RPGM - CataclyZm [v0.30] [AmorousDezign]

This game wasn't perfect in any sense. those i still give it 5/5 to help raise the game up since it's unfair. i know, i know, the combat sucked... but devs did provide you cheat. you basically immortal if you ever use it. so no excuse. grinding is apart of RPG, specially RPG adult game. without the grind, then what's difference to VN? don't be a crying baby when the choice is your to make. the game for me was decent (would be great if devs didn't force NTR scene on me - ehem Baroness - don't get me wrong i never hate NTR, just hate that it was forcing than i chose), story was so so, not impressed neither bad, judge at recent state. the streght of this game mainly in the art. specially Furry female characters on male is the reason i started this game.
conclusion, i just want to raise the score as close as i think the game deserve. because i can feel devs really put their heart into this game, not a cash grab. and only notice downside can be resolve so there's no critical weakness. plus devs courage you to use cheat. that's why cheat in this game was easy to access and provide you everything. want decent gameplay? increase your level to 10, want to be imortal? use statue to raise stats vs +5 levels, then use reset level but kept stats, you can raise it to 100K-1 ad become saitama in the game.

I keep coming back to this game, woo'd in by the nice preview screenshots. They look great! But every time I never make it very far. The combat is just so bad, it ruins the game. When other reviewers say it's a grind, they aren't kidding - it's unplayably bad.

IMO the dev should either 1) overhaul the combat to fix the pacing or better yet 2) add a story mode that largely skips the combat (do what Monster Girl 1000 does).

The grind is really terrible as other mention. even the combat is really worst. The dev should really fix the combat. the only way to make it less grind is by going to patreon tower even that have minimal impact. even with high level the grind is annoying as hell. how can a level 70 MC still miss an attack with every turn when fighting a low level monster/enemy that just baffle me. The only thing that good is the art and H scene even that need to have more variation.

The Grinding is long, painfully slow, and serves no real purpose.

Combat is also very slow, needlessly difficult for no real reason, and wholly unsatisfying. Missing every 3rd hit (I've had 4 attacks miss in a row) on average is completely unacceptable.

Upon a level up your character feels largely no different.

The amount of time required to grind to defeat rats in a "kill the rats" joke quest is bonkers.

My suggestion, Speed up combat dramatically by at least 5x. Eliminate the grind completely. This isn't a MMO or any similar AAA game, even then in those people hate that.

Other than that the art is passible and seeing "normal" furry is a nice change of pace. If these issues are resolved then I would gladly change my rating

it could be a good game but the grinding is too hard

The development is poor
you need to repeat the same thing over and over again until for a BJ

the fighting is the worst MC miss every two attack or misses 2 of 3 attacks

leveling up is hard

to progress the game you need to get back the statue the first mission but you cant defeat the lioness even equip with sword and armor

just to finish the first mission you need to fight for hours grind and since the mc is weak gaining money is hard to build your training ground

this way the dev will abandon this no one will pay for this one

This is one of my few reviews that I give on this site and here we go.

This is an RPGM which is going to have a lot of grinding and I went in expecting that. I will not say anything negative in that regard, but there were a lot of annoyances in terms of map designs, weapons, and the fetching of items to create the necessary goods (pots and fertility).Personally, I feel like the lust meter/lust potion should be taken off as it only hinders sexual encounters throughout the game. More item spawns and constrict the map.

The soundtrack was something that was surprising, yes its the typical soundtrack, but it fit the fantasy element of the world.

The characters is the one that I believe is a gold mine. All characters look unique and very beautiful. Especially the demi humans and Mother Susan.
There are some annoyances as well. but I have listed them in the discussion on how choices and character development should be improved.

Overall, I give this around a 6.3 out of 10, mostly due to the item fetching and the constant grind that outweighs the beautiful characters/development.

EDIT: Moved it to a 4 star due to the grind improvement as well as more character development

Honestly I liked this game quite a bit.

The good thing about the game is that the story is a-okey, the girls are pretty hot and overall the gameplay is pretty fun. All in all it's a game that I think is worth or very well will be worth playing in the future.

The bad or well things that could improve is probably the length of the sex scenes since they sometimes feel very short. But most of all at the moment to really enjoy and play the game you need to use the walkthrough pretty much unless you like spending hours just running around unsure on what to do. This to me is a bit of a bad gameplay design and that there is either something wrong with the design or not enough in game information to play the game.

