VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Leap of Faith [Ch. 8 v1.0.3] [DriftyGames]

It's probably the goat as far as I'm concerned. Still looking for something as good or better. Love the characters, especially as you can choose what you want to pursue. Also like the story quite a bit.

There's so many good elements to it. There's a lot of decisions, branching paths, much more than other WEGs. The renders are great (though the MC's "gigachad" face is not), and there's at least one character that you'll like.

However, what ruined the game from being great is that the story I couldn't care less about. Yeah, I get that it's a WEG and story is never going to be the best, but obviously this was aiming to be emotional and hit you with the feels, but whiffed and some of the reveals are so ridiculous I wanted to facepalm.

Fortunately, if you don't care about the story and just focus on the romance, it won't completely ruin the experience, but the story keeps hanging around the MC and it drags it down from being nothing better than average.

I went into the game hoping for a quick "adventure", but the game dragged out the plot. I do not recommend drama in such games to non-fans. This is one of those games where you first wait for a sex scene, and then you sit quietly, stare at the wall and think about life.
I went through one time the way my heart told me, and I didn't want to see as many sex scenes as possible. And I'm quite happy with that. I don't want to go over for other girls, I'm happy with my choice.

It's amazing! I've never felt so many emotions in a game! I went with zero expectations and ended up crying, smiling, being in love, feeling hopeful! This game is a must! There were times where I was so deeply focused on the story, I had forgotten that it was an Adult game until some naked scene appeared!

Ended up with this as part of the GOG anti-censorship game giveaway. I wasn't remotely prepared! The story hits so hard, and knowing there's a grain of truth in there totally broke me - as it clearly has so many others. Amazing.

This game is good enough to make you replay it in order to check other endings (out of curiosity if isn't for no other reason). I really didn't enjoy the story, but to be fair, people who are open to emotional responses may love the game. It clearly takes a lot more effort than the "no story giga chad fucks everyone" but I found reading it more of a chore than enjoyment.

One strength is the music. But to be honest, I didn't even listened (my pc was on mute and I was speed reading) to it, given how bored I was with the story.

The worst part is how the lines seem real. If I'm playing an AVN is because I want a party to end in debauchery. If I were fine with people only "having a good time as good friends", I would set one myself IRL. This also applies to the endings at some extent. I wish I could just ignore some characters I didn't feel any relation to. But MC's friendship tops all player's choices.

People who like emotional stories could consider it a mandatory 5 stars. Everyone else, 3.5 what rounds down as 3.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Leap of Faith absolutely wrecked me—in the best way.
I went into this AVN expecting a decent story and some romance, but I wasn’t ready for how deep it would go. This game had me sobbing. Like, full-on emotional breakdown in front of my laptop. It’s not just about relationships or adult content—it’s about grief, healing, and finding connection when you feel completely lost.
James, the main character, is so relatable. He’s stuck in this emotional fog after a breakup, and watching him slowly open up again felt personal. Cece’s storyline especially hit me hard. It’s raw, vulnerable, and handled with so much care. I didn’t feel like the game was trying to shock me—it felt like it was trying to understand me.
The writing is honest. The characters feel real. The music? Gorgeous. I actually kept some of the tracks playing while I studied because they just stuck with me. And visually, it’s stunning—every scene feels intentional, every expression tells a story.
This game reminded me that healing isn’t linear, and that sometimes the people who help you through it aren’t the ones you expect. It’s rare to find a VN that treats its characters—and its players—with this much respect.
If you’re looking for something that goes beyond surface-level romance and actually makes you feel, Leap of Faith is it. Five stars, no question.

This is a really nice game. The story makes a lot of it. There are sex-scenes too, but only as much as needed for the story to tell. There are several endings and possibilities including threesomes.
Graphics are good and the girl characters are looking really good.

I like this game a lot and I'm very impressed with the dev's dedication and ambition, especially with some of the more cinematic scenes. They're far from perfect, but I see the passion and appreciate them a lot.

The story is good - nothing groundbreaking but it get's the job done. I like the cast (some more than others), and really appreciate the friendship not only between the MC and LIs, but also between the entire cast.

Renders are good enough. Music is a huge plus and really enjoyed a lot of the tracks.

The game mechanics are alright. I feel like they could have been used better in some ways, but appreciate the thought and work behind them - they still add a little bit of fun. The photo op mechanic is probably my favorite!

All in all - I enjoyed it and def think people should give it a try. I'll most likely go back in a few months and play this again to enjoy the story with fresh eyes (instead of skipping through previously seen scenes to get to the new ones of a different LI).

This gets 2 stars but was originally given two but upon further reflection i feel like this game is bizarre. See this is a game that has so many good things going for it, and even if a lot of things in it are dated/limited , it still has decent emotional engagement however a lot of things about the plot, subplots, and content is just off IMO.

