VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Lust Element [Season 1 Final] [Night Icons Studio]

Story 2/5
Hard to deside if story is shit or somewhat good, mostly due to MC being a brainless idiot that you have 0 controle over, at the very start MC could get away clean with a shitload of money from the stuff they got on an astroid but MC gets very greedy and wants to go stay for a second go at it even though its a huge risk, i found that to idiotic and you cant even say its due to the story since the two ships could just show up anyway right before MC would leave the area forcing them to stay and hide which would make for a better story, but instend it feels forced and stupid.

It dosent help that MC thinks like he has no clue why people are pissed off at him after he nearly got 2 crew members killed due to hes greed, it takes him forever to figure that one out and he truely have the worst read on people so it takes him forever to figure out people might be pissed at him...hes just no fun to play being so brainless.

When they get captured a little later MC again shows hes IQ by telling the captures everything, the one card he has to play he gives up freely instend of making sure he would gets hes shit and cargo back, but he dosent even try.

MC is also very submissive and gets pushed into things he dosent want all the freaking time, even when people blackmail him he just goes along with everything.

MC is also very childish thinking about how he wants to fuck whoever he sees, its boring and if you dont like who hes talking about as the player it feels really idiotic.

It also feels to kinetic forcing this stupid shit on you, like MC meets a girl in a bar flirts with her and all i wanted was to get the fuck away from her, but MC just goes along to her appartment and even gets nude with her before game gives you the option to back out, its so bad that its not even funny and why take it that far well game wants to force some stupid shitty drama where her pimp walks in the door soo now shes also a prostitute? i just dosent get worse then shit like that.

Story also dosent match up with choices like dumping the whore and MC still acts like he fucked her which is quite annoying, he says shit like "atleast i got something out of it" but he got fuck all out of it.....and to make it worse when April ask if the whore was any good MC dosent even tell her nothing happened, everyone around he thinks he fucked the whore as well and even tell him and MC still dosent say anything and that just killed it for me, he even said he did nothing to her that she dident ask for, i hate games where story totaly ignores your choices and it plays on like you did the direct oppesit of what you did, later you even get a fucking choice to go back to the whore to pay her? what the fuck? pay her for what nothing happened.....fuck me its just so freaking bad and if you go back MC talks about the magical night they had? where MC left and dident touch her? its awfull truely.

MC constantly comes clean to people he dosent trust, telling them everything, theres just to many places in this story where nothing makes any sense and MC feels brainless.

Overall story and MC is just to childish and brainless, creating dramas that never should have been there, which also dosent have any purpose story wise and theres to little controle over MC.

Girls 4/5
I liked the girls and aliens and all that, it even has a decent diversity in builds as well and its the best part of the game but it cant hold up a game on its own.

Animations 3/5
Pretty standard animation with a few views of the same position.

Music 2/5
Its average but mostly not in my taste.

Choices 2/5
Choices just dosent work in this one, you do something but story goes on like you did the oppesit, every aspect of the main story is all out kinetic and you controle nothing other then who to fuck or not to fuck but thats all you can controle.

I found this game very appealing visually.
The story also has plenty of potential, even if the plot is a little jumpy.
The storytelling is well paced visually, and I like the way the animations are used. Choices don't seem to influence the story much, but they do affect the dialogue a little.

The dialogue unfortunately is where it really falls apart for me. There's a lot of teasing, mostly centered around telling off the MC all the time. And that is what makes up most of the text I need to read. So I'm spamming the space bar hoping to move forward, but mostly just receiving an endless series of shallow jokes. It's not that they're bad, just too much of that and not enough story. My second problem is that the dialogue, to me, feels like a perpetual, bickering argument, going on and on and on.

And yet I did spend a lot of time space bar-ing my way through this. I find the visuals gorgeous. I like the setting. I like the sexual options.

This seems to be one of the first VNs that is really focused on its story, and to me this is both its greatest potential but also flaw.

Sometimes certain bits are heavily extended, to the point, a simplistic visual novel simply cannot support itself -meaning a lot of action and details will be left to the imagination while staring at static images and a few lines of generic sci-fi drama.

The sex scenes (besides maybe the 2nd one) feels like bonus rounds of some arcade game after the "boring"stuff , they are often very fast -although with some flavor.

Visually some of the models try to be set apart by having a slightly more cartonish face, while backgrounds are your typical sci-fi. Nothing special during sex scenes though.

The MC is now competing with the Genesis Order's MC for the cauliflower brain of the year.

Great renders, interesting story but bad MC and the decisions have no meaning. The MC is an ashole, he has no problem with steal some info from a nice woman, he is doesn't care for his friends or crew safety, he only cares for money and he has no problem with being manipulative to get what he wants, but in the moment that something goes wrong because his greediness he acts like the victim and everyone is against him. Like when they steal the rocks, the MC gets greedy and wants more, April says that she knew that he would want to do that because he always do shit like that and is risky because they don't have enough fuel to go back, you can threat her or being manipulative, after that she will she accept. When all goes to wrong the MC doesn't understand why she is upset and she tells him that he almost kill them all and his thought is "I did what I did for all of us", and thinks that he is the victim there. The next time they fight he make the excuse again, that he did it for all of them and that he "fucked up" but "his hearth was in the right place" and he finish that sentence saying "you keep forgetting that", like she was the bad guy in this situation. To me all of this looks like a teenager or a young adult that never matured and still thinks that he is a kid. The relationship with April is really forced, after all the fuck up things the MC did just in a couple of hours deserves that she never speak to him again but the power of the script makes her to forgive him, even when he never gives a sincere apoligies. I stopped playing after that.

