VN - Ren'Py - Eruption Imminent [v0.5.1] [MorriganRae]

Great looking characters, great use of "camera" to view the characters, great writing that makes the characters feel like real people and not just plot devices that lead to sex scenes. I like the diversity of aesthetics too

V0.5.1
3/5 as a kinetic novel, 2/5 as a game.
This game is an overrated and uninspired soap opera for the better part, which doesn't do any favours for the few good ideas that found their way in. Expect unfinished sentences, information not shared, interrupted scenes, dumb decisions, plot contrivances and drama drawn out by unnatural means among all other cheap tricks found in the book, presented in a mostly linear fashion where your choices don't exactly impact the story the author wants to tell.

The game's setting is a fictional, modern day world where men quite literally don't exist for some reason (which I don't remember ever being explained away, and also carries thematic problems but whatever), you got 3 sexes, you got chicks with pussies, chicks with dicks (à la "men"), and the elusive "duplos" who are chicks with both sets of reproductive organs, who are somewhat vilified and ostracized for being sex-crazed, cheating bimbos. Which the game unintentionally and completely validates through MC's behaviour...while also kinda invalidating it through the actions of other characters who act the same despite not being "duplos", because consistency, I guess.

The story is a largely kinetic slice-of-life which follows one such "duplo", the MC, living her post-highschool life focused on nothing in particular, filled with often easily avoidable drama. Her life, and thus the story is driven by clichés you'd expect from a porn game, such as massages gone erotic, doors left unlocked, getting caught, blackmailed, and the pervalent virgin MC who pops a boner at the mere mention or sight of...well, anything even remotely sexual regardless of context.
And while the twist that this time around it's a chick popping said boners is certainly underused and even interesting, it really doesn't make her significantly different from "one of those" MCs.

Oh, and there's also a forced pseudo"mystery" or two about MC's past which is brought up multiple times like it's a form of art, but the keywords are just blatantly omitted to invoke a feeling of mistery. No, it's not mysterious if the MC is literally explaining in an internal monologue TO THE PLAYER, how THAT thing changed everything, without spelling out what THAT thing is. It's an annoying waste of time inserted in the most inorganic, amateurish fashion possible that turns "not knowing about shit" to "not knowing shit about it" which shouldn't be confused with mystery or development.

I honestly do not understand people raving about how great the story is, because while certain interesting topic are definitely touched upon, directions are taken, and things are executed in a more realistic and/or interesting fashion, generally speaking every such scene is preceded and followed by multiple poorly done, uninspired, idiotic, cliché turning points, which collectively overshadow any greatness it occasionally manages to achieve, rendering the final product mediocre roller-coaster of quality at best.

Out of all the characters, MC is hands-down and by far the most offensive. We learn that her being a "duplo" is a close-guarded secret nobody except like 2 people know about, then we're presented a slideshow (that is the game) that really tests the limits of our suspension of disbelief, because MC is not only just the most submissive, spineless doormat who folds like a lubricated lawn chair at the lightest touch, but she is also the undefeated queen of stupid who's controlled by her raging boner, who constantly manages to get herself into situations where, among other things, her oh-so-closely guarded secret could be learned (which does actually happen).

But her secret coming to light is just one (annoying) outcome of many possibilities. Some of the choices she makes could easily get her physically hurt, imprisoned, or on the off chance, even killed, not to mention all the relationships that could be so very easily ruined, so despite seemingly trying to avoid trouble and drama, she dives head-first into the dumbest fucking situations and it's only thanks to the protection of plot armor that nothing ever goes horribly, irreparably wrong for her.

Now, there's a reason for this shit, but I honestly don't know if it makes it better or worse: Her dumbass virgin doormat nature is quite literally needed, so that she may decide, or be convinced by other characters to partake in the story the author has in mind.

Later on, based on the limited choices we got, we get to pick a personality path that puts MC on a more submissive (physically impossible) path, a voyeur path, or a "dominant" path which is what I picked only to be unsurprised by the fact that it still leaves MC as a babbling submissive idiot because, you guessed it, story.

Other characters are largely one-note and cliché (dominant asshole, best friend, loving mother, dumb jock, misunderstood rich, annoying nypho ect) but generally it's either executed at least reasonably well, or just isn't focused on enough to manifest as a significant problem. It's unfortunate that so often the only way the author could get MC's story and other characters (and their personalities/stories) to be compatible was by rendering the MC a socially inept dumbass who just jumps into it.

Choices are largely meaningless and while I'd like to say they determine whether or not you get a scene with characters you're interested in while in the process of paddling through the story, that's not exactly the case either. While occasionally it does do just that, more often sexual (or otherwise) situations are forced on the player regardless of the player's choice (if it's even given), while other times you don't get a scene regardless of your choice.
This includes an unknown and (so far) completely irrelevant character you end up losing your virginity to, something that was made out to be a big deal for this 20-ish years old virgin, so it absolutely should've been left to the player's choice. And there's also the (no)choice of going along with a blackmailer's demands which is still being dragged out as of 0.5.1 despite being blatantly obvious who it is from, buying and taking drugs of unknown effects, doing drugs in public repeatedly even after being caught, letting be used repeatedly, jerking off right next to totally-not-mom and many, many others, but again, they ALL would have interfered with the story so you get no choice.

