Ren'Py - Bright Past [v0.99.8.1] [Kosmos Games]

overall not really a bad game, the 3.5* is almost a bit too much, 2* or 2.5* would do the game justice.

what i like:
- the idea of being able to decide for yourself what to do and when. that's far too rare;
- time-dependent triggering of events;
- interesting characters, but unfortunately with far too little interaction after completing the individual paths (actually none at all);
- the choice of clothing, unfortunately a little too little choice overall;
- the pastry shop in the old town, unfortunately only with a time bonus.


expandable:
- apparently not a linear novel, to really continue with the story things have to be done that you don't feel like doing. Refusing should also be able to get you further;
- too slow build-up of the important skills (courage, charm, oratory);
- unfortunately no motorcycle for Alex.


what I don't like:
- That the game does not recognize when you complete paths in a slightly different order;- paths cannot be bypassed/rejected
- DP with "Mistress" and "Martina Hill" - absolutely unnecessary, rejected means rejected, Alex is not a fucking whore;
- same with "Broom" what for?! the guy doesn't interest me, no means no damn. especially stupid because after that the path is considered "done"........;
- the trucker is uninteresting and superfluous, money or not, it doesn't do Alex any good, just getting fucked/pregnant makes no sense in the whole story;
this is better solved in "Beauty and the Thug". fuck you and end (if necessary with cheat)

one thing in advance if you think you can play her lesbian without any other male involved, don't even bother to start the game, it's like most other fem protag games, she becomes a total slut does things you may not want her to do and every interesting girl gets either fucked by some dude or loves working as webcammodel or prostitute.

in addition comes eternal grind without any help so walktrough is most likely needed if you don't want to search for hours for something. the only good thing and why i give it 2 stars are the renders and good looking girls but that does not mean anything if the rest is just not worth playing.

Bright Past [v0.97.0]

Pros:
Decent renders

Neutral:
Character Models look average and feel aged

Cons:
extremely grindy and repetitive
UI is too overwhelming
no auto/skip function
forced quests and actions
bad sex scenes
terrible stat grinding
dull story
Characters are uninteresting

Conclusion:
I thought of giving this game 2* because it looks decent, but this game is just too frustrating to play and has some major issues that takes the fun out of it.
It´s such a huge waste of time and nearly unplayable without cheats, or it just feels like an endless circle of grind and frustration with few rewards.

Love this game! The best 'visual novel' Ive ever played. It actually has choices and ways to interact with the game as your character, instead of just clicking forever through boring conversation + content.
Love it!

one of the best games ever! if they add corruption it will be perfect! i think it would be good to remove the smoking and refueling because it's a bit annoying, i personally hope for a development of the story with Valerie and her mother..

I give this Game 3 star.

Reason why-

Pros-

+Hot Protagonist.
+Good Graphics.
+Writing

Cons-

-Too much hard.
-No Character Development.
-Bad story presentation.

Conclusion- I like this game, but why is this so had and confusing. I played this but even now I can't finish it. Everytime I saw something confusing and I quit it. This is my personal opinion but if I said overall game has very decent graphics, Theam and music. You only need patience but I don't think you can hold your patience in porn games.
Thanks.

Yeah still can't play this game even after so many years.

I think the dev was going for a hardcore life sim with it ups and downs.

If you want to fap this game is not for you, if you want to listen to music while you scroll around throw maps for hours and doing pointless chores boy you hit the jackspot with this one.

The models are ugly af
The grind is unbearable
The story is confusing like the map and the NPC
The sex scenes are very few but it will like they are none since you have to grind somewhere between 5 to 38 hours to get 1.


Just an really awful "game"

Versão 0.93

This game is even worth a higher score, 4/5, or 8/10.

This simulation part is well done, and very interesting. I like it this way, (however I confess that I play using cheat, I even suggest putting a god mode for the game).

My negative criticism for the game is that the game does well a service simulation needs, vices....

But there are parts that the game gets linear and also and ends up forcing us to do things we do not want to do, just to gain courage, money, or other attribute. (In my case as I said, I use cheat to avoid and continue, otherwise I would have quit)

I'm playing the full lesbian path, and I would like to avoid almost every straight path, even if it shortens the game.
I think the dev is doing that now, since some options are impossible if certain points are missing.

With this I suggest to have the possibility to refuse quests and still gain the attribute, or to find another easier way to gain courage.
This would close the quests that we don't want to do,
for example. Playing basketball, putting on makeup and going to the highway, or going to the laundry room.
I won't do these things, and the quest stays open and irritates me.

I hope in the end I increase this grade here, because as I said, it is a good game, even though I don't like the female protagonist so much.

I see some low reviews here, based on repetitive actions.
I can see where they are coming from, when most Ren'Py games are linear novel where your choices barely matter and some people just scroll through the story. This certainly isn't something you can do with this game.

That being said, this is one of the best open world erotic games in existence. The UI is pretty intuitive, and repetitive events are very minor compared to the mess of other open world games like Girl Life.
The story hits a perfect mix of freedom and character developement, and the task list really helps with never getting lost.

The only awkward moments start when one approaches the end of content, when a lot of the story lines have ended, but for a few which then leaves one with a lot of waiting time between those events in those story lines. This however is to be expected for a game in active developement and I couldn't be more satisfied with the integration and planing of these interwoven story lines.

