RPGM - Completed - The Artifact Part One [ICCreations]

This is probably the oldest game of this type I ever played. Playing this adventure brought back a lot of nostalgic memories. I used to play all those Sierra adventures in my youth, a few decades back.

The graphics was good. It's funny to now recognize the characters, after playing FLIF.

Of course because it's an old game, there have been better user interfaces, and there are a few bugs/crashes, but saving often, it was still very enjoyable playing it. If ever this game would get an update, I probably wouldn't mind playing it again. It was that good.

I played all 3 parts last month. I had a lot of fun playing it, very interesting story, a little predictable, that he was his mothers father and his own, I was hooked to my chair, playing it. And nice graphics too...

I would love if one day a new version would be made with higher resolution, and modern features.

a great game with a great array of sex scenes mainly incest
but with a lot of annoying puzzles that you have to get through to get anywhere
the best and most unexpected plot twist ever of any game on f95zone
the relationships though proceed really fast to fucking there isn't much of a build towards that really

OK, this game is a classic and a good one too!

I played it years ago and I still love it today. The first part sets a good tone and the characters are introduced well. The story about magic and so on is not the best but not bad and the sex scenes are hot!

The only small problem is the rush.... They all fall for the MC in just one snip of his fingers. You can argue with magic and stuff, but the mother is at least a little restrained. Would have been perfect for the rest of the family to be a little more hesitant.

But all in all it is one of the best games and in my eyes some kind of pionier... if you get my meaning.

I'd really like to give this 4 stars, but just can't bring myself to do it.

Good:
- Animations (seriously some of the best I've seen)
- Lots of H-scenes
- Not much repetition
- Renderings (of the bodies) were very good
- Fantastic concept (the artifact gives you the power to achieve your deepest desire)

Meh:
- Renderings (heads / faces) . . . not sure what happened here. Sometimes seemed like I was watching a porn version of Team America: World Police. Faces (particularly during animations, the worst time) just didn't seem right, mostly the mouths. Some of the smiles looked like goblin faces. One character looked like a female Golem.
- Fantastic concept spoiled....the dev could have done SO MUCH more with this idea. Instead the "achieve your desires" is quickly established and then just used as a plot device to let the MC fuck everything (although there are a few "moments" in Part I where the Artifact is shown to "trigger").
- RPGM engine is somewhat abused. Run around a large town to complete quests. Just . . . no.

Bad:
- Story . . . not much of one.
- Characters . . . no real development. The MC just runs around putting his dick in everyone (and, yes, I mean everyone). So it was like watching animated porn, because you aren't drawn to the characters. Strange to say, but apparently I want a VN porn game to let me get to know the characters so there's some attachment during the H-scenes. Otherwise I may as well watch actual porn.
- The MC has old-man-balls. Watching that scrotum flop around in nearly every animation . . . just . . . please . . . no.
- Mini-games . . . I just found them utterly annoying. I think this is probably a binary preference thing -> you either enjoy having time consuming puzzles / fights or you just want to move along. There were too many and just . . . . I don't need practice using my mouse and pressing keys.

Summary:
- As much as one can say playing a porn game isn't a waste of time, this WAS a somewhat entertaining way to burn 4-6 hours. But compared to other games I've played, it doesn't rank at the top. Give it a try, though. It does provide some enjoyment. Gets a "near miss" because the renderings, animations and concept were so good . . . but the negatives dragged it down.

so let's be quick

the story
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dont expect romance or felling
you will fuck every woman in this game

play time
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about 3-4 hours depend on you

the render
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good enough to bring you to the story

the animation
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let's say very good (more deep animation)

the gamplay
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oh you will like it somehow

the decision
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not many (just one route to play)

RPGM open world...?
as you know most of the world is empty

note:
this game is really fun somehow
it really didn't pissed me off
you should try it of course

gameplay: really fun to play

scenes (erotic): they are nice and hot

ambient and music: it feels good

story: simple but effective

characters: meh...good...

conclusion: this is a honest good game. fun to play, with good quality erotics scenes, the story is no shakspeare but it works. this game worth your time and money.

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Started a bit weird, the intro not that interesting and a bit crappy. the first quest to get food did feel forced, no option then to surrender, but after that the game started to form, with very smart puzzles and good animation and funny moments. from 2 stars initially to 4 stars when completed the game. definitely will play part 2 now!