RPGM - Ren'Py - Completed - Alansya Chronicles: Fleeting Iris [v1.0.5 Renpy] [Heaven Studios]

I am writing this review after playing like 4 hours . Not playing further. There are several problems with this game. The multiple spelling mistakes is not the most severe one. The Narrative has so many holes . I am not saying its a bad game. Its just too polished for such a badly structured game.

The main character doesn't feel real at all ( not like real "real" , even in porn sense it makes no sense) . Being naive is one thing , but being dumb beyond reason is another. She is resisting in one scene and then suddenly on other scene she is all horny. I don't get it .

I think in this kind of games you need immersion. If you break immersion too many times , then its no longer a good experience.

Also , I think they have not taken advantage of RPGM. Most game of this kind , use day night cycles and inventory effectively , also the quest menu . While this game has screwed in all three of these fronts. The interesting quests are no where to be found. Renpy would have been much better.

Also , the unnecessarily big map of game is not helping . As far as i played , There was no need for most of location in the game.

If this was the first RPGM game with this concept that I played . i would have completed it. But its clearly inferior as compared to competitors (or successors considering its a 2016 game)

No proofreading done at all, but I typed this out of frustration. Great potential ruined by many factors sadly.


The Review:
This game is a masterpeice when it comes to the routes that a player can play. Whatever fetish you are into I bet you will find it in this game. But here is the problem with stretching too thin is that you wil leave few (story routes in this case) lacking in all aspects if its the writing or art. Also with rpgm being the engine you will immediately notice the limitations that is set upon such project. But tbh till this day I am really not sure if this game would be better as VN or not.

What I Like:
1- Multiple Routes
2- Alot of CGs (depends on the route)
3- Writing picks up in some areas

What I hate:
1- Easy to fuck up in this game and start all over again as routes locks you in.
2- Hentai scenes pick up in some routes and really lacks in alot.
3- Some routes are just bad lmao, not sure why they are not just a side quest. If a route is consisted of 70% less events than others then why it has an ending?
4- Art could be alot better but I understand that it might be a problem from the beginning of the development and hard to fix later on.

Last Words:
Good game limited by game engine, market standards, early game design decisions ...etc but literally one of the best games out there. A must to try at least for one run. Imagine if it had more people working on it and better conditions? oh my lawd.

I will keep a closer look on their new games hopefully this is not a one shot project thing.

Look, I normally jump into these games with 1 purpose, which is to get the MC to bang anything that moves. But by golly this wasn't it. Never would I have thought I'd actually want to do the wholesome, pure love route in an HRPG game. The writing's great; I've emotionally gone from confusion to happiness to sadness to confusion again (think daytime soap opera but with 2000% more sex). Most characters are utter scumbags that you'd like to keep your heroine away from and the rest are decent human beings... that you can fuck as well.

The epitome of NTR games, a western one surprisingly enough. The sheer amount of content available to play through will keep you entertained for dozens of hours. The artwork is very good, and while there are a few things worthy of criticism such as some bugs (which are being fixed at the moment) and some aspects of the game to grind such as trying to get your first car. Overall it is excellent.

I personally enjoy playing Fleetin Iris, it has many possibilities such as route choiches and more. I think the story pretty decent for the most part, but might be better to add more into the vanilla route. There's many routes to choose from, vanilla to NTR if you're into that thing, overall it is a great experience from playing this game, i'd say 9/10.

Having played a lot of 3D games and getting tired of their blank, glassy-eyed expressions it was very refreshing to play this game. Very high quality artwork and lots of scenes and the characters are superb.
I thought I was playing the corrupted path but ended with the Hero ending. I think there is a lot more to see playing it again.
I know some people hate RPGM games but this one works very well. No real grind, you don't need to earn money for key items (you can buy stuff but it's not demanded for all paths) and instead of making you walk to all places again and again a lot of the time the game simply forwards through time to avoid that annoyance.
This company seems to have a lot of other games planned so worth keeping an eye on.

If someone got my save file, then they won't believe that I've played this game from noon until 10 PM. But despite that, this is a pretty good game. Not perfect, but pretty good. Since I almost strictly play NTR and corruption games, Fleeting Iris is basically right up my alley.

The game has many routes to choose from, and it gives enough freedom for the player to hop between them. Not to mention, the save user interface tells you which route is currently active. Also, the game gives you a warning if you stumble upon a no-where-but-going-forward route.

The drawings/graphics, BGM, map design, story, and dialogue are all top-notch. Unfortunately, I still encounter bugs and stuff. The game also doesn't have some kind of a 'review' that can be used by the players that have not played for a while to remind them about certain mechanics, but that's basically in the realm of nitpicking.

About free roam, I feel like the game doesn't let much freedom on that part. I mean, players will stumble upon free roam eventually, but it was so far in the game's progression that might as well not add it in the first place. To the game's credit, it does feel like it was built for a VN with RPG elements on it, like the player can move the main character and stuff, but is still a story-heavy game with routes like a VN. So I guess free roam is more like an additional spice for replayability. Well, that's just how I feel.

