VN - Ren'Py - Dreamland [v0.4.0p] [Dokiden]

The premise is honestly fantastic and set up really well, I enjoy the B-grade horror flick, it's fun! It also helps that the visuals are great and all the girls are very attractive. There's also branching paths that actually make a difference, which is pretty interesting.

However, the big issue really comes out that the longer the story goes on, the worst the writing gets. The first big hit is the fact that every girl is automatically into you, to a ridiculous degree. In the second chapter you get the chance to have a sexual act with 1 of 3 women (only one is actual sex). This, somehow, has each of them decide that they're actually in a relationship with you now. No joke, each of them go "you're mine now, we're in a relationship". Keep in mind that for two of them, you have known them for ONE DAY. You have been on NO DATES with ANY of the women. They just act in such a ridiculous way that you just can't enjoy the story. What's worse is that two of them literally DESCRIBE Dreamland as being about "free love" where you have sex with random people, and yet they'll also claim you at the first chance they get?? It's genuinely so insane. This paired with the dialogue that progressively gets less and less human, just makes it a slog the longer it goes.

Hopefully it gets better, but I just kinda lost all enjoyment when I had to deal with how unrealistic every single situation was.

Must be protected for footlovers, good renders+models, and the non-complicated gameplay. The main girls are all baddies in their own right and I hope I get to see this game to the end so please suppor this creator!

Renders, animations, girls are just chefs kiss. Strong HNG so far.

My problem is probably with MC, hes not the most interesting dude and kinda boring.

Im just playing this for the girls and the lewds, that shit is top tier. Writing is meh

#1. The story is horrible.

#2. The writing is real bad.

#3. The jokes are not funny at all.

#4. Very annoying unskippable transitions.

#5. Characters look okay but could be a lot better.

#6. Forced dirty foot jobs. (the dev has a big foot fetish)

#7. Don't know why, but the sex scenes feel boring.

Very nice renders and characters, very bad everything else.

Story doesn't make any sense. Characters switch their personality on a dime. Sex scenes are rushed as hell. Dialogue, while not horrible, is nowhere near good either.

This game has very high production value. Incredible renders. Incredible posing, scene setting, lighting, animations, just a sumptuous feast for the eyes (I think I'm plagiarizing an old movie review with that last phrase). It deserves 5 stars for how it looks.

It's also well written. I personally wouldn't chose to base a porn game around a horror movie theme, but they are pulling it off. Lot's of dramatic twists, and so far the horror story line isn't making the sex out of place. That is, they are managing to intersperse stressful situations with calm, relaxed situations, so that the characters might realistically think about sex without it seemingly like they should be too scared , or running for their lives. I hope the production team manages to continue to walk this line/keep this balance. It may get harder as the horror ramps up.

Notably, the artist loves feet. That's not my fetish, but if it's yours, you're eyes will bug out of your head and your dick will explode due to how lovingly the artist prepares the feet animations, or sets the camera to highlight a girl's feet. I wish they prepared the cum shots with as much care, but that's just me .

Looking forward to more!

Easily 5/5.

It's one of those thrillers... You know, a group of friends go on vacation, things start going wrong... The girls are mega hot, the story is never boring, the animations are insanely good. One of the best AVNs.

tldr at the bottom.

Let me preface this with the fact that very real effort was put into this game, and specifically in the visual department - it shows, but if this game didn't have the visual fidelity it does, by now it would likely have been dead, buried and forgotten.

Because if the writing was even mid, this game would have been a GOAT contender.

B movie horrors have better written characters and story. None of the characters are likable, the MC himself included. I'm not talking "they're flawed but they're trying", they are flat out unlikable as human beings with damn near no redeeming qualities at all, including the LIs. If that was the only problem, it would have been great.

But no, aside from their personalities, their actions are illogical and are more of a vehicle for shit to happen, the AVN logic being abused to the next level.

tldr: do not expect a quality experience that tickles the mind as well as the cock with this one. Its one redeeming quality - it's a feast for the eyes, this AVN has some of the most beautiful and flat out scorching hot models made out of pixels on a screen, as well as the sex scene animations are good.

But by god, I'm really sick of dogshit writing.

This was surprisingly great.

The models are really nice, the story is pretty dark and twisted, the scenes are all animated. If you're into feet, there's a fair bit of it.

One negative if you're a softy like me that doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings - you have to make choices, and sometimes those choices really end up hurting peoples feelings, and the MC can be very insensitive about it.

Like in one case, you can tell someone you will help them with something, then get an offer to go with someone else and take it. And when the first person comes back, you're a bit like "oh nah I'm going elsewhere byeeeee"

Considering how sensitive this guy can be during the rest of the story, it feels a bit out of character.

But otherwise I think it's pretty great. I'm going to do another playthrough to try get all the cards and unlock all the scenes, and I rarely do that.

The Animations look like good quality, the models also look very good, the story is interesting and mysterious and it even made me laugh once. I can only recommend giving this a try. I just wish i could play even more.

I hate this story. I really do.

And you're wondering why I'm still rating it 5....
Well its unfair for me to hate it and not rate it what it deserves.

The writing is solid, foundationally. It has Friday the 13th Vibes with constant twists and turns and probably even more misunderstandings that will make sense later, everyones just kind of on edge cause they assume the worst in bad situations im sure.
Note: (I didn't notice many grammatical errors, and there wasn't any weird feeling translations so idk. Seemed pretty fine to me, unless it was on paths I just didnt take personally. Writing seemed crisp to me. Its DEFINITELY ambitious though theres a whole hell of a lot going on.)

