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

I don't write many reviews but this one begs to have one.
Callisto has the best balance I have seen on F95 between great graphics, animations, humor, story, which includes back stories and Hscenes.

Much of the humor is of the tongue and cheek variety.

The back stories are there for all of the main characters with only 4 specifically called out but as you go through the different events there is a back story for each one to include Sam. Lia is the only one that you don't find a back story that is not seen in a single story but is intertwined in the main story.

The Hscenes do NOT drive the story at all and can be avoided if you don't mind missing some of the events and do not detract from the enjoyment of the game by any means. However, this is an adult VN that also has a sandbox element.

Once you learn how to navigate the GUI it easy to see that it is a perfect guide to all the events even if it isn't exactly a step by step walk through.

I would say this is the top game here but that would only be for the writing of this review because there are several other games that are also at the top of my list for many reasons.

Great game here, lots of features on top of the normal renpy clickthrough. Characters are varied and interesting, story kept me interested. Might have played too early, feel like I ran into a few dead ends that might be fleshed out in the future. Will definitely return for 1.0 version.

a fun story with engaging characters and excellent visuals that is held back a bit by its desire to be gamey.
Pros first. Excellent animations and sex scenes and really engaging and fun characters with some great and varied love interests. The story is fun too. It's a pretty standard sci-fi narrative but it is capably written and a nice ride.
the down side here are some mechanics and interface choices that put a kind of a drag on the getting into the fun stuff. The sandbox is a bit awkward as it consists of two basic arenas: the ship, which is easy to navigate and has tags to let you know when there is an event available and space, which is a bit more difficult to figure out. The info screens are crammed with info that is kinda messy looking, but once you get it all figured out the narrative rolls along nicely. I did miss a couple of events which is a bit disappointing because I have no idea how that happened as i was checking the map for event tags regularly. Finally the money making is involved and fun for a bit but feels a bit unrewarding, especially the salvage mini-game which has an extensive set up and time to complete for only relatively meager gains.
overall highly recommend to people who can tolerate a sand box and some gaminess, the narrative and characters are worth it.

The storyline - good
The image quality - Holy mother of god
The scenes - 100% quality fap material
look of the girls - Noice
Characters - Very Likable

There are dew cons. But a game doesn't always have to be perfect for us to enjoy I believe. So, I will ignore a few cons and rate it 10 out of 10.

Story very good. It is basically nice VN, with grinding/free-roam stuff that just makes things bad.

* I like the story and character developements. The retrospections to the past of the characters is nice.
* Trading, Money, Salvaging is just dumb. At the first half of the game, you can do that, but it does not give any benefit. Upgrade ship? Well, it helped me _1_ time to get out of trouble. Not worth it. Use money for something else? There is nothing, besides buying pole dancers. Which give you more money that you do not need. There is ONE side story where you need 18k private cash. All this fuss for ONE side story? And then comes the second half of the game *SPOILERS*. You are flying around in an SCRAP vessel, with the queen of the most advanced alien race on board, still having to buy and sell grain or salvaging ships? Nope. Need to get somehow believable here.

Renders are good

Story is good, actually worth reading

Navigation is a little confusing and the layout takes 5 mins of orientation

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what to do next, or what to do to trigger certain events.

Repeatable sex scenes are very high quality and I love the interactive bits however I wish there was more variety. Also having more buttstuff (anal, rimming, fingers, etc) would be a huge bonus.

Would love to see night scenes added

All in all I just want more content. Good game, decided to support.

Renders are really good
Story is bad I just skipped it
Most of the time you roaming around trying to find a event with a silver grey or gold star
Mini games i hated them
No bugs
No night events even though you can visit the woman in the rooms

Let's get the bad out of the way first.

The economic side of the game takes a little getting used to and the direction to get there is a little less clear than would be ideal. While there is a story thread which addresses this, it's not quite as obvious you should push forward with the main story line since the RPG aspects tend to bring out the "grind first" approach in a lot of players.

With that said, once you get to the point (which sees your crew then helping get you on the right track) it gets much better. The system is a bit simplistic, but what it lacks in sophistication it adds in creating a feeling of atmosphere to the game.

The renders are all quite delightful, with so much subtle work having gone into some of the scenes that it truly surpasses even some AAA game release cut scenes. Yes, of course they're hot but that's a given with a game of this variety.

