VN - Ren'Py - Chasing Sunsets [v0.9a] [Stone Fox Studios]

The bad

• Prologue was weird. I'm not used to having chapter length prologues (It did provide essential information though).

The in-between

• 'Let me tell you the story...' was not the greatest but a solid way to start.
• The graphics for the first chapter aren't great. I'm not sure anyone has been able to model children and make it feel real enough.

The good

• The story pull you in as soon as the prologue ends (good expressions and believable reactions).
• The graphics have been improving each version (might be worth redoing some chapters once the novel is done).
• Delivers what was promised without compromising or slowing down the story pacing too much.
• The scenes are extremely good.

I recommend this to anyone and everyone.

P.S. If you are wondering why I criticized it and still gave it 5 stars. The game is one of the best on this website and it deserves an appropriate rating.

Characters are interesting and story is good. Honestly, 4 stars just because of writing. Other game would get 3. Visuals quality is very decent. Facial expressions, hair, bodies, lighting. Stunning.

What I didnt like:
- almost no sex scenes, even if there's a plot reasons behind it. Just no fun.
- no animations. There is 1 loop with questionable angle and thats it.
If these two things "getting fixed" it will be almost perfect game. I mean devs aim high already, why to stop halfway ?

1 thing I didnt undertand, 'cause I played half of the content released with WT mod: do we have to choose between two girls ? Tbh, feels wrong. It's not just harem kink or smth like that. Both of them are incredibly interesting and good, I'd feel like shit if I had to choose. Can't remember any other game when I had such thoughts.

And my usual closure: will gladly buy finished game in Steam, if you'll release it there. Good luck in development.

Review based on v0.4a;

- Dialogs are funny and witty. There's a lot of storyline in between explicit scenes, but the story is believable and interesting, so worth it.
- Renders are amazing and fit each line of dialog really well.
- Realistic (but beautiful) looking characters.

Excellent indeed. Gorgeous renders specifically JAYE. Loved the chemistry, the build up everything's great. Storytelling is unique to say the least but on point, no extra garbage. Best of all the no perving unlike most vn's out there. Liked the David arc of the story it was emotional, inspiring.

A very good game; one of the best on the site. I'm not usually interested in incest themes, but a lack of interesting content lately brought me to try this one on the strength of other reviews. I am sooooo glad I did!

The writing is outstanding, and really shines. There are some laugh out loud moments, really serious emotional moments/content, and hot lewd scenes. I'm already agonizing over which of the main LI's I like more... I can't decide. They are both great!

Keep up the good work, devs. You've gained a new patron from me!

I Really like the setting and the characters. The facial expressions and animations are top-notch in my opinion. My only gripe is that the creators are taking their sweet ass time releasing new updates, Happily supporting them on Patreon since version 0.3.

The game is great on all fronts in my opinion: Renders are 10/10 (I love the main redhead especially). The story seems to be flowing nicely so far. The only petty gripe that I have is that we could see a tad more hot scenes. But that's just me being picky, I'm sure we'll get what we want in due time. Give this game a try!

Awesome plot line(till now) not a randomly generated story or a common story you'd see in nearly every game , nice Graphics and facial expressions seems original instead of built up acting. Dialogues are well thought in order to slowly build the mood. The only reason that I was upset was due to lack of chapters well can't really complain about that tho. I am planning to becoming a patron for this cause I believe it deserves support. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME'S CHAPTER 4.

Man, this VN is so good. Can't believe I waited this long to try it. But I can't seems to avoid the fact that MC's face really resemble Tom Brady's face, always make me chuckle when I think of that

Anyway, this is really awesome game. Perfect all around, from story perspective, dialogue, and of course the art itself including the in-game UI elements and renders. Dope stuff. I believe this is one of the best game in adult VN catagory, hell, even perhaps the best one if I say so myself.

Great job dev, keep it up! What a masterpiece!

Really good game, although it is kind of short currently, the devs have already been able to prove their extremely good story telling skills and character development. Every character feels unique and has a story to go along with them, not to mention that the renders and models are really good and it's extremely well written. The entire premise of the game is intriguing and the devs seem to put a large importance on being honest and caring about their supporters, all in all, easy 5/5, might actually support this one myself

To think that I almost skipped this, the preview pictures really don't do it justice. This is another game that is easily better than 99% of what you can find here. Why?

- The story telling is absolutely sublimely wonderful. The characters are all lovable in their own quirky ways. The game feels alive and it's all due to some really potent writing. It'd carry the game even with stick figure renders.

- Renders are not just great, they are crafted with love. This game has the best facial expressions of any game bar none.

