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RPGM - Completed - The End of Alter Egoism [v1.02] [ONEONE1]

  1. 5.00 star(s)

    aamupuuro123

    As usual, people are giving low ratings to OneOne1 game because "muh no gradual corruption". Personally for me, I can value hentai games with other metrics than just "gradual corruption".

    The best way to enjoy this game is to make the girls into sluts from the start which is an option when starting the game, don't worry about "immersion breaking" and just enjoy the ride.

    The hentai content is top-notch as usual with new "mechanics" unlocking through the game like the exhibitionism and birthing stuff. This helps preventing the game from becoming stale, it would be boring if you could just burn through all hentai content at the beginning.

    I unironically enjoy the story in this game, it's generic with the usual plot twists but still interesting enough to keep me invested instead of skipping. I also really like the character development (yuri) of the two main girls and other character pairings.

    There's story branching as usual, but this time it only branches at the last third of the game so you don't have to play the whole game again, just leave a save file or two at the branching point. There's also some side quests you could miss so keep an eye on the quest tab.

    The combat is kinda bad as usual, it's just too easy to overlevel and effortlessly beat everything. They tried to specialize the two characters into different skillsets but it doesn't really matter. Luckily you at least have the combat h-animations to keep you interested.

    In previous OneOne1 games I disliked how the dungeons were overly long and dragged out, but this time they are quite short and you don't even enter combat just by touching the enemy sprites. This is really nice, you can just blaze through the dungeons if you are overleveled and just want to progress the story.

    Overall I think this game is a nice improvement from some previous OneOne1 games that had overly long dungeons and obscure story branching like Samurai Vandalism. The translation is also great, no complaints about that.
  2. 4.00 star(s)

    Borbo gaming

    I actually like this game despite first appearances.

    Initial thoughts: Upon loading into this game, the game's story is something akin to 90 percent of porno rpg games. Female protag's parents are killed or someone close to them are killed by a extremely strong figure and they dedicate majority of the game to get strong enough to kill said person. I was like "Dayum bro this gonna suck and im gonna dislike it." 5 hours later my opinion is slightly changed.

    Pros:
    - There is NO difficulty spike. The game is piss easy (which is also a con, but in terms of general gameplay standpoint since yall gooners care bout the porn more than the game for some dumb fucking reason) all the way around which itself is admirable. To even "Lose" in battles, the first battle you have to choke it with potions and spamming special skills, but otherwise you have to defend until you die or just "Pretend you lose". And with something known as "Pretend to win" with easy mode with bosses, the game becomes one of the, if not, the easiest games you will ever run by.
    - I like the dynamic between the two, with later on even stating that one of them weilds the power of a "demon blade" and one weilds the "holy blade". This story does pretty good at extending their friendship into the Yuri route (ok, like, if you like Yuri, I suppose you do you. But I hellishly dislike Yuri or Yaoi.) Again, if you want them to be pure and strong, be it so. If you want to drag them to the bottom pits of Asmodeus' layer, be it also so. You can choose how both of them end up and watch them be it so. It also relates to how both of them had traumatic backgrounds and which trauma victims kinda bond better? Again, its overall a good story. It just feels dragged at certain points. But one is trying to go for her future while one is stuck in her past, deciding her future, and its actually a decently good story regarding realizing what you want to be and how one goal shouldn't bind you forever... am I overanalyzing this, actually? Well whatever.
    - The art is kinda hot ngl. I like the art, its very neato. Its a nice additional add.
    - I also like how your past will affect your future, butterfly style, via the "Branches". The cutscenes will be affected by the most minute of things, like whether your naked or not, or whether you have sexual experience or not, or whether someone is alive or not, the text will change accordingly, which while this is already a "Completed RPGM", it is something that I thoroughly wish that they expanded on because this is actually very neat. No more "I'm naked and you think im clothed" typa bullshit lol, which is very commendable as a extra detail as of itself.
    - The black haired girl is a lot cuter than the white haired one. I find that pretty neat also. (Behavioral otherwise)

