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

absolute banger, story is great, everything is great, although if I had to nitpick, the english is a little awkward at times, but I believe that is just due to translation. 95% of the time it's perfect though and you wouldn't even notice.

Mist is a really interesting game with a nice different 3D style and a lot of scenes. The gameplay consists of a point and click story progression and some basic combat/rpg mechanics. It is very refreshing compared to the usual WEG visual novels. The author goes really deep into the story, with plenty of lore and explanations about everything. It really seems he enjoys the apocalypse theme and supernatural creepiness. The problem is that there is just too much of it, you will get tired with the hundreds of lines about the very complex situation that caused the scenario. And not only is the story too heavy, but it gets in the way of the scenes. Multiple scenes just feel weird to have, despite being interesting, because some catastrophe suddenly happens. A very odd mix of feelings in such a short time span. A more light take on the story would have been better, not trespassing the specific moments nor tiring you over its longness.
Personally I disliked the big change sections. I feel they overstay their presence and did a bit of damage in the enjoyment of the game. But you can soldier on considering how much care there is for the relationship and character growth. This game has the bliss to be focused on quality over quantity, a plague in WEGs, here you have four characters that you will spend a lot of time with, have many different scenes, and actually grow to care for them.
It is not only a very well made game of its genre, but I would consider it one of the top western ones.

This game is original, survival and turn based combat in a renpy game is not that common, but it is cool that dev a least offers the choice to avoid the survival aspect because it can get tedious and the plot might feel cringe at times but it solves the logic issue of harem games. Good scenes overall but girls are bit one dimensional. Doesnt keep me from giving 5 stars tho.

[Reviewed v1.0.3; Final version at time of review]

Mist is the near-perfect package. It has an exciting story supported by excellent writing, pleasing visuals, skilful cinematography, and good designs working in tandem with good writing to produce great characters. Only some integral gameplay elements prevent Mist from properly becoming a paragon of erotic video games.

Positives

Story: While on a mountain trip, the main character (MC) gets caught up in a strange mist that suddenly envelops the surrounding area. Along with the arrival of the thick fog comes malevolent creatures and a mysterious force that alternates between helping and hindering you. As you progress, you start to discover the true nature of the phenomenon, as well as its origin and purpose.

The story is a mix of fantasy and science fiction à la, The Mist, a film based on a Stephen King novella. However, unlike that movie, the fantasy elements achieve a happy symbiosis with the science fiction elements. This mixture makes the plot captivating, as mysteries are explained and resolved with mystical and technical breakthroughs.

Overall, Mist has a great story that is told well.

Characters: For your consideration, this game offers a harem of lovable ladies. Each lady is unique in their own way while also sharing the cute, endearing traits you might expect from fictional women in a porn game. These characters are complimented by good writing and pertinent roles in the story, making interacting with them enjoyable and making their inclusion feel meaningful.

Robin: Your mainstay. A blonde bombshell who's there at the beginning and sticks with you till the end. Robin acts as the principal wife; like the spoke of a wheel, the relationships you form with the other girls are helped, facilitated, or suggested by Robin. She's a driving force in how the story and the characters develop.

Mia: A mischievous daughter figure. Mia is the youngest of the group and, fittingly, the most shaken up by the strange events. She's scared and withdrawn at first but gradually grows more comfortable with her new family and becomes one of the game's most outgoing and strongly opinionated characters. Another charming aspect of her personality is her impishness. For her (and your) amusement, she is very playful, teasing the MC and the other girls with an adorably smug grin.

Lily: A step-sister figure (or an actual sister with the right mod). Smart and reserved with a cold demeanour that hides a sensitive soul. Lily makes a strong impression that might lead people to write her off as a stern, indifferent scientist unconcerned with the more intimate parts of human relationships. However, if you stick with her, you'll soon find that this brunette is one of the sweetest girls in the harem.

Noreia: A deeply maternal figure. Noreia is similar to the Jungian-inspired great mother archetype, specifically Sophia. Noreia is a mighty figure that physically towers over the other characters in the story. Yet, at the same time, she is loving, protective, and supportive. Even though early on in the game, you get the impression that she could snuff you out like gale winds to a candle, her presence always feels comforting. In the darkest moments for the MC, Noreia is the one who makes it seem like everything is going to be okay.

Mise-en-scène: An oft-neglected feature that is thankfully given its proper due in Mist.

