Ren'Py - Frozen Past [v0.40] [Leonave]

Review is for version v0.31 on android.

I had a lot of fun with this game, good to follow story and not a click/work simulator.

Renders look very good, and dialogue is good too. Story wise I like the buildup until now, some mystery, some shady stuff in short stuff to look forward too.

So far its ok, not much content in it, but whats in it seems pretty ok. The game strongly hints at futa on male content, though thankfully so far there always was an option to say no to it. Personally im not really a fan of futa on male stuff.
Other than that the story seems interesting enough and the renders look good, wish there were a lot more content for the mom and the teacher. Will keep an eye out for more.

I would give five Stars for only the lovely Rachel-charakter. I never thought someone could design such beautiful loveley futa charakter. But also the background story is exciting. What happend years before, why did MCs sis became such a cold bitch. I hope to get more about the storyline in every episode. Ok, i am not a big fan of sandbox parts, where ich have to use a progress list for the story path, but that s not a down rate for me.

Finding a good 3D game under Ren'py with futanari is extremely rare... the pearl in the ocean I want to say.
It's obvious that you've played a lot of games and that you have the reflexes of a guy who has the bottle of the domain. You know a lot about the VN genre.

The characters are endearing, Hyde and Rachel are really cute. Besides a big gg for the treatment of these two. For Rachel for example I'm a big fan of futa x male, I've consumed quite a bit of content of the genre and the MC - Rachel relationship is literally the best of the genre I've seen yet. The sexy moments are very well handled and her "domination" side is perfectly delivered. The scenes in the shower, or when she hugs you, when you see on the shot that she is taller etc... incredible. neither too much nor too little.

As for the graphic quality, I'm coming in after the storm since I'm only discovering the game now, but I could guess the transition moments from one update to the next thanks to the graphics. You can really see that you improve as you play, the more I progressed the more convincing the light effects, shadows and models were.

I really hope you continue, this is my favorite game along with Summer's Gone in all of F95 and VN in general. There is a lot of potential.

the game is underrated, interesting plot with beautiful characters, the pace is way too slow i have to admit but hope it will improve. sandbox feature is not necessary however i don't mind it. plot is a bit blunt but still alright

This is a great game in early development. Some people do not like MC's passive behavior which i didn't like either but after playing 3 times i say this is a food game. Dev have story this behaviour is part of the plot. He is learning he will get better and will play hero role. Right now free roam
is kind of messy lots of clicking if you have to change time you have to come out to world map. characters are good with good script.
Story is unfolding on a good pace not rushing with his role, who he was
are they still his family, what was he doing, why his sister is like that etc
it create suspense right now it is good i hope dev doesn't make it boring.

I hope dev should make it like balanced game not like other games, where girls just fucking MC and he playing larger then life kind of role and fucking without any sentiment. Characters should have mind and do not afraid to
speak out their mind when get angry and doesn't rip off their cloth
to say sorry to MC. there are lots of things that can make a good game like
this a bad mindless game . But so far Dev know what he want and making
a good game.

Dev i hope you make it more sentimental everyone needs MC but he also need others to fight to survive where others opinion matters. Girls love MC and he love them back but he has to listen to them. Girls do not constantly show how much they love him but he know they will not him down i think this goes with character's behaviour like MC's sister.

Trans/Futa. this is good i wanted this type game. in future sex scenes should be more romantic depending on character. MC's mom should stay in that business woman role and train MC teach him how to operate a business
her role should be loving with strong woman (not that type i will fuck you with biggest dick) more like strong/demanding aura but still caring respecting, like that lady in De luca family head.

Sorry this is just excitement. I hope you drop a big update soon. Good Luck

It's actually pretty bad. The story commits the cardinal sin of the protagonist not being the actual protagonist.

Things are happening around him, that he kind of gets glimpses of, but if he wants to get involved, the sister or whoever shows up and shouts "Shut up, bro! You're not allowed! Fuck off back to school, or wherever!"

It's like if Harry Potter wasn't allowed to go to Hogwarts, because it would be too dangerous. Or Frodo was forced to stay in Rivendell , instead of traveling with the ring. And Aragorn would be sending him eagles with messages "Yeah, we just had an epic adventure in Moria. Gandalf is dead btw. And we're with the elves now... But I cannot say anything more, or Sauron might intercept the eagles! Have fun! You still are totally the ring bearer! We're just filling in for you temporarily. So shut up and be good. And Boromir says he hates you."

This would be fine if at least the pron was good. It isn't. There's barely any scenes. And what is there is meh at best.

So in short, a hard pass. There are much better VNs here to fap to.

EDIT: I have to change my rating from 4 to 2 stars. This game is not shaping up how I had expected. The sandbox is really not necessary, the MC and by extension the player still has little agency.

I think what really grates on me is how you feel like such an NPC in this game. You're not even treated like an errand boy completing fetch quests, just used to tie the story together (barely). I may change it again later down the road, but this game needs way more work before I reconsider it's quality again.

