RPGM - Manila Shaw: Blackmail's Obsession [v0.37b] [Abaddon]

Addicted. Yes Just one word. Character Model and Gameplay experience is Best in Class. then the storyline. I loved with Manila. Yeah Exactly what mean by that. Addicted.

4/5

This is a good game. Art is briliant. Dialogues is good. Gameplay is... repetative and unbalanced. Some fights unwinnable. Justice/Corruption stat is pretty useless. Choice having almost no influence to the game. Game is long and straightforward, no interesting subroutes.

Wow, a perfect symbiosis between RPG and VN . Very good the artwork and the story. For me i would like if Manila more self confidence ( i know the game is about blackmailing and submissive to Manila ) but i like this game regardless , simple answer, it is very good imao. So many choices for you how to Manila make her way. I like the old creep and i like the surprise twist in the story. Have fun.

Wow what a Fantastic game, developer wrote a interesting story line, and made sexy render.. I have played this game multiple time. Over the time renders became more and more sexy. . How beautifully a decent police women turned herself into sexy whore. Who is ready to fuck and suck every cock which ever comer in front of her at the end of the game. i must say this is this is among my best game and eagerly wait for update. I would recommend this game to everyone who wants to policewomen, story, big jiggling boob and ass, multiple choices each with great outcomes.

Great game.

Scenes are hot and the plot is quite unpredictable, with meaningful choices.

The game could be updated a bit more often and the pace could've been a little faster, but those are small complaints.

Very hot and interesting MC, great renders, very good animations and the story is quite original, really interesting and with a lot of quests and choices to make.
Also the combat system is well developed, there are a lot of skills to unlock and some fights can be quite tough and require a good strategy.
One of the best adult games, imho.

This game is fairly over rated.

First if you don't like blacked stuff I'd avoid this game. While it is avoidable the game feels the need to shove it in your face sometimes. This wouldn't be an issue if it was just sex stuff but its 100% race stuff "boyfriend cheating on you you should take my big black cock as revenge." is literally one of the lines.

Now that my personal distaste is out of the way time for everything else.

Graphics:its an rpgmaker game

Renders for scenes: actually the characters are quite alright and the MC is hot though the scenes are a little "janky" sometimes 3/5

Story: Actually not bad for a porn 4/5 though I find it funny a police woman is in debt or needs a second job considering cops make quite alot.

Combat: 1/5 Random extreme spikes in difficulty could faceroll one fight and next is just tedium unless you have all the items

Now I can forgive everything else and I'd give this a 3/5 but it has one unforgivable sin. Its one of THOSE rpgmaker games the ones where you have to run everywhere back and forth filled with the most tedious shit. Get up take a shower, goto work then it gets bad run to your desk, now run upstairs and wait for the dude to let you in, then go back downstairs to talk to admin, then go back upstairs wait again and so on.

There is something in this game that keeps my attention despite its many shortcomings(maybe some of them intentional idk), lets see...
Some kind of MTL or just bad writing(intentionaly silly?)
Everyone blackmail's you, but that in the title so i can't really complain and while some situation you can believe (suck mah dik or i shoot your friend), others are royally stupid(intentional?), like your boss blackmailing you because you are dating your coworker, so he starts by getting a room in a hotel and fucks you, what's stopping you from just making a photo in the hotel, he is literally breaks the same rules but 10 time worse, why would she even do that... and if you just ignore him he just whines a bit and leaves you alone, like bruh.
Literally anyone touches MC and she starts to orgasm out of nowhere, like that not how women works(intentionally hilarious?), like even if someone grabs a boob she just cums instantly.
Super bad animation loops(30 sec each non skippable) with terrible sound(i just delete all animations so i only hear low quality moaning for a couple of sec instead lol).
So many scenes and choices actually matter(win a battle, get blackmailed into sex or arrest them and later get a scene, lose a battle get a scene, there just so many of them and i hava to give props to the author here).
Combat is pretty fun for me, but the fact you can't skip combat animation(or maybe you can but i did not find any obvious way) makes it slow af.
The less corrupt you are the harder combat is and the more danger you are in, since you will have suboptimal gear while a corrupt cop can afford some protection and consumables wich is a nice and add a little more incentive to take some bribes to get your crime fightning funds going.
There is more, but i think i made my point, try it out, its a weird game, but it made with love, even with that junky writing.

This game looks a bit old because of the graphics. Nevetheless the renders are not bad. The story is good. I am only missing some proper endings.
Graphics: 2/5
Renders: 4/5
Hot female: 4/5
Fetish: 3/5
Clothes&Lingerie: 2/5
Animations: 3/5
Story: 4/5
Gameflow: 4/5
Amount of content: 4/5

It's been 4 or 5 years. Anyway, the game is great and has a lot of content for those who have been playing since the beginning. I have a feeling that the developer is a bit exhausted. But again, he did his best for the last update. Maybe it's not too long. But it is of good quality. All in all the game is great. Even the fights became interesting. Because of the large number of new skills. If the right order of abilities is used Manilla is a fighting machine. The corruption element is very interesting. At first, the principle of functioning of the quests may be confused, as is the map itself. But after a certain time, everyone will understand that it is quite easy. It will be a real shame if we don't see another sequel to the game. I also recommend the developer to put the game on steam. the completed first part is definitely worth the $60. This is one of the rare games of this type in which you will enjoy every element. The choice of plot movement is unpredictable, which is not bad because you can experiment and play more than once. Someone will surely make a detailed tutorial. All in all if we consider that this is a project of one person and what type of game it is and if we compare this developer with others. This is a clear ten regardless of all the complaints that everyone has.