    Cons:
    - The combat art is mediocre, if not, downright horrible. You would expect if there is so many CGs for porn there would be more CGs for special attacks but noooo its either naked variant or non naked variant. The enemy sprites are reused, the combat shticks are reused, and it is overall bland. They focused 80 percent of the budget on the nakey girl arts (since porn game) and much less on the anims for attacks. Bloody shame, I'd suppose.
    - Apparently the girls are oblivious enough for a enemy to sneak up and plug their fingers straight into their pussy. Uhm. It can also happen on turn 1. Uhm... ok. "Military trained" my ass, can you not detect when a enemy is sneaking up to slap you or sneak up to you to pull your panties aside stab their fingers straight into your glory hole? I know porn game and this is just me complaining, since battle sex is...popular for some reason. Like, MY BROTHER IN CHRIST SHE GOT A GOBLIN DICK IN HER MOUTH, YOU GOT A KATANA CHOP IT OFF
    - WHO DREW THEIR FEET IT FUCKING SUCKS
    - This game is 100 percent yuri if you want to go for the wholesome "story intended" route. Anything involving a dick is not "wholesome".


    Some tips for Exhibitionist(Nudist) route (since I mostly play exhibitionist routes to fight while naked):
    - Spam masturbate while naked for 20 minutes (around 80 climaxes~) or go to the bathouse at the town around evening time and spam talk the npc inside the bath MULTIPLE TIMES (presumably 60~ or less) and get Exhibitionism to A rank. You also want lewdness at A rank to ideally get the entire progression route down, so just spam masturbate and spew out so many juices it can create the next cuming of pacific ocean.
    - Once you get there, check event logs. There should be a event where "you have to get the idea of exhibitioning in school". If you have that idea, go to 2nd floor of girl's dormitory and talk to the two girls (one of them completely naked with a event symbol above their head) and finish the dialogue. Then you unlock the option to exhibit at night at the academy.
    - At here, do the exhibit without getting caught, complete all 3 checkpoints then leave.
    - (I do not know if this is locked behind anything BUT from my experience this is unlocked after you get to the point of unlocking Iris Headquarters as a fast travel point) After that, check event logs. If all is done correctly, there should be a event where a "Iroka" agent wants you to preform at the Strip Club (Do not worry, if you want to do a complete virgin run (in which I do) you will NOT get fucked here and get creampied), talk to said agent which is in one of the rooms in the Iris Headquarters and preform there with either characters (I just do with both), and after the strip club, you should have one final event.
    - At nightime at another day, enter the male's bathhouse (if you do not want to get creampied, the moment you enter, leave.) and the moment you leave, you should be called over by the academy and be given a permit to be naked anytime you want.
    - Congrats, Nudist title unlocked. Now get naked whenever you want.

    Final words and rating: 4/5. Game can be half classified as high tier slop with how much data is even needed to download this, with how low the effort is put into combat and how much effort is put into the porn, and despite my harsh remarks towards the game, I actually thoroughly enjoyed the combat as it is very simplistic and addicting to grind them to very high levels, and furthermore, the fine arts provided aren't too bad and classifies decently enough for a 5 hour time usage on this game. I don't think this game is more so on the corruption, but rather the realization of two girls as they grow closer (and fall in love) as they help each other out with their past traumas and how their future will upheld, which for a game that seems so complex, is a story that is the most simplest indeed.

    Recommend? Yeah. I recommend it. You might not like it, but you might like it. That is games, ultimately.
    Forgot to mention, but if you want to avoid combat sex entirely to not hate the game for forcing you to BJ a goblin out of nowhere, get the virgin amulet and slap it on in the equipment menu. You WILL need it when you want to try a all naked playthrough.
    Also save file scumming is basically mandatory for this typa game. What, you want to get creampied by some random fucker because your new to the game?
  3. 1.00 star(s)

    Ripazha218

    My first review on this site. This game. Why? Because it's so terrible that it hurts acknowledging the time I've wasted on it.

    The very first thing that comes to one's attention about this game is it's size. Tremendous, isn't it? And what exactly does it give you? Three action CG's for each female character existing in this game that are being clearly overused; two or three low-quality boring cinematics; absurdly bad, as if old South Park series styled, battle cut-ins; and drawing overall with no depth in it?