The models, graphics, renders, whatever have you are flawless. They are phenomenally good. The animations are gorgeous, but fall behind a little bit as they're just mostly loops (shorter rather than longer) BUT (again) theres alot that happens between each scene that keeps things pretty fresh, so its not just a stagnant single loop.
Another Note: (There is a lot of foot fetish in this game. Mostly dealing with Foot Jobs specifically. Think in the limited sex scenes I counted atleast Four or Five times feet were on the MC's sausage.)

Why do I hate this story? Because it makes me feel shitty no matter which way I go. I always hate stories that leave you in a constant consequence selection. Mei just confessed her feelings to you in the most romantic way ever, all the signs were there! do you turn her down? Well shit you're an asshole if you do, and theres a huge scene to make sure you feel it. Do you accept? Well, goodluck because she's gonna just up and vanish, potentially sabotage the car and go party at dreamland herself. Hah, sucker! (To be figured out WHY, but I assure you no matter what the WHY is, its bullshit lol)

Oh Summer and Lea mistook you for a perv, also Oh that poor girl Alice whose constricted by her family and just wants a friend that may potentially become more! Time to choose again! Be an immediate asshole and turn Summer down on the plans you JUST MADE or Turn Alice down for the plans you made RIGHT BEFORE she showed up. Granted Alice does have another scene but at another potentially huge fork lol. If you shoot Summer down you'll be guilted to high hell for it too!

We're going to Spring Break at this CRAZY PARTY FESTIVAL place. WHY THE HELL do I need to be guilt tripped multiple times before we even arrive

Needless to say I'm still gonna go through this story, I just hate the instant guilt tripping lol. Feels like no matter what route choices you go down you're either getting screwed, breaking someones heart or cheating on someone.

Dreamland is a technical marvel hampered by poor writing.

It is the story of four close friends who agree to go on spring break together. During their journey, the four friends meet two stranded young woman at a local road stop, who also happen to be heading for the same destination, and they offer them a ride.

Since check in at the rental home is still a few days off, the group plans to go camping, to kill some time. Shortly after their arrival at the camp grounds they learn that a young woman had mysteriously disappeared at the very same grounds, five years earlier. And there are rumors that foul play may be the reason behind her disappearance.

As the young campers explore the beautiful forest surroundings, we discover that someone is secretly watching them from the bushes. The viewer then experiences the customary "truth or dare" game, ,gastric disturbances from eating chili, and a few other opportunities to experience sexual perversions between the horny campers.

The next morning one of the four friends mysteriously vanishes, leading the viewer to believe that her disappearance may also have been caused by foul play. We also learn that one of the four friends is also hiding a dark past.

Without giving away any spoilers, the viewer is then left with a number of unanswered questions, as this this current update comes to an end.

Pros:
1- A technical marvel, sprinkled with some very impressive renders. The scene of the face reflection in the window was stunning.
2- Very attractive characters.
3- Music was well integrated into the theme.
4- Sex animations were very nice.

Cons:
1- Poorly written. Too many bad lines and grammatical errors. Unsure if this was possibly due to a bad English translation.
2- Numerous farting scenes that weren't funny. How do you mess up a farting scene? Farts are funny.
3- Overly ambitious story, which often times can lead to disastrous results. It did leave me scratching my head at the end.

Underated game which desrves more than 4 stars. Combines great renders and plot which is a rare thing. One of the best games i played the last 6 months. Congrats to Dokiden and keep up the good work. Cant wait for next update

Game is great so far, and I look out for every update. The graphics and animations are great, the story is decent enough, and I personally love the amount of foot focused shots and bits of scenes. Keep up the good work!

Great renders, ok girls, terrrible everything else

The game does a great job of making the li's look very pretty and rendering them well, in good lighting

The girls/models chosen are good, very feminine but all with huge boobs

The game it'self is crap - there is bad writing with toilet humour and forced fetishes with fake choices. There's annoying af transition animations (like a child making a home video) and it even makes things like going to the menu to save ultra tedious with the slow low quality ui transitions

Constant unavoidable dirty footjobs - everyone in this game definitely has infections - and girls thoughtlessly throwing themselves at mc every 2 seconds

The worst most assholish part of the game is completely disabled rollbacks. Gives such a self important vibe. Ironically there's even a rollback-side setting still, that does nothign of course

Im actually also playing these type of games for at least a bit of story to feel involved in the game and this one does it very good. Excellent visuals, story kinda hard to understand, but still great overall atmosphere and renders.

girls (renders): 4,5/5
animations (sex scenes): 2,5/5
gameplay (tension building): 1/5

girls are great, maybe their bodies are a little bit too similar to each other
animations are as basic as they can be, maybe 3-4 repeating frames
there is no gameplay, it's pure visual novel
there is almost no content between scenes, which are so frequent and easily accessible that it quickly becomes boring

In my opinion this is a top three game, currently. That opinion takes renders, graphics and story in to consideration. While the story and playtime is short, and to some extent "basic", it gives the opportunity for the player to immerse him/herself into how events in life can play out. The graphics speak for themselves, while the story is simple yet well thought out, with twists and mysteries here and there. My only critique would be, that the updates are too "shallow". I understand that the game is divided into episodes, but let the episodes be longer or vary in length, so that the player does not feel as if he/she is awaiting the end after having just begun. But all in all, a fantastic game in my opinion

Everything that a good adult VN should be! Impeccable renders, decent and different story, smoking chicks and nice presentation overall.
And Lea and Alice are just....god damn!

I just hope in the future I can f around with more than one girl, because from what I played, I don't get the impression that I can.

Pros:
- Incredible production quality of stills and animations.
- Very nice, proportionate character models.

Cons:
- Incredibly dumb, out of nowhere events.
- Sometimes very painful dialogue.
- Sex scenes feel rushed.