VN - Ren'Py - Lost Solace [Ch.2 P1 v0.2a] [SakuraKage]

Really good game, creator made the MC a badass, but the choices are still reasonable. Visually the game is fantastic, the LIs seem fleshed out in their writing, time felt like it was flying by when I was playing. 5/5

I haven't played such a good new game since the Missing Part. This game is a high quality project with the excellent reders, meaningful dialogues, interesting story and amazing LIs. I really cannot wait until the next update.
Pros:

• amazing renders
• fantastic LIs with unique physique and the face features
• cool MC
• story is interesting with lots of twists and smooth changes between scenes
• dialogues are top notch
• choices are given to the player where it matters
• environments are really nice and often full of people

CONS:

• the second episode ended without a real cliffhanger
• one particular lewd scene felt forced
• two saved girls are not best written so far. They swithc between paralyzed by fear to the horny tomb raider mode to easily
• for my taste there are too many young LIs (20 y.o.) considering the MC's age

Keep up the fantastic work, dev

Synopsis: Exact representation of how the MC is here. Full on badass dexter-esque mfker out her cappin' bad guys and saving the damsels in distress.

My initial thoughts: I'm usually a HS harem fucker but this game might have grown the DAZ dog in me that I didnt consent to. This shit feels like watching a TV show, I literally just hit auto and didn't touch my screen other than for choices. It's that fckin good.

Pros:

• Banger music and sfx
• Decent writing, matches the tone of each character and really uses vernacular that is common to normal people instead of long drawn sentences. Really immersive, paired with facial changes with eye blinking and eye brow changes or eye changes, dude this is a banger.
• Renders are beautiful. Omg so many beautiful LIs.

Cons:

• H-scene animation could definitely use improvement. I have no skills with avn development so I can't speak of logistics but I usually prefer if devs early on stick with static renders but just make em hot like more foreplay or more talk during scenes which I feel like adds more immersion compared to animations that can feel choppy if not 60fps or whatever. I'm a fuckhead so take what I say with that in mind.
• Me personally enjoyer of slow-burn so stuff here kinda moves faster but I guess tis' the beast of nature with p0rn games. Doesn't feel forced or creepy like most titles but just wanted to mention it for those looking for really slow burns. It's still taking it's time but you will see tits so cover your eyes if you don't want em.

Verdict: abso-fucking-lutely pick it up. Stupendo fantabulously phantasmagorically drafted eye-mesmerizing jaw droppin visuals paired with fantastic story. What more do you want?

Finally, can I offer you an egg in this trying time?

I really enjoyed that game. Girls are beautiful with realistic human charatcters, renders are great - including the blinking animations - and most importantly there is an intriguing story that keeps moving.

My only complaint is about the sex scenes. They come out of the blue and seem a bit awkward, while the animations have issues.

Overall a very good start with great potential.

I'm loving the game so far, though I finished it way too fast! I’m particularly interested in Theresa's route. I'm curious to see if the 'harem' element stays balanced or leans toward one girl, but so far so good.

Can't wait for the next update! ✨

Nope. Not feeling it. While i'm not question graphic quality, it is top notch. There is just no story. Girls hang on MC dick on sight. MC has no real troubles, or challenges. Opponents here just to pathetically fall from 1 hit. No riddles or real investigation. All possible answers will be delivered by hot girl on 1st occasion. Oh, and ofcourse, all girls like each other from get go too. Smooth from every possible side. Too smooth, and bland.

It's soo boooring. Man, i like this game, i really do. But i can not not skip it from couple frames every time i try.

Make MC suffer, like real suffer. With bruises and bleed. Make opponents deliver some damage back before they fall. Make questions more heavy, hard and unanswered in next scene. Make girls real mean something, not just hang on dick this instant. Let them be bitch, demanding, and suffer too. Make hard choices, costing some blood. Less dumb "flirt"-picks on every occasion.

Currently (0.2a) only strong point here is graphic. It is just serie of a beautiful renders.

