Ren'Py - Completed - Mist [v1.0.3] [395games]

Played version, 1.0.3 to the end and with all content, but without the I-patch.

Summary (With a few soft spoilers?): An apocalyptic event befalls the world following a series of mixed scientific and occult experiments. This is however unknown to us for most of the games duration. Clearly inspired by its movie namesake, a mist suddenly appears and changes the order of the world. MC is joined by a single girl in his mountainside cabin, where they now enter a phase of simple resource based apocalyptic survival. New heroines join the cast and the resource gathering takes a back seat to the exploration of what happened to the world and the increasingly active conflict with a hostile otherworldy entity. MC also learns to use the magic that is now part of the world order. The aphrodisiac effect of certain enviromental objects and MCs status as the allegedly last male alive are the driving force behind the H content. The positive counterpart of the hostile being joins our group of survivors as a “divine” demi-human woman and shortly after the cabin is abandoned in a big battle. After some hiding out in the upper mountains, our group takes the fight to the big bad after which we get our epilogue content.

Pros:
- A narrative that is moderately complex but handled well and with good pacing. Likely the result of using a small tight cast and simply prioritizing story and narrative over “lewd content at any cost”.
- Characters that are good or at least decent on their own and react sensibly to the situation they are in.
- Most 3D environments feel alive and not barren or cheap, with a few exceptions. We occasionally get short sequences with the camera flying around and showing things in real-time and not just standstills.
- H scene animations are very smooth; the loops have a completely natural flow and good transitions. “Liquids” look decent. Most climaxes have muscle spasms that look realistic and not over the top. Very hot.

Mehs or Hit/Miss:

- Dialogue during H scenes are somewhat mixed. Generally speaking, I would say they are mostly good or great in the first half of the game, but become predominantly porny or cringe in the latter half. Enough so that they belong in the MEH category.
- While not as bad as the text during the actual H scenes, the dialogue leading up to them sometimes have this uncanny feeling about them. Maybe a result of being writing by a non-anglophone who is good at grammar, but still lacks the ability to make speech sound natural during more “sensitive” scenes.
- A few inconsistencies or just unanswered questions left by the end.
Should the mist disappear at some point? Can it be reversed somehow? If females didn’t turn in the initial mist wave, then why did all the lights that Noriera saw get extinguished? Did it only show males for some reason? If the 3 human girls survived, why did Noriera only see 1 light (MC) when she woke up? And a few other questions.
- Not the most interesting MC to be honest, but not offensive on any fronts except for the cringy dialogue in the late-game H scenes.
- Some people have named the style of the 3D models used as a their personal dealbreaker. The faces in particular seems to be the issue. I personally found the style a little grating in the very beginning, but later on I liked it for being something different from the usual HS, KK and Daz assets seen elsewhere. For me, it’s a pro, but I admit that it will be a turnoff for many, thus categorizing it as Hit/Miss.

Cons:
- I didn’t like the level design in the more urban sections. Didn’t seem at all like the major city that was described in the text.
- The cabin was the central hub for the duration of the game, yet the interior and exterior assets were highly inconsistent with one another.
- The raft construction at the end didn’t make a lot of sense to me. Why not just scout along the creek on foot? It should have been a waste because going upstream in an upper mountain creek should be impossible using an improvised raft and just paddles.
- Without the I-patch the development of the relationship with Lily didn’t make much sense. MC in particular was way to adamant about not progressing things because they were childhood friends.

Great story
Unique model design, which takes some getting used to but is really hot after 1-2hours.
Combat is somewhat unnecessary, you should just play on easy and enjoy the story
Still overall one of the best games on here

An interesting game with good survival mechanics. It's amazing how the developer was able to execute it on such a game engine. Models of female characters are made above all praise. Thanks to the developer for the game and success in the new project.

Played it about a year ago, finally came back to go through and finish off the completed version. Well worth it.

Sexy survival horror is the best way to put it. You play as the last man on Earth and begin by stumbling upon what might be the last woman. Your goal is to survive long enough to enjoy that, and maybe find some other survivors...

This is very much a plot and character based game. We don't choose how the characters develop but we do play out tasks in order to develop the relationship. While your woman stays to tend to the home, you head out into the unknown to do turn-based combat, explore, and gather food.

The need to explore typically sets the pace for the stat growth and so there's little need to ever do a pure grind: your stats will comfortably get to where you need them through a playthrough so long as you aren't attempted to speedrun it, and the availability of food is enough even if you don't choose the starting option to begin the game with a huge supply.

Without spoiling anything non-obvious, you'll meet a handful of people along the way that add to your home in the apocalypse. Each one has a unique character, an actual background, and their differing attitudes add flavour to both the game and the smut. There are no passive-actors and they all play a key role in the story.