The good:
Music, licensed which is a neat bonus.
Somewhat believable dialogue
Reasonably more mature storytelling than most vns (with major flaws though)
Elicits an emotional response from the player.
Innovative extended consent system from the players perspective.
Humor.

The bad - Filled with heavy spoilers.
Really wacky and almost The Room meme-tier writing to explain how these characters become related to each other, and some of the conflicts.
Some characters, including the main character look uncanny. The faces just don't work for a couple of characters.

Content is rather limited imo in comparison to the reading. This is a vn where the novel/short story element takes a front seat which isn't necessarily a bad thing but it is really skewed here due to the way the game is played.
The game's systems are very limited and half implemented. I feel like the dev wanted to do a lot more but fell flat. You really are kinda locked into a few branches with limited variations + it feels like the game heavily prefers one particular LI. - The game would have been better with fewer LIs.


Conclusion: I can understand why this has had elements in it inspire other VNS and i get the appreciation for the diamond in the rough that this game is. That is why it gets a okay rating even if weird is probaly the word that best descripe the experience i had with this title. Half of the time the dev is doing some great writing and the other half it feels like he's smoking crack and just taking the player into an underbrush of what the hell is happening. It honnestly feels like a Frankenstein monster-esque patchwork of unrelated stories.

I can clearly see the passion went into the game. The story is good, girls also had good enough personality.
Now this is a top rated game in this site which comes with great expectations. I came to explore the game with high expectation and tbh, it didn't impress me. I mean this is a solid game with many great and deep moments, but for it to be on the top tier list, it needed to be more realistic in nature. And the way the girls acted with the mc simply wasn't realistic enough(some were, but most weren't), and this kinda ruins the immersion for me.

And so, I am sticking with 4/5.

Play it with mid expectations and in the end it ended up being a porn game despite trying to be more than that(the creator was somewhat successful tho).

Never got this emotional from a porn game before. I can see now why this is the top rated completed game. Despite having not so great sexual animation, it makes up with the greatest story from an 18+ game I've ever played. But i can't shake the feeling that the dev had different plans for how the story goes. But all in all, it's still a great story

Cece rhymes with Coffee

Pretty good story even if the theme is a little depressing.

Characters could be better but overall they're ok.

Renders and animations are quite dated compared to other games but they're not that bad.

Sound is meh.

Most likely the best AVN that I've ever played, the story is... so fucking good I cried like a bitch multiple times and Cece made me feel things I haven't felt for anything in way too long. I think this is the first time that I genuinely did not care for the sex scenes at all tbh, I was so inside the story, from Cece to our best friend Chris who's a dumbass but I love him all the same (no homo) and Lexi the woman I chose to date, but not just them, our friends and their struggles too, it's all just an amazing experience... it is... truly awesome. One of the best stories I've ever read and one of the best AVNs out there, imo, probably the best I've ever played.

The best story I have ever seen in an AVN.

The sex scene might not be the most extensive or best animated one, the graphics might not be the best of the best, but damn the story is amazing.

I bought this on Steam in the end, because I want to support the dev.

Be warned, the story might hit too hard for some and I strongly suggest to get into a relationship with the obvious main protagonist for the best story experience.

Solid VN that works best if you pick your woman then play through it once.

The story does kinda fall into the "MC IS A GIGACHAD NICE GUY AND WOMEN NEED HIM TO COME SAVE THEM"-cliche to a fairly large extent (don't ever say Florence Nightingale syndrome only applies to women). Still, it's not as bad as other games I've tried. Even being a bit on the nose, the game is excellently written in places and even tackles some pretty heavy themes. Also loved that the game actually lets you wingman for your best buddy. You know, like an actual normal person/friend. Imagine that! A game world where other males also have sex with girls you're not dating. And (as far as I can tell) without a bunch of loons screeching about NTR all over the reviews. Huh.

My main gripe with the game, though, and why I specifially recommend playing through it once, is the somewhat bad and labyrinthine implementation of choices and requirements that drive the story. With one playthrough you'll miss a ton of opportunities but you'll be comletely oblivious, so it kind of just works. Once you delve into the nitty gritty on your 2nd time, however, you start to see some serious cracks, and how the story drives you, not the other way around. The task list on your phone just sucks. It's presented as a quest log you have some kind of agency over, but mostly, you're just railroaded along based on stats and previous choices. The task item that just showed up might have been destined to fail before you even saw it. Occasionally, and in totally dumb locations, you are magically supposed to take out your phone and download music on it or snap a picture (talking about the times there is no prompt unless you enable the walkthrough DLC). Or better yet, told to take out your phone - BUT WAIT - not just yet or you'll miss an opportunity! Dumb shit you'd never find without a walkthrough because it such an inconsistent arbitrary thing. Maybe this sort of gameplay works for Patrons who play each update to exchaustion while waiting months for the next, but it fucking sucks for a start-to-finish playthrough of the complete game, unfortunately.

