LustGrimm Again

LustGrimm Again is an eroge released by 62studio on June 30, 2021. It is a remake of Lust Grimm.

The game has separate versions for Windows and Mac computers, which can be bought from DLsite (RJ numbers RJ323130 and RJ333351, respctively). An ongoing English translation is available here.

The game will receive a major content update (Version 2.0) later in 2021.

LustGrimm Again includes one of 62studio's six projects, the 3 Rs (3つのR). This is a collaboration with three other game developer circles, which will feature one character from each of the collaborators as bonus characters. These characters are Lilith, Dolce and Vilty.

Story
This section is incomplete.

The story follows Magrut, a boy or young man of indeterminate age. After a meeting with a friend, he hears a voice coming from one of his old picture books. He is thus drawn into the book. While surrounded by darkness, he hears someone asking for help and apologizing for dragging him into this situation.

Next is a retelling of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. An unknown speaker calls it boring due to the lack of tragedy. As the camera pans over various locations occupied by succubi, the speaker talks about her desire to create her own tale, one completely devoid of hope. The speaker addresses someone as "Little Red", who briefly appears (though in shadow) and agrees with the speaker.

Magrut wakes up in a strange house and is greeted by a talking chicken who introduces himself as Primary. Primary explains the nature of the world: men often are drawn into this world and become trapped, and the dominant species are succubi who rape men to death. Primary advises Magrut to remain in one of the world's refuges for safety.

Magrut leaves the house and notices a page from a picture book, containing a picture of Little Red Riding Hood. He then runs into the mysterious Chloe, who is seemingly the only human woman in this world. Chloe notices the page and gives him the cover of the book it belongs to, suggesting that he should search for the remaining pages.

When Magrut leaves the village, he runs into Fess, one of three powerful succubus sisters. She challenges him to a fight, demonstrating the sexual nature of combat in this world. Fess refrains from using her full power and eventually teleports away, leaving a warning that she won't hold back the next time they meet.

Magrut travels across the world searching for the pages. The story revealed in the pages is a modified version of Little Red Riding Hood. One recurring person he meets is Emilyn, a man crossdressing as a woman who behaves flirtatiously towards him and often provides assistance. Another recurring person is Demonia, a strange white-haired succubus.

Gameplay
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The gameplay of LustGrimm Again is broadly similar to that of Lust Grimm and most other games by 62studio. It is a JRPG in a 2D world with turn-based battles against enemy succubi.

Enemies are represented on the map with unique sprites (in contrast to the generic sprites of Lust Grimm) and have 1-3 stars above their heads denoting their strength relative to other enemies in the area. Enemies with 1 star are normal in strength, while those with 3 stars are extremely strong. Enemies pursue the player once they get near and battle is initiated upon making contact, but unlike in Lust Grimm, contacting an enemy's back does not give a free turn at start of battle. If the player is much higher in level than an enemy, then the battle with that enemy is skipped and the player receives experience and muni. Finally, after the boss of an area is defeated, enemies in the same area will flee from the player rather than attacking them (this can be changed in the settings).

In battle, the player has three gauges to worry about: Vigor (labeled "Energy" in a tutorial image), Stamina and Life. Vigor is depleted by enemy attacks and when it hits 0, the player ejaculates and cannot act for several turns while the enemy becomes stronger; after several turns, Vigor is partially restored and the player cna act again. Stamina is consumed to use skills and regenerates each turn. Life is depleted by ejaculating and by enemy attacks received while at 0 Vigor, and the battle is lost when Life hits 0.

Certain enemy attacks can be avoided by successfully completing a Push Action: a sequence of arrow keys that must be input within a certain time limit. This sequence can be input using either the keys on the keyboard or by clicking on arrows on the screen. Pressing an incorrect key or running out of time results in a failure of the Push Action.

A major component of gameplay is Lust. This is a percentage in the top right of the screen that increases from enemy attacks, during each turn in battle, on escaping from battle or by stepping on traps. The higher the Lust value, the more damage the player receives from enemies and the longer the sequences during Push Actions.

The sexual content of LustGrimm Again is greatly expanded over that of previous games. All succubi have two H-scenes each (one of which is a titjob) when the player loses to them, and the player can choose between them on loss. This is in addition to each defeat H-scene having two variants, one for the first loss and one for subsequent losses. Additionally, certain H-scenes are animated (something only previously done in Cow Girl Ending.

The character 62-chan helps the player in various ways. An item allows the player to ask her for hints on how to progress through the story. During battles, she gives hints on what to do. If the player loses to a boss a certain number of times, 62-chan appears nearby to provide hints and (optionally) skip the boss entirely.