VN - Ren'Py - Lucid [v0.8] [MissFit]

Version 0.8

Honestly if I could, I'd just copy/paste Triedandtested's review as they've pretty much nailed my thoughts. Me writing my own review in that style would be like copying their homework and just changing it up a bit.

But yeah, I like this VN. Solid 4.5 stars. I find the premise intriguing, the story has kept me hooked, there's a variety of settings/locations, the characters have different personalities and don't feel like copy/paste jobs, and the dialogue is often whimsical/lighthearted/sarcastic - it feels more like how people with dryer senses of humour actually talk (compared to a lot of other VNs) and that's my jam. It feels as though it doesn't take itself too seriously; it has self-awareness of what it is and doesn't pretend to be something it's not.

So yeah, keep on truckin' MissFit - looking forward to future updates.

It started off great! But the dialogue drags on most of the time. I'm sure a lot of you are into the nonsense VNs where the girls just jump on the MC with little to know work and if so that's great and this one is for you. The lewd scenes feel copy and pasted tbh. And making a girl orgasm by rolling her titties around? Come on, have some sense of realism here. Could've been great.

I love this game!

STORY: The story is not that deep, but it's really about the presentation. Characters are developing nicely together with the story. The antagonists are also being revealed slowly showing how big their problems really are. I'm excited how this will end! Just played 0.7 and I can't wait for the next one!

CHARACTERS: I love them all! The girls have unique personalities and they all have their own struggles and story to tell. I think that's how it's supposed to be, being able to tell who's who just from their description is a good sign. I'm just glad it's harem because I won't be able to choose just one.

MUSIC/SOUNDS: I think it gives off the appropriate mood for each scene. I find myself vibing with the music way too often. The sfx are there, it's not really a big deal for me or I won't even notice it if an sfx is missing or something, I can feel like they put the effort in putting them and that's what really matters.

GAMEPLAY: It's a visual novel, the gameplay is clicking, I like to keep it that way. I don't really have anything to say about the gameplay, there's no complicated mechanics behind it, but it is why it's great.

OVERALL: It's a 4.8/5 but I'll give it a 5!

Version 0.7

I don't know why I never tried Lucid before, but saw the version 0.7 and decided to try, even if looking at tags it would seem it was in earlier stages.
I'm very glad that I did, I can say it made into one of my top favorites games and I'm eagerly waiting for the next release.
Lucid has quite a bit of content, took me a few days to get through it, playing a good amount of hours each day.
Also have a good amount of NSFW scenes, sure it starts slowly but the total amount is quite large.

Story:
It's a fantasy game where the MC is a powerful being.
The story builds up naturally, starts simple, without the MC knowing anything about his powers or his origins and builds from there.
Normally I get bored and start skipping, but the way the story was presented kept me engaged in it and found myself not skipping anything.

LI's:
Every girl have different personality and enjoyed getting to know their story. Each one of them seems to have a role into the story.

Animations/Visuals:
I liked the animations and the NSFW scenes. They are well made and are smooth.

Lucid [v0.7] [MissFit]

So. Much. CRINGE.
But that aside, this basically KN with points. Reads like average OC fanfic from AO3 or whatever, that was written by some teenager. Okay premise, meh plot, miss/bad/anime cliche "humor", boring and falling flat "META" jabs, ~1-D characters, MC is just bunch of adjectives that dev come up with for his Mary Sue, good HS2 models, sometimes annoying music.
Check it, if you care or like HS 2 models that much (like me...).

Story - ~1,5-2.1/5. Eh, meh.
Choices - -/5. Points, points, points!~ Jump the hoops or lose on content~
Characters - ~1-2/5. Most of the time it's just 'whatever'. Lucy is shit.
Models - ~3.7/5 It's HS 2.
Animations - ~3/5 It's HS 2.

Not gonna lie, was coming into this with low expectations. Also wanna preface this with saying this isn't a super horny AVN, theres buildup and motions, characters arent beasts just looking for any opportunity to bang it out in the most awkward spots every possible chance. It is also a HAREM game which makes sense with the story and the choices mainly go to whether or not you wanna spend time with someone. It's more linear, but I think its better that way at least up to this point.