As for the plot itself, it's not too light, not too dense. There's happenings, there's a clear quest line, and the goal is always survival. My only caveat here would be that the sex is something that develops, and this isn't a game focused all on the action. If you're someone who just likes to hit skip and get to the good stuff then this isn't the game for you. More like the game is light-hearted but wants you to have some investment in the girls.

As for criticism, if I were speaking personally then the sex is a bit vanilla and too "nicey nice" but it's pretty good. The characters overall are a bit too nice in fact. There's never any real tension between them in spite of the severity of their situation. I won't spoil the ending, but I would've liked a bit more of a victory lap. The game allows you to continue in case you missed any minor scenes but it would've been nice if there were maybe a new conversation or two. I also think the cum animations were pretty meh.

Overall though, I like to give positive reviews to games that get completed and never show a dip in quality. You're not going to get to the end and feel like the dev started to phone it in or stretch the game out. Equal parts sexy and charming, with a hint of horror.

This game has a post-apocalypic setting, but its characters are quite cheerful and likable. That, along with the lite-RPG game mechanics made for a fun playthrough.

I liked the art for being somewhat cartoonish despite being 3D. It's definitely much better than the awful Daz3D models that most 3DCG games use. On top of that, the animations are of great quality.

Although the game is obviously good, for some reason I had to force myself to finish it. Maybe it's the artstyle or just a lot of talking... But objectively the plot is interesting, original, and non-trivial, which is why I was hooked. The gameplay is ok, but I advise to play on the lowest game difficulty. The graphics is not my cup of tee, but is original and quite good, even with animations. All in all, a good game, try it out for yourself.

Great characters and story, and the progression is straight forward. It plays like the old Mist games, basically explore until you run out of energy/fight to many enemies. There's quality animations and different focuses for each character you get with so it works really well.

Very few sexual visual novel type of games grab me but this one I was hooked from the start right to the very end. I felt the progression was well executed and never felt too grindy.

Good story and graphics. I was very immersed. There's few grammar and typo mistakes in the dialogue but it was never too distracting but far, far better than a lot of other games out there.

Great sex scenes too - all animated!

A well made game - the story is good, the character banter is fun, the sex is good. The plot is good enough that the game can almost stand on its own without the porn.
The models take some getting used to, but are well done and it's nice that they're not carbon copies of every other game.
The sex scenes hit a variety of kinks, though nothing too crazy.
Overall, this game has almost nothing I would criticize, and since I cannot find major faults with it, it's an easy 5 stars.

When I downloaded this game I didn't know what to expect, but it was definitely worth it.
the story is good, the renderings are good, the animations are smooth, the characters all have their own personalities, wishes, etc. and there is a purple goddess that you don't expect.
you also have to pay attention to the resources and other displays while you play, otherwise it's over very quickly.
the biggest plus is the control, you don't have to do all the tasks right away, you can develop a bit before, build up skills, collect food and materials before you continue with the storyline.
the decisions you make in dialog with the girls unfortunately only change the conversations but not the storyline

for the fact that this comic-like thing put me off for a long time, it turned out surprisingly good, so good that i now have to play through it a third time.

I have been lurking on this website, going through different games for a very long time.

It is VERY rare to see a game go out, have a unique style, art and story, have a steady development cycle with good update time, and then be Completed while the Patreon money is still flowing in.

Is this game good? Yes it is, even without those factors. But even if you don't like the style it offers, I think we all should give our respect to author for doing something that many other devs make to seem impossible.

Simply godlike.
The story is actually interesting and I loved the kinks we played with.
There is no NTR, there is actually good survival management gameplay, and a lovely lovely harem XD

This one deserves to be as highly rated as it is.

A really fun enjoyable VN.
I was playing this as it was being released and its very rare i follow a game through to the end of development.

The story line is well balanced, based in time tested harem principles executed properly. Each girl has her own personality, desires, and backstory.
The survival apocalypse theme and chance encounters is really well executed to make the comfy cabin actually feel like a safe home.

In general a great game with great renders, story, and mechanics, definitely in my top 10.

Great game with well written dialogs and overall good scenes.
The story is definitely enjoyable and I was interested to see where it was all going.
The art is the one thing thatI initially didn't like, but it ended up growing on me.
I would def recommend.

I wasn't a fan of the artwork at the start, but I'm glad I gave this game a shot.

The story is interesting and varied in locations. The characters are also likeable.
There is a bit of gathering happening, but just enough to make some sense to the story, not grindy at all.

Overall it was a nice mix of interesting light story and some sexy scenes.

Mist has been an unexpectedly good experience. I've never been a big fan of visual novels and usually find myself skimming through lines of dialogue that, to me, don't matter that much. This, however, never happened with this game, it always kept me hungry for more. I am very lucky to have discovered it after its completion, otherwise I would have had a tough time waiting for the updates.

