VN - Ren'Py - Imperium Bureaucracy Hero [v0.2.5] [Munitions Mori]

v0.2.5

Extra ecclesiam, nulla sallus.
Extra laborem, nulla puritas.
Extra bellum, nulla victoria.
Extra Imperatorem, nihil.

The Emperor is the light against which no darkness can stand.
The foolish and the ignorant may think themselves slaves of the Imperium. True slavery is only knowable by the thralls of the Dark Gods, whose lives and souls are forfeit to the hunger of their uncaring, insatiable lords. Only the Emperor may grant liberation to the souls of man in death.

Faith, Fury and Fire shall deliver the warrior against the xeno, the heretic, and the daemon.

Fight not for Glory, but for Duty alone. It is only in Death that Duty ends.
To feel fear only brings shame upon oneself if one fails to defy it. True bravery can only be shown by those who will themselves to act against their own fear.

To cleanse the soul; prayer. To cleanse the body; pain.

Trust not the alien, for it holds naught but contempt and envy in its heart for you and yours.
Stare into the eyes of the Outsiders, and their unholiness shall be laid bare before you. Yet you shall not despair, for your soul is armored with faith and knowledge.

Nexus, Fabellor, Implorem, Quadrigae;
Ignifer, Macto, Pridem, Saturi.

From Lightning, and the Tempest, Emperor deliver us...

The art is mostly greyscale, some character portraits are misleadingly unflattering, and the lewds are limited albeit tasteful. I found it lacking but the sheer quality of the writing did make up for it.

Comparisons to Disco Elysium are warranted. This game has the depth, detail, and style. I was genuinely impressed with the callbacks to past decisions even if they were in passing. What makes it more impressive is that the majority of these storylines weren't ordered linearly either.

Also being a bureaucrat in a dystopian setting with great worldbuilding? Unheard of on F95, 10/10.

Inspired by Disco Elysium and Warhammer 40K, this game is well written and interesting to play.

It has clearly a lot of potential, but I think the sex scenes are a bit superfluous and forced. I enjoyed just a couple of them and I am not that attracted to the augmented humans. Sometimes the portraits depict average looking characters, who become quite good looking for the sex scenes.

I didn't have problems with the lack of soundtrack, I just played in the background the Skyrim night music, which I find well suited for the game atmosphere.

Glory to the God Emperor.

The argument with the faux Adeptus Mechanicus front desk member makes this game worth it already if you are, willingly or unwillingly involved with bureaucracy and organization power games.

The decadent society ruled by oppresive, corrupt, sluggish and inefficient bureacracy where the only chance for the intelligent and hard working but poor and/or unconnected people is to become a cog in said bureacracy, having to deal with all the corrupt idiots inside which were able to join only because of corruption, is perfectly captured here. The Imperium Eterna approves.

Very interesting game, I assume I finished it for now. The story was nice to follow even if there is no conclusion for any of the stories and the sex scenes are not really my taste, but they are truly optional except perhaps one that seems more '' lore accurate '' . Another fair point, where is the music and the noise effect?? In any case, perfect for the fans of Warhammer 40k and Disco Elysium.

review as of v0.2.4
Played since the first release and its been outstanding so far, all the characters are interesting and well written, the world building is as deep as you could hope for a game set in 40k
Art is also really nice with the backgrounds being really well stylized, and the character art, especially the h-scenes only seem to have gotten better (pretty ladies heh)
Seemingly bug free, would like to see some sound added but thats an incredibly minor gripe
Really looking forward to each update now

Great story, great characters, "Bureocrat typing" is greatly varied. If you like either disco elysium or WH40k in general, you will definitely enjoy this game . It's one of those games where you should actually take time to read trough story and truly roleplay as your action have actual consequences, unlike like most games with a/b paths.

5/5 definetly recommend just for story alone

Don't want to repeat myself ith other comments. Game is really good. I played version 0.2.4 and there is already a lot of content and I only played 1 version of my character. So if you don't have enough, you can replay the game with other traits.

Really puts the 'novel' in visual novel: excellent character and world-building, making for a genuinely engaging play-through. While the art style isn't necessarily to my tastes, it feels appropriate to the setting and isn't offensive enough to detract from the story. Sex scenes are on the less frequent side for this site but never feel out of place, and are opt-in which is appreciated given some of the characters are not my type at all.

