VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Master of Dark Arts [v0.42a Test build] [Moda Softworks]

Good sex renders don't make up for this games litany of other problems, from pacing, writing, editing, ideas, this game sucks. Like most people say, don't play this if you're not insanely patient about getting to the good stuff, because there's dramatically more bad stuff. Very bizarre seeing how many reviews compliment the writing and storytelling. Could not be farther from my experience.

Alright, this is another one of those games that can't help but bombard you with weird values regarding sexuality.
In addition, the MC is a complete moron. Sure, dropping a nuke on a country is a perfectly valid option because there are terrorists in it.
I mean, fuck the millions of innocents caught with it.
And yes, this is the mindset we get presented here.
Lots of ultra-conservative motivations, horrible insults about sex workers.

It's all pretty disgusting.
Which is sad, because the actual romance in the game can be pretty sweet at times, but every time I started to relax and enjoy it, the bigotry came out again. Most of the time it isn't really obvious, but it is there, oh it is.
For one example, at a party you knock down a black guy, behaving like the worst stereotype thug possible, and you get good karma if you go and punch him repeatedly again. Good karma for beating on someone you have already knocked out. Weird shit and there are several instances, not as bad as this one though, where the MC gets good karma for deeds that seem rather repulsive.

The main LI is a pretty sweet girl, even if her hair colour changes between hairstyles, which seems a bit weird, but sadly that doesn't make up for the bigotry and weird values deployed here.

Anyway, I decided not to try any further versions of this, because I can't stomach this kind of approach.

In addition to the problems mentioned above, the English is pretty bad, spelling seemed mostly fine, the issue here is more the grammar and the way the language is used in general.

Finally something different to a ton of the other VNs you will find on this site. Its a very idealistic type of romance between the MC and a sorceress.
So yes this is a single love interest type story and it focuses heavily on the slow build and wholesomness, so if you are looking for quick sex ora ton of girls then dont even try it. Otherwise ifthat sounds interesting then I can highly recommend checking it out as I also really like the world and story setup, cause magic/supernatural stuff is always right up my alley. Also dont get discouraged too quickly because the game gets a lot better after the start. The start has some pretty bad english grammer, but it gets a lot better after a little bit which was suprising cause I also was close to just stop playing because it looked like it wouldnt be good.

I don't care how good the story is supposed to be, because with this nauseating level of Engrish, there's no way I could ever get into it.
Every - single - fucking - sentence has grammar errors, pulling you right out of getting immersed into the story.
If you're making a game for an English speaking audience - make sure it's in fuckin' English!
You wouldn't use an image where the lighting was all fucked up, but shitty English is apparently not a concern?

Extract the games dialog (yes, RenPy let's you do that!) and run it through Open Office Write if you can't afford M$ Word to check for bad grammar. But that's probably too much work.

Bailing out before it even has started.

Excellent game. The lighting isn't the best I've seen, but the difference between the first and last render is noticeable.
However, otherwise a lot of work has been done, poses, angles, clothes, dialogues at a very good level. The game tells a romantic story and gets a little bit boring at the end, but I hope that in future updates the developer will add more "content". The game is very similar to Melody in its storytelling, but the main plot is even more interesting for me.
There are many games for fap, but games with soul can be counted on one hand.

Oh my... let' me preface this by saying that I do like slow burn romantic stories a lot and obviously a lot of effort has been put into this, but the implementation really makes my skin crawl.

Reading "m'lady" in reference to a love interest is already enough to make me cringe, but this story is all about white knighting. Every. Aspect. Of. It. The writing is a a juvenile distortion of what romance should be.

"Daisy" (Heh) is nothing but a walking damsel-in-distress container for the manly protagonist to prove his obviously apparent manliness. He is really manly. Really.

Icky.

This is not a 5 star game. It's okay and has potential, but it's got work to do to reach that rating. The best things about this are the renders and the setup. All the characters and set pieces are well done and a few are unique looking. In addition, the premise is interesting and based in an original world.

Now, on to the bad. First, I have no idea why the developer is putting a "choice" every few renders when there's nothing to choose. You either click the "choice" or stare at the screen forever, because there are no other options. That's not a choice. That's a forced break in the story, and it's used so often in this that it gets very annoying.

Next, the story is on rails. You WILL love Daisy, period. You MUST touch and kiss her. You MUST build a deep bond with her. You WILL keep her secret and white knight for her. Fail to do all of that, and you get a bad end not too far into the story. Honestly, that is fine, but why include choices at all then? All the illusion of choice does is frustrate the player.

