VN - Ren'Py - City Devil: Restart [v0.4.0 Public] [Sabirow]

What a great game, High class animations, lovely characters with different personalities, a great dark story and an interesting MC
I cannot wait for the next update, I love it so far (CDR 0.40)
I would highly reccomend to give it a try

I just cant understand why it is not more popular. It has one of the best animation even beating eternum in that and with v0.4.0 it has really good storyline. Sure there are less sx scenes but good story with logical development takes time, not where he just goes and does it with every one. Like may had a very good intimate scene in 0.4.0 and it did not go further cause she is shy, these are good qualities not just have sx wherever the mc finds time. So in conclusion I wil say it's a sollid 5/5 for me.

I'm writing this review after finishing the game's fourth chapter (the last one for now). The story this game offers is truly interesting and manages to immerse you right into the context it unfolds in, leaving you amazed by the length of each chapter and how well it's crafted. The originality is truly excellent and stands out from many games I've played; try it and believe it. The renderings of the scenes and characters are truly space-age, perfect quality and full of detail. The only flaw with the audio is that there are few sounds and not many songs available, but I think that's to be expected, especially given the recent issues some creators are experiencing with licensed songs. The game runs great; I haven't encountered any bugs or performance drops, so great work. The animations in this game are truly beautiful and well-crafted; I highly recommend everyone to play it and give it a try.

Game version: 0.4.0

This is so hard to write, and although I would recommend this game to everyone, I cannot say it's better than average- even though it has all the ingredients it needs.

The story is completely weird and it seems to jump between several ideas/ concepts of the dev's mind. A classic horror story, a sci-fi-post-apocalyptic-demon-hunting story and then there this pimp (although likeable) of a a MC who just steals every women's heart the first time he meets them.
Then there are the relationships. He changes statuses from "foe" to "friend to hang out with" much too fast. Doesn't make ANY sense.
In another scene, he opens up about his most intimate nightmares and fears to someone without even knowing this person. How random is that?
I feel like I am just citing another good review here, but there are still many other inconsistencies that damage the pacing and immersion of this game.

The big forte of this game are the visuals. Although I do not really like the overuse of camera-flights (they feel redundant to me: Going up the stairs, hovering around a girl..there's drama where it shouldn't be!), the rendering is fine.

Animations are good, the sex scenes even feature different angles and/ or positions to freely choose from.

Then there there is a reputation system, where wrong answers will decrease and correct answer will increase your relationship points with the different characters. So far, I'm quite sure lower stats won't block any paths.. but since the game hasn't progressed that far yet, only time will really tell.

All in all, this is a mixed bag.
The dev sure has talent, the script is not bad per se, but needs consistency really, really badly! He should stick to ONE story concept and forgo the rest.
I doubt he will do this, but maybe this game will teach him enough about it, so his next game will be even better.

Although the visuals are stunning, including high quality animations, the story, characters, and overall writing are completely uninspiring.

This feels like a VN made by a dedicated, skilled animator, who has no idea how to write a story and regurgitates pieces of others' works. The game is filled with references and imitations, some obviously intentional and others less so. The setting is urban fantasy with quite a few horror elements, but the premise is really more similar to all the trashy isekai with OP protagonists. MC is basically a Gary Stu cardboard cutout. Awkward spelling/grammar errors are common enough that it's immersion-breaking and annoying to parse out what's going on.

Choices are mostly meaningless; there's always one best option, which is usually obvious, no nonlinear story development / routes. Extra UI is added for one-off minigames which add basically nothing to the game (house exploration, dungeon exploration, fight QTE), and there are some animations which are literally just POV walking around, for no reason (thankfully you can skip, but you can't fast forward...). Music/SFX is fine, a lot of commonly reused stuff which is to be expected for indie devs, but it's mostly used appropriately for the atmosphere of each scene.

The writing is still tolerable to me, so I'm leaving it at 3 stars. I'm willing to check out future updates, but wouldn't really recommend this game.

Really good animations, super high effort, might be the best on this site. Nice models from HS2.

But in terms of porn it's lacking, like everyone else said. What does exist is pretty decent, maybe it'll increase in frequency as the story progresses? Hopefully the dev plans on more of that as the game goes on.

The writing also isn't the best, it seems the dev did check the spelling and grammar properly for the most part, but the dialogue sometimes lack cohesion. Like, it's not 'engrish' but sometimes the flow feels disjointed, and the characters jump from one topic to the next without proper segues.

Plot wise, not super original but what is nowadays? It's serviceable, and it's fine enough IMO.

