VN - Ren'Py - Loot Line[v0.12] [Candylight Studio]

Loot line [v0.12]

Pirate themed games are always welcome. Story plot is basic pirate themed where MC tries to find loot line where he needs to face other foes. On this adventure he will recruit pretty girls to his crew and build his harem. Mc is unique species where he will forms bond with girls whom he fucks and tries to save them. So far it's basic but I enjoyed it. English is problematic though. Despite that I enjoyed this one.

Keep up the good work dev looking forward to next updates.

A poorly made game. The dialogue is very bad.
Fairly good renders that are too dark most of the time.
Horrible Engrish, I mean very bad.
The story/plot is okay; it has potential.
I do not recommend the game.

VERSION: v0.12
SUMMARY: Unique in a way but doesn't feel polished enough to call it good.
RATINGS: (out of 5): 2.5 Stars at best

1. Models: 4
2. Animations: 4
3. General Visuals: 3
4. Characters: 2
5. Story: 2
6. Writing: 2
7. Pacing: 4 (in terms of lewd)
8. Content (amount): X
9. UI & Sounds: 2
10. Fetish & kinks: X

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS:

1. Unique story, at least the world that is created so thats a plus, other than that its simplistic
2. Models and renders are decent all round.
3. Animations are fairly decent also
4. Pace at what you get your first lewd scene is quick so in terms of that its decent.
5. Music and sounds are nice.
6. Sexual/lewd scenes and animations are decent, interface allows for some different angles and adjustment. Also some lewd sounds are included which is nice.

CONS:

1. Writing feels a little "unprofessional" but that could just be because of the style, pirates and that era being often not very educated. Speech and thus writing just is a bit stupid.
2. Overall the dialogue needs some revision, clearly English is not the devs native language.
3. Characters are meh, the MC really does sound and seem like a moron, which IMO does throw the player off a bit. The MC acts and doens't think, not much goes through his head and if I didnt know better Id think you are playing a comedy.
4. While the story has a unique setting, the way it unfolds and is written is complete bullshit
5. UI is a bit simple, not sure why there is a ? every now and then, there doesn't seem to be any options on screen or items that are highlighted or interactable nor any choices so I don't understand what the dev is driving at.

FINAL THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS:

• Per above con on naming, it really feels and sounds silly calling these eras such uninteresting names, that includes the game name "loot line" wtf? Again why not call the game Mother of Pearl or whatever the hell else...sorry just my 2c...
• Lack of effort with things like naming, "big flood era" come on...why not just then call it a Time of Squalor and play on the word squall at least thats a little more original ffs...
• Speaking of stupid, the first impression you get of the MC is that he is a drunkard asshole, not always great to create an MC that the player doesn't like. Unless that is what you going for of course.
• Clearly a game that is not meant to be "good" and probably prefers to be simple and just good or semi-good fap content, for that its ok, anything else or more sophisticated at least in terms of story then look someplace very very far from here.
• Many issues for me with the story e.g. the MC springs a random chick from slavery, makes her a navigator of a ship he is the sole crew member of and ofc "captain" but has not a dime to his name and acts more like he just stole the ship more than own it. She also seemingly immediately trusts him when he decides he will find what other can't and kill all these "sea rulers"...wow, only that, not conquer the world too while at it? Oh and don't forget the chick he springs has superpowers apparently (sensing shit and night vision and telescopic vision and God knows what else). Then randomly our drunk MC has a brain fart through his generally comatose drunkard disposition, taps into some mystical ability that instantly sobers him and he kicks some ass...Maybe im just not "cool" enough to appreciate this bullshit... at least not when there is not decent background to the MC or a sense of realism to all this. Again my opinion ofc
• I also find it rather odd the MC gets into scraps with so few pirates, i mean his 2 vs another 2 pirates? Where are the dozens of pirates and sea battles that have more than 2 crew per side? Also is able to crew and manage a ship with 2 people, must be a tiny sloop...even if it doesn't look like it, but what do I know...
• Bottom line, this games story and writing is filled with so much bullshit, you kinda do have to play it for the lewd only because there is nothing else, though to be fair its written so bad its actually fun to read and comical as a result. The game shows a lack of evening attempting something interesting on the writer and developers side and while the previous game The Lust City was not great either it was a fair deal more coherent than this drek...