VN - Ren'Py - Echoes of 2990 [Ch.2 0.2.3] [AADev]

Review as of Chapter 1.

Solid game we have here. It retains the balance between quick fap material and storytelling.

Great renders. This honestly carries the game. Absolutely hot and interesting characters. Even the MC himself is not your typical f95 character slop. You could see the effort given here.

Dialogues aren't long and not that boring either. How many games have I skipped dialogues forward just to get to the nicest bits but this one's not one of them. Choices seems to matter here but that will still remain to be seen since this is still Chapter 1. Hopefully, it does matters.

Story is suiting up to be a typical harem fest sci-fi but characters are fleshed out enough. Nothing deep but nothing needlessly complicated. Hope that the manner of storytelling remians consistent throughout.

The animation's are simple enough but when you've got an absolutely gorgeous renders then it does certainly ups the quality significantly. We could certainly ask for more but ehh...this one is great enough.

The only thing I don't like is the auto-rotating character models in their profiles. Let us have it on manual please so as to appreciate the effort done with this game.

Looking forward to the progress.

VERSION: Ch.1
SUMMARY: Good start, solid on most fronts!
RATINGS: (out of 5):

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be.

1. Model Visuals..................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. General Visuals................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Character (Persona)............... : ⭐⭐⭐
5. Story Quality & Pacing............ : ⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing Quality & Dialogue........ : ⭐⭐⭐
7. UI & Game-play Mechanics...........: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Playtime & General Quality.........: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Sounds & Music.....................: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. H-Content & Fetishes.............. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS:

1. Very good looking game, renders are impressive.
2. LIs look really good also, though some a little over the top for me. See comments and cons
3. Animations are damn good and have good angles, plus the scene/s are not short.
4. Writing is decent, reads and structured well.
5. Story is OK, told fairly well, but thats about the extent of it. See comments and cons
6. Sounds are nice, music fits most of the time to the scene, ambient sounds are nice, interactive sounds also add to the immersion. No lewd sounds from what I could tell though...
7. Fair amount of content for a first release, thats always nice.
8. Choice system that seems to matter and has immediate effect making it easier to navigate your desired style.
9. Kinks could be really good, so far, lactation looks to be a thing and even possibly impregnation. Looking forward to seeing a complete Tag list.

CONS:

1. Some unbelievable plot holes and nonsense I don't like like the characters look, the setting, the practicality of things, physics etc. See comments.
2. Some typos here and there like a "wno" instead of "who" during night beach scene with Amina and Aura.
3. Some very porn logic dialogue and setting takes big liberties with over the top and unrealistic actions etc. See comments.
4. Per above point, the story and dialogue are pretty shallow and the porn logic is strong simply based on the slutty and impractical clothing of everyone and then the general desire of all the LIs throwing themselves at the MC.
5. Added to the dialogue, I am not a fan of much of it, the MC is being threatened in almost every scene with death, an ass kicking or something by a female crew member. Its really annoying as fuck and happens so often that I actually feel there is some agenda of woman's power bullshit being driven here. That or just very poor dialogue.
6. Some questionable model design, as mentioned with all the beef cake woman who are large. One thing I also noticed was like Talia tits, look more like cone chevrons than tits, simply because her nipples are cone shaped also...couldnt that just have a normal nipple?
7. While lewd scenes are good and all, they lack ANY sound which is a bit sad as the scenes themselves are good and deserve the extra detail.

FINAL REMARKS, OPINIONS & SUGGESTIONS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer.