The game has a carefully crafted atmosphere, a great story and even greater characters to whom I've grown attached over the course of the game. It's pretty long, though arguably made longer by a couple of "grindy" mechanics.
The grind is mostly for "stats" and, a bit further in the story, for materials. Materials are used just a couple of times throughout the story and are requested alongside other tasks which will take more or less the time it takes the other npcs to gather said materials. Stats naturally level up going on expeditions, you just need to remember to switch your focus from time to time.
The last grind and ever present grind is the one for food. For full clarity I played my playthough on "FEAST", meaning I had pretty much unlimited food from the start, but I took notice of how the numbers went up and down. As long as you spend some stamina foraging in your expeditions and take care to harvest your crops (once you have the garden running) it should never be a problem.

One of the minor details that really struck me was the fact that the whole story is told seamlessly, not once I was able to say to myself "here starts another chapter or update", which is something that usually happens with these kinds of project.

I am by no means an expert in VNs so I'll just say that the dialogue is enjoyable and actually feels real. Characters are few, but that's by design. You gradually encounter more characters as you go along with the story but there are only about 6 of them, counting the main character. In my opinion the small cast is perfect, not only for the atmosphere and how it plays into the feeling of solitude of the first couple of hours, but also for the fact that each of them has a distinct personality. I do want to point out that, as already said by others, all the girls pretty much melt into one archetype as soon as the sex scene starts except for a couple of times. This didn't bother me that much to be honest, but I do see the point that sex scenes could have had more diverse dialogue and dynamics: something that is way more present in the start of the game with the first two girls.

All in all, Mist is a great game and a great Visual Novel. Would be a disservice to rank it anything below 5/5. Try it, play it and stay on the lookout for now projects by 395 Games.

It's pretty perfect.

I usually dislike sandboxy games, but this one does pretty much everything right.

The characters remain fun and interesting, it ticks off a decent number of fetishes. The plot is good for what it is, and the way it unravels is very pleasing. It's executed very well.

I love that the art is bespoke to the game. All scenes with Noreia are fucking awesome.

It's a fantastic game that deserves more love.

Perhaps one of the best VNs I've played.


The devs understood well the limitations of Renpy and used the engine in a very cinematic way while still allowing plenty of choices, it does that by dividing the gameplay into open world sections with cinematic cutscenes in between. The open world sections comes with a list of tasks the player need to complete before moving further into the story but also allow the player to do so at their own pace and to explore non mandatory safe areas because of that it doesn't feel railroading.

The story itself is where the game shine the brightest, it seem very basic at first but as the story progress it always manage to throw a curve ball which changes everything and peak our curiosity to know more, this makes the game a lot more engaging and I love it. Even the ending, which is usually a let down in porn games, still manage to keep the tension high and release it masterfully to a satisfying finale.

The models are simple and anime-esc in appearance, and while it isn't every one cup of tea they still look very good. The sex scenes are always animated and are sprinkled all through out the game with all four sex able characters, the game also has a gallery to visit previous sex scenes.

The game has audio, both ambient noises and music which fade in and out seamless with the scenes.

My grips:

The four characters do have different personalities but on most sex scenes they become basically the same character. That is a pity, as it could be used for more diverse sex scenes.

You do have to have sex with all four characters for the story to progress. I understand most people are in harem games but I still would prefer if it's was optional and the player could choose.

Its possible to get sex and 'bonus' scenes out of order which may break the immersion as suddenly characters which were ok with anal become reluctant or start to talk about issue long overcome.

Despite my grips, the good far outweight the bad so I still gonna give this game 5 stars. Strongly recommend.

Nice story, nice sex animations.

From the beginning to the end of the game, I felt like I was really watching a movie or experiencing the story myself. I don't know if it's a quote from somewhere else or not, but the story was very good.

It didn't captivate me enough to pay that much attention to the music and sound effects, but considering that there are games on this site that don't have any sound or music at all, I have to thank the developer.

The sex scenes and animations (fetishes) were so beautiful that I wish we could see more games like this, it would be absolutely amazing.

The duration of the game was good enough. If I had to measure it, I would say it was a bit above medium. Not too long, not too short.

I played the first game out of curiosity. I can't say that I liked it very much, it was a different experience rather than liking it. I don't understand why all men are made of mushrooms, is there a grudge against men, please forgive me developer. (A Tale of Eden)

Compared to the first game, this one was a better experience for me and I would recommend it to everyone.

Great Game.
-1 for the grind & graphics.
You need to make a lot of actions to collect stuff & to raise stats. The claydoll graphics are not that bad, just not the best I've seen in games.
But great overall. Could've been a more exciting narrative experience without the freeplay grind & some cuts here & there; but as a 'game', rather than a VN, it's really well put together.