RPGM - Completed - Summer Memories Plus [v2.03 Deluxe Edition Unrated GOG] [DojinOtome/Kagura Games]

Been playing this game for years it is so well made, the art is lovely and the cousins are all gorgeous in their own right!
I love the mechanics of it, it doesnt get repetitive and helps me keep up with basic math after being out of school for so long. X3

I give it 4 stars, but like...a low four stars, like if I could give it a half star I would.

It's a good game, but not my taste. If you're not into sex for sex sake, this game fluctuates between a 6.5/10 and 7.5/10.

I honestly beat it primarily because of the gameplay loop, it's a fairly standard time/resource management game where you juggle doing homework, building relationships, buying important items and upgrades and engaging with new game mechanics/side stories that unlock as you advance further in the game.

Honestly, I think I'd probably give this game 5 stars if it weren't for the flavors just not meshing well with me and the main characters not really having...goals?

It's unapologetically a hentai game, in fact it's almost the archetypal H-Game to the T. It has a hentai plot with hentai characters, and for that reason I honestly don't care about anything but fishing and descending into rampant capitalism.

I was gonna try and play through all the side stories for completion sake, but honestly my game crashed and I don't feel strongly enough to boot it back up.

My favorite character literally isn't even any of the girls, it's a side character who is a kid who is clearly a protagonist ripped straight from a completely different genre in the middle of an existential crisis.

If Mentai were the protagonist I would be infinitely more entertained.

But as is, it's a great game with interesting, if slightly TOO challenging mini-games, with a standard shota hentai coat of paint.

Do I think it deserves to be as highly rated on this site above other games?... Partly, the gameplay is undeniably compelling enough for me to sit through sex scenes which I don't personally enjoy much-

But there are much better games with better gameplay, better story, better characters, and even better hentai that just aren't rated as high because they're not as well known.

I respect it for what it is which is a damn good and solid management sim/mini game compilation, but if you're someone who unironically plays adult games for the plot, this ain't it chief.

7/10. Take it or leave it.

Edit: I may have been a little harsh on this game, it's got some rough...center? Honestly in a weird way, it's got a 6/10 main story and 8/10 side stories, I stick with my original score but have changed my perspective on 100% completion. There's something special here, but you gotta go look for it.

The true Summer Memories...were the friends we made along the way.
Sex is for summer, but Menko is forever.

I would have been a straight-A student if I had this sort of performance gated H-Game content when I was in school.

I appreciate the pacing and day-cycle management aspects of the game. Some may see the mini games as a bit "grindy" but it's easy to overcome with upgrades and items. I don't know that I have a unique insight that hasn't already been posted regarding this title, but there is a reason the title endures as one of the top rated games on this site.

My first impressions where that the main 3 girl characters looked a bit generic at first glance. which is my main complaint with this game but a miniscule nitpick in all honesty. After getting that bit out of the way.

Overworld/ ingame visuals are excellent some of the best in the genre. also pixel art H animations which is always a +. H scenes also go over the top at times which for me personally is fantastic. voice and sound work is decent here aswell to elevate that an extra lvl.

Gameplay loop in terms of progression is fun, also some mini games here and there. Also like the summer life vibe, definitely hit the spot.

This game is a classic. Nice complete experience nice H scenes good voice work, Great girl selection and decent gameplay with a very cute overworld art style. Overall very little to complain about. An h game in which you'd probably invest quite some time.

Gameplay: It is a life management game. You level up stats like intelligence etc. To do that, you need to do tasks. Some more tasks are unlocked when you progress the game and the relationship with the characters. It is grindy but not too bad. The tasks are not that demanding. They are easy to do. While leveling up yourself, you are also 'training' the women to be more lewd. This unlocks more possibilities. Most events and scenes are bound to time. During different daytimes, you get different events. So, timing is also important here. What disappoints a little bit, is the given time limit. You have a certain number of days to gain affection. Game will end with the progress you made. In the end, you reap what you sow. But after completing the game once, you can restart it in 'god-mode' with the stats of your previous playthrough, which makes unlocking everything easier. The story is also fine, reminds of lewd slice of life. At the same time, the game can be rather time consuming. So, it is not a game you can complete in 1 or 2h.

Frequency of scenes: It is balanced. You get satisfying rewards for your grinding.

Dialogues: Length of Dialogues is fine. It is focused on life management, so, there won't be alot of text. But there still is.

