Ren'Py A House in the Rift [v0.7.14b1] [Zanith]

[EdgeOfShadow]

I will be propably facepalmed to death, but I feel like the intro of this game - before MC learns to "dream", or before Lyriel at the latest - is great with a ton of development, porn and story, while the rest of the game after that is an extremely diluted version where any meaningful progression in these aspects takes forever.

 

[Castellanvon]

I... don't entirely disagree. To me, you can basically separate the girls into two camps. Those that have interesting relationships with the MC and feel like the plot moves forward (at least tangentially) with them, and those that don't. Azraesha is fantastic and one of my favorite girls in all of the games I've played on this website. Fun, sexy, charming, and a dork with an interesting history all at the same time. Caitlyn is adorable and hilarious and has a fun relationship with the MC where they basically switch between being student and teacher. Lyriel is very tsundere with all her insecurities being projected outwards as thorns that you see slowly see be picked away. I'm keeping up with the game just for these three because I really want to see all three get happy endings.

Then you have Naomi, who despite having a lot of content, I never really feel builds all that interesting of a relationship with the MC. I don't need her to be submissive or anything, but it does feel like she's here for big muscle girl fanservice more than anything else with the way her sex scenes go. I'd be interested in learning more about her crew and how this rambuncious girl is a captain but instead I get sweaty exercise scenes. Yona and Blair have it much worse where Yona's complete doormat attitude got old fast and Blair's skepticism towards all things magical starts really stretching disbelief. But to be fair to those two, they have much less content and time to develop than Naomi and especially the first three girls.

I feel it's not a coincidence that the girls I find most interesting are the magically inclined ones. When the main setting of the game is a big magic mystery of the eponymous house in the rift, the fact that half the girls basically just shrug their shoulders whenever the main plot peeks it's head back in between the girls' storylines kinda sucks. And since with each new girl means more time in between main plot updates, the momentum the story had before slows down drastically. Which I wouldn't mind if I found the new girls as great as the first group, but I just don't.

To be more positive, the writing has been great so far so I trust that eventually these issues will be addressed eventually and that every girl can feel relevant to the scene. I just fear the introduction of another girl who can only shrug her shoulders when asked if they can help with getting everybody back to their worlds.

 

[Sutokku92]

Can't seem to be able to trigger Period Drama, Cait is in her room but nothing happens. Does it have other unmentioned prerequisites?

 

[Master of Puppets]

I have to say i'm rly dissapoint in last few updates for Ahitr one of two most interesting chars here in my opinion - Lyriel is like frozen in place. I don't mean about lack of her content but about her character development, At the beggining she was rly against MC and what's going on in the house then she beggining to grown in to it but latly as i say before she's like frozen in place she wanted to go to bed with MC and after that her every scen are like "oh no, don't do that u brute!(plz do it!)" and no matter if MC go with her thing or just say "ok, if u don't want to then i wont do anything(we both know what but if ur SOO against it...)" and then shes everytime suprise he didn't do anything and bam, after event it's like nothing happend, next event and she's again against MC and then supriced nothing happend again and again. It's just like she has achive her end route and just with every few updates just get some scens that don't bring anything to her character just are there to add some sex to the game without any point and sometime even against logic(the famous scen when after having sex with MC dozen of times in different places when MC sugest to have sex with her after dish washing she's "no way i letting u breed me". Don't get me wrong, i still think it's rly good game but won't it be better to develop some other character in her place if there isnt any idea for her future development and just wait with adding content for her when or if there will be some ideas for it.

Considering that "Human men are horny brutes who can only think with their dicks" appears to be Lyriel's fetish, I doubt that that will change any time soon even when they get even closer together. It seems likely that the bulk of her scenes will be indulging in this roleplay.
As for the kitchen, fucking her on the counter simply hasn't been implemented yet, that's what happens when playing a game still under development.

 

[qazswedxc]

anyone have file save with full sence unlocked

 

[the_observant]

Kinda disappointed with how Caitlin acted when MC defended her from Lyriel's acting like an asshole bitch...

Sure, Lyriel is meant to be a tsundere character but still Caitlin's intimacy shouldn't dropped that drastically just because MC tried to put Lyriel in her place as an guest and not an asshole royalty...

Is that how Caitlin treat her friend? Choosing asshole strangers over her friends?

Does she realize how unfair she is towards MC? Naomi acted so much better as a friend than Caitlin...

I have lost my respect towards Catlin and I don't see her as one of my favorite character anymore...

Sigh...

 

[Duergh]

Considering that "Human men are horny brutes who can only think with their dicks" appears to be Lyriel's fetish, I doubt that that will change any time soon even when they get even closer together. It seems likely that the bulk of her scenes will be indulging in this roleplay.
As for the kitchen, fucking her on the counter simply hasn't been implemented yet, that's what happens when playing a game still under development.