Good writing, interesting premise, pretty art and gorgeous models. My biggest "gripe" is that I agree with the red head working the tea house, MC has a face that just screams entitled dickhead . Really interested in how this develops.

Well this certainly has... potential
Let's start with the good first:
Renders quality and environment are good, the cinematography is decent but the over reliance on dutch angles just feel so disorienting for no real reason (WHY IS EVERY SHOT NEEDS TO BE TILTED), using more cinematography techniques will help the visual style of the game to not be too samey.
I always appreciate a game with good character expression and this is pretty good at that.
Characters design are mostly good with the exception of the MC's beard and skin tone (this is more of a personal taste thing since i really dont like the style of the beard and his skin tone a bit too pale, in some shot he looks like a corpse).
Plot and writing is fine for the most parts, it hasn't really developed a lot but its still early in and it intriguing enough for players to want to know what happens next
I dont really play AVN with mini-games but at least the game has the option to turn it off so it's appreciated.

The bad (for me):
The thing that i really dont like about this game is how fast the LI just instantly warm up to the MC, it just feel cheap and consider how this game is a proper "serious" game with an actual plot and not just a harem fuckfest the tone just feels off to me
And im not just talking abt Dora (shes obviously a plot related character so her instant "attraction" to MC is at least explainable) but almost every LI after 2 interactions (1 in the case of Olivia) with the MC just start failing in love with him by just talking to him and that is just so boring and fake to me.
For that reason i cant take the relationship building in this game seriously.

All in all still a good game with qualities that are above average in this space and its early in so there's still potential for improvement, but im probably just gonna focus on the plot with this one.

This one is top-tier game. A really great story with adult elements and some mystery background story that keeps a good pace on sex content and stuff. The female characters and potential Li's cover all type of tastes (blond, busty brunette, asian, ebony, milf, teens, even a green haired rebel type lesbian-bi)

Story wise, in this genre, mystery- crime stuff etc, top 3 game in this forum

As I feel the need to leave a rating specifically for this work, here are my first impressions:

Great, sharp graphics and top-notch style with a fitting soundscape.
Smooth gameplay, effects and animations (why not use what's handy?).
Likeable and diverse characters.
Clever script and pacing so far [0.2a].
Nice h scene.
First and last entertaining texts with subtle humour and some bite.

I just wanted to give this AVN five stars, but there's a minimum of 200 characters required, so I'll just say I enjoyed everything and recommend everyone give this AVN a chance, you won't be disappointed.

To quote a previous reviewer, "finally, some good fucking food" is exactly the thought I had when I started playing.

Do you know how difficult it is to make a good AVN? Apparently, quite, but this one dares to do something like having dialogue that didn't make me cringe even once, was meaningful, and the story that accompanies it isn't nonsensical.

Seriously, I cannot praise the writing enough.

Visually, the game is good even as it is, but I reckon this dev is gonna get a lot better, as it is, the only things I can think of that can be improved in any capacity, are the lighting and the color science.

The only real critique in any shape or form I have, is that in some instances, the music doesn't fit the mood of a given scene, but compared to how much this AVN does right, and considering it can be fixed, it's not worth taking a point off of it.

I will be watching the progress of this one with great anticipation.

I thought it would be short since the this is quite new, but I'm surprised with the amount of the current available content. I don't know how often this will get updated by the dev but I just hope it won't get suddenly abandoned like many others. This has potential, I like it so far.

Overall 4.5/5 from me, will be 5/5 if this get updated consistently.

It's really good!

Good writing, an intriguing scenario, and interesting characters. The best thing is that this game isn’t some generic slice-of-life sandbox, but a story with an MC who has strong motives and a clear goal. Finally some good fucking food of a story!

The graphics are just beautiful! Not only are the renders high quality with really good lighting, but the characters also have natural faces and detailed skin. Every one of them is sexy, but thank god it’s not about “giving them identical gigantic tits".
Every girl is very unique in terms of design. For example, I recognized a character who was shown only in the first few minutes of the game much later on, even though she had different hair and clothes, just because of her eyes and facial expressions.