Adult scenes are frequent if you include MC rubbing it out (because, seriously, she does that all the fucking time...) but quite infrequent if you exclude it because aside from being sexually assaulted in non-penetrative ways (more than once), MC won't get any action for quite a bit. The lack of action the MC gets is substituted to the player by overly long, irrelevant dream sequences, but considering the story, that was absolutely not what I was interested in, so it didn't win any cookie points from me.

As for visuals: The renders look reasonably good, models were obviously made with care (though some ended up looking more like generic barbie dolls than others) and have a fair variety including most of the conventional body types/sizes.
Animations are nonexistent, which I don't believe should be an issue given a substitute of well-made renders depicting the act (which is given), considering it makes development faster and especially if the alternative is choppy robotic animations which I think do more harm than good, so I applaud the choice to settle for renders.

As for audio: Characters aren't voiced at all,
sound effects are few and far between but adequate and anyway, not really necessary in the first place,
music is generic but okay for the most part, more importantly it's befitting the mood of scenes, and the existing lewd SFX I immediately turned off before even starting the game so I cannot speak of its quality, sorry.

Spelling/punctuation is flawless or close enough, definitely proof-read, which is like a breath of fresh air.

Overall, it's truly one of the futa games of all time.
Aside the issues of overused porn tropes made to force the story onwards, there's a serious clash between the player's (lack of) choice and the character's (rather the author's) choice, and considering it's supposed to be a GAME that also has no other game mechanics to speak of, that's a bit of a problem. Especially if the character doesn't even make understandable (if not rational) choices.
It's an unfortunate conceptual miscarriage wherein certain decisions have to be forced down the player's throat no matter how stupid or contradictory they may be, giving a (dis)illusion of being in control as the "player", because otherwise the entire story just falls apart, and considering the game is almost entirely built on the story, it's...bad.

If you believe you can put up with the game's flaws and shortcomings having read about them, yeah I'd totally recommend playing it, sure.

But if you want the player controlled characters with at least an average-ish intelligence and confidence then you'll probably suffer because MC does not reach that high and the story is unsurprisingly told almost entirely from her perspective.

One of the best in the genre. Renders and animations are high quality, concept is interesting, writing is unobtrusive, all around good time.

Eagerly awaiting updates, just hoping that the choice to branch the story quite early into three different parallel routes doesn't complicate development and slow things down too much, but it has great potential.

I can say one thing: i'm impressed!

How can a game about a world so unrealistic be this relatable? How can a MC so insecure to the point of being annoying, be so rootable and her struggles so understandable? How can problems who would just never happen in real life make me so emotional about it? How can a story so fetish heavy be so addictive? And how can a game without animations make me that horny? lol

Superb game, love the characterization and world building, and i am really looking forward to what's next.

Looks really good and may be real fun to play, if...
... I could have make it past the first half of the 2nd chapter.
Then I quit playing.
I simply couldn´t bear that effing "I don´t wanna talk about it, I don´t wanna think about it" cringefest in awkwardness-overdrive, garnished with a pathogenic portion of low self-esteem.

There´s only so much you can endure of this combination and this game starts with simply way to much of it.

Grafix are great and so are the models. Therefore still 4 stars.

If your personal fetish is second hand embarrassment, this is the game to go for.

So many things I could say about this game that makes it amazing, and worth these 5 stars.
To make it short, let's just say that it's well written, characters are interesting and make u want to know more about them/know what's gonna happen to them.
There's a fair amount of sex content to keep you engaged.
Most important thing to me is the dev's attention to details, which is pretty crazy and super enjoyable.
This is already getting too long... Whatever... JUST PLAY IT. You won't regret it if you are into that kind of game/genre.

Thank you so much F95zone to provide us with this game. Much love and big bravo to MorriganRae, your game is fricking amazing. It's been a long time since I enjoyed playing a game this much. Keep up the good work. <3

One of the best FUTA games ever made. If you haven't played it yet, give it a try and you won't regret it.
This game is perfect for those who want to see the characters develop their relationships.
The sex scenes are good and in a small amount.

I've started fairly recently to watch/play these kind of games, and this one was the first one to make want to read every little word. The characters, ambience, music, story. Everything was neatly done. I've enjoyed it a lot. Hope you can continue it.

A very nice surprise this AVN!
Original, funny but also more serious and moving. The choices proposed are judicious. I hope for great updates and it will be an AVN that I will follow closely for 2025 without problem!

This VN was great enough to get my first review here. The reason for a 4 instead of 5 because animations haven't been added yet and this concept/the choices have greater potential than it is seizing... yet! The world-building alone is interesting enough to draw you in and the renders are pretty great, barring some weird sterile lighting choices during scenes like the sleepover.

As good as this is as an AVN for futa content, it surprisingly resonates extremely well if you suffer from anxiety or ptsd. I know that may sound like a con but I found it really cathartic.

