RPGM - Completed - Black Souls II [v1.13 Official translation] [Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?]

With one exception, it's a strict upgrade over Black Souls 1 in every way. The gameplay is more fun (though still RPGM combat), the builds are more varied and less easily exploitable (they still are, just less so), the characters are very interesting, and the tone, goodness. The music, atmosphere, writing, artwork, environments, it's all beyond excellent.

It's funny, most people start Black Souls because they're curious about the 'porn dark souls', myself included. But now, excepting the gameplay itself, I believe these games (and especially this one) to be strictly superior to FromSoft's body of work. They're amazing, and absolutely packed with soul, ironically enough.

Carve yourself out a weekend to play them, it's well worth it.

Currently in my top 3 erotic games of all time. Black Souls 1 blew me away, so I came into BS2 with high expectations and, surprisingly, it exceeded them.

• Erotic content is top-tier and frequent. The CGs have a unique style which might take time to grow into, but I like it way more than most adult game art - it's not always perfect but it often nails the erotic aspect, which is what's important. The writing and translation is also great, one of the games where the text adds to the eroticism and I don't skip or skim it.
• Characters focus on breadth over depth. However, the game manages to achieve a lot of characterization given the amount of screentime each character actually gets. They all feel unique and different, not just in visual design, but in their personality, which is impressive imo. Most characters have small questlines too, which are mostly super interesting and among the best character questlines in any RPG I've played (non-adult included). There were moments that made me feel regret, pity, joy, etc. I have to emphasize how much this game achieves with its characters, by using so little.
• There's a ton of character/scene variety, too. I mean, it's seriously got something for everyone. Giant tits, small tits, harpies, bunnygirls, lonely stoners, femboy lizards, brutalizing murder-angels, furry doctors, mildly dominating but loving queens, adultery, a vore scene, assorted incest, plump sorts, tentacle girl, girls who you rape, girls who rape you, girls who hurt you, a popstar idol you can date and drink bubble tea with, a lesbian revolutionary gang, orgies, footjobs, a threesome with god... ok, I'm exaggerating a bit. But there's a lot of variety.
• Exploration is my favorite part of the game. The world is decently interesting in and of itself to explore, but layered with the fact that you never know when you'll turn a corner and find a new waifu... BS2 exploration was genuinely more fun to me than Elden Ring exploration. Meeting new characters and unlocking erotic scenes is simply a way, way stronger reward/incentive for exploration than anything other games can offer.
• Music: very strong use of royalty free music from a variety of sources.
• Story: I didn't get super hooked by the story. It's rather abstract and there's a lot of lore to delve into. I don't think I really understand it, even after reading some explanations from other players. The game overall wasn't super emotionally poignant for me, but some other players said they cried from it, so your mileage may vary.
• Gameplay is JRPG turn-based combat, similar to BS1. I'm generally not a fan of JRPG combat like this, but I often tolerate it since so many adult games use it. However, I was able to enjoy BS2's combat system more than most games in the style, and even had one challenge which is one of the most memorable gaming moments I've had. Aside from the combat, gameplay is exploring, picking up items, interacting with characters, it's very engaging and player-driven.
• Compared to Black Souls 1: BS2's illustrations are better, and the RPGMaker environments are way better, too - the world is more interesting and memorable. There's more characters with more questlines and variety. One big change is that you no longer have characters as party members (i.e. they don't fight alongside you). That's been replaced by "covenants", which are basically buffs you can get by giving souls and advancing your relationship with characters. The covenant system works well, but it's definitely less effective for character bonding imo and I miss it for that reason. You only see characters when you visit them, they aren't a constant presence alongside you on your journeys.
• DLC: I was confused about this when I played, so: there's three DLCs, which were actually just free updates, not paid DLCs. DLC1 is a difficult area integrated into the main game, which you can find by just exploring (it's entered via
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  ); as someone who didn't play for the combat but for the exploration and eroticism, I largely skipped DLC2. Finally, DLC3 is a postgame area only accessible after the true ending.

