VN - Ren'Py - Color of My Sound [Ch.3A v6] [Gallant Trombe]

Color of My Sound [Ch1 Part B] review

3 words:

Very. Fucking. Promising!

What it is:
Branching-path visual novel. It's a classic detective story, with military undertones. And sexy women. And banging.
Right now the choices don't seem to matter much, but I suspect they will, later. I'll forgive it for now because we're still only at character introductions and main plot intro. It's still quite early in this project.
A playthrough of this version will take you 1-3 hours, depending on your reading speed and how often you stop to enjoy the "scenery". And there's a lot of "scenery" to enjoy.

Visuals: 5/5
Just fucking gorgeous. Hot women, diverse cast, beautiful backgrounds. Perfect lighting. All the bells and whistles. It's just super clean and beautiful in every respect.

Story/writing: 5/5
Multiple story threads. Mysteries everywhere. Each character has their own agenda. Well thought out world building, with political systems and different conflicts going on.
Character portrayals are excellent. Each character feels unique, with their own kinds of expression and language. Dialogue flows naturally but sometimes drones on a little bit about old battles and other background lore.
Quality of English: Absolutely flawless.

Visual storytelling: 5/5
Show, don't tell. That's what I always say, and this dev really gets it. Sometimes just small changes in facial expressions can tell the story. That was fucking great to see!
There are sequences of images without text at many different points in this story and it works fantastically. I just love the shit out of that stuff! Excellent!

Unless you are bothered by the kinda small amount of content, you need to play this right fucking now!

The raw skill at display here is absolutely formidable. By the time this project is completed it will be top 5 of all time here on f95, mark my fucking words.

Nice story, beautiful characters (even the MC, YAY!), outstanding renders, solid writing and above all that a harem game.

So I can see this game in top 5 at least, if the quality remained like that, not to forget it's that good despite being the developer first game, really well done.

Version: 1.A.3
Platform: Win64

Heads-Up
Really great visual novel with an interesting sci-fi story, beautiful crafted characters and a lot of content for a first release.

Art
Overall great visuals. Good use of camera angles, colors and dof. Well done on the image editing as well. On a few occasions I saw some noise, could be either artifacts on the editing or artistic choice. However, it doesn't take you out of the game at all, just a minor detail I spotted while reviewing.
Great work on the environments and some re-designs / re-shading and especially the lighting. Really nice scenes that amplify the beauty of the well-crafted characters.
Nice details like mouth-opening animations when starting to talk or eye-blinking animations.

Characters
Unique background stories, tasteful design, no super unrealistic proportions. Great introductions of the characters with hints and cliff-hangers for character-development. Simply well done.

UI
Simple, slim and clean. Nice font and nice color pallet. Has a fitting minimalistic touch to it.

Dialogue
Overall very well written. The dialogues are meaningful that progress the story and not just empty conversations. Good natural language, so no off-put because of bad translations. Erotic sections are written pleasingly which let's you look forward for upcoming scenes.
A little minor critique is about the usage of the narrator, but this might be just a misunderstanding on my site. Often the narrator is used when the current impressions of the mc are expressed or if memories from his past are told, while thoughts are written as inner dialogue of the mc. While having the conversation with Lana it feels like a mix of both. Could be a misinterpretation on my side and again it's nothing that drags your attention away from the story and the art.

Story
Great story already with a promising lore. You already can tell the dev has put much effort in the background story. The first chapters also come along with some mysteries and cliff-hangers to certain stories which keeps the story interesting and wanting more. It also allows the community to speculate and talk about the story and how it might unfold.
Introduction of the characters is well done with interesting background stories. I'm sure there will be more to them in the upcoming episodes.

Sound
None at the moment of my review.

Details
You can already tell the dev has an eye for details and puts a lot of effort in these. For example the conversation with Blanche and the meaning of her name. I like the fact the dev even put a white/silver shirt on Blanche to underline the meaning.

Summary
Really great sci-fi visual novel with a lot of content for a first release. A strong dialogue based visual novel with a great story to unfold and not just an continuation of sex scenes. It looks really promising, can't wait for more updates.

