An excellent collection of games, that share the same backbone of a story. It is best to play them in order to enjoy them most. The compilation is a transfer of existing stories to Renpy, some of them quite old. I have enjoyed the work in the past and was glad to revisit Elsaverse after many years. I love the work of the pair, especially the stories of Tlaero.
Story: 5/5 – The setting is fantasy in modern Europe. The universe is intriguing, and each story interacts with the previous ones (best to play them in order), thus creating a complex story that keeps you on your toes, and keeps developing and getting richer the more games you play. From a simple sex game, they create a story that could hold on its own as a visual novel. In my book the best story is Saving Chloe, with multiple endings and very diverse paths. The sex in the Darkness Falls stories in limited, at least in the first chapters. This doesn’t mean that they are not sexy or interesting. Although Saving Chloe brings the universe to conclusion, these stories, with totally new protagonists, keep building the characters of the previous 4 novels, and keeping the reader in familiar territory.
Graphics: 4/5 – The art is very good, and the sex scenes erotic. Keep in mind that most of the staff here is old, and this is a port from old HTML compilations.
Characters: 5/5 – All of the characters are very developed and very realistic. You will not find the childish characters of most other Renpy stories here. No stupid answers, dialogues that are mature and consistent, dialogues that bring the story together. The characters keep developing through the stories, and appear when you expect them the least in other stories, not centred on them. This way they become more complex and full in each story, and become very mature at the end.
Overall: 5/5 – I believe that these are among the best stories this site has to offer. I was glad to see the pair come together again, and hope they create a lot of new content, with the same depth.
P.S. There are also the Christine stories. If you enjoyed this you should also check them out.