VN - Ren'Py - How to Fix the Future [v0.4] [mr.moonmi]

How to Fix the Future [v0.3.2] (by mr.moonmi)

Okay, I'm not one to criticize VNs critically, but this one became controversial after this update which I completely understand. Now the reason why I'm not giving this game a 1/5 is because I feel that's quite too critical. I like to look at these games from all perspectives and what I believe is the intended audience. I'll get the good points out first...

THE GOOD:

- This game has a somewhat unique story compared to most other games out there. The protagonist traveling to a dystopian future and he's the chosen one. Some games did that plot already and only a minuscule has done it really well. But, what does set this one apart is that it seems the protagonist has two main ways of dealing with the enemy. He can be heroic or a take more sadistic route. Will it evolve further? We'll see.

- The Character designs are really well done and have a diverse cast. Each have a unique personality with there own nuances on the way they speak. That's really tough to do.

- The Ambience is also a highlight of the game. I can tell that the developer has paid careful attention on the assets and the lighting. The lighting is usually a make or break for developers. You can have beautiful characters but if the lighting is non-existent, everything falls flat. This developer did a great job.

Now... this is the tough part...

THE BAD: SPOILERS AHEAD


FINAL WORDS:

I just want to clarify that I respect every creator's story. I don't want Mr. Moonmi to deviate from his original vision, but the reason why I decided to review this game so critically is to advise others and for the developer to take note from this incident. The lesson? When people see "NO NTR" in the description; They believe that there's absolutely no attraction between anyone other than the MC and his potential love interests. In other words, only the MC can be paired off with someone and the others are forever alone.

The game is good overall, I just personally feel that THE sensitive topic wasn't delt with proficiently for the audience I believe it was intended for.

{3.5/5 stars}
- It's not quite a 4 in my eyes, but it can get there.

This game is awful,

Good quality renders with decent skin quality. Terrible writing - not engrish but like a preteen came up with the lines, terrible plot and badly tagged. This is thinly veiled gay porn with no feminine straight women, tags dont reflect that. Can't avoid bad fetishes. Animations are super disjointed since they stop on a modal window to choose action and everything is mercifully covered

I'm very suspicious about a number of the other reviews giving fake 5 star ratings - even the ones saying it's bad give 5 stars?

Leaving aside the woke fan service (as another reviewer said, zero straight women available, it would seem) I'd say this has great potential. The story is engaging, the characters are well developed and technically the product is flawless. Sex scenes may feel a bit scarce but are really well done and they never feel forced or cheap. Best sci-fi AVN I've played so far.

Keep up the good work!

I was really pleasantly surprised by this game. There are a lot of ways to mess up with a time-travel story and this one handles the mechanics and story of that in a unique and interesting way.

I really love the disability representation here, as well as the diversity of the cast. I'm a Marine Corps veteran and a wheelchair user and BJ's storyline hits really close to home for me, and I love the game for it.

I also love the trans representation. I'm trans nonbinary and really like how that story isn't fetishizing the experience and really dives deep into the difficulties of living as a trans person. Yeah, there's some problematic phrasing here and there, but it's realistically used.

The graphics are superb and the animations are used at just the right moments. The "montage sequences" really stand out and make a big impact.

The ways that things can branch also make it worth repeating. I also highly appreciate the option to choose different kinds of content to show or not. I play dozens of AVNs and only a handful of them do this. I do wish there was an option to re-enable/disable these things in the future, or at least be able to view which options you've picked, which would be especially helpful when you're someone who plays as many paths as possible like I do.

good renders over all
good story and characters
something for everyone.(femdom scenes are great and avoidable if its not what u like, normal sex scenes are awsome too)
Slow but regular dev updates on patreon
all in all great game with much potentiel

For a game that goes all-in on its graphics, you’d think it would at least use less generic-looking models. I’ll update my review if the story and writing improve, but it clearly doesn’t seem to be the main focus.

This game has the best mistress of all, the best femdom of all and as she takes you, the dialogues are really good. I look forward to the new update. I would like a milf like that with that attitude. I should continue along that line of dialogues and go deeper with her slave

Visuals in the game are very-very-very good! Girls are ridiculously good looking! And they are different. Huge kudos for a fit Evangeline Lily, btw! Music is there and quite pleasant music it is. It's cool that more and more game developers pay attention to this aspect of the game. Wide range of fetishes - that is good too.

