Ren'Py - Desert Stalker [v0.17.1.2 Steam] [Zetan]

Pros: Great graphics, great story, convincing world, pretty characters, long and hot sex scenes, a lot of fetishes. Great music, sound effects and animations, overall style and design. There are a lot of choices and it looks like they DO matter. NTR is avoidable/optional.

Cons: Dialogues are sometimes quite meaningless and long, without adding much value to the game. Example: A spinning wind turbine in the hot sun video with a text description: "The air is dry, sun is warm, but not as stinging like back in the desert". Some cutscenes are good, some not that much, but you could easily replace them with a single static frame. Navigation can be simplified by reducing the clicks you need to get somewhere by atleast -1. It does not sound a lot, but for a such a long game it adds up, especially on repetitive tasks. Darkness is a big downside of the nice graphics. There are a lot of poorly lit scenes in which you can barely see what's going on. So the developer spent time on something nobody will see and it also causes players to skip and break their immersion. This can easily be fixed by adding moon light, fire light, a lamp, torch... anything.

To the inspirations which led to this game I would add: Assasin's Creed and Mad Max.
Even if you do not like this game, keep in mind it is a very high-quality product.

Game has everything , never boring , like a good tv serie it needs to be continued . Because it can evolve in every direction . The story is getting better and better , while the creators are getting more and more skilled .

This is what Adult games were made for. Absolutely exotic game.
Everything from the visuals, the lore, the characters, the dialogue to even the music just fits this fallout in arabia vibe so well.
Excellent writing, tons of choices, good gameplay system in place, character depth and just pure exotic atmosphere on top of it. I can't wait to explore more of this world and these characters that Zetan has made. Wonderful job. One of my favorite games already.

Visually, Desert Stalker is a work of art. The attention to detail in every aspect of the game is astonishing. The environments are stunning, each with its own distinct atmosphere. Character models are exquisitely crafted, with facial expressions that add depth to the storytelling. The graphical fidelity and visual effects elevate the immersion, creating a world that feels alive and vibrant. The narrative is richly layered, with well-developed characters. The player's choices have a wide variety of variations. Desert Stalker is a game that have the potential to be greater than now. With the direction that's holding now, things should only get better.

My rating for Desert Stalker
Desert Stalker is set in the post-apocalypse and ancient Egyptian empire, inspired by Fallout and S.t.a.l.k.e.r. The rendering is excellent, the characters are unique and very attractive. The storyline is exciting and does not get boring. The game itself is very easy to play. Also, there are a lot of choices. Also interesting are the good cutscenes / death scenes that you can't skip, but they don't bother me. I enjoy watching them. For me, one of the best here on F95. I'm love it!

I absolutely recommend it in any case.

I think the developer has done a very good job so far and I hope it stays that way. Good luck and all the best.

Played earliest and recent releases (0.13c), the level of animated detail, constant pace and action, the soundtrack, the story, this is a true masterpiece and I hope to see the updates keep coming. Worth your time

To start off I should point out that I don’t like sci-fi and VNs in general either. This game is something else tho...

PROS

There was never a game, where I would read everything slowly to absorb everything what writer is about to say, in this case sometimes I re-read that text twice to get the real meaning of it. (english is not my mother language). Couldn’t even believe how I got so absorbed in this fictional world. Story is top notch.

Your choices have big impact on the world around you and you can get locked out permanently of many paths, if you choose "wrongly". That’s another huge thing I like about this game. Since usually in VNs your choices and actions have little to no impact or consequences at all. So you better choose wisely.

Renders are top notch as well, very original and amazingly looking.

Audio is awesome and well suited for scenarios you will find yourself in.

Since I don’t like VNs much, I really appreciate when they are at least in sandbox format, where I can click on events in order I want to, advance stories which I’m interested in the most at that moment and sometimes repeat the ones which I would like to revisit. This hurt this game however, since not all events are well thought out and sometimes you will find MC talking about things which haven’t been done yet or other characters talking about events which they want to do, but have been done already. Devs will have to look into this issue more deeply and judging by quality of this game, it will be dealt with in a future imo.

