VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Derealization [v0.0.5.0] [Greenish Purple]

How can you expect a game to be good when even the dev can't decide what they want the game to be? What the fuck was even the point of the new update? It added fuck all to the game, added an entirety of 5 minutes of gameplay and called it a day. This game also exudes an overwhelming amount of negativity. Like I get that MC is supposed to be an asshole,we were warned about that in the beginning but he seems to fit perfectly normal in the world, because guess what, every other character is much bigger of an asshole than MC has ever shown to be. Also I'm still trying to understand the writer's motive behind turning the sister into a pornstar, it just doesn't make sense to me.

Boring story, unlikable mc, very very slow development, reworks on the story that make it worse, now dev decided would be a good decision to make mc sister a pornstar And you are FORCED to stick with your sister, you can't send her to the hoe hole from where she crawled, tried to not promise anything to her or even to call her her but you are forced to accept and say you love her when I just wanted to say GTFO and never show your face again or talk to mc for that matter.
Unlikable characters, some pointless choices, you choose one choice but are forced to click it 5or6 times to make it count.
The rework made the game even worse.
Can't recommend it even one bit, just renders are worth in this game.

Review for Derealization v 0.5 -
CONS -
This started as an excellent and promising AVN in the initial release with a mature , good looking Main character instead of usual creepy pervert shota MC which we see in most games along with stunning female models and a story involving psychiatric problems faced by MC and after that each update was simply worst with constant rework , rewrite and adding / changing story over and over instead of any progression to story , which has been the same for last few releases and choices becomes less and less relevant from the start of the game where in the last few releases no choices matter in the game making me lose interest in this one .

Boring story, that makes no sense and has some silly drama that is just cheap and not interesting, unlikeable and irredemeable characters that we are supposed to care about( but the game tries its hardest to make you dislike them). Dialogs are cringe, graphics are decent but all else is very bad. Aside from that the progress is very slow game is from 2021 and not much has happened and we halfway to 2023. The story was remade and it was made much worse than it was before, making us dislike a LI that was one of the favorites before, shame.

This is just boring, visually it's fantastic, everything related to lighting, camera angles, technical level, etc, is a 4 or even 5, but what good is it when the story is null, mundane, boring, without structure, the MC is unlikeable, everyone has the same obnoxious and pedantic personality in this universe, As much as I force myself to read the story, I don't see where it wants to take me, that makes me think that it simply doesn't have a structure.

It's a VN, it's a game to some extent, the history I go back and repeat is null, and there are no decisions <---this is not mandatory, but if we add that the script is not good, what is the motivation to pay attention to this VN?

I give it a two for all the visual effort, the good use of Ren'pay,
how promising the beginning of this project was, but honestly they should start over with a new story, and practice more everything related to the script structure, arcs, etc, that everything is visually pretty is simply not enough.

Started off well, but then it just becomes stupid.
Game is just a kinetic novel, with choices being there just for flavor. Dev has already decided how the story should progress, what characters you should meet and even then its nothing special. A simple comic book will be more interesting.
i was looking forward to this, but now its straight going to ignore list.

An awfully boring game with nothing to offer. The MC is supposed to be this jerk and an asshole but everyone else is an asshole and treats the MC like shit, so his character just falls flat. There's barely any sex or any significant event happening in the story so it really has nothing to offer.

Just some dude doing miscellaneous things such as moving into a new apartment, finding a new job, moving boxes, etc. The most mundane shit you can possibly imagine. If you're a regular dude living a normal boring life, then just imagine someone follows you around documenting your life and then they make a game out of it. The only twist is that you did some fucked up shit in the past, but it's never shown, just glimpses of it through a memory.

I think if you go and click on any other game from this site at random, then you will be much better off.

version 0.0.4
this game has the best protagonist in term of appearance and even morals. he suffer from some mental issues and he is not some horny teenager who peek his family through the doors and daydreaming about them from morning to night.
story is engaging and is going well
renders are nice and characters are good looking
unlike some reviews down there i like the character of theia who is ئmc imaginary friend
i wonder Why is this work not praised enough?

This game seemed legendary and good at the beginning, but at the point when my sister said she was a porn actress, the game didn't expire for a second on my computer. It was too easy to delete after that. Bloody hell, the game was ruined in one sentence and the game was immediately deleted. That ruins the gaming experience for a hell of a lot of players, and almost the same number of players will surely delete the game at that point.

Graphics: 4/5
Story: 3/5 before that shit, but 1/5 after that sentence

If a player can't finish the game it doesn't even deserve 1 star, but here you can't just give 0, so i have to sacrifice and give it 1 star.

This had potential before developer decided to ruin it by adding more fucked up shits in the rework. Starting with hallucinations and whore sister being a pornstar. Take away the seriousness of the game just feel like another cheap porn game but with less porn and cringe edgy plot. I wouldn't recommend anyone playing this game, honestly it was a waste of time.

Remakes upon remakes by this dev... oh and just decided to turn the sister into a porn star out of nowhere in the recent rewrite. Dev who do this can't be trusted to not renege on previous promises. I would recommend to avoid this game.

