Ren'Py - Lunar's Chosen [Ep. 2 v0.1.1] [PTGames]

4.5/5

The futa/femdom content in this game is amazing. This is one of the rare games where the futa tag fits and is not just a weak afterthought. For those who don't like futa there is an option to turn it off. Plus every interaction that wants you to do something futa or pegging related gives you the option to opt out.

In terms of sex scenes there's an actual solid amount and they're all really hot and mildly related to the situation. The story itself is interesting and engaging enough and the characters all have their own quirks.

The only downsides I have are:
- No animated sex scenes other than a select few. However that wasn't enough for me to not be aroused by them. The select few that are animated are amazing.
- Progression can be a bit janky particularly surrounding the Katie character which will have you go into the 'hints' menu very often to see what you have to do to continue her story. It got a bit tiring at times since you need to slog through a bunch of menus to get to the 'hints' menu.

A serious recommender for those into futa and/or femdom.

Girls look good and story is alright but it really drags. Sex scenes are way to short and it makes the dialogue feel like theres too much. Futa content is alright if your into that but problem is I felt like without it I was missing a big portion of the game.

overall game was ok, probably wont play again though.

I wish I could rate this game higher because the story itself is actually something different and could be interesting but damn this game is a slog and even if you try to work through it you just get a scene that is super short.
Apparently people in this world don't actually interact with each other for very long.

There doesn't seem to be very many options to interact with other characters, and the frequency of possible interactions seems to go down over time. The conditions to trigger the next event are too rare and specific (it has to be a Saturday afternoon, not just an afternoon, not just a weekend afternoon), and since there doesn't seem to be much to do and not many places to go, it really makes the game feel very empty.

The graphics are pretty good, the story can be interesting at times, but the pacing can be a bit slow, especially with how sparse the event opportunities are. The game developer should really look at similar games like Harem Hotel, My New Neighbors, A House in the Rift, Mystic Manor, etc.

Since there are a lot fewer characters than many similar games, the engagement needs to be greatly increased in type and frequency for all the characters, because as it is, it is just too barren at the moment to maintain interest, especially with all the similarly-themed alternatives already out there.

If you are here for femdom content or futa content, this game is probably not a good one for you
Femdom if very soft and even reversed sometimes ( the MC is dom with the femdom character )
Same for futa content, not a lot of it and really basic and boring

As for the rest of the game sorry but I don't think it's good, lot of sandbox grind ( navigation between places and days , waiting for the right time at the right place...)
Characters have ultra basic personality, no depth
The story is slow and uninteresting, you have demons and magic but it's not exploited, I just have the feeling I watch a Disney teen show

Some character don't even make any sense :

- There is a girl, Amber, who was fat when she was younger, but she lost all her weight and now she is REALLY beautiful and don't have any gram of fat on her body, but she still find herself ugly, she don't like her body...
I understand that some people could not see their own beauty because they were ugly in their childhood, but come on... it's completely impossible to be like that when you look like Amber, in a realistic world every person around her should be drooling on her, so unless she is totally blind, she should see all the attention she got , or she should just look in a mirror and stop thinking she is ugly

- A other one, a girl who wake up one morning with a cock because "magic", the girl act like she is some kind of monster that will never be accepted by other people , that she will never find the right person because nobody could ever love "something" like her...
but here is the incoherence, it's totally established that the game world is very open minded about trans people, the MC himself is totally open to it, but despite that she still think like she live in a world where NO ONE will ever find her attractive or love her for what she is
( oh and every picture where she isn't nude, you can't tell she is a futa, not even a small bump, she must hide her package in a sort of portative black hole or something like that )


I didn't feel so bored playing a game in a long time, this game si far too much vanilla on every aspect, the sex scene, the story, the character personality ...
Maybe it get better after some time, but after a few hour of play I really don't have the courage to push further to find out

Definitely another one of those VNs where you spend a good chunk of time napping in bed so you pass a whole week to get access to the fifth "available only on Sunday evenings" scenes needed to progress the story, but otherwise I don't really have any complaints.

...I guess the game's kinda boring so far, but I'm not that far into the game yet

Found this recently and love it all!
I'm open minded and skip none of the content.
If you are a little narrow minded there may be scenes here that you don't like.
Open your minds!
I look forward to the next update.
10 out of 10 in my opinion.

