VN - Ren'Py - DESIRIUM [0.11] [ElCharlo]

"DESIRIUM" is a captivating adult game that delivers an immersive and visually stunning experience for players looking for something beyond the ordinary. The game’s story-driven approach is a refreshing change in the genre, combining elements of fantasy, romance, and suspense that genuinely draw you in. Each character is crafted with detail and depth, allowing you to feel connected to their stories and desires.

One of the standout features of "DESIRIUM" is its high-quality graphics. The animation is top-notch, making every scene feel incredibly lifelike and engaging. The interactive elements are thoughtfully designed, giving players control over key decisions that influence the storyline and relationships, which adds replayability and keeps the experience fresh.

The sound design also deserves a mention—it enhances the overall mood, drawing you further into the world of "DESIRIUM." The gameplay mechanics are easy to navigate, ensuring a smooth experience even for newcomers to adult games. Overall, "DESIRIUM" strikes an excellent balance between engaging storytelling, beautiful visuals, and interactive choices, making it a standout choice for fans of the genre looking for a mature, high-quality game. Whether you're in it for the plot, visuals, or just some escapism, "DESIRIUM" will not disappoint.

I gave this an overall of poor, though perhaps it could stretch to average, but the mc is just too awful.

You play as a supremely ugly french boy with discomforting hair and constant closups of his huge lips. His uglineess and the constant focus on his face really detracts from the game.

But that's not all, the MC is also cowardly in an almost overused french-meme way - he immediately backs down when attacked but then has the audacity to start acting unconvincingly macho after and in other scenes he panics that girls might see him with shirt off or that he saw a sex toy. Pathetic.

He is also rude in many conversations, I couldn't figure out if this is because he is an accurately portrayed french char of if the devs think thats how decent people act.

The graphics are pretty poor, they are not outright awful but they are poor compared to modern renders . The girls in the house are all identical which is confusing, but they also all throw themselves at the boy even though he has no attractive qualities, which makes any quality of writing redundant

Lastly the autosave has been removes, pretty obnoxious and made it impossible to save at the end, had you wanted to ever return

The story revolves around an exchange student who moves in with three beautiful women. It’s very early still, but so far, not much to say beyond that, it’s a story about a guy going to college, and meeting beautiful women.

The writing is very amateurish, many of the interactions feel unnatural, with lots of awkward jokes. Characters often behave strangely, with one of them in one minute being (very justifiably) pissed off at the MC, and on the next minute she’s asking him out and making moves on him.

Maybe it gets better as the game updates, but if you play these games for the story, there’s not much of it here right now.

Now let’s talk about the reason the game is rated the way it is, which is the visuals. Well, more specifically, the engine it uses. This game uses VAM as its engine of choice, which immediately makes the visuals stand out from the sea of games using DAZ, Koi or HS. I’ve played a few VAM games in the past, and always thought they looked fantastic, with very impressive physics. But for whatever reason, they always seem to focus on fringe kinks or are just poorly executed in general. This is the first VAM game I’ve played that’s simple, straightforward, vanilla, and features classically beautiful girls. And that’s its biggest selling point.

To be clear, the things that this game does well are elements I value highly, such as smooth animations, scenes that look and feel different from other games, and very beautiful LIs (even if their faces look very similar). But at the same time, I can’t help but feel the engine is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, and once this game gets more competition, it won’t be nearly as impressive. But as it stands, there are very few games that look quite like this, and I’m sure working with an underused engine brings its own set of challenges, so I think a 4 is fair. Just don’t expect too much of the plot, and just enjoy the eye candy.

The visuals are nice, but the story and the MC... let me put it this way: in one part of the story, two guys kidnap you and Kayla at gunpoint on the street and force you into a van with no windows, terrifying Kayla (she had good reason to worry) ... in order to bring you to a party, and the MC is just "whatever" and they are at the party, with the MC literally telling Kayla "Give it a week or two, and this will be behind you." and pretty much leaving her alone so he can flirt with other women. And no, you don't get a reasonable option like "punch assholes in face" or "call police on kidnappers".

Everyone acts less and less like actual people as the plot goes on, including the MC, and nothing really happens besides the kidnapping. There is some breast fondling, but the rest is just voyeurism, and not much of that.

Other than the kidnapping "prank" ticking me off, nothing in the story or dialogue really stood out in any way.

So i am going to explain my two star review here. Some spoilers ahead.


Like this is seriously bad scripting where you dont even keep track of what the player selected before, or you know about it, but just because it serves your plot, its ignored.

Other than that game has good visuals, but unfortunately i will never see more as i am not inclined to continue after that blunder encountered before


Update -
The Dev informed that what i had mentioned is indeed a bug in the game, so i am updating my rating.

It is a game that is on an excellent path, you have a lot of potential, bro, I admire you, you are very good at this,

The visual style is impressive, with an aesthetic that combines elements of abstract art and vivid details. Each setting is meticulously designed to evoke a haunting atmosphere that complements the story.

