VN - Ren'Py - Almost Dead [v0.11 Ch.17] [BadMustard]

V0.11 CH17

this is by far the best example of a beginners attempt at a VN. it could be taught in VN schools. it just screams 'basic'.

we will start with the art. positively none of the women have been made to look ugly for the sake of realism in a fantasy game, so some brain cells working for the dev there. adult scenes are quick and minor. they are an afterthought to the game despite sex being the main focus. i know, i cannot make sense of it either. some scenes are not even in the game, as the dev decides to skip forward. either they just cannot be bothered to create and show the sex scene they tee'd up with their writing, which was never going to be more than a few still frames anyway, or they completely forgot like a goldfish.

writing. is,not a strong, point for this de,veloper. comm'a's apostro'phes and full....stops are all over the,,,,,place like pu.nct'ation is used lik'e darts and se.nten,ces the dar'tboard. (you get the idea).
i managed to read it but then lost all forgiveness or respect for this trying dev when they ham-fisted in a Monty Python quote where it has absolutely no place whatsoever. they must have heard or read the quote and decided to use it as a pop culture reference.......... and missed the 'witty' mark by aiming the other way.
i have liked that quote since the early 80's. now it is ruined.
not much of a plot as it all seems to come together on-the-hoof and is just bland at best. when it ends, if it does, it will do so without fanfare.

the real shame here is that there are glimmers that better is not outside of what this developer could do if they spent less time giving not much of a shit and put in some time and focus.

ideal for those who want something mindless to look at before playing something they might enjoy, but once updates stop flowing, like those other horses, this will just be an "also ran".

either way, dev nailed his own coffin with the murdering of Python for me.

Even if you're only interested in jerking off to porn games, this game isn't even good for that.
Renders 2/5
Dialogue 0/5
Story 1/5
Ok, there's a wide variety of women in the game, but in terms of character they're all pretty flat ...
Overall with a lot of good will 2 stars

Worst thing i've tried in a while.

Grainy renders, awkward animations, awful premise.

Opens with a manish purple haired creature with a bullring in her nose, giving a 4th wall monologue that implies her life is nothing more than sex.

Then it changes to the MC whining about himself crying (is it supposed to make him relatable?) and saying cringy things in the name of 'humour' and having to pay a prostitute... meanwhile the women characters have no sense of self and just throw themselves on him, despite a number of demonstrated loser qualities

it's extremely hard to suspend disbelief for this novel, it gave me the same vibe as reading reddit

Who the fuck wrote this shit? I mean really.
" Ei you like my tits? No."
2 sec later the bitch gave me a BJ/HJ.
" Ei you think i'm pretty? No."
2 sec later i filled her womb to the brim with babybatter.

One of the worst harem games I've played so far.

Passive MC.
LIs that dictate rules.
Unavoidable lez-fest.
Terrible renders and animations.
Terrible writing.
There is literally nothing in this game that makes it enjoyable.

Stay away if you want to have a good time.

Forget romance, forget relationship build-up, every girl MC meets just wants to fuck him, its truely that easy which makes it boring and just a mindless fuckfest game.

The story is half decent but thats about the only plus to this one.

Animations are poor, should say shitty i guess since the first girl you meet in the hospital has a pussy that looks more like a over sized asshole? yeah it really dosent look good in any way.

Girls are without any kind of emotions on their faces so it feels more like a sexdoll then a person, and it just never changes which makes it boring.

No music no sounds no thing.

There are many better harem games. This is really mediocre and by the numbers. The sex renders are bad, the characters are paper thin, and the story is a snoozefest. Wrap this one up and hopefully your next game is better.

Review as of Chapter 14:

I quite don't get how this VN has so many good reviews. I mean, it's not a bad VN, but it's just... very bland.

The TLDR for this VN could be just "You awake from a car accident, having lost your father and inherited his unlimited wealth. You kick out your ex-girlfriend/stepmother (yes, the ex ended up leaving you for your father) of your mansion and you build up your own harem with the help of your 3 lovers and a monster-sized magical dick"

There's no story development or character build-up in here. It's basically the MC becoming a billionaire and then nearly all female in the game jumps into your arms one way or another, with no deeper or more significative argument than having a horse-sized dick or him knocking them out with his wealth.

There is no conflict out of hating your ex/stepmother for a couple of days, but then you end up providing her with a good life just because. There aren't any antagonists, nor there is any sense of drama.

The animations are also very poor. For the lewd scenes, you get one render with your LI just about to start intimate, one being inside her and one once the deed is done.