- It respects its readers/players. It is not unnecessarily gamey. Chasing Sunsets wants to tell a story. You should come along.

Also, please support them. They deserve it.

P.S. I really like the cameos along the way. Sneaky!

Absolutely Beautiful.
This isn't just one of many "Adult" games out there, this is a beautiful narrative story with Adult elements, just go in with those expectations.

The only con I feel is that it takes a while to get going, it really does, but if you persevere through it, you'll realize how thats important to establish integrity to the characters and add gravitas to the plot.
Technically, The models are gorgeous, the visuals strike and pop, the backgrounds suit the situations well and the animations are decent but this is just the start.
The Main Cream is the story, and the characters woven into it and its got one of the most likable/relatable MCs out there, and though this is just the beginning the stat system is also not too intrusive and gamey/ nor is fully irrelevant, I'm curious to see where its going and I'm all for the journey ahead.

Absolute Gem right here, and Kudos to the whole studio for pulling this off, Can't wait to immerse in the stories to come ahead. ♥

How did i just find this. a visual novel where i actually just want to read and follow the story and even feel the sex almost doesnt belong because the story is that good!. I damn near teared up when they concluded Davids storyline. the way all the interactions are written makes it feel down to earth and believable .

Excellent renders. The girls are beautiful, unique and they are as of chapter 2 very interesting. I have to give props for the attention to detail. Sound effects when hovering over choices and achievements!! In a Ren'Py game. That is really cool and adds replay-ability.

There is also enormous attention to detail in the writing, but I don't feel like this is always a positive. The prologue is overly long and filled with so much exposition that I tuned out of the story a bunch of times. I love a good backstory, but too much time was spent here. The game in its current state is about 3 hours long and the majority of that time is spent setting up the two lead characters. The plot takes too long to get going and when it finally does it didn't grab my interest as much as I hoped it would.

There is a good amount of set up and some of the plot threads are interesting and could go in very cool directions, but right now the story feels like a big slog. It also feels very predictable on how the two main characters will come into conflict with each other later down line. I hope I'm proven wrong on this.

I'm also starting to be kinda burnt out on the trope in AVNs that the MC is a total messiah that every single girl falls for instantly. This is no different. The MC is almost unrealistically good looking and every girl wants to jump your dick. This is my personal opinion, but I'm not a fan of his pretty boy design. He acts like a ladies man, almost a simp, but he looks like a typical "Chad douche".

I would also love more choices in the game. They are few and far between and after testing some routes, most of them do not have any significant difference in consequences. This might change though.

The whole sister and brother taking over a billion dollar company from their parents - plot is okay, but it's risky to center a story around the corporate world. A lot of mumbo jumbo, exposition and extra dialogue is needed to properly convey to the player what is going on. It's ambitious and I have to credit the devs for trying. I just hope that this doesn't get too boring too quickly. Corporate intrigue could serve this game well, but currently I don't care about their company or the apparent antagonists. The corporate speak is already pretty jarring.

The best part about this AVN is the developing relationship between Jaye and the MC. If this particular plot thread is executed excellently I might ignore my other gripes and bump this up to 4 or even 5 stars. As of right now I will give it a 3 star rating. It's still early days, but I feel like my annoyances about different aspects and the lack of focus in the plot makes Chasing Sunsets a really mixed bag for me.

It has potential to be A tier and I will be revisiting this AVN when there is more content. I really wanted to like this game. A lot of people on this site are giving it 5 star reviews, but the current version doesn't even come close to the best AVNs on this site. Even ones with less content than CS. There is no question about the talent of the developers. I just hope they can pull it off.

[V0.3a]

If this isn't deserving of 5 stars, I don't know what is. I have 2 standards when rating VNs, broadly speaking. There are the porny fap games that just need to meet my fappability standards while having a passable plot. Then there are the more ambitious games that tries to tell an engaging story independent of the porn. Of these, I'd say the serious drama/romance types are the hardest to tackle, even though they are probably the most numerous. Drama/romance can get incredibly cringy and forced at the hands of an amateur writer, which most of these devs are. My most critical eye is reserved for games in this category because you are competing with professionals who write for traditional media, but this game blew away any reservations I might have had going in.

What stands out immediately when playing this game is the incredible attention to detail in the visuals. The render quality is top notch. The models are smoking hot (especially Tara, holy shit). That's not what I'm referring to, though. It's all in the camera angles, scene composition, framing of the scenes, dynamic movements, and most notably, the expressions. I have never seen expressions and body language tell so much in a VN before. This is visual storytelling at it's absolute prime. Nothing comes close in this regard after Primal Instinct got cancelled.

