VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Keepers 1: Revolution [v1.1] [Lumari]

While browsing F95, I stumbled upon this game. It didn’t have many reviews, but the ratings were very good. Also, the tags were ones I usually look for. The screenshots showed some pretty nice Koikatsu-style models, and the game was only about 900 MB. I thought it might be a nice little game to relax with.

I generally love good stories in games, whether on console or PC, but given that it was from F95, I wasn’t expecting much in terms of plot. It started off calmly: a village in the mountains, a restricted part of the forest, the main character turning 18, and some talks about monsters. In my head, I already pictured a cliché plot that would quickly lead to the “meat.”

But as minutes went by, I found myself getting more and more absorbed in the story. We get to know Rumi and her relationships with Hikari. We explore the world, and later on, other dimensions come into play. Before I knew it, I was playing with bated breath, fully immersed in the narrative. Even though I was already captivated by the world, characters, and story, I had no idea how emotionally intense this game would become. The relationship with Rumi is the best part of the game

I didn’t expect to find a game that would put me through such an emotional wringer and make me tear up. The last time a game did this was probably Cyberpunk 2077 along with its DLC. Kudos to the author and the entire team — they did an amazing job at evoking so many emotions in me.

The game isn’t perfect; there are a few things that could be improved, like better graphics, especially for the environment (no shadows), missing scenes that are only described through text, simple environment animations, and of course, any kind of sound, because right now there is complete silence.

This game is a true gem hidden away when it really should be at the forefront of what a good game is supposed to be. A story that enwraps many different preferences and many unique concepts to explore.

My honest review is, play the game!
There are tags listed for this game that can be completely avoided all together if you don't want that type of content.
The dev even added a warning system for the bad ends to warn people who may not want to see what happens to our heroine during these events.

After you complete the game you will have access to a beautiful gallery with each ending you found and each h-scene seen. (Not to mention the bonus file with an amazing gift in it)

Keepers is a revolutionary game that pushes Koikatsu to the limit and is covered in the blood, sweat and tears of its dev.

Those of you concerned with typos and grammar, please just note that English is not the native language of its creator. If you understand what is being said, then please just be respectful and fair!

The story might seem short or rushed for this game, however, there are three more games planned, so please be patient. The fun has just only begun!

note* There is an android build, but if your phone is not up to par, please just use a computer. The game is really easy to run *because* it doesn't have animations. Which is made up for with EVERY image being completely unique. Mad respect!

This game truly pushes the limits of what you can do with a koikatsu engine and while sure it has some rough spots you can see the improvements as you progress. The drama is soo good as well constantly putting you on your toes tugging at your heartstrings this game as almost everything you could want out of a vn

Why 2 stars? 1 is for "really" good Story and 1 is "permanant" point.

PROS:
Story/drama/plot twists, and I have nothing to say about it, just play it and you understand.

CONS:
1. Graphics/Visual: Using Koikatsu assets but it could be better. It just dev likes the "current" level of graphics and said no to animation so just accept it. And that's why a good story game can't get much attentions compared to Lycoris Radiata, same theme but better graphics and attention, even no need for s*x.
2. UX/UI Design: Also poor quality but can't blame though.
3. Kinetic Novel with "unexpected" choices, not choice-based:
Yes, that's the one would make you frustrated. I could say the typo isn't great at all, and even with Hints/Spoilers ON you couldn't control the stats on your own. Some tells you increasing/decreasing, almost not mentioned. Also while in-game event it was just increasing/decreasing based on event that occurs lately after your choice earlier you even couldn't remember why. The game introduces having many Endings but for sure, 2 Ends are not BAD Ends, for 1st playthrough you forcely got Normal End to active Main Route/True End for 2nd playthrough. Noted that, the True End will unlock only you unlocked certain Bad Ends with points counted based on the guide on Discord. It feels like a Japanese VN, which almost every titles forced you to play many times to unlock specific scenes, and preferably not my cup of tea. In conclusion, any wrong choices forced facing Bad Ends and reload the game. So it should be a kinetic novel, ignoring those fake choices.
4. Typo: Not poor quality as those 1* games out there, but since the game series is trying to cram with everything come from devs' brain, you will wonder, what the heck was happening, like most of time, a lot events occured ridiculously. That's why it needs proof-reading, literally.
5. Contents Management: This part could act like a Wiki for you, "since the game series is trying to cram with everything come from devs' brain". And of course in Part 1 (this game version) has no explanation for all things happened, plus typo issues, it could be nightmare for who trying to figure what happened in game at that moment.
6. Introduction: The worst part of game, "since the game series is trying to cram with everything come from devs' brain" (what is important I repeated 3 times), so many characters involved to story without proper introduction, just "???" with different color. Some conversations with all "???" characters and later I figured out not all characters appeared on scene were talking, it could be someone was talking "out-of-scene", and that happens like many times, you should figure out yourself who were talking and talking with.
7. Optimization: When the game are all using WEBP images, no animation, no video (at least after many versions, the package size could explain itself), but it poorly optimized on Phone. Maybe caused by lacking of RAM. Admittedly 4GB RAM isn't much but with VN game has nothing but only images, I never expect any "crashes". Even sometimes playing on my laptop, when tried to rollback an event, the game had to load for a couples of seconds before processing. Like devs said, he/she only optimizes for PC, and I doubt that, even I feel like Phone users is ignored. And since mostly no attention from the game, certainly no Android porters have ported this game.

