VN - Ren'Py - Companion of Darkness [S2 Ch.10] [Berkili4]

I love this game, the story is engaging and fun, the fight scenes are great and the music matches too, the story can go from fun to sad to funny which what makes this game special, keep up the great work!

Another story-first AVN, with an action fantasy take.

Like other popular AVNs, the story telling in this is great. The start is slow, because it jumps right in. Your choices, as the main character, matter, and will change the way the story plays out.

Character interactions generally aren't exclusive. You can opt into certain paths, or not, and you shouldn't be locking too much out. The depth of characters starts off shallow, with the MC and the characters themselves building up their own stories and pasts. The core lore has a nice little mechanic to explain away part of the knowledge deficit, and as the story progresses, Berkili4 slowly winds back the curtain, allowing for a fairly reasonable character depth expansion.

There are characters with worryingly little depth. Some of that is due to them not being explored (as of Chapter 10), and some of that is due to the characters not being particularly deep. Others, still somewhat shallow, are likely designed that way to allow you to make game-altering choices without locking you into certain aspects.

Like all good stories, this AVN lets you pick your poison on what you think about characters. You're likely to be wrong at least part of the time, with certain assumptions and actions shifting your perspective.

I don't want to spoil the story, but the only real problem you're likely to face is a fear of spiders. The game doesn't really focus too much on them, and due to the static nature, and art style, unless the fear is extreme, you should be okay.

There are also some failure states ('game over'), but every failure state I've deliberately provoked has resulted in the game winding me back to the choice set that triggered the failure. This is good design, as it allows the player not to stress about saving every minute. This doesn't mean that you can't cause character information lockouts, as there is a branching design.

I'm unclear on whether or not the 'harem' path will be all of the available scenes, as I'm not one to revisit H-scenes. But based on my choices in the games, there's no lock-out selection of opting into a character path, which makes it an accessible title, as well as a good story.

Replaying the game is a real possibility, as the story is interesting. I'm yet to attempt a full replay, but my feeling is that there are parts I could easily skip (up to choices), allowing me to pick and choose. This isn't a comment on depth or lack thereof, but accessibility. The game is largely memorable, and the lore is deep enough, but shallow enough, to have meaning, without being overwhelming and problematic.

At the current state of play (waiting for Chapter 11 to release), I'm struggling to think of any particular downsides.

There will be some who don't like the art style, but it's standard fare. The careful use and design of action sequences more than excuses any issues AVN fans are likely to have with certain other choices. (There are only so many hours in the day for rendering.)

There will be some who dislike the audio/sound options, and while I'm not the biggest fan of it, I didn't find it detracted from the game. My only minor gripe here is one which is common across Ren'Py, which is that the audio effects can play out longer than it takes me to read a few lines, leading to them feeling out of sync; but it's a me problem, and it's very rare in this AVN/game.

I can't really speak as to how much choices matter, other than knowing there are dialogue changes. I like the limited level of freedom, as it allows the story not to feel 'broken', while keeping the main character's core group (harem + others) cohesive.

While I didn’t like the school setup with an overpowered MC, a random bully with his gyaru/hot girlfriend (who turns out to be his sister/companion), and the hot sister’s friends finding the MC cute—like, can we move on from that? Overall, the story gets more polished later on, with characters actually having personality. What? The animation is noticeably better, so give the developers a chance to improve. This is type of game you has to get through the cringy base of the first few chapters to get to the good part.

Companion Of Darkness. This game has a good story about a creature (dark ones) in the game that lives with human in earth, honestly im not a big fan of superpowers or inhuman characters because usually the story kinda stale, like guy be strong guy conquered the world with little character development. But this game have like really cool character development, good story as well, and somehow the blends between inhuman and human characters is like a well blended smoothie IMO. its like something that comes out of netflix shows, if they make this as a series this is good shit ngl
Quality of the render is also good, sound is good. its just one of the best game i've ever play, and i hope the development of the game continues till the end

Hmmm, the game is really focus on the story, which has a great cast of character. Overall, I feel the story somewhat tragic, with love interest become primal power (i kinda forget the name), meaning they become immortal and not sure if the MC can be like that too. A very bittersweet story, worthy of trying

One of the Best games on this site. Deep Story and lot of Content! Perfect! i stumbled across this story out of boredom and was fascinatet from the Beginning until the End of the actual chapter 10. I'm longing for the next update!

The world-building in this porn game is hilariously good. The porn becomes secondary to all the cool shit the author comes up with, kind of like Superhuman if you've played it.

The love interests are great, although I'm still a little upset about Amy and what happened to her, this game puts you on the edge of your seat, although I do think the factions were Fallout inspired and i love it.

