RPGM - Completed - Liz -The Tower and the Grimoire- [v1.03] [Clymenia]

I will say, Liz - The Tower and the Grimoire had a refreshing take on some of the issues that normally comes with Hentai games.

The story too is somewhat decent, even if parts of the gameplay feels a bit forced. It pretty much goes like this (no spoilers); you want to help your master with capturing a thief. While your master is already far ahead, you are forced by the local ruler of sorts to help out around the town if you want the pass to the next floor.

This can be done in multiple ways - everything from helping business, helping the citizens through various tasks and doing depraved actions. You generally gather the ingredients to help the people through exploring the tower.

The Tower is inhabited by monsters and that is where this game is different. That is also what I love about the game; the take on combat - there is no, zero, nada combat and it is refreshing.

Alright, let's break it down for quick reading:

The good:

1. The actions that Liz take is dependent on her level of corruption. The more corrupt, the more she's willing to do. You can also remove corruption.
2. The story is decent, but not particularly deep.
3. The CGI is pretty nice.
4. The take on combat is very nice. Much less annoying grinding to contend with.
5. There are a bunch of stuff to do around the city.

The bad stuff

1. The uncorrupted path is unsatisfying, grind-heavy and generally lackluster.
2. The Tower has many levels, and you basically have to memorize the maze of each floor. Though they aren't large, it still can get a bit annoying.
3. This game seriously struggles with a better quest system.
   1. Especially when it comes to the quests of improving the life of the citizens without using lewd methods.

They could have used the world more effectively so we wouldn't be stuck inside a town. Also the ending is very lackluster, maybe 1 or 2 bad ending would make this game worth playing more.

Another downside is the lack of more costumes but it was generally fixed by the mods. It is also very scripted, for example in the bar you'd normally get control so you can actively choose to get harassed or not for example.

Otherwise the game is good. Also love the focus on the hentai so they don't even bother you with combat. The corruption path and the fact you can strip the MC to different degree is also impressive.

If youre a sucker for corruption type game, this is a great choice. This so far have been my favorite game of that genre. The ability to change clothing and have peoples different reaction for different sets of clothing is great. The art style was very well done, and there were also a few post game stuff.

The game is one of corruption done right. Not a story where the protagonist is a closet degenerate, needing only a licentious player to send her onto a path of debauchery, and not one where she's completely averse to doing anything particularly shady. It slowly progresses from minor things to major ones. There are a few drawbacks, there always are, but this one receives a solid score from me.

The actual gameplay is a bit disappointing. You don't have the usual RPG turn-based mechanics but incinerate enemies on touching them. This consumes your mana and a constant health drain throughout the dungeon limiting your time there adds some suspense. However, I found the dungeon traversing to be mostly boring. There was never anything interesting to find or do. Moreover, if you're going for the slow-burn corruption instead of spamming H-Scenes to progress, the game gets very grindy as you have to continuously look for items to craft.

The game also gets the balance between story progression due to H-Scenes vs Dungeon Crawling wrong. You need to get a certain reputation before the next area unlocks but the H-Scene route actually made it harder and take longer than the regular one! That's the priority order wrong, imo. You want to tempt the player into choosing the slutty route because it's advantageous. But if it takes virtually the same time, if not more, to progress, that's a pain. Game is a gold sink so the only time you should feel compelled to put poor Liz through shady shit is when you need to buy a potion and are low on money.

Having said that, I loved the art style and the scenes in general. Could have done with more raunchiness as the early ones were mild peeks and didn't go much beyond that. But otherwise a solid. A worthwhile game if you're interested in the corruption genre.

Don't be fooled. I kept seeing this has a highly rated game, but avoided it for awhile because of the "japanese game" tag. Boy was I wrong.

Great things:
- Great art work. Liz is HOT! And so is Aisha.
- "Corruption" is fluid and easy. Classic genre of "she gets horny and learns to love it." If you don't like that, don't play the game.
- LOTS of action -- both day-to-day activities and in the tower (dungeon). But repetition can mostly be avoided.
- Fun game play - both in the city (leading to H-scenes) and in the Tower (dungeon game). Very little fighting - but a clever "HP drain" system that adds stress to exploring the 40 floors of the Tower.
- Has all the functionality you'd want -- easy saves, gallery (!)
- Never crashed, never paused. Flawless.
- Concise! Very little running around. Once you see an H-scene, if you repeat it you get a shortened version. Awesome!
- NEVER needed a walkthrough or search of f95zone to figure anything out - I love a game that is self-contained and intuitive.

Bad / "Meh" things:

None. What?!? Nope . . . really.

One of the few games I'd consider playing again . . . just to get to see how each location / scene develops from innocent to tawdry.

Advice: Use the Gallery as a guide to finding scenes. Gallery is in the old lady's house.
More advice: Some scenes require different clothing and different corruption (but you can reset your corruption in the old lady's house).
Final advice: Team up with Aisha at the end and wander the city. Some excellent scenes that don't appear in the gallery. Just walk into every building and talk to every NPC - only interactions with scenes are active during this gameplay.

Anyone developing an RPGM game (and some Ren'py) should have to play this game as a learning experience.

Great game!
Art - 10/10, Liz is cute af and CGs are neat. Also her facial expressions are just right!
Gameplay - 9/10, lots of qol improvements compared to your average RPGM game. Skipped battles, shortcuts, freedom of choice to not lewd the main heroine - game is done well.
Story - Story in an adult game? Really?
Characters - there's quite a lot of well-written dialogue and Liz' character development throughout the game. Can't really tell any of that was bad. You also have some worldbuilding here and there but not really much since most of the game is taking place in one area.