I think the other weakest point thus far is that characters will suddenly drop out of the world, but given its nascent status, that's understandable, so I'm looking forward to where this VN goes and how it fleshes out the world.

It clearly takes inspiration from disco elysium-- perhaps even frostpunk-- and it does an excellent job giving homage to its roots. Like others have stated, it clearly isn't the most sexual game on this site,--which may be to the dismay of many of the users on this site-- but to any who can look past that, it most certainly is a worthwhile play. As someone who enjoys that genre of game immensely, it deserves a rating nothing short of a 5/5.

Expected a porn game, got better writing than most paid triple A games that have been released in years. 10/10 disco-elysium 40k with some scenes and interesting characters. Was need to play through for all the major choices just to see how each interacts now.

(This game is a surprisingly emotional one. Well-written, fascinatingly 'normal' but intriguing characters. It's not the most erotic I've seen. When I play it, I'm not that interested in the sexual content, which for this site perhaps should see a knock-down on the stars, however I enjoy it too much to do that. I do feel that it's a five.

While it's sexual content is limited in my opinion, the amount of connection it forms with various characters, the way it's written, is fantastic. And while the random flings feel like just that, random flings, the sex scene at the end of one character's path who I'd taken a long time to know, feels downright romantic. Even wholesome.

And in the bleak setting of Warhammer 40K, the relationships and attempts to bring a positive turn to the lives of the people, feel particularly fascinating to observe. Humans being human, and you there to try to help them do that.

I don't know if this will be your favorite game on the site, however I definitely think it's an experience and story worth playing. It feels very human, and I think it's special because of that.)

Amazing visuals and interesting storylines and enjoyed the Colseen and Soup Kitchen storylines most of all, can't wait until there is additional content. The personality mechanic is very good reminds me of disco elysium. Keep up the good work!

There are so few stories about the Imperium's nobodies. The art, the writing, the tones, and all of them mesh together so well and make you feel how horrifying the Imperium is. Even as a supposed ray of hope, a man meant to start small to make larger things, you start as a culmination of two ideas that play a part throughout the story. It's such an interesting take on visual novels, that the small choices do matter throughout. As you choose, those thoughts stick with you and it is mindblowing to see a decision you made so long ago come to mind as a piece of dialogue for a future event.

The insight into design and the setting for what is a pornographic product is incredible. Never expected to see this setting explored as such. Obviously a passion project. Looking forward to future content.

This is the first time I have rated a game on this site. I did not know what to expect but a darkly beautiful, oddly hopeful yet melancholic dark lament of the 40k universe was not among them.
Thank you.
I recommend the "classical music for villains" playlist for players to help out with the lack of music.

The setting sounds much better than it is in the game. It is a dull game with black and white textures, the art is bad - really bad, and scenes are boring.

The dialogues and story line are uninteresting and predictable. This game takes after dysco elysium with those facets and voices, but this is overall rather a bad thing than a good one.

Art 0/5
Story 1/5
Gameplay 0/5

Great writing, plot, art style, main character doesn't have to be an asshole to get most sex scenes. Honestly its like this game was made by an actually highly-functional human being.
My only wish is for more bolter bitches in consensual scenarios

Wow. The author can write. It's a 5/5 for quality of content already, as this VN found the perfect balance between the number of images needed to convey the stage and the text to supplement the imagination and allow the player to draw the best possible image. Just for that alone this game is 5/5 and the dev has more author sense than the 99% of the games here, and as an Uploader that says a lot.
'm not much for for complimenting games, but if you have ever have done anything more than a slight look at 40k, especially stories about Hive cities/Eisenhorn, this will be right up your valley

As a note/request, wanted to say some things
- Some bugs/Typos are still there, but not anything of note really
- If possible, a mod that corrects everything to be *cough cough* 40k naming correct *cough cough* would be great
- Sex scenes are great, but highly unvaried. It just feels business like sometimes, which I guess is what game aims for. But it's more of a cutscene and previous choices don't affect anything/no choices during sex. Women are as vanilla as they come
- This leads to the next point. I guess male characters are tad uninteresting in comparison to women, who can also be expected to be bedded within 5 mins of meeting (Except 2).

Holy crap, 40k gritty porn , I love this.

I don't know what I was stepping into but I wasn't expecting such ingenus way of dialogue and interesting story. Being a member of the administration has never been more interesting.

Came for the porn, stayed for the setting, amazing art, and great writing