Welp. This is a difficult game to rate.
For one, the MC really is a piece of work. I find it extremely hard to relate to him.
Even if I can make a decision I like, the way he justifies that decision isn't what I would think at all.

And the trend of unlikeable characters extends to many others in the game.
Neighbor annoying, landlord extremely weird in a way that makes her seem either just completely bonkers or on the verge of suicide, co-worker a massive bitch etc..

Thankfully, at least Tammy and Jilla are likeable for now. Scilla also seemed nice, but she's probably the one the MC treats the worst.

Then the game starts with what looks like the MC having just killed someone, whether it was an accident or planned is unclear, it's not even clear how real this is, is it the future, is it metaphorically?
While playing the game, I constantly looked for the victim, but there are so many red-heads that I just can't be sure who it is. I thought it might be the field reporter of MCs new job, but again not sure.
Then there is the woman he keeps on having visions of, she obviously was someone he was together with and cared for a lot. DId she die?
By all accounts, yes. Was the MC responsible? It seems likely, he definitely blames himself, but we do not yet know if that is literally or figuratively.

So, that was the criticism, now for the good parts and why I give 4 stars.
First off, the game looks really good, not just renders per se, but also posing, lighting, the amount of renders used to show what is actually happening, the set-up etc.. everything is done so well, certainly ranking in the top quarter of games in the way it uses the renders to tell the story.

The story, while weird and dark, is intriguing. I want to know how the MC deals with his problems, how much we can influence that, are the female characters really all such assholes (or at least annoying af) apart from Jilla and Tammy?
How do we get from where we are now to what we see in the prologue?

All this, good writing, interesting story, great visuals and settings, great storytelling, easily makes up for the problems I have with other parts and keeps me interested.

So, now to the issues some have with the game. Honestly, in a way, I'm almost disgusted. Yes, I wouldn't want my sister (or for that matter my brother) to work in porn. It's a profession that can be dangerous and demeaning, many hypocritical people will look down on you and if you fe. get murdered many assholes will act as if you being in porn is reason enough for something like this to happen.
However, what I find almost disgusting is something different, it is the way people judge this character, how they act as if someone working in porn is tainted and worth less, unimaginable as a love interest, dirty etc..
Some other reviewer asked what is wrong with people who aren't up in arms about Jilla doing porn, let me turn this around.
What is wrong with you, that you dare act like you have the right to demand that a dev change a character (in a story in which he obviously put a lot of thoughts in)? Would you disown your sister, daughter, brother etc... if they worked in porn? Why? Because it's sinful? Because they are dirty? You think porn actresses and actors don't know about hygiene? How would they even work in this industry, if they aren't great with personal hygiene?
As long as she works in a save environment, as long as she isn't threatened or endangered or exploited, as long as she is well-compensated, then yes, I can live with that, even though I obviously wouldn't want it.
But neither would I ever want to cut someone out of my life due to that, nor do I really have the right to go all judgemental and shit.

Jilla genuinely cares about the MC, and she is one of just a few nice and friendly characters in the game so far, and honestly it makes me a little angry that people both dismiss her and pressure the dev about it.
It's the same thing I tell over-woke assholes who get up in arms over the most ridiculous shit in media, if you don't like it, don't watch/read/play it. But don't ruin other's fun by demanding it to be changed or go away.
Not every game has to be for you, there are, by now, so many, smooth, unchallenging harem games, where every girl just fucking worships the MCs dick and never wants to be touched by anyone or anything else in a sexual way for eternity.
Play those and stop trying to force this fucking boring mould on everybody else and on every game.

This is sort of a disturbing game.

Renders:

Beautiful.

Models:
Unique.

Story:

I couldn't enjoy this story, Like why his this guy roaming free? What sucks is that he's this handsome guy which got me excited because he wasn't a midget trying to bang his mom. But he has major problems and the fact that he was cleared even though he's clearly unhealthy mentally is ridiculous. This whole Theia thing is fucked up and as disturbing as it is distracting. I couldn't enjoy the scenes with her in them, I don't know if they are supposed to be comical but it's not.

Jilla's "backlash" with the players is warranted for two ways:

1. If she was promised to be a love interest and or romanceable at any point in the beginning by the Dev then her just casually talking about doing porn as if it's just no big deal is a really bad look.
2. I don't know if you guys are okay with your family or siblings but if my sister was doing porn I'll be pissed also. Like what, are you people so caught up in your Smut that you can understand why players would be furious at the though of their sister casually talking about taking dicks on the world to see? Like are you guys okay?

My last point is Sydney, is she and the main character supposed to be this match made in hell? Because if so, enjoy. Again the main character should still be in treatment of some sort. How can I root for this game knowing how fucked up some of this is.

Overall, the main character looks great, the renders are great but everything else is passable.

-Protagonist is absolutely amazing

-Although I don't fully understand the character stories, the beginning of all
of them seems very good and realistic.

-Original Female Character designs, all have their own unique looks and feels, wild, cool, beautiful etc.