    Speaking about cut-ins and other erotic stuff in this game, it doesn't feel natural at all. I understand that it's a porn game, but, ffs, virgin's anus being creamy during rape? What kind of anatomy is this? I even tried to understand this logic by reading the text that goes along these animations, but, alas, it's mostly "oooooooh aaaah" with barely anything internal (no pun intended) or even pleads, considering the context. This game continues the tradition of this developed making sex scenes UNSEXY and IRRATIONAL - pure grotesque (in terms of visuals especially - don't look up how these bastards draw feet, tentacles and fellatio) .

    And oh, funny thing that most of gamers hate and, to 111's pity they haven't gotten it still, - DEFEAT ONLY SEX SCENES. Most of them are. There are also some spread around city-locations of this game but it's purely obnoxious, since in order to get them you have consider that different (of two) character has different opportunities, different time of these opportunities and locations. So you'd basically have to circle for tens of minutes in order to find something worthy. Consider that the only place you could change time at is dorms, which forces you to return to the main location, taking only more of your time, as it has taken mine.

    I bought into this game by some of the positive reviews that were stating that this game has so interesting corruption mechanics that you can basically shape your erotic playstyle, shaping girl's paths accordingly. And... that's a lie. If you lost during a fight, you'd have no choice but to lose your virginity unless you'd bought the defense for it preemptively. "The first blowjob", which is a huge stat for this game since it affects some blowjob scenes, can be easily lost on a random enemy, because it's so reasonable for powerful mages to drop on their knees and suck off an enemy they'd otherwise oneshot once it feels like it. And if you wanted somebody special to be the girls' first in this matter, you'd have to restart, so save-scumming IS MANDATORY.

    And oh, erotic attacks are possible only nearing the end-game AND ONLY when your girls are already helluva corrupted, so unless you whore them at every possibility you have, rewatching the same repetitive shit over and over again, you'll have to forget about this game's aspect. Yep. So much for the "corruption flexibility".


    I don't want to say much about the story. It's a porn story. Plain and vain. Nothing interesting, nothing worth memorizing, nothing unique, no real turns and twists. It's awful and has taken a place in this world ONLY because of how stupid our protagonists and their colleagues are. And game doesn't even make fun of it - no, it takes itself seriously, which is just pathetic.

    Overall this game is terrible. Don't ever try playing it.
  4. 2.00 star(s)

    Horsygoes

    Don't get me wrong, very good art, but if you looking for a corruption game.. You gonna be disapointed for real. Oneone have a huge reputation you can clearly see those 5 stars review are deeply influenced.

    I mean why bothering at all with body ranking, asking if you want to start as virgin... if you gonna be welcomed by some event first day like "Can you suck my dick?" "Can i fuck your ass?" with the option to answer yes and watching the protagonist saying stuff like "ho if it's just a blowjob that's okay" while in the same time just using the school bathroom is "embarrassing" and other stuff like that... That just absolute nonsense i rarely seen honestly, wtf.

    The H scenes are numerous, i give them that but kinda oldschool for me, animated sprites are nice i guess, you instantly understand that game had some budget but.. putted in the wrong matter.. Was actually kinda sad playing this cause evrywhere you go you basically think for yourself the game could have been so much greater.

    The combat system is boring as f*, really easy ending up overpowered, not unusual to see this but then again watching the budget getting dragged down with beautiful, but useless, drawings for attack you almost never use instead of i don't know, ANIMATED H SCENES make you wonder the hell happened during developement. I mean, why would you animate characters, combat posture, special attacks but not H-scenes? I don't get it.