I downloaded this game for the trans content. Trans content is rare as a fairly main theme, especially so if you like trans on male content. If you do, this game is one of your better options. If you purely look for straight content, you will find games of higher build quality, though you may have already played these. The story features magic, demons, body switching and some strange fetishes like blowjobs from beheaded heads, sex with demons and something called cum inflation, all of which I must say I'm no fan of. I'd have more immersion in a game that was a bit closer to what could happen in real life. But there's still quite a bit of more regular content left for you to find making the game worth playing.

From my perspective, I'd prefer less magic and demons, and having characters that doesn't keep switching sexual organs and genitals. If game is supposed to have two versions, one for people wanting trans content and one for others, it should be enough with one setting or one question as you start the game, and if you want the trans content, let those characters keep their equipment throughout the game I suspect, a big part of the player base like the trans content though, so maybe focusing on that bit would be nice (I'm dreaming

The game features the typical sandbox. There's a week with days split in four time periods. To advance the story you need to be at the correct location at the correct time to press the correct action. Sandboxes can be annoying, however, the game also have a good built in hint system for when you get stuck and need to figure out how to progress, and time isn't tracked, so you can keep sleeping in bed to skip days to get to the time of week you need to progress the story. It works best when there's many substories to advance at the same time so you can go around on random and find ways to progress it. Here and there, you're locked to doing something before other side-plots open up again, and you need to find the trigger to advance. Money can be a bit annoying early on, so I typically use a cheat code to avoid having to scan so much for bills lying around.

All in all, I'd say the game is fairly decent and enjoyable. I feel the sex club part could be utilized better though. There's several sexy scenes you are hinted at with stripper and in VIP area, where it would be cool if the MC got a little involved in the action ..

As for the story, I regret to say that I've skimmed a bit through. The magic and demons bit made me lose a bit of interest in it, so I've mostly played it to view the sexy scenes I liked. My favorites was May, Claire, Phoenix (where you sadly needs to be converted to a girl to get action) and Sam (though I dislike that she's a futa and thus doesn't look real)

This game starts out like its going to be decent, and then just SLOWS down and turns into a fucking slog. Fetch quests and text-walls galore, amidst a sAnDbOx that only serves to hide the fetch quest item you need to click on amidst 200 different lOcAtIoNs. Think I've played this game for 3 or 4 hours and I'm just now getting to penetrative sex with the characters. But, I can't actually get it all because the game does that BS of tying progression of one character to others, putting up a progression wall every 30min now it seems. You find a character you like and want to see more of, but the game assumes it has succeeded in maintaining your interest in the story, and so it blocks you from getting what you want until you allow it to cram more lore down your throat, because why wouldnt it the story is so good who would possibly get tired of it and just want to see the sex and be done with it??? /s

Also, if you don't like futa content, be warned: the game will tell you there is an option to skip futa content, but it's a lie. One of the primary female characters has been cursed with replacing her pussy with a dick. It is a core component of the story. Before you get into sexual content with this character, the game asks you: Do you want futa content? It does not matter how you answer this question, you are going to have a futa giving the MC hand jobs and blow jobs, stripping and posing in sexy clothes, having sensual conversations, etc. "But wait, why is the question there then" you may ask. The answer: I assume it just hides more explicit futa contant, like I imagine she probably fucks a few of the girls or even the MC if you say you're chill with it. The question just makes it so her dick never pops out while she has one, but she still has one. Dev: just because you don't see the fucking dick, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist in the plot. It's futa content. And yeah, later on you get rid of the dick, but that question ought to say "Do you want to see this futa's dick or not?"

Also also: man this game just BARELY deserves the animation tag. There are some animated scenes, but there are a ton of non-animated sex scenes too. The animation is infrequent and 5-15fps... I mean it's fine, but not what I expected.

Anyways, I'm just kinda pissed off at it right now, because I've been playing this game for fucking ages waiting to get into raunchy shit with the sister character, only for it to put up 2 or 3 progression walls. Fucked her once, and cant fuck her again without more grinding BS. I'm done, fuck this blue balling shit.

A well made game with enjoyable characters and interesting story. Games in this genre have a tendency of relying too heavily on tropes and robotic character interactions, but here you can clearly see that the writer has put their heart and soul into it. The characters are genuine, with good dialogue and intriguing stories. Strongly recommended!

