RPGM - Viastopia [v0.11] [Kinkreed Team]

v0.8.1
Promising. Generally good and I'd recommend trying it, but this review is just gonna be critique.
- Right now, what's being presented so far with the story seems pretty shallow right now. I mean, there isn't much going on yet so who knows, but what's currently available failed to keep any interest. There are games on here that lack in the art department but make up for it with writing, gameplay, etc. So I kind of expected more of a hook.
- Combat. I do enjoy this approach to combat, but it gets stale with how exploitable it is. Block to recover MP, evade or counterattack (which doesn't seem to always work properly), and throw out an attack out when you have the chance. The cycle of guarding, evading, and occasionally attacking gets stale. Why even get hit when health items are limited (although semi-plentiful)? Probably only further exaggerated by the fact I put all points into agility knowing just how easy it would be to simply be faster. To make it more tactical, don't let evade be a be-all solution to your defense.
- Yeah comparatively the art isn't great. Again, something else needs to be the hook to reel players in.
- Ran into one crash which happened when walking between rooms.

This just isnt very good. gameplay is typical rpgm stuff, and thats my number one problem, ive played too many rpgm fuck games to be bothered in any way. If thats not a problem for you reading this review, you can easily bump the rating by one star. But its the classic confusing go do this go do that type of game. The other, very subjective, problem i have with this game is the art. It ranges from absolutely hideous, some of the worst art in any game ive seen on this site, to maybe decent in a way youre not just disgusted by it. Again, look at the screenshots in op and judge for yourself, but from what ive seen so far (granted i didnt get anywhere close to the end of whatever build this is rn) its all very similar. Everything being ugly just doesnt make this game very viable as an h game in my eyes.
And then we move on to what could be the saving grace, the story and characters. Unfortunately they arent. Story is convoluted, the guy writing this thing loves the word rape, it literally feels like the word is in every fucking dialogue box in this game. Main character is some sort of a drunkard cretin from what i gathered before i just started skipping dialogues, but the edginess of it is fuckin cringeworthy in a very painful way. I dont require masterful writing and great characters in my fuck games but this is way below any standard i can think of.
All in all, take a look at the screenshots, if the style doesnt bother you try it for yourself, but if you dont like the style it doesnt get any better in any way imaginable. Id give it one star but the fact devman was bothered enough to draw his own sprites and maps deserves recognition so i decided to award it another star. I say this one is a hard skip, you can find many much better rpgm games on this site.

( Review as of 0.7 )

Baller. If you liked Black Souls then you'll enjoy this silly little game.

Great combat, good story. Aesthetic on point. You'll be real tired of seeing the word "RAPE" after this one

Really weird game which may not be everyone's cup of tea.

It doesn't feel like your standard RPGM game, and it has a weirdly enticing atmosphere where you just want to explore more of this game has to offer.

The story is...weird but again, the whole game oozes so much weirdness so you end up just kinda falling in love with it.

The UI fits this game perfectly, and the characters have such a distinctive flair to them that you can't help but be entranced.

My two biggest gripes however are the lack of SFX (especially in certain scenes where they really should be present and almost make the scene fall flat due to their absence) and an english editor.

You can tell the author has a story to tell but the somewhat broken english somewhat detracts from it.

Aside from that, i'd recommend it, if you can stomach through some of the english and lackluster sounds, this is a certified gem.

The game can be described in one word: Unique. Despite being currently in its early stages, it firmly sets itself apart from the endless deluge of soulless RPGmaker and RenPy slideshows dominating f95.

The art design oozes passion and charm and does a great job to coat the generic RPGmaker engine with its own distinct coat of paint. Just a few examples:
-All attacks have neat little animations
-Enemy portraits have three different variants based on how much health the opponent has left
-A plethora of custom room design assets

When it comes to the story and setting, I have no doubts many will find it polarizing. Aside from the core theme of rape, the game contains frequent flipflops between gore, death, horror and comedy. It can be described as "edgy", but I think "cringekino" fits better. And I loved almost every second of it.
Kino because the atmosphere is superb for an erotic game. The story and worldbuilding hooked me and I want to see where it goes. And because it pulls no punches. Play it, you will see what I mean.
Cringekino because it has some seriously funny tonal whiplash and edginess to it. But in a fun kinda way. Seriously, I get caught by scary experiment lady and raped to death and the game over screen shows me the national suicide prevention hotline? So im laying there with my heart racing because I cant handle horror chases and simultaneausly laughing my ass off at the prospect of a suicide prevention PSA in my porn game. No more spoilers, It has some very fun over the top edginess.

I sincerely wish the dev team a lot of luck in this project, I hope to see its completion!

Kinda reminds me of mercenary's adventure.

Good story, would like to see more updates soon. Maybe an add on to the combat so that there may be more h to the h-game.

Being able to pump out updates every 2 weeks is also interesting, hopefully there is no burn out.

Overall, Great start for the game, would like more in the future, and that I hope others wil find and enjoy the game.

A pretty damn good game. The combat is very interesting. The story thus far is good enough that I have no problem sitting through it. The dialogue is amusing and the grammar is acceptable. The art style turned me away at first glance but upon actually trying it it works pretty well. The animation is also very smooth. There are some minor nitpicks here and there, such as the balance leading to objectively better ways to play and occasional small typos, but other than that I'm loving it and can't wait for more. The game looks promising.

