Ren'Py - Bastard Chronicles: The Shipwreck [v0.2] [Cremosito]

for being in its initial stage the content is promising, the story is a bit cliché (a man on a desert island with several women), however the fact that we have been on the island for years and they are new arrivals makes the plot more interesting and fun, the sandbox component gives more immersion to all of this, I JUST HOPE IT HAS REPEATABLE EVENTS WITH THE GIRLS, otherwise the sandbox is not justified.

Good start so far. I thought everything was pretty great until the sandbox part though, thankfully it seems to be one of the less tedious ones but still, sandbox 99% of the time just makes the game a chore to get through.

The good: believable enough story, great renders, and the girls have pubic hair which is rare to see the days.

The bad: not the best writing, but passable, and sandbox

(0.1)

I wanted to like this- the premise is a good one and the renders look nice. But I can't get past the fact that the characters are, frankly, utterly retarded. And not really in a slapstick way. The female leads wash up on an island and barely seem to register that they're stranded. One of them runs off into the jungle, alone, looking for a boot that could not possibly have wound up in there. Three others walk about a hundred feet down the beach and run into the main character, discover that he has shelter, fire, and food, and decide to stay away from him over about the silliest bad first impression imaginable. All five then apparently spend the next four days sitting on the beach making no attempt to find food or water (because one small pig permanently scared them away?), build a shelter, or even bathe despite being barely 10 feet from the ocean. At that point, cute or not, I kinda lost interest in them as people.

The MC is better (though he does invite one of the girls to bathe in his drinking water...) but at least for me the idea that he's too shy to interact with the first human company he's had in years fell a little flat. On the other hand I can forgive it, because he's not literally dying if he doesn't talk to them.

10/10 so far
Amazing Game, Amazing Plot, Hot Characters.

I really like this setting of a deserted island.

All the Characters seem interesting so far with fantastic designs, and Big D Wild Man MC seems pretty good.

Cant wait for more will follow this series very closely ,
Hope you can produce the story that you have in vision.

First of all I hate sandbox because it hampers storytelling and this game did not do any better. Moreover, There was hardly any contents even though the prospect looks promising. However, the renders are top notch and enjoyable. I also liked the thought process of the MC who is hesitant about the interaction with the women. This is very early to give a firm verdict about this game. So, I hope this will bring us much joy in coming days.

VERSION: 0.1
SUMMARY: Rather good start, I am hoping to see this game develop and introduce much more.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

1. Models: 4
2. Animations: 4
3. General Visuals: 4
4. Characters: 3
5. Story: 3
6. Writing: 4
7. UI & Gameplay: 4
8. Content (amount): 3
9. Sound & Music: 4
10. Fetish & kinks: NA

Average: 33 of 45 possible points giving a 73% rating i.e. 4-5 stars.

PROS:

1. Nice sound effects which are always appreciated.
2. Models are very good looking, mature woman actually look mature and are not the bullshit "milfs" you get normally. The male MC looks good also and his look fits the situation and story well.
3. Animations are pretty good but will need some extra work on the bodily interaction and physics
4. Writing is good, reads well and is structured well, so far also not mindless pointless drivel and long winded texts to get through.
5. Interaction in world is also not bad, simple things like clicking a fish to spear it is acceptable in terms of minigame and interaction, not a game or frustrating event and is over quickly but gives you that quality and change of pace from just reading even if its a tiny bit of content.
6. Sandbox at least has decent (so far) mission/journal and the interface at leas does have a map for quick travel, but the player seems to get some content when manually navigating also, not a bad idea, but could be annoying if it locks the player out of good content if using quick travel.

CONS:

1. Animations are decent but some physics issues may need some polish work, e.g. isabel at the pond playing with her breasts look like balloons the way the nipple folds, same with her rubbing up to the MC, the vag just kinda clips through his dick. Its just some extra work to be done to iron out those issues.
2. Some of the dialogue is kinda stupid, Xena looking for her boot in the bushes, I guess that speaks to her airhead mentality.
3. Not enough content to give accurate review, especially when it comes to fetishes and kinks.
4. I don't like sandbox style games, they slow the gameplay down too much and have too many conditions often to satisfy in order to get content. VN is better. Due to the little content here, its hard to fairly review this though.

FINAL THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS:

• The initial "shipwreck" when the storm hits the ship, there are some moments when I feel the characters are not really concerned about the gravity of the situation, this immediately gives me pause specifically when Xena very causally says (almost in passing) the captain just fell overboard. Then proceeds to make light of the situation with Burmosa who is more concerned about being an annoyed brat that whats happening also finds it all funny....These kinds of things don't contribute to the situation and immediately it feels fake and these two characters are immediately dislike. This should not be something that the developer should promote and should actively avoid.
• While I am fan of nice round and large tits, I don't like bimbo style knockers either, especially in realistic settings. When its an outlandish game, setting or world where most things are permitted, you turn a blind eye to shit like that because its kinda expected and you know what you gonna get before you even sign on. This however could do a little on the reduction side, however this is not a critical point, its just something I wanted to mention and obviously my opinion.
• Per the silly dialogues mentioned above, things like seeing a hut and then seeing a camp fire, then making a statement "there must be someone here afterall" is stupid, the hut was a dead give-away that there must be or have been someone around and the camp fire is not burning so its not like they know someone is there, only that someone was once. Again a nitpick, but I don't like brain dead dialogue.
• Also another little nitpick, but if you stranded on a island, you want to keep your fresh water clean and bathe in the sea to wash sand and shit off...just FYI. Sorry, I just couldnt not say something
• Some lewd scene sounds would nice also please. Always adds more spice with good quality and realistic sound effects during lewd scenes.
• Kinks or list of kinks we can expect in the game would great, I mean this game has the potential for anything especially if we consider the "fog" or whatever the aphrodisiac is affecting the woman. Added to that, they stranded, no contraceptives or any such, you can do a lot, even the hairy option for those kinds of kinks become quite viable. The dev can have a lot of fun here with this diamond in the rough.