--> All in one even the grind is kind of fun. The rewards and the animations are also good. It just can be frustrating, if you wanted to unlock 100% everything, since the game depends on event timing (daytimes) and has limited number of days, so, it ends with your progression. Out of 10 points, this one is definitely at 7 or even 7,5.

Probably one of the best H-Games I have played of it's kind!
Not much to say only criticism I would have is a personal one, I am a small breast lover so it is lacking in that department, but heaven for big tits!

We need more game like this. A sim that lets you wander in a small town and interact with npc on a deeper level ( σ ͜ʖσ )

Art is great.
Sound is great.
Gameplay is a bit grindy but not bad.
Animation is great

100/100

This is great game even for hentai game.

Perfect art,
Balanced, yet not boring gameplay
Both animated scenes and hentai art, with great style

And thirty days of pure gameplay and content with ten endings!

I also love how ntr scenes made in this game, they pretty natural.

Dojin Otome is undoubtedly one of the finest eroge content creators on the planet, I've already beaten this game millions of times and it's always beautiful to see how the plot, your choices, interactions and everything works perfectly, very beautiful and well done.

Spoiler Free review for Summer Memories Plus[v2.03 Deluxe Edition]

PROS :
- Decent Storyline and Characters.
- Great Mechanics, Places, Events and Mini-games.
- Quite engaging in a fun way.
- Have good amount of sexual content.
- So much to explore and find out.
- Needs a lot of time (~10-12hrs), to complete the first gameplay but new game+ with old skills and resources unlocked is great addition.

CONS :
- Requires bit of grinding and skill to complete the mini-games.
- Some events heavily depend on luck and leads to so much wastage of time
(Eg:- In an event to collect different ratings of bugs and fishes, can't capture a single rate-1 bug to complete the task of bug lady.)
- Art could be bit improved but not that inconvinent.

One of the best games I've ever played. I was very sceptical of this game at first as I didnt really like the look of the art and pixel style, but I am very glad I decided to try it. The voices are cute and add to atmosphere of the game. I like that there are multiple characters and the taboo incest factor is really well done too. I do like that the characters have their own personality (kinda) and are not just dumb bimbos. I like the shota and sleep sex. Overall, this is just a really well-made, polished game, which can't be said for most lewd games.
I aam generally not a fan of time constraints in games, but I feel like this game does it well and I unlocked most of the scenes in 1 playthrough. I definitely would replay this game.
Easily a top 5 game
8.8/10

I'm not a fan of the "Shota" tag, but this game is awesome. I mean literally great gameplay, Shota don't bother with me.

Score: 8/10

Fun: 9/10 - A lot of mini-games that are not boring, and funny,

Story: 9/10 - Cool, solid story, completed game what to add? Feels like everything on-place.

Gameplay: 9/10 - Yes, yes, yes, 30-day timeline, you have RPG, so need to up your skills, buy them, and increase abilities.

HGraphics: 7/10 - Pixels(tbh I like it). I would say it is enough quality, but not the best that you've seen.

Kinky: 6/10 - Is Shota kinky enough? IDK, I like other tags like brainwashing and etc, but it is good.

I feel good vibes after this game, it was fun and calm, you know, it fixed my soul after the scars of summer. But to be honest most RPGM games - are worse, so in f95 I will place a 5/5, but ofc you can find many interesting games.

Just like how the 3 stars said, for me it is average.

Gameplay is simple and all, figured everything pretty quickly as the days goes on, story is fine nothing bad from what I played, characters are pretty unique as there are interactable characters outside the main heroines(?).

What a complete turn-off for me is that the MC is a kid with his horny level times 500% and very insensible. Dude, what are the parents teaching the kid on their household? Scenarios like the kid just hump on someone's ass is just stupid and I'd like to delete the memory in my brain.

Being stupid or dumb is one thing, but acting stupid because horny and lust proves 0 level of self-control.

Ok, at least it's a porn game, I could say the goal is just to spend your days and make memories as the summer goes on, but what can I say? : p
Porn side it's pretty basic, but never forget the 'types', there are many pervert scenes and actual sex scenes.
Seems ok to me, bye.

The word "masterpiece" is overused a lot, but after finishing this gem (base game and DLC), I don't blame anyone using that word here. Despite some small flaws here and there, this is a full 5 stars game; the positives greatly outweigh the negatives.

In short, this is a free-roam, sand-box VN type of game. You know the deal: played with a mouse to click on things and advance the text, a small map with locations you can move to, some mini-games, day-night cycle and events that you can trigger to advance the story, etc.