Set design: There are a variety of locations in Mist, and each is designed in a way that suits its narrative purpose.

Your home base is warm and comforting, a rare solace in this new dangerous world. The forest, corrupted by the strange phenomenon, is foreboding. It's now home to the weird fog, from which dangerous creatures emerge to threaten the last vestiges of humanity in this cursed area. The lodge is a horror scene: blood splashed across walls and floors, abandoned luggage strewn about, and powerful monsters stalking the hallways. The city is a representation of the pseudo-apocalypse caused by the strange phenomenon. A city, an amalgamation of mankind's achievements, a place that should be teeming with people, has been conquered by weird plant life corrupted by strange energies. Quiet and gloomy, with the only light being the bio-fluorescence of the plants. The tunnels are a mechanical maze. Exposed wiring, terminals, and concrete pipes make up the majority of this environment, with a few supernatural elements that help unravel some of the mysteries of this strange happening.

Lighting: Superbly done. Great care has been taken to ensure every scene's lighting is congruous with the appropriate setting's light source, enhancing the presentation of the entire game. In addition, the game demonstrates a masterful use of light and darkness. This is perhaps the most well-done part of the game, which is saying something.

Composition: Objects and people are placed in a scene to realize their narrative goals. Additionally, the characters positioning in sex scenes are varied enough to keep the action exciting and aesthetically pleasing.

Character design: Basic, except for Noreia. She cuts a striking figure with her tall stature, purple skin, white hair, and golden tattoos. In addition, when she uses her vast powers, her tattoos gain a glowing effect, making her a visual treat.

Impressive use of text: I don't think I've complimented a game's use of text before, and I doubt I ever will again. However, I must credit a small detail that enhanced my immersion and impressed me with its inclusion in the game.

At various points in the game, the MC receives visions of a mysterious being who acts as a mentor and protector. During these visions, this being's dialogue is overlaid directly on the scene rather than contained in a text box. This minute feature made a strong impression on me as I realized how it tied into this character's nature.

A job well done. Not many many people would have bothered, but I'm glad you did.

Negatives

Gameplay: This negative results from a series of quibbles feeding into each other. A large part of this game is walking around and gathering materials, mainly food. Unfortunately, this gathering is too easy to be engaging, but not easy enough to not be a nuisance. However, at the beginning of the game, there's an option to get enough food to mitigate having to gather it, so this feature isn't terribly annoying.

When you're outside your home base on an expedition, you have two meters; one for life and the other for energy. Every time you walk around, you lose energy. When you run out, you automatically return home. This means that no matter what you do, there's only so much you can get done in any single outing. I understand this is intentional to make sure you return home frequently enough for the story to progress without pacing issues. Still, it ultimately does more harm than good. At the beginning of the game, the stamina limit feels natural and works well for how long I would stay out exploring. However, in later segments, it's just a nuisance and feels like the artificial barrier it is. As you progress through the game, you can level up and gain more stamina, but it's never to the point where finishing what you want to do is not a hassle.

Another annoyance is the system of interacting with the girls at home. The interactions are lovely, but getting to those interactions is spread across three different avenues: watching the stars with a girl, relaxing with a girl, and directly talking to a girl. These three avenues have different interfaces. You never know if a girl has a new scenario to play out until you check. This means that whenever you return from an expedition, you run through the tiresome practice of going to each girl and seeing if they have anything new to play through.

Again none of these elements by themselves is a deal-breaker but taken together, they make up a lot of what you'll be doing in Mist. That means you'll spend most of your time repeatedly clicking through the same environments to gather food. Or finish a quest you had to leave off because of a lack of stamina. Or check if there's anything new with the girls. That's a lot of the game spent meaninglessly clicking.

