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

MIST [v0.6.1]
9.8/10

Better story visual and sound design than most full, complete big releases.
The characters are interesting and have their own development, interactions and fit in the story.
Honestly one of the best games I played, not to mention I haven’t seen this type of 3D model design anywhere and it’s so far, the best one.

The only negatives are:
A few bugs, such as some choices leading to a crash or a random error.
Some cutscenes skip themselves.
The fact that you can’t skip cutscenes even if you saw them before.
Slight model clipping (noticeable around the eyes).
Can’t re-watch story (cut-)scenes without reloading the save.
Slight model clipping (noticeable around the eyes).
As is usual with [Ren'Py], the controls aren’t listed
(found that H hides the dialogue box, S saves a screenshot)

The negatives are minor and did not harm the wonderful experience at all.

Didn't even care to coom lol, this is just a great game. Not the biggest fan of the artstyle but the animation, mechanics and plot more than make up for it. People would still play this without the sex scenes which is something you can't really say about anything else on here.

Posting this after finishing the recent 0.6.1 patch.

The video scenes are shockingly good. I was surprised how many video transitions there were when I expected just picture to picture, and it really helped immersion. The videos themselves are probably the best I've seen from this site, fully rendered, reasonable length, and sexy.

Combat isn't very complicated, but it's deep enough to be interesting. Not every enemy has the same HP and your weapons deal varying damage. You are juggling HP and Stamina to collect items, food, and XP.

If you enjoy some storytime there are hours of dialog for you to read through.

The music wasn't anything crazy, but it fit the mood of the game and I didn't hate it by the end. There were plenty of sounds during the scenes as well.

Early on the game gave me a Normal/Easy mode option. I chose Normal and had no difficulty at all. There was generally something to do at all times, gathering food, managing farm plot, base building, advancing story or relationships, ect.

The horror theme never really grabbed me so I would say the game might need more tension or spookier enemies. There was a section with torture, but between skipping and the actual length being very short it should be fine.

I really enjoyed this patch, and I'd say this game has the best blend of sexy, gaming, and story.

The best sandbox game on f95, if not the best game here period. 395games have put a lot of time and effort into this, and it shows.

The story is interesting and unique, not just another rehash. The actual game mechanics are fun, and everything felt well balanced. There was never a time I felt I had to grind (except maybe with food, and that is easy and quick).

Unlike a lot of sandboxes that are just filled with busywork and pixel hunting, the sandbox here makes sense and works well, again the balancing is really well done. I never felt at a loss for what I was supposed to do, if you pay attention there is no need for any kind of walkthrough (which can't be said for most other sandbox games here).

The characters are fun and engaging, and the animation is top notch. Their individual stories are interesting as well, not just another "guy finishes school to come back home to no dad, hot mom, bitch older sister and childish younger sister" crap that we have all seen a million times before. They all contribute to the story.

This is one of the very few games here I would consider buying when it's finished, this is a legit, actual game. They should sell it on steam.

How can I have missed "The Mist" ! Purely outstanding, a truly masterpiece...

I just cannot understand how can some cannot give a 5 stars rate to this game.

This game, like 2 or 3 others on this site (yeah Become A Dik is still my number 1) put the standards of what a 2021 VN should be. Outstanding and very typical visuals, animations everywhere, a still not perfect but "digging in" story.

This is Art, with a capital "A".... Couldn't leave my computer until I finished this last update and it was my first discovery of the game.

Mr "395games" you truly deserve the biggest possible support and I think that for the first time I will become a patron. If it was launched in stores, nobody should feel offended to spend 70€ to play your game.

As I'm french, my last word will just be "BRAVO" !

I've got to say that this game was one of the most entertaining I've played in a long time.

Played the whole game in 4 hours (easy mode) and didn't get to fap once, which speaks positive of the game in border terms.

The devs really are on another level than the usual VN devs, the animations are surprisingly good and provide great immersion from a POV perspective.

Now as far as the sex scenes go, they are greatly animated but they feel short, lack enough text or interactivity and very few angels to watch if any.

