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

Look, this game has a few flaws; the animations during lewd scenes aren't fantastic, nor is there even an abundance of said lewd content, and the writing is a bit inconsistent at times, ranging from poor (too many uses of slang for my taste) to fantastic. But, that being said, this VN almost made me cry like, 5 different times so I cannot give it anything less than 5 stars.

Some HEAVY themes are dealt with here, but they are handled better here than in any VN I've ever seen before. The Dev truly poured their heart into this game and it shows. And I wanna' thank them personally for doing handling things like depression, self-harm and anxiety with such grace.

Also, the sheer amount of choices and variety of endings gave me an awesome Japanese VN nostalgia vibes.

Why'd you have to tease us with that Cece pregnancy ending, though, Dev?? Whyy? I wanted more.

5*

absolutely loved it! most importantly Lexi and Cece , Lexi is just an amazing pure kind Soul, she is so selfless and Cece is a wholesome package anyone would love to have in their life, especially me

You get one of those games every once in a while. It's a game that makes you transcend the base need for physical pleasure. Instead, it pleases and touches your very heart and soul. It's a pleasure that no physical activity can properly gauge.

Leap of Faith is one of those games.

When I started this game, I'd came expecting just a few fap sessions and then continue on. What I was left with was a story of friends, trails, uncertainty, understanding, and where the future shall lead us. People seem to spend too much time thinking or planning their destinations, thinking of planning how to do this or when to do that, but sometimes all it takes is a Leap of Faith to get to where you're going.

Though I've only completed Cece's arc so far, since I identified with her the most, I can honestly say that I feel the other characters even when they weren't my primary focus. Making sure everyone person in such a cast keeps their own ideal, individuality, and understanding of the world around them takes such a degree of masterful writing rarely seen in times like this.

In the end, I didn't feel like I played a porn game. I feel like I played a game with porn in it. 10/10!

A very touching story with a pleasant aftertaste. Lots of beautiful girls, each with their own well-written character. Excellent soundtrack. This game is worth playing and even more than once. I look forward to the next game from this author.
Graphics 8\10
Animation 7\10
Scenario 9.5\10
Text 9.5\10
Sound 9\10
Gameplay 8\10

Final grade 8.5\10 which can be confidently rounded up to 9\10

Nice emotional ride with a great life lesson. The dialogues are also great with nice sense of humor. Animations are good. Good balance between sex content and story. The story development based on which character you choose to love, is also unique...

A very good story which can get a little too dark at times for a lewd game. The characters are well written with distinct personalities. The game has some really good music in it to set the mood.

The only minor gripe I have with this game is that the models aren't the prettiest.

Leap of Faith Ch.8

So I played this game the second time(CH 7). And (at this time of writing review) I reach the Biggest dramatic plot in the game. Somehow this game now really touching(Well Maybe because I;m really not into the plot in my first playthrough, and the second one I try to slowly understand the game). It almost make me cry, Well I know you can't said other games in review but I must say Katawa Shoujo and leap Of faith is a beautiful AVN game that will (at least almost) make you cry due to the theme of the story. So very recommended to Play this game. Well after my personal rating I must say, the animation,renders, performance is decent and maybe very good one. There is no voice acting but has lots of amount content in term of replaybility to get each girl scene you love. Aside from my first personal rating I will give this game 8.5/10 points. But the story itself is really enganging there fore 10/10 for me

I have no words... This is just amazing. The story, the different personalites of all characters, the renders.

This is easily the best VN I have ever played and once I can afford it I will happily support you as much as I can, Driftygames!

One of the first AVN I've ever played, still looking for one that comes close to what this has evoked in me. A+++

Story: Definitely a tear jerker
Scenes: Really well rendered.
Char Development: Each Char is lovable in their own ways. Played through more than once to get all the scenes but sorry... Lexi just stole the stage for me. Had to purposely deny her to unlock everything.

Didn't expect this to hit so well.
Great story with good emotional ups and downs. could be a little to emotional for some but it gives you and option to skip the scenes and still be impactful.
nice job

This game has great renders, but the plot is not only all over the place it is way too serious for a porn game. The game forces you to choose who you will end the game with way too early which really limits what scenes you can see. This game could have been great, and I understand the dev had a story to tell but I don't think this was the correct medium.

I also played the un-modded version where a song was removed so I just got a stupid silent scene with characters singing a song I've never heard of with a note to look it up (no). It's unfortunate what happened with the music license, but that scene should have just been changed.

Leap of Faith [Completed] - No Spoilers

I abandoned this during a truth or dare scene in what I believe is chapter 3. That I would still rate it 3 stars feels incredibly generous. I didn't know that this was the 4th highest rated game on F95 before reading it, so it's not as if my expectations were high.

I'll get the good bits out of the way. The technical aspects of the game, such as the apps on the cell phone, are fun to play with. The writing is grammatically correct and some story points are interesting, but I can't say anything else that's positive about the writing.

Now for the criticism. The main character is your typical harem magnet. There's nothing especially likeable about him. His relationship with his best friend seems relatable at first, but it quickly becomes nothing more than a tool for the MC to connect with more girls. The MC's speech with women oscillates between gentlemanly and perverted early on, before settling on mostly juvenile. Most of his love interests fit that juvenile description as well.