And huge thanks for the natural facial expressions. I’m so tired of the typical “grinning ear to ear in every unclear situation, with insane wrinkles around the mouth and all teeth on display".

At the time of the review, the game has only two short sex scenes, which is very little. But i don't mind, because I genuinely enjoyed everything else in this game.

The mini-games (combat scenes) are very simple, but I like their logic. The protagonist wants to incapacitate an enemy with a single strike? You are given a choice between the throat, the solar plexus, or a precise kick to the kneecap. Extremely vulnerable spots, and that makes sense. Need to kill an enemy with a knife? You can choose either the neck or the arteries in the armpit. Two enemies are coming at you at once and you have to choose who to hit first? Probably the one who is pulling something out from his back. Turns out he was pulling out a gun. It’s just logical and so fucking John Wick-ishly cool!

But there is one thing I didn’t like:
Most (5 of 8) of the girls are too... slutty? That makes them feel somewhat... the same, despite clear differences in their personalities. It also creates dissonance with such a small number of sex scenes. They are openly flashes to you and flirting, but it never actually leads anywhere.
I think it would have been better if less of them were so explicit and there were more development.

Seriously speaking, this is actually my second review, but honestly the game deserves attention. History, dialogues, setting of scenes in this game, everything is at a very good level, each girl has a well-written character, everything LI looks very good, some are unique and, importantly, natural, some I saw wrote that they say they don’t have enough makeup, but to be honest, sometimes it’s nice to see a natural appearance and not a painted Barbie. The story is similar to a good action movie. MC here somewhere between the Punisher and John Wick, it’s nice to play as an established hero and his character is also well written, the only thing I would like to know more about is his past to better understand the motives that drive him. Graphically the game is also at a good level. In general, I wish the developer success and look forward to the continuation of the story.

This game surprised me, i read some early reviewes and got exited to play. Let me say that the game lives up to the good ratings. The story is interesting and immiediatly draws you in. This is a crime story, where the protagonist is investigating a case where multiple women have gone missing, and no one is reporting it. He is kind of a vigilante, working outside the law, but has connections within the system. His motivation is a bit mysterious, as not much has been revealed about his background so far, but i cant wait to find out. The game drops you straight into the action, and reveals bits of the story as it goes.

The highlight in this game is certanly its characters. They feel like real people, with their own motivations and unique personalities.

The renders and great and detailed, this feels like a real, lived in world. There are plenty animations, and they get better as the developer evolves.

I always love playing games like this where the writing is not only good, but great. Looking forward to more updates, and i wish the developer nothing but good luck.

Try it!

Gorgeous renders, interesting writing, MC hits the right balance. One character's switch to "interested" didn't really feel earned, but neither did the previous animosity, so hopefully that shows consistency of character. The ch1 ending cliffhanger is illegal, but it looks like the next chapter should be dropping any day now so it's all good.

I want to give this a 5* for what is there currently, but the over use of animations hurts the playability bad. There is no reason there should be a 10 second long animation where nothing is happening for every couple lines of dialogue, it probably triples the playtime for no reason.

Regardless, well written, interesting setting (although could use a little more background, especially being the first chapter), models are good, and player choice so far is more flavor than story impact. I would suggest playing this

Tremendous quality so far!
I'm intrigued by how fast this story caught my eye. Eye-catching story (so far), beautiful models, good characters, good story pacing, and good main character writing. This one will be a great game to watch as the story unfolds. Let's see how the dev will build the upcoming update.

Really high quality game and for once with very well designed main character (unfortunately it's very rare in porn VNs). Renders are great, characters are intriguing and well written and all in all it's one of the best debuts I've seen. There aren't any spicy sex scenes as of now but we get enough teasing for you know what. All in all it's a game worth watching and I can't wait for the next update.

Edit:
After chapter 2 it has become my new favourite game. Writing is superb, characters feel real and women here are super hot. Sex scenes we got are also exquisite and so far it's a perfect porn game and something tells me that chapter 3 won't be any worse.

10/10 from me.