Pretty disappointing.

I like the story and the characters.
I like a slow burn don't get me wrong, but the majority of the action in this game is for other characters. Your sister cockblocks you, admittedly accidentally molests you and still gets some, which is clearly available regularly for her. The cool detective, you know they weren't just "friends" close they were "buttsex" close. COOL. Meanwhile the game manages to pitch that ppl are pretty free with affection. Except for you, unless you count poor Rachel. Goddamn but she gets blueballed bad! The MC at least gets a pity wank and a bribe wank. Like I said I like a slow burn, but when the sex is comming fast and loose for EVERYONE ELSE and your apparent antagonist is getting more then you do...

It's not a slow burn it's just voyeurism/sadism being inflicted on the player.

I can't help but think you're supposed to despise your "family". They hide shit from you and even seem to deliberately tease you with clues, just to see how you'll act. Not to mentioned they probably have you chipped like a pet dog. Once you find out what the fuck happened I'm sure you'll be able to accept their apologetic feelings or whatever bullshit reason they have, but I cannot at this point say I'll accept them as a player. Your Corpo CEO mommy is making you dance to see if you remember whatever your sister put you on ice for and your sister is a fucking MANCHILD, there is no chill except with the detective a little.

You can't convince me that this mega corp couldn't afford even a basic modern car in decent condition, this bitch is pushing your buttons for vengeance and coming up short and almost regretting picking on your empty shell self...ALMOST!

All I'm saying is the dev has a lot of narrative ground to cover to make up for how fucked up it is to abandon an amnesiac in the middle the night with no means of contacting anyone and then acting like a fucking dickhead to the one person who acts like a human being. Who unfortunately is prolly an agent for another corpo, and/or is going to suffer terribly for associating with you for being a member of one.

TL;DR It's good, but I won't give it a 5th star because I feel like as a player I'm being targeted with sadistic tendencies in this writing. What with the blue balling and hinting that the second most interesting potential LI knows what your "sister's" cock tastes like and MS. SHORT also has it in for Rachel.

P.S. for clarity I recognize Big E is a chick, I'm just saying "sister" because she acts like she hates pretending to be your sister

the graphics are good ....and thats it ,goes down hill from there. i have played through the end of second chapter and im honestly annoyed . i enjoy a good story and intrigue but the the more i played the more questions i had . it seems the dev spends their time coming up with mysteries without giving any answers . for a new game to have 2 full chapters that is filled with a passive MC , a family that seems to hate him , and with the exception of 1 character everyone is either lying to or hiding things from him and to top it all off nothing but unanswered questions. hands down the worse 22.50 i've ever spent.

Let's get to it: The game finally features an MC which is actually worried about having anmesia an seems traumatized by it, and not just the first ten seconds of the game. BUT as in many games the MC lacks of backbone, I am not asking for a Gary Sue, but middle grounds do exist. I hate a passive MC, you don't actually have any sex scenes with your MC.

One point in wich I strongly disagree is that characters, specially the sister are the same as in other games. The sister is wicked af, usually most bitchy characters are putted in place after a "RAGE MOMENT WHERE I SCREAM THAT I'M DONE WITH YOUR ATTITUDE" by the MC and that's the end of their deep bitchery, whereas this is a shady and interesting character. BUT I must agree that secondary characters are indeed copypaste.

Sex scenes if you like futas are ok, but need some improvement. The plot is interesting and seems well thinked and really good.

PROS

• MC is worried by his problem and tries to find a solution for a change
• Sister is a very good character
• Writing is average good
• Renders are pretty good
• A very nice plot

CONS

• Passive af MC using the amnesia as an excuse for slow burning
• Little sex content
• Secondary characters are the same as in other games and some have little to no content like the mother
• Animations are low average

This game is a 6.5 out of 10 right now but with potential to become an 8. Give it a try if you like futa and/or good plots.

EDIT: Came back two years later, not only the MC now makes my point about caring about his amnesia outdated (as he does not give a fuck anymore) but the game has had zero progression in two years, the menu is cranky and bugged. The game overall has worsened a lot. Shame.

Another empty game that features more of the same thing. Pushover main character that's easy persuaded by anyone or anything, amnesia games are so overdone and boring now.

Characters:
No one that's memorable, there's futas but they're all the same. The main character looks like a dork, bitchy "roommate", the usual stuff.

Renders:
Good.

Story:

Re-hashed amnesia game, same types of personalities. Heavily revolves around Futas with gigantic dongs and a main character that's curious. Another sandbox with limited content, which leaves players feeling cold and lonely.

Skip.

I like this game. I'm a sucker for memory lost game. There's a lot of tags that tick my list. This is a very new game. I wish there was a kind of Hint menu that would allows us to confirmed if we're done or not. I think I've done every potential action for an extra week to ensure I didn't miss anything before stopping. A walkthrough would be fun as well.
I'll be following the updates and hoping for some good amount of new content.

