VN - Ren'Py - Adored by the Devil [v0.13] [Empiric]

I keep asking myself, why do I keep revisiting “Adored by the Devil”? Its animations are only so-so, the dialogue is decent but nothing to write home about. What is it? I think I’ve finally figured it out. With the adult content, it does everything right. I’ll explain what I mean with examples of doing it wrong.

Wrong: Characters fall into bed with each with barely a “how do you do?”

Right: Characters build up believable relationships before having sex. It doesn’t have to be multiple dates or even all that gradual. It just has to be believable. It has to be something that, when you roll it around in your head, you think, “Yeah, given the circumstances, that’s probably what would happen.”

Wrong: Animations but no static renders. Just one animation after another.

Right: Animations connected by static renders. Characters don’t just appear naked in missionary. They enter the room, they talk, they embrace, they kiss, they begin to lose clothes, their hands start wandering… you get the idea. Static renders matter. They build up the tension before you reach the animations. The best authors don’t really need animations which can end up distracting from the build-up they’ve achieved through dialogue and renders.



Wrong: No kissing.

Right: Kissing! Unless there’s a reason, like the love interest is a sex worker or something, there’s just no excuse. Kiss before sex. Kiss during sex. Kiss after sex. Kissing matters.

Wrong: Every relationship is the same. One seen of kissing, then later a handjob, then a blow job, then sex.

Right: Not everyone goes at the same pace. The experienced vampire who gets aroused from drinking blood isn’t going to wait 3 dates to jump your bones, and the virgin you just met isn’t going to drop to her knees the moment she sees your cock.

I could go on but this covers the gist. The story is engrossing, the characters are unique and interesting, the world building is well done, and the sex scenes are phenomenal. A prime example of how being able to render high-quality, high frame-rate animations is not sufficient to make a sex scene worth watching unless everything else surrounding it is up to par as well.

Concept is fantasy which I typically don't enjoy that much of.

LI's are mostly smoking hot but this AVN feels like a Harem but tis nto tagged as such

Mr Gauss & Faye are hilarious and Emily cna be funny too

Otherwise there isn't ton here for me to be over the moon thrilled about

AVN is 2.5/5 but attractive LI's puts it at a 3

One of the better games coming out recently, lots of promise with great art and unique storyline bound to make an impact. I am pleasantly surprised with this writing and can't wait for more. Absolutely recommend it.

the only bad thing about this game is that animations and whole plot could be beter, but man

i for startes usually like only 1 or 2 women of the games i play, and fuck the others as a chore , but with this one that's not possible, in this game all the women are smoking hot, the story is interesting, the mc could be better but well this is a haremgame, lots of sex, lot of good images with hot and beatiful women teasing, this game is very hot and very fappable,

4,2 is a good rating

This review was posted on version v0.12f.

The graphics in this game are very unique, the models are very attractive, and the story is very interesting. I really like it and think it's definitely worth playing!

- The story is really interesting, with its own lore and unique (as far as I can tell) world. Although the actual choice that have deep story-wide effect, do not exist, as far as I can tell.
- The women are stunning, event though I am not very much into huge boobs. They're not only just very beautiful and sexy, they're interesting too, character-wise.
- The sex scenes are great! The problem: too short and most of them not kinky enough for my taste.

I know I have a con in every pro, but the pros, far outweigh the cons. Overall a very good game, I recommend it and looking forward for the next releases. I'll give it a 5/5, not in terms of perfection but in terms of top 20% of game.

I weighed my options with this VN for a while. I came across this VN back in Feb. Thought it had a pretty good story.

Characters 4/5
Story 4/5
Renders 4/5
Update Quantity/Time 3/5

Summary
Fairly decent story. It has purpose, course of action, and development. Characters are multi layered. Each one has been built on. There isn't a cookie-cutter persona set for them. Devs seems to be writing a story worth reading and being immersed in.
The only thing that hinders this VN ( for me) is the long wait time between releases, and the small amount released. There was about 30 minutes of reading with the current update. Which is probably just me being greedy for more story and content. Other than that, I couldn't give this VN less than 4 stars. Everything else balanced out the small update.

Overall I recommend this VN. Empiric has done a pretty good job establishing characters, and story to keep you interested.

Here we go...
Another one of those promised one.
But when can the fact go through these devs head that writing any fantasy novel needs not reality but coherency. They waste so many time trying to make it feel real then terribly fail at coherency which break the depth of story and breaks any engagement between reader and the novel.
I'm kinda only a few hours onto the vn but already hating a lot of stuff.
First of all, not a single one of the VNs revolving around personal protection knows nothing about personal protection. I mean, try at least watching a few movies or better some novels before you try something like it.
These devs always fail to prioritize the right one.
I have come to a point where the MC decides to stay home but both Katherine and Hannah are going away. And not to mention that given all the information currently, they are the ones at high risk given their origin.
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Anyways I'll keep updating but I already feel like it's going to be a disappointment.
Don't get me wrong the overall quality is definitely good compared to all other VNs but when someone tries action-mystery they must focus on coherency. Or All's a waste.
No wonder to see all these positive review. Given my last 4 years experience, the people here itself are not very good with coherency. If not VNs like these wouldn't get this great rating.