POSITIVES:
+ Power fantasy, wish fulfillment of a sh*ta dominating his aunt and cousins (and others too!)
+ Cheating/Netori! You fuck their wife, while the cuck sleeps nearby! (Lot's of sleeping sex with the girls too!)
+ Focus on big butts! (big tits too)
+ Great pixel art. Pixel art sex with different positions and variations.
+ Great CG's for each girls events, and very sexy events too. Even the drawings in the diary are sexy wtf?!
+ Simple and easy gameplay with a neat and intuitive UI. One handed play is nice!
+ Nothing fancy in terms of writing, just a short and to the point sweet story of summer vacation.
+ Good sound design all around: sweet music and voice acting for moans.

NEGATIVES:
- Is a little bit grindy, nothing too bad really but there is some small amount.
- Translation is leaps and bounds above the usual MTL, but there's still some ocasional miss-translations and bad grammar.
- The animations are decent (and they are enhanced by the game's writing, theme and voice design) but in the end they are a bit too simplistic and somewhat similar no matter which girl you go for.
- Some unavoidable water works (golden shower, pee) in a handful of scenes, so be aware of that. The game is so good that I managed to tolerate these scenes. Still, not my thing and I wish there was an option to disable it entirely.
- Lack of quest log or proper in-game guidance. Nothing to worry about since the world map is small and the game very simple that you can just go at your own pace, but still some type of progress markers for the different girls and events would be nice to have.

Well the art is so-so, so to speak... BUT with more girls, bigger map & more polished animated scenes? This game is surely a decent template for any of future H-games. Basically, it's a super fun H-game with an obvious weakness in visual department (especially the 2D sex-animations) and the limited number of harem characters (only 3, plus extra 3 outside the house).

Other than those? It's an easy 7.5/10 quicky fun!

One of the few gmaes where youl really try and try to finish specially with multiple endings, First few run trough's will be rough and will take a while to understand but once you get the hang of it youl be able to get any ending you need or want and if you really need to follow the walk trough or use the full save that was provided. over all anything Kagura games touches becomes one of the few good 18+ games that have been produced. Highly recommended.

Good story, Good game, Good Graphics. The only downside is that it took me so long to find it, and that the official version on steam requires an uncensored patch for one of the characters. Wanted to leave this review before the sequal Winter memories came out in English, and to remind that if you like a game here please try to support the official translated release for without monatary support more will likely not be made.

Another game for my list of highly reviewed games that I just couldn't get into myself. The worst part for me by far is the 5th-grader level plot & fantasy. Feels like something I might have liked while I was too young to have any business playing a game like this. These days, as a today years old perv, it just made me want to gouge my eyes out rather than rub one out.. Maybe it's a genre appreciation thing I just don't get, who knows.

I really enjoy scene discovery and open world based games, but here, this aspect drowns in the core gameplay. Really, all you'll be doing is grinding various reputation and XP bars of different kinds through mini games, and they're all more or less the same and get boring fast - one or two tries and I had my fill.

Finally, I found the sex-scenes incredibly simplistic and dull. One or two barely animated panels per scene, and more of that terrible, terrible dialogue.

Two stars for being technically competent (especially for an RPGM). The in-game pixel art and isometric style looks great, and navigation, menu traversal and all that stuff were all quite pleasant for a game using this engine.

9/10

What an incredible game. It has been reviewed a great deal already so I won’t go too in-depth. The girls are sexy, the pixel art/animation is top shelf, the kink coverage is great. The mini games can be hit or miss, but you can just buy skip tickets.

Anyways, what I don’t see people talk about is the GODLY UX design of this game. Like holy shit, this game feels GOOD to play, and not just when I’m nutting.

Map transitions are lightning fast, and there is practically no load times at any point of the game. You can get to anywhere you want to be within a few intuitive clicks. You can pass the time of day within a single click. All transitions are accompanied with sound cues. All possible interactions are accompanied with a sound cue when you mouse over it. All interactions are engaged with left click, which unifies all possible actions instantly. Right click is used to ‘go back’. All relevant information is available to you at all times on the screen.

Like once you play Summer Memories, every other game that remotely looks like Summer Memories will feel so much worse to play. This game is ultra polished.

Normally I’d give it a 7 or 8 or so because it's pretty lacking in story and immersion imo, and that kind of thing is huge for me. But I can’t give this any less than a 9. This is god tier execution.

this is the best game i ever played.

This quest is easier than what I played in several other games such as Sumertime Saga, Zombie Retreat, etc. even though it was given 30 days, this game has unique skills, you just have to press the coat, there are several options that you want.