Conclusion

A masterfully made game with characters, writing, and presentation that stand far above its counterparts. Except for a few gameplay hiccups, every element of Mist is of the highest quality, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

This is easily one of my favorite H games I've played. The girls are beautiful, the story is interesting, the animations and renders look fantastic. There is a perfect balance between sex scenes, story, & action. I liked the quests although at times it felt quiet linear, i guess it was a linear story so that is acceptable.
It was do much fun each character had depth and the main character felt real. The progression happened at the right speed and the story was the perfect length. This game will be hard to beat IMO.
Great Job!

finish 100%

great point :
render is smooth
sex(fap) is great , i was hoping when they have orgy though they will cum swapping, but still its HOT af
character all of them is lovely n gorgeous, my favorite is MIA n LiLy
story hella good , with mix of horror humor n some romance moment is great

my miss point is :
dunno its just me or other happen too, the voice on every sex scene was bit disturbing, its not matched with the timing when they are riding or move, welp that what it call animated with voice maybe, its just normal bad point in here

its that i dont wanna spoil more about this game , have a great time guys

Very good game. Some people may dislike the art style but I think it has tonnes of charm. There is a big change about 80% through the game that I think could have been skipped, but all the other major story notes are good. Characters are fun and interesting and the dialogue/writing is high quality. Definitely worth checking out.

Doesn't seem like the game needs any help, as hundreds of positive reviews pretty much say it all, but I enjoyed it a lot, so thought I'd add mine.
Very solid writing and characters, get you invested and immersed in the story right away.
Very nice music, sounds, and animations, make the lewds very enjoyable.
Looking forward to more from this very talented Dev.
Just a few personal quibbles, as I'm not a fan of the faceless MC, and would have liked to see his face. Also, a few more anal scenes would have been perfect. Also, where the fuck is the bathroom in the cabin?
Not enough to really detract from what is truly a top tier adult game.
Play this.

the animation is one of the best ones i have seen on h-games.

the story is also interesting with a good amount of mystery where you really want to figure out what is going on with the world. the characters also have distinct enough personalities which is a important point in harem type games.

haven't finished it yet but so far it has been surprisingly engaging.
A+ ser.

Gameplay
Controls: Dialogue can be progressed via keyboard, but everything else is clicking.
Interface: Ren’py interface for dialogue, with occasional choices. A turn based combat section, and a map.
Writing
Plot: Seriously phenomenal. A unique story that was written well.
Characters: Not only are the characters different from each other, but there is noticeable growth during the story.
Typos: A little bit.
Art
Models: Above average.
Animations: All scenes animated well. Very smooth.
Semen Effects: Very watery, but great color and quantity.
Audio
Music: Very atmospheric and thematic.
Effects: Constant and well placed.
Voices: N/A.

A very decent attempt at a classic style point & click adventure with survival elements with huge focus one story. There's a lot to like about this even considering some of its flaws like the last man alive cliche harem script plus the dialogue and the length of the game.
For starters there's no grind in this game for the most part, the gameplay elements are there to only further the story rather than to be its own thing and that sort of works in the game's favor. The presentation and the atmosphere is also pretty good with decent ambient music choices. The whole overgrown apocalypse setting is very well done and at times can feel like the classic Resident Evil 1 and the MYST games with it's animated interactions and item discovery scenes, the somber ambient music tho can be a bit overbearing at times. The story is at its highest during the first part and 2nd part when everything is shrouded in mystery but takes a toll as it progresses and overstays its welcome and the linear-samey nature of the progression and character development only exacerbates it. The writer also attempts their hands at the subject of mental illness but ends up not saying much about it but I won't fault it for that since the story can still be creepy and kinky when it wants to be.
The h scenes are pretty well done as well and gets props from me for having its own artstyle/character design with nice facial animations which can't be said about most games with 3DCG with animations (i.e. games with Daz assets). One minor complaint about the models and animations is they lack misc details. Certain scenes have a close up of a vagina and there is no clit, everyone has that same blender 3d porn puffy vagina, sometimes when the male model's ass comes into the camera during a scene it's hard not to notice what a jumbled polygonal mess that is with no anus and a buttcrack that looks like sewn tight shut. Also the animations are kinda tame at times due to movement animation, I wish there were more hard violent fucking since the scenarios already provides the situations quite a few times. They overall remind me of the early blender animations when sfm artists were first transitioning to that and were making boring slow moving overwatch porn since those also had these exact same issues that I brought up.

All and all it's a neat little game that also works as a kinetic ADVN with quite a decent horror/mystery atmosphere, not a very common genre to be found in this scene. I wish all the best to the author and to any future project he might be working on, hope the writing is spiced up in those to have different scenarios and opposing character archetypes so they don't feel all samey.
This is more of a 3.5/5 or a 7/10 for me. Not amazing like the ratings would lead you to believe but definitely above average and is a good base that can be improved upon.

