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

You know how some people come here and their reviews go like:

"Boring title, annoying characters, unoriginal story", they give it a 2 or 3 stars rating, and they basically tell you nothing, in less than a handful of lines?

Well, I'm not like that. I suffer from a rare condition known as "precious snowflake syndrome", so what I'm gonna tell you is that Mist is unremarkable, when compared to some other things I saw here. "It's not what you said, it's the way you said it". - cries melodramatically -

Congenital need to assert individuality aside, Mist has 2 things going for it:

- The first is ambience, and premise. Basically, the entire atmosphere of Mist (I know what I just typed) draws you in, and the setting is very interesting, it increases, your natural desire to find out what is going on with the mystery (the book and the movie don't really stop that factor, you can create something special by taking inspiration, from existing things). For me, this is the greatest strength of Mist, and more than enough reason to pick up the title, and give it a go.

- The second thing is that the adult content does it's job. I'm gonna hammer this notion every chance I can. If a game or visual novel has sexual content, it needs to push the title forward, and make it more appealing, otherwise there's no point in existing. (Do you just long for sweet release***or do you want more?) So in my opinion, a good mix of gameplay, story, and adult content is a must, in this genre. At any rate, Mist does a semi-competent job in this parameter, the characters look like Muppets, sure, but maybe you like Ms. Piggy? I'm not judging you, and no one really cares, she is probably yummy.

That's the good, now the horrifyingly bland:

- Gameplay cycle - It's boring, annoying and unoriginal TM... How many times must I find some "blockage", then go back, and do 3 tasks and advance the main story? And the combat is not really helping matters either. I might as well grab a calculator, and start the numbers game in there, cause Mist's "Whatever this is, is certainly not engaging combat" is mind-numbingly monotonous. You ever heard of that guy, who had a Ret Paladin in early WoW, and he watched a bit of porn during every battle? Well there's no auto-attack here. GAH!!!! I'm not sure if 2000's me, who had 99 in the patience stat could have handled this (Nah, I'm kidding myself, that person would would finish this).

I really wanted to see the "purple goddess" in action, but I just ended up quitting and uninstalling, shortly after the 3rd girl joined. And there you have it.

Now, let's move on to another common place: "My opinion is that this is average, so why is this so highly rated, when I'm obviously (always) right". My best bet is that people just finish it, due to the initial interest. I don't work like that however, cause I have "goldfish blood" (kinkier than it sounded in my mind), and I need to be constantly entertained. Life is too short to be wasted on dreary, I already have enough of that, thank you very much.

In all seriousness, the title doesn't do enough when compared to others here. For me, this is a 6/10, and I will say that leaving something unfinished, after playing for an extended period of time, is something that I only do, when I really believe it's not worth it. If you like Mist, that's fine, I'm not that self-centered, but I just don't see it, and can't recommend it.

*** Sweet release for the sake of it, is actually very much OK. There's better ways of achieving that, though.

This is bar none one of the best adult AVN games I have ever played, and my current favorite! I just played through it all the way to the end and I am really amazed.

The plot, content, storytelling, characters, game play elements, interactivity, animations, hot scenes, the girls, and the survival and horror elements are all there and there is a lot to do and experience. The fact this is COMPLETED is miraculous in itself. You can literally play through the whole game in about a week (or longer, depending on how often you play it.).

The MC is not just a faceless horn-ball, he thinks and figures stuff out. The adult content is really hot, really well animated, and plentiful. There is a lot to see, experience, and do and the game has a lot of interactivity.

The pacing is good, there is no rushing and no stalling, when things are slowed down they are because of the plot. The girls are all unique and have different looks, bodies, and personalities. The Director is a perfect villain and really well written into the story. There is survival, comedy, drama, sad parts, scary parts, hot parts, and the story is cohesive, well written, and pretty deep.

My only complaints, because I had to come up with some, is some of the "sex talk" is a little overboard and I wish you had more control over the content of the scenes. I would have preferred to have choice for what MC says during the scenes and what is there is a little overboard.

The stamina system is realistic, but way too limiting. I highly suggest the mod because even at max level, you run out of stamina quick and it would prolong the game big time. I am sure that is why 395 games implemented it, but it could be improved for sure.

There is no such thing as a perfect game, but Mist is so far the game to beat thus far. You do not have to wait months or years for a complete game, that is so awesome in itself! This game is complete and ready to playthrough as soon as you download and install it.

As others have stated in their reviews, I came for the smut/sex and ended up hooked on the story and attached to the characters.

I give this my highest recommendation, other developers should take note! They stuck to the plot, there is a huge amount of content, and they worked to finish the game instead of prolonging it for years and years like most developers.

Absolutely fantastic game. Marvellous. The story is so immersive. The scenes are very well done. The detailing is very intricate. You can see the difference e.g. the body of girls before and after bath, sun shaders, the small torn pieces of clothing etc. Each girl has a different personality and a certain appeal. The gameplay isn't very complicated, not to mention, you don't have to fear making a wrong choice as it will not impact the scenes. Game also has a quest log so you don't get lost. Definitely one-of-a kind for me. Simply outstanding!

Started with the smut, stay for the story.

