Ren'Py - Abandoned - CyberSin: Red Ice [v0.08b] [FunkPunkGames]

Will rate it poor as feels like a demo more than actual game.
The gameplay is engaging and feels rich, but not impactful at all, as it does not matter how you build your stats, the outcome is the same, plus you have stat checks when you are free to explore, hence previous actions do not matter, as you can grind your stats. There is very limited renders and CGs, hence the game feels empty and not a lot of content to be explored, due to abandoned status, would not recommend this game.

Almost no sexual content. (There is like two scenes as far as I remember)
The writing is good.
The karma system is nonsensical: Most if not all "bad" actions are nothing truly evil, they are just being unnecessarily rude and making everyone your enemy. There is seemingly no reason to do the bad karma route, unless I missed something. Karma in general doesn't lead to anything, most stuff just happens as a direct result of decisions (which I like, but then why the karma system).
I don't get these positive ratings. There are many ingame days with nothing happening and there is just not a lot of content in general.
This whole game is like a big tease, where you are told of these groups or politics and then you experience basically nothing of it, because it is not implemented.
-> Has a lot of potential, but little content. I doubt this will be worth playing anytime soon.

Good renders and reasonable story but the whole karma system and choices are set up with expectation of consequences. However, current content is too short for when consequences for your choices to show up. Despite the developer saying they want to promote replayability, the game has almost none since your choices don't matter. Development has been slow for 2 years and I don't expect much in the future.

Not a big fan of silent end-of-content loops, particularly with the main gameplay loop being so boring after the prologue. You will have no idea if your looped events (such as with Heinz and Spike) will actually do anything, or if you've reachedend-of-content.

Really good so far, not a lot of content but still fappable.
The renders are great, the MC especially, the point and click aspect is welcome it really brings a cyberpunk atmosphere.
About the sexual content, the scenes are very good, the only problem I have is the sound, really disgusting but you can disable it.

Having played cyberpunk I can really appreciate this game. It has a great story,and you are doing amazing at creating the "world" we are in. The story is good. I am working on a second play through of the current content and will try the evil route...bet there is plenty of missed content there(including what will be my new slave towards the end lol).

Keep up the good work.

The current version of the game writing this review is update V0.05a.
After completing the current version of the game i have to say that im very impressed by the story and character developing in this game wich is rare to find a good story in sci fi future world universe. The gameplay is simple with plenty of choices that do have an impact on how the game will continue in future updates . Female protagonist is fitting and very dynamic redhead absolutely gorgeous character . Update posting its not perfect but you can tell that this is a one person only working on this game so i will give credit for this amazing game truly this one is a hidden gem game . I would definitely recommend this game to the people reading this review.

A 4 for now but this game has potential, even if it is sandbox.

I cant help but draw the Broken Dreamers vibe from all of this in which the main protags are a part of a futuristic society where everything is run by one massive technological corporation with factions fighting in the slums in the city.

Despite the similarities, I do think this game holds its own with regards to storyline, plot development, and renders as well as some personal stylistic choices to make the game a bit more lighthearted, especially the with adorable little bot that is Ice. Dialogue flows pretty well and I did not see any grammatical errors to disrupt the flow of the game.

I personally try to stay away from sandbox games but I'm always more than willing to give them a shot if they are well made and this certainly seems to be, especially with the dev being an active listener to user discussions. I'll keep a tab on future updates

Very promising. I look forward to checking this one some months later and i pray to god it doesn't get abandoned.
- Very good story and world building, all the characters have been interesting so far.
- I love the freedom of the choices, it allows for a wide range of roleplaying for the MC.
- The character models look fine, nothing amazing but it does the job.
- I hope the map gets expanded with new places and the game gets more features like, for example, clothing customization (hope the prologue is a tease for what's to come in the future). Having more details and customization and more things to fill those timeslots in which you have to skip.

7.5/10

So far it is good

• Liking the story so far, and curious how things goes from here
• The models looks good but still could be improved
• Not a lot to do so far, as 0.04a we could play until day 16 but it is basically just skipping days.
• Not a lot of feature for a sandbox game so far, no skipping days feature, the game doesnt even show on the screen what day it is and what time it is. So, UI wise the dev could do better. I have a suggestion, rather than showing the stats on click why not just put it at the right top corner with symbols, it would be a lot easier that way. I have other suggestions but let's just leave it there for now.

It is 3.5 for me, since i can't rate it 3.5 i will give it a 4 since it shows a lot promise early and i hope the dev knows how to take this game to another level.