The writing is also superb. I tend to nitpick the writing in story/character driven games, and this one had very few moments that made me go "hmmm..." Grammar is excellent. The prose is excellent. The dialogues are very natural for the most part, save for some "witty" banter here and there. The plot is actually quite interesting and it ties all the characters together, but by and large, this is a character driven story. Being a drama, there are the usual "will they, won't they?" and "why can't they just talk it out!?" situations, but the plot developments make the decisions, feelings, motivations, and actions of these character quite believable.

The narrative structure is excellent. There is a pretty long prologue about the past events, but it's incorporated into the narrative, rather than making it an exposition dump. The MC meets an old family friend and talks about his life over a drink and it works rather well. There are flashbacks and past events shown throughout the game at opportune moments where it ties into the happenings at the current timeline.

The story has so much heart. If something can pull at my heartstrings, it will probably do it for almost anyone. Notably, David's story was what did it for me.

The visual storytelling, writing, and the sound/music works together to create one of the more immersive experiences you can find around here.

I haven't done too much experimenting on the choice system, but it seems like the choices make quite a difference in how characters view and behave around each other. The UI is renpy game done right. Stylish, yet functional. There is a toggle for the quick menu at the bottom and an opacity slider. There is no unnecessary animations or lag when using the right click.

All this talk about serious story and characters almost made me forget the sex scenes. It wouldn't be unreasonable for a game like this to have vanilla and pretty uninteresting scenarios for sex. That isn't the case here. It's really fucking hot. The kinky, but grounded dialogue. The renders and H scene composition. The lead up and situations presented are just amazing.

There really isn't much negative things to say about this game. It's an heartfelt coming of age story with love and loss. It's a story about finding yourself. A story about reconciliation. Give it a try. I think it could appeal to almost any type of player.

Engaging story after the inevitable "death of a parent rehash"
Absolutely great art! really beautiful!!!
A likable MC that you root for.
Intelligent, beautiful women and one stunning redhead!!
I really see this one doing great things!

★ Chef's kiss: renders and CG are some of the best I've ever seen

+ Decent writing but the story is very captivating
+ Dialogue and plot has great attention-to-detail especially when it comes to going over previous events or choices
+ Good potential for branching storylines and introducing characters
+ Title makes sense for the direction of the game; I mean come on, how many VNs have you played where the title is just 'cool and poetic words' bunched up then slapped on to the project?
+ Achievement features
+ Love/trust mechanics are very open and not mutually exclusive; you can pick one or both (or neither)

- Illusion of choice; some of MC's choices don't seem to have that much reward or consequences (as of v0.3a)
- Lack of choices; some major events should have allowed the player the freedom to pick what the MC would have done (since it was very vital to the story)
- Everyone is hot and horny for MC - but it's an adult VN so I'll let this one slide
- Realism; the narration seems to be tailored to a more realistic writing but some of the dialogue and events just aren't immersive enough to let the player think "yeah, I get why he/she did this"

Overall, this is top-tier quality given the fact that this much attention-grabbing content is already in just 2 chapters in an ambitious game made by a very small team (Patreon says there's only two of them at the time of this review).

This is the first time I give 5 stars to a game. My attention has been caught very quickly. Unlike many other highly rated games, this one has a more solid, engaging and well written story. The lack of immature digressions, that are very common in other well know games, makes this game earn even more gratification. The high quality renders are highly appreciated but even with a lower quality this game would deserve 5 stars. Keep up the good work.

Wow, just wow! I am speechless when I started the game and as I get further into it, the more amazed I am. This has to be one of the best games I have played so far!

The storyline, while slightly cliche, is very well written and there is little to no grammatical mistakes. The graphics are definitely high end, from the models to the tiny details, everything looks almost perfect.

My only gripe about the game is the Achievement system. Being the perfectionist that I am, I want to get/view everything in the game and it doesn't seem possible without a mod/guide or multiple playthroughs.

I did not like it too much.

I did not like the writing and atmosphere, I found it humorless and pretentious and full of tired tropes. The narrator gets in the way, too much tell instead of show.

I found the MC tiring and unlikeable. He is increadibly capable and cool, but also very tragic and thoughtful and angsty.
He spends a lot of time looking off screen in a forlorn way, and the LIs notice his "sad eyes" and accorgindly immediately want to fuck him.
His main way of "showing his love" for his sister is beating people up?

I found most of the LIs uninteresting and unlikeable.

Graphics are good.

The story is bad.
The central premise of the siblings never being able to tell each other their feelings because something prevents them doing so in the last second, over and over again, turns annoying and boring soon.
I found the plotholes and the weird behaviour of the MC off-putting: