RPGM - Completed - Demons Roots [v1.03 + DLC] [Quick nail Aristocrat]

The plot on this one is really fkn good! although it can get kinda grindy, and the H-scenes aren't all that good, the story is peak.
Also, the bad end mode H-scenes are quite Hardcore, with a lot of extreme moments, really not for everyone.

PEAK STORY !
GREAT MUSIC !
The gameplay may get boring and repetitive.
The Hscenes may not be the best.
But above all else is the story.

This game could be more popular if remade into a non-R18 game and polished here and there.
It will forever be a piece of me.

TL;DR: Game is pretty good, pretty long and a good amount of side content. Story has tons of problems but still can be enjoyed, highly by some. Characters shine through out.

Gameplay - Pretty simple RPGM type of gameplay, equipment, skills. It has a good cast but eventually you notice 2 party members are essential and 1 is very broken so never be left out of it. The supers are pretty cool, the TP system is nice (but skewed towards more hits), etc. Good weakness system, status effects are meaningful, so as buffs (even tho there isn't many of them). The characters specialization are cool wish there was more parts where it played around that where you needed to use a single character. Great amount of exploration for a RPGM game, I really liked having to revisit places, get loot, do sides, even tho sometimes the hidden treasures are too weirdly placed. Dungeons have a good length, not once I was annoyed it went for too long. Also no grinding, leveling up was natural and didn't feel incredibly impactful in the zone you are in, but tracing back to previous zones you feel how far you came. Wish there was more mechancis related to equipments, when it comes to getting them and using them. Same for party members, having duo attacks or something since they are so close together, but that's no part of a review just something it felt missing.

Art - Character art is great, most of the assets are common from RPGM games, you see the same tile a lot. The monster art is cool too. The music goes hard sometimes even tho it's pretty anime based and sometimes out of place with the world. The H art is ok.

Story - The story is good, it shines through some characters. There's a bunch of cliche, some of the biggest plot twists and important parts are lessened by very out of nowhere pulls, for example tons of important character moments are lessened by unprobable coincidences, some are "that just happen and its a miracle!" or heres a thing that exists in this world and we never hinted or told you so. There's a fair amount of " Chekhov's Gun" in the story, some well done, some horrible done. Still the characters are good enough it makes you want to keep going. By the end tons of plot points are a mess however, expect very awkward plot transitions, character decisions, last chapter felt a bit of a fever dream with anime, the conclusion IMO was not well built, but it was enough to finish everything. It felt rushed for no reason. I'm trying my best not to spoil but I just removed 1 star of it because that ending and some of the developments going towards that ending felt really badly written by trying to be different and ended up falling into a cliche. Still worth experiencing somehow.

1.7/5 (personal enjoyment/personal rating of story ignoring how good quality it actually is[its quality is definitely5/5, i just was not the target audience])

I feel kinda bad rating it so low personally, but i did rate it 5/5 for quality that it is, but my personal rating of it as a completionist and overall vanilla focused person, the grind made me want to end the playthrough, and I also felt like masochist forcing myself to play, but the best things about this game are:
1. Story is fluid and understandable and well-written, and at times it was humiliation
2. Character personality and lore is good
3. Story does a good job in being emotional

Here are some things I didn't like about it:
(Not a focused porn game, disappointing ending, basic sex scene images, humiliation and forced rape writing(i mean i would have done it later anyways, but it was too sudden and forced during my normal playthrough), game was too long)

1. If you're treating it like a porn game, the fights in areas take forever and are boring unless you like this rpgm combat system (my biggest issue was being slowdown for seconds each time I got attacked, I couldn't really enjoy the story)
2. Sex scenes are a single image with tiny variations in characters face
3. Game is 50/50, half of the sex scenes are lighthearted kinda playful prostitution (which I'd rate 4.6/5 in terms of th basic cgs) and the other sexscenes where bad end scenes where the characters are tortured, raped, humiliated and somewhat gored, and although you can skip 18+ scenes, the main bad end emotions are done through writing, so the scenes are just a bonus (sceneswere 5/5 bad end scenes, i didnt like but quality was good), the other random scenes were nice, but they didn't exist for the most part
4. Ending could have been more fulfilling in my opinion, but the ending was a Happy one, so 2.7/5, I wanted more, but I wanted an unrealistic happy ending
5. Game was long and getting most the scenes felt like a chore rather and watching porn, although some people liked the chore of the game, my computer could barely handle the game and the lag made everything so painful to play


