Great start and a fascinating premise. I wish the dev good luck on the project even if some of the animations make cry myself to sleep at night. I saw this guy working on the game on discord streams and he's come a long way in a short space of time I am really looking forward to seeing what happens next. Anya is best girl, calling it early.
VN - Ren'Py - Echoes of The Cataclysm [Ch.1 P1 v0.1.11] [nuii pointer]
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VERSION: Ch.1 P1 v0.1.1 (some numbers eh)
SUMMARY: Good start, done fairly well on most fronts, interesting story.
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.
- Model Visuals..................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- General Visuals................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Character (Persona)............... : ⭐⭐⭐
- Story Quality & Pacing............ : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Writing Quality & Dialogue........ : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- UI & Game-play Mechanics...........: ⭐⭐⭐
- Playtime & General Quality.........: ⭐⭐⭐
- Sounds & Music.....................: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- H-Content & Fetishes.............. : ⭐⭐⭐
PROS:
- Really nice looking LIs and models in general.
- World looks visually decent and unique
- Writing is good, structured and reads well.
- Dialogue is decent, coherent and interesting.
- As with dialogue story is also interesting, nothing really new, but done a little differently and I like the approach, pacing and intrigue.
- Sounds are also nice, has decent music, atmosphere, ambient and lewd sounds are not bad either.
- MC is a bit of a mixed bag to me, initially looks like an alpha but actually is a solid beta, surprisingly. Making me less inclined to like him or play as him. The stupid face of shock and awe you often just makes him look even more like an idiot IMO, which is not the kind of MC most people relate to.
- Short, not a lot going on, its not too short, but there is not much going on to really sink your teeth into.
- No clear idea where kinks will land, there was only a short sex scene that left the MC blue-balled. Not a con per say but, I'd like to know what we can expect in future.
- The comedy is apparent, a little try hard for me. See comments
NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer.
- Regarding the comedy, with the MC running around outside naked, its a bit much, and I am honestly not a fan of silly humour, I prefer witty and clever humour. The MC looks intelligent enough to do that, hopefully he will in future.
- I am also not a fan of turning the MC into a fool or pansy ass beta male. VNs, games and stories are suppose to have either alpha or neutral characters, I prefer neutral because its gives them room to grow into a role. This MC screams like a girl after being mind raped, I think a lot of guys would have loved to experience what the MC did with that chick, frankly if a guy did scream, it would be a roar of frustration followed by the word FUCK because of getting blue-balled. We would not lose our shit and go streaking down the road to fuck knows where.
A pretty good game, visually looks great, writing is decent and story interesting. Its very early days, but I would watch this one as it stands above the average or regular drivel found here.