(Review for v.0.3.0)
How Long To Beat: 2+ hours, depending on reading speed.
An incredible visual novel.
Developers, please take note: You can make a great game without choices, sandbox, or other time-inflation tactics. All you need is a good story, good characters and thoughtful execution.
A city is decemated by a virus outbreak. The virus causes people to turn into zombies with insatiable lust. The virus is sexually transmitted and the effects manifest very quickly.
Two sisters are trying to find safety in the city. Sarah works for a security sector of a corporation that deals with secretive property. She has military training, is incredibly capable, and is athletic, bad-ass and sexy. Her younger sister Ava is an introverted gamer. Sarah's mission is to get to her business's office and to protect her sister.
This is my ideal version of a zombie outbreak in an erotic context. I don't think flesh-eating is the most enticing prospect in a game intended for elucidating horniness. The zombies here don't crave flesh, they crave carnal pleasures. Their victims are quickly enamored with sexuality on contact with the zombies, making the sex scenes consensual (albeit mind-altered consent) rather than rape, which is a huge plus to enjoying the story, while still maintaining a sense of risk and threats for our heroines.
Both of the main characters are likeable and have familial chemistry. Their interactions feel organic and unforced. Again, writers and developers take note: it's better to write likeable characters with differences and conflict rather than annoying, unlikeable bratty jerks.
There are some kinks that are outside of my own taste, especially a monster sex scene that leans close to bestiality. While it didn't arouse me, it worked within the context of the story and kept me interested in continuing. The virus mutates random indivuals, making body modifications, such as giant engorged lactating breasts, monster cocks, and futanari. As these happen randomly, it maintains a variety without pigeon-holing the entire character aesthetic to these tropes. There are some kinks that I don't see too often which I really appreciated, such as dream sequences where a character has sex with their doppleganger. It's inventive, works well with the story, and also just smart development.
The character models for the leads are sexy. The supporting cast and many of the infected are attractive or sexy.
The art direction is phenomenal. The lighting, the sets, the blocking, the camera angles: all of it phenomenal. The animation is phenomenal. This is just an awesome-looking game throughout. Top notch.
I hope that there is eventually sex scenes between the sisters, even if they are only dream sequences.
I'm invested in this story. I like both sisters and hope for a happy ending for them, whatever that entails with the hellscape they are thrown into.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.