    I might be too harsh with giving only 2 stars, but watching so many giving to that work 5 is absolute nonsense to me.
  5. 4.00 star(s)

    YarrYarrBinks

    Goated for a fanslation, a bit rough around the edges but god there's a lot of content. I'm honestly suprised that this isn't voted up higher. Also there's not too much crazy stuff, so if you are a vanilla gorilla you'll be relatively happy with this one.
  6. 4.00 star(s)

    LolKek95

    Good game in terms of content, length, and variability

    It has SO many events, it is easy to track them, actually it covered so many kinks. Oneone as usual deliver quality

    BUT

    It feels like they tried to make it better, but couldn't deliver. It feels like the corruption could be better explained (don't get me wrong, it is good with this level of body parts and images), the lewd actions in battle look awesome, but playing stupid, you can easily break from it, and what is the point? It feels like the battle and H-Battle system could be improved.

    Don't get me wrong, I recommend playing as WOW, it has a lot of scenes and poses for every movement and corruption, but in terms of GAME, it is GOOD or Above Averagecompared to other RPGM games.
  7. 2.00 star(s)

    Capuchonnoir

    Strange game. The production values are good but it is extremely flawed, so I will give it 2 instead of 3. Here's why.

    You have two characters but it's a bit pointless, just makes it so you have to switch between both and explore the same area twice to see all the scenes, which are similar for both characters.
    The combat is decent RPGM with, for some reason, elaborate anime attack animations which drive up the file count and file size.
    But, the level scaling is broken, you will quickly be able to two-shot any monster with a basic attack. When I played the monsters do not even trigger combat even when they walk right into you, so after the first few dungeons when your character is OP, you can safely ignore them and speed run to the boss.

    I'm like 10 (repetitive) dungeons into the game and apparently I'm not at the mid/endgame yet?

    The battle fuck is implemented in a boring way. Very abrupt, and since your characters become OP in combat, it won't happen unless you want it to.

    The plot is extremely basic cliché anime. The corruption progression is 0/10 for my tastes.
    The pacing and writing is terrible. For example even at the start of the game if you talk to a NPCs with a heart floating over, you'd expect some sort of groping or oggling event that slowly ratchets up as your character becomes more lewd or corrupt. But in this game, what you get is even the first NPCs you meet will say "Hey, can you suck my dick?" Or "I've always wanted to fuck someone in the ass. Can I fuck you in the ass?" That's random passerbys and fellow students. No pretense, no build up. And the worse part is that you can say yes and do it, which seems unreasonable at the very start of a corruption game.
    It's broken to the point that I wonder if the released version of the game is bugged or a dev version. For example, right off the bat you can use the "phone" to *pass time in a lewd way" and prostitute yourself to half a dozen people off screen. It's possible to spam masturbation, or in the inevitable public bath, click repeatedly on the same person the grind public exposure to maximum in 2 minutes.

    Extremely weird choices, and I can't make myself care about the game's actual plot.
  8. 5.00 star(s)

    ChubbyX

    I love ONONE1 GAMES thanks dazed for the translation, i gotta say hope the game work without lagging or even crashing last time i played oneone1 games crashed a lot, i gotta love this one! i'll posting in the thread more about the game content
  9. 5.00 star(s)

    ThaisGa

    This is a very good game, in my opinion, I like the story, in terms of gameplay, what I think is lacking is that this game is very heavy, 11gb, but that's okay, It's worth it with the game content inside.
  10. 3.00 star(s)

    Yerman93

    Honestly the first hour of this game made me want to give it a 5-star rating but in the end its a classic example of wanting to go big just to end up excessively big

    The sex animations were great and kept me hooked for a long time but the promise of lewd skills and pregnancy just to be available so late in the game was really annoying (plus it doesnt add anything, like I thought that maybe the lewd skills would actively could be use to defeat enemies and so)

    Still, would recommend to give it a go and when you get tired, just unlock everything and enjoy it
  11. 3.00 star(s)

    Troqu

    Kinda shocked with the way this one turned out. ONEONE1 broke a lot of their conventions and really didn't gain much by doing so. Having the villain get away with it in one of only two branches completely was a surprise, and its weird for neither character to really get a resolution in that branch. Too few scenes with the secondary and tertiary cast members, to the point where they had a 2d sprite for the one bitchy girl, and NEVER used it during dialogue for some reason, and her original partner also had a full design because of the one sex scene but didnt even get a spirte for some reason.

