VN - Ren'Py - City Devil: Restart [v0.3.0 Hotfix] [Sabirow]

v0.3.0
It's clear that a lot of time and effort went into the visual aspects of the game. It looks good, the H scenes are well-presented and, in particular, there are a lot of animations used throughout the game.

Unfortunately the game's writing regularly feels like it's been poorly translated from another language and can be completely immersion-breaking. In a game that is clearly trying to take itself seriously, it's a bit too jarring to slog through in my opinion.

I'd like to be able to recommend this, but I don't think I can. If you can overlook the writing issues, there's probably a lot to like about the game.

This game is amazing! The world-building, the cinematics, the animations. It feels like I'm playing a legit action/adventure game, but it's a visual novel... So well done. Looking forward to future updates!

v0.3.0 review:

I played about an hour and the most supernatural thing I saw was a brothel that didn't charge up front and then let you leave without paying. Otherwise, it was bog-standard high school wish fulfillment: orphans move to new city, edgy boy wants to screw his questionably-aged sister for no reason, all the girls at the new high school lust for him and all the boys hate him but he's a master of fighting and can beat them all up. Maybe it gets really good if you just keep playing.

The game has a lot of animation and people on this forum react to animation like Cro-Magnons responded to their first encounter with fire but all the animation in the world doesn't matter if the underlying plot is meh.

2.5 stars rounded up to 3.

Without exaggeration I think this is the best looking game on the site. I'm not sure there's a game the compares in its art quality and particularly the fluidity of animations working with the art. All the characters, even ones that are intended to be ugly/plain, look great.

I'd say the story and characters are passable. The premise is nothing special or new, the characters have their own charm. Some story developments feel rushed - but I don't totally mind this understanding the nature of adult game development cycles. Overall the plot and story developments are interesting enough - nothing is really bad or distracts from the appeal of the game and i think for this game that's the most important thing.

The visual rating carries this game to a 5. Normally for other games with solid, even great graphics, I still would need a decent story to put it up there. But when a game has you saying wow over and over again, I think it needs to be appreciated in that light in the same way that there are some games that are 5 stars for the story with average graphics.

The renders and production quality of this game is very high (for an porn VN). Unfortunately the game is let down by some subpar english and strange plotting.

The characterization is also quite poor. I think a large part of this is the conversations seem heavily rushed. It's like the dev doesn't want to spend time on writing and more time on unnecessary (but cool) animations.

This game could really use a dedicated writer, because everything else about it is top tier.

The game features extremely high quality animations and an intriguing story. Although there are a few areas where I feel the dialogue could be improved, it is not a large enough issue where I would give a lower rating for the game.

Thank you for this game, you made my day better. this is the VN game with the best graphics I have ever played, good scenario, good characters, a great MC, waiting for new updates ALSO HOPE FOR NEW FEET SCENES
PLEASE

Rating: 3/5 (Rounded down from 3.5/5) for v0.3.0

My first time playing this game, and I had a pretty good time with it—albeit with huge caveats. Got some spoilers about the writing, so open those if you want to dive into it.

First, the good stuff. The production quality on visuals and animations is clearly the main focus, and you can tell the devs really poured their effort into it. Animation during character dialogues and some select scenes? Pretty damn good. The models look great, though the hair strands can sometimes get in the way, but it’s not a dealbreaker. And the sex scenes? The dev is one of those rare people who knows how to direct a hot scene properly. Camera angles, sex scene animations, durations, environment lighting—it’s all top-notch. Honestly, this is where the game excels the most.

But then there’s the writing, and... yeah, it’s noticeably lacking, especially when compared to the “adult” and “visual” parts of the game. Dialogue sometimes feels unnatural—the way it’s written and how it flows makes it seem like it wasn’t written as dialogue first but instead turned into dialogue later. It just doesn’t flow naturally.

The pacing is another issue. The way the story arcs jump between each other is abrupt as hell, especially compared to the calmer moments. There’s really no proper setup for a lot of the big plot points; instead, shit just gets thrown in the MC’s face when you least expect it—and it kinda does that every damn time.


Overall, it’s a weird mix of highs and lows. The visuals and animations? Absolutely amazing. But the writing? It’s barely holding things together. Still, I had fun with it despite the narrative stumbles, no bugs or game breaks either, with better writing it could easily go from a 3/3.5 to a solid 4.5/5.
Should you give it a time ?, IMO give it a go.

Finished 0.3 and it was my first time playing it, at first the story looks like your typical Japanese shounen genre of manga/anime, well maybe it still does but after Asami appeared and explained what was happened it starting to pick my interest and the flow of the story also decently fast and some relationship could be seen as too fast like how it was with Lillian.

As for the render some looks great while some looks underwhelming, for example May, personally her render looks mediocre for an important character such as her, so far only Asami,Izumi and the teacher what i love the most based on their renders so hopefully the dev can added more stunning render down the line.

If i want to nitpicking then i think those non lewd animation kinda pointless, i know its unique unlike most of the games on this platform but this is not a triple AAA game so i think those animation could be better off allocated it to a lewd scenes instead, ofc some of those still good like the MC dream where he was jumpscare by the ghost but most of it like walking around the house etc is pointless to me.

Overall a 5 star ratings and despite only at 0,3 the content also considerably large imo, this game and the dev definitely deserves more support.