This is especially true for a porn game where most players often won't have the patience to run around all over the place and interact with everything at different times of the in game day just to progress a little bit and then start all over again. Some of the quests are no problem but some of them just seemingly leaves it up to the player to complete it on their own which can be frustrating if your not an RPG fan.

I love this game. It's as good as roundscape and I enjoy the NTR. Sister Susan and Nalla are so hot. There are many beautiful women in this game and Furry girls. I thought this was manly a furry game which it is not. You have to work hard for affection points and your leveling up. grinding but I don't mind the work and I recommend people try the game out. as of v0.16 I'm impressed with the writting, the story and the beautiful girls in the game.

This one of those games that give RPG Maker games a bad reputation. This game has absolutely no respect for your time or enjoyment. This is 95% basic ass RPGM fights, 4.99% is figuring what the hell you are supposed to do (+where and when), rest is sex scenes with one or two frames.

It is mix of hard and tedious grinding with a spicy mix of unguided wandering trough empty maze maps - empty as in with meaningful contentent but full of bs combat encounters. Every turn based battle is too long. This game loves throwing 4+ enemy encounters that get ages to go trough, even with one shot kill-all attacks that you can get by cheating.

Quest progress is designed in way that is utterly insane. You can get quests very early that require multiple other quest to be completed and those quests you get later on after some quests... Also way you complete them can be very confusing, because you require right things, time and you are never sure if you are supposed to be doing the quest at the moment or if it is something that requires other quest to progress.

Game is so bad at directing you that I actually found the best weapon in the game before I managed to pass the "punch 25 rats dead" -quest to complete.

Seriously, stop making these kinds of games.

Very, very good. This is an adventure game, with quests, searching and time. Not a fap fest at all. Tonnes of great art, extremely well done.

One of the better layouts, maps, and quest systems
Excellent art, hot milfs, furries, and ladies
Impregnation already at play
Combat is decent, and leveling seems very balanced.

Only con I saw, the sex scenes need more, a few more images and and some diversity. They are beautifully done, just need a little more to them to give that extra star. I was a quite underwhelmed when playing for a few days and doing all the quests that sex was a tiny animation, or a couple of scenes ...just need more on that point. That was it, very enjoyable quest driven adventure game.

I like the game. At the beginning it felt like too much for my skills, but after Patron Tower everything got easier

+ great maps
+ variation of the characters
+ mother Susan
+ playable UI
- difficult to find certain things
- grindish

v0.09
I love the art style, but this game really needs some fixing up. I feel like I am tripping at the start line
> (seemingly) only paying job available at start is killing cellar rats. psych, you can actually ask barman a second time for a job and this time he will tell you about washing tishes for 10 g
> start out too weak to beat any enemy. including cellar rats. thus cannot get XP
> finally steal enough random doodads to sell that I have some money... now to buy weapon and armor so I can fight cellar rats
> no blacksmith in starter town so I can't buy any weapons and armor, still too weak
> maybe I can farm some literal farming... first need to clear my farmland... can't, need a pickaxe. nobody is selling one in town nor can I find one to steal.
> after enough wandering I can find a torch (stole it from the lumberjack in the forest) so I can sneak into the mine, dodge the giant spiders, and find a moleman merchant... he sells extremely overpriced weapons I cannot afford and will take forever to grind for. Does not sell armor though. He also sells smoke bombs which are a mass confuse consumable. 25 a pop but with it you can finally kill some rats
> rats only pay after you kill 25 of them instead of a per rat. rats also give 1 XP each. meaning it will take forever to reach level 2

Seriously this is getting tedious. Even for an RPGM game which are known to be crap. The amount of grinding and walking simulator in this game are simply insane. Despite how much I genuinely like the artstyle I cannot inflict more of this horrible "game" on myself any longer.

Having given up and checked the walkthrough I find that you are supposed to thread the needle on an utterly obscene chain of steps to actually get something as simple as a starter sword. There is zero in game indication of this, just a random chain of events that has to happen and that can only be figured out via walkthrough.

To make matters worse I found out that the NTR being described as optional is false.
Women are either already in a relationship, or you need to set them up with another man whom they will start fucking BEFORE you are allowed to start a relationship with them yourself.

Only once you have cucked yourself by setting them up with another man can you start grinding their affection. 2%p increase in affection per timeslot spent simping for them. Get the affection high enough and they will start fucking you on the side...

Review 0.08:

Art is great, each character is visually uniqe. Story wise; the characters all feel like different people, this includes the women.