    Overall h wise the variety was pretty good, but I wish there were a few more orgy scenes instead of it mostly being regulated to bad ends and a few more romance scenes between the MCs and just lesbian stuff in general considering how much the women in the game were open to it.

    I'd normally give this like a 3 but I'd give it an extra .5 for not revealing that every magic user is secretly an elf and the mcs are potential dark elves, and the big bad not being a behemouth in disguise. Since I can't actually give half a point it will stay at 3.
  12. 3.00 star(s)

    Yournewowner

    It's an alright game. I kinda expected more, half the scenes and CG are reused and have characters swapped out and call it a day, they don't even look that great. Really upsetting the quality has dropped this low in the name of quantity. Give this one a pass unless you're a ONEONE1 fan.
  13. 3.00 star(s)

    wokandroll42

    I have strayed so far from God's light that by the end of this I was thinking "This is pretty Vanilla for a oneone1 game....".

    Basically don't bother with the actual gameplay just easy mode, and all the standard oneone1 tropes are here, you do missions if you fail certain ones the story branches and you work for the bad guys and then the ending is worse but you get more H scenes etc.

    This one felt a little LAZY on the bad end path however, you had to redo a lot of what you already did in the main pa6th by the time I got to it. The content like I said before was also a bit more vanilla as far as the corruption goes. I don't need like crazy fucked up shit or anything but it wasn't on par with anything like meritocracy of oni and blade for example lol.

    Overall decent and better than 75% of rpgmaker slop, but not oneone1's best outing.

    That said, solid art,
  14. 3.00 star(s)

    goatwhisperer3

    It's a ONEONE1 game. If you played one u played them all.

    -The art is good, as always.
    -The corruption doesn't exist. (virgin character who "can't even imagine using my butt" has anal sex with the very first guy who asks for it)
    -scenes are reused a lot.
    -lot of scenes for losing (major problem with female MC games. you lose to "win")

    what really let me down was the unfulfilled expectation.

    The game concept and some previews made me really hope there would be 2main girls you control at once and that have a lot of scenes together.
    Game introduces a "buddy-system" and all that stuff.

    There was some good potential to have both girls have a sexy adventure together. Falling victim to the same enemys/fates.

    In the end, its the same as usual.
    You always only control one character and switch between them on the map, looking for their very own scenes to collect.

    There are like 23pages of h-events (several scenes per page) and only like 6-7 scenes are with both girls together.

    Whats the point of 2 cute girls if u barely get any FFM at all.
  15. 3.00 star(s)

    pantomino1137

    For those who want something slightly more critical of the game.

    tl;dr version:
    It's still a decent game. You can skip almost everything on Easy.

    Actual problems:
    The game is over-designed and pretends you care about the plot and the uninteresting characters. If you're coming from Eclipse Witch, you will be disappointed that everyone acts like generic anime characters in the worst sense, not trying to be moe or overly excited, but just plain and this is where it leads to the worse problems.

    For those who remembered how you ranked up in Eclipse Witch, this is where it becomes a problem:
    You can no longer buy items that skip the corruption-grind. You're dependent on enemies and events.

    You will see the chart of progress for keeping track and quickly realize the game is delusional for thinking you can accrue anything worth that much detail. The missions are simplified but also uninteresting. Enemies do not signal which are lewd and which ones aren't.

    Even though you can rank up quicker, the rewards or optional branches are few to justify the complex design. It looks like [ONEONE1] wanted to make a half-decent RPG and forgot he could make another really great lewd game.

    For those who wanted to skip the beast stuff, it's not only easier, it's too easy. If you are there for the beast stuff or both, the game forgets how to let you do either.

    Most people are distracted by the decent build of the game and are not looking at the paradoxically over-designed uncharismatic presentation.

    Yes, this is a problem even in an H-Game. Look at Eclipse Witch, then look at this.
  16. 4.00 star(s)

    MichelleRomanov

    An average game is all that can be said. Despite its impressive 10 GB, there is nothing special about it, which is somewhat disappointing.