It's worth your time

Now let's focus on more details

Pros
1. Art - As every one wrote it's unique and looks realy good.
2. Animation - A lot of animation, plus it look realy good. And consider that it's demo. Yes, we can look on it from the other side too that dev try to make a lot of animations for prologue and after that will milk auditory with 1-2 animation for the next updates. But let's check and see. For now it's solid 8.5/10
3. The lenghts of the episode. It's quite big. To complete all episode is going to take you around 50-60 min. Which is realy good.
4. Chloe and Kayla are cutie and you will have a lot of fun spending time with them.

Cons
1. In the prologue you will not get ыекщтп plot developments. For the most time it will be speaking with the girls about life/school/etc. But at the end of the episode you will get interesting plot twist. So I highly recomd you to complete it. And from EP2 this con can easely swithc to pros.
2. Emma from the other side is complete clishe from the other games. If you play at least a few it's just typical landlady. Nothing more nothing less. Prety but you alrady understand you relationship with her.

Overall
If you want in some case something unique at least try this game. And i'm sure that it will try not to lose you(as it was with me). Let's hope that dev will have this auditory and support for the next updates. Speaking for myself i will defenetly to to support him to see how the story contunues

Review Version 0.1

If it wasn't for the fact the renders look really good and I liked the animations and the unique art style which feels like a hybrid between DAZ and Honey Select this game probably would be a 3 star game for me. While most of the characters are great and I can't wait to learn more. There is a few troupes that feel like they because it's a porn game or to set up future lewd content which comes across a bit forced for me. Can't judge the story as it's to early to say but the characters is one of the strong point of the game.

I like the aesthetics it has,the animations are incredibly smooth, adding a sense of realism and fluidity to every scene. The characters are well-designed,

It's clear that you’ve put a lot of effort and dedication into this project, and the results so far are more than satisfying. I really hope you continue developing it with the same quality, as it has so much potential. I’m eagerly awaiting the next update. Thanks for your work, and keep up the great job!

There are some small issues but this game is top tier in the areas that matter, fem. character models and animations.
Especially the lighting sticks out as well.

I've only played the beginning section so far but im going to get back to it in the future. Its only on 0.1 and with this quality level the dev cycle is going to be quite long.

Amazing game! Really good looking girls, Im a ass team guy and the asses are just very good looking and juicing I love that, the story is amazing too! Me personally I love the youngest daughter she is 100% my type of girl!

I have the same complaints about the teacher as everyone else does. Just have her say, "Since you're coming in a week late, meet me after class for the assignments."

I really like the voicing, renders, story ideas, LIs. I can't wait for the next release. This could be a very special game.

Wow, just wow actually some of the best art style and animations I've come across here sadly based off of how good it all is it might take a while for updates but holy I bet it'll be worth it. I really have 0 complaints about this, it really is almost perfect down to the ground. The game is already super good for just a preview/tease I can't WAIT to see more. Right now I give it a 5 star and I hope it can stay that way, I give you the best of luck with your game.

Renders are legit.. The animations are .. There are some issues with the Strands of hair around the chest and shoulder areas.. but i'm sure those can get updated.. Story is getting well built and I definitely love the cliffhanger.. can't wait for more updates!

Good Points
+ The Art style looks kind of unique, especially face designs of the characters I guess? I can't say ''great'' or anything, but kind of unique for sure.
+ Render quality is pretty good.
+ We have lots of animations, for small stuff and for the sex scenes and they are well-made.

Bad Points
- There is no option to close named saves, quite annoying if you save a lot.
- Existence of love interests having a relationship already cliche.
- MC doesn't really look good, he looks unique, but unique does not always mean good. MC's face needs serious change, and along with some changes in girls facial features could be good as well.
- Plot-twist was weird, not sure what will happen in next update tho.
- Story doesn't look that promising, interesting, or original, and plot-twist kind of shown writers might try over-the-top stuff just to make story interesting, which is not something good.

For The End
I guess I can call this game pretty average, we will see if it will become better or worse with upcoming updates.

The Pros:

- Art
- Characters
- Story doesn't stink so far


The Cons :

- The MC's face


I usually hardskip Vam games as they always look too sim like. But the quality of this made me try it out, not to mention the models. Story so far stands strong, not too much but just enough to leave an impression. It featured quite a few hot and steamy moments and even finishes on a cliffhanger. Emma, Chloe and Kayla are all beautiful to look at. One mature figure, one down to earth girl in Chloe and then there's Kayla. Can't figure her out yet as it's much too soon. Just hope this "Model" plot doesn't become too cliché, we have more than enough of those out there.


I'm looking forward to seeing more.

About the first version: very beautiful, different girls, very high-quality animation and a good plot twist. I will also note the overall warm color scheme and the beautiful and cute looking female characters and their emotions

Vanilla and youth theme combined with flawless rendering, good presentation and hot girls. I am definitely for it. I really like this type of game. This game was chosen very well in terms of environment and concept.

One of the better games coming out recently, lots of promise with great art and unique storyline bound to make an impact. I am pleasantly surprised with this writing and can't wait for more. Absolutely recommend it.

That first time I review a game but seriously the music in the game it's so perfect and most important thing is the choices matter and the teasing without do anything that keep game perfect and exciting not just some game that depends on graphics and animation ( I hope you make a character building story in future not just roommates) the game is so perfect in the first try