A quick note for any new players: Get the cheat mod and use it to reset health and or stamina at times when you have multiple objectives at the same locations (mostly the tunnel and hospital). It saves you from having to come back the next day and lessens play time which may not totally mitigate the length and pacing issues but it does save some headache.

Very well done story. It has a slow start, but overall I'd say it's one of the best H-games I've played. Keep in mind it's also a decently long game, (by H-game standards). I'm not sure how many hours exactly but to finish it probably took at least 10+ total.

Excellent game, but slightly grindy

Gameplay: 4/5 – Decent gameplay but does get a bit grindy. Had to cheat a bit to get through the freeroam sections faster.
Story: 5/5 – Good story, fun characters. Very enjoyable
Graphics: 5/5 – Great graphics, good variation between locals, character models look good, with a different style than most games on this site.
Music: 4/5 – OK music, but jives well with the atmosphere and the setting.
Animation: 5/5 – Great animations, and lot's of it. Setting a high bar here.
Fappability: 5/5 – Helped by the very good graphics and animations. The only slight complaint is that because of the grind, the scenes take a bit longer to arrive.

Overall a great game, well worth your time.

Mist [v1.0.3] [395games]
I recommend the game!

The graphics of the characters are particular, it's not bad but I can't even say that I appreciated it, the models didn't drive me crazy.

The strong point of the game is the story, beautiful and interesting, even if the most beautiful part of the game is the beginning where there are no answers and there is no magic, it seemed like an excellent survivor game, but the story was still able to interest until in the end.

I liked the characters except Noreia, who as mentioned, in my opinion spoils the atmosphere.

I didn't like the structure of the game at all. The game is very very linear, the gameplay can give you the feeling of choices, exploration and freedom, but it's not like that, you have no choices, you just have to do that thing.
This is a structure that is fine when a story is good (as in this case) but in visual novels without gameplay. Either you make a superlinear game where the highlight is the story but no gameplay or a game with gameplay where you can actually play. This game is a bad middle ground, where the gameplay is not only boring, but ruins the whole atmosphere (in the long run, the first "explorations" are interesting).

Mist [v1.0.3] - Easily top3 Renpy game/VN on this site. Play it, there's an easy mode if clicking is 2hard4u.

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Bikini Armors/69

Initially, I wasn't too sure I'd like the game since the art is different than what I'm used to. I'm glad I was wrong ! The story is pretty good and the music provides a deep immersion in the game during stressful moments. Hats off to 395games !

"English is not native language for reviewer"

Hi,

this game was a good surprise for me by searching something interesting in the bushes. It has a lot to offer and I spent around 4 evenings to finish it.

Pros (+):
+ Animations. They are smooth. Nothing is twitching and loops are always around 6-10 second for one view. There are not only in sex scenes, but also during normal exploring. Impressive work

+ Characters in Harem. Here is a good balance. I didn't have a feeling: "ahhh another of 20 girls". They get good involved in the story and variosity of archetype is pleasant.

+Story/ Setting. A little untypical, we got a villain. Bad situation in that we starting and step to step getting involved, what is happening and how our heroes going through. No cringe and facepalms. Sorry, but for me with that amount of games that are published, this is good sign of quality.

+ Difficulty/Walkthrough. I like games in that i will not miss any content, because i chosed a wrong button. There was paar moments, when you need to think, but i liked how at one's ease you played in this mini-games. Grind is "fine", not on that lvl, when you get tired of farming.

+ Game is finished.

Neutrals (+-):

- Graphic. This is really subjective aspect. I wished sometimes it might be cooler, BUT it's still very beautiful. Please don't be put off the game, only because you didn't liked the screenshots on first sight.

Contra (-):

- I don't have any... really. Maybe i wished a little be more scenes with some characters combination. But that's all.

After playing this game, i will support author. Because this product made for people. Diligence!!! In every important aspect in the game for me.

Thank you for reading this review.

Unique setting/story, refreshing gameplay and unexpected twists. After so many boring incest games, found a gem. there's so much content to play and models are also unique and hot. Each Scenes are uniqueand sexy.
In short I loved it

Much great than I had hoped. The graphic style took some getting used to, but I enjoy the game overall. Excellent atmosphere and personalities. Helped me feel the tension and stakes, which got me surprisingly immersed in the characters and tale.

Great game went in blind not really knowing anything about the game and ended up loving it the story is great the characters are good and not annoying like some ero games and the animated scenes are great definitely recommend.