VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Evermore [v0.5.1] [Prometheus]

The dialogue in this is terrible. At the best of times, it's bland; serviceable to read and progress the story, but failing to evoke any form of empathy or feelings towards the actions or characters from you, the reader. Very direct and to the point; stuff like "Wanna do X thing together?" "Yes, how about tomorrow at YY:ZZ" "Yes. See you then."; very mechanical, just in a going through the motions way. Unfortunately, that's when the dialogue is at its strongest. When it's at its weakest, that's when the game really fucking sucks. And it happens in certain subjects in an annoying, recurring way.

Here's an example: The women in this game will often say something along the lines of how it's "hard to trust new people". First off: What the fuck am I reading, Fallout? They talk like they're living permanently in the setting of The Purge. But hey - that's fine, and I'd understand this, IF... it was applied equally to all characters. It is, of course, not! Our lovable MC is exempt from this rule, from all women. But it's worse! Not only is our MC exempt from this rule, he also doesn't abide by it at all! Very early in the game, our MC meets a new chick. We're then told by a different character very shortly after that the reason this chick is so antisocial and set aside from everyone else is because she, allegedly, killed her father when she was young. Our MC's response to this is, and I shit you not, this is a direct quote, word by word, of the Visual Novel Dialogue:

"That's crazy, why though?"

Ah, yes. That is, indeed, very crazy. After this incredible delivery and emotionally-charged line towards the shocking revelation, we're then met with: "She seems like an interesting girl so I'd like to at least try talking to her." Natalie can't go on tinder because it's hard to trust new people. We can talk to the girl who killed her father because she's interesting. Cool!

Or how about this one chick called Aria whom we spent a grand total of 5 dialogue boxes with before she gets whisked away and told that her brother was murdered? Well, worry not - she returns on that very same day and does not only go skinny dipping with the protagonist whom she met less than 4 hours ago, the MC then ALSO rails her on the family couch that very same night. Hope that helps you with your grief, girl!

That aside, is this game all bad? No. There's some interesting overall plot and I like the overall theme with the superpowers. Is this game fun to read? Absolutely fucking not. The girls are cute and the renders are ok, but they're all diferent degrees of MC-addicted and they throw themselves at the MC with little to no buildup, purpose, reason, or drama. It's hard to care about a good overall mystery plot when you botch every character into a blurry mess of tropes and idiocy as they throw themselves onto the MC.

All in all, it's a shame the writing is this bad. I genuinely hoped for better.

yk this is one of the only vns that had me cringing so hard often yet for some reason, I'd gladly play again and sad to hear might not get finished.

to start, MC is a straight up Gary Stu. he doesn't really work for anything and everything about him is just OP and perfect from the get go. despite that, it feels like he has a passive role in his own story. the spotlight remains on him only because others put him there. he's the 'man of the house' because he's the only man there and not by merit of his actions. we don't see him doing things of his own initiative or picking up responsibility.
We're told this guy has heavy trauma and whilst it is incorporated into the plot, it doesn't reflect in his character or actions. It only comes up when its related to the plot and verbally at that.

i hated the dialogue. Often it felt like filler and I would find myself skipping entire sections. It wasn't as horrible as other vns on this site though don't get me wrong. also, can protagonists never be smooth? jesus as soon as he learns a woman is willing to serve him anyhow his first words are "oh, anything?". i cringe so hard seeing that. we all know you wanna fuck, atleast be smooth about things. it's like every other character communicates fine but our MC's responses are just dialoge

onto my biggest issue with harem,I didn't like how every woman was throwing themselves at MC without any building. Every woman either has a crush on him, fucks him out of servitude or straight up loves him only because he's there. the only reason these woman don't date anyone else is because 'people are hard to trust'. lmao, how convenient for MC.

there are no crazy choices. this honestly felt like a kinetic novel. the choices you get are whether to be a perv, to be polite, kiss or hug someone. only occasionally will you get the option to leave out info.

edit: Camilla. her showing up is played off as some normal thing. she's supposed to be dead but no one questions her or even suspects a thing despite the police report confirming her body was amongst the causalities. everybody seemed to lose their common sense

despite all my issues, i found myself sticking around. i liked the idea and you can see the dev get better as the story goes. it's a shame it's on hold because i could see myself coming back in future.

Overall - 7/10
VN is very far from complete - 3 hours or so of gameplay - HIGH POSSIBLE POTENTIAL - on hold tho
Story is intriguing - many mythologies all mashed up -> but also gets very confusing all information at once
Models are good - Animations if keeps up in Ep 2 should be very good too
Note: After Ep 1 -> production seems a lot better renders + animations
Story - 7/10
MC is a chosen one -> gets granted powers -> save your loved ones
Berserk ish -> earth + fantasy world colliding -> strong guy helps you (skull knight kinda)
Writing is alright - lore and story is interesting -> but there are so many characters + storylines (mash of every mythology you know of) hard to follow.
Good: Story is good and interesting - Bad: too many things going on at once
Characters - n.a
Story hasn't gone far enough to evaluate -
way too many characters
Renders - 8/10
All women models are very good
Most man models - either old man or look weird
Animations - 7/10
Ep 1 - Some were great - others low fps gifs (note: creator wants to remake ep1 or something)
Ep 2 - Not many scenes but they were smooth -> hopefully this standard for later eps
Sound - 8/10
Sets theme well
Playability - 7/10
No lag
Choices have some impact - not many choices so far
Very short - only ep 1 + some 2 - 2-3 hours?
Writing is decent - text box would be nice
Pacing of story - out of wack in Ep1 -> Ep 2 feels much more controlled in every sense

A very good game, which will hardly ever be completed. One more for the list waiting for the developer to return... At least it's been a great journey so far, if the project ever comes back, I hope the developer can do what he dreamed of for the game.

