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.
UPDATE: since a couple release ago maybe around 0.5+ the game has hit a rather nice stride. Each release feels like a good "chapter" amount and has good stuff. I just kinda wish maybe the semen effect was a little better and also some of the animation are kinda off or awkward but overall still an excellent game/one of the best out there. Personally love the more kinky past games of the creator and would love to see more of that in Apocalust as it progresses or in a way that fits Apocalust's kinda more glitsy and glimmering atmosphere. I also think it'd be really cool to have a scalable meter or something to adjust the animation speed into more hardcore speed or i wouldn't mind if some of the scenes were more hardcore in speed like "confined with goddesses" had a lot of really good content animation hardcore speed settings.
