RPGM - Completed - Yes My Lord [Final] [Doubles Core]

Great story for sure. Scenes were well spaced and were fairly well animated. Came for the hentai, stayed for the plot.

Only nit pick was the fighting was too slow even on easy mode. Sometimes that got in the way but the fight mechanics remained interesting for the duration of my gameplay. Took about 10 hours to complete.

After finishing this game, I can say without a doubt that Lumley and Kagaribi are my favorite couple. Their interactions are 50% comedy gold & 50% pure wholesomeness. Their interactions with Foxy are also very entertaining. It's enjoyable to see the contrast between the sardonically blunt Kagaribi and the seductively teasing Foxy in their conversations with Lumley who became less smug genius and more tsundere. All of the endings are great and are consistent with their characters. While the harem/bonus ending is the funniest and technically the best ending, my favorite ending is undeniably the true ending, due to it being very dramatic, tearjerking and heartwarming. The plot twists caught me by surprise yet is well foreshadowed by the dialogues and events. The gameplay is very fun compared to typical RPGMaker games. Its animations are very chuuni, with all the poses and the foreign names. Overall, Yes My Lord is a solid 10/10, with the true ending being an 11/10.

This review focuses on the story, because despite having very decent art I doubt anyone would find this game's main draw to be its adult content. There will be spoilers ahead.

This game was well on its way to becoming my 2nd favourite of its kind due to its story, characters, and decently interesting gameplay. It wasn't without its flaws at times, but the overall structure and characterization was mostly solid. Then the final "bonus" ending happened.

For those who might not know this, the game was originally released with only the first 3 endings. I don't know how the 4th ending was included in a later patch, whether it was a completely different scriptwriter or even just a disgruntled dev who added it with no consideration for the rest of the product after the original scriptwriter had already finished his work and moved onto other projects. But this ending was effectively little more than character assassination of the highest order for both the male and female MCs, and went against everything put forward by every single other bit of the story.

Without going into much detail, the entire rest of the game is about the male and female MCs growing closer to one another until they're effectively an essential, irreplaceable part of eachother's lives and futures; in fact, the male MC did not want to live at all until he met the female MC: she became his sole reason to live. It's some real soulmate type of deal, which culminates with the true ending, where the male MC sacrifices everything he is, including damaging his very soul, to save the female MC; and the female MC spends centuries singlemindedly trying to get the male MC back, because that's the only way she can find her happiness.

Then comes the "bonus" ending, as a branching path right before the end of the game and all the character development had already taken place, to obliterate everything that came before it. Lumley (the male MC) and Kagaribi (the female MC) team up with Foxy (the final boss and supposedly an evil goddess) to explore a mysterious tower. And things go to shit instantly.

As far as I can tell, this was an attempt at giving Foxy a less grim ending, which is a nice thought on paper since Foxy (outside of this ending) is a genuinely nice and caring girl who doesn't deserve the sad outcomes she suffers on any of the other endings; but if their intent truly was to give her a better ending, destroying the main characters in the process was absolutely not the way to do it.

Once you start exploring the tower, everything you've seen these two MCs become, and all of their motivations and feelings, vanishes within minutes. Lumley's wholehearted reciprocation of Kagaribi's love and devotion, as well as the fact she had become his sole reason to live on? Immediately gone after spending all of 30 minutes with Foxy and "falling for her". Kagaribi's love, jealousy and desire to keep her master for herself, which she had shown very early into the game, even before either of the two had developed feelings for one another? Immediately gone after clearing a couple of tower levels, simply because Foxy was also trying to protect Lumley. And it's not some convoluted scenario where Kagaribi begrundgingly accepted Foxy because she had to obey Lumley's commands, either: it simply ends in an actual threeway with all of them fucking/rubbing against one another. Their actions and behaviour all throughout the 4th ending were simply things that they'd never do, and I can hardly think of a more effective way to dismantle what they had been so far.

It weighs heavily on my heart to rate this a 1 star after seeing the 95% of the game which came before this 4th ending, but that's just how egregious of a thing it is. It took the MCs and all the development they went through in -every- single other part of the game, and shat all over it, negating everything which made these characters themselves in the first place, as well as ignoring and undermining their truly heartwarming journey as they grew to love and depend on one another more than anything in the world. Ultimately, the characters Lumley and Kagaribi were previously shown to be, do not deserve what the 4th ending turned them into; and given that this is the main draw of the game, I cannot recommend it to anyone.