    The plot is 5-6/10. It's neither bad nor good, and that's how you can describe this story. There's nothing memorable or captivating about it, despite some effort put in. There are attempts at character development, drama, and social question, but they're either failed or too superficial. In short, it's not good enough.

    gameplay 0/10. this is a standard RPGM so you shouldn't expect much , but this is the "I haven't even used a healing spell once" level, so you can safely ignore enemies and chests to head towards the boss and then hold down a single button. You won't lose.

    Diary of debauchery -/10. Standard, neat, and pleasant. There's not much to say.

    art 7(8)/10. This is probably the only thing that can be called good in this game. I deduct one point for the non-anatomical proportions and strange body types in some scenes and characters. The governor is a walking pair of tits and an ass, and in some scenes, the characters' legs are unnaturally elongated, but the most ridiculous thing is the huge penises the size of thighs, which are then shoved into the ass. Lol

    scenes 7(6)/10. This is not fiction or magical words of power that will awaken an ancient snake with a single reading, but it is quite good when combined with good art.

    Overall, it's a decent game that you can play and forget about after a while.
  17. 4.00 star(s)

    Kai-lee-Sei

    If you enjoyed Ideology in Friction, Oni & Blade, and Samurai Vandalism, you'll find some enjoyment in this. It returns to the general game play of Ideology and Oni, while making a basic combat system that takes more from Samurai.

    In terms of story, it's somewhere between decent and good, not that in depth, and there's no twist or turns. The central conflict is easy to understand, and there really isn't any real moral grayness. You basically have good people stuck operating in a corrupt system, they'd like to change vs. radicals wanting to change the system through any means necessary with a let all burn mentality.

    Combat is basic. You don't really need to try all that much on normal, you could actually get to level 99 in one play through by the end of the game without any real difficulty.

    The characters are enjoyable, and the two main leads have fair equal number of scenes and CGs. The game is OneOne1's best implementation of duel MCs thus far. The girls are together throughout the entire game the moment they meet, and you can switch between them quickly with just the press of a button. In that regard, is it a step up from their previous attempts. You can freely slut up the girls as you wish and when you wish without restriction. However, their similar body types are a step down, from Samurai Vandalism's multiple protagonists. While Samurai, limited the ability to slut up all three girls to one specific path, each girl had a different body type, allowing for a more verity in positions. Alter Egoism's MCs, while there is some verity in the sex positions the girls take in their H-scenes, they both have OneOne1's signature big breasted body type. It would have been nice, if they gave the girls more distinct bodies from one another. Such as giving one girl a slender form with a breast size more akin to a C or D cup. Such would have allowed for more flexible sex positions that might look awkward or be obstructed by OneOne1's preferred chest size.

    As for the main reason most play these games the, H content, you'll find nothing all that different from OneOne1's past four games, but solid amount none the less, catering to a good amount fetishes. H-scenes are divided into repeatable H-scenes with NPCs, unique one-off side events, battle sex, where the balk of the animations can be found; and lose battle rape scenes. It's also possible to complete the game as a virgin. You also have the ability to decide the initial level of each girl sexual experience before you take control of them for the first time, which can lead to a unique H-scene at the start of the game.

    Each girl's H-development is divided into seven parts: Oral, Breast, Pussy, Anal, Service, Exhibition, and general overall lewdness. Like Samurai Vandalism and Witch of Eclipse, players can control when parts development increases after getting the needed amount of experience to increase them. Though, be warned you can't ever lower or reset them, so once they're up they're up. The girls also has various stats that get recorded with each sexual act. The girls over sexual experience, impact the available H-scenes, how they act during sex, and what small changes players may encounter in the girl's dialogue. It also allows for a good amount of customization, for example. You could have the girl go the entire game as a virgin, but are good at and get-off giving blowjobs and Titjobs.

    Also while game handle having two protagonists well, the girl's only have a few scenes where they get fucked together. I had hoped there would H-NPCs the girls could fuck as duo in a 3P or 4P, but such scenes are limited to specific special events and are few in number. Additionally, save for a select few, 99% of the scenes are male x female, which is a small step down from their previous game which was the first to introduce repeatable female H-NPCs for lesbian fun. The side ladies, also don't really have that many H-scene, 1-2 on average. If you want more of the other girls, you'll have to hope OneOne1 will release append that will increase the amount of content.