Other than that, the renders are fine. Not the best out there, but still very good. The dev kind of has a thing for Asians, as most of them are, but in general, the models are very fine. I would give 2.5 stars just for the renders, but as there are no halves in here, and 3 would be too much in my opinion, I'll leave it as 2.

I stopped playing right after they added Sarah to the harem, as I had already started skipping tons of renders with unimportant dialogs, and ended up getting bored with no significant lewd scenes.

Nice unique story
Good writing!
Good render! I have seen alot worst render out there.
Consistent update over the year
Dev is quite friendly and helpful!
And also Dev help my game in proofreading and mobile port! He is a genius!

The renders and animations are just outdated, like they were made 10-15 years ago, if not 20. The animations are so compressed/grained that the transitions from pic to anim is like playing 2 different games.

But hold on, let’s talk about the MC first. Where to start? Sometimes he is literally GREEN (yes, the color green, like if he was from a zombie game), sometimes yellow, and sometimes orange. His d*ck is a mix between a human, an animal and a mutant-monster-whatever.

The girls are just inexpressive and all fu*king the MC on first sight/first day, what a lucky man! So MC has almost no control on the story, except from choosing where to cum.

C’mon guys! We’ve seen so many great RenPy/Unity/Unreal games over the last 2-3 years, with fantastic renders and animations that I can’t believe this game is still being followed…

If I could, I would give it 2.5 stars as it is a completely average game, but I went with 2 stars.

Renders and Animations: Okay but grainy most of the time

Characters: Wide variety of women, which is great and one of the best things about this game. However, these characters are bland and not fleshed out.

MC: He is just kind of there and goes along for the ride. He is not in charge of his "harem", which is fine, but the girls set rules for him which they do not have to follow (only 1 girl a day, etc.). Also, while never shown, some of the girls do have sex outside of the harem.

If the creator can flesh out the characters some more (including the MC), it could be a great game.

0.8

The games I see here are mostly either good or bad. This one is a special case because not only do I find it rather average, I also see nothing particularly inherently wrong with it, but also nothing particularly great either. Most of the time my *** ratings are some kind of trade-off between the pros and cons. In this game, I was spared Engrish, but was given text that is sometimes (like you see often in other titles) a bit on the chit-chat side. A strange thing is right at the beginning MC kind of shrugs about the death of his father - was this meant to be a joke in the context? I've seen games with worse and better renders elsewhere. The animations are not 2-images-pseudo-animations but they are lowres. The reason why I don't see this game on par with the top third of my list is that the game is simply lacking almost any erotism (this has been mentioned here before). Showing naked women alone doesn't give that. For sex scenes, I can go to a streaming site. In good or excellent games, there is a spark between the player and his conquests. Here, I feel like having sex with anonymous DAZ assets. If you are for quick sex games, this might be for you.

The game comes off as a fun loving harem, after a bad set of circumstances. The MC has more money than god, and has the philosophy to live for today because it is a gift, that is why it is the present.

I gave the game 3 stars, but it was a tough choice between 3 and 4. The writing is good, or good enough, but the visuals can be jarring. A good example is you can go from just getting naked talking sexy to the next scene is fucking, nothing in between. Then go from that to laying next to each other cuddling. The foreplay, everything in between is implied, use your imagination.

Animations are bad, almost... I have seen worse, and this dev is actually making an effort. Nevermind about the poor graphics quality, what gets me the most is the timing. What I mean is, some of the animations are your typical 3-8 second loops, which is pretty standard, but not good. Even some of those I saw the models sliding around ignoring physics. It seemed to me that this is the devs first game, as they got a little better over time.

What really throws me for a loop, is not all the animations are the same. Some of the animations are really thought out and had a progress that matched the conversation taking place. The problem is, there is no way to tell the difference between the good animation and the standard loops, because one click and you are on the next scene. If you really want to see them all you HAVE to wait a good minute on each one just to make sure the loop animation you are watching doesnt shift into something else. It took me a while to figure this out, and it bugs me not knowing how many real animations I missed because they looked like standard loops from the start.

The story has no plot, you are just following along with the MC similar to a coming of age vibe. It isnt a bad story, it just doesnt have anything special either.

I didnt recognize any reused backgrounds, so that is a plus. The models are all a little different looking, their personalities more so.

Nothing screamed great too me, but by the time I got to the end of 7, I was thoroughly invested and interested in what was going to happen next. While there are some bad things in the beginning, they slowly get better, and less distracting, so the overall experience is pleasant. Or maybe I just got used to it.

