VN - Ren'Py - Agent Sherine [v0.11] [S&V]

  1. 5.00 star(s)

    Viper538

    I'm utterly amazed by the amount of details in each of these scenes. Interesting story line with decent voice acting. Even with just 20-30 minutes of game play this is still easily a 5/5. I can't wait for an update!
  2. 3.00 star(s)

    Mercedes

    Agent Sherine [v0.11] 19.01.2925
    The game is well on its way to becoming a gem and integrates AI content very well. However, the AI is also what deducts points from the game.

    Designing the whole thing as a kind of feature film, which, apart from a few scene changes, gets by with almost no still images, is a good success.

    The animations seem fluid, but in some situations the chosen perspective causes some strange proportions for FMC and also for some NPCs.

    The voice output is currently a major drawback, as it does not convey any emotions and is not synchronized with the mouth animation. The voice of the two gangsters (especially the white one) in the bar also seems more childishly shy than intimidating.

    The timing when using her ability could also be improved. When you look at the office worker, there is not enough time to be able to read the longest text in full. Sherine may have experience with the skill, but the player does not. A countdown bar that runs down would be very helpful here.

    Some scenes, such as the blackmail attempt by her CIA boss, seem artificial, just to generate the next frivolous situation.

    Unfortunately, there are also inconsistencies in the story. For example, she would hardly allow herself to be blackmailed for 300,000 if she worked for the CIA. She did indicate that she knew ways to resolve this, but in my opinion she should have already brought it up with her boss. I'm curious to see how this will continue.

    Mathematically speaking, I would give it 4 points, but the shortcomings in the story that I currently perceive lower it to 3 points. But there is definitely potential for improvement.
  3. 2.00 star(s)

    mom_liker

    Technically an innovative game. But it's just a sign of the times, like the transition of cinema to color film. The presence of animation does not indicate the quality of the final product. Unfortunately, we have the usual lies. The tags indicate a female protagonist, but the pov here is either male or none, and the whole story about the FBI and CIA is very far from female-centered. This story is similar to those made up by teenagers from third world countries about life in the US, which they only know from the popular TV series of their childhood. Further proof of this is the “black” guy, with European facial features. Lol. This is typical of what I was talking about above. The author probably lives in a country where no one has ever seen black people. But the problem is even deeper than that. The tags suggest that this is a WOMAN'S game. So male characters should be given at least minimal sculpting. But this game was created by a guy who is either heterosexual or ashamed of his homosexuality, so the men in it are not beautiful. Except for that fat sugar daddy in the jacket. He wasn't bad. I can predict that the dicks of the guys will be typical - small-headed and thin - because a straight dev believes that women only like dicks in men, but he couldn't let someone have a bigger dick than this teenager, even if he tried. So this game is another one of my typical disappointments.
  4. 3.00 star(s)

    EyeWish1

    Very innovative for sure. Really looks stunning. If this a glimpse into the future of these games, I can't wait!

    However, there are a number of issues that hopefully get fixed.

    1- The writing was pretty poor, even unintentionally funny at times.
    2- The AI voices sounded too robotic on most of the characters.
    3- Certain words were not pronounced correctly, especially - MI6, ME6 and M16..
    4- If the FBI agent is the MCs sister, why does she have a British accent ?
    5- I found the black screen popping in between most dialogue scenes to be very distracting.
    6- The characters voice volumes were inconsistent. Some were very hard to hear.

    Best of luck with this project. Very impressive.
  5. 5.00 star(s)

    doc_dot

    So far it is 5 starts for me. Although it is only 30min of game play, it brings something new to the market and gives example in what dirrection visual novel can go. I do realize that AI is not perfect right now. But even with all troubles this game shows that it is possible.