I'm not really sure why I like this game as much as I do, but I freaking love it.

When I try and pin point what it is I like, I keep falling back on the characters. I like them all. They are all so unique and none of them take things too seriously. It's a world full of demons and witches and everyone just kind of takes it in stride like "eh... so what..." The humor is subtle and not forced. The LIs are all fun to look at and even Hannah, who I can't freaking stand... I just love her!

The story is pretty good and even though I could care less about demon lore and all the politics, which is normally something I would hate, I freaking love it!

See what I mean? It's hard to put my finger on exactly why I like this AVN. It's something I would normally scoff at and pick fun at but I just have a good time when I play through it. Somehow the dev has found a nice balance between reality, the supernatural, relationships, humor and storytelling.

For example, I thought I would never like the mom. Her tits were too ginormous, but I took a chance and played her path and she became my favorite almost immediately. It's crazy.

At first, I rolled my eyes when Lilith entered the story right at the beginning. I thought she was just a silly, over-the-top addition that was just there for comic relief, but I found myself laughing at her interactions. She is a fantastic character who is so communicative without saying a freaking word. When she was laughing at the MC, I could not help but smile.

Anyway, I am sure not everyone will appreciate this AVN like I do, and that's okay, but I would encourage you to at least download it and give it a try.

Good luck to a great developer.

I really enjoy this VN, finally gonna air out some thoughts on it, played the past few updates and feel its a good time to finally drop some stuff.

Starting with animations, they're good, not exceptional, not too weak, just in a nice middle point (ofcourse animations are hard and I'd never judge based on that alone) So you'll definitely enjoy some scenes

The Renders are very nice, and crisp. The author puts alot of time into facial expressions and detail which is a very nice touch. I love how every morning you can see how tired Katherine looks for example. It's a nice touch.

Story is great, its very interesting, alot of plot and world building. It's a bit over the top at times, but I mean its supernatural demons in a human society, its gonna be a little quirky. Enjoy it a good bit. Look forward to each update to say the least

My two biggest downsides to this AVN though:

Character Models with their proportions is a bit TOO much. Nora looks fantastic, if she had like 1/3rd of her chest size, she would look even better. Everyone has insanely huge bust outside maybe ~4 characters in total. It just makes them look super awkward. Mutated even. Nora specifically gets it the worst because she's so small, with just surgically giant knockers. Might be a niche group out there that likes it but man, I just cant do the whole mutant look, its just horrible imo. Katherine even looks bad when she's nude, but no one looks as bad as Nora nude. Miu, Lilith, Sasha and Nina all look fine, rest of characters look like cartoon blimps. Definitely feel like the models could be improved a little bit, even if its just making the character a little thicker to properly fill out the build. Just my personal thoughts & feelings.

Lilith was setup to be the childhood romance/crush, but up until the time you finally do anything with her, she feels like she's a little mute sister, even in behavior, so its just a bit awkward it was held off for so long.

All in all summary its a 4/5 for me. I just dont like those two specific aspects the most, which would easily bump it up to a 4.5/5 in my books (atleast until its way further along then maybe it'd be able to achieve a 5). I think everything is solid and foundationally strong. I like the characters, writer pays attention to detail, characters follow their personalities very well, theres nothing that really catches you as out of place. Harem behavior makes sense, Demon Lords son, surrounded by beautiful demonic women that ofcourse are gonna want a pureblood and will flock to him. Only one character feels kinda weird and thats Emily because she's a bit too over-the-top innocent & anxious (cant even figure out how to cheer someone up/try to make them smile is crazy). I would enjoy some more scenes with Miu too because she's arguably the second best looking character.

This is my review after playing v0.10

For starters, the story and the plot is intriguing. No exposition, no prologue, just straight into the action of demon hunting. It looks heavily borrowed from the TV series 'Supernatural' and the MC even seems more like Sam in persona. This is one of the VNs where the plot and character dynamics are more interesting than the scenes between them. Little more of atmosphere, lore and music can enhance the immersion.

However, we're not here just for the story, we're here for the hot action. This is where the game disappoints. Not that the models are unalluring or the situations are ridiculous. It's the payoff that's underwhelming. Barring the mother character, the scenes with most characters are tepid at best. The elder sister arc is very much forced and doesn't fit. She could be completely absent and it wouldn't make a difference, which extends to her frenemy, her sister etc.