-Protagonist original design

-Even though we can't live the main story very well for now, we know the character and I like it very much. The emotions of the character put you in the mood and the drawings make you feel good, whatever you are doing, keep it up, it's definitely a game that will be successful.

Derealization [ v0.0.3a ]

Good game biggest positive thing of the game is visuals they are great. Good looking MC and girl's models are nicely polished. MC has a past and he's suffering from it. Almost all the girls in the game has their own problems. Story seems interesting. But it's not revealed that much. Waiting for next updates to know more about Mc and other girls. Hoping he can help other girls and solve his own problems.

Overall i enjoyed the game. Keep up the good work dev looking forward to next updates.

The beginning with that nagging hallucination is a bit boring. Well maybe the elements of psychological horror is just not my cup of tea.

The choices are mostly meaningless, though they make some sense as a narrative tool. I'm not sure that I like it very much, but I definnitely don't hate it.

Eventually the story steps a bit out of meaningless self-centered pity and becomes interesting. People around MC have their distinctive stories and characters. Their unfolding is slow, but it's alright.

Some girls are cute, and definitely they all are interesting.

The renders are good. There is its share of typos and grammatical errors, but it's tolerable. The dialogs themselves are OK.

So in general I like this game and I'm looking forward to updates.

My Reaction for this game: i like the Story

★ Gameplay : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ Story : ✭✭✭✭✭
★ Spelling : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ renders : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ Animations: ✭✭✭✰✰
★ Potential : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ Overall : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ Girls physique : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ Graphic : ✭✭✭✭✰
★ Creativity :✭✭✭✭✰

Note :
i enjoy the story i dont mind the slow burn just when the sex scenes comes i want it to be one of the best scenes the early sex scene at the beginning of the game was not that good , since the developer decided to focus about the characters i hope he will improve with his future sex scenes in his game.

Anyway... definitely you shoud try it .


◉ All the best to the developer .

I like the way the story goes, not to fast and just in the right direction. Like the creator warned ,blue balls included if you only want a simple jerk of game. Graphics are very good, i like the renders. Just keep the story flowing easy and interesting, with time input some new girls, women. Step by step is the best way to keep player wondering . Dont rush. There is a lot of time to show pussy ,sex scenes etc...Keep it interesting and bring it down when players dont expect that. I think that if you do this way you will achive top 10 in few updates in close future.

Played until v0.0.3a, im going to be honest this is a waste of time in current state, personally i would wait for 3 or 5 releases and proofreading before trying again.

Good stuff: Art. Renders, specially poses look good.

Bad stuff: Everything else.
Starting from the MC, he is not a horny teen and that's good but hes an obnoxious dick on the verge of a psychotic break which makes his dialogues a pill hard to swallow.
Then the grammar, its bad, most times you get whats happening but sometimes you don't, there's even choices that make no sense.
Story and characters, there's nothing happening so far besides MC moving and getting a new job, im guessing the psychological horror mentioned on overview will come up later, but so far what we got is the overused MC with mental issues thing as an excuse for him to be an asshole. There's a superficial basic introduction to characters, nothing too bad or good so far but it looks like it will be the "i just met you but you're the center of my world" kinda deal.
Music turns off and on randomly through the game.

TL;DR: I cant rate this game higher than a 4/10 on current state, i cant recommend it since there's nothing here just above average renders (with good posing render skills), no story, very poor grammar and an asshole MC that somehow is the center of the universe for everyone that knows him.

[v0.0.3a]

We have an incredible artist here. This VN is an experience unlike anything else I have seen.

It is so visually compelling that I could rate this 5* on that merit alone. I have never actually seen so much dynamics in a VN before. The gestures. The expressions. There is SO much render variations within a single scene. It brings the characters to life so wonderfully. It's not just that they are making gestures and being animated, but they move realistically on screen.

Thankfully, the writing is on par with the visuals with a small caveat. There are some issues with the grammar. Syntax could use some work, but the more common issue is the odd word choices. I can't quite pin point it, but I think it's safe to say that the dev is not a native English speaker. That said, this is an example of writing that is not diminished significantly by the minor issues with the English. The speech patterns and personality shines through for each character. The script doesn't need to go through an editor. It merely needs a proofreader to check the grammar.

The subject matter is quite heavy though. We are dealing with a lot of damaged and jaded characters. But god damnit, they are all so convincing and real. Sure, we've all seen mental issues, family troubles, and damaged characters as some kind of gimmick for forced drama, but I never got that feeling with this game. It is in the way the early set ups and character introductions are done. It doesn't feel artificial at all and the MC meets the supporting cast in a logical and realistic manner. It's hard to explain, but the presentation of the narrative was quite flawless in this early stage of the game, imo. Many devs fall into the trap of doing the "introductory rounds" where the character meets all the cast in some contrived and arbitrary manner, having long drawn out conversations like it's single's night. In this game, you meet them naturally and get to know the characters in conversations that fit the situation.

Amazing. Absolutely incredible display of visual story telling that is matched by the competent writing. All we need is a proofreader to make some corrections.