I've been a huge souls fan for a decade+ and recently played Elden Ring for the first time before starting BS2. 100% serious: I enjoyed BS2 a lot more than Elden Ring. I'm unsure how interested I'll be in the next Fromsoft souls game but I know I'm hyped for BS3 and whatever else this dev makes.

I do want to mention that I think the game's balance is rather poor. I felt like there were three types of encounters, particularly w.r.t bosses: (a) the enemy is a pushover, (b) the enemy is an impassable wall until I level up, (c) the enemy has a lot of health and dies very slowly/tediously and they can also maybe 1-shot me seemingly at random. I was fine with (a) although it's not super stimulating; (b) was fine because it just meant I should explore somewhere else for the moment; (c) was the one that annoyed me the most. Very slowly killing enemies isn't fun when combat is just menu-based, and getting 1-shot wasn't very fun to me either. However, the design kind of needs 1-shot, since you're able to carry practically-infinite healing items, and you can use as many healing items as you want without consuming a turn. If an enemy doesn't 1-shot you, you basically can't die; there's no war of attrition and there's no limit on your healing dps (hps?).

But my critical balance issue was with the DLC3. The first boss there was just absurdly difficult; I spent hours banging my head against it and just getting annihilated. It was frustrating because everything in the DLC3 before that was absolutely amazing, but then this absurd boss suddenly halted all my progress. It stained my entire overall experience with the DLC3 which is unfortunate since DLC3 is the final/closing chapter for the whole game (luckily best girl Leiden was there to show up and save my emotions and game experience). Recommended stats to start DLC3 are like 10k+ in each, but after doing the base game with multiple NG+'s, doing DLC1, and trying to do some grinding in DLC2/rabbit hole for awhile, I still only had ~2.5k in my *highest* stat. I'm not sure what the dev's idea here was, exactly. There's more efficient ways to grind some souls that what I did, but unless you enjoy that I would recommend just save editing and skipping the hassle. I eventually gave myself max stats, and after that the rest of the DLC3 went back to the base game's difficulty and I enjoyed it more.

On the story not being emotionally poignant for me:
P.S. the game has some flashing lights. In one area it briefly flashes bright fullscreen RGB at you quickly. There's also a couple bosses that take up a large portion of the screen, and they flash rapidly between being black and very white during attacks. I don't have flashing light issues but I had to turn on irl lights nearby because it was actively painful.

As a sequel to Black Souls 1, it has improved upon it in every aspect. The story is fantastic, it builds upon what was learnt in BS1 and expands the universe in a coherent way in-line with internal logic.
Combat has ditched the party system (for the most part) and allows for a significantly more varied and flexible build choice. Music is fantastic as well, and exploration may be confusing initially but once understood, you can take a variety of routes to achieve your specific end faster. Although you may lock yourself out of certain endings if you aren't careful. I personally found the characters to be endearing but your mileage may vary.
The only thing I'll knock it for is DLC 3 being rather tedious to access and it essentially having a stat requirement lest you get constantly one-shot. But through it you gain access to the most refreshing content combat-wise in the game. Regardless of how high your stats are, if you don't play to their gimmick, you are getting dumpstered.
This game's lore had driven me into a 3-week long blind obession to learn as much about the game as I possibly could and I cannot possibly praise this game enough. The world is fucked, its characters tragic and there is no happy end in sight but goddamn is it marvelous. Black Souls 2, I kneel.

Right, it's a H-game, all the scenes are static but has sound effects. The art is not exactly stellar and isn't my cup of tea to fap to. But as a narrative device, it delievers on the bleakness of the world in a way clean art cannot.

It's really weird to find a game like this. You download it to waste some time and keep playing it because the vibe is just that good. Definitely play the 1st game before playing this one. They're both great and pretty well balanced. A game like this with fun combat is rare.

Oh but it do be kinda fucked up sometimes.

