VN - Ren'Py - Artemis [v0.6] [digi.B]

I can't say enough good things about this story. Yes, it is a story, not just a FAP-o-rama. Yes, there is a few instances of awkward language usage, but you guys know how I feel about people who beat up the Devs because of their language or culture issues, I'm not indulging that in the least.

What I like about this, besides the story is this: Expressions. The characters are lifelike and actually have different expressions and lifelike eyes. DigiB has put a lot of work into this project. June is very hot and I like how when she was sad and worried about the MC, her character didn't have much makeup and looked like she'd been crying. Katy likes quick sex but appreciates that the MC wants to date her, not just come over for a quick fuck. Paige respects the MC cause when she was drunk and passed out, he put her to bed without fucking the shit out of her first. Kindra is probably the best character IMO because she struggles (like we all do) with knowing when to say the right thing, and irritated when she doesn't. (I'm hoping the MC get some MFF action withe her and June, or any of the other girls for that matter!) Cass is a cunt, nothing else to say. Zelda struggles to overcome her shyness and lack of self confidence. DK...well now that one is going to be a freak, I bet, when she finally gives it up (kinda like Dr. Emma in Shut up and Dance).

The other thing I really like is that all the girls are different: Naomi is buff, June is curvy, Kindra is petite (and so fucking hot). This is not your below average FapStory where all the girls look exactly the same with huge asses and tits. And where the MC is obsessed with fucking his mom and sisters (oops, I mean LANDLADY and ROOM MATES...lol). Not a big fan of the ghetto talk but that is the world we live in. DigiB is very creative with nicknames and slang words used by the characters.

I can't wait for the next chapter. I only hope that Vulvamort or Cuntsandra, (your choice) gets hers in the end...

Keep up the good work, and if you or any other Dev want help with language usage, I'd be happy to take time from my college homework to help edit text. We are all in this together, after all.

p.s. with all the money Kindra has, could she please buy the MC a hat that fits him...LOL

One of THE BEST (if not the best) storytelling/romance game.

Every chapter has it's own dynamic feel to it and guarantees that you won't get bored throughout the game.

The characters aren't mild and generic, they have their own quirks, interesting if not heart-warming backgrounds and feel like they are genuinely alive.

And lastly, the humour. I can't even begin to count how many times I cracked up at the jokes in this game. They don't feel forced nor corny and are perfectly executed.

A genuine masterpiece, I can't wait to see what else digi.B has in store for us and to see how the story unravels

I have mixed feelings about this game. There are parts of the game that I like and other parts I feel are completely unnecessary or do not work in favor of the game.

When it comes to the girls, there are some girls I really like and the others who I feel are completely unnecessary. I really like how girls like Kindra, June, the MC's psychiatrist and Cassandra are written. Kindra is probably my favorite - her writing and antics makes me smile. June and the psychiatrist are also great characters and I feel like they add value to the story by helping the MC when he was down. I like Cassandra because of how much the dev's writing managed to make me hate her. Unfortunately every other girl to me feels completely unnecessary and is basically filler content. Yes they are pretty but I feel like except Reina, none of them bring any value whatsoever to the story and this drags it down for me - instead of plot progression I feel like I am stuck doing a bunch of filler content that serves no purpose. Normally that wouldnt be an issue but when the rest of the game is good, filler content sticks out a bit more.

As for the art style - it is average. The renders in the first couple of chapters fall in the uncanny valley but even so they grow on you. The quality improves in future chapters. Overall I am indifferent to the quality of renders and the animations.


I have mixed feelings about the main character and the villain - on one hand I like the MC's past and how much the writing makes me hate the MC's ex Cassandra. On the other hand I find angsty main characters a bit annoying to play. I understand trauma makes you react in strange ways but I wish the game offered more choices on how the player chooses to react. For example when Kindra proposed a partnership with the MC for starting her company the MC over-reacted. It is understandable given the MC's past but I also found it frustrating and I wish I had a choice on how to react. An example of what I am looking for is at the beginning of the latest update, Cassandra calls the MC and you have several choices on how you want to deal with her - I think giving the player choices on how they wanted to deal with her was a good thing - at the beginning when she attempts to contact you, you can simply hang up on her. When you meet her you can approach the situation in different ways. I wish we had another option to simply avoid meeting her in the first place but I can overlook that. I want more choices like this when dealing with other characters as well - when you have an angsty MC who makes angsty choices, forcing the MC in a specific choice is a frustrating player experience for me. I get that we cannot have branching paths as that would be too much work but I am not asking for branching paths I am simply asking for alternate dialogue choices and the ability to cut out some content we do not want to see which I would imagine is not as much work as branching paths.