The game fails at the beginning, I think some things happen very abruptly and even confusingly in certain parts, but as it progresses the game takes shape and then starts to follow a more concise path, the characters have their motivations, the girls They are wonderful, and you come to like each one of them. Unfortunately, the developer had to stop the project to focus on his work, it's understandable, but it's still sad, especially for those who had supported the project for so many years and dreamed of seeing the game completed, in addition to Dev having planned a redesign of the game and another from the same universe, I imagine it would be very difficult to focus on so many projects and maintain a social life, anyway, maybe if the project comes back one day I'll give it a higher rating but for now that's it. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

love it love it love it. This Game is reeeeaaaallllyyyyyy goooooood.
The Animations are good as always in anime style games. The Girls are really pretty and their personalities mix up great in this story. I love the Story. Not a lot of games that follow actual mythologys, so that is amazing, especially because i love the norse mythology. this game should have more ratings than that. people should hear about this vn and definetly play it. 100% recommended. can't wait for the net update.

This is a really great game. The story is interesting, and the models are gorgeous.

Graphics:
The models are gorgeous, and the environments are nice as well. For me 8/10

Animations:
Animation there are good. For me 9/10

Story:
It's an interesting story and makes a woman pregnant. It is so hot. (Personally, I like harems and pregnancies.) For me 100/10

Characters:
Characters are beautiful, and they have their own personalities very interesting. For me 9/10

Overall 9.5/10 For me
Evermore is a game worth playing, in my opinion. I really recommend. Titania is so cute. I really love her.

This game is really promising, It's definitely a good game.
Good story progression with very nice characters, well made animations.
I'm really intrigued in getting to know more about the story. Can't wait for more.

Great story, really curious how will that play out.
Enjoyed the ride in, pretty much, one sitting. Noticible improvements in graphics department if we compare beginning and the last available scenes, which is why developer currently works on rework of 0.1 and 0.2, which, I think, is much needed, wonder how will it turn out)

The plot was so good for me that it carried me throughout the game on its own. Thats the first time im rating a game here, enojyed every last part of it, even the ending of 0.5.1 which is a bit of a cliff hanger. Great renders, great plot, good soundtrack, Overall 5/5.

Edited review, i'm not leaving the previous one as it happens there's a fix for that (don't forget it, like me, if you play with walkthrough mod... xD)

This aside, and even tho I haven't replayed the game with the fix :

The story is good, not super original tho and the girls, while imo really nice, are a bit too eager for me. I like a slow build but, it happened before the start of the game so they're already all over you when you start the game, but that's ok.

The music, sounds, renders, and overall quality are really good.

Updates seem slow but there is still a lot of content so it's worth trying it if you haven't yet.

3.5/5 rounded up to 4, point missing for slow updates/overused plot

Review of v0.5.1

I'm kinda tired so this is going to be a short review.

Evermore is a solid wholesome harem AVN set in a world with a large dose of magical realism. Visuals are good. However while the line-by-line writing is good, and the plot is intriguing, the pace at which events progress gave me whiplash. One girl's family member dies, and after a day she acts in the manner you'd expect of someone who's already had a few years to process it. Now, the developer has been clear that early portions of the game are being reworked, so I hope to see these sorts of things improved.

My biggest problem right now occurs at the end of the current build, with the backstory of a particular character starting to be told. I can't say much without spoiling it, but suffice to say I think the way the writer is treating this character is utterly abhorrent. They're given an absurdly cruel fate without having done anything wrong. It's completely hamfisted. Fortunately, there is a potential way this could be saved by altering a date by about 50,000 years. I can only hope they do so.

It bears mentioning that the sex scenes aren't hot enough yet. They're short and very vanilla. It feels like not much time was spent on them.

Despite covering a lot of ground in the plot, the game is still only a few hours long roughly. With some improvements to the pacing and sex scenes, this could definitely become a 5 star game.

v0.5.1
pretty good overall.
the 3d quality is good.
the story is mostly good if a bit over the top.
the characters are good.
the UI is slick and good.

although the choices feel kinda empty. your options are to:
1. follow the true path
2. reject a waifu to skip her scenes
3. make blatantly wrong mistakes that end relationships or at least lower your affection score. (ex: your adoptive sister comes see you the day after she gave you her virginity and asks to hang out. do you accept / politely decline / tell her to fuck off).