Frozen Past [v0.05]

Pros

• A nice thrilling story.
• Excellent quality of image renders, Scenes / environments and surroundings picturizations
• Excellent quality of animations
• Portraying third gender as normal way is good to understand that the world has to accept and respect as normality and equally.

Cons

• No indication any incest so far maybe in upcoming versions!
• Nothing much of game or any decision making for the players just to follow the story; of course the story is interesting so nothing drawback
• Lack of seductiveness in sexual approach

i like the art and the premise as well as the fact it has every fetish im into rn. the demo left a bit to be desired because it only had a few H-scenes but i enjoy the characters and the backgrounds are decent

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Girls physique : ✭✭✭✭✰
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Note :

you should definitely try it .

the developer working hard for his game , he got my respect .
all the best for him.

This game really surprised me. The grafics and the sandbox elements of the gameplay fit perfectly, it is very well written, the story is great and very intriguing , the animations are the only thing that i think can get better attention in the development.
If you like games with futa/trans content this your game.

At this point (v0.05) there isn't a lot of sex content but i understand that this is in the very early stages of development so hope to see this game supported and recognised so we can get better and bigger updates in the future.

NEED MOREEE!

The good

The renders are very good.
The setting seems interesting.


The Bad

The characters are poorly written with their decisions not making sense sometimes.
The story is bad.
The dialogues are bad.
The sandbox openworld elements are not really needed. Seems that they're just in the game so that it seems longer as there's not much in the story.
The MC is really passive not acting on his own just reacting to the world.
It feels like if you skip the futa content half of the game is not gonna happen for you.

Also on a personal note fu x male not really my cup of tea but as many people like it, there could be an option by the dev for the gender of the MC while keeping the majority of the game similar. If the MC was female for this game i would've given it 2 stars, maybe even 3.

I would like to give this game a higher score, because male on futa/trap, and incest are my two favorite VN genres, however this game has 3 main problems so far. 1 there are 2 unavoidable rape scenes, you can skip them but they still happen, they are to two non-LI's but I if there is rape in a VN I would rather the MC be the one doing the action, not it happening with other people. 2nd issue is that the MC has only 2 scenes so far and they are both handjobs, with the only sex scenes being the 2 aforementioned rape scenes, this is way too little content for the MC of a VN. Finally 3 it seems to be that the game is going to cater to futa on Male action as the MC is almost raped himself by someone, which is not my cuppa tea so i cannot rate it higher than 2 stars for now.

If more content is added in the future i will update the rating.

The writing/story is horrible, even without the awful engrish. Images are mediocre at best. Can definitely use a proper english editor for spelling, grammar, and endless punctuation mistakes. Could make the MC a little less stupid in the story, unless its states somewhere after the hospital (as that is as far as I could go) that he has a severe mental handycap from the "accident." The MC also has females flocking to him even though he has the charisma of a pile of shit.

v0.04
This has a lot of potential.
Story 5/5 Really good mystery and dialogue, the characters felt real to me
Sound 5/5 Never felt out of place, pleasant
Graphics 5/5 Really nice design
UI 4/5 You get the hang of it, would prefer a highlight
The rape scene in the prison which the dev actually took time to develop was really good, i loved the dialogue and having the girl be treated as a piece of meat felt really nice either putting myself in her or the futa's place.
The first bathroom scene i missed and only saw after checking the comments, didn't really like it because the design of the professor reminded me of those cheap anime porn games, honestly felt like a stock design to quickly put a scene together, the prison scene that had actual original designs was really fucking good, specially the personality of the characters.
Personally loved the sister and her design, and how she reacted actually, idk why people are saying she was way too cold, honestly didn't seem that way to me, but people live different lives and have different expectations of what's normal, hopefully the author doesn't take too much heed of the criticism of those people as i believe the current dialogue is just fine.
Saw a lot of complaints about the grammar and sentence structure, this feels like it's coming mostly from native english speakers, me having english as a second language i had no trouble understanding the intent and context of the words like "landlady" "my mother's daughter", they made sense to me and i feel that it's because like the author english isn't my native language so i felt less "restricted" ? and had no trouble understanding and it didn't feel out of place at all and made sense to me in regards to how the characters were acting.
I think this has huge potential, i never skipped the dialogue once and thats fucking rare as fuck, this has such a good story and dialogue, good for the author!
Personally not a big fan of the mother's design, but you can't please everyone, i'm sure a lot of people liked it.
I personally never played the version without the arrows, but after a while you get the hang of it and it's fine, personally a highlight on clickable things would be nice, then i probably wouldn't have missed the bathroom rape scene.
Also i don't think the sister is a sociopath at all and people are clearly overreacting, hopefully the author pays no heed to those people, i felt bad reading so many bad comments but felt relieved when seeing the reviews but nevertheless decided to post my own, i worry the author thinks it's bad after seeing so many bad comments but i think most people that comment probably are always gonna do it to complain anyway