But hey, there is a build-in walkthrough, which is a huge plus. It's just a shame you totally need it really badly if you want to see most of the stuff.

Aside from these (major) gripes, the rest of the game is... Excellent! My reservations about cliche MC nice guy aside, the writing is great. It's sad, it's moving, it's funny. Renders and animations are well above average even for an oldie, and the music really adds to the atmosphere. If romance VNs are your thing (and you're less sensitive to arbitrary prereqs than me) I definitely recommend giving it a shot.

Bit of a shame Samantha (lettuce-head) wasn't a romanceable character, but hey, can't have it all.

This game is extremely emotionally charged, with plenty of romance and tragedy (TW for themes of self-harm, depression, and suicide), and some comedic chuckles along the way. It has rather good characters, and even though the overall plot is simple, this is a heavily character-focused story, so that doesn't matter much. While the quality of the writing is top-notch, this is still a male-gaze porn-logic game, and these traits can often clash with how otherwise seriously well-made this AVN is.

My first play-through was an exclusive Cece path. There are 6 main LIs in the game, two of which are already in a non-monogamous relationship which you can choose to join. It seems that the game eventually wants you to pick a relationship and stick to it, I don't know if there is a harem-esque ending, but I don't think so, nor do I think it would fit the game.

While there are multiple LIs and I do intend to replay the game at some point to experience those other paths, it does really feel like Cece's is the main path. She oftentimes feels like the real protagonist of the story, her problems are more deeply explored and complex than anyone else's, and her actions have grander impact in the story, be they good or bad, than anyone else's (including you). Her path felt natural and organic to play through and I'm very curious as to how the game will present some of her most serious events if you're not beside her.

I find that the renders and the animations for intimate scenes are well done, but honestly, this is not really a game to fap to as much as it is a story to cry to. If you're just looking for some easily accessible erotic material, this is not the ideal game for it, IMO. The later scenes in a relationship's path are definitely hot, but with far more of a tinge of romance than in a lot of other games of this genre (which to me, is a massive positive). This does, once again, create dissonance with the quite frequent porn-logic moments, where girls are being put in sexualised situations or behaving very horny around you all the time. There's nothing wrong with the latter in a game, but it really does not vibe with the cutesy and romantic or dark and depressing moments.

Overall, this is a story worth experiencing. I would say its one of the highest quality AVNs out there, in good part due to its characters being very likeable and due to its tact and humanity when dealing with very difficult topics. Would love to have seen a version of this game without all the extra porn-logic elements, with the story taking itself as seriously as it could have.

Congratulations to the dev for their incredible work!

I have to say, this is by far ONE OF the best if not #1 for me. This was the game that got me into AVN's and such. Sinc then not 1 game has had an impact on me as much as this game has. Iv played it cuntless times, in fact i revisit it quite often, but yet still when it hit "those" scenes it hits me in the feels.

The story and writing are by far top notch! Not many games can get you so immersed into the story that you feel what the MC feels as if you are experiencing it, or can make you relate this well! Another thing about the story and writing is that and im sure im not alone in this, that there is SOOO much you can relate to the MC with. Specially "those" scenes. There is nothing quite like that feeling... But even with these moments its an amazing game and story!

On the subject of story, its as if the dev had a story they needed to tell, and they used this game to tell it. Im glad they did because im sure even years from this point this game will resonate with others.

Now for the negatives.... I WISH IT WAS LONGER! also that ending . Jokes aside tho, amazing game! I hope to see more of what the dev makes, and i hope they continue to develop games, but even if they dont im happy they shared this story with us all.
Thank you for sharing this with us!

I really wanted to give this game a shot. I just couldn't.

The characters seem well written, which is great, but other factors just totally ruined it.

1. The mechanics were god awful. Impossible to play without a guide if you actually want to experience as much as possible. The Phone and Nuke stuff was interesting, but very poorly implemented, as were the possibilities of gaining stat points needed to take certain actions. No matter what you do, you're going to miss things and have to play again, and you cant even just skip through dialog to get to the choices because you'll miss cues for phone and nuke stuff that you need to do.

2. The render quality and animations are really good, but the characters themselves are godawfully ugly. The only one that was actually attractive and didn't look somehow malformed was Cece. The facial expressions were especially bad in many scenes, and skin texture was also often absolutely terrible.

3. Gigachad MC, literally looks like they took the snapchat filter and made it into a character.

Honestly, I would probably have enjoyed this if all the side LI's were just left out and it was a liner VN entirely focused on Cece and exploring the issues both she and the MC were going through and bringing each other through them.

But unfortunately, as it stands, I can't bring myself to continue playing.

Looking for a good story to immerse myself & cum to, ended up crying like a little bitch twice because of this VN. Absolutely loved it & the epilogue was way too nice.

10/10 bring more tissue than usual.