Personally I need more scenes and more varied interactions to get the job done and this game just doesn't have that density or focus to do it for me.

Story is pretty decent, I skimmed through most dialogues but still the devs made effort in their writing.

Looking forward to trying the final version one day, but will probably stay away from it until then. One of the most technically ambitious games I've seen on this engine. 5/5

Review at version 0.6.1

Summary
A fun sandboxed AVN Game.

Nicely mixes sandboxing, RPG, and VN aspects without fully committing to any category.

Good
Good story progression
Good characters
Good animation
Good Sexy bits
Good Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror aspects

YMMV
Urgency - Mixed. There isn't really a strong overall sense of urgency to the story itself, you can take your time before voluntarily progressing various milestones. There are however lots of little urgencies such as disease progression, injured NPCs, food ... and these provide a good semi-urgent feel that I like overall.

Combat - Mixed. Combat is not that deep, but has detail and options to play better or worse. Consequences are light with the primary downside to fighting poorly being returning early or empty handed on a particular day.

Balance - No matter what you've only got so much time on expeditions (although you can increase this by increasing your stats...on expeditions) and must return to the cabin, take care of things there with the girls, and set out again the next day to progress towards various goals, gain experience, gather food, or just explore.

World - The world expands over time and expeditions toward the end of your range keep you from roaming randomly.

OVERALL
Overall I like the balance of this game. There's just a bit of grinding available for stat progression, but it is too limited to really classify as a 'grind', there is story, resource management, sandboxing, sexxy bits, and an intriguing story that is developing well.

Five Stars. Check it out.

Incredible stuff with proper gameplay and progression.
Interactions between character get pretty kinky especially during the second half.
Animations are top notch and even rarer this game and especially the model has nice esthetics.

This game is a masterpiece.

It deserve a heavy 5/5, it's worth the time your invest in it, and even your financial support if you're willing to :

- Animations : they are the main purpose of us, looking for animated tag, and it deserve it, smooth animations with lot of FPS and 35+ sex scenes (as for 0.6.1) such as : teasing, HJ, BJ, PJ, vaginal, anal and deepthroat. You'll definitly find something that suits you, no doubts. Everything is on POV, but it's well done, and you're the only male gettin' laid in the game.
- Story : great story mixing survivalisme, horror, harem and exploration. Lot of dialogue, but they aren't boring, and sex scenes are always near the corner. Characters are well drawn too, as for the MC as for the girls, and even for our enemies. The gameplay is enjoyable, a bit of farming, but nothing to worry about.
- Duration : this game is fairly long, I don't know how much time I've spend on the story, but it will keep you busy for few sessions. For instance the 0.6.1 update keep me busy 1h15 for 4 scenes but a lot of story.
- Gallery : there is a complete one, and this is crucial for a porn game. There is dialogues during the scenes but the animation is played constantly on foreground and the dialogue is hideable.
- Preview : this is why the developper, 395games_Rathieu, is a masterpiece maker : he care about his game and he's willing to show us his work : there is 3 preview of animations in the main post, and this is really a gream move considered how the "animated" tag is inconsistent on this website.

If you're looking for good FAP material, this is a PRENIUM one. High quality, nothing bad to say about it.

Can't wait to see what's coming next.

Thanks for this game Rathieu.

Mist is quite an interesting setup for a game. The post apocalyptic setting is quite a pace change compared to the other Ren'Py VN games out there. The three girls you will meet has their unique personalities to them and even feel somewhat lifelike. The artstyle is quite unique compared to most of the god awfull 3dcg games or the more and more popular Honey Select (1 & 2) asset games out there. It's more cartoonesque, yet still keeps quite a realistic appearance to it. The girls a beutiful, and can't even guess what was used to make them look like that, but cudos to the dev, All three of them are stunning.

Now is there any problems with this game? Yes, every game has some problem to them. The main problem is the food storage. In the first few weeks it's quite a grind, and takes the focus away from the characters, be it the first girl Robin or the MC himself. Although, yes there is a developer provided "cheat" to start with a sizable amount of food in storage, I still think that with a bit of balanceing the standard gameplay can be made quite enjoyable.

