RPGM - The Curse of Pleasure [v0.9] [RanneRo]

What can I say, it's an amazing games. you definitely can play this with your brain turned off ngl. no grinding needed, just don't skip anything. if you want to see "THE" stuff the developer already included it.

Despite its myriad bugs and frequent malfunctions, I find myself irresistibly drawn back to play this game. Its flaws are apparent from the outset—glitches, crashes, and unfinished features mar the experience. Yet, despite these setbacks, there's an undeniable allure that keeps me returning. The game's core mechanics, though rough around the edges, offer a unique and engaging experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

The world-building is immersive, with a rich lore and detailed environments that pull you in, even when the technical issues threaten to push you away. The characters are well-crafted, their stories compelling enough to overlook the occasional graphical hiccup or dialogue error. Each playthrough offers something new, with choices and consequences that genuinely impact the narrative, adding a layer of depth that many polished games lack.

This game is a gem: impeccable art, addictive gameplay and a story that captivates you from the beginning. What makes it stand out is its decision system, where every choice, from clothing to titles, has a real impact on the plot. It is understandable that the developer takes his time to create new updates, since every detail counts in this complex and fascinating universe.

I thought this game is rather long with many repeat events where only little changes or progresses the story. I've played it now for about 15 hours and still not reached "the end"(of the walkthrough), although I've only used the walkthrough haphazardly when progression was beginning to be frustrating. The drawings are nice and the writing and translation seem to be good, but story progression as a whole is incredibly slow. There are about 3 subplots or areas outsite of the village which I really liked and the progression there seemed good, the village seems to be frozen in comparison.

I must say, contrary to the negative reception in this thread, I had a blast with this game even in its unfinished stage. Perhaps the difference in experience and attitude can simply be traced back to the fact that I have not been following this game for any length of time but rather found it only recently, thus experiencing it without any past baggage. Whatever it may be, my experience has been positive at the end of the day.

Great and varied animations/sprites and CG scenes, along with an excellent design for the female MC and overall "strong" writing, are what stood out to me.

Now, let's not beat around the bush. I, of course, came here for the NTR and expected it to be the main focus. Furthermore, I am someone who is very much into the more extreme and harsh side of NTR, so my positive experience with this game may surprise some. That is because the game itself is really neither cruel, harsh, nor even all that dark over its whole (incomplete) runtime, and it does not try to be either. Yet, it still managed to capture the true essence of NTR (Brother-Sister NTR to be more specific) in my opinion. The "main" and most fleshed out route of the game is NTR, not Netori, nor Netorase, but real NTR. The brother, who loves his sister (as more than just a sibling), is not only "cheated" on without his knowledge but is also teased and lowkey bullied (softly) by his rival and sister behind his back. The sister's development is a slow burn when it comes to how she acts around her brother, as she is getting slowly and surely more and more cold towards him and starts to neglect him of her own choice and by the commands of the main bully. Her love is visibly fading, and I expect her to voice her new lack of love and affection for her brother out loud towards him on the next big update (whenever that will be).

I could talk about the gameplay itself, but I honestly don't care much about it, and I suspect most other people do not either. I am just here for that sweet, sweet NTR.

What a fun game! The progression is slow, which I enjoy, and the story was as good as any other's I've read. It would be nice if there was more heads up regarding levels. I saved right before the thief quest in the beginning and pretty much soft locked my game and had to restart. I know this is not finished but I would recommend anyone looking to play READ THE WALKTHROUGH.

One of the best games out there, the girl is astonishingly sensual and her innocence carries the weight of the sex scenes in an erotic albeit believable way. The shota is fairly well written, although its personality doesn't really reflect an actual kid, rather feels like a vicious adult has reincarnated in the boy and is now taking advantage of the girl in every possible way (which makes the game even better, I think many of us will be brought back to our sexual awakenings and the fantasies we had). The way the characters behave, the writing, and the enchanting art, all work together to make this game a real masterpiece. I played many of these games, more than I would have ever liked to, and from all of them, only Alansya Chronicles and a couple others can hold a candle to this one.

The battles are the only tiring aspect of the game, but they are few and far between. Updates are also scarce but they usually deliver. Finally , I wish there was an incest path for the brother, it would make the game much better IMHO.

too long between updates. and honestly the game isn't that fun to play. rpgm isn't utilized well and the writing is fairly weak. The characters act stupid and there isn't nearly enough sex scenes and it just overall isn't great. Not great for story enjoyment and not great for jerking off.

