Ren'Py - Eternal Storm [v0.13a] [StefJonson]

one of the best storyline in my opinion. After all, it is always a matter of personal taste when we are appreciating the games. Anyway, i wish him good health to be able to proceed. And it is also a matter of choice when rating it. Despite the fact that ive just discovered it, it definitely is in my top 5

This project already shows strong promise. It looks like base-building, harem mechanics, exploration, survival, and a quest system will all play a part - and that’s an exciting mix. The foundation for the harem mechanics in particular feels well thought out. It’s not just fan service; it actually fits the story and the Middle Eastern-inspired setting. That’s refreshing, especially since few games manage to handle that theme effectively. I’m genuinely hopeful to see how this develops in the future.

The audio design is absolutely gorgeous - it nails that desert atmosphere and Middle Eastern vibe perfectly. Brilliant work there.

I also appreciate that the female characters have distinct personalities and appearances; they feel unique and believable. However, the adult scenes could use more depth and duration. Since the harem system is a core element, those scenes deserve more detail to make the experience truly immersive. On that note, adding a bit of drama among the female characters, and maybe even a pregnancy system, could add a lot of emotional and narrative depth.

As for the male cast, introducing a few more male NPCs could help make the world feel more alive and grounded.

Finally, I really like the idea of the coordinate-based map system. Expanding it to include resource locations, hidden dangers, and scavenging spots like caves or ruins would make exploration much more engaging.

Overall, the game clearly has potential, but there’s still plenty of room to grow. I hope the developers have a strong vision moving forward. best of luck for the upcoming updates!

Fantastic game, it now has my attention.
Interesting progression to the story, it's gonna build up towards something good. The set up I find super cool and vast, even tho early on was a grind, it was realistic and gets easier the more companions you gain, as they will help you do the mundane tasks.
I hope this grows, it deserves the chance.

[v0.13a]


⠀⠀⠀Just booted up the game and immediately realized that the English translation is hilariously bad. I haven't even got past the "Adult content" warning with it's "age of majority" thing. So if you're brave enough to carry through anyways, you will either be left confused by occasional rune magic spell or cringe in pain at some of the finest poetry. Personally switched to Russian for the rest of the playthrough, and even then I was met with lots of typos, which is sad. Btw if you wonder why some dialogue feels stilted, don't worry, it's often the case in the original script too.

⠀⠀⠀Locking dialogue options and actions behind stat checks is usually a bad idea for VNs, especially this early on. Literally after the very first choice I was already locked out of lewd options going further, because I have "too much decency". I call BS on this one, mate.

⠀⠀⠀For some reason you can only peel vines for food in a small makeshift tent and as soon as you deploy a camp that feature becomes unavailable. So in order to not starve to death you have to constantly dismantle your camp to peel vines and then redeploy it to gather them. Also the fact that your ONLY water and food source are desert vines is kinda ridiculous, no? Like you can't really expect to sustain an entire camp on vines alone?

⠀⠀⠀Sex scenes are sudden, random and inorganic. They are short, have very little erotic dialogue, underwhelming animations and no sound effects.

⠀⠀⠀The resource gathering is too tedious for what basically is a proof-of-concept release. Also If you travel to one of the set locations with no extra 3 food/water (just enough for 1 day trip) you WILL get softlocked, which is a glaring oversight.

There is no solid gameplay loop yet and the story is only in it's infancy, that is besides having horrible translation and mediocre erotic content, so really no reason to check it out now.

Уникальный сеттинг и красивые рендеры, к сожалению на этом позитивные моменты пока что заканчиваются.

Renders are very nice, but the writing desperately needs a native English speakers help.

Also suffers from a horrible case of sandbox'itis as you waste time collecting resources/recycling resources/collecting resources/recycling resources.

Oh and it's possible to soft lock yourself since you can't just travel wherever you want on the map. *sigh*

The story is very simple but it is enjoyable, most of the women are beautiful, I loved seeing so many hijabs, niqabs, and burkas.
I'm hoping with future updates you can buy and make the women wear different types of clothing like making them all wear hijabs.
the UI could use some work and or a small tutorial, there's a lot of numbers that overflow from where they are suppose to be.
for a demo I'm very happy and I'm looking forward to more updates.