I really love this game
Story is really good
I also love Even though you could avoid amy futa content and it was not forced But later dev added a way to make her a woman with a vagina
I love how superpower of mc is just mind reading and not a super power to get laid easy like mind control
No bugs
Never play with sound

I honestly avoided this game for a long time I would look at it and seemed redundant. I’m glad I was wrong and although this is not the best game I have ever played I throughly enjoyed it. I was sad when I started seeing that content was finished. When I feel drawn into a game on that level and where I want to learn more about the characters it is rare. This game exceeded my expectations and I cannot wait for the update.

pros
- great NPCs that are unique and well thought out
- the futa content is surprisingly fun and I thought I would hate it but ended up enjoying most of it and that it’s up to you to choose as well.
- solid stories with surprisingly well thought out angles for each character.
- main character is actually a good guy and I can relate to him. Instead of the usual controlling prick.
- overall I love this game and cannot wait to play more.
Cons
- not your typical romance and is kind of a harem thing and you do not have much of a say in it.
- futa content can seem a little forced
- well the erotic scenes are nice it could be better and voiced.
- I feel the photo job could have a bit more story.
- would like a bit more sandbox feel on dates. Ie I can go on dates with who I want when I want.
- hoping for more interaction with some of the photo shoot clients and other npcs not in the guide.

these are all things that are more wants than outright cons. I love this game.

TL / DR Writing is okay- but the plot is a bit bland. Bit empty for a sandbox. Somewhat creepy / small protagonist. Has more umph if you like futa or femdom content and have that enabled.

Pros:
~Some of the characters are relatively charming.
~Character models are somewhat unique
~I liked the MCs curly hair and face model

Cons:
~Plot is relatively aimless
~A good chunk of plot revolves around futa considerations.
~Sandbox felt pretty empty. If you're gonna have a sandbox- there better be a lot of things to do.
~Photography job arc for the MC was really skeezy. Yes the MC got consent to use the models pictures in his "portfolio" - but to then post them to a porn-cite was really tasteless and sketchy: felt bad to do that to the characters I cared about.
~The CGs/Scenes feel kinda half assed. Its like 2-3 frames and maybe 4-5 sentences and done- very anti-climactic. I suspect it is partially because the dev needs to create both futa and non-futa content.
~Mc is smaller than most of the girls.

This game is far from a masterpiece, but I've enjoyed it way more than I would have expected. I somehow missed that it was a sandbox game when I downloaded it, and almost deleted it immediately when I realized that it was. However, after giving it a chance, it was pretty engaging and fun, though it could certainly use a bit of polishing.

First, there is a ton of content. There are at least 6 main LIs, each of whom has their own story and a lot of content, including numerous and varied sex scenes. There are also sex scenes with probably a dozen or so minor characters. The game as it currently stands has many hours of gameplay.

The game is also pretty fetish-heavy. Beyond normal vanilla sex, there is a ton of futa/trans content, and you are given the option to skip or avoid it if that's not your thing. There are other kinks like cum inflation and pegging that you can also choose to participate in or skip. As someone who is more into the vanilla sex acts, I appreciate that the player is given these choices to avoid or view the scenes. There is also a ton of BDSM content- too much, in my opinion, but if that's your thing, this game won't disappoint. There are a few other kinks sprinkled in throughout, as well.

The plot of the game is all over the place, and many of the main storylines are ridiculous, even for a game in the fantasy genre. An example of this is . There are a variety of different types of magical/monster girls, and the main story revolves around magic and the MC learning that he has the ability to use it, though the MC doesn't actually get around to using magic in a meaningful way more than a couple of times. Part of the reason for this is that the side-plots get pretty convoluted, and I personally feel like the dev could use a bit more focus.

As I mentioned, this is a sandbox game, which is definitely not generally my cup of tea. It can be a bit grindy, but not nearly as much so as many other games here. Earning money at first is the biggest grind, but after a little while, you end up earning way more than you need without having to continue to grind. That said, if it weren't for the hints menu that the MC can access thru his computer, I'd have no idea what the hell to do most of the time. If you could access the hints from any location, rather than having to go back to the MC's room and getting on the computer, it would massively improve the gameplay.

The renders are pretty good, and the LIs and minor characters, many of whom are different races of magical beings, vary widely in appearance and personality. I found almost all of them quite attractive for the most part.

The writing is pretty good for the most part, though there are some minor typos and strange wording thrown in. It's apparent the dev is an English speaker (from the UK would be my guess, due to some distinctively non-American wording in places), so there are no translation issues. The dialogues between characters are pretty natural for the most part, which is a plus. As this game isn't particularly serious in tone, I do wish it had some more humor worked into it, as there is a lot of sarcasm in the dialogues, but nothing that is likely to make you smile or laugh. Still, this is a minor criticism, as effectively being able to write genuinely funny dialogues is one of the hardest things for any dev to do.

