Ren'Py - Completed - Callisto [v1.00] [Xavster Gaming]

Perhaps I'm just spoiled by better written and more up to date games now but this game is just no really it. I appreciate the attempt at genuine gameplay mechanics, missions, etc. But they just kinda clutter the experience due to everything else being so poor. The animations and models aren't great but honestly that doesn't really matter too much to me. The biggest flaw here is undeniably the writing. The game is written in the most bland and straightforward way imaginable, as if the writer is just using the text to get from point a to point b instead of actually building interesting characters or illuminating interesting things about the world. There's this consistent tone in the game where it feels like the author is winking at you and joking around like "Ha isn't this wacky" but all this does is remove any of the weight to anything that could've been interesting here at all. Besides that there's way way too much exposition for a game that lacks any good storytelling, so you're either being put off and bored by the characters or lulled to sleep by the exposition dumps.

All that said I do like that there is effort here, the author clearly went further than they needed to with some of the scenes and the worldbuilding. I almost wish there was a competent writer they could work with to meld this author's strengths with that one. Sadly that's all hopeful thinking.

Story 1/5
Start of the game is a bit weird, your just trown into a sandbox and have to click the PC to start the prologue.

Story starts out with MC fucking a girl which results to him being fired from hes job, then MC meets up with another girl to start hes new adventure with hes own spaceship.

Problem i have is that its not a harem game, so having this new girl you dont know, play with MCs dick and MC saying he wouldent say no is idiotic and even more so since i would have said no so it kills the immersion from having a mindset of fuck em all, in a none harem....it should be left up to the players what to think since it makes for a very very poor storyline when MC says shit like he wouldent say no and then you turn her ass down? story then makes no sense.

MC apprently wants to be with this Tanya bimbo bitch which i again find idiotic in a none harem game, it just dosent fit to have someone forced, then its not a VN but a KN aka kinetic novel.

Next Lia joins the crew and apprently shes a lesbian or BI girl who for some reasons also lusts for Tanya? which makes you wonder whos the MC of this game....Lia also sleeps with Tanya in the same bed? theres 3 people plenty of rooms at this point so it makes no sense, also they change Lia from having great looking twintaila/pigtails to short hair...dev must have lost it, why make LIs look the same wheres the fun in that, so now both girls has short hair....

Next Tanya has sex with another girl? again whos the MC in this one? i dont care for Tanya as a LI but those that do might hate seeing her doing lesbian shit without MC knowing about it or being part of it so how this got so high ratinig is something i cant understand.

So great prologue, 4 girls (all same short haircut...stupid) in the crew all lusting for Tanya, one alreayd had sex with Tanya, another sleeping in her bed and the last one is also close with Tanya....so why is MC even there? Kara the 4th girl wanted to kill MC, she also had a chance to kill Vince after killing 2 other people in the same room but she leaves him alive...why....

2 more girls join the crew but none of them are LIs?
And this is what really kills the game, there are only 4 endings with either Kara,Lia,Tiffany or Tanya, MC is already in a relationship with Tanya? fucking her more then once, even though shes also having sex with another girl behind MCs back? this game makes no sense and he then breaks Tiffanys heart as well doing that shit and nothing is in the players controle since theres 0 choice, how this can be a none harem game makes 0 sense and i just couldent play it and it also has love tracking for 7 girls? whats the point when there are only 4 LIs, its pretty much made as a fuckfest where you just select on at the end.

This is when prologue ends, MC is now in a relationship with Tanya? and broke up with Tiffany? i just dident see any point in going forward, was expecting a none harem game where you pick who to be with, not a kinetic novel where your forced into a relationship with someone you hate.

Girls 3/5
Girls look ok, but there are only 4 LIs out of all the girls which feels stupid.

Animations 2/5
They are just a bit to low in quality.

Music 2/5
Its just background stuff and it dosent really fit the scenes, most times its like being at a party which is weird in a bedroom and such.

Sandbox 1/5
Its just really shitty, grindy and no hint system, theres a map with stars showing where to do stuff but where or when or how who knows, i just couldent get into it so gave up, not into wasting hours trying to figure it all out on my own.

If a story is extremly poor and it really is for this one, none harem with forced relationship will never work, same goes for fuckfest type, it just dosent work, im fine with playing single LI games meaning you pick one you like and go for her alone, thats how none harem should be, but in this one you can just fuck everything which would work great in a harem game but there are no harem ending, so it simply just fails to deliver in every aspect.

