RPGM - The Legend of the Hero of Edoriam [v0.2.8] [Pyrthenix]

Couldn't even bring myself to play past the first sex scene. That screenshot of the orc, with the ERP dialogue is 90% of the game. I don't know what gave the dev the idea that that was a good writing style for... anything really,, but it feels like watching to teenagers ERP'ing for the first time, TLDR dialogue and writing is cringe.

Let's keep it short, like is the content as of now.
Pro:
- The dev seems commited given all the writting already done
Con:
- Level design suck BIG TIMES. Like final fantasy ONE bad.
- Story and characters are way too bland. All of this writting to set so common world is infuriating really.
- Quest sucks, standard delivery quest. And with that level design, please...

Overall it even fail as a proof of concept cause i came for a porn game, and i litteraly spend almost two hours playing bland rpg, to finally arrive to the first relevant event and see the demo end just then. There's no mechanics around it, just "hey would u like to see that scene?". Honestly i can forgive a lot, and i try to be kind here, if you want to have soda, u don't get soup. If u wanna do a porn game, u don't do RPGs. If there's no point to smtg just don't do it.

This game is a bit of a mixed bag. It's clearly in its early stages of development, so I'll give it a bit of the benefit of the doubt when it comes to my rating. For those that are wondering whether the game is worth the time at the moment to play, well... I'm not that sure.

From what I've gauged based on my runthrough of the game, netorare seems to be an overarching theme of the story as it is tied in to the critical plot points that the MC and his partner faces. So if netorare is a hard pass for you, then you should probably skip this game. There are non-NTR scenes as of v0.1.1, but for the grind you have to go through those scenes on their own aren't rewarding enough to justify putting in the effort.

To put it simply, I'll quickly divide the pros and cons that I can see in this version thus far -

Pros -

- The worldbuilding is somewhat interesting and has potential. Key word on potential. The story can be somewhat captivating if it is more fleshed out in the future, and while it is still in its early stages the MC and his partner have some decent character development.

- The manner in which the netorare content is structured along with how the MC and his partner navigate around it is nicely done. Many NTR games on this site take that fetish to all manners of different extremes way too quickly, but in this game both of the characters seem relatively grounded and approach it fairly realistically given the circumstances.

Cons -

- The combat mechanics, oh boy. This game is unnecessarily grindy in many ways. The worst part is that the constant combat scenarios you will inevitably face are also ultimately a breeze to go through. At no point in this game (bar to a brief extent one boss fight) is there any real challenge that you go through when it comes to combat. This is pretty unrewarding and somewhat annoying to deal with if you constantly have to face off against dozens of enemies just to get to one or two sex scenes.

- As with many RPGM games, this game at the moment is filled with a whole lot of nothing. There is a relatively decently sized world map in which you can only traverse to three locations, and most of the NPCs are pretty poorly written to the point where several NPCS even share the same one line dialogue with one another. That comes across as pretty lazy and just a buzzkill to the experience because it just makes the game feel more empty.

- Sex scenes are few and far between at the moment. Like I said, it's still early days but if you're looking to download this game to get that sweet reward then prepare for disappointment. The scenes that are there are not the worst and the animations are appreciated, but it's nothing special to look at.

- While the premise of the story sounds decent, there are absolutely no interesting side characters in the entire game right now. The MC and his partner seem to be the only ones with any kind of fleshed out personality, everyone else is a background character that briefly appears and disappears in order to render a few lines of dialogue and move the plot forward, but nothing else.

tldr : It's an NTR focused corruption game that offers a lot of potential but widely falls short of its mark in many areas right now. From the turn based combat to the lack of a comprehensive storyline to back up the large map it comes packaged with, Edoriam at the moment sums up all the typical problems that most RPGM games face when they try to be ambitious. However, with some work, it could still reach its potential.

THE BELOW REVIEW CONCERNS THE FIRST VERSION OF THE GAME:

...Just no. So far it's straight up a cuckold ntr visual novel shoehorned into an rpg attempt. Run around killing monsters, gathering gold, exp., potions etc. But none of it matters, as there is no gear, items etc to buy with said gold, no upgrading your weapons and gear. The story is lacklustre and boring because there is NO choices to be made concerning alternate paths to achieve a goal. The story is STRICTLY linear to push the "wife cuckolding you and falling for another man" narrative. Just another boring cuck story and absolute rubbish as an rpg game.