There are a few bugs and continuity issues I encountered while playing the game. There is one scene later on in the game where the MC is taking photos of a character that keeps repeating, and those two characters introduce themselves to one another every time. Similarly, there are a few characters whose scenes appear to be out of order, as you are introduced to a couple of them after you've already spent time together (or even engaged in sex acts together). Similarly, there are a couple dialogues about characters where it is apparent the MC is supposed to already know them, despite never having met or been told about them.

All in all, this is a pretty fun game that could use a bit of cleaning up/streamlining. It's not likely to become one of the greats on this site, but it still provides hours of light-hearted entertainment.

Unsure why this game has such good reviews. It's just another terrible sandbox game that should have been a straightforward VN but instead hides the poor features and story of the game behind boring sandbox features. Unless you cheat, the game is really annoying and unpleasant. And honestly, the models are a bit dated and not that great.

If the content in this game was not as good as it is, I would give this four or even three stars due to the sandbox. Sandboxes in general are poor additions to games that serve as nothing other than filler content and excuses to add grinding to what could otherwise be a linear story. As other reviews have pointed out, the sandbox here is particularly bad due to the lack of repeatable content.

This is at its core a linear story, which makes the sandbox even more frustrating. There are times when there are so many events available that there's always something to do, until you realize that you neglected one or two characters who are locking the story from progressing. At that point you have nothing to do except skip days at a time to get back around to the one time slot per week where some character is in the correct location. Katie is by far the worst offender here as her events are often a week apart.

Even with all that said, I'm giving this game five stars for effort and the quality of the content.

Probably my favourite game of this genre, with both the quantity and quality of the content, as well as having a fantastic plot and character development. The scenes have made me consider sex, introducing several kinks to me which I hadn't considered until recently.
Overall good stuff and I'll keep an eye out for each update

Version Player: 0.16.1 Public
Short Answer: A flawed beauty, shows a lot of promise, and I'm eager to see where it goes from here, and how the game improves. I am also biased, not as many games have futa/trans content, and I'm a sucker for it. It's also optional if it's not your jam, and I think there's enough of it if it is, while still having enough content if you skip past it all.

Characters: Good well rounded cast. Perhaps not exceptional, but they're believable enough. There are few bits, like most of Megs storyline, that feel like things progress tio quickly - and that there should be more content to get to where they end up. That said, the actual content they have is itself good.

Renders: Pretty good for the most part, I don't recall any glaring areas I thought where bad, and I can think of a few specific ones I thought were great.

Story and Writing: Story has some good ideas, but it feels a little directionless and lackluster. The mind reading thing trails off with no fanfare - it would be nice if some of the current content was fleshed out more, alongside progressing the story with new content in some updates soon.

The Sex: Downside first - It would be nice if more scenes were repeatable, in a more organic way. You can visit Claire for example at will, and repeat a few scenes - yet trying to visit Amy (at home), Meg, or Serena in the same way doesn't yield anything. There's either "I have no reason to vist them right now", or you can't even actually visit them.

While having a gallery is great - especially for one time story scenes, being able to go out in the world and see them does have a different feel to it, which contributes just a little bit more into feeling like your character is actually connecting to the other characters. And being able to visit Amy at the Gym, but not her house after seeing her there does add to that disconnect.

As for the upside - scenes are certainly erotic enough, I've enjoyed the interactions with every character, I think. Would personally have preferred more bottoming option for yourself with the girls on the cruise, but hey, it was still good. I haven't played with the I patch yet - I think after another update or two I'm going to replay from the start with it on - I believe there may be a Meg scene that's not in the gallery I didn't get a save for

Mechanics and Gameplay: I know some people hate having to wait for specific times or days to do things, but it's one of the things I enjoy about sandbox games like these - it helps give a small sense the world is actually alive. I think the navigation is functional, but it would be nice if movement was a bit more unified between the world map and the house. Having more locations like that in other places would be good, as it progresses. The photo shoots grew on me a lot as it went on, although as before - I feel some characters should be less eager and up for it. Keep the content, just push it further back in the story so it feels more natural when they get round to it. Serena's is natural with her character, as is Emily's. Amber's feels like it should be a little more drawn out, and Meg feels like she should have more initial resistance, and take longer to get round to it - but be as eager as Serena (as she basically is) once she does get there.