The gameplay loop is pretty enjoyable. It needs some more balancing, the grind at times was frustrating, but on the other hand the enemies present real danger which was great.

I like the training grounds idea, but instead of spamming all the learning you can immediately I'd like to have 2-3 training sessions per level so it feels like a better long term investment.

I concur with other reviews that say the evil path feels like you're just making it harder on yourself instead of doing anything interesting. I think the developer might be better off dropping the idea of player choice there and instead opting for a simple help to see h, don't help to ignore character.

It's not often that I actually get invested in a game beyond looking for the next bit of fap material so I gave this one 5 stars. I'm looking forward to whats coming.

Very glad I gave this a try the .7b is the first time I have played this. It's always nice to see full anthromorphs depicted nicely as well as humans. The map art is honestly the best I've seen in RPGM. The developer has certainly put time and care into it.

The character newer art seems to have a lot more detail and quality Bessie was #1. And thank you dev for letting us have her walk around naked... so few games let you do that with followers/servants/captives/slaves. Enjoyed all the other character art to even if some of the older ones were of less detail. Though the artist really knows how to draw appealing nipples I must say.

My only two complaints are:

1. It can take quite a while to get strong enough to advance quests without escaping or avoiding encounters. And thus is a bit grindy in that regard but eventually balances out.

2. The EVIL path really seems to be just a path of inconvenience with the same overall result. I was hoping to turn Kaalia into a servant with the jail investment but nope. Same result as good except your relationship just starts off a lot lower if you imprison her. And with the Baron questline the evil path nets you the same reward minus a nude housemaid Juilia. I don't know if the developer intends on rewarding EVIL path with a captive Baroness Xavier or that's just how it is intended to be.

Definitely will be keeping an eye out for future updates, enjoying the story and quests and it's a really neat world concept.

Need animated scenes because we cant stay more time with the old jpg style. Jpg for me are outdated for games/vn in 2022.
Gameplay is good.
Story and plot is good/.
Only need time to be better.

Good luck!

Basic rpgm game, it has potential but needs a lot of work.

They should streamline gameplay and make it more fun.

Art quality is very low, some proper drawings and minimal animation in H scenes would make a huge difference in this.

I will change my current review if the upcoming updates improve the game.

Despite the story still in early stage and still got some bugs CataclyZm is a very good game that worth a playthrough
_ Art: A solid 10/10
All I can say is GODDAMN THE ARTS IS GORGEUS, the developer got very good drawing skill and make sure to put his effort in every single piece of portrait and CGs. All the characters from male to female all her their own look and very detail design, they have lot of body type and not just a copy paste of the same figure with some edit like many games.
_ Story: 9/10
So far the story still in it early stage but players can still enjoy it and it quite simple: MC is an orphan got adopted and live in a very small village, with a dream of becoming a hero in the future. One day he got a chance to make his dream come true but it revealed his destiny are uncertain, will he follow his hero dream or will he choose the other path? That's up to you
_ Soundtrack: Another solid 10/10
The developer have good taste with music track, nuff said. Love the track in the church the most
_ Gameplay: 8/10
This one I'll be honest I really not a fan of despite being a guy that love combat in RPG games, this new update 0.0.04 make it a bit easier but in the previous it was nothing but pain. The enemy hit too hard and the missed hit rate is too much, not just that but the EXP rewarding still a bit little and need a bit more adjust, cave system need to be brighter and not completely dark,... Make me quite not too excited for any quest that need to involve with combat and prefer the side quest that can avoid it and within the village, but I trust Amorous will improve it in a few more updates thus I won't be too harsh about it
_ H content: Solid 10/10
All I can say is you need to download and check it for yourself, but can't deny all the sexual contents are well draw and well written. You can dance with Nancy, help Eve with her morning work or buy a drink, flirt with Susan and have some fun time with her in the bath,.... and from there gain affection point with them and depend on story demand will unblock more sex option with them
_ Conclusion: Despite some bugs and strong enemies this game is still a great game with lot of potential to grow bigger, developer showed great care for his project and willing to take suggestions and advices to improving the players experience to the fullest.

The Good so far: The game has a straight forward progression and small Easter eggs with a wide range of possibilities. There also is reasonable routes to take to progress.
The bad so far: Combat. it's a better thing to flee at this point.


I do look forward to every update!


UPDATE:
This game has increased fighting areas, companions, lewd scenes, and areas. The updates have been quality! I can't wait for more.