Ren'Py - Meridia [v0.1.1] [ScriptVeil Games]

Excellent quality visuals. The game is empty for now, and very recent, so take this rating as an encouragement. What makes a game great (apart from the mandatorily good visuals) in my opinion, is:
- diversity of situations (you have a hot interest, but you're not simping over her and can get a shot at her equally hot friends, or strangers, etc.)
- a bit of humanity and caring mixed with the right amount of sadism.
Good luck!

The production is well done and a lot of effort was put into the look and feel of the AVN which I appreciate. I don't think I have ever seen the FMC model before and while there are some who look familiar, for the most part all of the characters seem to be pretty unique.

Despite the obvious story it is paradying, it is relatively enjoyable. The writting is fine and the story is okay, but the whole intro scene with the fat roommate is just stupid. It's funny how you can't make fun of anyone or anything these days and yet fat people are still acceptible targets. They are always socially stupid outcasts who are most likely geeks of some sort and always embarrassing themselves or being the butt of someone's joke. It's just an easy trope. Speaking as a fat guy who has a ton of friends and gets along great with people and has never had a problem with women, go fuck yourselves. Stop with the low hanging fruit and write something original.

The other problem I have is it's a sandbox. This one is on me as I missed it in the tags and if there is one thing I hate as much as freeroams, it's sandbox. This dev, like the rest of their AVN, has put some thought and work into it and it looks like it will be done well, but I still hate them. Even this one, the first objective is to go to bed, but no... you can't go to bed without checking your messages on your phone first. FFS, now there is a phone too? The phones were interesting when they first came out 10 years ago, but now they just distract you from the story and there are more creative ways to interact with text messages. They are just stupid in an AVN.

For the record, I did not deduct any stars for these shortcommings, but I will not be playing this AVN moving forward. The dev has done a really great job making all of it work and it looks great as well as being functional, but it's just not for me. If you don't mind sandbox or 10 year old phone systems, I would encourage you to download it and give it a shot. It is worth a playthru.

Good luck to a very talented dev.

That was a very nice start and I can't wait for the story to continue.

What I liked
The renders look beautiful and the faces feel fresh
The setup is nicely done, a bit of coming to Hogwarts feeling but with creepy security guys.
The dialogue sets the tone nicely, good humor too.

Nothing to dislike so far.
Best of luck to the dev.

Honestly, The game is incredibly detailed and I'm shocked that this is their first title. The girl is hot, the world is brimming with unique characters and interesting plot. I can't wait to see how it develops. All the best, Devs.

Excellent start. Great UI, renders and plenty of scope for really rich and varied experiences down the road. Really looking forward to the journey and, if the initial promise is maintained, this is definitely going to be one of my very favourites. As another reviewer alluded to, I just hope this doesn't require you to put up with harassment in order to get the best scenes - there are too many of those types of VNs out there and they suck. Fingers crossed for the future!

The beginnings are impressively well-crafted. Everything is there, as they say, and it bodes well for a great AVN. Let's just hope it remains tasteful and doesn't descend into vulgarity by dwelling too heavily on harassment or worse. I eagerly await future development and sincerely hope that a lesbian route will be developed fairly compared to other routes. For now, the introduction is excellent: Bravo!

The visuals are great and I'm loving how fleshed out the world seems to be already. There's a lot of attention to detail (make sure to click around!) and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes going forward.

Very solid release. The game is visually impressive: the environments are polished, the animations feel smooth, and the characters are genuinely likeable. The story quickly becomes intriguing, and this first update already offers several hours of content, even if it mostly focuses on setup and some teasing. It works well, though, because you can clearly feel that the world is being built with care.

The game appears both ambitious and complex, with multiple story threads and real attention given to how relationships between characters evolve. My only hope is that this level of ambition won’t lead to excessively long waits between future updates, because the potential is strong and it definitely leaves you wanting more.

What’s especially refreshing is that the writing avoids the usual shortcuts and clichés often found in the genre. The characters feel like they have real personalities and believable motivations, which makes the experience more immersive. I truly hope the writing quality remains this strong in the chapters to come.

What an amazing start! There is a lot of interesting personalities showing already, people seem (somewhat) self-aware about what comments they make and Elly actually notices creep behavior and can take action to avoid and stand up for herself!
And immediately allowed to ignore Lucas while exploring felt great.

It's so nice to see this not being another corruption to 100% in the first 20min of the game type of deal. The fact that the cast seems varied, and the nerdy guy actually being kinda cute is so much better than most games!

Really looking forward to the first update, and if the quality keeps up I will definitely support this going forward!

For a first release, it's very, very good.
Good and beautiful characters, good story and very detailed.
Expectations are very high!! I look forward to regular updates!!! Curious about what paths might exist!!

It is kind of absurd how much depth this game has for a first release. If you mainline it, without exploring, it is pretty quick. But the exploration have a lot to offer - if you are interested (not NSFW stuff, for awareness (at least not that I found)).

Very impressive and promising beginning.

Potter with a female touch. Looks great, has wit and the significant, it takes itself not to serious. For the first time, superb.
It has minor bugs as the message option from mom and sis locked after the first time independent from the save. Restart kills the phone messages.
Many to fix, but i hope to see more.

I really liked it! How often do you meet characters that don't duplicate each other from game to game? There might be a little something wrong with the dialogue, but overall I really liked the character designs and the overall aesthetics!!!!!!!