    Overall the game is enjoyable in terms of it's H-content, does great in terms of the girls visuals, and animations, but is just OK in everything else.
  18. 3.00 star(s)

    HumblestRanger

    A boring game, good smut.

    The game by itself is extremely simple. If you simply clean up all the trash mobs on your way to the boss, you'll be able to one-shot everyone, including bosses, very reliably. Moreover, if you open all the chests, you'll eventually gather experience boost gear(I, II and III), which stack and dramatically increase the experience rate by, what, 175%? Further trivializes the game.

    You earn the money, which accumulates quickly, but there's absolutely no need to spend it - the gear sucks and you can gather all of it via chests anyway, the lewd items are not really all that needed and have little variety(normally you'd add some costumes to buy there, but they decided to not go through extra trouble of adding extra assets for the scenes aside from school uniform/naked).

    Occasionally you get beast stone drops(C, B and A) from mob fights, and it is implied that they are used for crafting, however through the entire playthrough(and I've completed all the extra sidequests too) there was no in-game mention of crafting at all. Kinda ridiculous, considering that you only need those for one side-quest and aside from the quest-related type, you can buy stones of higher quality from that one shop guy. My guess that the crafting system was in the plans, but got abruptly cut.

    Same for the fishing minigame - it's there, but there's literally no point for it. Yes, you catch fish. Yes, you can catch a BIG fish. But it's not an item, it doesn't fill out any profile notebook statistics, you don't get any reward for fishing. Why it's there? I dunno, but they included it anyway.

    Speaking of redundant stuff, there's a Vampire Survivors clone that you can play after playing through half of the storyline. For some ungodly reason, it's better than the entirety of the actual gameplay and it rewards you with misc H-scenes after completing each stage, too.

    The story is boring. Nuff said. And the way it's progressing - it's doubly boring. Get a briefing -> complete the dungeon -> rinse and repeat until the end. Absolutely no downtime. There's literally nothing outside of that and an occasional sidequest(which is, 50/50, just another dungeon to complete) to do. The world barely changes either and feels very empty overall, despite having a shit ton of locations. There's absolutely no need to actually explore. If you rush it, you can probably complete the entire main storyline in under an hour.

    If you try playing a pure run, you'll be forced into yuri with your secondary MC. There's literally no choice for making it purely platonic. And even if I were to disregard my personal bias against yuri, the "romance" itself is shallow and boring, simply wedged in just for the sake of it.

    The game baits you into thinking that the game has L2D animations like, maybe, during battlefuck scenes, because H-profile and the battles have their L2D-animated sprites. In reality, every single scene I've discovered was a still. I personally don't mind it, I just don't understand why go through the trouble of including these 4 L2D sprites if that's about everything, could as well just make everything static.

    Now, the only part of the game that ACTUALLY shines through(aside from the Vampire Survivors clone minigame) is the lewd stuff. The progression itself is kinda meh and overly complicated for no reason: it has H-titles, which are basically achievements, that you have absolutely no hints as to how to get them, but they determine how far you can progress in any H-scene.
    And, since the game is fully voiced(aside from male extras, as per usual), it adds an extra layer of enjoyment, because the girls are voiced relatively well(aside from the opening, I can sing better after chainsmoking a pack of cigarettes, it was like listening to nail scraping against the glass).
    The amount of H-content is insane, you can clearly see where all the effort went, with the whole story and dungeon gameplay being just faint afterthoughts.