[v0.92.0]
What can I say, I was actually hesitant to give this game only 2 stars and wanted to give it more, but I really can't.
The game starts off on a good footing, it introduces some really neat mechanics and features and the characters look good, the story seems interesting enough, and after the intro is done you enter a free roam to basically do whatever you want, except that's not actually true.
The game is extremely rigid in how it flows and any sense of agency you have is completely superficial, You will HAVE to play the game a specific way to progress, and you will HAVE to do certain acts and actions that you may not be willing to do or see, you only want lesbian content? tough luck, you don't want lesbian content? also tough luck.
The entire game is intertwined, some characters are only available after certain actions, some actions are only available after meeting certain characters, and the biggest handicap the game uses is your stats, you'll need certain requirements to unlock certain scenes or progress storylines, and how do you get those? by progressing other storylines, sometimes those can only be done if you've already progressed OTHER storylines, or you need certain skill requirements that are lower than the first one but still higher than what you currently have, the game is very counterintuitive and you will not know what to do most of the time, even if you resign yourself to playing all storylines despite not wanting to do so, you'll still find yourself stuck and clueless.
The game is also extremely grindy and repetitive, you'll find yourself doing things over and over and over, after you've done all of this, you will be rewarded with short unimpressive sex scenes that make you wonder what the hell have you been doing all this for. Overall you'll find yourself having wasted HOURS grinding through the game only to get fuck all in return, I honestly would not recommend this game, even if you use the cheats.

A very good game with an interesting theme. The processing quality, a lot of repetitive activities is quite annoying and lacks the possibility to develop some things. A cool variant is the purely lesbian orientation, the theme with the boss is cool. It is quite well worked out the progress through the game and intuitive controls. I would have welcomed a more detailed evaluation of the relationships, but that can be added. Otherwise I recommend it to everyone who likes anal story.

Pretty fun game with awesome renders and an interesting main character. It can be a little bit grindy sometimes, but it's surprisingly deep in terms of game mechanics and story progression. Definitely one of the best uses of the Ren'Py engine, in my opinion.
It's also one of the few female-centric games on this site that does not feel cheap or dumbed down, which makes the generous lesbian content feel much more grounded. If you play it, just make sure to put some time aside - you'll sink hours into unlocking content before you even realize it.

It is almost the perfect game. You have quest, you can choose the type of engagements you desire, it has an interesting story, good models, it has a little for everybody and the mix is good i can say

This game looks good, but when you end up playing it you realize how frustrating it is. I must say that my problem is not with playing with a female protagonist because I don't mind it so much but because of the overly repetitive grind forcing you to do it. The game tasks are huge and seem endless, and when you get to the end the reward is so low that you feel discouraged and soon feel that you have wasted your time playing this. The game so far does not get to be fun to play over time, as during the mid to late end content there is not much that can offer you, so it is not worth it.

You live with Valeria and Barbara, at the beginning of the game you have some content from them, which then becomes non-existent. You need courage so that the MC can be more exhibitionist or have sex, There comes a point in the game where this ends up being pathetic, because the courage from then on is useless, the MC needs to get aroused to do small repetitive sexual tasks and as for pregnancy, it has not yet been implemented. The MC also has few variations of clothing to be worn, so what is the point of increasing courage and other statuses if it will become useless by the end of the content?

There is no way not to say about the grind, the game has several characters to interact with, but there is little or almost no interaction with many of them. The reward as I said is not worth it, and the amount of repetition and boring tasks for you to accomplish is enormous. The game then ends up becoming boring that you have to spend most of your time managing the resources of the MC to be in a good mood, this ends up being extremely tiresome, and you still have hopes that the game will reward you in something that you end up being disappointed in the content you receive.

The game's story is something you won't care about or find all that boring; the MC dreams of becoming a successful singer, but also ends up falling into the world of prostitution. Not exactly that, but let's just say the game allows the MC to be a cheap slut. I really don't care to have to keep grinding in the story for the MC to be a singer, and as for her becoming a whore, it seems out of the norm. You don't know how boring it is to have to go to the studio to improve your vocal voice, rehearse with the band, practice with the guitar, seriously, what a boring game. I understand that this is the goal, but on the other hand many things have been left out. Do you grind in the basement task just to create a web sexcam studio? pathetic.

I don't like to give a game 1 star, but this game really stressed me out. As I said, it does not seem to be a bad game but when you play you end up getting very frustrated. The story, as much as I was angry, is okay, but the problem is the mechanics of the game and the high repetition of the grind and tasks being too long. So, I have to say that it is not worth it, because for this game to become enjoyable to play, it is necessary to make huge changes. I didn't even talk about the money, because without a moneycheat this game becomes unplayable.

The sex scenes in this game are bad, imperfect angles, bad positioning and not much good animation to enjoy. The models are okay, although there is no content with all of them. It's not worth it.

I used to love this game.


EDIT on 24/12/01 on v0.99.5

Almost three years after I played it last, did it all over again.
Best thing about this game: npcs have lives, history with eachother. These days all we get is a male mc and shit ton of LIs for an harem. All we get is incest and harem. Gets old fast.

I was expecting more content but yes,

I still love this game.

Thank you.

I like the plot of the game and the graphics. I only have one problem, I can't get the stars up. I know that lose many catds, I don't know if I'm right.
Anyone can tell me how do I do for put stars up?

Thanks for the game UncleVT.

Fun game to play. On a side note, you could maybe make pricing a bit more realistic. But all in all one of the better games in its genre. Played it for days Yes, lots of content (eventhough its not finished) I will keep track of updates.

Love this game. Best game I've played. Models look really pretty. The story is good and kinky. Lots to do and I love the sandbox feel to the game. Sometimes I feel it could do with a little more custimization for Alex ie. going for certain kinks etc but it's perfectly good as it is really. Just waiting for the next update now so I can continue my journey

Love the style and complexity, also I really like that the MC is female and exploring the bi thing. Hope to continue with it as I see a lot of potential. A lot of characters and things to do, this can actually be a little bit overwhelming. The text is good to, funny sometimes, but mostly the same as other games.