Ren'Py - Apocalust [v0.09] [Psychodelusional]

Apocalust v0.06

+ Yes, the game is gorgeous, wonderful animations and attractive, diverse, albeit over-over-exaggerated models.

-- Zero Ren'Py menu controls (back, skip, hide, etc.)
Considering all the work going into animations on every screen, I find it difficult that there isn't an option to toggle the default menu options on/off.

-- Terrible writing.

-- Plot holes.
For example, early scene when mother gets stuck in washer/dryer...one frame has MC ejaculating and the next she is free instead of still stuck. How did she teleport? Because teleportation is the only explanation of how she got unstuck.

OVERALL:
If this is an experiment in coding, animations, and renders then I get it, there is some cool stuff here.
But just look at the most popular/downloaded/rated VNs and replicate the formula there because this writing doesn't work, at least not in this early version.

Outstanding game with astounding characters. I must say the characters built very well. And the story is very well written. Each of the character is just perfect in its own way. Hope this VN will keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work dev .

Apocalust [v0.06] - Review

Overall:
In every sense of the word, this is a PORN game. The character design and the events are all followed by a constant focus on lust, horny MILFS, and naughty sneak peeks at someone's crotch or cleavage.

Did I have fun playing this game? Absolutely.
Is it the best game I've ever played? Nope, but I would still give it 5 stars because it's quite original.
Here are my thoughts.
Design:
Regarding the visual aspect of this game, I was really blown away. I like how the dev didn't skimp on the body proportions and the amount of ass jiggles in this game. Some would say that it's useless, but I think it's fun.
The game is fully animated, with great attention to detail and evident focus on boobs, asses, and overall hot models. If you like MILFS - this one's for you.
Story
In short, the guy you're playing as gets into contact with some alien entities. After that, he gains a set of metaphysical abilities that soon start corrupting his mind. This all serves as a way to get lots of lewd scenes, naked women, and sex. The story is not believable, but it serves the purpose of getting the most out of these characters and being a fun experience for the player.
Gameplay
The game is divided into chapters; it's linear, but you do get to click on things - a few choices here and there, but it's nothing major.
There are love and lust points that can get you to different scenes and in different directions regarding the relationships you have with other characters, but it's kind of pointless as I believe most people are going to click on the lust option. The music and the sounds are great, and I also liked the humour elements in the dialogues.


All in all, it was a fun one hour and a half experience.

Best animations, characters, and story I've seen yet. This is the first game I've felt compelled to support; I highly encourage any who enjoy this project to consider a donation. The quality is far beyond what I've grown used to here on these forums.

This is a a must HAVE and support for MILF + huge breast lovers.

Review as of v0.06

Visuals

• I'm sorry (not really) but the character model chosen for the MC just looks like a chode. He has no actual hairstyle, and he looks like he's 15 but has his own house?
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• I feel like there was a missed opportunity - amid all the visual appeal of this game - to have mouth movement. There is zero, despite the rest of the characters' bodies having cyclic movements in virtually every scene.
• The depth of field(?) implemented in this game is top notch. Truly one of a kind.
• For all its visual glory, the animations largely suffer from inferior physics/collision. A very good example of this
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  It's literally like someone said "click the parts you want to jiggle" and only two places were selected and completely overdone.
• My final critique on the visuals: the bob and sway of characters in otherwise still scenes makes me feel like I'm at the character selection screen for Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter or Tekken.
• Random gyrating movements that are neither fluid nor natural

Gameplay Mechanics

• Constant "BUZZ!" effect to express surprise/alarm
• Completely unrealistic non-instinctual gestures, mannerisms, and reactions. You'll see what I mean when you stare at each scene as you play through.
• LP are neither explained nor appear to have any real function. You also cannot lose any; worst case scenario is you miss gaining a few. To what end? Don't implement a point system without making it clear why/how it will affect the story or the player.
• I don't remember dev's other game being so naively oblivious. Every woman in this game is unrealistic in every conceivable way. Obviously, that's a good thing where a number of their bodies are concerned. It is not a good thing when we think about charcter, relatability, and just general human tendencies. For example:
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• Why bother with Love/Lust options? Who's going to pick Love over Lust in a game like this? It's clearly not substantive enough that the average person is going to be interested in any love path. Even if we were, the game doesn't offer any discernable consequence either way.