    All-in-all, if you want to enjoy the game for what it is - rush through the entire storyline up until the final mission(because story progression opens up more H-events) and then start whoring the girls around. And play the VS minigame. And that's about it.
    If you want something like this, but "better", play Shimobashira Workshop's Magical Girl Celesphonia(although, I recommend checking out their other games too), it has all the present mechanics and way more customization, and also an incredible gameplay loop on top of it as opposed to this one. Although, that one can also feel a bit empty sometimes, but not to the same soul-numbing degree.
  19. 4.00 star(s)

    teddidiah

    It's a solid, if somewhat generic and routine rpgmaker game. Walk through dungeons, swiftly outpace the level curve and just turn it into the "press attack" game, hit up H-events on the map that trigger based on stats from doing h-events, as well as the odd defeat scene here and there. There's production quality here, don't get me wrong - while not all of them are lewd and there's probably repeats in there, the gallery claims 273 different CG sequences, there's voice acting, etc etc. But it isn't anything groundbreaking, the story is the usual act one; get revenge act two; dark forces are making moves act three; save the world routine, if with a route split near the end. So that's novel.

    Good quality to scratch an itch, but nothing here is a must play. And that's fine.
  20. 3.00 star(s)

    NekoSchrodinger

    The rule of OneOne1 games:

    If you've played one, you've played them all and "The End of Alter Egoism" has yet to break this rule.

    The combat is meaningless, simply a vector for you to engage in combat sex which continues on the same mechanics since Oni & Meritocracy.

    The story this time around is, okay. There's not much depth behind it beyond the very obvious plot twist of who the main villain is. Though this wouldn't be the first time OneOne1 has done a yuri route (see Witch of Eclipse), this one's romance definitely falls behind even Samurai Vandalism's male romance route in terms of build up and actual connection.

    However, if you've played OneOne1 games and you've been through their works over the years; you should know that their selling point isn't the gameplay or story, but the massive abundance of scenes, animations, and a corruption mechanic that changes even the smallest aspects of dialogue in scenes. To which, "The End of Alter Egoism" still maintains OneOne1's quality standard.

    But, I have many gripes.

    Dual MCs: Despite the fact we've once again gotten more than 1 MC, Alter Egoism fails to deliver in 'unique' scenes. If you were to scroll through the gallery and read over the names of the events, you'll find that Shirayuki and Yozuru basically share 80% of all scenes with the same triggers. There is a striking lack of scenes unique to the individual MCs, unlike with Samurai Vandalism.

    Now, is it a bad thing that the two MCs have equal amounts of attention given? No, it's a good thing actually. But what separates good from great is variation in the attention. I feel like this is mainly a problem due to the fact both Shirayuki and Yozuru share the exact same body type whereas in Samurai Vandalism, we had petite, stacked, and MILF body types which made the scenes feel different.

    Combat Sex: Combat sex makes a return, a lot less intrusive in comparison to Samurai Vandalism and Witch of Eclipse. You get harassed, potentially climax, get a debuff. You get restrained, you can break free or give in, 3 stages of sex, that's all. While it's still hot and I'm glad lewd skills still exist to engage in the scenes manually, I find that there's a LOT of missed potential here considering they have Shirayuki and Yozuru idle animations in battle. Instead of say, transitioning the idle animations into a sex animation in the middle of combat, you see a CG or a completely separate animation instead There's definitely a better, more immersive way to integrate sex combat in battles (especially when normal battles are literally braindead easy) but OneOne1 isn't capitalizing on it. It feels like they've taken half a step forward in this regard.

    Title System: So, instead of Corruption changing dialogue relying on the development level of the MCs' lewdness, you now get 'Titles' that are unlocked according to the development level and reaching certain milestones in sexual acts. It's intrusive and not well executed in comparison to something like Magical Girl Celesphonia.

    Therefore, I hate it. It adds an unnecessary layer of complexity to an already well-functioning corruption system.

    Evil Route: Again, unlike previous OneOne1 titles, Alter Egoism completely lacks a villain route which is usually accessed if the MC's corruption is high enough. However, I can understand the reasoning why there isn't a true evil route due to the context, setting, and character motivations of the two MCs. But still, it feels like Alter Ego lacks a core trait that makes up the DNA of OneOne1 games due to this.

    Overall, "The End of Alter Egoism" is still a very hot and lewd game, but feels like OneOne1 had taken 1 step forward and two steps back. Hopefully they provide an Append DLC for this one, because it feels lacking in many aspects that makes it fall behind previous OneOne1 titles in overall polish.

    (Also Yozuru's singing for the 'anime OP' is kinda bad ngl)