VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Depth's Revival [Extended Harem finale] [Seacth]

Art is good, story is pretty good for a harem game and most girls are actually different and not just a copy paste with changed hair colours.
The ending absolutely sucks and fucks up all you liked about the game.

Well-built models and animations led astray by a developer who spins the helm randomly without direction. Depth's Revival never quite figured out what sort of game it wants to be from conception to completion.

Story
It's difficult to summarize the story because it swings from chapter to chapter. The starting chapter was interesting - MC on the brink of suicide and his subconscious manifesting as a girl who talks to him coupled with an unrequited love for a lesbian childhood friend, Sarah.

However, this was abandoned shortly in favor of incest with MC's mum and sister in Chapters 3 -5. Just as I thought this would be typical harem + incest, the game does an about turn in Chapter 6 trying to start a serious plot on Laura's situation with her ex.

Whatever potential was left unfulfilled as the story rapidly degraded and ended abruptly with no closure. Chapters 7 - 8 then went full steam ahead on ramming players with one sex scene over another with as many girls as possible without story or character development.

In Chapter 9, Depth once again goes off the wheels and transforms into a 100% pregnancy / lactation kink focused game where all the LIs become pregnant regardless of your choices in earlier chapters.

By this time, I was fast forwarding to see what sort of last-minute stunt could potentially arise. Boy was I not disappointed - Chapter 11 introduced ballistic drama in a crazy way. It felt like the developer lost interest in his creation and decided to end with a lunatic bang. Then came an anti-climactic epilogue which is about as generic as a harem game can get.

Game Mechanic
Standard visual novel with choices that allow you to reject certain LIs. Beware though that some of the choices regarding whether you are open to pregnancy content or prefer a LI to be fat or slim, heterochromia or not are false ones. They make no difference in the end.

Also, Depth has only one harem ending so if you choose otherwise the game will end prematurely without closure. The developer claims other endings will be added later on, but I doubt so since the game is already marked as finished and he has moved on to actively develop two new games.

Background / Character Renders
I like the background and character designs a lot. A lot of attention to detail, good post processing work on textures, lighting, dressing and facial features. The end result is a heavily modded HS2 which looks a generation better than default and would have scored 5 stars on this category alone.

Towards the last few chapters, there were also a lot of renders featuring all the LIs together with MC which kind of adds feel to the concept of a harem. Many developers cut corners by featuring only one or two LIs at any one time within a harem, so kudos to the developer on this count.

Character Development
None essentially. There were a few half-hearted attempts to introduce depth into some LIs, but they never got off the ground and slid back to the typical "hungry for MC's cock" syndrome after a while. MC is just Mr Generic without consistency i.e. he is whatever that catches the developer's fancy at that particular moment.

Sex Scenes
The scenes started off unimpressive with usual HS2 stock animations, but improved quickly along the way with many unique customizations especially towards the end which featured many threesomes during harem orgies.

In terms of absolute number of variations, it's respectable. The problem is the game packs itself with so many sex scenes one after another that many of the animations end up repeating themselves with just a change in model and background.

Most scenes also lack build up to create an overall erotic experience, it starts with 1 - 2 lines of dialogue followed by 1 animation. Another 1 - 2 lines, another animation; rinse repeat for a few times. It's the quantity over quality approach that plagues the game throughout.

A lot of great potential wasted due to poor execution IMO.

BGM and Sound Effects
Decent generic BGMs, but the lack of sound effects often resulted in confusion when it's not replaced by a description of something like "sound of crashing in the kitchen". Instead, there's a flash and then everyone starts reacting and I struggle to make sense of what happened.

Conclusion
Depth's Revival started off with an interesting concept and average graphics. The graphics part improved throughout development, but unfortunately all other areas like story, scripting, game positioning, sex scene presentation, pacing etc. got stuck in quicksand and dragged the entire game down.

I understand the developer is doing a Depth's Revival 2 sequel as well as another action-oriented story visual novel. I humbly suggest he firms up the sequel's positioning and avoid all the flip flopping seen here and also perhaps partner up with a good script writer for his novel heavy game.

Nonsensical story. Weird renders. Subjectively “meh” girls. Wildly inconsistent animations. The ending was thrown together with little to no build up. Kinda like watching jaws with no shark until the last 5 minutes. Story actually had some natural set ups for some light Netorare (not cuck), but since the Dev is so strident about that - missed opportunity. Harem games always push the envelope of porn logic - some execute it well or have decent renders and animation to ignore the insanity. This one does not. Hard pass.

I'm sure it took a long time to put this together.
For most of the game, the only choices you'll be making are which girls to have a relationship with. As per the dev's description, you can focus on one, or like a dozen.
It plays like a buffet, you just pick what you want.