City Devil: Restart [v0.4.0 Public] [Sabirow]

Animations are amazingly impressive, probably the best I've seen. The rest is mediocre, though.

Far too convoluted, characters lack depth and I struggle to care about any of them because of how rushed everything is. Pacing sucks. MC just goes along with everything and is kind of just.... there.

Too many things happen, it jumps around a lot. Dev can't decide what kind of relation the sister is to the MC. Also can't decide what kind of game and story they want to make, it is all over the place narratively and theme wise.

MC blindly trusts the teacher Minami without getting to know her at all, Minami barely acts like a teacher, more like a school girl who has a crush on the MC and again is kind of "just there", feels like that with pretty much the entire cast. The relationships are dull and feel lifeless. This has INSANE potential but the writing, pacing and very messy narrative just makes it a meh experience overall.

Again, animations are amazing and there is so much potential in the theme and setting, but it's just all glossed over and is messy as fuck in execution. I feel the Dev cares more about flexing the animations then writing a good story and interesting characters. The most important aspect in story telling is the story and characters, not just very good and fancy animations.

There isn't much sexual content either, and what you do get feels rushed and has no build up towards it.

The theme could be amazing with a more talented writer. The foundation was all there for something truly great.

Massively wasted potential/10.

Your huge horror fantasy story lacks fantasy and horror, and some of the sex scenes in it are absolutely ridiculous. Your sex story lacks sex scenes and related dialogue, but it has a strange connection to the fantasy horror story I described above. This whole absurd confusion is the result of the fact that you can't pour motor oil on an omelet. Make two different games: one for those who love horror and fantasy and one for those who prefer classic fap stories. Try to work out the details of their scripts so that they are interesting in terms of plot development and the quality of the scenes. Similar games have appeared here many times. They received low ratings for precisely the same reason - their plots look like laundry from a washing machine after washing, but its narrative accounts for 80% of the game's content. The development of the fap story itself takes up 10%, and the sex scenes themselves also take up 10%. Is it really that obvious? You know what they call games like that? Skip games. You skip all 80%.Boring.

Dunno what to say other than just try it yourself. Personally I quite like the game.. While I have seen some complains been made I do think some of them are valid, however all we can really do is just let the dev cook. Either it's gonna blow our minds or just be another porn game collected.

This game is a masterclass. It has a story full of mystery, horror, action, and animations so smooth that I feel like I'm watching a TV series. Even during certain conversations, the characters are animated. This game makes you feel like you're in a living world. Then there's what everyone comes here for: the girls and the lewd scenes. Absolutely all of the girls are beautiful and sexy, whether they're main or secondary characters, and the scenes with them are hot and the animation is super smooth. Some people complain that the story takes precedence over the scenes with the girls, but that's not the case for me. I find that it's the same in other big projects like Eternum or Projekt Passion, and they are among the highest-rated games here. The only downside (and even that is subjective) is that I would have liked there to be more dirty talk during the sex scenes. I can't wait for the next episode!

Insane potential, but the creator has no interest in making a porn game. This is 99% a half rate demon fighting tale about powers and slaying and complete filler nonsense, and 1% porn (the vast majority of which is teasing.)

It depends on the developer's goal: telling a story, showing graphics, or sex scenes. Let me remind you that this is essentially a porn game site. People come to watch scenes rather than read lengthy text or admire the sway of hair on their ass or the grass. Other games also emphasize different elements. This really does resemble Eternum at its lowest settings. Minimal scenes, but better graphics. If you're into watching a beautiful movie while eating chips, this game is for you. If you're like me and just want to watch scenes, there aren't many here. The camera angles are excellent, though. There's potential, but it's unlikely to be clearly seen due to the infrequent updates. Bravissimo to the author for their hard work. But most likely, this is just erotica.

Great game, the dev has way above average technical abilities, we can see by the moving models, best i've seen so far in these games, TOP. I can see great potential in this game. The models are also great, there aren't bad looking girls. The story seems very good! Great work Dev! and thank you for your game!

A cinematic action-thriller VN that sets a new bar for animation, even as its overstuffed plot and uneven writing struggle to keep pace.

+ Cinematic, Animation-First Experience: Praised for its fluid animations that bring both action and everyday moments to life, creating a deeply immersive, movie-like feel.
+ High-Quality Visuals & Presentation: Features top-tier renders, a unique and well-designed MC, and well-directed, dynamic sex scenes.
+ Intriguing Core Premise: The storyline of a time-traveling "acolyte" trying to prevent a future apocalypse is a compelling and potent hook.

