Ren'Py - LA: Streets of Sorcery [v1.3] [Bear in the Night]

It is just a short first chapter, but yes, it definitively connects to Lust Academy in regard to the story. Was wondering, how the dev team of Bear will go on. The quality of the animation did get better, at least compared to the first three seasons of lust academy, the final 4.th was comparable. So definitively a novel to enjoy, the ladies around the MC are very attractive

Great renders, (mostly) unique characters, and strong focus on story.

The game is a continuation of Lust Academy, but set in a such a way that no prior knowledge is required apart from the interaction with one LI and perhaps some of the world build-up.

This one carries the legacy forward by adopting a faster pace to the story and its shenanigans. Special attention to the UI, environments, sounds, and animations.

My only nitpick with this saga as always been the MC. Lets hope this one doesnt end in a rush.

good start rolls over well from the previous game .... would really like small titbits or interactions with all the previous LIs gradually in every update
models are great as usual
there is good variation in LIs introduced

This is a really confusing start to a game. It's supposed to be a standalone VN, a companion to Lust Academy but it feels like I need to have read Lust Academy first. The opening scenes seem like they are from a third of the way through the story and I'm having to guess what's going on. We have previous relationships with characters but I know nothing about them. Are they from Lust Academy? The LI's look okay but nothing special, certainly not enough to overcome the start to the story.

Story problems? Why would I get on a motorbike, without a crash helmet, with a woman I don't know, having been in a coma? The coma may have given me dizziness, co-ordination and balance problems but yeah lets go on a high speed motorbike ride. Where's the option to get a taxi? Why would I want to go to work the same day? I'm much more likely to go home but I can't. I'm sure the doctor would tell me to go home with someone who can observe me and come back in a few days for a check up but we don't get to find out as we just walk out of the hospital. I go home (alone with no supervision - no hospital would have discharged him with no help at home) and some girl I don't know calls and tells me to go to a nightclub. Loud noise and bright lights having been in a coma with a sensitivity to bright lights. Huh? None of this makes sense! At least make it a few days later after having got the all clear from a doctor. If the dev wanted to do this type of start, a simple dream would have done, so why the coma??? I gave up at this point.

I'm expecting that some people would find this review really unfair saying I haven't read enough to review it but the start is just too confusing to go further. I guess the dev just wants to get on with the detective story but I just think this a really bad way to do it and made me to give up straight away. I might try again when this is further developed but I think I will have to read Lust Academy first or hopefully the dev changes the start to make it a proper stand alone VN.