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

This is a one hell of an Interesting game. And Something that I really really like, even for an H Game. There's even some inspiration of the games, movies, and novels that I really like from this game.


The Prospect of it, is amazing. I Mean Really fuckin' amazing. It's not your usual H game, it's a game with a really great prospect and a really really great realization. The Turn based combat feels great and feels like an Actual RPG.

So far, here's the inspiration that this game took.
-STALKER Series
The Atmospheric horror feel is just so damn immersive, the feeling of trying not to die reminds me of the STALKER big time. Not to mention I'll probably get used to this atmosphere.

-Stephen King's The Mist
The Mist feeling, really really reminds me of well the Mist from the movie and the novel The Mist. The monsters that come out form the Mist is just that. IT Feels really really great and scary at the same time.

I played v0.8. This is by far one of my all time favorite porn games. There's really nothing to complain about. Obviously the art is great, but that's not enough by itself. It also has fun gameplay, a few puzzles, and a riveting story. I actually played it a while back, and came back to see how the story had developed in the meantime.

First, this game has two of my least favorite genres - harem and monster girl - so, in principle, I should hate this game. With that said, the story was incredibly interesting (a play off of Stephen King's Mist) and it had this really cool cinematic feel to it (great use of first-person perspective). Also, the gameplay was quite enjoyable and the character models were pretty good. However, where this game shines is the animations, which are absolutely beautiful - they are unpar with some of the best 3D porn out there.

The only real weak point was the dialogue. That is, all the girls talk like horny teenage boys, and I would have enjoyed it more if the dialogue better matched the atmosphere of the game.

In summary this is a masterpiece of a game, and this is coming from someone that ought to hate it.

this game is awesome. I think I fell in love with mia. The animation and 3d characters are great and the story is very interesting too. Love it so muchhhhhhhh. Thank dev for this. Wait for next update <3 <3 <3

Mist reminds me quite a bit of a game created in 1998 called Quest for Glory: Dragon Fire. In both, the MC has to choose often to do, or not do something, has puzzles to solve, and has to put a good effort in achieving goals, in order to lead to the ultimate goal (which remains to be seen as of yet). MIST is so engrossing, I have played it three times from the beginning, just to see If I can do better. To me, that is a great game. Kudos to the DEV!

ill put 5 stars,why not.
(though subjectively between 4 and 5. but compensated by novelty approach)

[pluses]
-solid ui and qol.
-clear tips and good menu (no need for external walkthrough; old ones got deleted, recent completed are slashed ; personally id prefer tips to be on a separate button of the game screen. maybe with some hovering to observe)
-movement animations (which adds to immersion)
-plot and events are clear when you are in a skip-text mode (which is how sandboxes are played by many ppl i assume)
-lewd animations are good. and i think facial mimic is quite accurate

[subjective / not minuses per se]
-bit wordy for me. not an issue as i just skip, though if i were to read id opt for some extra window where text was shown at once...preferably 1 paragraph per scene or so. (my usual concern is that focusing on text much will drain energy devs could use on making quests tasks n chains, which is what sandbox players like me need; so 2-chair approach might be counter-productive)
-faces are bit cartoonish, strangely it works fine for me. and much better than 50% of daz3d faces i saw which can disqualify a game (i believe caz i automatically held 'typical' daz products to a higher standards and expect faces to be as close to human as possible. which is not the case here)
-dystopian and apocalyptic scenarios is one thing (tolerable). but magic and supernatural is too much for me (in immersion terms).

First you think how far this game gonna go or worth playing ? you know 18+ games always same they do always same thing mc cool handsome and have a big D then bam he get every girl but this one just wow story is good characters really really good.

Story not boring and not cringe mc not dumb and he can think act fight thats one of best thing ever in this game.

Girls not annoying thats plus for me.

Rpg element for now little weak but later they can fix it.

I wish few more characters here but for a low butged game this is more than enough.

Graphics good sex scenes amazing every one of them animated and you can see quality there.

Cutscenes cool too first time seeing that in 18+ game on f95.

So this is good and worth to support yes if you have few spare bucks but still game is free if you like game please write review and share it this game really good and i wanna see more this is really good game and worth playing.

395 games thanks for making game.