All in all, Mist is quite good of an adult game. The animation an character design is unique and beutiful, and with a bit of balancing, it can become what of the greatest adult VN's out there. Amazing job my dear developer! Just amazing.

This is the 3rd best rpg/sandbox type game Ive played on here Milfy City, My New Life and Mist I was so tired of every single game being incest, harem or ntr this is a refreshment from all of those cliche' games and I'm loving every update honestly Dev could leave out sex scenes and work more on story and rpg element I'm sure the majority wouldn't mind at all this is a very fun and enjoyable game only thing that can make this better is if the characters wern't cartoonish and by that I don't mean them but there personalities if it was a bit more realistic even with the powers I'd give this game 110% but it still gets 100% in my book.

Really awesome.....Your work inspire me...The animation in this game are so realistic and awesome....The story is really good...A whole lot improvement than the first game.Thanks for your hard work..

Honestly I had quite a bit of fun with this. It may seem a bit grindy but the story is really fun and the characters make up for any failings of the combat system. The setting is fairly unique and the models, while having the usual 3D issues are attractive and not just window dresssing. There aren't really any deep choices and most of the bad ends are fairly obvious. If completed this will be a really good one.

Great game, unique models and not grindy at all. Story is not a niche and has real worthy content there.
It sure is rare to see a sandbox game with the amount of grind i prefer, and this one fits real well.

It's a great game. I'm saying this first so no one misunderstands anything.

At first, there were many dissapointing factors hugely due to my personal preference. There are lots of tags, so lots of possibilities, but it wasn't what I was looking for. But I stayed because its gameplay, story, and game design is very professional. So even if the game didn't have my preferences met, I kept playing because I was enjoyed playing it. To me, this game is a good example to all other games that are aiming to create a better player experience.

One of the better harem games, a lot of content for the current 0.6a version.
Pros:

• A LOT of animations, basicaly everything is animated
• sounds and music
• a decent story
• a lot of content (v0.6a)
• almost no grind needed

Cons:

• a few inconsistencies if you are doing things in the "wrong" order
• ???

Good game.

Has a decent plot, a bit of horror and survival goes along way in a VN, since you almost never see it. People complain about the grind- which I find ridiculous, the grind is easy even on normal mode. Scenes are great, apart from when you repeat the scene you have to skip through all the original dialogue as well... And beings that repeating these scenes is a important factor in the game I do believe that should be cut down to a very minimum.

The only reason I can't find myself to rate it 5 star is the shear overwhelming amount of unnecessary dialogue. Of course this is my opinion, but if you have 30 lines of dialogue or self thought that just conveys the same message over in a different fashion or revisits a tedious previous thought then it becomes boring and mundane. Everyone who's playing the game knkws why he's doing what he's doing, what has happened, and why he's progressing. Not every scene needs a monologue recap. Of course I just button mashed to get through it all and still understood the story and plot completely, serving to reinforce my opinion... At least it does to myself

But overall! Great game, keep it up.. Definitely unique.

I try it by curiosity and stay awake for htree because I didn't there was a bug with the training
Well other than that the game is really addicting, the fight are difficult but also enjoyable
The story itsrlf isn't too bad even if I found it quite confusing
Char and animation are well done and appealing
I appreciate the android port

This game deservers a solid 5/5 for its STORY, 3D gameplay, superb animation and interesting UI
Though the game is not perfect yet, as its still in development there were some things which actually makes this games imperfect
First, the dialogue options for Robin which are always selectable but serve no purpose, the animation is slow (fast animation will make those scenes the best) adding more fast animated scenes will make this the best harem game I ever played, and quantity of diverse scenes, the library is always helpful but quantity is still scarce, the last flaw but I think is kind of required is ,adding a MILF(if possible),this will be my enlightenment factor for game its kinda hard following up the story but truly hungry for one.

Different in a good way, good mix of rpg elements with some must reach xyz goal by specific days or food becomes issue etc. Wish it was more fleshed out in terms of survival and the fighting mechanics but its not complete yet.