The story was fun.
CGs are generally good.
Most of the animations are good, with some being surprisingly good. It does vary.

I went the maximum harem route, and had a good time.
Tons of breeding content if you go that way.
Tempted to make another run, and maybe this time.

4/5 would genghis khan again

Man, never have I chosen to opt out of more harem choices than in this game.

It's really astounding how the author manages to make almost every single character from unappealing to downright "get me out of here".

Long story short: it's boring. If you turn down your brain completely and just fast-forward to each animation I guess it's fine? Probably my mistake to actually read the story.

I don't know what to say, you have your half sister that just hangs around drugged out of her mind living with random dudes (and for some reason you expect me to want to start a relationship with her after that?), you have her mom, that has sex with you before telling you that she was your father's mistress and now has the hots for his son (cause sure, that's not weird at all), your mom that just goes out on a date with a really creepy dude and wants to have sex with you when you prevent him from forcing himself on her (cause yeah, sure), your best friend that is like a horny dog for every other girl and that wasn't interested in you to the point of you contemplating suicide (but now she's interested for some reason), the model chick that is almost killed by her boyfriend AFTER she starts a fight with his mistress and thinks a good comeback from that is "let's win a model competition against him" even though I have video footage of him beating me to almost death (cause who's heard of police or media)... anyway, the one character that is okay is the chubby girl, which isn't that great either, it's just that she's got nothing wrong with her story.

Can't recommend this one, I'd suggest skipping.

You gotta like In*est and Harem then this is the game for you.
Great charakters, wonky story and a lot of good old kinks.

It reminded me of once in a lifetime somehow.
It's also actually relatively story heavy

The worst thing that happened to me is when I tried playing the game and romancing just one girl... game ended early and casually told me to go for the Harem path. That's kinda disappointing, but... eh.

On the topic of the Harem route, it does exactly what you think would happen, down to the incest options and one of the harem members being riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiich.

It's not a bad harem route and it comes with pregnancy and kids and all that... but I feel like the author was like "wait, there's no drama. There hasn't been any drama for so long! THROW THE DRAMA IN NOW!" and had a last act bit of drama which I thought was quite silly.

Still, it's above average in quality and I've seen a lot worse games casually get 4 stars, so I'mma just give it 5 stars.

This is really quite a gem.

Harem power fantasy, but really decent writing and not just a mindless fuckfest. Definitely a fuckfest though.

Dev is a non-native English speaker, but does not fall victim to the issues that many other games made by non-native speakers do. There are only a few very minor grammar issues that very well could be typos, and a few instances where the MC gets called "MC", regardless of what you named him.

Now, the one huge controversy surrounding this game is the ending, specifically the harem ending (I mean, who plays harem games for the single routes?) Without spoilers, there is a huge dramatic twist that adds a lot of bittersweet to an otherwise entirely wholesome game. This twist is not foreshadowed in any way. It is well conceptualized, it just really doesn't fit in this game. If the whole game had more drama and struggles then it might have fit better.

I still say the game is 5/5, but for many, the harem ending may very well ruin the experience for you, so caveat emptor I suppose.

I thought I already reviewed this game. Well, it needs it!

Artwork/Animations - 5/5

I love the animations and artwork in this game. The girls are all beautiful.

Storyline/Dialogue - 5/5

I am always pleasantly surprised when a dev takes the time to write, not only a good story, but pay attention to the damn spelling and grammar of the dialogue. And I love the story. Simple and sexy!

Gameplay/UI - 5/5

Not much to say here. The game is essentially a VN, and the options really only add some aesthetic changes down the line. Still solid.

All-in-all, if you're a fan of a VN that fits the tags listed here, I highly recommend this game. It's fantastic!

Radical Dreamer

At almost 6Gb, you'd probably expect something great....You'll really be let down.

The subpar graphics are certainly not worth anything over 1Gb..... The dev just needs to learn how to compress things.

The writing is very poor and non immersive. It's understandable since English isn't the native language of the dev, but that really holds it back. The dev should have asked for help.

You could also hope for a decent plot...but again...you'd be let down. It's just another 'game' where everyone jumps into bed w the MC as soon as it starts and not much else going on.

Lastly, it's not really much of a game. There aren't many choices, and they aren't fun. Mostly...Do you want to start a relationship w this character. So it's pretty boring overall being mostly a kinetic novel type.

Excellent harem power fantasy game. One of the unique parts about it is that it doesn't end with a built harem, but continues for a while letting you interact with the girls.

The game has a good ending with a very questionable choice by the dev. It doesn't really spoil this game (far away from some other titles that include shock value garbage for the sake of it), but the reasoning provided for such an ending betrays the dev's inability to grasp the basics of why people might wanna play porn games as opposed to reading prose, for example. Quite concerning for their future projects.