Dialog

• Ellipses...so...many...ellipses.
• Dialog pauses, where we just see one character thumbnail followed by the other and no actual words thought or spoken.
• Honestly, the proofreading overall is pretty abysmal. I've seen multiple spelling and grammar errors. Given the amount of time dev needs between updates, there should be zero spelling/grammar issues.

Story

• It's exactly what you think it's going to be, at least so far. MC is a clueless simp with no discernable character or personality.
• Every woman somehow magically wants your nuts, even though they have zero incentive (assuming they had not yet seen your cock).
• The progression is quite slow. Despite the version we're in now, and a sizeable update in terms of content we can consume from the last update, there's still really nothing going on.
• It's basically MC stumbling from one scene to the next in an encounter with 1 or more women who seem to either get stuck in impossible ways that result in sexual tension, or that is skipped entirely and within moments someone's getting naked.
• Tl;dr - MC is in college, but doesn't live at nor is he ever seen entering one. He has a live-in maid who acts like his mom. Everything with a vagina wants him inside her, no matter how unimpressive he is. There are indications of a harem element brewing.

Final Thoughts
I don't know what happened to the spark of talent from Dark Neighborhood, but aside from creating visually stunning imagery I'm not convinced the dev is capable of good storytelling. Yes, I know that in general the average VN has garbage storylines, unbelievable characters, etc. This isn't going to stop me from giving an honest review each and every time I encounter those flaws. I'm not going to contribute to normalizing these people making a killing by phoning it in. It's too late to continue saying the dev can still turn this around and make a quality game. He clearly doesn't care to, and just wants impressive jerk-off material. I think his time would be much better spent doing exactly that; become an animator and crank out short/medium clips on Patreon. It seems to me you can make a decent amount doing that anyway, and there are no deadlines or pressure.

3 stars for incredible visuals, sans the caveats mentioned above. 0 stars for story and dialog.

You want a porngame? This one is a very good one. Visuals are beyond anything that other highest rated AVN s can produce. Yes, story is a bit weird, dialogues are full of mistakes and it is hard to distinguish between spokn words and thoughts. But other than that this game gives what a porn game can give with an uncanny presentation. Animations are the best I have ever seen. As a AVN it is a failure, as a porngame it rules undisputed.

The renders and animations in this game are absolutely unreal. I cannot understate the quality of the visuals. The Story is flawed and generally too broad in scope. There are elements of Science fiction that are unrelated to the rest of the plot and it sort of feels like three unrelated stories (the alien plot, the medicine plot, and the family drama plot) are all happening parallel to each other without much overlap. That said, if the plot serves only to facilitate fantastic visuals then it does the job really well.

0.06

The renders are amazing and very well done.
Same with the female character designs, they're very hot.

My only problem with this game lies with the writing.

It's riddled with spelling mistakes such as using "Their" instead of "They're"
or "Your" instead of "You're" So a proof reader would be recommended.

The other issue is that I can never tell whether the dialogue is something that's being said out loud or if it's a thought since whenever a character is thinking the text is never between the ( ) symbols or something else that would imply that it's a thought.

never seen any games like this before or even after. The story is so straightforward. The good side is, no need to worry about getting failed by choosing the wrong options. Downside is, it's not realistic. But i don't fkin care. coz the visual is just unique. one of a kind. Keep it up bro.

Sadly this game is but pale shadow of Psychodelusional previous game the Dark neighborhood.

While Dark neighborhood was my The All Time Number One visual novel with it amazing characters, pacing and renders, Apocalust falls short on every aspect except the graphics. And yes, the renders in this game are indeed best in the genre, but it does very little to me when it's impossible to me to immerse myself to this, as everything but the graphics in this game are paper thin.

I guess Psychodelusional decided to take different approach as the previous game didn't gain enough supporters in patreon compared the work was put in the Dark neighborhood (which felt like crime in itself to me, but what can you do :/), but unfortunately, as a previous supporter of his/her work, this one isn't for me.

