TL;DR This is a 4 star game held back by a 2 star developer whose perfectionism or fear of ending the game has led to an unnecessary remaster with less focus. Renders are great, and idea behind original was a solid romp. I don't intend for this review to be a slight, prior to the re-master this was just a solid 4, but history of F95zone leads people to be weary of inconsistency.
While I see a lot of reviews choosing to review this as a game, and others reviewing the developer I wanted to do both.
If your coming to this game fresh, and didn't play the original than you'll love this and look forward to more. If you have you'll not be a big fan and be nervous for the other shoe to drop.
While I see a lot of reviews choosing to review this as a game, and others reviewing the developer I wanted to do both.
- The renders are great, nothing mind-blowing ala Midnight Paradise on its release, but nothing that falls behind the date, like honey select models. So that alone is praiseworthy.
- The gameplay is standard Renpy fare, so again nothing you'd write home about. Less exploration than other games but I'm not opposed to it when half of the other games exploration is just there to pad the length. This is where we get the 4 stars for the game.
- A 5 star game has to offer something new in; renders, story, or gameplay. Look to Milfy city, DmD (originally not now), Acting lessons/being a DIK, Good girl gone Bad, they all break ground in some way. Shoutout to Noxian nights for showing westerners could do JRPG porn games.
- Finally the developer. I want to start by saying im not critiquing their ability to create renders or a game, but their direction. Is this due to perfectionism? I ask that because i'm not convinced. With the change in focus I fear its a lack of following through. Finish this, if it's doesn't match your vision plan for the next one more, if you have new ideas but would have to re-work it, save it for the next one, if your unhappy with the renders use this as practice for the next one. No one starts out amazing, look at Acting Lessons vs Being a DIK. He tinkered with the story, and expanded on what he did, now he is a legend on here.
If your coming to this game fresh, and didn't play the original than you'll love this and look forward to more. If you have you'll not be a big fan and be nervous for the other shoe to drop.