VN - Ren'Py - Crossed Lines [v0.15] [Vera Nova]

1. Art
The game art is good, nothing outstanding, but pretty enough to add to the game. The girls are gorgeous and you can easily tell characters apart by their physical appearance and clothing style.

2. Story
The game lacks a main thread of story to connect events and push characters into action, this may be seen as a fault from the author, but it's too soon to judge, after all, this could be a character driven story, focused in characters development and interactions.

3. MC
The protagonist is not a loser and have his share of impact into other people's lives, and the game choices made by him, or better, you, seem to have future branches planned, so it's not just a visual novel, but a game being planed to have (at least) three main routes.

4. Short scenes
That was actually a small issue I found out playing, some scenes are way too short and could be more explored by the author, but that's something personal, some players may see longer scenes as fillers that slow down the story unnecessary.

5. Slow burn
This game has a slower pace, not rushing itself towards sex scenes (besides a wank and a shower show) there's not yet any sex scene in game. Don't let that disappoint you, it's an early release of a slow burn game, aiming to explore NTR and NTS themes, as well as an alpha route that alludes to harem, the author chooses to take his time introducing characters and building their relations through your choices. For those eager to just , I would recommend revisit this game in the future. For now there's little to see besides the structure I described above.

6. Considerations
The game has potential and I choose to help funding it, I am curious to see what the future of this project gonna be, I see potential in the chosen kinks and enough window to add new kinks in the future.
The game is 5/5 because I am taking in consideration that it's in the early stages, so if you're reading this, consider what I wrote on section 5 before playing it. I will try to update my rating after the oncoming releases.

Great Game

• Art:
  It’s super good, doesn’t fall short compared to high-quality art games, and I didn’t notice any issues with art inconsistency
• Character designs:
  Both the FMC and the MC’s best friend are gorgeous and hot, and they both have original looks—not copied from other games
• Characters and personality:
  The MC isn’t a loser. player can choose to go down the NTS or NTR path, but he’s not a loser—he can opt out, and that’s awesome
  The FMC seems to care about the MC. I haven’t seen anything bad from her; she doesn’t come off as a slutty character
  The MC’s best friend seems like she’s been misled, but you can stop the NTR. She’s super sweet, and I like her personality too
  Other characters aren’t cookie-cutter, and this variety in personalities is great
• Story: It’s totally relationship-focused. In other words, there’s no real story yet, but I hope they add one. It doesn’t need to be complex—just something that impacts relationships, creates tension, and brings characters closer could be cool
• Dialogue: It’s satisfying. Could be better, but it’s satisfying. I’d give it an 8/10. No long, unnecessary dialogues
• Tags: We’ve got solid tags that ramp up relationship tension, like Netorase and Netorare.
  Personally, I’m into the vanilla and Netorase paths for this game. For the FMC, I’m also into a physical Netorare path—where complex relationship dynamics force her to sleep with another guy, but she still only loves the MC, and the MC gets the chance to rebuild the relationship with her. I’m not into emotional Netorare

So far v0.15 isn't at all exciting. There really isn't any spicy scenes (except the shower), and there aren't really any great build ups. The NTR stuff is also very tame, and only involves Emily.
I would compliment the art, but even for AI art is very basic, and mostly just still images of the characters on generic looking backgrounds. I wish, like other AI games on here, that there was at least tons of images strewn throughout.
The dialog is also really bad. I am beginning to think that the art isn't the only thing AI produced.

Just finished playing 0.2 patreon version and wow! Things really went up a notch. I did not expect to like Jasmine so much, both the NTR and NTS routes are great. This game took a while between updates but absolutely did not disappoint! personally, the writing especially is really good in comparison to other "slop ai" games. Very excited to see where this leads definitely worth supporting if this keeps up. Especially if we get more of Jasmine being dominant and manipulative. Hopefully we'll see the next update come sooner than 2-3 months this time AI CG's are good, maybe a little rough but that's something I assume will get better with time. Also needs a gallery function

good start. hoping the dev continues to add content and keeps it updated. really fun and headed in a good direction

hoping for quick updates and more content. the art is really hot and story has a fun start

There isn't a huge amount of content yet, but if the game receives regular updates (fingers crossed!) it's going to be pretty special.

The AI art is definitely above average and I'm curious about the characters and their relationships.

There are also a good amount of choices that actually appear meaningful, with different decisions affecting the MC's confidence levels. (This should make it pretty easy to avoid or embrace NTR content, depending on your preferences.)

All in all, a very promising start.

Game has strong potential, the only thing is that it's quite short so far... But that's understandable for a first version!

I think the art is done with AI, but it's not horrible.

All in all... 4/5