The writing surrounding Cassandra is another mixed bag for me. I think the MC and Cassandra's history is incredibly well written. However Cassandra herself is a bit boring and one dimensional. I would have liked her a lot more if she was either competent, a bit more of a psychopath (right now she just comes off as a stereotypical mean girl and is not interesting enough) or if she had a bit more nuance to her character. When it comes to the Cassandra plotline, the past is great but I dont like the plotline involving her in the present.

As for the main plot, again there are things I like and things I dislike. I like the basic idea of the main story which is trying to build a startup. I dislike all the drama surrounding it and the filler content. I want to see more about how the MC and Kindra (and now Jun) develop a product, how they pitch ideas to VCs to get funding, how they grow their company and handle challenges of scaling up production, how they deal with public relations and generate public interest in androids etc. However what we get is different - we get (in my opinion) completely unnecessary filler content with the INK college girls - again they are pretty but I dont feel like they serve any purpose as far as the plot is concerned. And we get a bunch of unnecessary drama which impacts the game negatively in my opinion. The premise of the story is interesting enough that the game does not need to be some soap opera. The game can have drama with MC and Cassandra but it does not need to be the focus of the game - I think it can be toned down a bit and can be a background side story arc as opposed to being so central to the plot.

Overall this game is decent but does not stand out to me and I have mixed feelings about nearly every aspect of it. It is a 5/10 for me which translates to 2.5 stars that I am rounding up to 3.

Such an amazing experience so far. I really would like more romance options for Kindra soon. This game is delivering a decent cast, good writing, amazing graphics, and a very unique experience for the genre.

The game is really good and interesting, not without flaws (like the characters' smiling), but the story is very enjoyable to read, all the dialogues are good.
The quality of the models can be seen to be improving over time.
The animations are done very well.
A lot of content, but would have liked more lewd scenes.

Looking forward to the next update!

I've read quite a few of the reviews below and found myself nodding my head in agreement. This is an excellent game with a strong update cycle that, while long (6 months or more), results in MASSIVE updates with several hours of fresh content that has been thoroughly bug-fixed and playtested by his higher tier patrons.


The cameo from a now-completed game with similar models is well-done and both hilarious and epic in equal amounts. LOVE Lexi, and the in-joke about the similarities between the MCs.


If I had one criticism it would be that the adult scenes, while they contain lengthy animations often longer than 10 seconds each, are a bit sparse compared to other popular titles. Thankfully, the story is so good that I honestly don't mind.

Well, there just few VNs out there with a similar overall quality level (though those have their specific strengths partially in other areas). Starting with the strengths of this one, it's very sure to say, that the renderers are among the best of all VNs. There are VNs with a similar level of rendering quality, but we are talking here really about the absolute top class. The point, where this VN is on a completely own (higher) level is, when it comes to music integration (-> and therefore atmosphere in the important scenes). This is definitely outstanding. Furthermore the menu is pretty impressive designed.

Criticising on a really high level, some (not all) of the animations are more 'mid-class' (some of them are also high class). The 'free roam' or 'point&click' is well done (above average), but not on a level like desert stalker. Sometimes I felt that those scenes could have also just be shown in a linear way, but it's fine, the way it is. Additionally while I praised the creation of atmosphere above, this is not completely consistent through the whole game. Which leads me to the storyline/telling. While the 'main' or 'primary' plotline (Artemis, Cassie, Kindra, the companies etc.) is pretty well done, it loses a lot of speed and therefore tension through the excessive implementation of the 'secondary' plotline (INK & side characters you meet). I often ended up pressing Ctrl in those phases of long dialogues from the secondary line, because after the seventh or tenth side girl telling you about her entire past lifetime, current situation and all future dreams, you lose track at some point (especially since the end result is in nearly all cases the same: they are not that much relevant for the primary plot and are more or less just there for some more spicy scenes). While I generally don't reject the idea/existence of 'side chicks', there must be (imho) one of the conditions met for those:
1. There are many, but character depth is kept a bit shorter and you might see some of them only at very few /rare occaisons
2. There are just few (maybe three - give or take) of them with a bit more storytime/depth (the level you get here)
Here I feel a bit overloaded with too much information about too much side characters - in a way that the primary plot feels a bit slowed down/stretched.