CONCLUSION:
- If you find the game is cute, good story and go ahead
- But when you feel frustrated, I think you should stop. Poor explanation causes that feeling.
- In CONS part, it should be spoiled already, but I will tell more.
The 1st half of game is boring with a lot of bla bla stuffs =))))))
2nd half is rushing events that makes you always asking what the heck was happnening for sure.
- To fully understand Part 1 (this game version), you should play Keepers 2 to get the whole "picture" of the game imaginably!

The essence of this game is to be a story. Your choices matter very little in reality, as Hikari is in reality helpless in front of most situations.
The story likes to play on your feelings by giving you hopes, only to shatter them hours later.
While not your usual hentai game, as most of the scenes are in bad ends, it offers an universe in war, and I'm here with my popcorn for it.
It's probably not a "game" for everyone, as it's a visual novel to the core, with few mechanics beside the 2 stats to check bad ends or not. But for whoever likes drama story, Keepers should definitely deserve your time.

As for the visuals, they are typical Koikatsu ones, but with a good variety of them and each of them being staged, making the panels lively as they quickly change, presenting the whole picture of all present characters and the environment - contrary to usual VN with a static background and just a fix/animated portrait being brought forward as the character talks.
Scenes are made in the same fashion, which is not a bad thing compared to animated loops that are never perfect enough to not spot the discontinuity.

Gameplay-wise, well, not a lot to say. The Instincts and Sanity stats are the only leverage for the possibilities of the game, and balancing them is quite easy enough when doing a serious playthrough, not one to get the most sex times. Let's note that there is the particularity of unlocking as well as a checklist in the menu to push the players to discover the truth about the lore of the world.

Overall, good story, will cry again.

It start good, but further it goes, shitier it gets. First half was good, but around second half it's just downhill. Plot start becoming more and more obvious, and provided dialogue "choices" are just a joke at this point. Just an example (real in game one): NTR or game over. Well almost all the choices is: eat shit or game over. I think author just don't know how to progress plot without hurting anyone (mc, or someone close to mc) every 5 seconds. So, yeah, I don't recommend this Vn. It has good sides (like renders), but idk, man, I started reading this in such a joy, I even don't slept whole night reading this vn ( and got to work in the morning). But further I read, the less enjoyment I had, and in the end good vn turns into a cheap drama for the sake of drama and not for plot. I feel really disappointed. You can do better, Lumari. (I hope so).
Upd. I read "Hornus" review (scroll a little bit down) and this guy said what I wanted, but better, and he mentioned what I forget to.
Sorry for grammar, English not my first language.

The majority of this story was amazing, good renders, good sex scenes, well-written characters, etc. Unfortunately, I can't give this one 5 stars due to the last portion of the story, which was not only downright heartbreaking but also felt a bit rushed. I'm hopeful for its sequel, though.

This reads like a mediocre anime which I'm still all for, but too often the dialogue suffers predictable scenarios because of that. Topped off with bad grammar I struggled to read through it. First story I could not finish in a long time.

It's a nice game with a good story, has some typos here and there but they don't impact the experience that it has to offer, had moment's that actually made me feel emotional, has good variaty of choices that impact the playthrough and all character's are unique and with their own motivations . In the end I give this game a 5/5 looking forward to see more content of the Dev.

I loved the story, the love, sacrifices and the drama hit hard, but tht was expected. One thing though detracted from a 5-star-review. There were just way too many characters (all the queens of the dimensions) that did not have any real impact to the story. That was very confusing.

Its a cute coming of age story, where we are following Hikari.
A girl who first becomes a foxgirl and then a super saiyan.

For a short overview

60% lesbian 35% futa 5% rest
No bgm
Nice clean artwork
Static images
Likeable characters
Engaging story
Splitting paths

Honestly im left with disappointment. Not because the game is bad, but because it started really really good. Ive seen so much potential but the quality rapidly decreases halfway through.
Im not adressing the h content here. It has its highs and lows ofc but doesnt deviate too much. While i appreciate lesbian stuff, i dislike futa and played the game despite, not because of it.


Its plot begins personally driven because... well its a personal story. Your no hero and saving the world wasnt in the job description. You got thrown into this shit.
This premise has just sooo much potential. A new beginning in a new world in a new body. Adeventure, experience, mystery, character and relationship developement. A blank slate with a believable plot.