How people can rate this so highly is just weird to me, its a fuckfest where you grind points doing sexual things with diffrent girls in a none harem game, that alone is an extrem failure and kill any none harem game.

Nice game overall. Not always perfect (sometimes grainy pics and such), but certainly an interesting story and you can feel that some thought went into designing the trade system.
However trading pretty much become irrelevant rather quickly, because you only have a handful of things to buy and if you don't have enough money besides the 25k minimum it didn't matter either, because you're just like "Sorry guys, can't pay you today. Meeting adjourned"

Overall I'd probably give the game a 3,5/5, but since I can't do that I'll give it a 4, because it had an actual ending. Not something elaborate, but it wrapped the game up nicely in my opinion.

Not my cup of tea,the game is confusing to navigate,outdated (2019),not a very good story and decentish art,dialogue is terrible and incorporates the much disliked sandbox/grinding system.
Many times I only skipped the days/hours to have new dialogue bc there wasnt much to do at certain hours,also only like 2 planets you could visit.
The game somewhat tried to explain the world of the game which I hoped would mean something but it doesnt.
There is no intro,sure some "prologue" that you have to select from a computer and can be easily missed,characters are shallow.

Due to many problems like bugs,not much to do at certain times,the grind,poor dialogue and shallow characters I cant in good will recommmend it.

This score is only for the story. The sandbox is complete crap, which is the reason I deleted this game and won't go back.
If the author gave the opportunity to only follow the story and perform all tasks, according to the chronology of events, I would subscribe. But, once again I repeat: Sandbox in this game - a complete failure.

I just finished this game and loved it. Beautiful characters, witty conversation, great story, and the desire it evoked from me to keep playing but then feel sadness that it was finished.

I would have liked to keep relationships with all of the girls, but that would have eliminated the option for path endings. Fortunately I used the mod so I was able to see them all, but would have anyway because I saved at the point where I had to choose. I chose being with Lia and was very happy with the outcome, though I felt a little sadness having to break off with Kara, Tiffany and Tanya. Julia and Alice/Rachel were never going to be available, even judging by their relationship with the MC while on the Callisto.

According to the mod, I missed some side missions, as well. Oh, well.

Pros:
- space theme and solid story.
- beautiful LIs with well-written personalities and backstories
- despite the game being a sandbox the story and dialogues are consistent, no abrupt/illogical/weird scenes & dialogues.
- cool animations.
- it toke a bit to understand how the game works, but once you get used to it - UI is actually very user-friendly i must say.
- I liked girl attitude mechanics - to keep them all happy you really had to "work" hard.

Cons:
- not unique animations.
- not all of the LI's had ending, I only know that there are 4 so far: Lia, Tanya, Tiffany and Kara. But there were also other cool characters I would love to have ending with: sexy barista Julia, Alice&Rachel, and doc.

In general I liked game very much. I literally started and played it until I finished it, good thing that I did it on weekends.

Also I noticed that a lot of players were pissed because the game didn't have the harem ending.
Well, personally I think that if this ending existed it wouldn't have made any sense, I mean while being on a run/mission they all shared the same ship and had fun, but everybody had his own goals, like Lia and Kara wanted to settle down eventually and start a family, Tanya wanted to explore the Universe, Tiffany had a big carrier goals. (and we kind of got those endings with them)
I liked the game for good story and well-written characters and I hardly see them all just giving up their own life-goals and becoming MC's sex-maids, it would have ruined the characters if you ask me, but that's my perspective of course.

I finally got around to playing this game, and it may very well be the most complete, compelling, and overall amazing game I've experienced on here. I've played a ton of games on here because imma degen.

You can actually see the relationships develop so its more than just a female char getting introduced and promptly hopping in your bed. You get a background on the characters. They have character arcs with heroic moments included.

Minus the x-rated content and this could pass for an anime.

Beyond the character depth, theres money and relationship management at play. There are several elements that keep it from being a spacebar/CTRL simulator.

The game is well-written, paced, constructed, illustrated, animated, and the music is pretty good as well.

If you are looking for a game thats more than just a bang fest (while still having plenty of that as well), I highly recommend Callisto.