It's a sequence of Honey Select animations strung together with barely enough dialogue to form a coherent story.

Think porno, not erotic novel.

If you've played a lot of HS-based games you may be disappointed to see the same animations that you've seen in other games.

It's distinguished by its mother/daughter content, beginning in the middle, and heavy pregnancy content in the last few chapters. If those are strong preferences for you then you should try this game since it'll be hard to find a lot of better content in those niches in other games.

The author is a non-native English speaker and it shows in frequent grammatical errors. Spelling is fine, but verb tenses are reliably incorrect.

The game is suffused with East Asian cultural norms. If you find anime/manga offputtingly alien you'll likely get similar vibes, here.

Graphics and scenes are good enough but everything in this story happens way too fast without any relevant introductions. I would have liked it better, if there were more options or different routes.

If that's too complicated then just go with more complex background stories. And not everybody saying yes to everything.

I had a great time playing the game, and the last scenario genuinely surprised and stuck with me. The images' distinct style is something I sincerely love because it gave the experience a lot more depth. The experience was an emotional roller coaster, with intense, tense, and that added to how immersive it felt. And the style of the game captured my attention and maintained it throughout by the masterful storytelling and execution.

It's an amazing game to me, right on to blast rope to a variety of well made 3D models, I followed the game for quite a bit and that most girls have a preg ending is a bonus for me the scenes are well made, animated, and I do like most of the girls and the different body sizes and shapes

Loved it its one of the best games in its harem genre gave me an a entertaining experience and i wish to see more games like it from the dev and tbh its one of the special games in its own story line good luck dev and u did a really good job

If you want good and simple harem story, play it, you wont be disapointed. There is a good amount of group sex and pregnancy content, you will see relationship dynamic in a group and some renders and animations, especially by the end, are top notch. Some plot elements leave me confused, and I can't say there is something exceptional about the story, that's why only 4 stars, but other then that, very competently made novel, my recommendations.

Рус:

Плюсы:
1. Хорошие Анимации .
2. Красивые персонажи с хорошей фигирой )).
3. Неплохая фоновая музыка .
По сюжету сложно что то сказать ибо с англ у меня плохо )) геймплея почти нет это визуальная новелла !

Минусы:
1. выбор действий максимально ограничен ты выбераешь разве что оплодотворить ли девушку или нет ! или же хочешь ли ты иметь отнашение с это девушкой или нет !! вот и все взаимодействия
2. Очень быстрый тайм скип !! буквально бах и уже все беременны и на 8-9 месяце ну типо ок !!

Eng translate:

Positive:
1. Good Animations.
2. Beautiful characters with a good figure)).
3. Good background music.
According to the plot, it's hard to say something because I'm not good with English)) There is almost no gameplay, this is a visual novel!

Minuses:
1. the choice of actions is as limited as possible, except that you choose whether to impregnate a girl or not! or do you want to have a relationship with this girl or not!! That's all the interactions
2. Very fast time skip!! literally bang and everyone is already pregnant and at 8-9 months, well, like OK!!

It was fine until chapter 6...

It's main focus is on getting revenge on Lera's at-the-time boyfriend (who becomes an ex off screen) for physically beating her. Well...

1. While they were together long enough to develop feeling, she was never intimate with him during the entirety of their relationship, as confirmed by her not denying at most he got a peck on the cheek.
2. He understandably cheated on her, with one of her models no less, as she refused to tend to his needs. She completely ignored his needs and when he got them met elsewhere, suddenly it's a problem. I'm not defending him, he's also a piece of shit.
3. She initiated the abuse. She admittedly beat him first, proudly at that, yet is painted as the innocent victim. What she should have done, and what would have been an opportunity to be sympathetic towards her situation is: she should have fired her model and broken up with him after he beat her. Instead of, you know, attacking him and her model.
4. Towards the end of the chapter there is a choice to either call it a night, closing of her romance path, or a sex scene. She's willing to jump on the MC's dick after throwing one punch, but refuses to kiss her boyfriend, whom she developed feeling for, on the lips...
The only good things from chapter 6 is Kaylie in a dress that makes her look even hotter than ever and a scene with Melinda. Clearly written by a SIMP with a fantasy of being Capitan Saveahoe, taking out her ex with a single blow. Chapter 6 has completely changed my opinion of this VN for the worse with it's horrible story.

Nice harem VN!! Sex scenes are great and if you are on pregnancy fetish. Well this is definitely for you I'm not into graphics for games and other stuff. But I think it is really well made and I could give it 5/5

I'm not into VN. But this game kinda change my opinion on some VN. I hope you could make a playable game of this like a sandbox game.