4.5 stars rounding up to 5.

v0.5

So I played the game, and liked it, but I had a bittersweet feeling because I never played a game with pitch black ero scenes and left me quite disappointed with an otherwise enjoyable VN. After reading other reviews it looks like the ArioMod walkthrough I used fucked up all the ero scenes in the game so beware of that. The creator uploaded a script fix you need to use together with the mod.

It has a cool story, with an artstyle I like, taboo relationships, cute girls each with unique body type unlike many other still good games. Renders are decent quality. Lighting is decent but some times it weirdly changes between two renders of the same room, textures are most of the time good but some times hit and miss. I also enjoyed the music, decent bangers.

After fixing the game and checking the scenes I missed I can confirm they are pretty decent.

Project is at 0.5 after two years, but there is a lot of playtime. I believe I have been playing this for the whole week.

Dev repeats a couple of times that he wants to re-render up to 0.4 iirc, so I will replay it in the future for sure.

This AVN has an interesting story concept. It's like Diablo>meets greek mythology>meets defeating Thanos via time travel>meets teen/college life. The story revolves around a young man who has great untapped power and his hero's journey to develop and use this power to protect those whom he cares about. While not hyper-realistic, the models and renders are really attractive. Plenty of sex scenes. The writing is pretty solid and the story that unfolds is very interesting. As I become more immersed in the story/setting, I like the game more and more. This is a highly recommended AVN that may crack my top 10 favorites if the story and development continues to impress.

Very good VN. The dialogues and overall story are well written; there are a couple of interesting reveals, and each of the girls have their own personalities and things going on, which is appreciated. They are all beautiful, and it is indeed a harem; but it would be nice if you had more opportunities to romance the girls and not just completely close a path based on one small decision like not flirting once at the beginning of the game. Generally, it is pretty obvious which decisions will result in closed paths, and there are some choices that lead to funny 'Game Over' screens, but still, I think you should have the chance to get to know the girls better before making a decision. There are a couple of girls with whom you must flirt on their very first interaction, or their path will be permanently closed.

Now, I'm not a mythology expert or anything, but I think the game takes stuff from different cultures and creates its own fantasy world with them, and it all seems to be coherent or make sense. The MC is fun, kind and charming enough, just as all the girls. I personally would have liked a little more dating interactions with the girls, but it's good enough as is.

Looking forward to future releases to see how things progress.

TL;DR = Ambitious game that is trying to add (incest) fuckfest onto struggle between gods.

Story: 4/5
+ Story is very ambitious. There is this eternal struggle between gods. MC is reincarnation of some super god, who is supposed to be all powerful, but he starts as huge pushover.
- Only downside is the fact, that story is way too ambitious and it introduces tons of character in very short time. At certain points I had no idea, what the fuck is happening and who the girls on screen were.
+ MC is surrounded by bunch of adoptive sisters and a real sister and stepmother.

Art and Sex stuff: 5/5
+ Girls are hot.
+ Renders are good.
+ Sex scenes are hot.

Gameplay: 5/5
+ This is typical VN with choices.
+ Choices have some impact on the game. But they are mostly "click this for the girl to like you".
+ English is decent, although there are some small mistakes. But it is nothing major that will distract you from immersion.
+ Game has decent soundtrack. At some points there were some really good songs at proper moments.

To sum it up:
I really liked this game. I am giving it 5/5.
I will definitelly recommend this.

Review for 0.5.1

This is before the supposed re-make of the beginning, so keep that in mind. I found it exceedingly difficult to get into the flow of the game. Dialogues are high-school level, characters aren't particularly nuanced and it follows the same trope as any other game. The power element is introduced poorly and I can't tell if the game tries to be serious or if it tries to be a comedy which is not a good thing to be uncertain of.

Feels like the game falls victim to the same thing most other games fail at, good idea but poor execution.

With that said, the STORY behind it (not plot points) are interesting, which of course is subjective. I found myself wanting to know more about it, what the mystery is and how the story would unfold. Unfortunately that means paying attention to their relatively dull dialogues and issues which is handled through someone who rolled low on both intelligence and wisdom.

Excellent game that does not get nearly the attention it should. Story is entertaining, writing is not riddled with errors and isn't corny/poorly written like so many others. Models are good as well. Highly recommend.

Only caveat is that it seems too ambitious. There is a solid (not huge) amount of content - and what is there is polished - but there are too many new characters being introduced for the first time towards the end of the latest update for a game that has been out for two full years. I hope there are not many (if any) new characters going forward, as it would mean unsatisfactory endings / no progression with the existing characters. This game is probably on track to be finished in ~3 years at its current pace if the rest of the game is not rushed

I downloaded this game v0.5.1 with walkthrough 0.5 which fucked up the animations. During my first playthrough I went through many h scenes wondering why there was no animations and so many black screens.

I still kept playing beacuse I loved the story. Then (Spoiler alert) during the camping trip h scene I realised that a developer of this caliber would have animations and so I went back to f95 and saw it. My fuck up . After fixing it with the new wt mod I can only say one thing.

Great game!

P.S. this is my second review and second bookmark on this site