Saw it was on version 0.6 and was like eh, probably gonna be short.
Thankfully I was wrong, it had some length to it and I was happy to see that.

Pretty much love everything about this. Every character has a personality that is ACTUALLY fleshed out, they dont stray away from their own ways. Except maybe Fran when she's hungry (boy she isn't beating those yandere allegations either). Otherwise solid writing, story is super interesting. Thought it was gonna be a quick run through and just boring dialogue but I found myself interested in what was going on, a lot of thought went into this.

LI's - good, variety, all have a unique personality. A bit goofy at times, but the story likes to have a bit of comedic presence to it.

Story - Solid, a bit quirky at times but all in good fun. I was turned off at first cause I was like "oh great magnet MC again" and the author actually worked it into the whole narrative around the MC and why people were deeply attracted to him. Evil orgs are always fun, had some predictions that I thought were spot on, and they were to an extent but I got some details wrong so I can enjoy that in a story as well. Writing isn't too obscure or grandiose, its pretty simplistic but fits well. Typo here and there but nothing major that is really that offputting (it happens)

Animations - Pretty standard, atleast the framerate and all is smooth. Wasn't any real heavy intimacy scenes, author also likes to take these slow which I can appreciate as well. People work their way into things rather than just becoming deviants on first encounter. It's better that way in all honesty.

Would rate like a 4.7/5 realistically. I'm excited for future releases. Definitely one of the stronger AVN's in my opinion. I am partially bias to a strong MC too and our MC is a bit of a doofus but he's at least competent and I can appreciate that.

Gameplay
It's a visual novel, the gameplay is clicking the screen to progress. It doesn't have complicated minigames. The simpler the visual novel is, the better (With some exceptions).

Story
Without spoilers, I'll say that the story is really good. It has some "filler" moments, but it's a porn game, those moments are important. The story is progressing slowly, but it's consistent. How the story is presented is also important and I really like some of the shots made.

Characters
I love the MC in this one, he seems like a very cool dude. Other games have edgy MCs, others have dumb ones, this is a nice refresher from those games. Let's talk about the love interests in the game. I'd say that all of them are very different from each other, they also don't look generic at all. My personal fave is Kairi, but honestly, all of them could make me shoot my load in a heartbeat. All of the characters started out pretty normal, but they are slowly developing into someone useful to the MC (Including the MC himself). Can't wait to see them in action.

Music
The music has a lot of variation. The music used in here is not as common as in any other games. You can hear a music playing all the time (Unless it's stopped to amplify a scene). I'll include the sound effects in this section. There are sound effects, I don't really know how to review sfx, but the existence of it is enough.

Overall
The game is really good so I suggest everyone reading this to give it a try. I played a ton of visual novels already, but this is such a hidden gem. I just hope it doesn't get abandoned.

When I started reading this, I fully expected it to include harem antics. It is so common in f95 vn's now that it is always a solid guess. But this went way beyond my expectations. With every new update, the number of harem members is going up and the number of "bad guys" is going down. One after another, all the threats are being taken care of or are becoming his best friends and never pose a threat afterwards. And the harem doesn't feature much rivalry either. Every member of the harem is perfectly fine with every new addition into the harem. Add in long rants about insignificant shit, inane banter, etc., and there was barely any time left for meaningful story progression or any other interesting material, really.

As mentioned above, the harem doesn't have much rivalry or conflict going on, which makes it mindnumbingly dull. The whole point of romantic comedy and drama is that people are fighting for the attention and feelings of their love interests against their rivals or at least overcoming some problems in their relationships. Here there is apparently no rivalry or competition worth mentioning. I will say this again for good measure: every member of the harem is perfectly fine with every new addition into the harem. They are great friends with each other, practically flawless. For the most part, they can patiently wait for their turn to receive affection. They don't even seem to have any relationship issues with Max. Everything goes smoothly. There is zero tension here, nothing yet to be resolved, nothing to look forward to.
So... where is the romantic (or even "romantic") drama or comedy? There is none. They all love him and will be happy ever after. Which may be great for Max, but how am I supposed to find this entertaining?