The most interesting character is Lilith because she's mute, which also says about the writing as well. Barring few exceptions of back story, the writing is also average. If the dev could get some decent writers and payoff with some more oomph, it could be a replay worthy VN.

This game is bad. Look at the overview, they dont give a fuck about the story or characters at all. All characters are one-dimensional, no depth, there is no real connection between MC and the girls, no proper build-up for sex scenes, thats why they (sex scenes) are all boring as shit. The do have some interesting twists, but the story itself still sucks. And the choices are basically "Do you wanna fuck this girl? YES or NO". Thats just lazy af.

The only positive thing about this game is the models, BUT they have no emotions at all. They all have either a neutral expression or slightly happy/sad one. Even when the characters are clearly supposed to be very upset or sad. For example, MC is fighting for his and his friends life and the text suggests that hes very angry, screaming and his face is like this the whole time.
P.S. the main villian is John Cena, i cant lie, thats funny

Most of games here on F95 that i play i will say this, most i tend to just skip through the text to get to the good bits lol but in this game i am actually intrigued in the story and i read all. This game actually has a good story and to top it of the scenes and gals look amazing so im giving five stars all round for this game and Hats of to the developer.

Well written, funny at times, decent demon lore, MC who isn't a dork -- this game would be a five-star, but OMG those massive mammaries, they just make my whole body flop forward from exhaustion. Everywhere you turn, whoops, there are another pair of outsized honkers. Really, I accept the dev's tastes, and I suppose his estimate of his audience's, but really? Having one character out of 10 with relatively normal breasts just doesn't do it for me. And the fact that most of this review is about that one issue is indicative of how bothersome it is!

Interesting story, nice lovable characters and relatively good animations is what makes this a nice game to play. Animations can be kind of jerky at times and even not play at all depending on your rig, but some shots are memorable just by the eroticsm they exude, like when you finally get to bed Kate and only see both bodies moving in unison from the side.

That said, I'm not a fan of seeing overbearing tits everywhere I look, so that's a big minus for me. Kate is one of the very few characters where they feel natural. Still, I'd gladly see this come to completion!

I love this game. I love the characters; they're all unique models and have great personalities, besides maybe the older sister. The visuals are top tier, although I do find Miu to be a bit odd looking around the eyes. The women are seriously hot as fuck, but as many other reviewers have pointed out, the tits are just too big--however, this dev seems to have made a breakthrough no one else has with jumbo-titted characters: they actually sag and look realistic when a woman is lying down. The story? Hell yes. Incredibly interesting.

Three stars? Because there's not enough here yet. You don't bang either sister, nor Lilith (best girl), and the scene with mom has very poor angles and is very sudden. Also, the mom is hairy and I don't like that. I expected way more content from a game in development this long, but I suppose that's my fault for being optimistic. This is one to keep an eye on but I can't recommend playing until there's more meat on the bones. Check back in a few years.

Updated for 0.11 from 3 to 4 Stars

The game got quite a bit more interesting in the last 2 big releases, eveni if the flaws stated down below still apply - it got better.

review for 0.9f

Another one of those games, that i really WANT to like because the story premise is interesting but just falls a bit flat everywhere.

I love the idea of the story, i love the initial setting for the universe, i love most of the girls renders. But thats about it. The game gets less and less interesting with every update, the animations are very boring, and there is not much choice or player action at all. And as the story gets more and more fleshed out at the same time it also gets more and more plain, boring and doesnt make much sense anymore.

I honestly loved this game when it was like 0.3, but everything that happened after the first crypt event, just sadly went downhill. I hope there will be some rewriting of the story, some better ideas, some insipration. If that happens, the game certainly has the potential for a 5* - for now sadly only 3

There is no interesting build-up between the characters, there are no elementary romantic or sexy moments, because of which later one or another girl begins to fall in love with the main character. Nothing. The developer just asks you the question "Are you interested in this girl? If yes, then you immediately start looking at boring sex scene with boring animations. The only plus of this game is the beautiful renders and models of girls. Especially one in the mask. She is super cute. But sadly thats all.

PROS:
- good story
- nice humor
- good renders (images)
- not quite a pure harem setup - this game mixes elements of harem with what you might call opportunistic sex.

CONS:
- Most women have boobs that are entirely too big, plain unrealistic. For me, it's a turn-off. The MC cock is also somewhat beyond of what I'd call acceptable. More is not always better.
- animations are mostly forgettable

Overall an enjoyable game, recommended.

I played through v0.8 of this urban fantasy in an evening, and found it quite enjoyable.

The story is engaging, the MC is relatable, and the girls are hot. Although it doesn’t advertise itself as a harem, the MC starts off with two or three dedicated female followers: essentially a small battle-harem.

The only real con is that the sex animations are poorly done, to the point that they might as well have been skipped.

I will look forward to seeing where this story goes.