Look very promising, graphics are good, sex scenes have pretty good animation and the story keep us wanting for more, the adition of a second POV is a good idea for more storytelling. Keep up the good work

v0.02 Review

The renders are not the best I have ever seen but they are good enough to not complain about them. I prefer my redheads with green eyes and freckles but oh well I will survive
The few animations that are in there are very smooth, considering this is the devs 1st project. The balance of renders and animations seems ok as well. I personally don't like too many animations with almost no renders in between and the sex scenes in this game have the right balance IMO.
The characters are not stereotypical porn game shit and each of them having their own Codex entry is great for providing some background for them and the setting as well. (Not sure we need codex enties for the two street thugs but hey we shall see in later updates maybe they play a role later on)
The World building is a strange thing to mention in most of the games on here but this one does it really well. It is not just a copy paste of a popular setting so I like it. The custom soundtrack helps a lot.
The point system seems a bit pointless(haha) during the prologue since after it you loose all security and money and reputation due to story reasons but I think I prefer having it introduced at the start rather than having it sprang on me out of nowhere and the morality is not reset so hey not completely pointless choices. I do wonder how much actual impact will the MCs morality have on the story.

Definitely a game to keep an eye on. The Dev seems to know what he is doing and has the thing planned out which is nice when compared to all the games here that seem to loose direction after a couple of updates. He also seems to be quite active on here so that's a plus for me at least.

(based on V0.02) Nice CGs. A not overly cliche setting/background. A female protagonist with respectable qualities and an interesting plot. A lot of the time, when I see stories of female protags having a fall from grace, it ends up focusing too heavily on humiliation and punishment. However, with this one, I can actually see that it may be different in that we will see the protag rise to power from destitute conditions (with some welcomed sex scenes along the way I hope). Definitely will be watching this one!

deep story, great written, solid renders, really really nice and tasty girl, really cool setting, a massive amount of choices, an intersting character development (scared it gets too complex which might slow down the development of this great game) even facial animaitons! +1

no sex atm sadly but i decided to be the bad, lusty bitch which gets easily annoyed, is arrogant and wants only influence, sex and attention. - especially with old guys. - speaking of old guys, i really hope we see much sex with old guys like this mad guy with long grey hair and even old hobos when she has to flee. (pleeeeeease!)

but i am also really intersted for the story and how her character will progress depending on her choices. really interesting.

if i would have the money i would support you in an instant but i can't atm. but consider me a patreon later on if you continue in regular releases and especially if you might add some creepy old guys here and there.

KEEP IT UP! wish you great luck with this project!!

So far very good, it seems like its going to have good story, with lots possible outcomes for the character. not just another porn game, seems well thought out. So i hope to see more, and i hope more people catch on to this one because it looks to be really good. That's a lot coming from me because i don't normally take time to review anything.

[v0.01]
This is how you create something special. The initial release seems to be criminally underappreciated based on 0 reviewers and only 2 pages of comments as of this writing.

We are greeted right away by that great cover page with a nice retro synthwave track. We start the game and see a few choice quotes that set the atmosphere. It's all quite cinematic. We are introduced to the stage. A very well realized cyberpunk/sci-fi setting.

The third world war placed all major nations under extreme debt, and the cutting edge corporations that provided the tools to wage that war eventually takes the oppotunity to take over the world. We end up with the familiar cyberpunk setting with extreme wealth disparity between haves and have nots. Where megacorps rule the world in place of governments.

We are introduced to the MC, the daughter of one of the megacorp's chairman. There is a rather complex character stats system tracking wealth, respect, security, karma, lust. The consequences of your choices throughout this first installment isn't really realized yet, but it lends itself to many different possibilities on how the MC behaves and develops in the future. Due to the game being in the intro stages, there probably wasn't too many calls for the stat checks, so I did get the impression that the common lines present in between choices didn't always align with what the direction I was picturing for my MC. Still, there is quite a bit of room to define the personality, and with a little bit of head cannon, you can get quite immersed in this world.

The world building is where the dev probably spent a big portion of his efforts and it definitely shows. There is a codex that is accessible anytime. It lists the major characters and factions as they are introduced, giving much more backstory and relevant info than what we can gather from just the game dialogues. The codex will also updates periodically based on your choices.

The writing isn't flawless. I spotted some typos and occasional awkward sentence structures. However, there is no problems with Engrish and the characters certainly come with their discernible traits and personalities. While the prose and the technical writing ability may not match the works of cyberpunk novelists (an unrealistic expectation to be sure), the content of the world being created is certainly commendable. I think it's a very fine effort.

The renders are good enough in my opinion. The visual and artistic direction is very fitting for the setting. Droids, CorpSec uniforms, implants, typical futuristic clothing seen in elites of society. The game does make ample use of floating sprites during most conversations. Not my favorite style for 3DCG games, but it will certainly lead to much faster development for a dev just starting out.

All in all, this is a great addition to the small pile of cyberpunk adult games worth mentioning. I truly hope that it gets some recognition, although my observation of the porn game market leads me to believe people don't appreciate good story telling and artistic vision as much as ... well just mindless incest harem porn lol.