Well well well, what do we have here?

This is one of the tightest and most impressive starts I've seen for such a serious premise.

Rarely do I see the military aspect of any VN feel legitimate. It's certainly a new flavor to me. The MC is a military officer, and you don't question that fact.

The renders and models all look fantastic. Even the MC is one good looking dude, which is pretty nice since we usually either A: never see the MC, or B: get a stock/fugly one.

And to address the topic of the girls and the Harem tag, they're beautiful and feel like unique people. There's not much to say about them, as they haven't had as much time to be fleshed out yet. The team dynamic is going to play a major role in shaping these characters.

There's some obvious references here, especially to the nobility of the Dune series, but it's less about spice and destiny, and more of Game of Thrones-esque political thriller. Hopefully without the Game of Thrones-esque ending.

As a result of these political nature, the MC gets thrown into something much much bigger than himself, even if he's the greatest hero in the galaxy.

Which btw, doesn't inflate his ego or even mean much to him. It makes the MC more than just the bestiest guy in the galaxy, like many other games. The MC is a calculated man who gets the job done.

This game also came with a decent start to a unique UI. I'm thinking once that gets nailed down, and appropriate atmospheric music gets added, we're going to see the foundation to another banger like City of Broken Dreamers.

I'm excited to see more of this game, but it definitely has potential.

What we got is a masterpiece of art, story, and character development with meanings hidden behind each color, a good intrigue that unfolds, schemes, betreyal and good looking love interests.
The first time I played I was lost in the beauty of the renders, but! next time I played I enjoyed the excelent world building.

Don't ask me to form a coherent thoughts process, the game is that good ( the only flaw is the limitation of the hardware used for the renders but that doesn't invalidate the fact that the game is perfect!)

What a promising start! The game looks great, the setting is really fucking cool and the cast of characters introduced so far is excellent. There is barely any lewd content so far, but to be honest I was more interested in the story and discovering more about the characters and the setting anyway. There isn't much there to review yet, but the potential here is huge, hence the gushing.

Super thorough premise, with a universe that seems to rival that of Starship Inanna's.

Writing wise, seems to be able to entice me well enough, and as someone that skips most of the dialogue in most games, I found myself reading every single one in this. The slight uncertainty and mystery is definitely a good bonus. Also love the slight comical moments, regarding the quick camera angles and slight eye contact, attention to detail by Gallant is great!

Renders look amazing, and though not overtly over the top, the setting is just right. Sometimes simple is fine, as long as it captures the vibes properly. Suffice to say, the renders definitely have captured the vibes Gallant has intended.

I definitely have high hopes for this game, the premise seems vast and enticing, my only suggestion is to be well organised with the storyline, plot, and the characters. Sometimes creators can get lost in the different plots and subplots when there are too many.

This game is refreshing, some intrigue, and information to found, the render are quite good (just hoped to have choice over the gender, but not really a big problem), i will say 4 star because of this and the fact there is not really many choice, yes here you have choice that change story, but i don't have seen many choice who change our relationship with bloum, yes we have the order to accept the ship, but not to are friendly with it and the privacy loss.

A mystery thriller VN with sci-fi setting that has tremendous potential

Off to a solid start
An original plot with an intriguing story that has unique settings very rare to come across a VN such as this with very high production quality that also has its own story universe
Top notch writing and well written dialogues combined with great story telling make the VN very engaging; enjoyed reading it
Top notch renders with new hot models a lot of new assets used for setting up the environment to give an immersive experience
Great character building with interesting persona and backstory
Like the name of the title "color of my sound" gives off a nice vibe as well as aptly relates to the MC's life the main story

It's missing some sfx,music and animations I guess these are gonna be implemented in the future updates which will make it all the more better

A highly enjoyable VN that has the potential to be an one of a kind sci-fi mystery thriller recommend if you want to enjoy a good story
Patiently waiting for the future updates to see how the story plays out
Great work dev Goodluck with the project keep up the good work.