Excellent history, with original graphics and plot. Sometimes a little repetitive, but not for a long time, and the scenes compesate for it...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Awesome game at first I was not impressed because of the main picture of the game and I think most people have the same view as well, but after seeing the preview pictures I was amazed by the art so I tried it out.
And I was SHOCKED how awesome the story and the Animation of the game. One of the hottest H scene stuff Ive seen for far in this site.

Staggeringly linear plot wherein the only deviations from railroading and backtracking across various setpieces are brief detours to refill the ticking clocks (food, curse status, stamina, health) that drive the pace of the railroading in the first place.

Less a game you play or a story you take a role in and more a story you are told about a character you name. Grammar and spelling accuracy appear to decline slightly as the game progresses, as if the developer started with and then lost an editor during development. Environmental quality peaks in the 3rd act (city) and then abruptly declines alongside a sudden and drastic tonal shift. This tonal shift accompanies stylistic changes that really highlight the...unflattering qualities of the enemy models, textures, rigging, and animation. The model for the primary antagonist as implied by the third act is a hideous kitbash of untextured grey lumps in a vaguely humanoid shape with some bits of bloom/emission channel abuse clipping out of it. The female character models are stylistically consistent with each other but not really with the player character's textures. The female models and their rigging are some of the best aspects of the game overall.

All in all, the story is paced in a way that suggests to me the author got bored of or impatient with the richer exploration of characters that is the primary narrative strength of the first two acts in order to force the story to reach their grandiose intentions for the setting quickly rather than organically. This might be a result of continually fleshing out the first two acts while developing forward, but the existence of the barest skeleton of RPG, survival, and management simulator elements that serve as the "gameplay" of those acts just suggests to me that the bad pacing results from impatience for a predefined end result superseding the creation of a coherent and fleshed out path to reaching it.

As a word of advice, from one avid reader and crappy writer to any aspiring writer reading this: build your world first, your characters second, and your outline for your final chapter only after you have learned how that world and those characters interact. Even if you know you want to build a pyramid, building the cap first just makes getting it up to the top that much harder - and it might turn out your bricks are better for building a ziggurat, and you realize you'd rather have that anyway.

V0.8, Android version

Literally had me stuck in the chair for 3 consecutive nights.

Although I was sceptical of downloading it (primarily due to it's art style), this game really broadened my horizons.

The story is top notch (remove the NSFW and it's literally a novel or a movie script)
Animations are smooth as butter, silk, etc. (literally some of the best animations I've seen)
Gameplay - Jeez this game actually has "mechanics" and makes you actually try and find the "optimal" route to play it.

All in all I highly recommend this one. No matter what you're into, this game will surely tickle you fancy !

This game is one of my favourite one. This game have all the thing i like to have in a game. Nice story, best animations and along with that the graphics of the game is just awesome. Also the female characters are also the reason for liking this game.

At first, I was hesitant to download the game since I prefer a more realistic art style in games, but after I've played this, I found the game completely astonishing. The animations, story, art style, etc. were just amazing. Thank you for a beautiful experience.

Excellent indeed and underrated even with 260 odd ratings. Everything about this game is mind blowing, animations are smooth and worthy to called such. Characters are lovable, story is gripping in the sense and well directed, real gem.

This is already a 5 star game compared to many other games out there. The animations are fantastic and the actual gameplay is good.

There's still a little bit of room for improvement, though. Sometimes the dialogue can feel a little unnatural (contractions are your friend, here), and I'd love to see some improvements made to the morale boosting scenes. Scene distribution feels a little bit uneven, with Robin having almost no scenes in the evenings, and Lily (once you unlock her for morale boosting) having no scenes during the day. I also think the dialogue could be changed around a bit. I understand these scenes are basically just a gallery reviewer, but the old dialogue breaks immersion somewhat, especially in Lily's "soft sex" scene.

I'd love to see more scenes added to this mechanic as it feels a lot more organic than going into a gallery to review old scenes.

Overall, this game is definitely worth your time and my problems are just minor nitpicks.

This game is one of the best I have ever played, it has a great plot, interesting stories and it is also fun to play! You get actions of the best quality and at certain points my heart raced because of the intensity! The sound, the music and the effects are all on point and makes this a truly perfect all-rounded game!