Animations aren’t top tier. Some aren’t very good (too robotic, not natural looking at all) and some are good enough. This at least for me isn’t much of an issue, since it can be easily overlooked by the rest of this stunningly looking game. Having some well done animations would be nice tho and could bring this game to even higher level.

CONS

There aren’t any really at least for me except things I mentioned about sandbox and animations, which aren’t that big of a deal for me personally.

SUMMARY

5* is more than deserved in this case. This is easily in TOP 3 games on this site for me. Can’t wait what future updates will bring.

First thing i need to mention: i really don´t like sandbox games at all.
But in this case it doesn´t bother me at all. The story is captivating, the renders and animations are outstanding. The story is quite unique.
This vn is easily in my top three visual novels on this site. I highly recommend everybody to give it a try. You´ll not regret it, promised.

Thru the latest update this is a well thought out, well written and beautifully illustrated AVN with everything you could want. Monsters, undead, great original backgrounds, and YES, enough stunning Pixel ladies to keep you interested

If I have any complaints, some times the story gets out of logical sequence, it always comes back but can be confusing or just frustrating, but as I said, it all works out when I completed this update

I can confidently say that this is the best game I'm playing at the moment, if not the best of all I've played.

Great story, with many different branches for you to follow. Amazing character development, which is absolutely imperative IMO for incest games. Awesome renders and very good animations (though I've seen better).

For me, the best thing is how well the creator is able to balance the amount of content with the time it takes between updates. They are always many hours long, with tons of sex scenes, and they usually don't take much more than a couple of months in between.

Great job, keep it up!

There is a lot of content, both lewd and storywise, already in the game. Dialogue, visuals, and story are all superb. Best implementation of sandbox I've ever seen. It's in my top 3 games right now, and I don't suspect that would change even if it were never finished.

Ain, one of the MC's daughters, is my all-time favorite LI in any AVN.

Review for v0.13b

This game is easily in my top 3. The overall amount of quality not only in visual, sex scenes and characters, but it has a proper, excellent plot and story that is balanced just right.

I'll keep it brief:

Graphics
+ Excellent overall visuals
+ Sexy and well-designed characters
+ Excellent use of gore, grim and effects
+ Excellent use of lights, cinematography and shots
+ Overall excellent animations (Except a few early ones that are less great, but still plenty good)

Characters
+ Just right amount of characters. Not too many where the story constantly focus elsewhere and becomes too wide, but just enough to keep it varied and interesting
+ Excellent dialogues, with good pacing and amount of content. Too many games use walls of dialogues and text unnecessarily because of a pretense where amount of words = quality
+ Easy to read characters, with great portrayal of facial and body animation
+ Characters are regularly involved with the story and always feel properly relevant
+ Excellent use of cutscenes to add weight and immersion to multiples kind of story events.

Story/Plot
+ Underused genre in lewd games (Proper, dark post-apocalyptic world) that serves the story extremely well
+ Extremely well-balanced story in terms of complexity and depth. Easy to read, gives plenty of opportunity to understand the lore and overall plot without going overboard
+ Mysterious nature gives a truly original story with lots of creative freedom, giving you a story that is truly unpredictable and dangerous
+ Despite clearly getting a lot of inspiration from Fallout, STALKER, Mad Max, Dune and Metro, the story and setting feels unique enough on it's own, being set in Egypt with clear inspiration for Ancient Egypt.
+ Excellent story pace. The story progress at just the right speed. You can truly feel the characters and the story change and transform overtime, without dragging along nor rushing it.


