VN - Ren'Py - Lust Haven Island! Forbidden Shores [v0.2.1] [Roze]

TLDR: Beautiful CGs, great animation, good buildup to NTS, nice character sprites, need more cooking for story

• I really like the NTS route in this game, the characters seem to have nice chemistry -- The best friend is a total bro (and also super hot) and the main couple are lovely too.
• I like the slow cook approach for the NTS, the friend Nick can help the couple explore while maintaining trust.
• I appreciate the beautiful CGs but think the tease/nsfw scenes could be a little longer.
• I'm not really a big fan of the NTR route. Especially with how early the split is for the two paths. I wonder if this is even needed considering that the main couple at the start have a good relationship. Maybe the two routes could be a nts/cuckolding vs sharing/swapping.

But anyways, good luck to Roze! Looking forward to more NTS updates.

I wanted to try this game. I was curious about its story. To be honest, I was disappointed. The story has gaps in logic, the characters have no personality. They're all automatons who act out their emotions without any real character. There are some nice sex scenes, some of them cover-ups, but that's not enough to give a good rating. I find MC's brother an out-of-place character. On many occasions, he seems more like his mean bully than his brother. It's simply ridiculous. A shame.

Good AI CG.

Everything else is mundane. Characters, "story" (non existent). Either average or below average.

There's a lack of content right now and to top it off the dev decided to rework/remake what little it had. I guess better to do it now then later, but still doesn't make for a good impression going forward.

Another decent point in favor of this game is that it doesn't have long winded, badly written walls of pretentious text. If it had more imagery to follow through I could give 3 stars.

It's promising, but needs to do basically everything better and pull faster updates, I can see this being a 4 or 5 starts in time.

I often wonder why such a banal story gets so much hype, let's leave aside the graphics, which with AI are well done. It would be difficult today not to have similar designs with products that are now easy to use. But what I always find interesting in a game is its story. I don't see a story here, I don't see why I should be passionate about something so easy to understand. A boy who is cheated on by his girlfriend by other men, that's where the novelty lies in these games. A boy who has a smaller dick than the characters, who is a loser, who even his brother—I've never seen two brothers so different—fucks his girlfriend. This is what I'd like to understand. What in this game demonstrates the difference from others? Nothing, absolutely nothing. 80% of the time we have no say in the matter as players. They call them games for a reason.

A game made by AI applications, the way they are made is clear, very well created cartoon graphics, unjudgeable audio, the sore point, the story and all its optional flaws, a story that does not show any novelty in this kind of VN, unfortunately another typical and standard NTR.

enjoying the little i've played. would be better if the dev eased into the nudity a little bit, give it some time before the friends are completely naked, maybe they start to undress before yumi asks them not to. but the situation writing is pretty great so far. love the "we'd rather get naked in front of you first." keeping an eye on this one

A good contrast of characters and a promising beginning. I think the plot needs to be a little saturated( really hope for an exchange of partners, not a one-way NTS), but I hope the development will not take 1.5 years like some others. Good luck to the author. I will wait for the release.

TLDR: Short, more flash than substance at this point.

I see NTR in any form I download it and check it out so I admit I may be a harder sell than most after seeing a lot on both extremes.

First of all, I hate when devs use non-standard versioning just to get people to take an extra look at their game. Supposedly V1.0 stands for day 1, Day 2 will be V2.0 and so on to day 7. Why not 0.1, 0.2, and so on until 1.0 when it's actually *gasp* done?

Putting that aside the story is very mid. Not bad, not great. The only route open is the NTS route and it's giving pure cuck vibes. Believe it or not, NTS can exist w/o cucks, size play, or the bull who is so much more talented.

There's no story development beyond pending sex scenes. As for the characters, there's a tease of development but ends up feeling basic. MC is the developing cuck who watches his gf quickly be tempted by his friend. That's her whole role. The friend's gf is the antagonist solicitor you've seen a dozen times by now in other NTR/S stories painted under another face and name. Then just make small modifications for the NTR or love paths and you pretty much figured out the whole thing. The brother who has a blink and you miss it role in this "version 1.0" is a bit of a wild card but is most likely just another dick to put in the gf. Not bad in of itself. In fact, even a basic plot that moves the story along quickly has its place. I'm mostly trying to explain why this isn't a 5-star story.

Player engagement feels limited to choosing story paths. So far, the rest comes across as kinetic.

Graphically this is where the game does shine a little. It's AI CG done mostly right. The brief animation looks good too. Although the loop is shorter than some I've seen. With a few more genuinely good scenes and animations, the graphics could compensate for a simple story line.

As for the UI there's not much to judge. A few choices. No bugs. Nothing else at all really.

Overall, it's a 3.5 for me. I'm story centric so that's where the vast weight of the rating goes for me. Rounded down solely because of that irritating version choice and ignoring the blatant fluff review below.

I will check back in future updates looking for an excuse to change my score one way or another. Hopefully in a positive direction.

Like i said before, the music is AMAZING +1

Yumi's character design is +100

Sounds such as the inclusion of the alarm clock, brushing teeth, and ambient outside sound effects give it a very immersive experience for sure among its other sounds in the background. +1

The banter and comedic moments between Kai and Yumi is so organic, and not forced like in many other AVNs. This is good +1

Love the bits of foreshadowing sprinkled here and there +1

Was expecting the first animation would be in the scene where || Kai licks Yumi's tits|| But that can always change +0

Good explanation of character backgrounds, exposition, and history +1

Izzy's devlish personality i can definitely vibe with. Kinda conflicted between Izzy and Yumi
being best girl but .... Ill let my dick decide that, and it chooses Yumi +1

Lack of POV Choice -1

Glad to know that MC doesnt have a Micro-dick like in most other NTRs and it doesnt follow that trope +1

Wasnt expecting that cumming sound from when Yumi was replaying the events in the bathroom That scared me shitless +1

LOVE the animations included in some of the non-H scenes! That makes this AVN kinda unique in that aspect. (Video attached) +1

I like the transitions from one scene to the next. It shows every step of the journey, from their home, to the airport, even on the damn plane! Unlike in many other AVNs, it just jumps to the next part/scene, but here it shows you every aspect. Quite immersive +1

Final Verdict: 109/10 = ***SOLID** release in the setting up of the foundations for the AVN.