THE BEST
+ MIST has some of the best animations I've seen. Also, it seamlessly switch between in-game renders and animations. I can't say if this is exceptional or normal from a technical perspective, but it seems much more natural than in other games I've played.

THE WORST
- The early interactions between the player character and the first girl (Robin) are atrocious. He acts ans speaks like a creep, making it seem very unnatural that she would trust him at all. Luckily, their interactions start feeling more natural as the game progresses.

OTHER POINTS
+ The story is nice enough, kinda fun and manages to keep me reasonably interested.
+ There's some grind, but it's not really tedious.
- I didn't like the navigation, specially because your stamina is rather low even at max and I wasted some going left instead of right. At times, it all feels bad enough it kinda breaks my immersion.

Overall, i highly recommend this game.

Love this game, Noreia has my heart!!! I'd trade all 3 other girls just for her tbh. You've done an amazing job with this game and I cannot wait to see how this amazing VN ends. Quality project for sure,, definitely worth a play and can't wait to see more.

v0.7.2b

I like the premise of the game and horrorish post apocalypse of the setting, the art style and animations, and great music too, but after a certain point the plot felt like it was getting really dragged out and was spinning its wheels.

This may contain some plot spoilers for a plot heavy game



Graphics:

Mist is unique in its graphics. A combination of still images acting as background that is occasionally combined with moving animations as well. The artstyle for the characters is certainly unique as well- I cannot recall another game that has this particular art style, and it works to its benefit rather than its detriment. At first I found myself neutral on the presentation of the love interests, but after a short of period of time found it endearing. This is a game that gets better the longer you play it- you can visibly see the creator's progress as both an animator, designer, and story teller as the game moves forward.

Renders are good. Animations are super slick. While your home base remains relatively static, newer updates have allowed you to have lewd scenes with your love interests in other places than your Cabin homebase, which is both a welcome change of pace and lets the creator show off their capabilities outside of the comfort zone of the Cabin. I never go out of my way to knock a creator when they're clearly getting better, and 395games absolutely is getting better as they go.

Animations are both short and long, with few loops- when you think you're about to be bored, something new occurs, which is a welcome change of pace.


The Writing

I like where they are going, but the earlier dialogue was atrocious when I played it. The MC seemed to be seducing the girls despite what he said, and not because of it. This creator has gone out of their way to go back and retroactively change dialogue options and attempt to make them more organic, which is once again commendable. Taking critique and feedback and retroactively 'fixing' their prior work takes a lot of time and guts for a creator that can just label complainers as 'haters,' but there's obviously an incentive of the creator to do better, and to fix prior scenes and updates to keep them in line with their growing quality is something to be commended.

There are times where the MC seems like a complete prick, and other times where they seem genuinely invested in the health and well-being of the harem love interests. I don't feel as though this balance is always achieved, which is a difficult thing to do, but progress can be made fast enough that this can be forgiven to an extent.

The overall plot, I am sure by the time it concludes, will make sense. But there's plenty of times as the story moves forward I find myself throwing my hands in the air and saying "Okay, then." As things seem to appear out of left field. It feels like a mix of Resident Evil, Base Defence, and morale maintenance. That's something that requires a delicate balance that 395games is still figuring out.


The Flow

The largest issue with the game. I cannot speak to new player experiences, as this developer has overhauled graphics and pacing of your stat-level ups and interactions to be a little faster and organic feeling. When I played prior updates, the flow was an absolute bloody slog. Balancing food income, supply income for upgrading your cabin for plot-related events, etc.. Could take me 45 minutes to an hour. For a game like this, it's too long. It's clearly focused on telling a story that contains plenty of lewdness, but the lewdness was too few and far between. This has apparently been fixed to an extent, but once again I can only speak to my experience as a person who has been following the updates and not replaying it from the beginning.


Overall:

I found myself pleasant surprised by this game. There's only 3 (four?) love interests here but the tightness of the dialogue and pacing that has developed in conjunction with the uniqueness of each character and their relation to you keeps each event feeling very fresh. Renders are unique and well animated. Backgrounds look good. Flow and pacing is being fixed as it updates, and the updates are exceptionally frequent. It's quite different from other games, and this works to its benefit rather than its detriment. Sometimes the developer feels as though they have bitten off more than they can chew, but the fact that they're aware of this and are working towards alleviating these issues means I give it a good rating. Solid game.