Overall, this is a pretty good game that deserves a 4-star rating from me. I will play it again so I can unlock all the scenes without using the cheat that the game provides, so my thoughts in the future might differ from what I have now. Until then, stay safe y'all.

I'm a sucker for NTR and corruption so this is my style of game. I spent a good amount of time trying to figure a route suited for my interests:

Pros:
- Art is excellent
- Many routes
- Virgin option

Cons:
There's an incredible flaw in this game: the total lack of control over some routes. You either stay a virgin rejecting the first 2 routes and finish the game in 30 minutes, or get to be the biggest whore ever. Come one DEV, you have to let some control to the player. I like corruption but I like my MC to stay pure a whole lot longer and come back to whore her later on a replay value.

Also, some routes gets so out of control, you can barely save the game, you just have to read or skip the text for so long before getting either an ending or to get out of the route as a total slut.

On the very few occasions the player has the chance to opt out of the route, he gets blocked and cannot progress in the game anymore.

This one is probably the best game i've played so far, simply excellent work.

Pros;

-MC is the cutest thing you'll ever see in this forum.
-The amount of routes are insane, you can do whatever you want to do and it never gets boring.
-Related to that, also the amount of scenes are insane too.
-The art, drawings, and dialogues are top notch.
-Almost zero grind, and even if you need to grind a bit, its always rewarding and worth your time.

Cons;

Honestly, i can't think of any right now. Even if you simply don't like rpgm and never enjoyed that engine so far, this one might be an exception for you (like it is for me).

Overall, i give 5 stars and i would give 10 if it was possible. %100 would recommend to everyone.

Pretty good game in some ways bad in others. The art and general idea of the game are pretty good but I cannot help but not enjoy the game, and I'm usually a sucker for NTR and corruption.

Simply put, the game is extremely linear and based on "routes". Meaning that you are presented a list of routes to pick from, you pick one, then you are locked out of 90% of the games content and forced down a linear path. Instead of presenting the player with an open world full of choices, you pick a path and are forced down it. On top of the fact there is so much unnecessary walking around and "filler content".

There is a lot of polish here, but the game should have just let the player make their own choices and experience all the content the game has to offer instead of putting it on rails.

Best western NTR game yet! There are so many paths that branches out through dialogue options and all of the CG are really hot. Keep in mind this game is aimed mainly towards NTR fans so if that's not your cup of tea, then stay away. The game developers are always updating the game monthly and are always delivering instead of milking their patreon supporters unlike other developers that I will not name here. They are also very actively engaging with players in bug-fixing and content suggestions. I highly recommend supporting them if you can after trying out the game! It's totally worth your money.

5* for the team: Let just go back a bit, this game started around the time of Sarah's life when Corruption trend began and that was 2 or 3 years ago, unlike those project dies soon after getting good amount of support(money) from community, we are still getting new content update.

4 - 4.5* for art: I am a bit picky about this, I found games like Yukino class prep and a few others on Dlsite better when it comes to human proportions, H-games tend to exaggerate(?) a few part(boobs, hips and butt) aside from that there are a few weird part in CG, but they are still decent enough.

5* for storyline: well it is an H-game and corruption game at that, I stopped playing about a year ago, by that time there were all kind of fetish and shitty situation: pervert boss, husband colleague, open-minded neighbor, scheming step-son, evil twin sister, and workplace colleague, it is combination of wildest dreams.

The only cons I had is there are too many ways and it would be hard to to go deep, hope the team and complete this ambitious project.

Overall a great game and probably one of the best NTR games.
The art is nice.

The Development and corruption is okay. Ayame doesn't just jump cheating for basically no reason like in many other NTR games but also the player isn't blueballed. It gets kinky quite fast. It would have been better if the partner would have a more present role to emphasize the NTR element but other games are usually worse at this aspect then alansya chronicles.

The amount of content is insane. Bad point is that some routes get extremely linear (especially family)

no bugs I'm aware of at current stage.

Total recommendation. Will be probably the first porn game I will actually buy on steam once it is available. This game also totally deserves to be supported on patreon.

I love the art and script, mostly to its cheating or NTR in the game , It has also a lot of content, usually I Don't like RPGM because it focus on fighting and stuff, but this focus on story and sex scenes.

I like freedom in games but not when it comes with a grindy gameplay. This game was never really on my list. I despise cartoonish characters so I never really considered playing this. The banner led me to this conclusion, which was a wrong one.

Ayame feels real to me. She can be a sweet innocent girl or a nymphomaniac. Both roles are written very good and I am pleased to say that this game is one of my favorites. Maybe even my favorite but it doesn't matter. A great game is a great game. And this one certainly is.