Slow corruption and relatively long gameplay.

Not a game of turn based combats, different from many of the genre. At the same time the player must grind collect ad use mind in many different ways

Simple system to view past events.

The graphic is very good

A very high number of the typical situations lived by the MC in this kind of games is present and introduced in a wise way by the developer.

Old RPGM game, but well designed, clear goals, not buggy, actual translation. Solid art! Avoids the whole sex = failstate that some games have. Glad to see this getting uploaded. (Or re-uploaded, I dunno.)

I normally don't like RPGM games that much but, I thought this one was really good. It had a nice wide variety of different fetishes with great scenes. The story was enjoyable to play through and had a lot of different things you could do and try.

1st & best RPGM Eroge i played.
Lots of lewd &/or funny Event.
Some twist where great!
No random encounter for the fights.
Love it & recommend it to everyone.
Thanks to the Moders & F95 for this free dll game.

Another pretty good game by Clymenia with their ways of creating using rpgm.
- Classic Corruption level used to unlock more extreme version of a scene with story continuity involved between each version.
- Classic Reputation point system used to unlock the map, thus opening access to new scenes.
- free run central gameplay to discover new scenes
- Interesting farming system with a timed dungeon raid feel, no fight system for each monster you meet, just run in them to kill, gain exp and loot. Just need to watch your mana and health and find your way up the different floors.
- Of course we have the famous Exhibition / Corruption main theme of Clymenia. Which is always a plus.
- Interesting characters, a slightly introverted "magic geek" discovering her fetishes in a strange town while looking for her teacher.
- Awesome art, sadly once again wasted on rpgm 640x480 limit
- Kagura working on an uncensored version along with civilian justice league 2 (look like they are planning to work on close collaboration with Clymenia)

Only reason I give 4 instead of 5 is because, in my opinion, it's still not as good as "Salvation"...

the story is really good ,the artwork is amazing as expected of clymenia.t he battle is not annoying at all is fast paced and the tower is easy to clear quite fast.the variety between the different parts of the city is really good.definetely give it a shot.

really amazing game. love the " corruption" and exhibitionism focus. also love how the combat isn't annoying as hell and there isn't much of it. my only problem is the art is a bit bland and they re-use scenes quite a few times; however the excellent writing makes up for it.

This style of RPG was actually new to me. No true combat system means that you're focused more on the quests, which was nice for a porn-centric game. The only thing I wish for would be (1) a wider variety of poses and (2) more girls.

NOTES
1) High Quality Art!
2) Fantastic RPG level up system
3) Unique Progression system
4) Tons of different scenarios
5) Fantastic Dialogue

BUT - the girl gets corrupted in like two seconds, not a ton of build up - SAD!

An excellent game matched with great scenes. You really get a sense of becoming the town's oddjobber and since the town's pretty lawless the kind of work you find is typical porn story stuff. Doing errands for bits of dialogue and story is nice enough, but actually delving into the dungeon is a another game itself, where you have to balance your resources with how much you want to explore the tower. All in all, a surprising amount of content can be found in this game, and I heartily recommend it to anyone.

A fantastic game that hit me from out of nowhere. High quality, hand-drawn 2D art with inventive gameplay mechanics that I have yet to see elsewhere. The studio generally puts out amazing products, I immediately recognized the art style when I first played this. I only had minor issues with the game, and almost all of them relating to the plot and its progression; also the lack of scenes with Aisha. I won't spoil anything though, you should go and play it yourself.

Wow, didn't think it would be this good. It's right up my alley. It's the right level of eroge + nukige without being too extreme on either. Well, I'd say it definitely leans more on the sex than the story. Overall I'd give it a 4.5/5

I had to say that this is one of the best Eroge I have ever play
From the pure naive to a lust thirty for cocks is suit my taste very well, not to mention the one that we thought to be a very noble and pure was actually a cumtoilet from the start (that a "turn on")
That is what I like a bout the scenario in the game next is the gameplay. Honestly not much to talk about there.
And for the scenes, depend on the Lv of the (for example) shame u can change the look or outfits of ur heroin (another "turn on"). From that u get to see new scenes (and another "turn on").
Overall 5 stars it is!!!
Thanks TheImage for upload this game and Special thanks to borkenone, Yonmashi for the great work in the translation

A fantastic corruption game; do not avoid because of RPGMaker as the engine:
First and foremost, this game has great mechanics that are not a detriment to the game. It uses the RPGM engine well, so don't be afraid of running 4+ minutes each time you want to do 1 fucking thing to continue the story. It's fast paced, or slow paced, depending on you're playstyle. Why is that a good thing? Well:
Corruption... you can avoid it. You can get through the game, playing it as an RPG game, without having sex once (until the end). You can slowly build up corruption, having the MC slowly trade her morals for expediency, or fast paced by finding a few instant quick grinding corruption scenes. How you play is up to you.
As for the sex, its great. It has a great variety of fetishes for most flavors... so long as you are into Violated Heroine. While it is still images, the scenes themselves are well written, and can be by and large a great buildup.
Final thought, the game itself as an RPG game is fun. It was challenging, but fast paced. On it's own as an RPG game, I would actually (and did, I uploaded a no sex save) play it's just on that merit.
TLDR; Good game, corruption sex based, fun RPG on it's own. It's actually now a must keep on my list.
Edit* Completed game for the virgin run, then decided to do a corruption run. Long story short, the sex scene's never build past hard vanilla, despite it being a corruption game. Took a star because of a lackluster, and honestly repetitive amount of sex scenes, with no real finale. Great work on the rpg side, nice cg sets, boring to decent scenes.