Lets get into a bunch of random flaws that will come up if you decide to read this.
MC finds out he is actually part of a secret race called the Lunes. Good right? No. Because we're suddenly told out of nowhere that the Mom character actually knew all along, and we are treated to an a random monologue alongside this. You would have thought she would have told the MC at any time considering she knows his life is in danger.
The writer doesn't even BOTHER to write at times, eg: Lune exposition scene in the kitchen. The Mom sits Max down for an explanation, but the writer just doesn't bother and the scene ends after a few words in a comical tone.
Main character doesn't know anything about his stepmom even though they have been living together for years
Ghost hunting scene, no mood. No tension. Characters can do whatever the writer needs them to do. BGM track is this completely out of place happy go lucky soundtrack.
There's a bar on the second floor playing club music. Despite this the place being set up as an abandoned building. Nothing in this game is planned. Makes it boring to read.
All other male characters are relegated to jobbers
Powers aren't explained and are just generic "power up" type stuff copied from other games. Also training for these powers and mc having time slowing powers.
Pointless fight scene at the pool. All antagonists are paper-thin evil or molesters.
Whenever another character is on screen it's just grating because the dev makes them all idiots or servile towards the MC and their presence irritating.
Whats the point of the hypnotism MacGuffin if it does nothing to the protagonist and he immediately cancels the effects on the LI. Literally, nothing to overcome and no stakes. Boring
Black rose boss does nothing and is defeated off screen. Great storytelling.
Writer just making shit up as he goes, nothing is grounded or foreshadowed. Boring story.
Characters spend way too much time with incessant banter about nothing between themselves.

I'm done with the game at this point.

Version 0.5

A potent concoction of fantasy, humor and mystery centered around lucid dreaming. Nothing too dark, so stay around for a fun and somewhat brainless ride.

Story
MC is a Lune, a race that enables him to lucid dream, predict the future and shape reality while dreaming. In addition, he also has the ability to bind multiple girls to his dream resulting in their uncontrollable attraction towards him.

Sure, it’s obviously a plot device to start a harem, but kudos to the developer for at least bothering to do up something internally consistent within the story to explain why LIs are throwing themselves up to MC in real life.

There is also a mysterious anti-Lune organization who are the antagonists where much of the story centres around. The humor sprinkled throughout the story is kind of here and there, sometimes it works while other times it’s kinda lame.

Game Mechanics
A linear AVN story with choices to reject sex scenes with LIs they don’t like. However there was a part where a game involving choices takes place in a dream which was kind of cool and mentally challenging.

Background / Character Renders
The background renders are as Illusion as they come, varied enough but forgettable due to their lack of distinctness. Character renders are good enough catering to a wide variety of preferences.

Character Development
Surprisingly good. The characters started off troupey, but there were plenty of scenes where deeper interaction took place not only between MC and LIs but also among the LIs themselves which made them look more solid then they started off.

All the LIs also take part in the main story, so they are integrated well into the plot instead of existing at the sidelines for the occasional sex scene.

Sex Scenes
The quantity is certainly there and there is a little bit of slow burn with some of the LIs, so at least it doesn’t feel like a meet-fuck-bye experience.

There is variety in positions and camera panning with decent enough dialogue to enhance the experiences. Overall they are good but not stellar.

BGM and Sound Effects
BGM is the generic kind and if you play enough VNs you've probably heard them before somewhere else. I don’t actually recall any sound effects, so I suppose either they are either minimal or non-existent.

Conclusion
I wasn’t expecting too much as this title isn't well-known or popular (came across by accident) and the preview pics do not stand out from the hundreds of AVNs out there.

However at V0.5 this ride has far exceeded my expectations - it has a good blend of an interesting story that progresses at a good pace, adequate humor and mini games, interesting characters and of course good enough sex scenes.