As of (v.0.35)
Overall, I enjoyed this and look forward to future releases. This is one of the few games out there that hit the corruption spot. I mostly agree with the other feedback out there. Some of the scenes *appear* to have a different outcome, depending on your level of corruption (?) , not too sure about that, only had 2 playthroughs. Going through the "justice" route is pretty vanilla, so you'd want to go full on corruption for maximum fun.

Renders (4/5)
Renders were well done. Some of the animated scenes were great compared to the other games out there. The sound effects were very loopy, which is where it lost some points

Story (4/5)

I enjoyed the corruption and blackmail aspect of the story, it was fairly well executed. The Burke and Storm plot lines were fun, and I wish there was more of that type of content. The story took a bit of a weird turn with all the super natural plot lines with the Kami. But I get it, it keeps the plot moving along, as well as providing opportunity for improved combat.

Gameplay (2.5/5)

Overall, the RPGM aspect is a bit repetitive, and combat was not enjoyable in the earlier parts of the game. The RPG elements however do improve as you progress in the game (more skills, etc.). Gameplay improves as the story progresses, but the downside is that it starts to lose the corruption/blackmail element as we progress more into the supernatural elements. I liked earlier parts of the story where losing battle had separate outcomes, rather than a simple game over.


A few things I think this could benefit from:
1. The combat is tough without modifying the saves, maybe make healing more accessible
2. Some form of gallery support to replay scenes, or better yet explore the other forked choices/outcomes without replaying the entire story
3. Some more scenarios tied to combat outcomes.

Really wish that I could have rated this higher since I am a fan of so many of the fetishes that this game provides but the boring, grinding rpgmaker battles against damage sponge enemies are a massive pain in the ass which detract from the overall experience. The fights either need a serious rework so that they are actually fun or a press x to win button for people who don't want to suffer through the slog. Still worth a download if you're a fan of the game's themes however.

(I am aware that there is a Renpy version of the game without battles but it has not been updated in 2 years)

This Game have to hard enemies! I play it not to fight against people...
I hate to retry 3 times and lose again. This fucking stan in the Train. Why i cant use weapons?!?!?! They are grey and i have to fight with the fist against 2 fucking machine guns!!!

Very high quality and hot.
You get to play as Manila Shaw, a police officer, and get her into all kinds of compromised blackmail situations and power bottom your way into maximum debauchery.
A++ would cum again

animations are comically bad, I can't believe i'm saying this, but might have been better with just hot still pictures and description.

but aside from animations the game is very good with a lot of choices and replay material. i dont think i can give less than 4/5 with this many meaningful choices despite how much i hate the graphics and how much miss potential is in the story/H-scenes.

like early "i cum on your face" stuff is very boring but it builds up.

tbh renpy remake is better to skim through choices and galleries, but actually having to fight the battles(and sometimes lose) have its own charm.

Unfortunately, a good game has its downsides. The beautiful policewoman Manila Shaw fights with her friends in a city full of corruption, it depends on us how the character of Manila will be.

Manila appearance 10/10
very sexy

Routes-10/10

Red-corruption
Green-good
Mixing green and red routes gives new possibilities avenger
Blue -Natural

Lots of choices in the game 10/10

graphics 5/10

Could have been better.
typical look like an RPG game engine

sex scenes +4/10

they are but not very thrilling would be nice to have the option to skip at the beginning not at the end.

dialogues 6/10

The plot 10/10
very interesting, I don't know another like it

Characters 10/10

Very interesting

Music 4/10
somehow flies

hard and long fights 10/10

if you don't prepare your equipment and character development properly, it can be extremely difficult.


Grind 4/10
doing the same daily repetitive activities indefinitely can be annoying, the skip option would be useful.

bugs in the game 4/10
They happen. If I do something in the wrong order

movement of police junk cars 2/10
please don't someone make a mod to speed them up

I recommend this game everyone will find something for themselves in the adventures of the sexy police officer Manil Saw and her friends.

I like the story, and I've enjoyed playing around with the multitude of choices into Justice vs Corruption. But I am only giving this 3 stars because I'm frustrated with the unwinnable fight sequences in the game. BTW I'm playing v0.33. So there's my rating. It's fun, but it also pisses me off!

Well designed game. Fantastic graphics, awesome story and not to mention how well designed, constructed and hot is Manila.
Abaddon really made a great job and really hope to keep seeing updates aswell as Manila Shaw II

One of the best rpgm games I played sonfar, the one that I like the most for sure of its genere.

The story telling, choices,. Combat system etc all suits great


I would like less grind in some aspects, like bj quest or fight club, less miss chance in combat and more miscelanea things to do around the city, more interactive npc to quest with and level up and gear her

In overal, a grear game

This game has had 5 stars since its release. People liked the idea and implementation of the project. Since 2018, the game has gotten bigger and just BORING. It's in the RPGM. You will spend 500 hours just exploring locations. Yes, animation, pictures for 4 stars can be put. It is clear that this is not one person doing everything. But recently, updates and the story itself has become just banal and predictable. Play the same game better only on the REN'PY engine
There are many good games on the RPGM engine here. But the time for such games has already passed. Now in the fashion of unity games, an open world, a female character is the main one. Changing clothes, etc. If for familiarization of the game, I advise you to download REN'PY engine
The story itself is well written and thought out. But a huge location in the game there are a lot of them. Makes the game just boring and a waste of time