Review for 0.3.0

Definitely 10/10 Perfect

I didn't expect this game to be so good, the dev really put a lot of efforts into this and it shows. The story is a bit confusing at times, but nicely written. This kind of high quality AVN really set a high standard and makes it harder for me to enjoy anything less. Amazing work, honestly, I didn't feel bored reading at all, playing this feels like watching a movie.
I hope the dev will continue to deliver until this game is finished, really want to see this till the end.

Sublime, Can't wait for more. The character animations, which are not exclusively lewd, make it feel alive. Much appreciated. I'm intrigued by the story so far, The lewd animations are great as well. The girls are cute and while it is still too early to judge the characters and story since it's still the 0.2 update, it looks promising so far. Hoping for more soon!

After scrolling through dozen of games and becoming a washed up volleyball Player, to being teleported to a house in the rift and another realm with baddies that has qi, to surviving an apocalypse with two sisters, to enrolling to a new school abroad where my busty nanny lives with her two precious baddies and now a high schooler with unknown ability, I'm in.

Deserves way more attention. Has some issues with grammar and sentence structure but it deserves 5 stars just because of being innovative with animations. Looking forward to see how the game progresses.

Such a fantastic game! Holy crap. seamless transition is so good and I don't think any other AVN has feature like this game.
Graphics,Sounds,Art Style,Story,World building is 5-star game.
Well done developer.
This game is my one of the favourite game .

A truly exceptional game! Right from the start, you can feel the high level of development quality. The animations are meticulously crafted and visually stunning. The characters, from the Uncle to your step-sister, are engaging and well-developed, adding a sense of realism that keeps you deeply invested in the story. I was genuinely sad when I reached the end, but I can't wait to dive back in for more of this fantastic storytelling. Keep up the great work, Dev! This story has incredible potential.

City Devil has one of the most gorgeous sex scene animations I have seen. Characters are also well modelled and the creator seems to have put some thought into using dialogue to build up their personalities.

The story is still very short as at V0.2 so it's about 2 hours playtime for me. All in, it's a high potential promising start.

Although this game is only at 0.2 atm but still I enjoy every moment while playing it. The mechanic of interact with items in cafeteria is new and surprised me tho (it's cool).
Nothing more to say ! What a piece of art ....

This is pretty far beyond the quality of most of these games. Time is taken for a lot more animation and it has a different approach than anything else I've seen. It's very fluid and seems far more active then even most similar games of the same quality. I'm not quite sure where it's going, which is good, and I'm already looking forward to the ride. The characters are amazing and there is not much that I can compare it too. I salute the developer for so effectively carving out his own niche in many ways rather than walking down already well established paths.

This is a top tier hidden gem that deserves a lot more attention.

Its rare that i get annoyed by not likeing a game, but this one looks nice and i really loved the small animation cut scenes that makes it diffrent from most other games, i liked the girls as well....

There are a few things the ruined the game for me and they are big enough to pretty much make game unplayable.

What ruins the game most to me is the MC, its just way to cringy to read the mindset of a 12 year old whos never seen a pair of tits, wanting to fuck everything the moves, it makes it impossible to put your self in MCs shoes like most players proberly like to do but in this one its just not possible.

As for the story it starts out ok, but goes to shit pretty fast atleast for my taste, i hate forced sex scenes and MC made 0 sense to me, hes sitting in hes appartment and starts to get horney and goes "i cant take it anymore i need to release my self" and instend of just jerking off he goes to find a prostitute? personaly i am just not into whores/hookers in any way and having that shit forced on you is just a no go and a huge turn-off, atleast you can stop after a BJ but it dosent really change much, i dident want to touch them with a 10ft pole in any kind of ways, and again it also shows the focus being on big tits since you get to pick between two hookers and guess what both has huge tits, i find it idiotic that devs dosent learn to make a better diversity.

Also MC comes clean to a random teacher feels very brainless, hes alrady been told whats going on by Asami, so theres no reason for him to trust anyone he dosent even know, she could be anyone and should come clean first, theres no way MC should spill hes guts to any unknown person whos acting like someone from the goverment, MC should know better and dont trust anyone, but he freely gives out the letter from Asami and spil hes guts.

As for the girls i am not the biggest fan, its aimed mostly at big tit fetish with all the main girls except maybe one, i mean Leah isent even a main girl the only one with smaller tits which is annnoying when you hate bimbos with big tits, this dev needs to learn to make alot better diversity in builds so theres something for everyone instend of having a single focus, since for those not into big tits might become bored when there is nothing to come for.

Animations are really good both the small cut scenes and the sex scenes, but i also worry that it will take forever to get this game going due to so many small scenes that proberly takes alot of time to do.

Music is good and suits the game.

As for content there just isent much yet, so its not possible to make a real review untill you know how game will progress, it feels both like it might get forced LIs/Sex scenes since its already done it once but then it also has a relationship system in place where you might be able to not get points with a girl, but it remains to be seen.

It does have good potential and i will revisit this once it has alot more content and then make a real review, but diversity in builds or more main girls that are bimbos with big tits would have to improve and no forced shit either to become great, so for now ill leave it with 3 stars since it can still become much worse and alot better.

The game clearly has a lot of potential, so I'm looking forward to see where it goes. There's nice models, a good UI with nice use of animations, and the story is interesting if not the most original.