RPGM - Star Knightess Aura [v0.49.0] [aura-dev]

Went into this one with high hopes because of the good reviews, but just... could not get into it. The intro is extremely cringe-worthy writing (spoilers, you're introduced to a ton of character and then they're all just killed off).

But I was willing to get past that and just continue on until I got to an unskippable fight and lost. Sure, there's an auto-save right before it, but gimme a break. Designers! If you're going to make an unskippable fight in the game before players have a chance to learn what their characters can do, buy gear for them, buy potions for them, or level them up, Don't make it an auto-game-over if you lose! It's like, "well, you've just started and I've not given you a chance to actually get used to your character, but here's a tough fight and a game over if you fail! Have fun!!" No! That's the opposite of fun! It's terrible.

Very good start to a slow corruption game. Plenty of room for expansion, and not too grindy. Main character seems to be written well, good english throughout and supporting characters have some good interactions too.

[rev @ v0.4.1]

Great start. Needs more lewds.

Art's a bit primative.

Writing is good, scenario's handled well even if it's not the most novel. The voice and narrative are good and the characterization is strong. It's a bit wordy.

Needs more porn. Tags in description are great but the current release content is thin.

TLDR: Godspeed~

The game shows true promise, and has some great characters. Although the demon lord sucks as a character, the other villain is one that is fantastic and unlike the demon lord, she actually deserves to win.
Combat is rather lame early on with spells having ridiculous costs, almost requiring remove collar at boss fights

This game holds a lot of promise for those who love slow corruption/moral degradation games. It's fairly well written with a strongly characterized, if somewhat stock, cast and setting. The corruption mechanic being the unknowing manipulation of the MC's psyche by the second lead is a great vehicle for developing both characters. The level structure is also engaging enough for the RPG elements to not be a complete grindfest, with plenty of interactable elements to change the maps and multiple ways to enter/exit some areas/buildings. The art needs reworking, but it is a Patreon goal for the developer that is already ~1/4 of the way there and that I'll be contributing $5 monthly towards for the foreseeable future.

This is shaping up to be one of the most intricate and engaging rpgm adventure games I've played.

The mix of corruption, mind control and isekai is beautiful. Never seen anything exactly like it.

It's not quite there yet as there's currently only some light groping, but the game is setting things up for an awesome continuation.

As of v0.9.1 there are still no sex scenes. That's fine, but it's critical to the game that there will be fully illustrated sex scenes when Aura starts to have sex. Not having them would be a deal-breaker for me.

I love the mechanics of the game.

I will update my review when I play a later version.

Edit: All the things I was looking for has been fulfilled.
The game content is edited a lot which is good, but sometimes make saves unreliable.
Since it's becoming a rather large game it would be nice to be able to jump to different predetermined save states to get caught up without playing it all again.

A personal opinion of mine is that Aura should become aware of how she's being changed, try to resist and then fail to. Change is less impactful if she has no chance to fight it. At least later on.
Having her become a bitch to everyone around her would make the player care less that she's being manipulated. It'd be cool if she regained some control, but lost out in the end.

[TL;DR A mostly text based RPG with a small, but growing number of CGs. None of which are pornographic as of 0.9]
As of the 0.9+ version of this game, the first arc of the game is nearing completion. Until this arc finishes there aren't going to be any massive changes to the MC's personality or actions. There is an element of slow burn corruption, which at the moment ends with small changes to the MC such as switching to contacts over glasses, unbraiding her hair, reading a fashion magazine over studying, and deciding to wear slightly fashionable shoes. If you are just here for porn images, there's not much here for you at the moment. The game is designed in a way that prevents you from grinding in any meaningful way. The combat has a finite number of enemies, and you don't get experience from them. Other than bosses in most cases it better to just dodge the fight if you can do so safely. My one warning (and a bit of an issue) regarding combat is that you can get into very tough situations if you try to dungeon dive while you are in a party. I would suggest keeping a few different backup saves for this reason. The character art is getting custom commissions as time goes on. The story is pretty much "isekai but with porn," but it uses the two worlds elements in an interesting way. The game is well written, and the pace it is getting content released has been very consistent.