Ren'Py - Eden [Ch.4] [FnBProductions]

Eden is what it sets out to be: an isekai with a friendly party, setting itself up as a parody of the genre (or at least a self-aware version of itself). It trends towards anime/video-game concepts/behaviours, so it's only fair to rate it within the confines of what it is.

• It's easy to read.
• The story is both uncomplicated, but with enough going on to mean something.
• Characters exist outside of the scope of the main character (there's back story and hidden hopes and desires).
• Characters feel like they have their own 'voice', so you can generally follow who is who, what they're thinking, and it's not just a 'group desire' moment.
• It's cosy.
• The story doesn't suffer badly when replayed.

Most of the female characters you meet will be sexually attracted to the main character (it's an AVN), but sex doesn't drive the story, and it doesn't really get in the way of it. Opportunities arise, but if they're skipped everything still flows (at least in my testing, up to the end of Chapter 4).

I skip sex scenes once the dialogue ends, so I can't comment here either; being able to skip them doesn't seem to shunt lore out, so it's a well-handled trade. For those looking for sex scenes, this review doesn't cover it.

Even though the start feels a bit rough and heavy, and the puzzles are a bit of a chore during replays, the individuality of the characters lends itself to storytelling that's above average. The 'pilot' moment/content is easily forgivable, as the world/universe starts to unfold' in retrospect, and on replay, I'm not sure how you'd improve it without dragging it out, so it plays fairly well. (When puzzle skipping becomes a factor it'll likely feel less heavy.)

Pet the Yuki.

Okay, hear me out.
When you first click into the game, you will see the average renders and belike "pass". Yeah that's true, for about 1 chapter. Then the render get upgraded significantly, like I don't know the dev work super hard and shoot his skill from 5 to 9 or he just hired some guy do that for him. But the render from chapter 2 are good, and chapter 3 are great, on par with quality game like Inanna Revenge. So render: 5/5
Character: 4.5/5, we has a lovely cast of 4 main girls, a streamer character with actually personality, a princesss, a songstress, and an assassin, why so diverse. Yeah we doing isekai and bring some friends. Anyway, their interaction with the MC and each other is a dynamic of wholesomeness. The MC is also competent, being detective, smart and all. The tiny complain is they fall for him a bit too quick, just a bit, but yeah that's harem for you.
Puzzle: We has guide, free, so it doesn't affect my rating, most of the puzzle are very short.
To summary, a game worth playing, I promise you the render get super better.

The game is funny and interesting. The girls are sexy and their interactions are great.

Now...

I have had issues with the puzzles, but maybe it's just me. Nothing terrible, but I think there should be some hint system in game. There is a walkthrough in the downloads though.

Some scenes are fast and hurried at first. The developer was new and you can notice it. Not terrible either, the next scenes correct that. The renders keep improving and are reaching a very good level.

The developer releases new updates between every 1-2 months and there is already a good amount of content.

Overall 8.25-8.5

Eden [Ch-1]
Okay -ish porn game and premise with average castaway porn story and 1D characters, nothing to write home about. You can check it for images and animations.

Story - 1-2,7/5. Whatever. Nothing much.
Characters - 1.4/5. Who cares. Generic porn chars.
Models/animations - ~2.6/5. Pretty good
Gameplay is okay.
Grammar - 3/5. Eh, whatever.
MC - eh.

Solid start. Mature characters. Decent writing, though we don't get to know too much about our cast in the prologue. MC is a detective, his new girlfiend / fwb is a streamer. And... go.

The UI self-admittedly needs a fair bit of work. And the last "beer" puzzle is awfully esoteric.

This has the potential to be really cool. I'll adjust my ratings as the game develops. Good luck!