Regardless I do hope all the success from his/her hard work. And due that effort that has been clearly put into this game, I give 3/5 rating, even if my enjoyment of the game is 1/5

First off: I'm not an expert, a connoisseur of art and literature. I'm just a guy who likes porn games for what they are: porn.
And this one has it! Oh the quality of the renders and animation. The character models. I'm not going to tell you this has big titties and curves, cause it's on the screenshots. But hot damn the visuals are nice in this one.

The story is pretty basic, but still fun at points. I'm curious to see where it's headed (currently on version 0.05).

Visual? Superb. 10/10
Story? Dogshit. 2/10

If I want to wank I rather just pop some hentai or actual porn. I wouldn't go for this game to satiate my Visual NOVEL needs. There are plenty of games out there with more enticing stories then this school project level of story telling: "oh no, I can't stand up, my back won't let me, so let me grind on you for a while..." Bitch please.

Visuals are wasted here.

This game has one of the sexiest renders, models and animations ive seen in a game. I dont know why its rated so low. Maybe because of the zoomers saying ooooOOOOOOhh the titties are so big i dont likey. Tf is wrong with you guys.

To the dev, dont listen to the loosers this game is amazing keep the updates coming. 9/10 game.

[0.05]

Choosing a rating for Apocalust is one of my biggest challenges in life. Some of the best renders I've ever seen in porn alongside character designs that are all the way up my alley... How could it possibly go wrong? Let me count the ways.

First, the flow of the plot is all over the place. One scene, you're in a run of the mill incest simulator. The next, you're getting strange powers from an alien artifact. Then, you're helping your dad develop the next Viagra. These threads have so little overlap that you'll feel like you're randomly switching between several different porn movies. While later updates might generate some connective tissue in the story, there's still the problem that the discontinuity is already irreconcilable. You would think that acquiring supernatural abilities would completely upend the MC's life, but instead he wakes up the next morning and helps his mom caretaker with the groceries like it was any other Sunday.

When it comes to gameplay, Apocalust gets downright insulting. You will be presented with the simple dialogue options you're accustomed to in any other visual novel. Sometimes, your decision will net you +10 Lust Points. What are lust points? How many do you have? Can you cash them in for a reward? Nobody knows! It's possible that the developers are using them as a not-so-subtle hint that you picked the option that gets you more lewd scenes later on. But then, why does the completion of a scene net you +50 Lust Points?

But there's also a point-and-click interface that shows up sometimes. It's refreshing that we are given the choice of how to make a sex scene progress. How would you like to massage Evelyn? Your choices are:

• Click her shoulder to massage her shoulders, or...

That's it. That is literally your only option. Why does this interface even exist? Every time you see it, there is only one way to move the scene forward. I could have just done that without the point-and-click interface, clicking to move the story forward like any other dialogue prompt. On top of that, the game has the audacity to put a hint notification in the corner, in case you needed help doing the only action possible. Like I said, it's a bit insulting.

Deep down, Apocalust is a kinetic novel punching above its weight. While I'm not a fan of kinetic novels, at least they're honest about what they are and don't waste your time with the cruft. Bad gameplay is worse than no gameplay, and although Apolust's gameplay isn't exactly bad, it is entirely unnecessary and, frankly, bewildering in its current form. I would encourage the developers to give serious consideration to what they actually want this game to be upon completion. On top of that, the script needs a major overhaul: Just make one central plotline (the supernatural powers seems like the obvious angle here) and make everything else orbit around that.

Although I've been extremely negative throughout this review, I do think you should give it a look if the screenshots interest you. The renders really do set a new standard for the industry. Even the "stills" are animated, so characters are visibly breathing, which does a lot to makes the "boring parts" come to life. Just don't get too attached. Treat Apocalust not like a game, but more like a high quality motion comic. Hopefully, it becomes something much better than that in the future.

animations are 9/10 very very good
story and paths are 4/10 not great
but if you want some sexy hookup type content; quick and no grind this is the one
the animations really give this game the stars here
the developer is active which i respect
i recommend anyone give this a go just to see the quality/ advanced level animations

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I didn't want to give this game such a low rating tbh.
Honestly I never write reviews for anything, ever. But this game made me want to write a review (more of a rant really). It was my own mistake to jump right into this game without checking out all the screenshots and reviews. But that wouldn't have mattered anyway because all the renders look amazing. I got click baited by Liora (the sister)
I find almost every character ugly in the game except for Liora and Naomi (the fatty's mother I think) everyone else is just plain ugly. I'm sorry but to me the face of the characters matter the most, I don't care about the story/plot of most games if the characters are good looking enough. Looks are completely subjective. While I find most characters repulsive, others might find them attractive. (I just wanted to rant about these character designs first, now I'll talk about the rest of the game but I'll continue this topic again at the end).
I have to give my respect and admiration to the creator for these renders and animations, they are simply put amazing and beautiful. One of the best if not the best at the time of writing this. Especially with the 4k mod this game is just breathtaking. But unfortunately that's the only good thing about this game.
Now for the story/plot (until v0.05). I'll be honest I zoomed past every dialogue, so take this with a grain of salt. From the brief glimpses at the dialogues I felt the story/plot of this game to be mediocre/subpar. I don't pay much attention to dialogues in most games but I had to in this game because all the character designs and faces repulsed me so that was the only reason I could zoom pass the game.
There is not much variety in any of the sex/nude scenes in this game(v.005). You might have noticed how I used the phrase 'nude scenes' in an adult game, obviously there will be nudity but that's the only thing that was prominent, there was hardly any actual sex scenes. While I do understand that this is still early in the game and based on the level of detail and quality of these renders and animations it will take a lot of time a effort, it's just mostly only undressing and grinding.
Lastly I would like to say that this game had so much potential but it was ruined by extremely bad character designs and ugly faces. I get that this is a MILF focused game but I would have liked to see at least one good looking/attractive milf in this game. But instead they look ugly and all have the same body type, come on at least the creator could have added a little variation in the size ratios. All the MILFs have enormous tits and unattractively massive asses (with ugly faces. Sorry to bring it up again).
The one scene I was looking forward to was also ruined. The only good looking and extremely attractive character in this game (Liora - sister) was defiled and ruined by the creator because they added the repulsive and ugly Evelyn into the scene with Liora. I would like to apologize for the MILF hate but they were almost the exact opposite of my tastes in both faces and body ratios. I would suggest that you instead watch the gameplay videos or wait until the game is completed or abandoned to play it. And only play this game if you find all the characters attractive, if not then, it ani't worth it.

Apocalust [v0.05]

This Is the New Standard for Renders, and Ren'py Games IMO.
the MCs timidness and Usefulness of his power are my only concerns.
I loved the version i played enough to become a Patron, Im excited to see how the next Chapters unfold.
Renders: 5/5
Evelyn:6/5
Girls(the rest of them):5/5
Gameplay: 5/5
Storyline:4/5 (a bit jumpy but not hard to follow)
Interface/Design:5/5

I really liked this. It ticked off a bunch of my kinks, so keep that in mind; your kinks may vary.
The good:
-LOTS of animation, with nice attention to detail. Lots of nice jiggling and "soft" flesh," and not just cycles of sex repeating endlessly.
Pretty good models.
-Lots of upskirts, nipple slips, subtle cheeky moments. Personally, I hate the narrative goes from zero to hardcore sex. I like the cheeky peeks, the innocent misunderstands, the foot massages that go a little too far.

The Bad:
Not really a game. More of a VN.

Ease up on the lips. All that duckface makes some of the ladies look like they're having an allergic reaction!

The IDGAF:
Honestly, I blasted through most of the text. The story is basic and easy to follow, even while skimming at max speed. And I'm not here for a complex plot! Just coy, sexy moments with coy, sexy ladies.

Definitely looking forward to future updates

I'm gonna rate this game as "good", so 4 stars. However, without the animations, it would easily be a 2. The animations are great - but honestly, they're what saves this game. The story is hard to follow, and the writing is a bit wonky at times. However, during the scenes, the writing is pretty well done. The dev is obviously very skilled at creating animations, and I hope he continues to learn.

Great drawings. Sexy characters. I often pay attention to sexy clothes, this doesn't disappoint at all. Story: maybe a little complicated but this isn't make a game weak. Overall: waiting for more and please make it sooner ;-).