it all railroaded?

The "heart rending" statement is too true. The way the characters are written, I really *enjoyed* who Aura starts as. And you watch as her personality just gets manipulated, gaslit, deceived into becoming a truly awful person. I had to stop playing, because I found it truly distressing.

At first, its not too bad: she loosens up and gets more body comfortable. But then it begins to transition into the psychological manipulation stuff. Like some sort of psychopathic sadism? I started to feel a true seething hatred towards women radiating from the game. Like the essence of incel, distilled to its purest form. It freaked me out. I don't hate women, I just want to cum in them and was frustrated when I was younger and didn't know how to make that happen as regularly as I would have liked. But this game.... yikes.

If the movie "Mean Girls" gets you hard, because you love cruelty, then this game will be your mecca.

 

[DemonLord98]

..........You guys DO know it's a corruption game.....right?

 

[rontremalo]

..........You guys DO know it's a corruption game.....right?

lol yes, but no game has ever done it as well as this game. And when its done well, its fucking terrifying.

I'm holding out for the good-natured, perverted, slut path that may or may not happen!

 

[Indexless]

..........You guys DO know it's a corruption game.....right?

Sexual corruption and moral corruption are entirely separate things. I like games with the former but this game leans WAY too hard into the latter for my tastes. Still a top tier game but it's absolutely the thing I dislike the most about it.

 

[Shadowclonezero]

man.. This dev is cooking compared to others...
Iv been waiting on a game and after 3 month it made a single update with 2 extra hair.

game started around Mar 13, 2021(first post here under OP).. and it's at 0.47.. so maybe a 6 year game lol or more

also making lots of money on patreon and other mediums.. they are taking their time on purpose.. there is no 'cooking'

I will give them 1 thing though, they are at least adding a little each month.. well usually.

 

[Zarkhy]

game started around Mar 13, 2021(first post here under OP).. and it's at 0.47.. so maybe a 6 year game lol or more

What...?

You do know that the 1.0 version is coming out in January, right?

And that version numbers don't necessarily have anything to do with how close the game is to completion, right?

There's been 47 monthly updates, that's what it means.

 

[lexiboi]

how do you get to eastern forest of runes?

 

[Zarkhy]

how do you get to eastern forest of runes?

Walk east from the 1st forest map.

Maybe you needed to burn one plant that's in the way. Learn Fire first.

 

[Shadowclonezero]

What...?

You do know that the 1.0 version is coming out in January, right?

And that version numbers don't necessarily have anything to do with how close the game is to completion, right?

There's been 47 monthly updates, that's what it means.

well hope you're correct, for your sake.. patreon game makers make me feel tired man.. it always seems the same schemes
make tons of money and milk it as long as possible.. maybe this person is different, don't know yet..

 

[Zarkhy]

well hope you're correct, for your sake.. patreon game makers make me feel tired man.. it always seems the same schemes
make tons of money and milk it as long as possible.. maybe this person is different, don't know yet..

This isn't a matter of right or wrong or opinon, the dev has clearly stated it.

Don't try to excuse your ignorance by suddenly pretending that you've been burned before and you're just worried or some other BS. Just admit you were wrong, apologize and move on.

 

[smkey21]

def report in discord too (they may just see it faster, I'm not on the dev team)

It looks like it's already been fixed.

well hope you're correct, for your sake.. patreon game makers make me feel tired man.. it always seems the same schemes
make tons of money and milk it as long as possible.. maybe this person is different, don't know yet..

Uh... most of the patreon posts are public, you can check out the development progress yourself. the 0.47 has nothing to do with how close to finished it is. It goes up by one every month. The game is on track to be a "finished product" around January 2025.

 

[bobbatea]

Ah I got it then, thanks!

Auradev, will you sell your game anywhere outside of steam, as a standalone purchase when its complete?
And will you ever add anything related to spicier sex content like rimjobs and such?

 

[aura-dev]

Auradev, will you sell your game anywhere outside of steam, as a standalone purchase when its complete?
And will you ever add anything related to spicier sex content like rimjobs and such?

It's not even clear if the game will be accepted on steam. On the other hand, you can buy it on itch.io.
For 1.0, the corruption content is done for now (except for some more lewd books and skills).

 

[subaru_dono]

Doing the full corruption route is heart-rending. But all the content relating to the corruption ending is completed, if you want it.

I enjoy the games that present both options. The inevitably of corruption is less sexy than a path that achieved through either deliberate choices or accumulated failures. This game is both more unique and awkward since you're playing against yourself.

 

[Shadowclonezero]

This isn't a matter of right or wrong or opinon, the dev has clearly stated it.

Don't try to excuse your ignorance by suddenly pretending that you've been burned before and you're just worried or some other BS. Just admit you were wrong, apologize and move on.

idc.. I don't excuse anything.. IDC if I'm right or wrong about this particular DEV.. I'm saying I hope you are correct for YOURSELF.. since YOU believe in this DEV. the end.

pretending huh? nice gaslighting bro. you don't know anything about me. YOU move on.