This game is one of the most cruel porn games ever created. It will hurt your heart if you're not in a good place mentally, it lives up to its name and if it had other, it'd still be called the dark souls of porn games.

+Tons of girls from real fantasy stories.
+You can rape pretty much every woman you meet.
+Your decisions TRULY matter. Be very careful with what you do.
+You can romance all the girls, get to know them and even get their own romance ending.
+You can kill anything, SOMETIMES it's totally worth it and has great rewards.

-Sex scenes are visual novel style, I prefer animated scenes.

Best game ever.
I'm literally impatient to see Black Souls 3 announced because the first and second chapters got me so hard that i 100% them both and still play these Works of Art.
10/10. I strongly recommend this game to those who likes games for the plot, the soundtracks and gameplay.
In-game events that changes the story, the need to micro-manage every stats or event just to gain a specific item or access a unique point in the game and the fact that you see something new also after you finished the game only because you missed a single particular thing in the ambient, hard bossfights that require you to concentrate, a whole intricated story that is based nothing less than fairy tails and Easter eggs of the prequel every now and than during the talks with npc's, events or by just hanging around the different locations.
This is THE Game, and the Develpores, as a painter wants for his paintings, created something that should enspire the other game developers.

+Can literally kill whoever you want
+Can rape any girl, even the shopkeepers
+Multiple endings
+Cruel and dark

You're gonna like this if you fapped to games like Euphoria and have no problem with getting your heart broken.
It does live up to its name, black souls.

Black souls, like every being 1 or 2, was a real find among so many games that just stick to the same formula or fail to have a charismatic and well-built world or character.

It also shows that you don't need to be so heavy on files to be good, but one thing that I see that many devs fail at is what they want to deliver with their works, games, etc.

Shocking for the sake of shocking is just something poorly done, but the same is true in reverse and this will always raise the question for even a narrative.

How are you going to make such use of concepts that are already known and how will this be presented, shown or impact the story you create without demonstrating that it is forced there or just because.

Probably the best game I've played off this site

One of the games that you focus more on the story, plot and gameplay over the H-scenes.

Noticeable difference from Black souls 1 in terms of gameplay (no/limited companions), Consumables are also free turns now (along with weapon switching)

Story - 5/5
Gameplay 5/5
Art/Design 5/5 (lindamea ate good)

Have you ever wished for the madness to return and shine even more bright than ever~ ? Here you go then!!!~

- Corpse eating rabbits? Check!~
- Horror themed places? Check!~
- Confusing mechanics and memories with multilayered lore and story? Check!~
- Fetishes that will question your morality and preferences? Absolutely!~
- Tons of references to confuse your understanding of the story even more? Oopsie~

In any case, enjoy your stay and forget about all your worries~
Welcome, to your new home, to your new family~
And be loved by all~
Even if they feel like the same person...
Even if they want to eat, and fuck, and kill, and rape you.
Take it all and give it all, until the end of the end of the world.

I love black souls, this is one of the best games I have ever played. It has complex gameplay, if you like high challenges then you can absolutely choose the highest difficulty level and not level up and you can still win? The characters have a lot of diversity, although I wish they would have more scenes, but for now it's more than enough, and of course the best thing here is the in-depth plot, even after replaying the game 3 times. but there are still many hidden details in the game that I haven't analyzed yet, overall I love Alice
Note: I used Google translate so it might have grammatical errors

Black Souls II isn't just a game, it's an experience. It throws you headfirst into a hauntingly beautiful world, filled with both breathtaking vistas and lurking dangers. The gothic atmosphere is expertly crafted, leaving you constantly on edge, unsure of what horrors might await around the next corner.

One of my favorite games, not only hentai but in general, first with the red hood game, then on Black souls 1 and now with 2, the author has demonstrated his ability to improve by leaps and bounds with each game, I really hope that the author can release the third game soon

Kino game, enjoyed it and loved it fully! Plus, Kino translation too - enjoyed it like BS I if not more, and, to a lesser extent, the spin-off with Red Hood: Red Hood's Woods - can't wait for Dead Red Hood (going to Red Hood) and BS III

Black souls 1 and 2 set an impossibly high standard for RPGM hentai game slop with its story, the art and h-material might not be to everyone's liking, but everything else screams of excellence that puts most novels, books, movies and definitely games, to shame.

