Ren'Py - Apocalust [v0.08] [Psychodelusional]

Played the demo and for me its a hard decision. I mean it's great and amazing to finally see this game after what? 2 years? even it's just an introduction. but i am conflicted and very sad.

Pros:
+ AMAZING graphics/renders (top tier)
+ NICE animations
+ nice light and music (atmosphere)
+ CURVY girls (and i mean finally one of just a few where the girls are really currvy but not unproportional or fat)
+ great english
+ nice humour
+ GREAT interface with special xp animantions and rpg-like conversations

Cons:
- sceptical when the next version will come (again 1 or 2 years?)
- implied harem root but i was hoping for more of an voyeur/ntr game
- seems like only the mc will get pussy and be the main focus without differernt dick options...
- mc looks way too slim and smooth (and young) = sorry but boring
- music a tad too loud



even mentioned by lovely chloe it's a really damn short demo but if the game will just focus about the boring looking boy and that he gets pussy and you cannot play either the girls or getting them make out with other guys i won't play and support this game in the future even it has REALLY amazing quality.

tl;dr: i am personally sick of so many harem, shota (little boy gets pussy) games with curvy hot girls. if it's optional it's totally fine with me. but if turns out you can ONLY play the mc and then ONLY have the option to win the women's hearts to ONLY have sex with them i am out and REALLY dissapointed.

But future (far or not so far) will tell i guess.

For a demo, this is pretty fantastic. You can tell just from the stills, visually this is something special and has a ton of attention to detail and polish.

VISUALS 9.8/10 - Some of the best out there.
--Designs 9.7/10 - Love the designs of the girls. They are all dictinct and attractive in a unique way while all still being highly attractive. I usually love blonde characters in erotic games because they're often done the best but I especially like that the ethnic girls in this are attractive which is rare for an erotic game, especially the black and indian/middle eastern characters. The asian character could look more attractive imo though. I feel like asian girls in western porn and porn games always look so stereotypical rather than actually beautiful/hot.
--Execution 9.9/10 - Probably one of the most polished and good looking games out there. Materials are good. Lighting especially looks fantastic; it makes it feel like a fantasy/dream which really sets what it's going for. Even in the dim lighting, it feels flattering (like it's moonlit/you can feel the TV backlighting) and kinda naughty or something but still clear on the important points (being able to see the beauty of the girl in the scene).

AUDIO 8.5/10 - It's good. Feels like a lot of work went into it. The end result adds to the experience but hits shy of how much work probably went into it.
--Music 8/10 - Music is fitting enough, doesn't distract. Feels like a fantasy porn game, sounds like a fantasy game. Like if I were to just listen to the music, I wouldn't suspect this was an erotic game at all. I'd think it's maybe The Sims which isn't horrible. I think if it was halfway between what it currently is and porn-ish music or somekind of music that feels sensuous, it'd probably be just about right. A game that I think did a really excellent job of erotic game music is Heart Problems (kinda like a cool jazzy sensuous and more upscale feeling version of porn music) because it didn't sound tacky like porn music but still had that feel while capturing the aesthetic of that game (like cool jazzy sultry vs Apocalust's suburban fantasy feel). It's not a problem though and at least the game does have a relatively coherent direction and the music in the same general direction. It's definitely not bad or actually distracting and immersion killing like some games' music.
--SFX ~9/10 - Not much to tell yet but sounds good. Sounds sexy and adds to the experience.

WRITING 7/10 - Hard to tell too much so far. So far it's alright.
--Story/Setup ~8/10 - So far seems like it has pretty good setup. Not distractingly bad or stupid.
--Characters ~8.5/10 - Seems like this is also similar to the story. Pretty good but could be better when it comes to execution. Anyway, it's not so bad to get in the way. It does its part and lets the visuals shine.
--Execution ~5.5/10 - The execution is what's lacking. It has no problems in terms of being understood but the specific dialogue of what's said sometimes feels a little porn-y (like fake) or just not as polished as it could be/not very hot which involves a more immersive approach (which porn is very often distractingly not immersive). It's not so bad it's as distracting in here as it is in stereotypical porn but it does lean in that direction a bit at times. Could be better, could definitely be a lot worse. Lots of minor grammatical errors. Also really, really wish I could at least find/get access to the script file so I can customize the dialogue for myself at least but can't find it or un.rpyc it.

Overall Experience 9.3-9.9/10 - it's still very early to tell but you can tell this is a high quality game and that whoever is working on it has played other erotic games and knows the major pitfalls of other erotic games and also what made some of the best ones so good.


*The biggest question I have for this game is how the pacing will be in subsequent releases. Will it be a satisfying escalation? Will it blow off too quickly without milking good build up? Will it be a blue-ball let down of 80% building up well but then for 80% of the game resulting in unsatisfying teasing/misdirection then in the final 20% of the game all sex scenes when most people's patience has already expired? How good will the scenes/content ideas be? It's already a promising game though.

It's soon for demo gift 5 start.
The girls are good and has good animations.
Has little story , no much information of the theme of game . Possible we need wait next update for rate better . I hope next update has more information for gift 5 start.
Good luck in next update . Need fix text in various parts
New . 2 not drop
Not UI and not menu. Not has more than 10 minutes

Great looking work. Characters look amazing, great quality, a bit unrealistic figures but THATS THE POINT! Its a comic world, anything and everything CAN happen there. Its just the demo, so waiting to know more of the story line, hope it will not go to some silly magic fantasy and stay more with the characters and the relationships between them. Overall: Bravo to Dev!!!

Leaving aside all the jokes, waits and all. (That I didn't follow much) the art of the game is very good, very good and shows a lot of quality.

If it is only for me to judge the demo, it is certainly quite a piece of material.

Demo looks great, the renders are excellent. Honestley I think this is going to be the next big game if the Dev keeps up the quality. I really don't see a downside since its a Demo it really is perfect and the models are excellent one of the best I have ever seen. Def a worth to try out the Demo and future updates I assure you it won't be a waste of time.

for a demo, this is top tier stuff, the animations and visuals are incredible, the writing (what little there is) is still very good, and rather funny. I see people complaining about this game taking two years, (good marketing if you ask me) but lets not be negative about a wait when the game looks as good as it hopefully turns out to be.