First impression of the writing is negative, and only closer to the end of chapter one it improves but still leaves a lot of questions.

Power crazed milf is ok, but when ppl adress her as "my mistress" with straight faces and she can use them like whores, that's sick and not exciting. I don't mind femdom at all just not with that obnoxious bat. Act professionally in the place of work ffs! Also the way Octavia is written just removes all the fun out of femdom. And how can I respect anyone who kneels in front of her at the snap of a fingers?

MC is a young good-looking guy with a nice physique, what the hell is he so depressed about? How could you NOT get into a college at all? Weird.

There is a chance to be an obnoxious and rude and in the situation I believe that's the right thing to do. But at the same time MC chats with the kidnapers like they are friends, hugs Cathy and all that.
I think if you are start "resisting", you resist to the end. So in cafeteria in ch 1, for example I want to be able to say something like: "You kidnapped me, threatened me with punishments and now you are trying to chat like we are friends? Hard pass"

How can you ever really trust Cathy? She is clearly a kneeling obedient tool, an agent and thus will do everything she may be ordered. Including getting close to me. How can I have any kind of normal relationships with her after a horrible start and lingering uncertainty? She likes me, but instead of real hard heart-to-heart-where-you-stand talk MC is just being forced to be nice to her and flirt. Or does she truly like me? Because there is a clear flirt tension between her and Chloe.

MC has 0 motivation to take part in the plot. Take trouble and waste efforts just because they are good people? Save the Earth? Naah... I hold all the cards and behave like a little friendly bitch? Naah...
His friends, ironically, has all the motivation to do it. I guess for all this friendliness to actually work, the dev should've created in MC a desire to go with agents strictly without this grab-him-moment. If he was a chosen one they should've buttered him up like a top college prospect from the start. But they didn't and the friendliness toward them became forced on the player. That is a major plot screw up. It is sad, because the characters seem nice and beautiful.

What i love is that by refusing some weird advances (shallow banging is not my thing) MC thinks like a normal decent human being with a healthy attitude to intimacy. That is amazing. Although it looks like noone truly there for the relationships and intimacy - either an i-dont-care-who-to-fuck weedhead or agents, you've no idea where you stand with. It looks like all of them are proud bi's. The game has quite rare fetishes, but a heterosexual girl is too much? Where are wholesome hetero girls? There is a trans there, but no straight girls?For a fap material - yay! For a serious relationships based on respect and trust - nay!

When Octavia offers me Liu and I refuse, it's not domination I refuse but her repulsive attitude to people. I don't need a girl, who will be "mine" because it's someone's order. Later on the balcony she offers me some BS about being a dom and I refuse again because I refuse dealing with that horrible creature, not being a dom. And I get all the dom content turned off. Same with other fetishes. And I still want the fetishes on, I just don't want to, for example, smell Cathy to keep the fetish on. Make some "Would you like to see ... content? Yes/No" pop-up - that will solve the situation.

Another plot weirdness - they say it's only 5 cities and 5 mln ppl, but they throw healthy young ppl who failed some idiotic agent exam over the wall? Way to increase the population.

Getting other ppl brought in to be the other one and onlys? And here I thought I was the chosen ONE. Still, i am sure three one and onlys are more than enough, no need for the milfs. So focus of the game slips from MC being the MC to MC being one of the three.

MC's mom inviting random hungover klepto ppl into the house? Seriously?

If a girl tries to hump a guy in a broom closet saying that all men want a single thing and gets rejected (rightfully), there will be tension between said girl and MC. Later the girl hits on him like nothing happened.

In the most megaelite Phoenix school most of the girls are just whores, whose crown achievment is sucking dicks for grades.

Correct the logic of the narrative, please.

The motivation to make an unwilling person to be willing to help must be found. So far it's not there at all. And without it the plot works only for the willing.

Now it's a beautiful game with fetishes and femdom and probably will be even more fappier and fetishier. But I am torn between the visual-musical appreciation and dissapointment of not being able to roleplay my character as an insolent stubborn SoB from the start and with any decent love interest.

It would be nice to keep the game out of nationalism and politics, btw. I am talking about the helicopter scene. That's enough of that crap going on and there are enough good people everywhere regardless of that.