This is my last personal remark; this game isn't enjoyable if you treat it like a porn game(this is a story-game with random and sudden sex scenes that are not the focus nor good for fapping), and if you aren't a heavy forced slavery and rape/torture enjoyed, them you won't be able to enjoy half or most of the sex scenes as they usually are found in the bad end when you give up. And before I forget, travelling the map was painfully time consuming and boring

1. 5/5 Story, good

2. 2/5 Fappability(/masturbate to 18 scenes), 2/5

3. 3/5 Gameplay, I wanna give it a 1, but I understand that's because I suffered with my garbage PC, so instead maybe a 3/5 as it didn't feel good even when it wasn't buggy

4. 2.5/5 Ending, it felt too focused on telling a moral/message of past mistakes and past history/structure cannot survive in moving time, or something along those lines, I would have preferred a more fulfilling and happy ending with everyone rather than such a realistic/true ending

I understand people like this, but sadly this was too much humiliation, heavy slavery torture sex, and everything else to give it a good review, but quality is there for if you like that type of stuff. (I would enjoy answering any questions)

Edit: I played the game again and got about 100% completion on everything including achievements, cg, etc, and I checked every location by using cheats, so yeah, game has a good story, but the combat in this game felt like 90% of my playtime and wasn't fun at all, and maybe if you don't have a garbage PC like me you can enjoy the combat more, but even with cheats the grind was painful but I can attest that the story is good and author is definitely an 18+ manga author turned game creator and for everything you've done you have my respect even if everything involving rape and the bad end section of the game wasn't for me (I'm not trying to judge, just show my perspective because I know the game was meant for your fanbase and not a random person like me)
Good game, painful combat especially for my bad pc

Pretty much most of what I'd be looking for in an ero -RPG game if I'm not picky about specific things. Wonderful stuff, will be buying it for sure.

It's surprisingly long, and it has a right balance of grind and game mechanics.

The characters, especially the protagonist, are the biggest drawing points of the game for me. She's just such a cool protag, and many of the character interactions have quite a bit of chemistry, even down the line.

The worldbuilding is very nice, and actually ties in somewhat to another game by the developers. I like the story and some of the thematic bits that it covers. It has a very nice grim atmosphere and feels solid, especially given the variation in settings.

Definitely play it blind and do your best; going in with a guide ruins the experience as its especially fun when you do stuff on your own in the game.

The art is quite solid, and while maybe not the best in the world of all the eroge out there (especially in comparison to a full-fledged VN), it does what it needs to and the CGs don't disappoint.

Loved it, maybe not the technological parts are not fits to the demon part of the game. Arts are perfect, espacially while trying to run from the prison. ıs there any similar games you can recommend?

If I had to describe this game in one word, it would be "formidable". It was the first "H game" that made me cry because of how deep and touching the story is.
This game meets all expectations, including:
Story: The story is the pinnacle of this game, a story of sadness, overcoming, failures and victories. The emotion that the story brings and the whole context that the world has, makes us get caught up in it and pay close attention to the dialogues and details that we normally don't pay much attention to in this type of game. The story intertwines very well with the characters, who are created with great care.
Characters: Another highlight of the game, it makes you feel really connected to the characters, making you realize that each one has their flaws and successes regarding their personality, in addition to each one's dreams, even the silliest jokes become funny when we have them all together. The point where I cried was here, in the relationship between two characters that is so tragic, but still, so beautiful.
RPG: As it is a game based on the turn-based combats that RPG Maker can do, the battle system is very fun and dynamic, it is really cool to see your character deal almost 30 thousand damage in one round, and the build creation is also really cool, making you use all the characters, depending, of course, on the situations you will face. I have one point to highlight, that I found the XP grind boring, if you don't want to go through this inconvenience, I suggest you use some cheat to give yourself some advantages, and also, use a guide, I advise you to use the Steam guide, I found it much more complete than the one offered here.
Hentai: Another very good point of the game, but in reality, for me, if it didn't have it, it wouldn't be so lacking, but anyway... I think you'll like this type, it's great art, with a lot of detail, unfortunately it's not animated, but it's still not a big point, besides the more "vanilla" scenes, the game also offers a large part of the scenes available for the BDSM category, personally, it's not my thing, but if you like it, I think you'll do well in it. Despite this porn category, I think you'll be satisfied with the rest of the scenes the game has to offer.