There shouldn't be any convincing required to get you to play this, this is simply one of the greatest indie games out there.

I don't post reviews often, but this game is worth it.

This game is, in many ways, exactly what I wish to see in porn games: Something with quality in gameplay and story that rivals, and often surpasses, many safe-for-work titles, and in that regard, Black Souls 2 EXCELS.

The story has you invested easily, with significant inspirations and calls to many authors and pieces of literature you may find interesting, and various characters who it's easy to get invested in.

The combat is enjoyable, and like the actual Souls games, every bit of progress feels significant, even with the game also encapsulating the JRPG feeling of progression.

Expect to play through multiple times, to go back on decisions that you find were mistakes, to seek different routes.

Expect to get stuck on bosses, to struggle often, and to enjoy it, until you get a hold of the game's mechanics.

This game will make you suffer through many methods. And you will love it.



...Oh yeah, the porn? It's there, I guess.

Who ever write the story for this game was a genius,it perfect,gorgeous,sad,sorrow,and a despair feeling when experience this game story is what keeping me to stay back,also the combat system is quite good not even cheat can save you from some of the boss you need to be really experienced to the combat system to win the game amazing combat system,the dev really know how to make you connect with the character you will start to feel sympathy to the main character quite deep,enough to make you cry for his losses and what he been going through

Black Souls 2 is a game that despite some shortcomings got me really invested in some of the characters (Praise Bill) and the story. I played the game with the help of a guide which was a mistake, sure looking up on the forums if you're stuck on something is fine but I feel like I missed out on a lot. I'd pay money to experience the game blind again.

One of the handful adult RPG-maker games where the battles are good, engaging and fun to experiment on.

The game is inspired by darksouls, both in theme and difficulty, so be aware that it isn't for the faint of heart, and specially your initial run of the game can be very rough. But it is very rewarding to farm more EXP and find new weapons and skills to beat a roadblock boss that was being a pain in the ass.

As an adult game, truth is that the weakest part of the game is the adult content itself, which consist mostly of static CG's, drawn in amateur rough style, for all the waifus that you can "collect" during the course of the game. That said, I will admit that the artstyle may grown up on you, and the whole context surrounding the sex scenes might increase their enjoyment for you in particular. It is that kind of thing were it can't be explained properly here through words, you really just have to see it for yourself in-game and then it will be a toss up wheter you'll enjoy the scenes or not.

Notice that all of the highly rated reviews here either don't even mention the adult content, or just mention it in passing, because it honestly becomes a sidelined, forgettable thing. I kinda forgot about the sex scenes and just focused on the gameplay, vibe, story, because it is that good and it carried my playtime. If you're up for some actually good and deep classic RPG combat mechanics, then both Black Souls games (but specially this sequel) are highly recommended.

I'm not going to go into detail since there's a lot more to talk about than BS1. The base game, DLC1, and DLC2 are all perfect. I'd change nothing at all. Keep them as is.

The story is as great as ever, though I liked the more direct and grounded stuff in Black Souls 1. Art has gotten 10 times better, the style we all love is still there plus a lot more polish. The areas are a bit more cluttered but significantly more interconnected. Way more routes to take.

Slight spoilers from here so turn back if you haven't finished everything.

DLC 3 areas kinda suck. The Nursing Graveyard is just generic horror stuff and Winterbell is just out of nowhere. The difficulty would have been fine if: there wasn't a cap on stats, the enemies didn't straight up do %50 hp unavoidable damage, or every boss having specific gimmicks designed to counter every build imaginable.

Of course I cheated my way through all of that starting with Florence. A furry with a gunblade was the final straw. I regret nothing.