Info for new players: If you are wondering why a game from 2016 isn't finished, it was abandoned for quite some time, but the developer came back in 2024.

I played the game a few years ago, and back then, I would rate it a 5. Now, I replayed it, and to be honest, it felt like a different game. The reason for that is the change in content. In the earlier versions, you got an even amount of content on different characters; by now (0.9), 50% of all scenes feature one particular shota character. While I'm okay with shota here and there, it's too much for my taste. (As it's subjective, this won't affect my rating.)

Now for the game itself.

The Good:

• Lots of content
• Pretty art & attractive main character
• Simple but nice handcrafted maps and locations
• Slow corruption
• Great story arcs (Bandits > Goblins)
• Seita is a great character!
  I'm happy that it's not the typical blind, deaf, and brainless NPC. The sad thing about this is that aside from the main character, it's pretty much the only character with any development. ^^ Sure, there is a portion of non-realistic behavior, but it's an NTR game, so somehow you need to get things to progress. But even if he doesn't always understand what's going on, he's aware that something is wrong and does speak up, which is extremely rare in the NTR genre. The end of 0.9 was a positive surprise to me, regardless of his character development.

The Bad (for now):

• No quest log or hint system. This is actually very significant because you need to see all available scenes, sometimes in a certain order, before the story progresses.
• More quick travel needed. I liked the idea of implementing the recollection room as part of the game. It would be nice to get a traveling device as well.
• Some locations and many characters have no purpose (that can change in future updates).
• Grindy
• Stats system needs a rework
• mostly flat characters

Other notes:

• You can't use quick travel at night. WHY? All houses are locked, all streets are empty; that doesn't make sense at all ^^
• All kids are studying in the afternoon... but there is no school

As for the end of version 0.9, I think that is the perfect moment to set up multiple endings in future updates. It doesn't have to be super complicated, just one or two decisions to split the story by the end.
Considering how the story has unfolded, I can see a good, a bad, and a neutral (cuck) ending.

Overall, I liked it. It's not finished yet, but you can clearly see that the developer put much work into this. There is actually much potential, many unused characters, and locations.

As for the rating, I would say 3.5. If it weren't for the end of 0.9, I would probably have given it a 3, as the story seems stuck.

Extremely bad, boring, dull.

Most if not all scenes are about tits pinching, there are no proper sex scenes or good story in this game.

Recycling of same CGs over hundreds of "scenes".

And from 2017...

Beautiful woman, genuinely kind, makes it all the more satisfying to see her fall into lust. I appreciate that she's self aware of the fact that all the men in the game want to fuck her - the curse being a subtle one where her inhibitions are lowered enough to make more excuses for the men, but she still feels uncomfortable.

Her specific soft spot I can't type out is a nice touch too, given her family situation. It makes sense that it's a vulnerability.

I decided a long time ago that I would replay this game whenever it gets updated, and that's exactly what I did. I replay the game from the very beginning to the very end without missing out on any scenes. It was a pain in the ass due to lack of quest log, no way to dash/sprint, the map is too damn big for this kinda story. But I actually had a lot of fun as well. This game has always been held in high regard for its quality and slow corruption. I expected the quality to defintily drop after the long development period and behind the scenes drama, but it did not. Actually, I think with the assistance of AI, the art actually looks a lot better now. Once the actual sex starts, which is quite a bit into the game, there is plenty of different scenarios and they all are insanely well done. There is a lot of shota in this game, that is the primary focus after all. It is very clear that this game was inspired by games by Scale Garden, but In my opinion it has surpassed those games.
One thing to note is that there is no updated recollection room, so downloading saves from there and playing aint gonna help. I would have loved to see more from this update since it did take so long to come out, but I am also satisfied with what I got, probably because I replayed it from start. This game has enough content to keep you busy for atleast 6hrs,so go ham with it.

Just a old recycled game.

pro:
- amazing art
- a lot scenes
(around 100+)

cons:
- ancient engine
(20 years ago it was already outdated)
- even its stated, there is no NTR in this game
(you are not in a relationship with anyone, you just fool around with your brothers friend)
- 95% of all scenes are just recycled
(Every men in the village is obsessed with her breasts and butt. The first 4 - 6 scenes of every men is just where they are playing with her breasts or spank her butt. The animation is pretty much always the same, just the text changes a bit. The same with the very less sex and blowjob scenes. You have always the same static penis and animation.)
- very slow development time
(one new scene every year)
- veeeerrryyy slow corruption
(the mens have groped her tits / butt for 90 of 100 scenes)

The game is in development for 6 years now and we seen already every part of her tits. We should expect more and better quality content for $3500 / month.