This whole novel is just about the MC getting verbally abused and teased 24/7 It gets old really fast. No one takes him seriously and he also never defends himself, It lacks the choice of making your own decisions in dialogue and any of the characters actually showing any support, interest or care for the MC no wonder he acts depressed 90% of the time.

Lot of potential here

Dev looks like he knows what he's doing - good renders, nice sex animations, decent looking UI and sound design. It's going for a futuristic sci-fi narrative and has a solid starting base.

However, game is a bit short and it's too early to know how well the story and writing will go.

I hope this doesn't get abandoned because of average ratings. The story is promising, animations are good, good-looking characters. Although the MC is mid, the game has so much to offer with the storyline being wide open rn.

Review as of 0.3.1d

Pros:
+ Sci-fi space fantasy
+ Well developed characters
+ Gorgeous models and renders
+ Alien chicks
+ Optional futa/dickgirl
+ Choices matter, and so there will be multiple endings.
+ Story-rich
+ Animated sex scenes (with a very creative way to showcase angles and positions. Well done)
+ Seems to not be too hell bent on points, giving you the freedom to behave as you see fit. However this could change in the future.
+ A realistic hot voyeur scene
+ Some good plot points and world building that will make you want to know more.

Could be better/different:
- It's still a WIP (not really a con, but I am experiencing withdrawal syndromes. Need a fix soon lol).
- Some of the choices don't seem to do anything in the long run.
- The relationship between the MC and the pilot seems unnecessarily complicated in some parts.
- While the crew seems well put together, some of the characters behave not the way they are supposed to based on what we know about their tendencies/personalities. (The decorated/legendary alien furry is a good example. She is too docile and takes abuse from the crew like a doormat).

All in all, this is a game with a lot of potential where the developer has made it with a lot of effort and heart. Do give it a try. It is one of the good ones on this site.

Looking forward to what's in store for this world next.

v0.3.1d review -
I' m having mixed feelings about this game - Visual of this VN look stunning and the female crew is beautiful and cons are Main charecter just feels off in this one , writing needs a big redo especially prologue or 1 st chapter or at least make choices relevant . I stopped playing after it . I don't know if it gets better or remains same but the first 10 mins of this VN is just poor . Some spoilers ahead - I don't know what sort of personality Mc has or will develop - he is not confident or goofy or powerful dominating / submessive or intelligent -, no one respects like a captain or give a damn about him in this VN at least in the first 10 to 15 minutes of the game that I played . Seriously the renders of this game is excellent it's just novel / story feels like a lacklustre at least the prologue or first 10 mins , didn't have the strength to continue playing after that .

Review for v 0.1.2 d
Let's talk about the good things about the game first - Excellent renders , Space Science Fiction setting , Gorgeous ladies and I'm glad we can choose Riley to be girl or trans in the beginning . Now to the bad things - Main character - can't think of any good thing about him, he single handedly spoils the game and he doesn't acts like a captain of a ship acts more like a ten year old boy , doesn't care about safety of anyone in his crew , most of time thinks of ladies he can bang / pervy thoughts or material things . And the writing and choices need a big improvement - you can't even decide which girl you wanna pursue , it would be fine if it was a Kinetic Novel but it is visual novel with choices where we expect choices to have some meaning or bring variations to the game , not here where both choices result in same outcome of fucking a random girl . Visual aspect of this great which we see n most of the games nowadays but the writing and main character needs a lot of work for now it's plain bad .

Review for Lust Element [v0.1.1a] -
PROS -
Stunning female models and decent renders .Nice option to disable LGBTQ in the beginning of the game .
CONS -
Very Short gameplay .
And space sci fi has become repetitive nowadays and this game doesn't introduce anything and just jumps into introducing the characters with no mention of their universe or their timeline .
And writing in this game is simply bad , this game lacks freedom of choices to the players which we usually see in other VN . On getting to a voyeur scene there is no option to either skip or avoid it or at least at the beginning basically making MC a creep / voyeur and then we see MC thoughts like "glad I stayed to see things getting heated in the voyeur scene and thoughts about an option to join them " And later when we are in the middle of voyeur scene , we have a choice and then we can decide to stay watch them or rather leave , why don't we have that option in the beginning .
In the end apart from the renders , story and dev writing feels like choices doesn't much matters much to MC personality / character development .

I love when games focus on making a story and adding porn on it instead of making porn and adding a story to it, you can really tell the difference and this game was a delight to play

PROS

+Cool sci-fi setting for sci-fi nerds like me.
+Well written banter between crewmates.
+Trans content! (avoidable if you are not into that)
+There are some non sexual events that are even more interesting that the sex scenes themselves.

CONS
-Quite short
-The game could do a better job introducing the universe and the characters, at least the main ones.

Great start. providing everything needed, erotic scenes, story and good renders. keep up the good work. Characters are charismatic and are looking good. Hope to see every one of them well developed and added new ones.