This is literally the best VN I've played! 10/10 (and 12/10 on my scale before this game)

The story, dialogues, characters - all are there, and they're extremely interesting to follow and unravel!

And the hell of a job was done to create the lore! The world is sucking you up into it.

Rendered exceptionally good - a pleasure for the eyes.

Of course, there are some strange situations present, but they're not critical to the storyline. And talking about the storyline - I love how the branching is done. It's not too complicated, but at the same time, you feel the weight of your decisions. That's pretty neat.

And I didn't find any mistakes in renders or dialogues (which is quite common for VNs, let's be honest). So, the attention to detail is pretty high.

I can't wait for the updates! Thank you!

One of the best game regarding the tags. futa/trans protagonist surely in the top three. I like the emotionnal feeling in the story. That was a very good surprise. I'm not specificaly in that topic but I have to admit that this VN is a great job. The story is fluid and has a sence.

1) Great games
2) Great renders
3) Amazing character, big W for Natasha
4) Great different path
5) Nice story

I play the game many times and im not tired of this.
Amazing developer and thanks to give us this pure ART

I typically avoid futa games/VNs, but I liked this one. I think the story is great, internal dialogues is funny, characters have personalities, visuals are very nice, branches are distinct...I'm looking forward to the continuation of the story

I don't like to give 5 starts to games still in development but this one has earned it. Very hot premisse with a bunch of well designed 3d models. This game imo is a spiritual sucessor to "The Red Room" and is able to touch on all the taboos that one touched with equally hot models. The writing is also surprisingly good for a porn game. If anything on the synopsis call your attention just go and play it. The only con right now is that decisions dont seem to actually impacting the game that much but thats understandable as this is the beginning of it.

The beginning was great, really got into the story, the feeling of the characters, and the world.

And then, you get to the part, where you are suddenly forced into losing your virginity to a totally random, unknown and unimportant nobody. Giving you no choice at all to avoid the situation or the outcome. That, instantly killed the whole feeling for me.

Real impactful choices are non-existent, too few choices in general, which barely ever affect any outcome. So you are forced into actions, dates and relationships all the time.

Really sad, because this could have been something truly great.

Review of Version 0.5.0

From a technical standpoint, I think this game is very well put together overall. The writing is at least coherent, I like how the girls look for the most part, and the overall concept of the world itself is kind of interesting. The lewd scenes are mostly done well, but they seem to be fairly limited overall, with a couple of exceptions.

The story is an open-ended character type of story, which can be good, but in this one I don't feel very engaged, or connected with most of the characters. Black mail seems to be a common, recurring theme in this, which I don't have a problem with personally, but it does give you a little bit of control over that aspect. The main blackmail storyline seems to be the most exciting thing happening in the game, but I don't think it is engaging enough overall. Without spoilers, Episode 5 has a bit of a development regarding this plot, but even so it is already getting a bit repetitive, and doesn't seem to be making much progress overall (save for the bit in Ep. 5). If it's not wrapped up soon, it might be fun to see it morph into something more.

Hopefully with future episodes, there will be a bit more engaging things happening in the story, because despite the characters, and the actual fun events, I find myself beginning to lose interest, despite being a lover of Futa. I also feel that many of the dream sequences don't really add much overall.

All that being said, I do hope this project will continue, and hopefully continue to improve as time goes on.

Futa content, if you like that, this is possibly one of the best games made. Great dialog, varied LI, funny and serious. Weakness is lots of static images, but game play and content are great. play a bit, you will know if it is your jam quick.

Overated but still good.

Eruption Imminent is a futa game where you control a duplo futa (both genders) called Ashe and her problems in her life.
The game is good in some things and not so good in other things.

Good points:
-Original duplo idea (can get pregnant and make pregnant other girls) and have 2 kind of genitals
-Ashe is a good MC
-The incest route pacing is pretty realistic and Fiona (her best friend) route is also very good
-Good models and graphics
-Overall good characters. Lovely girls.

Bad points:
-Music choice is pretty bad and annoying
-The game force you a lot of things. Blackmail by 2 characters, one of them is impposible to avoid. Force you to some love interest with for example Zoe and force you dates with characters.
-Sometimes you feel you are playing a kynetic novel because you spend almost one entire version not choosing anything.
-The dev loves to create long dreams but I mean really really long dreams which sometimes adds nothing to the game.
-Lack of animations (Not the worst thing about the game)

Overall a good game but pretty overated. I think there are at least 2 or 3 futa games that have better solid bases than this one.
4.9/5 rating is really unfair.

Easily one of the most compelling and sexy visual novel games. If you like futanari and drama, this is for you.

An alternate world entirely without men. where the gender line is split between futa and fem, the protagonist, Ashe Hawthorne stands aside as one of the ultra-rare and much maligned 'duplo' futanari. the third sex of this world who has both penis and vagina.

Considered sexual deviants, serial cheaters and an afront to the goddess herself, she must keep her true status secret while also being preternaturally horny and surrounded by a cadre of sexy futas and fems alike.

Spectacular work by morrigan rae.