VN - Ren'Py - Lycoris Radiata [Ch.6 Public] [Kuro]

this is truly one of the best games in term of story that I have played truly a master piece I truly fell in love with it and can only hope for more updates
P.S : I love the three stars and hope we can see more fun events with them

first of all visuals are amazing, that's why i got here in here in the first place. the characters look fantastic and each with unique style to them. the concept of death and birth through "that" is refreshing and honestly suprised that it worked for me. finally, i always appreciate the spiderman references.

edit: p.s. qte is nightmare for laptop users like me

Review of Chapter 6.

I have long thought that visual novels have a lot of potential as a story-telling medium, and I am always on the lookout for one that might realize some of this. So I was not put off when I heard that this one didn’t feature any overt sex scenes. Sex is a part of adult life, and a novel for and about adults that doesn’t even recognize the act would seem odd these days: but it doesn’t need to be spelled out (or shown) in great detail to tell a good story.

So how well does this do? It looks good, and the story is interesting, though not particularly original. I found the text somewhat boring at times: I think the dev either needs to step up his skill as a wordsmith or trim it back a bit. The tone of the novel is not very consistent: sometimes it plays as a straight drama, other times it becomes a slap-stick comedy. Both are done well, but the clash between them reduces the impact. There were even some mini-game-like elements thrown in to disrupt the story.

Overall I enjoyed the game, and would be interested in playing it if it is ever completed. I am not sure that I would bother to follow along from update-to-update, though; and I suspect that the lack of overt sex scenes might be a factor. There is always a little dopamine rush when the viewpoint character we are following gets laid (maybe a big one if the player faps to it). It provides a reward that counteracts what might otherwise be frustration at having the story interrupted yet again. Here the reward comes primarily from the story, and won’t be fully realized until it is complete.

It might be worth taking a look, if the lack of sex-scenes isn’t a deal breaker to you.

10 out of 10.
Initially, I was a little afraid that this game would turn into a cringe fest (Japanese names, an MC with that kind of attitude, etc.), but surprise, the engaging plot and endearing characters made me forget about my reservations.
I've been reading a lot of VN for a while now but this one I can't stop reading. The tale is captivating, the dialogue is excellent, I adore every character, and the action scenes in QTE are incredibly well rendered.

A true gem; I'm excited to see what the developer can accomplish with it.

- An interesting story is being used here. Unfortunately, the original didn't have any
lewd content, and the dev hasn't figured out yet how to cram that in. Probably should
have picked different material for this game to begin with.

- That whole japanese naming convention for people is somewhat charming for about 2 minutes.
After that, it's just fucking annoying. Half the time I didn't know who was doing the
talking and to whom that person was talking to. I'm not that invested into these games
that I'm willing to make notes about who is who. If you make a game for an English speaking
audience, then keep the character naming simple, dev-san. Sensei-dev? Dev-kun? Fuck you!

- Graphics are average HS style at best. There are games with much better HS graphics, where
the lighting isn't all flat and the textures used are much nicer.

- All in all not a bad VN, but certainly not 5 stars. Not even close.

Story is unbelievably good, even without any sexual content, the plot, the mc's unique set of characteristics and art still carries it.


The Art is fantasstic, as you have already heard, the design of each characters may be ssen in other games, but it doesn't really put you off that much.

Mc though IS funny, not putting a humor tag on this one screams confidence on the developers side.

The player interactivity and choices is not lacking too.

Definitely one of the best games that is for everyone.

1-This is a story-driven type of game that doesn't focus on sex

(not Recommended if you're someone that wants to see sex scenes ,or plays this game for that reason only)
but it's great, it has an interesting story and cute/good looking characters (especially mirai and reika) the MC's kinda hot too
Good humor ,nice music and sound effects

The only problem that i have with this game is the lack of choices ,it feels like a kinetic novel sometimes

Overall , i pretty much Enjoyed the game

the story seems interesting so far
-the characters look good(4.5/5) it would be good if some of them had different body sizes tho, but it's not that deep
-the QTE seems easy(i'm not saying to make it harder)
-somehow i'm liking MC's personality (i guess i just got tired of Wimpy MCs)
-It has a good music
-Good Sound effects

The thing that's kinda bad:
-that forced scene with Luna, but since I'm starting to liking her I'll let that slide,hopefully we won't have any forced scenes in the future
That's it

This game is probably good for people who don't care much about sex , and are interested about the story

Looking foward for the next updates

The story is pretty good, its a mix of alot of stuff like playing a MC whos lose some of hes memory to find out hes familie is pretty much a maifa thing, its not called that in the game but yeah thats what it feel likes.

