VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Chasing Sunsets [v1.01] [Stone Fox Studios]

A 'story-driven porn game'. Starts with a pointless backstory flashback, establishing characters who are dead so won't feature in the story itself.

The PC is your standard porno all-rounder alpha but has 'character flaws' that are some combination of inconsequential, indirectly self-congratulatory, and a product of contrived behaviour or circumstances.

Example: 12/13 y o discovers sis is getting bullied by peers for being too close to him, and his first solution is to just start alienating her with no explanation/prelude in order to get her to be sociable? WAT. Not only is it not a believable thing for a teen kid to think up as a remedy for that situation, it's just a terrible idea in and of itself. His parents however think it's a precociously brilliant idea and urge him on. WAAAAT?!! To top it all off that incident is immediately played off as not a big deal, when in real life terms it's a stupidly callous and cruel thing to do.

Just goes on like this for however long it takes to finish the content without skipping. The sis despises the PC, while also madly in love with him which makes her hate him even more. She's so thirsty for him, mere physical contact during a fight makes her cum, and surprisingly that doesn't make her mad (because it'd be femdommy...?) Through all this, neither of them tries to reconcile or just talk. The story's explanation for this is 'love and hate are intertwined'. Thanks Schopenhauer! However, actual humans don't process emotions like variables in code. Circumstances change, negative feelings burn out, close friends/family/lovers mutually reach out after a while... there are any number of reasons for them not to be mad but the plot demands otherwise. Or I should say, the fetish of hot psycho sis demands otherwise.

Meanwhile the parents are bafflingly absent in all of this. Btw the stepsis seems to be cool with the parents even though they were basically responsible for the thing that made her mad.
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Not to mention, MAYBE CALL FROM ANOTHER FUCKING NUMBER YOU INSUFFERABLE BRATS?

I've ranted enough. Basically it's all a setup for a 'destiny wants us to be together despite everything' type romance. Just the execution misfires at every step. They reconcile in the end with the right choices, and then a generic corporate espionage plot happens which I didn't care for.

Renders are 3-4/5, only saw 1 animation of close-up dick/cunt action. H-scenes didn't do much for me.

v0.4a

The pace was slow, I didn't really like any of the characters, and I found the plot dull. It might just be me, other folks seem to enjoy it. but I felt like it needed something to grab my attention and it didn't have that.

This game is hard to sum up in a few words. It looks great, no doubt about that! But the thing that really made this game stand out to me was the writing. The story is great and the dialogue feels natural. It made me feel all these emotions and stuff, even though I just came here for pretty renders. I've rarely been this happy to not get what I expected. I'm so fucking invested now, the wait for further chapters will be agony! I can't recommend trying this game enough. Don't expect lots of quick and easy lewd scenes though. They exist and they're good, but this game tells an actual story, and the scenes come when they make sense. Even if that would usually be a reason for you not to try a game though, I urge you to reconsider for this one. Trust me, it's worth it!

not that this game needs my review, i felt compelled to give it anyway. the renders are exquisite and the story is unique and quite good. language is on point as well. there are even very nice touches, such as the diary reenactment scene where you can switch between the actual girl and the one imagined. I loved this, especially since i am not a fan of a first sexual experience with someone being in a dream or the like. anyway, 5 stars for me, great work. i wish i could afford to support this game.

One of the few VNs I still play these days. Chasing Sunsets has some of the best writing and art out there for an adult visual novel. The balance between fantasy and seriousness is really well done and the character development between LIs are satisfying. One of the few VNs pushing the envelope and I can't wait to see where the story goes next.

This is one of my perennial favorites. It's not a porn game per se, it's more of a story with porn elements. That's not a bad thing for my tastes by any means.

The story and character build-up takes center stage here and everything is so intricately interwoven, I'm honestly not sure what's a hint for future content and what's a red herring.

The girls are somewhat limited compared to many competing games, but again, it's not a bad thing. The girls that are here are hot, interesting, and very fleshed out. I legitimately look forward to the relationship with each of them escalating.

The art is really a cut above what can generally be expected on this site. While animations are lacking, nearly every line of dialogue has its own render and facial expression. I don't see that very often, and it makes the style of this VN more cinematic than I'm accustomed to.

The writing feels organic and consistent for each of the characters, and there's a fair amount of drama, angst, and humor thrown in to really balance the game out.

The sexual content is kind of hard to categorize. The scenes aren't as frequent or as graphic as they can be in some games, but they're definitely layered and thoughtful.

Spending some time on the devs' Discord has been illuminating. I rarely see devs as engaged with their fans as these guys are. I hope that doesn't change as they increase in popularity.

My only fear is as the story becomes more intricate that it may be difficult to scale or tie up all of the loose ends, but I haven't seen any signs so far that they've lost control of the narrative.

Definitely one of my favorite games. This is a case where I quite literally came for the porn and stayed for the story. I can't wait to see how this shakes out!

I'm honestly ticked off i didnt play this sooner. very well written, will make you feel, step sister is a 10 forsure, and visuals are outstanding. It's basically a movie, thats how high quality this is.

I can't wait for chapter 4!

Chasing Sunsets has rapidly become one of my favorite VNs on this site. The MC is easy to identify with and I enjoy putting myself into his shoes, especially during his period as an adventurer/aimless wanderer. The girls in the game are all very attractive and they each have a unique characterization. They aren't cookie-cutter personalities plastered onto different DAZ renders as is the case with the weaker VNs offered on this site. The dev updates in a timely fashion and each chapter has a good amount of content. This is a game that you should play/support if you can. Definitely in my top five.

A well-written story about reconciliation. Renders are great altough I must point out sometimes Jaye eyes are too bright (or maybe it's intentional? idk). It's a well paced slice of life slash drama, nothing over the top except for some stuff with David. 9/10.

Definitely one of my top five VN's.
The story is well written, the characters feel as reals as possible, each with it's own personality, especially Mallory and Jaye are both lovely ( it's a tough choice to prefer one over the other), the dev's did a great job in forging them.
The MC is really good with his flaw and strong point it's easy to look through his eyes and be immerse in the games, and the side character are on par with the rest.
Very good renderings, body proportions well done and believable, the right amount of sad and good moments make this game really enjoyable. definitely worth to play.
A tad bit of critique

Chasing Sunsets is easily top 5 sweetest VN on this site. Story about two step siblings who were in love all this time but can't even tell each other how they felt due to circumstances? Count me in.

Renders are great, excellent characterizations, clever writing. Malory and Jaye are both super likable yet has different personality. When you read Stone Fox patreon page description where one of the dev said he's been reverse engineering popular VNs to find out what makes them compelling, you can't help but notice which VNs they are talking about. It's influenced by many popular works and yet it still managed to be unique.

One small nitpick: That scene with David in Syria? Libya? felt really out of place and kinda broke immersion

Wow, this game is really good! For me, it's easily top 5 on this site. Interesting and beautiful characters, good writing and story. There's really not that much in the way of sex content but the buildup feels worth it imo. One negative thing is that I'd feel like shit having to choose between one of these two girls. I mean I know who i'd choose already but yeah, it wouldn't be fun.

I am loving this VN so far, for some reason i had bypassed it on a number of occasions and now i have played it i realise it was a big mistake.

it got a very good mix of dark drama and laughs, the renders are stunning and the story is very good. this gets added to my "cant wait for the next update list"

I like the pictures and the storyline. Lot's of details in the picture. The story is quite emotional and I feel with the "actors". Hope everything goes well with all of them. However I only tried the path where the siblings work together, don't like the fighting approach of the other path.

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.