This is - still - criticising on a high level. There is definitely a fair share of 'primary plotline' (it's none(!) of the game where the author tries to stretch the story as far as possible with unrelevant dialogue, just to delay the end of the story), but that would be something that could get a bit improvement in my opinion (regarding the level of quality of this VN in other areas).

Compared to other VNs here, Artemis recieves from me all in all well deserved 5/5 points.

Review as of [Chapter 4 v0.4.1]

SPOILERS!

My Synopsis:
_Artemis is an erotic, sci-fi set in the near future.

The story revolves around Aiden (MC) whom is an experienced, well-liked, and charismatic software-engineer.

As a talented software engineer working for the most prominent IT company, the MC were on his way to enjoying the good life until the last person he expected to betray him takes it all away. The MC is prepared to stand back up and rejoin the world in search of a useful existence after three years of healing from the emotional trauma. Several unpleasant incidents occur, putting his newly acquired fortitude to the test. However, not everything is bad when he reestablishes an old acquaintance with someone whose proposal makes him uneasy.

Will Aiden be able to overcome these obstacles while still trying to get his life back on track?

Read _Artemis to find out.

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Renders - Early on in the game, let's say in chapter 1, the graphics are really rough. However, as time went on, it got better and can now compete with other AVNs.

Models are well done; they don't resemble one another in a way that they frequently do in other VNs.

The majority of environments and settings are custom-made. The fact that it establishes the current tone of the scene is why the developer emphasizes it.

In addition, I think the expressions are really well-made in this game and is one of its strong suits.

Story – Despite being chapter 4, it is rather lengthy (4980 renders in CH4 alone). It is one of those AVNs that puts a lot of emphasis on the story. Currently, it concentrates on developing characters and the world.

The plot beats are well-made, the pacing is excellent, and the humorous moments are nicely placed.

All I can say is that the developer can write.

Animations – This could be the greatest I've ever seen. It's... perfect. If you take a look at the animations and how they were made, you could see it happening in real life. I can't profoundly explain it, but it's amazing.

In a certain scene, I anticipated that the garments would clip, but I was taken aback when they didn't. It never clipped and followed the animation's progression. It must have been challenging to accomplish.

Sounds – Everything is wonderful. It fits really well with the setting. And is often utilized in comedic segments.

However, several have been removed from the current version due to legal concerns. In the scene where Kindra "shakes" her behind, for instance, the music has been removed. I find it sad that the newcomers won't be able to enjoy that with the song in mind.

Grammar – It's excellent and completely unbroken. The most recent chapter contains a few errors, but the creator patches them right away.

Dev - Feedback has been well accepted by the developer, and modifications are frequently implemented as a result.

Conclusion:
Giving _Artemis a rating of 5 stars and looking forward to how the developer builds upon the strong and solid foundation he has built for the plot.

Very nice game wth a very good and well written story and chars. Visuals are also very nicely made ..... some complain that it doesnt have so much sexual stuff which I dont think, the sexual encounters are well placed. I really like the game and for me its one of the best here.....so if you are in on a game with a nice story, visuals and chars then try it out and support the dev.
PS: The costume of the MC on the Haloween oarty really made my day In addition I also like the music. So I hope for updates soon.

I have been playing upwards of 500+ coom games, here is my TLDR list of items

Pros:
Good Story ++++
Unique 3d Models ++++
Actual Good Dialogue ++++
Sex Scenes++++

Cons:
3D Models +


Literally this is good stuff. Highly recommend 10/10

man the story, Aiden's character and its development, the animations, the musics, the little details of blowing hair out of face, this project is made with love and hard work and it deserves love.
Thank you for this experience, keep up the awesome work.

Had my doubts at the start but have to say it's turning into a real nice game.
Decent story, good renders, some nice music on the last chapter especially.

Can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter.
Keep up the good work!!!

Another Tribe of the Valkyries VN. It breaks the immersion for me as it doesn't feel real, I've to shut my brain off to keep going. Some people are into fiction, I'm into reality based VNs. Personal taste.

Besides that and some renders, mostly from K, where it feels like it was a 4:3 format and it was stretched to 16:9, everything is excellent. Great production.

Thank you and the best of luck.

Version 0.4.1

When I started playing, I was actually not that excited about the game. The sex scenes alone were fine, but the graphics in general were blurry and not really high quality. I also didn't find the characters in the game particularly pretty but rather decent, at a level still worth playing the game for.