What I want to draw special attention to is the story and setting. Drawing clearly from inspirations such as Dark Matter, Firefly, and other Sci-Fi genre favorites Xavster creates a world that is intriguing. The elements flow together well and draw the player in. Quite simply it's a game I would want to play even without the explicit content and that is truly something special.

It is still a work in progress, but it is one I will be following with great interest. I highly recommend checking this title out.

Excellent game, really enjoyed this.
I don't give 5 * reviews, because nothing is absolutely perfect, but this deserves 4.5!
Very well put together, the story is solid & the characters are properly developed.
As well as being physically attractive, they are engaging and interesting, in their own right.
The dev has created a wonderful story and intriguing characters, in a credible world/universe.
I absolutely recommend this, to anyone looking for depth in the game.

Cons:
Plot was a little too basic
Would be cooler with more game-play elements

Pros:
Hit a lot of my kinks.
Character renders are cute.
SPACE!
Primordial form of a fun trading element / scavenging element.

Sci-fi themed, linear Visual Novel with a semi-sandbox-type, multi-location (free roam around your ship a.k.a. door opening simulator with no content), time-managment repetitive gameplay (do 4 things a day, like: eat, sleep, visit someone, plot course, check computer, rest etc.) The biggest flaw is cheap, shallow, childish, sophomoric writing (form a 10 years old boy's wet fantasy.) You can guess where this is going from the get go - you play as a generic-big-dicked young guy (ship's captain) with no personality, surrounded by hot 20-something female crew members, all in love with your magic big dick. There's no story driver or character development (other than your big-dick), you barely do anything, just float in space on autopilot from one side mission to another. The playability is minimal - boring and repetitive free roaming (door opening simulator) from one room to another to get some sort of scene (usually walk on some girl taking a shower or creep on her while she's sleeping). There are no choices or dialogue options, no character development or crew building/ship management aspects. An infantile linear VN pressed into a sandbox corset - this crap will not fly.

I'm really enjoying this one over all the other sci-fi "bang-an-alien" games out there. The universe feels really well thought out and explained. Looking forward to more of the characters' backstory told. Only thing keeping it from 5 stars is the trading mechanism...its just tedious and I never liked them in any game.

The boobs are realistic and wobbly.
The facial expressions are realistic.
The MC face is mostly hidden.
Engaging story that reels in emotional investment.
Amazing art and models.
Vivid enough to inspire a dream

Loved it so far, looking to see more of it! Definitely a good play!

Needs a bit more of a tutorial and the prologue should be not hidden in some menu.

Otherwise absolutely loved the story! Renders are good too, with some room for improvement.

Someone who eats high quality food, for this kind of brain....
Well thought out novel with easy to understand explanations of some of the supposed technical background, if there is to be an age of space travel.

Between cargo deliveries or exploiting shipwreck, you very rarely have to skip time to get carried away again by the main or subplots, which take place about 2-3 times a game week.
Otherwise, you take care of the crew and strengthen a relationship with individuals to achieve a mood balance on board and expand the Bunnies.
To be fair, I played with mod so I can't really say how the crew would have developed through just the main game.

5 stars for the story
5 stars for the graphics and presentation of the actors and alien
5 stars for the graphics and animation of the sex scenes

From me the rating: high quality adult entertainment

As others have already said, good story, renders and models. but i have to add. the ui is not as good. need a walkthrough. and the nickname implementation is useless. please learn from "depraved awakening" how to implement the nickname system. Very weird to be called "Daddy" during normal convo in the day.

All the games I like just have cute girls being mostly nice to each other and Callisto is no different. I skipped the intro at first, which was a mistake because there is a lot of story in it. It is a fun space adventure with really good animation that is mostly repeatable.
Most of the redhead action seems to be in later and future updates but their nudity is still present.

It could use more variety with the random and repeatable conversations because once you start running out of activities the ship starts feeling real empty real quick.

Great game, I love it. As an old Star Trek fan, obviously I love the Star Trek-like atmosphere. The storyline is interesting, even if it's a little too linear. The girls are very good, even if I'm sorry not to able to "interact" with the lesbian duo (the redhead is for me the hottest of the game). And the stripclub is not useful for the game, it's like "one thing more that doesn't affect the game". I hope this game can be developed, because it can become one of the best ones. Anyway, kudos to the DEV, great job.

I have played over 13 highly rated games with more than 2 million views. This one stand out and it wort 6 STARS

Great adventure game and i rate this 6 Stars .
= The story 5 star
= Animation 5 star
- All locations are perfect

Just Great adventure and I give 6 STARs
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