• I am not a fan of big beef caked characters, the MC is not exactly large but in some renders he looks actually bad, out of proportion, huge neck and shoulders that don't fit his frame IMO. Forearms that are much smaller and less trained than his biceps, look bad, this is a typical issue with muscle building where guys don't focus on the whole body equally.
• Added to above, some of the characters LIs are built like dump trucks with large asses and thighs, its a bit too much for me, its all fantasy of course, but its not practical or really attractive, nor do I see how being built that way is a good thing for space travel and fitness, they are simply overweight IMO. Again, fantasy and porn logic so we go with it.
• Practically, logical, technologically, physically some elements stand out that make no sense, e.g. why is the ship parked at the beach, it makes no sense for ground, tech, stocking, evaluations, testing or even hiding the fucking ship. Its weight would have sunk it into the sand by now, not to mention the tides and bad weather etc. This is a case of, ship + nice sunny pretty beach = nice setting...but its stupid to me who likes stories that are rooted in practicality and logic. The best lies are told with halve truths, same applies to any story you want to immerse in and its easy to do with a game such as this with high fidelity and quality sounds, but gets cheap when there is a lot of other illogical bullshit around.
• Per above, same can be said about the clear sexuality of things, it progresses very fast where LIs are already beating the MC off on day one, and that in a group setting. Its really very forced, too much, not subtle and scene are not special, profound or even really thought out. Which makes me feel the VN is more about the look than the story. This is not a deal breaker, but wont get 5 stars from me ever due to the imbalance of story vs lewd, as I said above, so here, erotica is not just visual its the imagination, decent story and dialogue that make it very good.
• Per above, the story and dialogue feels very desperate to push sex in all ways, nakedness is nothing, characters wear less even though practically it makes Zero sense, there is nothing really to wonder about or hold out for since you see characters naked often or in such skimpy clothing you need no imagination for it. Its a bit much and will cause the VN to grow boring quickly. LESS IS MORE DEV. Some cases it calls for it and those are when the sexy kinky stuff should shine. This comment ties into the practicality of things and logic as mentioned.

TLDR:

Looks good, sexy LIs mostly and good quality. The dialogue and story leave much to be desired IMO, but, this could still be really good VN, at least for meat beating purpose. Will keep an eye on this one, but definitely worth supporting. Will maybe review again in the future

Good start dev.

Design of the game is nice, it is well thought and the background feels like I'm in StarWars/Star Trek universe so I'd say it is a nice detail by the dev.

Character design is amazing, all LI's is on the thicc side so yeah if your on that preference then lucky you, you'll enjoy this game, they even have tall LI here too so you won't miss the snu snu. Other character detail that I don't like is the MC chin, it looks like a long ass dagger chin so I hope the dev look on that and fix it.

The dev should improve in writing department because the girls are already horny, we need a build up to feel the personality with each LI because the premise will just go to waste if this game turn into a mindless fuckfest.

Lastly, I think this game gonna get horror tag soon because the game is in intergalactic setting which the MC probably meet some future alien that can kill them or a xenomorph that will enter their ship and devour each one of them so I expect its gonna be like that in the future updates and I'm excited.

For now its 4/5, I'll edit this if there is more content.

Good start. Very nice visuals. Seems to be headed in a mindless fuckfest direction though, which may be boring, unless there's some good comedy and/or sci-fi elements coming in the next few chapters. The next one should be taking place in Andromeda, so how well that is done will be a good indicator of the longterm quality of the VN.

Not really thrilled about how easily the dev changes what seems like a huge part of the premise/setting in reaction to early reactions, especially since it seems to leave this sci-fi story without something as fundamental as a pilot for the spaceship. Looking forward to seeing how they stick the landing on making sure the necessary staples of the genre are present going forward. It may require a bit of redoing the first chapter, especially the intros of the LI crewmates and their roles

very promising and strong start the render quality is beautiful and impressive the girls look amazing and very healthy in the right places . looking forward to future updates keep doing the amazing work best of luck with the project.

Ch.2 (edited)

Even the game does tell that "this is the harem path", but collecting the girls is not that fun with current conversation options. Need to be smart and stupid, submissive and dominating. And of course collect lust and love points, while trying to balance that you have just enough everything for next conversation. Way too much "try every option" -playing.

Still.. The visuals are some of the best in any AVN. Art style is balancing nicely with realistic and exaggerated anatomy. Some of the pictures are artistic masterpieces that make you fall in love with a character. On chapter 1, not so much in chapter 2.

Second edit. looks like "conversation points hell" got mini fixed.

now this game is worth waiting for, it's still in early phase, but hot dang those arts... hot girls (Kim is best girl). story is kinda okay ish, shows great promises.

But as of now, art itself easily bring the game solid 5 of 5 for me

story might be somewhere in between 3 or 4 out of 5, might change after future update.

Have you ever played a game so good that it made you reevaluate your own decisions? I am working on my own game right now and seeing how high quality this release is has made me reconsider a lot about my approach.