It's worse than what we expected...
A lot of us are fans of Sangeki no Gear and Sarah of the Rotation Cut, both games that differ from million hentai games we have around there.
RanneRo was bold enough to keep the game "cooking" for 6 years, but heck... it's using an ultra outdated engine, all his perfectionist art gets lost using RPG Maker XP... please, try to migrate for MV!
And it's not the end... 6 years and the game still is 0.9! We waited like 3 years since 0.8, I think?
He has some creativity, and I recognize it's a good work.
It's just too late, and doesn't offer anything better than replaying Sangeki no Gear, aside, maybe, being barely uncensored.
Again, it does offer an amazing art, but we can't see it properly being locked in a old engine!
Even using tools, everyone has big screens, so the art gets all stretched...

This is a game heavily inspired by the early RPGMaker Eroge masterpieces by the likes of ScaleGarden and HO Works. Where it truly stands out from those games is in its art, having a quality rarely seen in Western developed eroge, and almost never in western RPGmaker eroge.

At its core its a slow burn corruption game, with a unusual twist of the primary corrupter being a Shota. It has light NTR themes, though the one being NTR'd is a younger brother, not a lover.

As with most corruption games it is the tease of the big moment that is the most fun, but I believe RanneRo managed the unlikely - making the full fall where the MC is fucking left right and center still engaging and fun.

It would be a five star were it not for one flaw - RanneRo, likely due to the sheer quality of his art, takes literal years between updates. Wait for it to be 1.0 and buy it, it will be worth it.

it's probably the best Hgame i ever played. i wish there were more games like this.
The pacing of corruption is the best, nothing even comes close, and each scene is something new to discover on the path of corruption.
Art is also great and clearly done by a professional. joy to look at.

The game's base controls suck ass. It's the most backasswards i've ever seen from a rpg maker game and i have no idea why they couldn't just use the normal kind that every other game has. You can customize the controls but good luck figuring out how to do so. It doesn't tell you what any of the buttons being mapped actually do and it feels like you need to solve a math equation before you can swap your interact key. "If x= y and y= the "a" function, what do you want to map y to?"
Other then that the game has no method of grinding xp and you can end up softlocking yourself in the thief encounter if you try fighting him too soon. Not to mention common enemies like bats can take upwards of 12+ turns just to kill. And there's a cave filled with like 6 of em. Have fun slogging through that, hope you enjoy the upskirt panty shot for all your hard work. The combat floods your screen with a bunch of useless information like hit chance, evade, defense, attack value, who the fuck cares? this is a porn game, i should be able to button mash through the combat and kill little shitter enemies without needing a periodic table to reference on screen at all times. By far not only the worst exhibitionism game i've played, but the worst RPG maker game i've played as well. At least the character model looks pretty.

This is one of the best I have ever played.

Really love the engine it is made on.
The art is super good, even on today's terms.
Storyline is great.

Hope that the creator finishes this and makes sequels.
Would even love to pay for this once it finishes.

I don't know why people don't like the RPGM. This is more interactive than the newer ones.

The game has a lot of good things about it, but at the same time a lot of bad design decisions made.
To start off, the art, cgs, animations, characters, even story and plot is very polished and feels high quality with a lot of effort put in.
Now talking about the gameplay and progression, that where all the bad things start to occur:
- The map is massive and designed in U shape, which is super annoying to navigate.
- You can skip text with Q, but it will auto-select, meaning trying to be awake on night is slow as you need to slowly go through dialog (and you will need to be awake at night for a lot of events)
- Combat is rubbish and outdates, feels not necessary and does not contribute to the game in any way
- Hidden stats makes the game frustrating as you do not know how much exposure level progress you made, more frustrating when you keep running into locked events that ask you to have certain level, but without any indication how to achieve it, hence the player has to wonder everywhere to try and find events
- Genre of the game is complete miss, H-content is very mild and mostly it's teasing, with abnormal slow phase

Given all of the negatives and positives I would rate this game as average. Recommended to look at the art, but not for it's gameplay.