Finally, I believe it's a game you should play if you want to have a good time, I don't think the game is boring in any way (besides the small points already mentioned), I suggest you go in with an open mind to a moving story, and if you just want something quick, i don't think this is the right game for that moment. Anyway, play it, you won't regret it.

Solid game, the story is what makes this game stand out above many other games, I completely forgot it even was a hentai game, as a matter of fact you play Demon Roots for its story and characters not for the hentai.

A great game, story is amazing, art is amazing, everything is so good this is actually the best game here to be honest.

the characters are actual characters with story.

I wish there were more but yea i recommend this game 100%

One of the best stories I've read. The main story sex is pretty good too. Avoid bad end stuff. This game is not for the faint of heart and its mostly depressing to some degree or other.

There's an entire side region of the game where pretty much most of the hscenes are in a more light heated and jokey manner, if only to counter the overwhelming dread and misery everywhere else in the world.

A really good RPG with a very interesting and engaging cast of characters.
If you enjoyed games like Black Souls or Monster Girl Quest I think you'll definitely find this one fun.

The RPG combat turned out to be surprisingly fun despite being relatively simple, and while the bosses remain fun, you can strike normal enemies through the back to gain the upper hand and level up easily, to some it might get tiring but it's absolutely not necessary to fight against every single enemy so you can start to ignore a lot of them by the midpoint of the game.

The main story and worldbuilding is engaging, the villains are a little too simple, but the main boss was interesting enough to keep me guessing about who they could be and their motives.

The highlight is definitely the main cast of characters, they're all fun and an absolute joy to read the interactions between all of them. One of them is an otherworlder, and it's area might seem weird but it actually made perfect sense in the setting of the world and some of it seems like setup to maybe a future game. The character itself is one of the best written ones in the game in my opinion, so hopefully it doesn't detract form anyone else's experience.

If I had to give negatives, it's that the story takes a bit to pick up, and at the beginning after the prologue it feels really simple and repetitive, but after finishing to pick up the third definitive party member it starts to get more inventive with it's main theme and you can see the endgoal of the game more clearly.
Another negative is DoReMi Fuckingdom, it's very strange and takes you out of being immersed, after a while you start to ignore it and it actually becomes relevant (in a good way) in some parts of the story, so I can forgive it.

I didn't really pay attention at the +18 scenes, I wouldn't be writting a review otherwise, but I think it's good to keep the filter turned off so you can see some cute scenes in some hotsprings. The bad end is torture porn, if that's your cup of tea, go ahead and watch.

All in all my issues with the game felt very minor to me and the possitives far outweight the negatives, so I'll give it 5 stars.

A great game with problems.

The music is a mix of generic and good songs.

Art is pretty good.

The sex scenes are the first problem, they are so bad, they lacked impact, and way too little CG´s, and sometimes it felt like the writer and the artist didn´t talk with each other, one scene in the main story between Deathpolca and Lily Killer says that Lily grew a dick, but that is clearly not drawn, what is drawn is a lesbian scene with no dick, I wouldn´t mind if the scene was only a lesbian scene with fingering, but saying she grew a dick when clearly she hasn´t in the GC is just bad. The writing of the sex scenes are also pretty meh.

Combat is the next big problem, it´s boring, the dungeons are just annoying, why isn´t there a auto battle option? Why isn´t there a button to put on the best equipment. I only had fun with the combat while fighting bosses with normal enemies I was just bored.

The Story is great, the characters were also good, I was invested in both. The Emperor is a good villain, Deathpolca is a good MC, but there were moments where the story stumbles a bit. First there where pacing and atmosphere problems, especially in the middle. Some stuff like the fuck kingdom I am really not a fan of, first the gacha and sex scenes both aren´t good and second it just feels very out of place like it was from a different game. And another problem was the Mark 6 stuff with the future human trafficker and people and opjects from anoher world, or time or both. I like the plotpoints after a while but the introduction should have been build up more, it just a bit much in a too short time.

But the game is still worth playing , for the story alone it´s very good, just wish the the gameplay was better.

No matter how great artwork will other games have, this one, to the time i'm writing this review, is the best game i ever played in my life.

I won't say much here, but if you like great story and character writing, you should try this gem of a gamedev.

H-scenes are only a mere bonus to us behind the greatest story of a demon and humankind.

Even after pirating on this website, i bought it on steam and replayed it again.

Money well spent.

An excellent game that is almost not an H-Game at all lmao.

Reminds me of playing through Aveyond when I was a wee lad.

Story is great and of decent length, art is nice, gameplay is good - though it can be a bit grindy if you want to collect everything which is normal for RPGM games.