All in all this is an average "game" with good to great visuals. So, it's probably a 2 1/2, but since there are no halves I'll bump it up to 3. I tried this on a whim, and probably won't check on it again for months. Perhaps, in a year, I'll revisit this and see if things have changed or gotten better. If it does, I'll revise the score accordingly.

What a nice game. Good to see a game which is unlike other games with incest and bang all girls out there. If you like romance type games try and this got magic too. Really loved Daisy she is cute, gorgeous and elegant too. Yep such a beautiful blonde. Liked the facial expressions of her. Dev really did a good thing there. This game needs more attention. Hope this won't get abandoned it sad to see good game getting abandon.

Okay ignore my engrish what I'm trying to say is try this game it's worth playing. If you are looking more sexual contents this is not the game for you. But I'm completely okay with that.

Holy shit absolutely beautiful game with its concept, story and characters.
Beautiful, cute, shy, awkward character Daisy (✿ ♡‿♡) that you awkwardly Love (only her) with romance, perfection.
Daisy in red saree ♡(ӦｖӦ｡) is perfection at its peak. Also her new hairstyle is miles ahead than her old hair style with bangs.
MC fights terrorist in terroristan, Noice. MC looks ok, but whenever (2 shots) there is a shot of him looking in mirror, he looks 40 years old, other times he looks good like in the end scene.
Story seems great so far and going by the main render on main menu, looks like it just going to get better.
Good luck to the Dev for further development of such a great game.

Love it so far.
I'm sick of those incest, cuckold, harem, fuck all girls games.

Daisy is dream girl, waifu material.
I'm guessing she is a custom made character coz I can't find her anywhere on Daz store.

I hope dev sticks with one love interest story.
Now the review-

As the dev said game is not for everyone, if you are playing for a quick fap you'll be disappointed.
But if you are like me who loves a good love story with realistic romance then you'll love it.
My girlfriend loved it too.
MOST REALISTIC ROMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN IN AN PORN GAME.

If you plan to support dev note this-
I talked to the dev and he said
"I want this game to have unique softcore-ish type erotic scenes, because you don't fuck a girl like Daisy, you make passionate love to her."
he added, "Sex scenes will be passionate and unique. oh and theres a pregnancy event in final chapter."

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Wow, just WOW! The story seems amazing and the character design and renders are too good. The romance seems to be a slow burn and honestly, in some games like these, the slow burn makes it even better.

I am hoping to see some good combat mechanics as well if possible, but dude, please don't abandon this game. I would love to see it get complete.

Absolutely love this game/novel...

I'd deduct one star cause of the lack of choices as the in game menu's do nothing really but just continue the kinetic story. However it's actually not distracting game play for me. The English could do with some proofreading but not horrible.

The renders are pretty good, nice idea's the dev is showing in some scene setup. However some scenes the camera shift unnecessary between frames a little too much. The character models are very unique looking so far and although they are DAZ models I've not seen any familiar models used. Great work on the devs part.

The story is very intriguing indeed and one can sense something brewing underneath all this lovely romance we've been seeing so far. I must point out I have only been playing for45 or so minutes but thoroughly been enjoying every minute.

Now the biggest factor going for the game is the dynamic between Daisy and MC. Works really well and I guess we all hope we can get with Daisy soon enough. Until then hopefully we can enjoy other ladies along the way.

Great work by the dev and keep it up...!

Thanks for the game. The renders and the characters are good. Story interesting. I look forward to the rest. Relationship between character is good and detailed. Writing was fine. Everything understandable and comprehensible. Good luck to dev

Well, I'm not a fan of magic world or these kind of things, but I like the story, pretty rare when I'm reading all of those lines. Well written!
Charachters (MC, Daisy) are so so good, love both of them. From time to time we need these kind of vanilla games, not just those skipping and fucking games. It's beautiful, felt good to play, so congrats! I hope the dev gets his/her support to contiune and complete the game.

Its a good starting point for this game.

going by what its show so far this is a character driven story, its seems to pay a greater attention to the relationship between the characters which can end up dragging too much if you don't like the characters, fortunately this its not the case here, the main love interest (so far I suppose?) Its actually likeable and her interactions with the MC are quite endearing, as for the MC himself, he is an overall decent guy which its rare in this games, if you like romance stories then this game its worth playing.

The only details that could improve its some of the interactions could be polished some more to give them a more natural feel.

As for the plot there are some supernatural elements that add an intriguing feel to this game, there are questions that need to be answered and many things to learn about the setting.

and overall good start, it's definitely a game worth playing if you like romance stories or character driven stories.