A beautiful game, with nice animations. The story and the gameplay can be a bit grindy at times. It's not a fap a minute style.

That said, despite less than perfect MTL, it engaged me for hours because some quests are visible but not accessible earlier in game.

Best way to play is keep moving forward, you can come back near the end game.

I was honestly struggeling to give it a 4 or a 5, but come to the conclusion, that the game is just great at what it's aiming. It is a love story, with elements of mystery, unusual gameplay mechanics, likeble characters and highly polished overall.

The biggest flaw, which is really just nitpicking, is that fights in the later stages tend to get repetitive. Even though they are not challenging at all (on normal), enemies have large HP pools, so you can't quickly one-shot them. On the other hand, the game respects your time; you can teleport to every shop you unlocked throughout the game, and there are like 20+ such shops. You also don't need to start a new run to see all endings; just load and choose the other ending.

The game also has quite a few secrets to unlock, including skills, scenes, or items. To me, the puzzles were perfectly balanced; you just need to be attentive.

Great and interesting story. Characters have strong presence and are memorable. Gameplay seems simple yet complexity of possible options, weaknesses and combos is staggering. And sex scenes are erotic.
I did replay it three times to see all endings but truth be told I did it because I fell in love with this game.

Absolutely Wonderful Story!
Now this is a kind of Love story that makes you 'feel' falling in love. It has its erotic moments, but at the core of it, its about two people getting to know one another, through this Master-Servant relationship and slowly becoming fond of each other.
Wonderful worldbuilding, great combat, interesting enemy variety and very engaging plot, this was quite an amazing experience and one of the best RPGM stories I've had the pleasure of playing.
Now, onto finding my own Kagaribi for real.

I'm had a hard time deciding on 4 or 5 stars for this one, but I think the developer took yet another risk, by completely changing their approach from "macro to micro" when compared to the last game (From Frontier), and this constant need to reshape things needs to be rewarded (Hence the 5).

I'd say this one is a bit worse when compared to From Frontier (better than Slime Nursery), but not by much. Don't let that deter you though, this one is absolutely worthy of your time.

The best things:

- Story - It's on par with good visual novels. They weave theories on the nature of god, the soul, love (the importance of external validation), while also sending their own ideology, and experiences through the subtext of most scenes. Make no mistake this is aimed at a particular percentage of Japanese men, and may not fully echo with a "western audience" (western audience is to broad of a concept, but you get my meaning).

What's important, is that the story is good when compared to other mediums, and great when looking at the genre.

- The Heroine(s) - I was expecting a zombie under some form of control. That lasted 10 minutes before the hints to a sassy and sarcastic (both veiled) Kagaribi (Her name) emerged. I think it's okay to mention that there is a plot twist close to the end, and all the clues to it are in the heroine's dialogue up to that point. I will also add the main (only) antagonist to the pros, because I was interested in finding out who was who, and what was what. That's always a good sign.

- Lots of Vanilla Sex - Don't ask me what vanilla sex is, I'm at a point where I can no longer tell what constitutes deviancy (in videogames). Whatever vanilla or pure love actually mean, what you get here is pretty good and I'm calling it that. This time around they have some animated H-scenes too, so my "job" was even easier. Bless you developers, money well spent.

- The music - It's not the stuff you put on a playlist, but it's adequate and immersive. This is something that is often overlooked, but picking the right track to the right situation and mood, is a skill (it's Alice in Wonderland styled, so to speak)

- The protagonist - To put it crudely, I don't care about protagonists in these games, but this guy and the realizations he arrives at, resonate with me. Without spoiling anything he goes through substantial changes during the story, before arriving at the meaning of (his) life. This was a big improvement when compared to the previous titles. If you want something comparable, when it comes to character depth (but much darker) there's dark hero party (I'm not recommending dark hero party, and I could "bash that one for days," but credit where credit is due)

Moving on to the problematic section:

- The gameplay - It's bad, a numbers game, directed at higher difficulties, with little room for any imagination, just grinding. You could argue that all turn based RPG's work this way, I'd strike back by saying that the better ones mask it very well. In normal difficulty I used a grand total of 2 skills 95% of the time. In hard I had the same experience, but had to kill more enemies. It's really dull, and I have no idea how such a thing is possible.