For H-Scenes, the main story has little of it - only certain places has it. Regardless, the art for the H-Scenes are descent. But not top-notch. Can't really rate the game for it though, as its more of a mainstream game with a splash of H than an H-Game.

Overall 4.5/5 rounded up to 5.

-.5 Since its not really focused around the H parts, but is an excellent game in itself with or without them.

Ive been consuming anime media since i was 7 years old so most RPG game that are non H are predictable as fuck and frankly a slog to play through because characters in them are cardboard cutout with a set personality and only a miracle will actually make me want to play a standard RPG again which is why i turned to EroRPG because eroge makers are not afraid to go beyond the cliche and tropes which is how you get masterpiece in writing such as demons roots

There are scenes where i cried with the characters, there are scenes where i was fuming against the circumstance shoved in the main cast and there are scenes that left me stunned and speechless such as when characters go beyond their own trope or sudden moments when you realize you dont actually know the character at all which fuels twists and story progressions that makes you want to keep playing to know the character more


Im pretty much desensitized to games that makes you choose between terrible choices but this game actually managed to make me hesitate in what to choose as i sat there unable to make that choice with the weight of whatever i pick looming over me, its one of the 2 games where it was too much for me to continue playing not because its bad but because i got too attached to the characters to subject them to terrible situations


For my own personal thoughts, the writing and the story is on the same level as Nier automata, and i know this may sound insane coming from anErogRPG but its on the same level as undertale, but thats the beauty of the story and the writing, the story is so good that it more than makes up for the lackluster art direction and H-department, honestly if this was not an EroRPG it would be plastered on the internet but the stigma of the genre is smeared too deep

to quote a review on steam "If you want to learn about forgiveness, don't play The Last of Us 2, Play this game instead" - Mr. croquette4.0

This game has the single best story I have ever had the pleasure of playing through. H-Game or not, I highly recommend this game to anyone who values a story that carries genuine weight, I physically felt the highs and lows of the main character as their journey progressed but as the game progressed and the story kept going, I just couldn't stop playing, I was immersed in the lore and the characters, I'm placing this game at number 2 on my list of my favorite games of all time, and as a side note, this is probably the best story I've ever read. Regardless though, if you're reading this to decide whether to play it or not, I'd recommend this game from the bottom of my heart, genuinely. I will warn however, do not play this game for any semblance of pornography, it's highly optional and mostly avoidable, and admittedly isn't the best even when it does occur, but either way, it still does add on a layer of enjoyability to an already fantastic experience.

play for the story, it has decent progression, the turn-based varieties can get very linear on certain end game point after collecting all characters, items and weapons. Sound effect is mostly your typical RPGM resources used, I don't really dig most of the sex scene but their GameOver prison arc sure brings a whole new inspiration to defeat modes.

Story was the 1st, the 2nd was the gameplay design, each bosses are very creative despite progressing towards meatshield endgame

I'm not going to pretend this game is perfect. Because it isn't perfect, it lacks a lot of things: gameplay, stylization, and generic combat, and there isn't a lot to do other than just combat and story.

As a hentai game, it lacks a lot to be desired in its sex scene's voicing or vfx, though there are a lot of variations; it's frankly boring at times. You rarely see the sex outside of Bad End or Doremi, and so it's mediocre at best.

BUT AS A STORY!!! It's perfect; the characters are fun; the protagonist is solid and not boring; the worldbuilding is solid. You get really attached to these characters over the course of the game; the ending, though bittersweet, still leaves me satisfied. I came to this game expecting sex and left wanting more solid writing.

If you came here only wanting H-scenes, it might not be for you. but I still implore you to try it out because this game is honestly a masterpiece.

I wouldn't necessarily call it a bad game, but the way that h-scenes are integrated is a deal breaker for me, and I think it's worth pointing out for people who are considering this game. Demons Roots is essentially split into three different modes. There is the regular rpgm game where you try to conquer the humans, the theme park where you pull gacha's for h-scenes, and the bad end mode. The theme park contains the games more vanilla and positive cgs, and the bad end mode contains cgs like you see in the preview images.

The strength of h-games as porn for me lies in their ability to place the sex act in a greater context and for you the player to feel like you are part of that context. By placing its sexual content into alternate modes that have no bearing on the overall context of the game, the scenes feel unimportant and uninteresting. They're nice pictures, but why are they in this game? What purpose do they actually serve to the work as a whole?