The character designs are so, very hot. The render quality is phenomenal. The story is unique. The mechanics seem rock solid. THE POLISH IS ABSURD. Tiny little things like the 3D model viewer and the UI are just insane.

Best new game of 2025 no question.

My only slight bit of feedback, and it is slight, is that the number of characters is bordering on too much. The 7 featured in this page's art are all great, well written and distinct. But there are also other potential LIs alluded to in the margins and the game's bios section (again the polish is SO good) has space for many more. I just hope this does not become an over ambitious game with 20+ LIs who do not get time to breathe or develop. I am more than happy enough with the core 7 we have and I hope they do not get their spotlight taken.

Review as of Ch.1

This game looks incredible on just about every front. The 3D rendering of the girls is some of the most impressive I think I've seen on this website. Details such as the UI and sound design add to the great sci-fi atmosphere that this game is going for.

On top of the visuals, the game seems to have great foundations when it comes to progression. The game has a number of variables and decisions which will apparently affect future events. It remains to be seen how the story will diverge or change as a result of these choices but it is intriguing.

Honestly, my only complaint is that one of the characters' dialogue can be a little unbearable at times but she looks hot so it can be forgiven. This is a great first release and honestly, this game looks to have all the makings of a slam dunk success.

I'm giving this five stars for the render quality alone, and the animations, they are amazing. There are some blemishes with the plot and honestly how the MC dresses, "absolute douche-core" would be how I describe his outfit, but that's okay, because this game does something that a lot of games fail to do, allow the choices to dictate the MC's personality, you can be dominant and arrogant, submissive and humble, a mix of both, it's really cool to see how different decisions impact the character and hopefully that will be even more prevalent in future updates. All in all, great start, please change the outfit.

i'm into sci-fi so i just like stuff in that genre, this is really nothing new and its a bit over the top, the story so far is entertaining and the models used for renders are nothing short of amazing, proportions too

While the setting isn't anything new and the gameplay isn't exactly fresh, it does it extremely well. There's a lot of branching choices and variations in what you can do. Multiple ways of approaching each girl and there's even a sub/dom system which is refreshing. There's even an IQ tracker so I guess you could roleplay as a dumbass if you really wanted to. I also really like the graphics, the space looks good, the ship looks sleek and the girls look great. I think the final cherry on top is that for the first chapter, it is extremely generous with the amount of content you get. There's well above the usual amount of content for the first chapter or demo. Overall, if you're a fan of space harem games definitely keep an eye on this one.

The first update is quite large, just enough to get some idea of the plot

The visuals are great, I also like how you have a variety of LI models with different personalities and looks

Although there is an in-game gallery, I hope you can also provide it in the menu in future updates

Definitely a fking 11/10. OMG, the renders are absolutely gorgeous, every shot looks like it belongs in an art gallery. The story is actually engaging as hell, not just filler between scenes. And the sex scenes? Holy sh*t, they’re insanely well-made, more than I’ve seen in most AVNs. . What a mind-blowing debut. These renders are pure eye candy, every single frame. Waifus are god-tier. This man deserve every support he can get with this project

i hardly ever write reviews after first release. However this game has the makings of being a top tier game i am talking page 1 on rankings.

However, this could go bad if they add NTR to the game, i know it is your game but research shows you lose far more potential players with the NTR tag as you do without it. More people click past the game if the Netorare tag is present, avoidable or not it is there and the game suffers for it because the DEV has to write more content otherwise updates are short as trying to pander to everyone.

Stick to Harem no NTR honestly you really do have an awesome game potentially. Episode 1 was awesome, great renders, gorgeous models and the story was fun and interesting to read as well.

Again just my opinion DEV

Episode 2 update

Continuing to be an awesome game, the blokes from end of episode 1 were captured on a mission off screen and hopefully will not return, graphics continue to be outstanding, models are super hot, not many H scenes in episode 2 but it dont matter at all.

The game is still on track to be one of the best games on here in my opinion it is already in my top 5 and i dont like to drop names of other games but lookk at the current top 5 and now place that in that group.

Continue the great work Dev look forward to episode 3.

Just gonna copy comment from the thread - EP1 so far:

EP1 is fantastic. Music is fire, girls are freaking hot as hell, graphically its extremely impressive. Writing is solid, even though it is extremely dumb at times, but I also think its fitting.