Ren'Py - A House in the Rift [v0.7.19r1] [Zanith]

As a POV lover, I love this game. The quality of pov animation is surprising!
Renders 5/5 great quality
Story 4/5 uncommon fantasy story and writing
Characters 5/5 All characters are attractive
Animation 5/5 the best quality I've ever seen

Great castings and characters? ✔
Great scenes and animations?✔
A mysterious, yet fresh and intrigued main plot?✔
Detailed dialogues and interactions that can lead you to different outcomes so you won't get bored and skip directly to sex scenes? ✔
Overall 9.5/10 , easily one of the best VN game I've played and a fine addition to my "homework" folder.
You get to laugh, to fap but most importantly to have fun with the game. The best part for me is the heartwarmingly story that you get with each character. (a bit rapey but that's my jam!)
Cursed Zanith for making me fell for these game characters and now I've to become a patron. I came to fap not to feel, damn it.

Excellent and compelling story line. Deep character growth (newest L scenes and development notwithstanding). Enjoyable H scenes. Consistent updates and excellent communication between the community and developer.

I don't usually play VNs but this one is pretty damn good, it ticks all the good aspects for it to be good game, it's uncesored, has pretty good animations, good and beliveable story, great characters and setting.

Story: 4/5 Overall decent enough, but the actual characters dialogue is great, especially the banner girl.

Art: 3/5 Standard 3D screenshot stuff, but very cute models.

Sound: Sorry couldn't tell ya, I play everything on mute like a savage.

Gameplay: Standard free roam at certain times, but it is constrained so you wont get lost, also has an in game map for quick travel and girl location. Very little grind, but "what to do next" can be kinda vague sometimes.

The characters and the animations are decent but the dialog/writing is abysmal. Weird and clunky phrases followed by awkward descriptions of situations just yanks all the fun out it, reads like it was written by freshman in Highschool.

70% of the game is 3D image stills with text boxes and you can only ignore so much of it before your enthusiasm for the game goes limp(pun intended).

I tried to pick up the game like a few months back but never actually had the desire to continue the prologue. Played the game today when I was kinda in the middle of a lot of work and deadlines and it really made me feel sad cuz I really want to chill like the main character in the middle of nowhere with some cute girls lolol
On the other hand, the story is interesting, the girls are pretty well-written and the animation is *chef kiss*

Great fun. lots of content, awesome characters. This was my first "lewd" game and I'm hooked. I'm also holding others up to this same standard and very few make the grade. I went and supported their Patreon after getting half way through.

Definitely one of the best games out there, especially the animation, the developers definitely nails what most honey select animation usually fails at "the fucking scene" usually the dicks and pussy are misaligned somehow, but this game really nails it. And the story is pretty interesting as well... 20/10 I wish the update could come sooner, cause this is the game I was really waiting for.

The cast of the girls are great, and the music goes well with scenes. The story however is not great at all but if you rarely play adult games then you might enjoy it. I am giving this 3 stars because of the bad story and average visuals. The animations are great though.

No doubts the prettiest and most polished animations around here, I guess everyone that plays the first 5 minutes will agree. Also, there is a real good writing and pace to support the animation quality. The girls are all interesting and attractive, each a in their own way, and the relationship development flows real nice, slow without being grindy.
A real 5/5. Author put a lot of effort into this, and it shows. Amazing work.

I watched this game since it was posted, waited for more content, kept stalling always waiting for more, and recently i started it, but didn't expected to be addicting, played it through almost in one go, everything just clicks together. The characters diverse personality, the humor between Rae and the MC is 10/10, im sucker for bad puns. Every character have different charms to themselves, and there are variety in body types as well. I'm still hoping another fit body tough, with smaller frame, like Lyriel, or bit bulkier, but with abs. But the cast is versatile enough already, so im not complaining. The story is keep you curious, don't really get boring, quite the opposite. And the updates are coming out like crazy, definately one of the devs whos earned their patrons. Keep up the good work Zanith!

truly amazing i tried this on a whim and fell in love, its got a lot of emotion for a free roam with only a home, but from a development standpoint this leaves a ton of time to flesh out characters and their story's and you really see that with animated scenes, a great into, and even having played through everything it had i really cannot wait for more! i will be watching this one closely so try it out! you wont regret it

Super well executed game, devs definitely know what they're doing. The only downside I can mention is that their talents are kinda wasted on something so low brow. But shitz's great man for what it is. Very competent writing.

Update 1 8/22/2024 - 1 star
I've been waiting 4 years for this game to finish so I could replay it. It was pretty long when I reviewed it 5 years ago. Now it's so fucking ridiculously long I could NEVER justify putting any time into this title now. DEVS: END YOUR GAMES. DEVELOPING A GAME ENDLESSLY JUST MAKES A GAME WORSE AND WORSE.


Original Review 7/20/2020 - 5 Stars
I laughed, I loved, I lusted, I busted. 10/10, bustin makes me feel good.

Art: 8/10
Animation: 10/10
Sexiness: 9/10
Cuteness: 9/10
Story: 10/10
Characters: some 10/10, some 6/10
Duration: 5+ hours?


Im gonna stop rating shit, hopefully you catch my drift, shits good dawg

Didn't expect it in the first few minutes of gameplay but it's really good.
The choices are well made, remind of Mass Effect or even better.
The characters are lovely too and unlike some other games you can decide if you want to do it.

Probably the best harem game I have ever played.
For me the big point in its favor is that, unlike others game of its kind, you do not need to be always in the right place at the right time. Sure there are some little things you may miss but you're not skipping storylines by mistake.

The dialogue is interesting, the girls really compelling, the story keeps you going and the animation/art, while not top notch, is pretty damn good, particularly the animation.

The scenes with the girls feel alive, and there is a decent amount of depth in the choices you can make to get closer to a girl. Also not to be underestimated is the choice of ambients and girl's clothes, which, for me, was what put the cherry on top of the cake.

I'm really looking forward to continue playing the next releases.

Great characters, art and premise. The writing is superior to most other games, the animations are top notch, and seeing relationships evolve is very satisfying and fun. Easily one of, if not the most exciting game these days.

The world and story is so good I forgot all about the smutty content in my haste to drive the story forward! Well done!
Oh, and once I remembered the steamy content, that did not disappoint either. Highly recommended.

What is there o say, I'm new to this but i place it on the top of my list of 3 games like this played. Nice characters, nice animation, i would love a bit more of the story but it's in the development phase and it's incredible what it was given to us considering it still under development.
I can only wait for it now. I clearly recommend it eyes closed, go for it, go fourth.