High Order - NCR
Legion - Caesar's Legion, obviously
Brotherhood- Brotherhood of Steel, obviously

It's a great game for everyone, although if you only want lots of porn you might dislike how wordy this game gets, but I love it, 10/10.

This is a very interesting story. Can't believe I didn't discover this one until now. Each chapter is intricately woven with hours of content to really immerse the player into the adventure. The content and world created for this game is well written and captivating.

Amazing story. Graphics clearly progress in quality throughout the chapters and by chapter 10 the game looks great and the animations are amazing. Only complaints I have is that the sex scenes are pretty lackluster. Could definitely do with some sex noises during them.

The original characters from chapter 1's bodies also look very similar to each other and seem to be extremely similar to the default body in Honey Select 2, the nipples especially would look nicer with some modded textures instead of the glossy default. The later characters created don't have this issue.

Overall an amazing game. Can't wait to see where the story is gonna go!

I starting playing Chapter 9 a few months back, and I'm not even interested in the sex anymore. The plot really is that good, and the characters actually talk and behave like individuals living in the world rather than breathing sex toys. Everyone has their own individual interests and motivations, and while the MC is indeed possessing of your typical MC cheat abilities, it never feels as if the lore rules are bent to suit the MC out of convenience.

This games story is quite enjoyable.
the graphic... Yeah, you will notice that they will get better with each update.
Fortunately he didn't get stuck in the "remake" loophole.
Graphics and Lewds especially in the latest 2 Chapters look really good.
It has some creative and nice way to show the action during the fights.

As with chapter 10, the story is captivating and the graphics look really good.

Only issue I have, is that the leaked season 9 version doesn't have the latest bugfixes and wasn't compatible with chapter 10.
had to download and skip trough chapter 9 again, but then it worked.
guess that's the price we have to pay, for paying nothing.

As of chapter 9

Storyline - Loving the storyline, it holds my attention well and I want to know what happens next.

Audio - This might be because I spent a while going through to proofread, but it can get a bit repetitive. However the tracks and effects themselves are good.

Visuals - Good hs2.

Grammar - Not the best although some of the community including myself have worked very hard to help correct any mistakes, hopefully our feedack can be implemented soon.

Played up to the current content (Ch. 9) and loved every second of it.

The story, characters, and everything about the Companion of Darkness makes it one of my top games now. Eagerly awaiting the next updates.

Great Game and Awesome 10 stars story . Full of Action ands event. The created environement is really something. The characters are all gourgeous. The animations are good but could be even better, although the last scene with Noel is of a higher level. I hope the DEV can improve on this and make all these future scenes like that. Still, a well deserved 5 star game compared with all the other games in this platform where story wise 95% are bad. Keep up the good work and thank you for ur game!

What can I say about this game? It's simply incredible. The story, the MC's progression, and his relationship with Noel? Easily one of my Top 5 games. I really hope this game keeps going for a while—it's truly amazing.

One of the best VN's I've watched. The girls are cute, finally not everyone has humongous tits. They are also each incredibly unique. The story and world is very interesting... think death note and vampire diaries combined. I definitely am glad i didn't play it until chapter 9 was already out though... some of the cliff hangers would be brutal.

The good - Interesting premise, good characters, most feel like individual persons, great visuals and decent variety of scenes.

The bad - relatively few interactions with any one character, the story itself has some plotholes and somewhat generic, but pretty good for adult VN. Lack of the impact of choices, but also not to an annoying degree.

Overall I'd definitely recommend checking it out, fmc is really cute.

Easy one of thebest games!
Excellent and interesting story and worldbuilding. 'Funny as hell, atleast to me. Very good music-choices.
Easy 6/5
Now that we have Noel back, we need "time" with Bridgette and finally with Nael, because we are the TRUE RULE BREAKER!!! (pretty please?!?)

(Execuse my english it is not my mainlanguage.)

It is action. Very feely dynamic adventures. Very little of that on other AVNs on this site, and so it s making this game very attractive and special even with many flaws . And adult content does not derail story and actually work for developing characters.

I can also roll out a long list of flaws. but I've tried a lot of other games here. That's why I won't. the overall experience of the game is much better than many of the projects here.

Dinamics, consistency, scenes composition. Overall made very decent AVN.

Also schedule for updates beats many.

The story of this game is truly captivating. It draws you in with its deep narrative, well-developed characters, and unexpected twists. Every moment feels carefully crafted, making the journey through the game's world an unforgettable experience. The way the plot unfolds keeps you hooked from beginning to end, leaving you thinking about it long after you've finished. It's one of those rare stories that stay with you, and it deserves much more recognition for its brilliance.