VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Lusty Chapters [Final] [Velvet Quill Studios]

  1. 4.00 star(s)

    Su-Pre

    Score

    7/10​


    Overview

    Gameplay Type
    A linear VN with simple mini-games between and within scenes.​

    Plot Summary
    You play as Abby (the FMC), who visits her best friend Alice, an erotic fiction writer. You're there to listen as she shares some of her steamy short stories.​

    Overall Impression
    The game is basically a collection of short, unrelated erotic stories. It's super short and feels more like a tech demo to show off what the dev can do. That said, the production quality is absolutely next-level, from the character models to the game's framework. For a first game, this is seriously impressive. I'm definitely keeping an eye out for their next project(or maybe an update/DLC).​


    Detailed Breakdown

    ▲ The character models are stunning. Seriously, this is what games in 2025 should look like.
    ▲ The writing for the erotic scenes is incredibly detailed and really nails Alice's voice as an author.
    ▲ The dev clearly put a ton of care into every little detail—the menus, the UI, all of it is polished.
    ▲ I'd say that the coding is really solid if u decode it. This dev has a ton of potential.
    △ I'm in love with the art style. I mean, how on earth did they even create a character like Aika?
    ▼ The gallery only has short, looping animations instead of full, replayable scenes.
    ▽ The story setup is really cool and has a lot of potential, but the game ends just as it feels like it's getting started.


    Other Thoughts

    ○ About The Mini-games(puzzles)
    So, about the mini-games that a lot of people are complaining about... I kinda see it differently. As a modder(not now but in the future), I can appreciate what the dev was going for here.​
    In the game, at the beginning of each story, the dev uses a mini-game to sketch out the background scenery. During the story, there are interactive mini-games to engage with the scene. In the sexy parts, you drag the mouse to undress and caress, and click for touching and penetration.​
    Clearly, the dev wanted to make the player feel more involved, instead of just making us click through endless dialogue like in a typical VN. You have to give them props for trying something different.​
    However, I do agree that some of them don't really hit the mark. The lock-picking mini-game, for example. She's just going home, not breaking in! Unlocking her own door shouldn't be that complicated.​
    As for the mouse actions for caressing and penetration, they need to have a visible impact on the characters. Things like skin flushing, muscles tensing, sweating, dazed expressions... That would give the player way better feedback and make the whole experience so much more rewarding.​


    PS

    Legend for symbols
    ▲ Objective, Positive​
    ▼ Objective, Negative​
    ● Objective, Neutral​
    △ Subjective, Positive​
    ▽ Subjective, Negative​
    ○ Subjective, Neutral​
  2. 1.00 star(s)

    AnPolice

    Renders are fine but they're mostly stills with some occasional small loops.

    The writing is just... atrociously slow. The dialogue choices, don't matter. The random puzzles and action events, annoying.

    Seriously, doesn't even try to explain how to do the puzzles.

    I'd give it a 2 for the renders but I really wouldn't recommend it at all unfortunately.
  3. 1.00 star(s)

    Robby5315

    The entire game was ruined with the pointless clicking and mini-games. I spent more time on the ridiculous clicking and mini-games than actually reading the dialog and enjoying it. Next time this dev makes a game stick to the actual fucking game and story and not the mini-games that hold no value in any game.
  4. 3.00 star(s)

    Alfius

    I must be honest, I expected something different.

    Sex scenes and renders are pretty good.

    puzzles are actually not too bad. I enjoyed it.

    I could not really get into the characters. I knew nothing about the backstories of the characters involved and therefore you have no attachment to any of the characters.

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    Unfortunately, despite the characters and designs being very pretty and well rendered, the game just does not grab me, and I felt no motivation to complete the game after playing about two thirds of the game.
  5. 2.00 star(s)

    RealflyNimbus

    A really badly made game. The puzzles are needlessly confusing and waaaaaaaay too many. Every minute theres another boring puzzle that breaks any interest in the game. The animations are really good but that's about all that's good with this game. The story is alright (not bad, but not really great). You can tell the creator was ambitious but the game is just not good. Some of its features don't work while others are just annoying