I could DEFINITELY do with less Chloe spreading her advances on literally everything with a pulse. Even when a guy acts like that it looks gross, and with Chloe it's even worse. She's gone from a cool looking chick to an annoying raging nympho in heat and it's only the second chapter. At the beginning I was hating Octavia, at the end - Chloe. (BJ looks like a great friend though.) She is cracking jokes left and right, being a genius and hits on the girls who were supposed to swore off everyone after meeting the chosen one me. If I could get rid of her somehow, it would've been amazing. She is stealing the spotlight big time and as a character is a source of negative emotions and dissapointment. Being more disliked than Octavia - that is saying something.

Speaking of Chloe, it's very unpleasant to have NTR-ish scenes with her alone and between her and other girls. Especially the girls that later will be trying to seduce me. Come to think of it most conversations between chloe and other girls are provocative and suggestive. And the girls do nothing to stop it. "Listen, I am not interested in girls so stop it already" - would have looked amazing here.

So far I've not been enjoying the gameplay much apart from the renders and audio. The game suffers from initial conflict, zero monogamous straight romance options so far and most of all - Chloe... As a pure fap game it's great though.

This game is more semi serious than serious. Tho it does start off with a serious feel to the story then changes gears a bit. As there are things in the story that don't sense 100%. Because you can tell this game is trying to make enjoyable and fun scenes first while also throwing in a somewhat of a serious vibe, while making references or trying to be funny at times.

While I do think the LI do end up liking the MC a bit to fast it isn't as bad as others games. Honestly it does also make sense with the world they are living in and who the MC why some may find their self attracted to the MC easily. I will say despite the LI liking the MC too quickly they dont act attached to him. They are actually their own person with interesting things to their character.

The animations are great in this game I love them.

I know there is some issues with this game some may have but I honestly having a hard time finding any faults that I hated entirely. Other than the leader basically being a dominatrix and trying to control you but you get the option to talk back and piss her off so I don't entirely hate her character because of that.

I may sound bias for this game since I have a hard time finding issues with the games that others may have. But honestly it isn't that im biased I just found this game alot of fun and enjoyable overall. Anything that may be wrong with the game my enjoyment for it over shadows the faults and so I cant think of any.

So I'd say try it for your self but just dont go in expecting something super serious or deep. Treat it has more something that is fun and enjoyable with serious elements to it with small bits of comedy here and there.

I don't like to trash games. These are really hard to create and I am a failed dev myself so I usually just don't bother to review things I don't like. However, this dev is so damn talented and I know they could produce a really great game so I felt I should at least say something.

On a positive note, there is a lot of great diversity. Not just in the characters, but in kinks as well. My problem is really with the story.

First of all, the MC goes from sort of a loser with doubts about who he is and what he wants out of life to the Chosen One and a sudden burst of confidence. The women just throw themselves at the MC even if he behaves like an ass and the MC is just supposed to fall into line with this whole scenario, which is filled with a convoluted, barely coherent story. I mean, what is the point of the corporation? And why do they need the agents? At one point the MC says something like "Finally! We can work towards our goal." I was like "What goal?"

There are so many story fragments... like the weird thing with the news journalist. From stolen tennis shoes to her freaking out during the broadcast to then meeting his mother who wears the same sad grey dress the entire time. Or his ex who randomly shows up in memories and tests. And nothing really explains how or why the President is the way she is. Then they are all surprised when the MC pushes back on anything. I mean they are the good guys right? Why wouldn't the MC want to be part of this great endeavor to "Fix the Future"?

Don't even get me started on how the MC finished the game and became the Chosen One and then of course his "friends", after playing the same game, both become the chosen one as well. Now Mom and the journalist are playing the game so what.... are they also going to become the chosen one? How about the ex? Is she going to come back to visit, find the game, play it and become a chosen one? I am waiting for the "Avengers Assemble" scene when all of them are together in their futuristic outfits to save the future. Because it makes total sense for people of the past to be able to save a future they don't even want to be a part of or know anything about.

The President is just a spoiled brat who is used to getting her way. The brother and sister team, who aren't even really agents, as just sad. I mean, what was that whole scene where she was getting yelled at from the president and the brother (or the MC) were forced to step in and save her. I still don't understand what happened there... and again, she was not even a full fledged agent so who's fault was it really? Not that I even understand what she did wrong.

Then there is her assistant, Liu, who was told to go make the MC happy and comfortable on his first night here and if the MC turns her down, she is all butt hurt he doesn't like her. I mean... what? Of course, that leads me to the cringy dialogue. It's just painful.