Nice story entrance so far plus im a sucker for sci-fi so thats a plus in my opinion...And very interesting cast and renders, im looking forward to seeing more of the game...And last but not least, very good length for a first release so that gives me hope for the upcoming updates as well...

Definitely one of the most original story lines I've read so far, and a breath of fresh air from the usual fare.
Dialogue has zero flaws.
Images are some of the best I've seen, on par with the professional ones who'd usually find in more mainstream galleries.
Solid start to a solid VN. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Excellent start! This is a pretty neato espionage story so far with a lore that's heavily influenced by Dune. There's a cyberpunk element to it too. Since it's only the beginning, there's no real way to tell how things will currently develop. The models for all the characters are beautiful, and environment have character.

I hope this games continues to impress!

A very strong debut of a game that provides a fresh new premise and a break from all the cliches we've become accustomed to on the site

There are quite a few space themed VNs around these parts as well as a few sci-fi societies and this VN blends the best of both worlds without it making it seem like something we've already seen before. There's no overly horny/douchey character that promises to annoy us in the future. However, we are given a "tip-of-the-iceberg" look at their personalities with a hint of caution which promises to reveal strong character depth as the story develops. The choices we are given look like they will factor into how the story will progress so that's always a plus

Renders speak for themselves and are well above average. A few newer faces which is saying a bit given how many models are recycled.

EDIT: Playing the rest of the content, it has not disappointed. The dev clearly has a very firm grasp on the plot development and knows what he's doing to the highest degree . Wish I could give this game 8 stars!

Other than that, really pleased and pleasantly surprised by this intro that actually had quite a bit of content for an initial release. Looking forward to what the future brings!

Color of My Sound [v1.A.3]
(Played in Windows and Android - My review might change in later releases)

Storyline/ Ambientation: What would happen if I mixed cyberpunk and sci-fi? Blade Runner and Star Wars? Star Trek and Dune maybe? If I had a protagonist who looks a little like Luke Skywalker and many beautiful female characters that would make Jabba the Hutt lick his big, froggy lips?
This VN has all that without falling into the usual cliches.
There's an interesting story and many interesting characters too.

Graphics: These are some top quality renders and although there's no animation, there's a huge quantity of them to follow the story and the sex scene, frame by frame. For a comic book fan like me, I think animation is overrated and can be off putting!

Sex Content: One good sex scene! I couldn't ask for more in a first release VN. Someone once said, you can have a fap game or a good story. Not both. This one's sure belongs to the latter category. It's not a fap game (so far at least). It's a rich sci-fi adventure with sex scenes!

Music and sound: I guess ambient music in Spotify will do for now. Music and sound is very important but for now I'll let this slide

Gameplay: There's a reasonable number of choices that affect the storyline. As we know, ramification in VN storylines is simple at first but it might become complicated in later chapters. The GUI is incredible. Kudos!

Conclusion: In my honest and sincere opinion, this dev deserves some support! For a rookie this is a great VN par or even better to some veteran's work! I was really impressed!
Total score 4.5/5 (For lack of music and sound). Keep up the good work!

Lots of potential here, renders look good with quality character models, no engrish detected, nothing about the mc irritated me, like the other reviewer said there are a lot of different things being introduced such as factions and terms with a pretty good amount of length of play for the first release and the story takes itself seriously. No animations for sex scenes.

This first release intrigued me enough to give it a review. The main selling point of this story is it's complex world & lore. Even for a first release, there's a lot to unpack, and there's a lot more left on the table to explore in the future. Hopefully, all the threads presented in the story, be it about the characters' backgrounds & motivations or the main story, materialise in some way, and are not left dangling or ignored.

The renders look great, and the characters are also appealing. Even the MC is unexpectedly solid. There's no sound, though, but for some that's a plus, not a drawback.

Keep in mind though, there's a lot of reading for exposition purposes and not a whole lot of choices yet. This may change with future releases, though, as the author stated all but one of the 18+ scenes are optional (and the mandatory one already happened).