OVERALL 9/10: it's fantastic. it does a lot really well and doesn't have any drastic mistakes overall
VISUALS 9/10: there's some inconsistency that is "for the course" of amateur work but it's not too extreme. it always looks pretty good but you can tell there is some inconsistency. some scenes look fantastic. others look good but different. i think this is something that'll improve as the artist continues to draw but it is there. i think even in the prologue the game looked more on the amateurish side but by the time of the main story, a lot of the scenes look like the artist starting to gear into a stride that i imagine the rest of the game (and hopefully in whatever game they do next) will be improved on both in terms of quality and consistency but it's already good and ultimately, is it sexy? does it look good? yes. (the designs really help with this too). i'd also like to point out for anyone who might look at the sceenshots and think "this doesn't that good. it's deceptively better than it looks. it kinda seems like maybe the artist doesn't really check how their stuff looks from far away but up close it really shines. something the artist does that adds a lot to the effect that some 2d games don't do, is there's actually a render layer that brings out dimension. and the important part is that the artist seems to really understand anatomy and where to shade. i would like to see maybe in future games or even future releases of confined with goddesses, the render layer be a touch more dramatic, like really bring out the 3dimensionality of their work (i think it being more on the subtle side is why it kinda looks like amateurish shading zoomed out). it could be the artist doesn't really feel so confident yet in their decisions of where to shade and so that's why it's not so dramatic but it looks damn good. i think with time, this'll naturally come about too, especially if it's something the artist keeps in mind.
-Design 9.5/10 - love the designs of the girls, the dick also looks erotic and large without being ridiculous or distracting (in a bad/fake way)
-Animation 8.5/10 - it's quite good.
-VFX/fluids 7/10 - the cum/sex juices do some things right distinctly from other games like having a coated appearance on the dick. but there's also a more dramatic inconsistency of the fluids from different scenes. in some scenes the cum/sex fluids/etc. look pretty good, in others they look pretty bad but never really that great (or absolutely garbage). the scenes where it looks pretty bad it just looks like it primarily makes the same mistake most other games do which is it doesn't look like the artist is just winging it completely from their head and not looking at any reference images while doing it. this is something where i think the artist could definitely use more attention/practice on because it is an important part of erotic content and i think they can if they just observe reference images/videos of ejaculations/creampies/etc. they clearly have the talent for it when it comes to drawing and rendering the forms/anatomy and unlike 3d, i think in 2d the skill for drawing forms/anatomy translates much better to doing appearances of fluids.
AUDIO 8/10: music is a nice touch. nothing special but nothing distracting and it adds to the experience. some inconsistency with some scenes not having any music at all but overall, even at its current state, it's good. adds to the experience.
-Voices 8.5/10: the voice acting is good overall. they feel like they match the characters and they all sound attractive. sometimes it feels a little awkwardly-amateurishly acted but i mean it's not like the standard is high among erotic games. maybe it'd benefit from pushing it in a more stylized character voices directions though since the game itself isn't exactly going for realistic but immersion is still key either way. at the end of the day, is it attractive? does it match the characters? yes. is it so "acted" it feels as fake as a bad porn? no.
STORY 8/10: really like the premise. initially in the prologue, the game felt a bit like a generic porno and not very erotic but once the main story started, i think the premise did a really good job of feeling more like a sex fantasy than a generic porno.
-Scene Ideas 9/10: these are pretty good and pretty creative. they're both effective and have a lot of ideas that aren't so cliche. they definitely make for excellent content.
-Characters 8/10: they each feel distinct and have pretty clear appeals. love the teacher and red hair girl. black haired girl and purple hair woman's story are surprisingly pretty good too.
-Pacing 7.5/10: i had some concerns about pacing in the prologue but once the actual main story started, i think the pacing has been quite good so far. so over all, pretty good pacing.
-Dialogue 6/10: the character dynamics are good and the english is good enough/understandable, but the specific dialogue just doesn't feel that great. it does have some errors especially towards the more recent releases but it doesn't have huge mistakes. it's not like it's especially bloated or anything like that. it just feels okay and it gets the job done in the important scenes.
OTHER NOTES: i would've liked to have seen the crunches scene with the kind strong girl be animated where you have POV of her chest. the other little thing that really kinda stuck out to me which is a lot easier to change is when you see the teacher's breasts in the massage scene, her left breast looks like it has kind of a corner or like there's something in her breast that makes a lump. i think it's just where 2 lines of the drawing met but with breasts i think it's pretty important to get the outline curve smoothed out when it comes to something like that because it's going to be more noticeable than most places.
anyway, it's really worth the play and it's really better than it looks. i think i read somewhere the artist expressing how they're just starting or something like trying to get better which is promising because it's already really effective but it's good the artist isn't complacent. i think the best creators in anything are the ones that are always eager to find how to get better especially when they're already making really good stuff. eager to see future updates, and future games too!
REVIEW OF LATEST UPDATE: kinda short but really good quality overall. it seems like visually, it's improving like i thought it might so that's really promising. there was one frame where berry is jerking off the MC before the blowjob that looked kinda off but it kinda seems like the artist is trying to challenge themselves into doing different angles/poses which i highly encourage because even though it's not really up to quality, if they do get to the point where they can do any angle with the quality of the good scenes, i think this game (and future games) are really going to be fantastic. a lot of the little things have improved from past releases and consistency is also getting better too. i also like the berry being kinda "yandere". i think it's a pretty hot personality fetish when done well. so far it seems like an okay take on yandere, nothing really super erotic but not mediocre either. looking forward to the other characters too and really like that each character has a distinct personality eroticism to them.
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