For once i love how MC acts and thinks atleast in chapter 1 and most of chapter 2, but for a game that should be about choices i just hate that it forces you to have sex with someone, i wouldent want to touch Luna with a 10ft pole and yet MC is happy to fuck her, sex in this game is very rare so it only makes it that more annoying when you dont have a choice.

MC knows how much the 2 twins hates Luna as well but apprently MC couldent care less about them, personaly i wouldent want to risk anything to lose the twins, it just makes for a shitty story and if one LI is forced the posibility of it happening again is there and thats enough to kill the game for me, i dont play kinetic stories for the same reason i hate forced relationships/LIs.

What makes it even worse is that its not even a harem game so why on earth would someone be forced on you, thats like game-over.....

Later in game you can pick Ren/Inei path cant say i was a fan of that stuff either, after you pick your name will show as Ren or Inei alot of the times instend of the name you picked, it kills the immersive feeling.

As for sex scenes just forget it there really arent any, 6 chapters in and the is one very boring forced sex scene in chapter 2, and one bath scene with twins but they dont really do anything so you just see some tits, and that it.....

Story 3/5
Starts out nice but gets a bit boring and with the Ren/Inei paths i just lost interrest.

Animations 0/5
Well there arent any which dosent help the game.

Sex scenes 1/5
They are boring and you never see a dick or a pussy, its really not a AVN, its not even good enough to be called softcore.

Girls 4/5
They look good so not much to say about them.

Music 3/5
Its pretty standard background stufff nothing special.

Choices 1/5
For a game that should have choices there really arent many, and most are pointless so its nowhere near a choice driven game so think more of it as a kinetic story with the odd choice every blue moon.

Chapter 6 ver.

I'd give it 3.5/5
Review contain minor SPOILERS.

Strongest side of this project is writing. Maybe I was bored today, but in any case I enjoyed reading.

Weakest side - sexual content. Currently game has decent amount of text. I think I spent at least 5 hours, but prolly closer to 7 hours, to finish it from start. For this amount of text there's 1 half assed (sorry, not sorry, dev) sex scene with gal who leaves much to be desired appearance-wise and small lewd scene in bath. Scene was short, boring, cold and has no animations.
Although game tries to give a small possible excuse for this lore-wise, it still feels like bs, because of sex scene we "already" saw.

What I don't like most - Lock of LI in future updates, depending on Ren/Inei path. To change scene, to get a different, but still lewd scene - okay. But to completely shut down. No can do.
Dev, what is canon ? Ren or Inei ? For obvious reasons, I play Inei path.

Anyway, I hated similar shit with Cyberpunk so this case isnt too different. The only way this game will have an enjoyable ending for me is "fusion". Getting rid of Ren or Inei would feel off. This game doesnt feel like drama at all. May have some features but it isnt. It's pretty light aside from stuff like that pedo dude and Sculptor (very glad that for some reason dev added this intrigue in plot, let's see how will it unfold).

I loved background music and I used Shazam several times. Good job here.
Some funny sounds also lighten my mood multiple times.

Girls design is well made. Only exception (I'm sorry I dunno how to say it in English) - pouches underneath the eyes of some characters. Especially Sakura. There were more examples, just too many girls to remember.
Shion is an eye candy. Face, hairstyle. Very hot.
Sumire is definetely doesnt resemble Luna from another famous game.
Mirai is super cute. Same with Reika
Maid is...yes.

With such a huge amount of plot already thrown in I'm scared about dev's ambitions. Just checked, game is in development since Sept 2021. Roughly 3 chapters per year. What I can tell is that if we get 10 chapters - it will be rushed ending. Rushed as fuck. Something closer to 15 sounds more realistic. BUT ! It will be ~2026 year. Sad, but nothing nothing we can do about it. I also want to see some good and quality lewd scenes, hopefully with animations.

Great game if your primary reason isn't to jack off. There's no teasing btw. Very rare

This is such amazing game and great to see MC that is ambitious, have skills and doesn't let people walk over him , but instead walk over anyone that cross him. One of my favourite AVNs, can't wait to play more of it.

One of my favorites right now. This could absolutely be turned into an anime and it would definitely be a banger there too. I don't even care that there's no lewd scenes because both the story and artwork are beyond incredible.

The only thing I'd like to have more are choices since there's very little of that. That being said, I find it interesting when there's the choice to progress as either Ren or Inei, just wish there were more of those and even general choices too.

A criminally underrated game. Beautiful models using HS2, and the story and the characters, while some could say cliche, is executed well and not in any cringe way. The plot is developing nicely, and I'm very invested in the game, despite there not being any H-scenes so far. Really excited to see where this project goes!

this needs more recognition. The writing and pacing is so good it draws me in. The models are 10/10, The girls are likable and has depth. Highly recommended. The premise of having 2 personality was handled so good!

CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED!!

Warning:
Game wasn't designed to be porn but rather a game that has some adult elements (there's an option to block nsfw in setting that should give you the hint). Also, plays more kinetically so choices are far and fewer.

Pros:

1. Unique and riveting plot
2. Writing is top notch with great use of humor and sound effect where needed.
3. Character buildup and arcs are nicely portrayed
4. Renders are great,
5. Music is very well chosen
6. Animations like blinking or moving make it even more immersive.
7. Satisfactory NSFW scene

Cons:

1. I have no complaints. Dev was transparent about what kind of game this was gonna be so I don't mind lack of h scenes.

Verdict: Abso-fucking-lutely for plot lovers!

Barely a sexual game, but it is still a very good game. Everything was great, especially the story and the character. Though I'd really like the game to have a bit more of a sexual approach, but this is not even a complaint, just personal favor. Can't wait to see how things will be unfolded.

Let's start with most important part, in my opinion this game needs 2 additional tags: "Kinetic Novel" and "QTEs" (if that one exists at all).

Throughout the whole game, as of chapter 5, there are 5-6 choices, mostly "be nice" or "be rude". I assume they might make a difference down the line of there will be H scene or not, but they don't affect the story.

Onto girls...sorry, I have to be harsh as well. They're just a cliche after cliche. From the very start of a game all girls are (literally) throwing themselves onto MC. Their personalities are what you will find in every other VN on this site (one is shy, one is overbearing, there's tsundere type, there are crazy in love with MC- ok, this is all girls, literally ALL OF THEM - there is servant, there is "hiding something to protect MC etc.).
If you can think of a girl stereotype, it's in this game.

MC himself, again my opinion, in contrast to what some are saying, starts a bit interesting. Sure, he's a bit edgy, but there's also a bit of actual character to him. He has goals, he describes how he aims to achieve those goals...unfortunately as the story progresses that all changes and you get your typical, run-of-the-mill goody-two-shoes, nice to everyone (very few mentioned choices aside). He loses his personality from the start and is just, well boring.
There's another part to him I don't like, but saying that would be a spoiler so I'll just say I'm not a fan of it and leave it there.

QTEs, as much as I hate them, are not a big problem since they're fairly generous, so despite existing they don't really do much except check you didn't fall asleep while reading.

H content? Minimal. Very, very, very minimal. Also unavoidable. There's a girl I really disliked, with MC even stating there's something fishy going on...they talk about that fishy detail, only for her to say "ok, now we fuck"...MC says no, she says yes, MC says ok and they have sex.

Story is very promising in the start. Bit of mystery, bit of edginess (didn't mind it), bit of crime, some revenge undertones, ton of world lore and exploring the city where events are happening....then whole bunch of nothing later on.
Story, unfortunately, fell into a trap many games on this site have. It looks like it wasn't completely planned so things keep getting added over and over without progressing what was there before. And then it turns into an incoherent mess.
Which is a shame, there were really good foundations for strong narrative at the start of a game.

Positives would include:
- Good looking girls
- Great story (at the very beginning)
- Decent MC (at the very beginning)
- Funny banter (throughout the whole game)

Banter is definitely really nice and despite not liking the game overall (all the negatives written above), jokes mostly did land and I had a good chuckle frequently. That would probably also be a reason why I stuck with it for as long as I did.

I wish dev all the best in finishing this one, and look forwards to next game he makes, I believe it can be great with some more planning and more focused "gameplay".
Sorry for the harsh review.

The story is bland and not interesting enough to warrant a higher ratings at least for now, and the worst part is the MC, i dont mind MC with edgy attitude as long they have a background to justified it, but this MC just plain dumb and thinking that the world revolve around him, so full of himself etc, this reminds me with those edgy MC from some trash isekai mangas.

Yeah this is fucking good. The characters all feel very different and none feel particularly too one-dimensional, and the dual mysteries of the past of our "two" protagonists is done wonderfully for the reader. Good soundtrack, renders are also fairly good. The writing is good BUT littered with small grammatical errors all over the place. Perhaps the only other setback one could make is that the NSFW scenes are fairly low quality if we're being honest - but simultaneously, the story is great, and to me that matters way more than just good sex renders.

Still, this is fucking good. A mystery indie VN done right, for fucking once. Kudos to the developer.

Found this game after 15 minutes of scrolling on itchio, was sceptical at first, but now i absolutely love it. both ren and inai are absolutely cool, the dialogue and characters interactions are amazing and mig (mirai is goddess)