Ren'Py - Melatonin Magiks [Ch.4 v1.0 Public] [LaCokaGaming]

Excellent game.

Animations 5/5
Story, so far 5/5
Dialog 5/5
Characters 5/5

The story so far is very relaxing, and I haven't felt the need to skip any of the dialog. The music choices fit the game, but are a bit high on the volume. The H-scenes are very good, smooth, have nice angles and no crazy camera movements; good job. Noting that the game waste no time getting to that H-content, and that it's well written . Also noting that this game is almost 6 Gigs for it's initial release. I've only played about 30 mins, but rate this game an easy 5-star.

Worth a playthough. Keep it up!

Version reviewed: 1.0 (first release)

I'd like to preface this review by stating that I believe only perfect or near perfect works deserve a full star review. On a scale of 1-100 I'd give Melatonin Magiks a 92ish.

Playtime: 6-8 hours. This is a somewhat rough estimate, I spent the better part of a day on it but not in a single sitting.

Story: In the first ten minutes you may ask yourself "What the fuck did I download?". However it quickly manages to sweep you along with it.

Dialogue:
+All of the many main and side characters have three different flavors based off of what you have them call you. There might be more than three, I didn't check for any secret names.
+Each character's personality is properly portrayed through their words (and actions).
*Text emojis are present. This may be a non-issue for many, I just personally dislike it.
*Asterisks are somewhat common to show actions through text and also around laughing. Probably another personal hangup of mine, but as a heavy reader they had me checking below for footnotes/translator's notes like an idiot several times.

Visuals/interface:
+There are a ton of animations.
+Holy shit is there a lot of animations.
*Adding a "Realms" button instead of nesting realms inside the "Outside" interface would be a significant QoL change.
-Animations loop in the sense that they repeat, but they do not loop to the beginning of the animation. It is very strange to see a prim and proper lady cross her legs, then go back in time and do it again.
-Backgrounds often clash with the Koikatsu models.
-The interface could really use a facelift.

Smut:
+There is a lot of it.
+++Dirty talk of breeding and impregnation is common.
---I'm not going to be able to blow my gasket if MC doesn't actually put buns in the ovens.
*Scenes are rather short, since they're everywhere that's probably a good thing as that allows you to get back to the next section of a girl's story sooner. Most will be edging rather than nutting though.
-Scenes feel too common. Put the pitchforks away.

Overall I'm glad that I picked this up, I need MOAR.

Version Reviewed: v1.0

Overview: A haplass guy constantly runs into porno scenes with a huge assortment of nerd lust figures.

Story: It's kind of hard to explain, and I'm not sure even the dev knows. The dialog is barely thick enough to spackle between the sex scenes. The game throws crazy girls at you so fast you'll never have a chance to catch your breath.

Gameplay: One of those free roaming morning/afternoon/evening/night systems, where each location may or may not provide another sex scene, but usually does. The game throws new characters at you like tomatoes at open mic night, and yet amazingly some of the sex scenes are mutually exclusive so you still have to go back and try different choices to see everything.

Sex content: It's got everything. It doesn't make you wait either. Pretty much as soon as a new character says hi she's sucking your dick. There's not so much corruption as just hitting different poses with characters to unlock everything. And when I say everything I mean a lot. For a first release this game has more content than most games on this site have after 2 solid years of development.

Art: I'm not sure what the engine is. The models are fairly simplistic looking and the renders aren't packed with polys. Heavy anime styling.

Issues: The interface is pretty clunky and looks ugly. Sometimes it's bad enough to be an obstacle, at least to me. For example, I didn't think there was anything "outside" after the very first part of the game because it had a Ren'Py "go back" menu and seemingly nothing else, but in fact the background is in fact large buttons that open up huge new sections of the game. Another example: There is an overlay you can use to get some character info, and clicking on it cycles new characters, but active elements on the screen you opened it on are still there and can be clicked on, even though you can't see what's happening because there's a big info window in your face. Also, they can get stacked up, so even when you close one it might only show the previous, making you think you did something wrong. It needs some love, and to make button actually look like buttons, and to not mix Ren'Py menus and custom buttons that don't look like buttons.

Sound: I had to turn it off.

Conclusion: The interface issues and pants on head dialog would knock more stars off, but this game has so damn much content for a first release that I couldn't give it anything less than 4 stars.

Great so far lots of content in v1 and I love it cannot wait for what is tome come next love the one dick rule, how for some pregnancy in the future but still great without it. Also hope for some more save slots though

Okay, I played a bit, overall I have a good impression but the start was too fast in my opinion. Anyway it was later logically resolved so I am fine with it. Everything is animated and since the first version of game weights 6gb I can't just ignore this and not appreciate the devs effort.
In addition to this, I like the tags and girls design so 5 star for now.