Whoa, whoa, whoa - this is probably my new favorite VN!!!
I generally avoid VN's until they get pretty far along and close to completion, because it is too torturous to play a chapter, then wait 3-4+ months for the next chapter/update and so on and so on. Many of these VN's progress along for years. I am more of a - read a book cover to cover, or serial watch a whole season of a TV show in one sitting kind of person.
While I certainly would not say this VN is really early on in development - it was started over 2 years ago and there is a shitload of content, and that is even if you do just 1 playthrough; if you want to do multiple playthroughs you can keep yourself entertained for days. However I also definitely don't feel like this VN isn't in the later stages of its development. There is still a TON of unanswered questions and story to unfold.
These are the kind of gems I am always hoping to find on F95 - a great story you can immerse yourself in, beautiful LI's and not too much porn world logic. Obviously almost all adult VN's are going to have some degree of porn logic, but for me they just need to pass as somewhat plausible and I am not continuously rolling my eyes and thinking 'bullshit, even in a fictitious world these scenarios are totally unrealistic'. Now I get that the environment the MC lives in isn't exactly 'plausible', if compared to the real world. But the events and interactions are somewhat plausible in the dystopian environment the dev has created.
What surprised me the most of this VN is - the genres portrayed arent even genres that I am generally all that into. I typically prefer the more romantic type genres (harem, hotwife, incest, etc).
It's not that I specifically dislike the more dark/abusive type genres (femdom, BDSM, ntr/cuck, etc). It's just that, as I said - I am usually more into the romantic genres and abusive genres are on the opposite end of the spectrum. Then on top of that most dev's portray an extreme version of the genre.
Don't get me wrong - this VN is definitely not a mild portrayal of abusive genres. I mean most of the women in this VN are extremely extreme - they love to torture others and even get off on straight up killing people. Most of the women are pure evil.
But that is what makes this VN so interesting to me - the MC can remain good despite this brutal environment he lives in, or he can go the evil route and embrace this hellish world. He can go from the lowest on the food chain, to being the alpha among alphas. Or you can purposely make the MC be everyone's punching bag and human toilet.
The dev really gives you the option of taking the story in any direction you want.
Now the key is - can the dev keep up this amazing work. Or will she drive this VN off a cliff like so many other VN's? There have been so many VN's that I absolutely loved early on, then somewhere along the way they just went to total shit.
I generally avoid VN's until they get pretty far along and close to completion, because it is too torturous to play a chapter, then wait 3-4+ months for the next chapter/update and so on and so on. Many of these VN's progress along for years. I am more of a - read a book cover to cover, or serial watch a whole season of a TV show in one sitting kind of person.
While I certainly would not say this VN is really early on in development - it was started over 2 years ago and there is a shitload of content, and that is even if you do just 1 playthrough; if you want to do multiple playthroughs you can keep yourself entertained for days. However I also definitely don't feel like this VN isn't in the later stages of its development. There is still a TON of unanswered questions and story to unfold.
These are the kind of gems I am always hoping to find on F95 - a great story you can immerse yourself in, beautiful LI's and not too much porn world logic. Obviously almost all adult VN's are going to have some degree of porn logic, but for me they just need to pass as somewhat plausible and I am not continuously rolling my eyes and thinking 'bullshit, even in a fictitious world these scenarios are totally unrealistic'. Now I get that the environment the MC lives in isn't exactly 'plausible', if compared to the real world. But the events and interactions are somewhat plausible in the dystopian environment the dev has created.
What surprised me the most of this VN is - the genres portrayed arent even genres that I am generally all that into. I typically prefer the more romantic type genres (harem, hotwife, incest, etc).
It's not that I specifically dislike the more dark/abusive type genres (femdom, BDSM, ntr/cuck, etc). It's just that, as I said - I am usually more into the romantic genres and abusive genres are on the opposite end of the spectrum. Then on top of that most dev's portray an extreme version of the genre.
Don't get me wrong - this VN is definitely not a mild portrayal of abusive genres. I mean most of the women in this VN are extremely extreme - they love to torture others and even get off on straight up killing people. Most of the women are pure evil.
But that is what makes this VN so interesting to me - the MC can remain good despite this brutal environment he lives in, or he can go the evil route and embrace this hellish world. He can go from the lowest on the food chain, to being the alpha among alphas. Or you can purposely make the MC be everyone's punching bag and human toilet.
The dev really gives you the option of taking the story in any direction you want.
Now the key is - can the dev keep up this amazing work. Or will she drive this VN off a cliff like so many other VN's? There have been so many VN's that I absolutely loved early on, then somewhere along the way they just went to total shit.