– Messy, Overstuffed Plot: The narrative throws too many elements at the player too quickly, resulting in a lack of focus and jarring pacing.
– Weak & Unnatural Writing: The dialogue is often criticized as clunky and immersion-breaking, failing to match the quality of the visuals.
– Style Over Substance (So Far): The impressive technical showcase is currently let down by underdeveloped characters and a relative lack of meaningful lewd content with main love interests.

City Devil: Restart is a must-try for anyone who values cutting-edge visuals in a VN, but temper your expectations for a polished narrative. It's a stunning tech demo that's still finding its storytelling footing.

Masterpiece...

THIS is like ======= NEXT-GEN AVN

In every sense.

But what truly differs this AVN from others is the USAGE OF ANIMATIONS . My god THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking such a task to make them so frequent and great.
It adds so much depth to the story and totally engrosses you into it.

Love the protag / MC - looks badass, cool, but still grounded / sensible and relatable person.
The LIs are CUTE and that´s what matters the MOST .

This game is the reason I LOVE AVNs for STORY FOREMOST AND MAINLY (and only secondly for the "adult" part) - that´s what defines amazing AVN for me... When you get so engrossed it the story that you forget about time and are excited to see more).

This is now one of my MOST FAVOURITE AVNs EVER and I am
impatiently and excitedly waiting for MORE .

Thanks so much SABIROW for making this beautiful and gripping story.

Take care, best of luck to You and have a nice day.

TL;DR === PLAY IT , it´s HIDDEN GEM
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this game is awesome! i love the animations, story, gameplay, and effects. especially that one scene with the demons in the city, i definitely recommend playing this one, very cool yo. i can not wait for 0.4!!

I played v0.3.0 through in one evening, and...it was an interesting experience.

There are so many different skills that go into making a great VN that it is almost impossible for one individual to be good at all of them. In this case, we have a dev that excels at only one: making HS animations. So he plays to that strength a lot. I found myself classifying these numerous animations into three categories:

1. Those that raise the question: Why would anyone bother animating that? E.g. A POV shot of someone climbing a stairway.

2. Those that are actively annoying. E.g. A conversation scene where the characters lips are constantly moving.

3. Those that are pretty cool. E.g. distant shots where we can see many characters moving around.

In terms of animation alone I’d rate this at four stars (one less than five for the annoying ones). Everything else you can think of, the story, dialog, character models, etc. would only rate one or two stars.

I wish this dev would team up with one of the great storytellers out there who struggle with animations.

a LOT of work has gone into making something that's simply not that good when it comes to the story and characters. All style no substance you could say. I can't believe I'm saying this but I feel like this avn suffers from author putting too much effort into the wrong things.

The animations in this are some of the best I've ever seen but they come across as extremely tryhardish at times and most of them are wasted on transition shots that don't really add much value to the story. The sex scenes especially are too disappointing because with the amount of effort went into animating the transitions I'd have thought this is the area this game would shine but if was a major let down, I've seen better animation in a lot of other HS avn.

This game has another weird issue, I've seen the reverse of this problem a lot of times but this is the first time I've come across a game in which MC is extremely hot but the LIs are just not that good to look at, most of the main LI's atleast.

The dialogues come across as cringy a lot of times, and there is a very obvious difference between the writing of the flirty lines and general conversation. Infact, I kept getting the feeling that some of the dialogues may have been generated using chat gpt in order to add fluff to the game. It gets way too yappy at times and the conversation goes on and on about nothing at all and it doesn't feel like a human conversation.

This game is like if a car had the body of Chevrolet Camaro but the engine had 4 cylinders. Very pretty to look at but ultimately if this didn't have all those fancy ui and animations, just based off pure story and character alone this would probably be a 3 star rated game on this forum.

Version played: v.0.3.0

Pretty good stuff.

Intersting idea, great potential. Some very cinematic scenes, almost like a movie. Effort can be seen.

However, it's been almost 2 years and it seems it will take quite a while for the story to wrap up, considering the current version of the game.

Still worth trying now, there's a least a few hours of gameplay.

Some conversations are quite pointless, and there's just a smidge of engrish, but I didn't feel like taking a star away for that.

Didn't expect much at first, however it turned out to be an actually good game. Mind you the game isnt finished as of writing this, but its very good. The animations are very good, the models are nice. Maybe some spots in the game have slightly iffy english but it doesnt impact the quality of the overall game all that much.