But in episode 2, the graphics suddenly get a lot better and a few of the characters really improved. overall, the graphics improved. DK without the glasses, one of the hottest ladies in AVN I've ever seen. Specifically, the BJ animations are really the best I have seen in an AVN as well, the animations are very smooth and of course hot.

Lastly, the story is evolving wonderfully as well. In the first episode, I didn't find everything completely clear but even that greatly improved and in the end I think it really is a great story. Five stars well deserved.

I would honestly put this up against any other game on this site. The characters are all unique and memorable, the MC has his own sense of humor, strong motivation and backstory. The world building is phenomenal, it's clear a lot of thought and love went into this conception.

What a fucking gem!

Captivating story, beautiful renders and very pleasant and smooth casual and talking animations (no frigging close/open mouth bopping heads, thank god). Likable characters. Sexy sceenes.

I must say I value games where I dont feel like skipping any text.

Give it go. Very good game.

Artemis [v0.3.2] is one of my all time favorites, there is a way about the characters that is so close to reality, they are adorable I sense and feel familiar with them .
Almost every aspect of the game designed perfectly, beautiful story, moving dialogues, spectacular artwork and visual effects are on another level, futuristic aspects of the story shows the ingenious minds of the creators, it designed with such certainty that I feel like already exists , also story of forlorn MC to rise and reach to success through all obstacles is very pleasant .

I was recommended this game by another reviewer. Its story is very rich, but the one thing that this game has in spades is comedic timing. Like man... some of the setup and payoffs are stuff you expect to find in high-budget comedy movies.

This is a very, very good VN/game.

Not a masterpiece as some would say but compared to the rest of the games here, its a fucking masterpiece.

The good in no particular order:

- Story is awesome. Its the best thing about this game imo. I cant wait to see whats next, i got hooked from the beginning and now im dying to continue.
I dont even care about the lewd scenes, i just want to know what happens next

- Writing is awesome. It feels natural. Its serious when it has to be, its funny when it has to be and cringy when it has to be.

- Humor is very well done. When i started the game i assumed it would be more ... dark, akin to Leap of Faith or something. But nope, its both dark and funny. Well ... "dark". Not like Leap of Faith.

- Characters. Every character is properly developed, each with his/her own personality. Everyone acts the age and the way they are supposed to (an exception would be Kindra, she's like a kid haha, i love her). You dont see anyone acting like a horny 12yo when they are 30yo like in other games.

- MC is awesome. He looks great, acts properly. He's not a horny teen in adult shoes if you know what i mean. He went through some heavy shit and is a mess at the beginning and the journey to heal himself is great. You feel his struggle ...
He is a badass when he wants to be but also a very funny and goofy guy.
Kudos to the dev for making a proper MC unlike most other games.

- Renders are awesome.

- Character models are awesome

- Animations are top notch. By far the best of any game ive played (and ive played a lot so far). Lewd scenes are animated and they are awesome.

- Loads of content. You will be playing for a bunch of hours.


Neutral stuff :

- Slow burn. For me its a good thing but i know not everyone wants this.

- Not many lewd scenes (considering how long the game is in terms of story/renders) and normally this would be placed in the bad category but the story makes up for it. The "few" lewd scenes there are, are fucking important to the MC. I dont even care about lewd scenes anymore, the dev could stop making any and just tell a story and ill be happy.

The bad (or rather the not so good, i dont think there are truly bad things with this game):

- Character smiling. I find them a bit weird. Idk how to explain it. They dont look right imo. They are not terrible but most of the characters that smile look off when they do it ...


Yeah. Thats about it. Other than the smiling thing, i couldnt find anything bad for me.

An amazing game. This game screams quality. Everything from the main menu to the game itself and everything in between is QUALITY.

Very well done dev/devs. You got yourself a patreon supporter. Cant wait to see more of it. Cant wait to finally take some revenge on Cassandra. That bitch has it coming.

I really dont know how i didnt way earlier came across this game, no idea. With that said...
This game is MASTERPIECE!
One if not my new favourite one! Such a great story, renders, protagonist character, others characters, etc etc, i could just keep going cuz game is literally top 3 best i ever played in last 3 years!
TYVM DB for making this.
My favourite characters are Paige and Reina, and ofcrourse Zelda ^^
Cutest one Kindra ^^ But ofcrs every girl is perfect in her on way.
Just wish that game revolve more around Reina or Paige, but i am sure it will in future updates!
Best regards! <3