The content is also heavy for a game that’s only at V0.5 - took me 7 - 8 hours to finish, I’m surprised this game isn’t much popular than where it is now.

I played through v0.5 in a few evenings.

This urban-fantasy harem sports low-to-mid tier HS graphics with stock assets and animations. It is mostly kinetic, with a simple coincidence-driven story, and some fairly-shallow world-building. A wide range of female character tropes are represented by conveniently color-coded HS girls.

Nothing really stood out for me as exceptionally good or bad. I think it deserves an average rating across the board.

It may not have the best graphics in 2024, and the story is not the most original thing I've ever read, but this is an excellent game. It's fun, sexy, and sufficiently interesting. I was distinctly disappointed when I got to the end, so I'm giving it 5 stars.

As a newbie in this genre. I really love this game. I don't know how other games would compare because this is my first game. Since I made an account. I'll probably start checking out other games.

Sorry, this review should be about your game. I fell in love with the characters. I even think about them when I'm about to sleep (I don't know if that's healthy lol). The music is so good I find myself vibing while playing the game. I'm invested and hope to play the next update. I'll try playing other games first while waiting

The game has a very interesting theme and good humor, Each update volume is also large, each chapter is getting better and better,which is a good sign.So I would like to give it 5 stars. Looking forward to the upcoming story.

I couldn't last through the end of the current version. The only reason it doesn't have the kinetic novel tag is due to semantics

It's a "pick good option" or "pick bad option" style that doesn't affect the story at all type of game. I'll never give a game a bad score for having no player agency as long as the game is properly tagged as a kinetic novel. If it doesn't have that tag, I expect far more than just a meaningless choice once in a blue moon.

The MC is yet another dull no-personality harem protagonist and while the plot seems like it could have some potential, instead it's an utter snore-fest.

There's not much sexual content, and the sex animations I saw were just the standard honey select poses that have been seen far too often already.

The game looks pretty but it's just not interesting.

This game is so good! I love the models you use. I think I just prefer the less realistic 3d models after all. The music in this really stands out from other games. I always get caught off guard by some transitions and animations you do here. I can tell you really put an effort. I love the dream parts very much. I wish Lucy would visit my dreams

a lot of content. renders are above average quality. the story is fantasy/magic in modern era, it'a a harem game but treated in a fun way. lewds are good, not exceptional, but who cares the girls are very cute and the dialogues are fun, if you really want to fap this is not the right game, this is a fun and enjoyable VN, definitely above the average of mindless and boring VNs you find around. It's a solid 8/10 and definitely recommended

It's a shame that such a good game is at the very bottom.I found this game on page 33 There is a plot, excellent characters + a good selection of music. I'll give 5 stars. The game has potential. Try it too.

Story: interesting concept. I think the mc is really cool. I just hope it doesn't turn into some over the top power level shit.

Music: I love the music choices. I don't feel bored when I'm playing even if it's not an h scene.

Characters: I love the variety. No two characters are the same so far. I'm talking about the main girls, I don't know about the others lol.

Gameplay/presentation: I see you're always trying new things. Keep doing a great job. I'll be keeping an eye on this game.

Good overall. Good renders and LI's. Story seems interesting, though I feel it could have been fleshed out more? I don't know - something felt off about the pacing with the main plot & dreams.

I'm hesitant to give this a 4 star, but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt for now. I will say, though, that the last lewd scene came out of nowhere. Like, I figured something was going to happen at that point, but not... that. The scene was enjoyable, but completely out of place. It feels like it was added for the sake of adding it to the release because between the end of that scene and the end of the game was one small 'goodbye' scene as she is leaving. I was half-expecting it to be a dream or something, but nope; seems it really happened. I hope future lewd scenes get more of a build-up/set-up than that one.

This is pretty good for your first game. I like the story and I'm looking forward for more updates. I just gave it four stars because it could be better, but it's really good, don't worry.

The music choices is also good, you put effort in actually making a custom main menu, that says a lot about the work you put into this.

Edit: the updates just keeps getting better I just have to give you five stars now since I think you deserve it. Keep up the good work.