Now the pat on the back: They did try to do something different, and moved outside the comfort of previous successes. I have no idea how successful Yes my Lord was (I follow DLsite, F95 and Steam to keep up with releases, don't care about logistics), but I'm hoping for more games from this developer. The combat is a life-threatening hiccup, but not enough to prevent me from believing, that they can do so much better and that they are deserving of our support.

To wrap things up I'd say this an 8/10 (close to 9 really). The combat is akin to working in a factory 8 hours a day, everyday (been there done that), but everything else is top tier. Highly recommended for the story, setting, characters, and the H-scenes depend on your favorite tags (they work for me).

Yes My Lord gets several things done right.

It's a unique solid story that introduces fantasy items without causing much confusion (which I've seen some other games fail at) and is quite engaging.

The characters are pretty nice and I admit I immediately took a liking to Kagaribi and the whole "brain and brawn" duo dynamic.

Foxy being a mysterious overlord figure but being really cute is kinda funny though, haha.

I admit I didn't even realize 3 hours had passed since I began playing until I saw the in-game timer. which in my opinion must mean something was definitely done right.

And that brings me to my next point:

The battle system.

A well-built battle system that really puts RPG Maker to shine, it expands on the default system and adds a nice polish to battling.

While I admit at first I was a bit perplexed by some new adds to the usual RPGM battle system, I got used to the new system fairly quickly and I found myself really enjoying the early level grind against the enemies I met.

Even made a really cool combo that had me sending enemies flying through the air and back down to the floor in a really badass fashion.

CGs: The CGs are pretty good and combine some dynamic moving images to complement static images, which I think is a good move, considering static images can sometimes get a little stale over time when there's too many of them. Adds a really nice touch to scenes without needing to animate the whole thing (which I'm aware can be kind of stressful.)

There is a couple of typos and slight translation issues or incoherent sentences, but they're not so numerous as to impact the experience that much, and I'm not that picky as to let something that small affect my review.

A solid 5/5 game, would definitely recommend.

Final comment: "Hell yes!... my lord."

Overall it's a good game. Not much on the sex stuff but it's there. If you like master/servant relationship you should be happy with this game as it is centered around this concept.
Game is very story focused with 4 alternative ending and an interesting combat system.
Took me around 35h to finnish the game completely.

This is basically a good RPG game with a good story and gameplay aspects, though the gameplay can be a bit one-dimensional. That plays out as an eroge now there is nothing bad with that but as others have mentioned with how long the game is there isn't a lot of h-scenes. Though this is from my experience a fairly common occurence with the devs who create good RPG games with a mix of h-elements while also trying to make the combat system in each game different and a bit unique.

This game probably has the best story out of the one's I've tried while the combat is a bit lacking in my opinion.

If I were to rate it the story is probably 5/5 while the combat is more of a 3/5 together with the fact that the main love interest is an undead corpse so it's actually necrophilia even though she is more like a zombie monster girl. So I'm rating this as a solid 4/5.

Fun game with great mechanics. Mediocre h-game with low amount of h.

Story 6/10

You're a washed up wizard who wishes the world to end... and your wish is kinda granted. You get sucked into ruined world and read a book that teaches you necromancy. And so you raise an undead. Just one. Why one and not two? I don't know, aren't necromancers supposed to be powerful because they can raise armies? You stick with one and never attempt more.

You progress through 4 stages and 3 of the stages have a short story involved in which you see the downfall of the kingdom from the perspective of the citizens.

In the end you see the perpetrator, the one who summoned you to this world, Foxy. But she's not really evil as she's a mass of human desire. Human's wished for the end of the world (more specifically the king did) and Foxy just granted it. But now Foxy's self-aware and hates herself and her actions.

There's 4 endings, depending on how many times you've played through. You can end up with Kagaribi in the ruined world, you can go back with Kagaribi in your world, Kagaribi can go back to your world and summon you, and you Kagaribi and Foxy can go back to your world.

The endings are nice, but the story is a touch thin in terms of plot, so not much to say beyond this.

Gameplay 7/10

The gameplay is quite good.

The combat system is quite well refined. You have physical/magic and enemies are weak to one type. There's some simple status effects as well and another layer of necromancy abilities (buffs/dispels).

Battles are basically 1v1. There are groups you can battle but they act as one so it's still 1v1.

The maps are not too big, not too small. There's a lot of "secrets" to unlock stronger and stronger combat abilities, which is entertaining to unlock. There's a little bit of backtracking, which is a negative imo.