Gameplay
+ Fairly simple, capsule-style quests where players are free to choose between any available quests
+ Players regularly engage in the dialogue, and can choose what kind of character they want to be (Dominating and cruel, patient and kind, etc...)
+ NO BULLSHIT RELATIONSHIP POINTS to grind, i can't stress enough how great this is. A player is entirely, 100% free to choose any damn choice they want without being pressured or forced into a particular route
+ Going through the game is really intuitive and simple, no need at all for walkthrough, guides or anything like that.

Overall an excellent game.

Many good games on this site have nice art with one or two that are a cut above. Desert Stalker is one of the few elite games with truly stand-out models across the board. Nearly every interactive character in this game jaw-droppingly gorgeous in unique ways.

The story is quite enjoyable, too, with high quality dialog.

I find myself craving the next chapter with as much or more intensity as any game tracked on this forum.

Excellent game, well worth funding.

I've seen the post apocalypctic genre tried multiple times, not always succesfully. This game right here however feels like a genuine game. Yes there some pornographic aspects, somehow very focussed in the first part of the game, where the story and the universe is set up. Somewhere along the way, the game changes, the sex scenes and the pornographic aspect of the game change from being the main element to being part of a story being told.
Thanks to that change, I've spent more time reading the story and enjoying the well crafted universe the author has given us than seeking out the most sex scenes possible.

As controversial as it might be, I think that the game could be better if the intro of the game would be rewritten to not be so focussed on all the incest and sex scenes. Why I would say that, is because I almost wanted to share this game with my wife, letting her experience the story, especially the exploration part (I don't want to spoil, those who have played will know which part I'm referring to).

Overall a very enjoyable experience, I'll watch the progress of this game very closely and will consider a few donations along the way if the development continues being as solid as it has been so far.

It's such a unique and original universe in an age when all adult games look alike and are clones of each other. The post-apocalyptic/fantasy universe set in Egypt works so well. And it's so rare to see this in an adult game, the only example I can take is the one that introduced me to this kind of game; Akabur's Princess Trainer. The oriental atmosphere is magnificent. The art is very good. The characters are good. The only thing I could reproach the game for is the lack of length in the sex scenes, but it's not dramatic, it's very well done all the same. I would like to encourage the creator to continue, progress and thank him very much.

A truly well done game. The women are beautiful and so are the cutscenes. Minimal writing mistakes. An excellent story so far. The music actually helps set the atmosphere instead of being background noise. By the time it’s done it’ll probably be somewhere in my top 3 fav porn game, and should at least be in everyone’s top 10, assuming the creator keeps doing what they’re doing. This is definitely one for the books (at least the porn game books).

This. Game. Is. A. BLAST! Holy smokes! One of the best I've ever seen. This could be made even a full grown ass triple A game with more exploring and quests and mechanics.
All the images and animations are TOP quality. Also the plot is interesting, it's not a simple fuckfest like many other games. The plot actually exists!

Amazing! One of the best games I've ever played! I can't recommend it enough. Even though I do not, in general, like the post apocalyptic fantasy...

I'll get into more details when the game reaches its final form.

Current version: 0.13 beta.

Fantastic renders, Interesting and a unique story and setting.
The animations are of great quality too, a mix not as common to see combined in one.

The updates are not frequent but they more than make up for that in the quality in both writing and Visuals.

Characters are also unique and interesting not to mention beautiful and well crafted.

The story is inching slowly forward and there are a bit buggy or unclear directions in the playthrough which is usually ironed out later. Story could use a faster pacing to feel like things are moving. Which can be a good strategy for story telling if updates aren't as frequent and you don't have a big team behind you.
It would make the story more engaging but still the current story telling compared to other games in this genre is superior in most if not all aspects.

Hats off to the dev/team for an absolute master piece, a project you don't see just anywhere. I shudder to think such a beautiful project could be abandoned someday for any reason.

i love the game. interesting story and storytelling, and damn beautiful girls. and the gameplay, even if its more sandbox style, isnt useless grinding at all. its fun and you can feel, how the story progresses.