I think the shop could be improved by removing things from the screen after being bought, rather than just greying them out - perhaps moving them to a second screen inside named "Purchased".

And one of the times I had to go the car to get a specific prompt to go to a place, I did not pick up on - some sort of reminder that you have to visit the car to open a new place would be nice - perhaps modifying it's picture in the nav bar, the same way Katies room changes would be great.

Closing Notes and Thoughts: It's a good game I want more of, the characters and sex are engaging, and the story is a bit shakier towards the end, but it feels like we're still somewhat early into it, so there's room to improve as well as progress it. I think there are a few small things here and there that would help propel it forwards.

I've debated between a 4 and a 5 star rating - I've picked 4 because there are a few things holding it back, but I really want to change this to a 5, and I look forward to when 17 goes public. Once I'm back in a position to start subbing on Patreon again, PTGames is in my shortlist to support.

Really fun, nice and breezy harem game. Lots of well done LIs to choose from and a fairly interesting if a bit meandering plot. Visuals are very nice and sex scenes are all pretty hot even though animations are few and far between.

The only thing that would keep me from recommending this to everyone is the prevalence of trans/futa and BDSM content, there is trans on female, trans on trans and trans on the MC. While this stuff may not be fore everyone it is really nice to see such a nice positive game with these particular kinks so well represented and woven into the story. Almost all of the content is avoidable, but by avoiding it you will be missing out on quite a bit of excellent content.

There is enough good more vanilla stuff here for people that aren't super into futa/trans or BDSM to give the game a whirl, but anyone super averse to futa/trans and BDSM content may want to skip it.

Overall a really sweet and fun harem game that i would recommend to almost everyone with some caveats.

tested against v0.16.1 but admittedly not very far in.

It's..... ok... but it suffers from that issue where it feels like it's a sandbox game for no reason other than they're easier to write.

With a visual novel there's a need to connect scenes up, usually via dialogue or exposition (and the required renders that go with it). But with sandbox you can cut away a lot of that by simply making the user click on a map, find the bit they want, click the option and go with nothing other than a line of text which says "I should go to x".

This game suffers from the issue where the player has to click where they want to go, but as it's the only option, the game feels criminally empty, especially in the early game when the cast is quite light. You have a sandbox of all these different places and rooms (10 or so to begin with) in a world split into the standard 4 time slots (morning, afternoon, evening, night), but they're all empty apart from the 1 room you need at 1 particular time frame so you end up spending a lot of time just clicking on every room hoping the trigger to continue the game is in there.

It also feels like the developer is aware of this as there is a guide available to view on the MCs computer but that in itself just highlights the issues with the whole thing. Starting the game you click on the first character you meet and the note you get is "I wonder if she locks the door to the bathroom on Sunday afternoons"..... but it's currently Monday. So you've a week to wait till you can progress with that. Once you're there the scene is you see her naked and she tells you to bolt.... that's it. That's the scene. Ok let's check the guide "I should sunbathe with her on Saturday afternoon. SATURDAY?!? So another whole week of clicking. Now, the argument can be made that while you're waiting a whole week to continue with one character you could be doing something else with that character but it's not made clear what that gives you. There's no feedback from the game to say "well done, you've spoken to x, her affection has increased". You have to go back to the computer again and check the stats to see if they went up. But even doing that raises the issue of what that gives you. As there's very little dialogue it's hard to judge if a higher affection actually does anything that a low affection wouldn't. This actually also bleeds into the story telling the dev is trying to convey. The premise seems to be you're a God or a demigod with powers..... but the chance to use the powers is so spaced out I found myself not really caring about it. "The MC can read minds" that's fun but you only get to use the powers like 3 times in the first few weeks. So all the mystery around magic takes a hit as the player feels frustrated trying to get to the next scene.

You could also make the argument that while waiting for that one moment when you can interact with one character, you can go speak to another, but that character is also only available at one point of the day... so what else can you do... you can go find the library or go for a walk in the park, which doesn't do anything. So why is the game a sandbox when you've only got the one option to do something?

Bizarre. Like... I look at the banner on this game and I see 12 women or so but I never got to look at more than 3 or 4 because the game seems to have created the opposite of grinding. Rather than be forced to do the thing continuously till you get where you need to go you just need to wait for it to happen, and that's boring.

Pros
Game looks nice

Cons
Too many dead areas in a sandbox game which probably shouldn't be a sandbox game
Too big a gap between events with characters
Magic is real apparently, but rarely used.