VN - Ren'Py - Hot Prospect [v0.03 demo] [Dede Kusto]

Graphics look terrible

Clearly use of AI by files left in download

Garbage sandbox element that is not tagged as such, not even a good one either.

There is no interest in this AVN and the DEV should rightfully abandon this and move on to something else and do better on top of it

I can't believe quite how terrible this is.

Renders that are fuzzy and blurry. Models which are all gross. UI that was designed by the blind and writing an 11 year old would be proud of.

The UI gets a special mention, large 1980's first-pc designs and unclear back navigation from the utterly pointless 'gym' (which has nothing to do with gym)

The skills system is not thought out at all with the skill and usage making no sense together and scaling from the first instant

Considering this is linked to a patreon as well, not much effort seems to have been used

VERSION: v0.01
SUMMARY: Ok, but really could have done more work on it prior to throwing it out there.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context.

1. Model Visuals............................................. : ⭐⭐⭐
2. General Visuals.......................................... : ⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality....................................... : ⭐
4. Character (Persona).................................... : ⭐⭐⭐
5. Story Quality & Pacing................................. : ⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing Quality & Dialogue........................... : ⭐⭐⭐
7. UI & Game-play Mechanics........................... : ⭐⭐
8. Playtime & General Quality........................... : ⭐
9. Sounds & Music.......................................... : ⭐
10. H-Content & Fetishes................................... : ⭐

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS:

1. Models look ok, at least for the low quality renders, they don't seem to be horrible, but due to poor render quality its just not good.
2. Writing is not bad, its not shakespear, but it reads fine enough.
3. Dialogue itself seems fine, feels and reads like regular conversations so thats not bad.
4. Story is plausible, not fancy or profound in the slightest, but seems OK.

CONS:

1. Dialogue is messy, spacing and such are inconsistent, same with names of characters, some have, others don't. Just not checked and needs improvement.
2. Visually its not great, the renders are fuzzy, blurry, dull, lack detail and focus, almost like looking through the bottom of a smudged glass.
3. No sounds, music, ambient or environmental sound, not to speak of no lewd sounds either, nada, zilch nothing...
4. UI lacks settings like opacity and such basics. Even the MC can't be named and its almost like the developer was taking the piss leaving it blank and actually even has dialogue in the game where NPC dont know the MC name...thats just stupid IMO.
5. Little content so hard to review this properly...

FINAL REMARKS, OPINIONS & SUGGESTIONS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context which could be useful to the developer.

• Game is half baked at best, it reads fine and its dialogue is actually not bad at all, but visually its lacking IMO a lot. Which is a bit disappointing as this is a visual novel after all and for me that means quality renders and story. If your renders are not great, you need a story and everything else to have the slightest chance to keep me vested.

TLDR:

Still a long way to go before I would recommend this game, its fine on the story and dialogue front but visually just hurts my eyes...I think it could be a diamond in the rough situation, but its very rough and the dev will need to polish like its no one business to get this game to even come near a 4 star game. I will maybe check this out later again after some updates.