The Theme of the game is very different from normal games available on this site. This alone is a plus point for me, the renders are good content amount is also great. You also don't have to struggle a lot for the scenes.Overall I would say the game is very good and the direction of story progress is also very promising. Good to give it a try.

Pros - Good Story, Renders , Easy Scenes
Cons - Dialogues(okay but a bit ruff)
Overall I like the game very much it's hard to find games with themes like these. The renders are good and story is also looking very promising.

The MC has lost his memory while attempting to save the daughter of a tribal chieftain. The grateful father gifts him Imry, one of his harem girls, as a reward for his heroics.

That's pretty much it for this demo.

Pros:
1- Imry is adorable.
2- Decent renders and adequate sex animations.

Cons"
1- Writing was iffy, so I assume it's an English translation.
2- MC looks like a white kid. What is he doing in the desert? Would have made more sense if he was older and of middle eastern decent.
3- Game is too dark. I realize most scenes take place in a tent, but the lighting should still be better. It's an adult novel and we want to see the goods.

Way too early to really tell how this will play out. But I really liked Imry and hope this develops into something good.

This is interesting and I really like the girl design
but it's still very short demo so I'm not get much of it
but I like to see how's this going

I not care that this gonna be ntr or not just hope it not forced and make it choice and the replay gallery will be nice too

Let's see where this new sandbox gonna take us

Devs please don't abandon this and thanks a lot for the game

For a demo it's not bad.
The sandbox tag is something that scares a lot of people because it usually means that the games are super grindy so we will have to wait for future releases to see how it will play out.
Visually it's a decent game, we only got one animations but it was well done. The music really fits the vibe of the game.
I think my main issue with it right now it's the english. It's not super bad engrish like I've seen in other games but you can tell that the dev is not a native speaker.

Overall I would say it's a 3.5/5 right now.

VERSION: v.0.08
SUMMARY: Sub-standard game at best most fronts bogged down by typical sandbox issues.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

1. Models: 2
2. Animations: 3
3. General Visuals: 3
4. Characters: 2
5. Story: 2
6. Writing: 3
7. UI & Gameplay: 3
8. Content (amount): 2
9. Sound & Music: 3
10. Fetish & kinks: 2

Average: 25 of 50 possible points giving a 50% rating i.e. 2-3 stars.

PROS:

1. Not much really, game music seems fitting to the area/culture and scene.
2. Writing is semi-decent but not great.
3. Animations are not bad, at least from the one that was shown.

CONS:

1. Models are not good looking at all in my opinion, MC particularly looking like a child that was lost in the snow, let alone desert.
2. Sandbox, annoying system most of the time, RPGM is the only place "sandbox" type elements kinda work.
3. Story is boring and uninteresting at best.
4. Characters are not interesting either and the world and the people, there motivations, even their relationship to the MC is obscure and makes no sense to the player.
5. Writing is generally not bad, but not good either, clearly the developer did not proof read and check grammar.

FINAL THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS:

• I found myself wanting to skip through this as soon as possible, its not interesting to me in the slightest.
• The first (assuming first) LI has vitiligo or some skin disorder, and while I don't discriminate, its not my cup of tea and I find it silly of the developer to go for what is really a niche kind of LI to start with. It would be best to go for a generic all round initial LI, especially when you have little if any choice in the LI's, so pick something most would like and find appealing and leave the more unique LIs as optional. The way its done gives me a lot of red light warnings to a certain "wokeness" which I am also not interested in at all.
• I maintain that sandbox games are probably best when they done, as they try and create an open world which they take ages to populate with meaningful content. Here VNs are better where they have a more linear approach and create "chapters" that the player can play. IMO best VNs give you a full chapter in an update that has good content and ends with the player wanting more. Sandbox hardly gets this right and creates busy work for the player to have to do something with someone at a particular time and place else you miss the content or need to come back next day, weekend or whatever. Highly annoying IMO.
• I think this game is half baked at best and is really not worth the time and effort to get through what little content there is.