Interesting game. Just finished it and got a crappy ending where, for some reason, everybody dies xD. Anyway here are some thoughts:

-Story: Very good actually. Somewhat predictable at times.
-Character: The weakest point is the MC, to me he was too generic, man.. even his design was generic. On the other hand, I loved the girls and their backstories (especially Kara, Tiffany, Jerry "the mouse" and to some degree "Avatar" Lia).
-Music: It's Great, best part of the game.
-Renders: Great as well.
-Animations: Excellent they look awsome, sadly sex animations quickly become repetitive due to the game mechanism and because they are all the same for every girl, so in the end you just skip them. Btw I apreciate the effort giving us some non-sex animations here and there.
-Others: This is what annoys me the most, there are some major plots throughout the game that are resolved in 3 - 5 renders (too few! Man). I mean the writer builds the anticipation correctly but its resolution sucks!, you ended up dissapointed. In fact, this is the reason why I'm debating myself if I want to play it again just to get a good ending (because it might suck).

Overall, even with all its flaws the game is good enough, especially if you enjoy "management" in AVNs. I'd give it a 7/10.

After playing, I would say the game had good content with few flaws, but a terrible ending.

My vote rate is 2.5, but as the site doesn't allow it, I'll leave it at 3 to help with future work:

It got +1.5 stars for the good story/content and +1 for the good quality of the art and character details.

It loses -1 star because the sandbox caused some events to be skipped, because the main story conflicts with the skipped scene's timeline, and it lost -1.5 stars, because if I'm on a starship romanticizing all the hotties and it doesn't get a harem ending, even when I manage to unlock all the scenes, Julia, Alice and Rachel didn't even have an ending.
I just saved the damn galaxy, a happy harem ending was deserved.
Good luck on the next game.

Wonderful story and characters. The sex scenes were pretty good too animation wise. This is probably my favorite game on here that involves space exploration. I would highly recommend this game to anyone.

Really really really interesting storyline! 11/10!

why play:
- storyline.
- girls looking beautiful and sexy, you have all sizes of asses and tits which is nice!
- animations of sex have, for most of the times, an option to toggle the view which is always a blessing.
- no much grinding needed .
- at some point, almost every day you can choose again who to fuck which is nice.

cons:
- i really dont like that you *need* to do sexual stuff to grind affection and somehow make all of the girls like you or whatever that was. thats the main reason for having 4 stars and not 5.
- i dont know if its because of what i chose to do but couldnt end with one of the girls that i really really liked, which was kinda bummer.
- almost all the girls just fall for you with no actual reason.

Thank you dev for this great game! I hope you are well and will bless us with another game, good luck!

Version: v1.00

I tend to dislike Ren'Py engine games because most of the time they feel very linear and restricted, both in gameplay and story wise, yet this game doesnt have such problems and actually offers a good sandbox experience with a good set of characters and stories. I found the making money mechanic a fun little diversion that didnt get too grindy later in the game (which is more then i can say compared to some other Ren'Py games).
The only real drawback to this game is the fact that the sexual scenes are disappointing, the models are reused and reskined with the same few scenes over and over again, there really isnt much variety to sexual scenes and the scenes themselfs are stiff and static.

Overall a good game with the only thing that is holding it back being the sexual parts of this game.

Decent story with tons of dialogue. Decent renders. Top-tier facial animations. Decent selection of girls. The various outfit changes during the game are nice. Game-play loop eventually turns into a slog. Should have probably scrapped the harem and just had the two alien girls be the main-focus (as they're the only two interesting ones) so more effort could be put into the naughty parts of the game.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by this game. The game is also officially completed which is very refreshing!

Pros

• Excellent renders and graphics
• Excellent character models
• Unique and interesting characters
• Fun characters with unique abilities and powers
• Good to excellent writing
• Good to excellent story
• Good to excellent humor
• Excellent animations
• Good sex scenes overall

Cons

• Sex animations aren't unique to each character and are reused by all NPCs
• Sex scenes could be more passionate with sound effects, better writing, and more variety (anal for example)
• Salvaging in the game is mostly a waste of time as commodity trading is more lucrative. Oftentimes another ship beats you to the salvage which further reduces what little income is gained
• Lack of a harem ending. The player has to choose who he wants to end up with which is puzzling since he romanced all of them like a real harem throughout the game!

I'm very happy with the game overall and had a blast playing it! All the different love interests in the game were fun and interesting which is a huge selling point for me! Finally, an author who knows how to animate properly!

If the author spent more time making all the animations unique to each character and fixed the low salvage income, the game would be a near masterpiece! Spending additional time on the sex scenes, making them more passionate and immersive would also greatly help improve the game.