A big negative is the endings. To unlock all of the endings you need to replay the entire game multiple times. What. The. Fuck. The game is good, but it's not that good. I don't want to play the same game multiple hours just to see a trickle more plot and 1-2 h-scenes. Terrible design. The gameplay doesn't even change much either, you literally play the same game with like increased drop rates.

Art 6/10

The art is decent but lacking in volume. The preview shows probably more than half of the total h-scenes in the game. That's not a lot.

Each scene is animated and animated well imo. It uses Live2D (probably) so don't expect anything world shaking.

With Live2D it's hard to say how many variant CGIs there are, but maybe like 3-4 variation CGIs and like 15 scenes in total.

Again, good art, but not enough of it.

Overall 6/10

It's unfortunate that the game can't be rated higher. Story wasn't that bad. Gameplay was pretty good. It's just that this game didn't have enough h for an h-game.

We play h-games for the h. Not the story and not the game, but the h. The h has to be solid. And it just wasn't.

It took like 5-10 hours to beat this game and there was like 10-20 minutes of h-content. That means this h-game is only 3% h. That's far too low of a h-concentration to be a good h-game.

This porn game is more heavy on the RPG-side than on the porn side. I like to compare it to Fumika Fantasy, where you can gain a lot of stats and skills, beating stronger and stronger opponents. And the combat system, while relatively simple, is sort of fun. Though it gets repetitive after a few hours. And there are 5-8 hours of content here, depending on how you choose to play it.
Like Fumika Fantasy, Yes My Lord has many secret areas, items and unlockable scenes. Some of the puzzles are pretty obtuse though, with vague hints leading the way for many of them. Most players will be able to get most content on their own, but some secrets might require help from other players.
Now, I think the RPG part is just fine. The porn part is...good, I guess. It's not something that will get you off particularly, but the art is good and there is some animation for some scenes. Kagaribi is cute, though not that hot imo. Foxy is....a mess of a character. Don't really like the murder parts of the story, can't say I get off on that stuff.

It was quite a fun adventure and the game didn't get boring even after 9 hours. At the beginning I expected worse, but in the end it turned out to be one of the great games. Perhaps I can advise you to play it and enjoy what the game has to offer you.

This game is one of the few rpg maker i prefer the game made with RPG Maker VX Ace. The gameplay and the story were incredible with a dark tone but not too dark either and the gameplay was the thing that was the most incredible for me. I hope to find other games like this one and will watching the other game that the developper will be making

Good game. For thouse who seek romantic H relationship. Just try not think that she is zombie, but something like vampire.
Pretty rare genre so far.

Good combat, very good characters, nice story. Good metroid vania exploration with some power up making you go back to find secrets. I really like this game. The scenes a mostly animated and well drawn.

Decent combat when compared to other "JRPGs", but better than a lot of H-"RPGs". Pretty good and emotional story. Good usage of public music. Decent combat animations. The puzzles are more entertaining than the combat, so I wish there were more of them. Finally, I didn't bust many nuts playing this one, but in the end wholesome "catholic" romance ends up making up for it, somewhat.
Oh, pls support the official release and buy it on steam like I did. It's pretty cheap. The devs deserve it.
Final rating: Good.

The combat is interesting enough to deviate itself, but it will eventually get boring as you find the most efficient solution to combat. Thankfully an enemy type will stop chasing you after 5 victories but that's more of a band aid against repetitiveness than a fix.

The story is pretty weak and gets muddled with Engrish. It's long and drawn out.

The puzzles aren't bad and some are actually interesting.

Pretty good overall.

JUST. PLAY THE GAME.
Well, it's a review after all so I should write an opinion.
I do completed the game on deadly difficulty without any problems. There is no need to grind a lot (just a bit in the end).
I think that it is important to mention. I do not like girls with short hair. And when I've met the main heroine first time, I thought "well, there was another one, so I should simply ignore her until the moment comes". And what I didn't expected, that the dialogues and events will bound me to her. And I'm talking not about hero of the game, but about myself. The more you play, the more you feel attached to her. And that's it. The game made me ignore my preferences because of how well it was made.
I wish to say that author did a great job with passing our "memories" to other endings (yes, there is more than 2 endings).
Furthermore, I feel like there is logic everywhere. So characters do as they do not "just cause", but because there is a reason behind it, and usually not a silly one.
Scenes are hot, that's also important.
Just play the game, already!

P.s. forgot to mention that game shares some soundtrack from Black Souls. Sound part is good.