I love the story, game play, scenes, and the rpg element. I hope this game gets updated quickly because i love games like this. The comedy is great and also is kinda dark which is definetly my style. Scenes are sexy af

after a long ass intro, as soon as you get freedom, the game crashes the moment you get out your cell. deeming this broken and unplayable, no content exploring etc due to it. this needs some bug fixing, as this quite literally breaks the game

This game's really cool, like way better than other rpgmaker games.
It doesn't do anything completely new, but just has a lot of really fun stuff and a unique story and artstyle to boot. Big comparisons to blacksouls and other good rpg games in terms of the gameplay and story feel.

This game as of the time writing the review is pretty short, but I'm hopeful for the future of it. This really seems like a project that the developer is passionate about and I'm all for it. Excited for more.

VERY COOL AND UNIQUE GAME. I hope to see more updates. Very distinct style and tone that sets it FAR apart from other rpgm games on this site.
Played most of v0.2, but unfortunately ran into a crash after the Lizard Queen and lost some progress... That being said, what I played was fantastic and full of charm. A very graphic and adult game that really spans genres (SciFi, Erotica, Horror, Comedy, Fantasy). Its not only sex, although there is a lot of that. The main fetish seems to be rape and guro, so if you are not interested then beware. I am not the biggest fan of those kinks either, but the way its presented and the way the story is written really sells it for me. Stakes are set early and I never found myself bored when doing the Resident Evil style puzzles while trying to avoid the big scary lady who wants you dead/raped lol. The sex is not constant, nor does it seem like a "scene hunter" type game. It plays like a very competent indie rpg game with heavy adult and mature themes. Some could call that pretentious, I call it admirable.

The scenes themselves are good, if a bit short. Luckily you can rewatch them at your leisure once you gain access to your dungeon. The art and fetishes of the scenes are great (I was having a lot of fun slapping Lucah's massive tits around until my game crashed lol) but as I said, they can be short. Again, this does not seem like the kind of game you play to get off (Although you definitely could). I was genuinely playing it to progress the story and learn some more lore.

Gameplay is standard rpg maker with a bit of a twist. Really nothing too far removed, but again the signature look and artstyle of the game is preserved even in fights. Basically no rpg maker assets for characters (from what I saw). Combat is balanced on normal difficulty and enemy sprites have different states depending on health level.

As for story, I won't go into much detail. Best to experience it first hand, and honestly I think I would have a difficult time explaining it at the moment. There is lore being built within the game and uncovering knowledge and secrets about this world is part of the fun of playing, at least to me.

This is definitely one of the more ambitious games on this site and I will definitely be following its progress. If updates are timely, I may consider the patreon for early access stuff. Its that good. I am very excited to see where this project is headed.


I think I would give it a 4.5 if I could. Its really good, but low-ish on content rn (Maybe 1-2 hours at the time of writing). Short scenes and ALMOST boring combat drops its otherwise perfect score for me. Writing, tone, lore, and characters are incredibly unique and distinct though, great work so far.

Just played through the available content in this game and thought is was great! Dialogue and story are perfectly fine and provides a good diegetic reason for MC-chan to engage in forced pp pleasure, and the animations for those scenes are erotic as well. the only thing I'd like is for those animations to be longer and for there to be an actual raping of the Lizard Queen, as opposed to the spanking. Of course animation is expensive and time consuming do I'll have to continue following this game until then.

There are some other QoL or things I'd like to see though; such as the character inventory being organized a bit. Everything seems to get thrown into the "general" tab for me. W*men and keys going into a key items slot makes sense to me. For overworld combat, getting a sneak attack bonus should you engage enemies from behind would be neato, like you get a 1 or 2 turn Agility buff or the enemy get a similar Agility or Defense debuff.

The dialogue and story book events don't seem over the top corny or forced, nor does it laugh at itself or poke too much fun at it's own concept (it is objectively funny that rape is said so frequently).

All in all I'm looking forward for more content to come.

This game has a clear commitment to visual style and storytelling, which makes it more compelling as a piece of art than as an h-game.
V0.1.1 Review:

Art 8/10:
Actually good art direction, nice pixel art, cool designs. Everything custom, some seriously dark vibes, grotesque scenes. Creeps me the fuck out.

Music 5/10:
Some kinda cool music, seems unique. I find it irritating after a while.

Gameplay 5/10:
A little more interesting than standard RPGM, but most battles are against dudes so the h-game doesn't really come out. Some strategy. Too slow to feel responsive, but animations are too fast to read most of the time - needs better animation pacing. The walking around and finding stuff is interesting, just annoying to have so many basic battles. However I find it interesting that you actually have to use your healing items constantly as there is no base to return to and heal. Makes it more tense/high-stakes, such that I care about what I do in battle.

H-game 2/10:
Not sufficient. When you die there is one short scene. I hope this gets developed more.

Bugs 5/10:
The game lagged an increasing amount and then crashed. However it is an early version so this is expected. Otherwise no issues.

It's a promising game, probably not my kind of h-game, but is my kind of game, if you know what I mean. Some serious passion on display.

I enjoyed playing this game. Its an rpgm style game but it has a different art style which makes it stand out more in comparison to the multiple rpgm released weekly. This game as stated by the developer is not finished so I went in expecting a work in progress game but I am looking forward to the completed version with the rest of the story implemented. In these games I take my time to explore and interact with the set and even then, it took me about 50 minutes to finish the game so it was nice. I am giving the game a high rating because I think it has potential with the characters and art style. The combat is cool, I like it when games show the enemy's damage as their health approaches zero. The comedic relief skeleton character was neat as well.