The positive overreaction towards this game for discussing "deep" issues like suicide is bewildering to me. Most of us have dealt with loss, anger, and depression, but very little in this game struck a chord with me. Neither the sob stories, the C-tier movie twist, nor the "shocking" confessions merit generous praise for their creativity, expression, or emotional impact. It doesn't help that every emotional scene is sandwiched between other cheesy or immature scenes. The cheesy scenes with frat-boy-inspired humour are bad, but the immature scenes are the worst, because they rely on stereotypical porn game tropes. I get the sense that the author is slightly older or more mature himself, so I don't understand why so much of the writing devolves into frivolous banter. It's disappointing especially when there are glimpses of higher quality writing.

I'll wrap up by saying that what disappointed me the most in this game was the selection of women. So few are actually hot enough to want to pursue, and then the selection narrows even more when you consider which ones have personalities worth pursuing further. It's not that the girls and their assets look cheap, but it's the unique changes that have been made to their faces that unfortunately detract from the standard models.

I would feel guilty rating this lower than 3 stars because I can recognise the tremendous amount of work that went into it, but anything more would be overrating this game and its writing. Oh, and the gags. Yet another game that assumes the readers will laugh when they see characters with uncannily expressive faces and reactions. No, I didn't find your joke funny just because your own character laughed at it.

Leap of faith is a work of art only held back by its inception as a porn game. I honestly wish there was a less horny, non-porn remake/remaster of this game so that I could recommend it to a broader audience. It's got a message to send, and it communicates it wonderfully- and it's at its best when the characters are interacting without the looming threat of them jumping each other's bones. Maybe this is a weird review for this website, but hey. 5 stars.

Epic Story with interesting Characters and the only VN with the Best Music. I kinda hate that Dev has to cut some Music due to DMCA but it's still a masterpiece. Cant wait for the new Project the Dev is working on.

I don't have anything to add that hasn't been covered already. Excellent characters with substantial character development, a compelling story that faithfully branches off based on your choices, and excellent adult content to boot. Five stars, easy.

An amazingly well told and engaging story. Obviously written by someone with life experience and perspective - and a lot of talent.

This game drew me in with the story, wowed me with it's attention to detail and composition, and the fact that it's mostly the work of a single individual is greatly impressive.

Since I got too caught up in Cece's story, I'll have to replay it now to get all the lewd bits I missed. I'm looking forward to it.

I've been following this game since damn near its debut, and have been beyond impressed and further sucked into the world and characters each chapter that was released.

Now to get into my review, with will be as spoiler free as possible.

Graphics: Great. the first chapter was rougher with its renders, especially lighting making Kira look greasy, though DriftyGames very obviously improved vastly between every chapter, by the final chapter looking amazing. Though admittedly there are still some rougher renders in the later chapters but they are easy to overlook for the most part.

Music: There is a lot of different song here, and they are all pretty good. Cant say too much more here since in tend to play my own music or other stuff while I read so I only heard some of it.

Sexytime/Lewds: one of the games weaker points. Not bad, but typically much shorter scene and often you can be blue-balled by the dev (which he happily points out at one point!) Renders for the sex stuff varies from pretty hot to feeling a little rushed. If the sex aspect is the MOST important part then you probably will be disappointed. In many ways this is a Story to tell masquerading under the moniker of "porn game". Though despite that, the sex aint bad, just clearly the story takes the front seat while the sex is in the back. A lot of really good Lewds as well honestly.

Story: AMAZING, game starts slow for me until Cece is introduced, then its great until the end. I love that It really does try to actually ground a lot of what happens, even the more far reaching stuff. This game has a LOT to spoil, thus I wont say anything more than, If the story is among the most important things for you (like me) then this game is top tier. This game and its Dev had a very clear and defined story to tell, and it is done near flawlessly. Keep in mind that this game does have several pretty heavy moments.

Characters: When I played the first chapter 2 years ago, I swore Cece was the only character I was going to really like, however, all of the character are really great. Cece still being the best by miles, but all of the females pack reason to like them and are pretty well fleshed out. Where I want to to point a special attention is to the guys. Its pretty rare to play one of these games and actively like the main character. This one is a bit of an airhead, but never is he a major push over, nor a overly pervy Piece of shit, even having the option to play wingman for his best friend (who is also pretty likable and glad he was given the treatment he did).

Final thoughts: The game is really great regardless of its sexual aspects and would be just as good if they were absent. if that doesn't sell that game by itself honestly its you who is missing out.

The characters are endearing as hell, the story is among the best you will find on this site, and the music does its job and there is a hell lot of it. Just play the game I promise you will not regret it.

Personally pumped to see more about the next game U4IA

As someone who still is suffering with depression for 20 years, this game has to be the best story i have ever seen on here and im thankful to have found it!! Such a beautiful story and game and couldn't ask for better. 5stars all day.

Can't say more than what others have already said. This is one of the best. Thanks Drifty. The story was emotional but also fun with good use of humor throughout. All characters are likeable and ends with bittersweet moments.

Highly recommended.

Definitely not for the faint hearted..

This game resonated with me on a whole different level. Thank You Drifty for sharing such a personal story with all of us randos. This is by far one of the best adult game I've played so far, and my only criticism would be I wish we got to spend just a day or two more with our chosen one.

Thanks for sharing this story with us. Fingers crossed your next project is half as good as this one.