But at some point unfortunately the character developement stops and only the power level keeps rising. Instead of personally driven the plot becomes a grand scheme of black and white and personality gets replaced with gimmicks. At the end the main char felt repulsive to me. Getting shoved like a rook, running in circles and repeatedly switching between something like:
I must save my love at all costs
and:
I have to sacrifice my love for the greater good.
Cmon mate i care for the girls you introduced to me. Not the worlds i dont know about.


Long story short, i can see the ideas that were tried to be implemented. But it just feels rushed and unrefined. Haste makes waste. Also the lack of bgm and different art to look at points out to the grammar mistakes, that otherwise werent so bad.
Also the hidden stat system is something i peronally like, but it makes unraveling the splits a chore.
My conclusion half the game is good 3/5

Keepers 1: Revolution is an incredibly good, incredibly depressing story.

Sex content is primarily bad ends, and they're largely mindbreak. Unlike some other "bad end collector" games, all of the bad ends left me feeling dirty and not at all aroused.

The use of Koikatsu for the art in a completely crapsack setting feels a bit out-of-place. It neither leans into a crapsaccharine aesthetic, nor does it change things to reflect the mood of the scene. It's just there.


I know the blurb on the front page said "soon begins to understand how horrible this world can be." but I wasn't adequately prepared. It is both a compelling page-turner, but at the same time I also regret having read it.

this quickly became one of my favorite novels. so many great unique characters, an interesting world, and plot that keeps you engaged. I usually don't have a tough time reading stuff with these tags, but I really cared for some of the characters some of the endings were really hard to watch. I appreciate all the hard work it took to make this story and I can't wait to get into the sequel!

Great story, full of heartbreaking moments that make your jaw drop. It's a work of art in terms of story telling.

Only criticisms are high pace of the story in the last few chapters and the difficulty in obtaining the actual true ending. The in game mechanics used to obtain different endings are a bit annoying and require you to replay the game a few times to obtain the true ending because you need to unlock all the bad endings first to unlock the true ending which also requires you to play the game in a way that has you max out the sanity stat.

In my opinion these problems aren't that important when I take into account what a ride this game was. Each character is great, their personalities are well built and you get really used to them. The game is sometimes sad, sometimes it has its happy moments but ultimately it leads to a bittersweet ending that perfectly sets up the sequel if you obtain the true ending.

Easily one of the best games on the site.

It was somewhat a roller coaster. Every characcter is cute and the story feels like it wasnt that forced and actually makes sens. Hol up a h game that have god stories? is that actually possibru? yes its. By the help of the community and the awesome dev, this game might be the next best thing for all story driven h games out ther. I came for the plot, and i leave with tears

An outstanding game, covering a lot fetishes, amazing story, leading me to cry several times. In this game you feel connections with other characters, their development. Big and thoughtful world. Now it's one of my top-5 favorite games on this site, although I felt a lot sadness after the ending (and joy too), like succubus-futanari made a big hole in my heart.
Would definitely recommend this game to anyone, it's just a masterpiece in my eyes, 10/10.
The only thing I would suggest it's to add animations, but that's not important, game already contains a lot good images and content.

I had to wait a few days after finishing the game to write a review worthy of the whole experience. I don't even know where to start. I don't play adult VNs for the scenes, I do however absolutely love good stories with drama and while what is and isn't good is very subjective I think the author definitely achieved what he was aiming for. It was an emotional roller-coaster, the main narrative was engaging and unpredictable, the author made an interesting universe that can be expanded upon, I got attached to the characters, especially the MC and oh boy, the ending... I wish there was maybe less time skipping and even more quality time with the characters but overall I can't wait for the sequel. 10/10

Came for the horny, staying for the plot. Well thought out world and (mostly) likeable characters struggling through shit situations. Strings you along with the carrot of hope while simultaneously beating you in the feels with a stick.

A MASTERPIECE! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
BEST ADVENTURE GAME IN THIS SITE and easily in my Top-5.
From Light-hearted humour to some Horrifying Tragedy, It covered it all
Renders were so unique that not only were they good but also packed real emotions into the scene
I personally liked design of the MC and its character is just perfectly-done
Some of the fights were really interesting {Loved the NARUTO reference)
some Bad-ending were actually hard to watch
But it also had its flaws of just too many characters(Difficulty of differentiating new characters), The Build-up was a bit messed up and there was many errors in writing which ruined the explaination of some scenes which kind of ruined the overall story for me (some explaination scene just went over my head lol)
AND THE ENDING .....
Despite it all, I felt this game was an emotional roller-caster at some point.
and I highly recommend trying it. I wish you all the very best on your future promising projects, Lumari.

What a game !
The art is really good
The story is interesting
Character are overall good, some are introduced and quite present but not that developed (ex temate elve).
Would recommend the game without a doubt, hyped for the second one