TL.DR
I understand I am in the minority. There are obviously a lot of people who like this game, but for me, it is a brutal slog through mediocre dialogue and lazy storytelling.

Wow. Just wow. Not only the game is super hot, but the scenario is really good too. It's not often that I don't skip through all dialog, well here I did.

No watersport content yet, at least with the choices I made, but some squirting and spitting (very well done at that). Most fetishes are optional so you can choose what you'd like to see.

NTR warning.
The only real reason i cant go above 3 stars even temted to go to 2....its due to what i see as NTR and i bet alot of others will to so ill try to explain that before the review of the game it self.

Since the selection is very low with girls that has smaller tits i found Liu to be the best choice for MC and a relationship also game is not a harem so kinda got to pick the one you like the most.

Problem with Liu is that shes a slave to the mistress bitch boss, and thats where i see it as NTR, Octavia uses Liu daily to satisfy her sexual needs which she also tells MC about the day after you have sex with Liu,not only that you also know the Octavia uses Liu as a whore sending her out to have sex with whoever she wants her to have sex with, Liu to me also feels absolutly brainwashed by Octavia.

Game review:
Lets start with the main story, its pretty decent and i dont mind the sci-fi type game with time travel and what not and i did enjoy how MC could respond in some scenes that was something the supprised me, the girls though looks good but its main focus is big tits which i dont like at all.

Now about the MC, i am just getting so tierd of playing MCs that are either brainless or has no balls and acts like a 12 year old virgin, already from the start when he gets kidnapped then drugged it starts to turn to shit, first woman he sees all he thinks about is her boobs like a 12 year old, alot of MCs in games are like this i dont get why its almost the standard, all it does is ruin the story, what he should be thinking is "how the fuck do i get out of here" or try to fight back atleast, but ALL MC does is think about is "ohh tits" and how every girl is cute which makes it all feel stupid, why not stop this kind of thinking and let the players/readers think for them selfs if they like a girl or not instend of having a MC that loves anything and everything no matter how ugly the LI is.

The crazy female dom boss with big tits, worried me alot its proberly the worst combo there could be for me, but so far game supprised me for the better, and i did love that you could talk down to that bitch and so far not been forced into anything with her which is a huge lets hope it stays that way.

I also like that you can turn of stuff like futa or dom and such, so some choices do matter others dosent but aslong as the importen choices works it will be great, just hope it stays like that so you 100% can deside who you want to fuck or not.

Graphics and Girls 4/5
It looks good overall and LIs looks nice even though i might not be a fan of most of them since i am not in to the big tits, i saw some reviews saying there is something for everyone but dont take that at face value, i havent seen anything below a high c to d cup and i am more into a nice firm b size and theres pretty much only Chloe that comes anywhere near that and maybe the slave Liu which i already explained why shes a no go, so it makes the game a bit boring when 95% of the girls means nothing to ya, so if your not into big tits keep that in mind or play something else.

Story 3/5
Main story is good, but cant rate it higher since it as NTR in my eyes and no tag for it.

Animations 4/5
Animations looks good, above average thats for sure but there arent really that many since its not a harem game.

Music 3/5
It has music but ive seen/heard alot better, it dosent really set a mood its more like a general music playing in the background.

Choices in game 4/5
Choices does matter, you can pick who you want to have sex with or not, in normal story some choices dosent really matter since it will have same outcome, but aslong as the importen ones matter then its all good.

It is a shame really this game falls short of being perfect by an inch just because some dev decisions.

As to break it apart:

+ Audiovisuals - 5/5. The renders, animations and soundtracks are all movie-tier production quality. OUTSTANDING.

+Characters and Relationships - 5/5. I like the overall roster. There is an option for everyone. Every major character is good-looking and different per se. Romance with Cathy is so good, it is one of the reasons to play this game.

+Lewd content - 4/5. Satisfying. Some lewd SFX would be appreciated though. Mostly casual vanilla sex. The introduction of certain kinks was a bit over the top and crass imo.

+UI and Polish - 5/5. Very good. Looks like an AA title. Couldn't be better.

+Dialogues - 4/5. Generally readable and not boring.