I encourage the devs to keep working on your animations, and adding more transition scenes between major scenes so the cuts break immersion less. I dont think I said that right... You should add more screens? slides? inside a scene, to make the overall scene smoother.

The animations can last several clicks, entire coversations can take place in the span of a single animation. Your special animations, you should break them up and tie them to clicks so they arent missed.

I look forward to the next version. Thank you for sharing your hard work with us for free. I hope you dont give up and continue to improve.

There are some technical issues. But the dev said that this will be fixed, so... I'll shut up about it.

The game is damn hilarious. I was laughing so hard at times tears welled up. Renders aren't very high quality, if that sort of thing matters to you.
As I said the dialogue is just epic. This could be the sitcom the world needs now.
I like the story a lot as well.

The story is interesting at the start, you being in coma, your father death. But sudenlly all the woman you meet wants to fuck you even when they don't know you beforhand, the nurses, they all flirt with the MC and talk to him like they were in love with him or like if they meet him before the accident and they were close friends. You fuck one of the "special" nurses and the next day she looks like she fell in love with the MC. The lawyers confess that they always wanted to fuck the MC's father but he never did it, so they will fuck the MC, WTF???
If you tell me that this VN is set in a Fantasy world where magic exist, and that the MC has a Magical Aura or a Magical Dick that make all the females want to fuck him, I would have no problem, but this, this have no sense, all females are sluts from the beggining without a reason and all of them want the MC without a reason.

One of my favorite VNs,
Good renders, good animations, interesting story, interesting characters (Tina forever)
Just finished the latest update (0.7) and I can't wait to see what happens next
No huge drama, feel good moments plenty, fucking awesome comedy
I'm not sure what else to say ...one of the really good ones out there, I'm really surprised this doesn't have a bigger following
Recommend this VN for anyone
10/10
UPDATE EDIT current version
game went to shiit , cuck elements were added to the story with MC becoming essentially a walking dildo ... game went to shit.

I started off really liking this. The initial scenes were intriguing and the graphics satisfying. But then!

Everybody wants sex with everybody with no rational or thought process. Statements like " I've always wanted to fuck you." When the character has not previously met the MC other than when he is in a coma. Necrophilia? People talk to the MC about their sexual preferences without prompting or reason to.

Every female who meets the MC wants to fuck him without any social intercourse . Why not just say that to mend him whilst he was in his comma they attached a gross magic penis one sight of which made everybody want it in them. Warning do not go naked into the cowshed!

Also, the graphics for the sex scenes are very short and kind of stuttering.

I was going to give it just two stars but I realised that it had no unfeasibly big balloon breasts. That is worth at leas one star.

If all you want is sex scene after sex scene this is for you. But they do get repetitive.

TL;DR:
- V0.6
- Renders are OK, Animations are abyssmal
- Spelling, grammar and typesetting could use some attention
- Story is unoriginal and sometimes weird

Well, just see it as a training-project. The game could be a simple and wholesome harem-story, in which you don't have to fear any consequences, once some more content is in it. But right now, it's a little lacking on all fronts.
Like, in the very beginning, you wake up in the hospital and almost immediately learn that you were involved in a car crash... that also killed your father. Your first reaction to that? You ask the doctor if that cute little nurse will come back, that accidentally showed you some sideboob. And then goes on to give you a sidenote (one sentence on a black screen) inbetween scenes about the MC crying and all the nurses being understanding...
That is already quite representative of how the rest of the story will be presented. It starts out with an actual plot, but then you basically have a few meaningless conversations as filler inbetween meaningless sexual encounters.

The renders are not great, but also not bad. Little grainy. But the models are cute, the locations look actually lived in, and places are appropriately populated. The Animations though... it would actually be better without them, because they look REALLY clunky, almost half-assed and somehow put me off the game. They also lack any kind of buildup. Like, you talk to a woman lying down, then you are suddenly balls deep inside her and before you know it, she's dressed on the other side of the room.

Some people complained about the movie-references / "attempts" at humor... I actually liked them. Bigger problem is the writing itself. Until I read the dev's statement, I was actually convinced he was asian, with english as his third language or something. If he wants to improve the game, getting a proofreader would go a long way.

Subpar in in every department, horrible renders and animations, very generic uninteresting plot. Looks dated with ugly unsexy character models. Just an unerotic mess of an erotic game, stay away.

Hard pass, can't recommend at all