Full disclosure, this game branches significantly for certain big decisions, but otherwise it's almost entirely on 'rails'. So many times I thought to myself: Why is there a huge open world? Why am I wasting time running from spot A to B day after day when I'm just following a single scripted line of events? This game makes limited to no use of the RPGM engine, no battles, limited items, limited sense of exploration. This would have been a story better told in Ren'Py.

HOWEVER. There is a great story told here. It's a rare breed, a Western corruption plot from the female MC POV. The biggest strength of this game: the logical progression of the corruption narrative. There are some hiccups where I say "really, she did that?", but overall I can forgive because the female MC overall makes sensible decisions and the corruption comes along gradually and wonderfully. The writing is to the point and brief, and I say that as a good thing.

Good images to compliment the action as well.

Overall this is a great play. But again, just know that you'll have to spend a little additional time navigating the RPGM nature of it.. for no real benefit.

The best corruption game out there! The MC doesn't just turn into a turbo slut instantly which makes this game actually live up to the 'corruption' tag. Also has some of the best 2D art out of any game I've seen on this site.

I honestly didn't like Alansya Chronicles: Fleeting Iris too much, but I can understand those who like it as well. Generally, I like when I have a choice, several paths to progress on and where I choose to either play a strong independent character or if I'd rather like to play a weak character. This game ends if you choose the first and leads to linear paths if you choose the latter.

The writing in the game is pretty good, and so is the CGI. However, the game is rather slow paced, loads of text which at times also just seems over the top.

Now, the main gripe I have with the story is the lack of choice. Now, some may say that you do have a choice. Well, in a sense you do. You initially start out by working at a restaurant with the manager harassing you. Here you can choose to stand up for yourself. You can make Ayame into this brave woman who knows what that old pig is up to. It's actually quite awesome to play like that and I was quite thrilled about it. Unfortunately it turned out that this path simply just let to the good ending in no time.

But it quickly turns out that you basically have 4 or so paths to go down on. These paths are very linear - like think train rails or something like that. Especially the family line is extremely linear and its basically just a porn turned into a game. You have minimal control of what you want to do and when.

Basically, the initial upstanding character is turned into what is probably the dumbest girl you've ever met. That just turned the game frustrating to me.

So:
The good

1. Good CGI
2. Well written
3. Various branches to go through

The bad

1. Extremely linear, few choices aside from the initial branch choice.
2. Too much text
3. A lack of choice sometimes means that the scenes are extremely long to the point where you basically watch a porn but just in a game instead.
4. Traveling around the town is extremely slow.

Had this game had a mixture of you trying to withstand the pressure from various characters while also the choice be coerced etc, then it would've been better.

incredible game with good scenes and story with several endings where in most of the paths include elements of blackmail NTR and mind break is in my top 3 games in the forum I have a crush on Miss Sawada.

If you are just looking for a quick fap then this game isn't for you. It's a game about corruption of a pure and somewhat naive girl, and that is the main focus of the game. Having her go full slut within 5 minutes wouldn't make for a very interesting game with that premise. So yeah, it takes some time until the story starts to unfold.

If you don't like NTR then you should skip this game as well I guess. I mean you CAN go down the route where she stays true to her future hubby, but the game basically lives from her being led astray from that path.

Is it the best story ever written? Nah, but it serves its purpose well enough. For the most part it is consistent, and I've definitely come across way worse.

It's also refreshing to see a creator actually using handdrawn characters and not relying on the same 10 3d-models with minor adjustments like 80% of the games here. There's actual effort put in this game. I also dig the artstyle, but that is just personal preference.

But not all is rainbows and unicorns.

Traveling around the city can get tedious over time, especially when you keep traveling the same route again and again. I'd suggest to either implement a way for point-to-point quicktravel that actually deserves the moniker (the bus/subway system is IMHO still tedious, and you have to get there first) or to sprinkle in some random events.

There are multiple routes one can follow in the beginning, but at some point, dependent on how far you progress in each route, they become exclusive and you get railroaded into the development of that route. For me that is neither a pro nor a con, that's just the way the game is designed. However, finishing a specific route can also become somewhat tedious as you usually follow the same steps for the most part
1) Go to work/place (literally walk)
2) Do stuff
3) Go home
4) goto 1

A minor gripe I have is the world building. For whatever reason the world this takes place is ours except it isn't. The game clearly is meant to take place in LA, but it doesn't, its in "Freedom city" (I think). And the heroine is clearly meant to be japanese, but she isn't, she's from some made up country that sounds very japanese. I'm not sure why, but to me that makes no sense. As I said, a minor gripe, but I just find it silly.

The biggest issue I have, however, is that I don't think that this game really needes to be a RPGM-game. You could convert this into a Ren'py game with very little effort and without loosing anything except maybe that one minigame, but that is something I can live with. The map only stretches the game time, but it doesn't actually add anything relevant to the game.

But overall it's definitely one of the better games, and for all its shortcomings it kind of grew on me.