I'm not saying this to change her kinks but as every kink it should be discussed with partner, it could be done with a little bit adjustment in text or just adding some conversation between her and MC. Let me compare it to kink IRL, if someone like to play rape with partner its never actual rape as jumping on partner and *bang bang bang*. You have to discus it with her(or him) before and for expamle give some sign that's give green light to "rape".

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And that will give her some feel of still going forward personality instead of sitting in place as it is right now. At last from my point of view.

 

[Erstine]

Can't seem to be able to trigger Period Drama, Cait is in her room but nothing happens. Does it have other unmentioned prerequisites?

Which one is that mini-activity with Rae? I can´t find it

I suspect is bugged, there is one of the evenings where Cait isn't anywhere in the house.

 

[Trapstar102]

Serious question here for people that kinda care. Should I wait to get back into this or wait some more updates?

I had got a new PC so I have to start ALLLLLLL the way over and the last update I mentioned before is when they went crazy with the dream sequences. I know that wasn't too far off from the current update.

I really hate having to start over, but I had to since my laptop died and I got A PC now. I know that shit gonna take forever to get back to where I was, but y'all think it's worth it fr fr?

 

[brymont92]

Body type, yes. But then the same could be said of Cait, Lyriel & Rae all playing the same role for their body types.
Different kink type, though.
Naomi is blatantly a dom, she also has a bit of the mothering fetish going on.
Yona is much more of a sub, although she's currently kinda more of a doormat & there is no indication that she enjoys being submissive, it seems more like an act of duty, than of sexual preference. She also has the monster girl fetish going on.
So her and Naomi occupy completely different roles in that regard & cater to completely different kinks.

Man... You are right.

 

[Vagabond Scholar]

Maybe check when Cait is actually in the room.

Can't seem to be able to trigger Period Drama, Cait is in her room but nothing happens. Does it have other unmentioned prerequisites?

Turns out it wouldn't trigger until I'd got past the "snapping thread" story mission and completed all the other side missions. Even though it appeared on my quest list before I'd even got Blair

 

[ratttta]

What a good update for Lyriel fans. Loved it. A+

 

[Toksicz]

Has there been a best girl poll for this game? I wonder who will win. Probably Lyriel or Rae.

 

[Avaron1974]

Has there been a best girl poll for this game? I wonder who will win. Probably Lyriel or Rae.

Rae hands down. There is no better girl.

Then Naomi then Cait.

Lyriel I want to launch into the void, she talks like girls I had to put up with when I got sent to an all girls school. They use the word "like" far too much and it makes me want to slap the shit out of them so badly.

She'd be fine if she never spoke.

Blair i'm still on the fence about.

Dead Horse time again .... Yona I liked originally. I'm a girl of simple tastes, I like women with muscle. She was a woman with muscle. Sadly she also shat out her personality at some point and now she's, as Cliff Ricard once sang, a living doll. Sadly this puts her at the bottom of the pile because as much as don't like how Lyriel talks at least her sex scenes didn't creep me out.

 

[Cierne]

Has there been a best girl poll for this game? I wonder who will win. Probably Lyriel or Rae.

If there is I'd vote for Lyriel, Rae really doesn't do it for me.

 

[mrttao]

Lyriel really grew on me. I like her now.

 

[Trapstar102]

Probably you should wait several months and try your luck then. A lot of filling material in the last few updates and non interesting girls added. Almost nothing new in the main plot and a lot of boring activities and dialogues. This game is like a beached whale right now.

I appreciate the response. A damn shame tho.

 

[obiruto]

Hello, I played a bit of this game and it's looking pretty promising
I was wondering about the femdom part of it. Is there femdom and if yes which character provides it ? I had the impression that it was not very developped in this game but maybe I made the wrong choices or focused on the wrong chick. Thx !

 

[Avaron1974]

Hello, I played a bit of this game and it's looking pretty promising
I was wondering about the femdom part of it. Is there femdom and if yes which character provides it ? I had the impression that it was not very developped in this game but maybe I made the wrong choices or focused on the wrong chick. Thx !

Naomi is the only real femdom character being a big muscle girl.

She kinda has her way with the MC a few times. She is a dom.

The rest range from the more romantic with Rae to Lyriel who's a sub in the making.

 

[Cartageno]

Yona I liked originally. I'm a girl of simple tastes, I like women with muscle. She was a woman with muscle. Sadly she also shat out her personality at some point and now she's, as Cliff Ricard once sang, a living doll.

As far as I hope that changes, right now even the "living" part seems debatable. I mean breathing and eating, yes, but no brain activity has been detected. whichone wasn't entirely wrong when using the term "doormat". Like you I was hoping for more character, unlike you I still do.