VN - Ren'Py - Completed - An Unusual Date: Amelie [v1.0] [PuffyNip Games]

This is a nice small game and it is finished which is a bonus. Great game with a good amount of content. quests are easy to follow, well made characters and the terrain is easy to navigate to allow you to enjoy the game.

Is just a demo for the developer starting out and introducing one of girls for main game (Not a bad idea).

Very short and linear to introduce his style, which is nice and steps well away from the more typical anime. I also get feel it was a test to get used to platform before working on main project, which also a clever move.

I only dropped stars because of size and its limited gameplay not because it had any glaring faults.

The fact she's "independent and free from many socially common taboos" leads to thinking your final outcome would be more than just one drawing of sex in cowgirl position.

2 minutes tops of gameplay to reach the 4 endings. And three of them don't give additional pictures, only a Game Over screen. The options leading to a game over are really obvious and it makes the "choice" aspect of the game really artificial.

Moreover, there's no story here. No unexpected events, no twist, no social or political comment, nothing that could last in your mind. You ask a girl for the direction, she invites you to a date, then she asks to go to your place, you fuck, the end.

The character design is decent. But the art for the sex scenes are a bit more awkward. And there's only: bikini picture ----> kiss ----> oral sex ---> cowgirl. Nothing out of the ordinary, and not even the bare minimum (the option to cum in her mouth leads to a game over, so you don't even see it).

Basically, this game's story would need to convey something interesting. The art should be present in much larger quantity. The choices should feel like a date sim. The endings should have additional art and writing, or not exist at all.

A short game better have an explosive impact on the player, like any professional short story you'd read in school. Otherwise, it's just a long story that ends too soon.

(there's no malice in my critique, that was my proposition on what the game lacks to earn 4 other stars)

Short on content but a great short story nonetheless.

Excellent art. Perfect for telling the story.

Very linear, every wrong choice loses the game. Not a complex offering (part of its charm).

If you want to kill 15 minutes, this is an excellent erotic short.

Pros:

1- Typical dating sim boy meets girl plot, who after meeting tries to win her over. It works since it doesn't overstay it's welcome.
2- Simple graphics, but again, they do work for such a short game.

Meh:

1- No full-screen shots
2- Diverge from main path or game over. This would be in cons if the game was longer, but this game is so short that it didn't bother me that much.

Cons:

1- For such a short game none.

Overall a nice little game, very inoffensive. Try it see for yourself.