I highly recommend this game and encourage others to give it a try!

Was all about a 4 star, but some pretty lackluster endings, along with mostly mediocre lewd scenes brings it down to 3. Story and characters are quite good, and if you are a fan of sci-fi it is worth a play.

The Good

Solid writing, story, and dialogue in a sci-fi setting. Kind of a mix of Mass Effect, Star Trek, and Firefly. If you like these, you will probably enjoy the story in this one.
Pretty engaging gameplay loop, though it drags pretty bad toward the end.
Space salvage, and interstellar trade mechanics break up the story and are fun for the most part. If some tactical combat or space battles were added, it would probably be good enough to stand without the adult content. That is where most of my disappointment lies anyway.
Nice renders and smooth animations, along with diverse and attractive characters, make it visually pleasing for the most part.
Music is also pretty good, and mostly matches the scenes.

The Not so Good

The adult content seems kind of tacked on, and none of it is as good as it should be.
Loses a star for forced facials across multiple lewd scenes. Really don't like this. MC should always have a choice where to put his children.
Lots of repeatable sexy time, but no sexy sounds or ability to speed up the pace, keep them from being really fap-worthy. Also, lack of dirty talk or any dialogue in the repeat scenes, was a bummer.
Skin textures are nice, especially the sweat, but why are there no anal options in the sex scenes? Pretty disappointing.
Too much teeth in the BJ animations and the D never gets wet.
The reporter had the best lewd scene in the game, and she's not even a main character. Until the end was ruined by yet another forced facial.
Some repeatable sexy time in other places, like the shower, with some of the girls once you can invite them to your room would have been nice.
Lack of a harem ending with 4 main girls is pretty disappointing, as they all knew Cap was banging them all at the same time.
Not really a fan of being the 3rd wheel in the Lesbian couple's relationship. Didn't really care for their characters much in general.
Really needed a sex scene with the hot android.
Endings in general were pretty poor, with no additional lewd content.
Julia should have had an ending where she gives up being the galaxy bicycle and settles down with the Cap. Or at least been a part of someone else's ending.
Basically, felt like the adult content did not come close to realizing its full potential, but the rest of the game was pretty good.

This game could make a pile of money on Steam, as there is a pretty huge lack of decent sci-fi adult titles.
Give it a go, you will probably enjoy it, as long as your expectations are pretty low for the sexy time.

Ran into a bug, on all 4 playthroughs, where a characters avatar pops up in chat, inbetween every new chat... constantly blinking in and out! Pretty good character models and story can't save the game for me from the bug. Also the game seems incomplete to me.

Really enjoyed the story & the worlds created. The news reports gave me a little laugh at times too. Honestly, I'm kinda sad it's over now. I definitely recommend this one, and don't let the sandbox tag put you off, it's fairly simple so can still be a relaxing experience.

v1.00

Fairly entertaining sandbox VN. Theres a trading/salvaging mechanic that you'll need to grind for a bit till mid game and then its just about passing the days and triggering scenes to progress the storyline. Some scenes are at specific times and locations so you'd want to take note. Not a fan of sandbox elements but this is not that annoying, though recommend reading the guide to get you started.

Models and renders arent top notch but acceptable for its time. Animations are pretty moot, not the best in the market. Lewd scenes could honestly be better. Its also pretty much vanilla stuff. One thing that irks me is the sex scenes are recycled for most of the love interests.

Story wise, it is the generic sci-fi Mass Effect storyline where you'd have to unite the galaxy against an end game threat. Its an enjoyable read but it is quite a short story, majority of your playtime is essentially grinding or passing days to trigger brief side quest scenes. Mid game the narrative starts to take off to a sudden sprint and the ending feels rushed.

The characters are likeable but again, they're the common Love Interest troupes. Its a monogamy game so theres no harem ending(despite banging all the ladies), which was a big point of contention for players. To their credit, there were no consequences for playing everyone and most importantly there was no closure for the ladies that weren't picked(well there kinda was but its was half-fuck).

All in all, i'd say this is as casual as an adult VN gets. If you're looking for a chill VN or just something to occupy your time, then this is a good candidate.

It's been a while since I enjoyed a game this much and actually looked forward to getting back on it. Great story, well written and fleshed out characters. Things got a little bit slow in the later part before the ending but overall it was a great ride. Hope to see more projects like this.