-Plot and Setting - 3/5. (Chapter 1 - 2/5, Chapter 2 yet, 4/5) As I typed above, all the ingredients are good quality. Only thing left is to execute and consolidate them in a suitable fashion. There were bits which I found very good and sections that were so meh.
Chapter 1 is mainly the intro sequence as the roster finally takes shape that will drive the story forward. I have problems with the methods in which way the elements are incorporated into the plot. The way of getting gaming buddies, the news anchorwoman etc. to the main story tests the limits of credibility (deus ex machinas all around) which doesn't suit the overall tone of the novel. Logical errors presenting themselves everywhere literally distracted me and killed the enjoyment that I had. In chapter 1, the novel cruised back and forth between the lines of a goofy teen drama and a serious scifi drama. As you can guess, I was not fond of teensy parts.
It seems writing in Chapter 2 continues in a serious tone as it should be. Hope that we will not encounter the convoluted mess that was in Chapter 1.
The fact that this is a time-travel game makes it also walking on thin ice. Only thing this game needs is consistent plot and character development, complying with the tone that dev has set. Juggling between different themes kinda breaks it for me and hope dev stops doing that.

- Also gallery can use a hint to locate locked scenes.

I have a lot of trouble writing reviews for games that everyone likes, because there's usually not much you can say that hasn't already been said.

Given that - I'm hooked. There's something special about this game. I enjoy games like these where the plot drives the sex scenes as opposed to the opposite. The renders are absolutely beautiful, extra care was taken with the lighting and composition of shots. The character models are spectacular too.

That being said - this game has been out for 2 years now and we're only through one chapter (albeit a long, action-packed one). I worry that this is a dev who has bit off more than he can chew, and that we're never going to see the end of this one.

I'm normally not a fan of science fiction in these types of games so i didn't expect much from this game but DAMN... One of the best game I played. There is "only" one chapter for now so its still a bit early to completely make my mind about it but I at least know for sure it won't be bad. I say "only" but the first chapter is still a good amount of content and you can really begin to enjoy the game and get to know the characters. Overall the story is intersting, the characters feel deep and different, the renders are AMAZING. I am looking forward to the next chapters for sure, great work !

Amazing renders, hot girls, interesting story (although also confusing) and decent replay value between different MC attitudes (dark, light, neutral).

There is only one negative which I unfortunately consider a bigger negative, and that's the insane push for one of the girls.

There are only so many times I can say "No, not interested", or act like a jerk towards that girl, or ignore her, or let her hanging, before I start getting annoyed at game pushes.

There is an unavoidable "romantic" scene with that girl (not H, but pushing towards romance), which also annoyed me, since it came out of the blue since my character literally disagreed with the girl on EVERYTHING up to that point. 0 points, no mutual interests, yet the romance is blooming. WHY?!?!

It feels like a game is pushing for some kind of twist with that girl that will test their relationship, but it's overdoing it in my opinion.

Other than that, I'm impressed how easy it is to avoid unwanted content. Futa content? Select "Nope" option, disabled. Dom content? "Nope" - Disabled, etc.
Genuinely impressive there are options for all kinks for when you do, and don't want them.

Great job so far, and I can't wait to see where Dev takes the story, probably most confusing part since I genuinely don't see which direction it will lead to.

Cool dynamics between characters and nice renders Quite like how trans stuff is handled, also nice to see possible future relationships between characters you are not going for, this might change though. Its only chapter 1 atm. Poggers!

A+ game. This is how you do porn games right. It might be a slow burn, but it actually has an engaging story and likeable characters, which makes the steamy scenes 10x better. The fetishes are also great and include olfactophilia, which is so often overlooked. Given the pace the game is going right now, it feels like this is going to a very long game, but if the quality keeps up, I'm very excited for it.

One of the best games I've played recently. I was really sucked into the game and felt attached to the characters.

Visuals 5/5
Not just the models are superb, also the backgrounds, lighting...top quality

Story 5/5
Very captivating with real depth to the characters. I really have no clue where this story is going to end but I'm looking forward to finding out. Also the choices you make have real impact later on in the game. Futa content was great and makes me longing for more.

How to fix the future v0.2.4

Good game with good graphics. Beautiful models and story seems interesting. Bdsm isn't my thing but it's avoidable. And there are many other kinks. Characters have their own characteristics. Game also got humor elements. Big plus of the game is renders they are well polished. Writing isn't bad either. Overall I enjoyed the game looking forward to next updates. Keep up the good work dev.

+ Renders
+ Models
+ Animations
+ Humor