One of the most enjoyable 3D game that I have played for a long time. At first, I didn't like the mood and tone of the game that much, but it grows on me. The girls have their own personalities that completely diverse, but still working together better than many of the harem games. I think this is a first game that explain their lore/ item crafting in a logical and fun way like the old interactive puzzle game. You can remove the erotic elements of the game and it's still a solid survival story.

The gameplay is grindy and repetitive but not as tedious as other games in the same genre that require you to do the same choirs in order to get to goal.
The combat and limitation of stamina can be a bit challenge at first, but the game let you take times with level up and exploration with no time limit.

I wish we got the after story DLC or something after the game end but so far, I still like the ending. Can't wait to see what's next for this dev team!

I usually don't like 3D games, the artwork and models typically look off to me but this is one of the few exceptions. Looks nice, and the scenes itself are very straight forward. Vanilla, with some rough play thrown in with 4 different girls.

Aside from the smut, story's solid and the gameplay goes well with it. Grind skills and manage items through an apocalypse, eventually going onto fight the big bad.

I had know about the existence of this game for a long time. When I searched for interesting erotic games to play, this one always popped up. But I never played it until a few days ago. For some reason I had a completely wrong impression of it. I would have predicted that Noreia, the mysterious woman with the glowing eyes you see on the cover, would be our main enemy and as a player we would have a choice between the three girls or go for a corrupted ending, where we'd join her. Or that she would at least be an antagonist for a time. That's completely wrong.

I also thought the game would be much shorter. But this is actually a proper visual novel. Proper in the sense that it can stand on its own even without sexual animations. There were multiple scenes where I thought the game would be ending soon, but it surprisingly kept going afterwards. But it didn't feel like it's dragged on. It made a good landing at the end. The game also doesn't operate too much on porn logic, except when it comes to incest. The incest is honestly just fetish-bait. The sex scenes with the sister didn't feel like breaking a taboo. It happened way too easy, which in my opinion makes the taboo aspect of it almost void.

That was the most porn world logic thing about Mist. Otherwise characters act pretty realistic and are interesting characters, who aren't just there to only bring context to sex scenes. There is a scene, where you get captured and tortured by a female character and it's played completely straight. It's not "sexy torture". You get the shit beaten out of you with a hammer and not sexy femdommed. And without the incest the sexual content in this game is basically vanilla, if you aren't an American with an estranged sense of normal human sexuality, who reads Mia as problematic, because she is young and petite. Anal sex is the most degenerate sexual act committed in this game. Which is something I very much appreciate. I like to play erotic games, which add erotic scenes as spice to a fictional story and not as the an outlet for weird fetishes. When you play this, you are basically being tricked into a normal romantic and sexual relationship with multiple women, who are sexually submissive and socially dependent on the player character. Traditional gender roles.

The sex animations themselves are sometimes the weakest part about this game. I would have liked more interactivity. But the context of the story and getting to know the character is what makes them good enough. This game isn't a sandbox at all, just to make it clear, but a linear Visual Novel without multiple paths to choose. I definitely recommend this game. If you are interested in erotic games, there is no reason to skip this one.

For those of us sick of "realistic" 3D, look no further. As someone who primarily plays 2D games, the fact that this game broke the mold is a fantastic start. It's obviously more cartoon leaning style lends itself far better to the medium than those so called "realistic" ones whilst still maintaining realism and not straying too far into what could be expected of more cartoonish styles: exaggerated figures, impossible anatomy and other such tropes.

Gameplay is simple and after a time the basic combat can grow dull, and in spite of the tip, you will have to grind to progress. Mind you the missions and exploration do make up for it. The survival aspect is recommended for those who want an extra challenge. Me? I took the easy way out with the food offer.

The story is very creative and I absolutely loved it. It's paired very well with the relationship mechanic making you feel as if YOU are actually growing closer to the characters, and the rewards are very satisfying, bringing us to...

The sex scenes! They are ridiculously well animated. They are looped until triggered and the ending scene completes it all. the one gripe I had was that in the beginning there would be a focus on the aftermath of cum dripping, rather than the actual creampie event, something which was remedied in later scenes. This is also just a taste preference, not an actual critique.

As a connoisseur of video game erotica, this is nothing short of a bona fide masterpiece. The ending had me feeling shit, a porn game had me FEELING SHIT. I only wish I could see beyond the ending, to what a future in the world could have looked like. There is only one other game that rivals this and that would be Aurelia. I will not play the new game until its full release, but if it is anything like this one, it is bound to blow me away.

Your work is an actual gift, keep it up!

Interesting story with nice graphics. Really enjoyed playing it. I had a feeling that the story itself was a bit rushed at the end, but overall it was interesting.
I would gladly play a sequel if it were created.

One of the only 3dcg games I'll be impressed by and glad I played, simple game, good story good that it focuses on a limited amount of characters and doesn't stretch the story out, good models, animation, more rpg wouda been nice but can live without it.

Overall great game. I think it struck a good balance between adult interactions, cozy relationship building, and suspense. First game with this art style that I think really pulled it off. Really looking forward to the next game Children of Morn.

STORY:
The non-romantic part of the story (or theme) is very interesting and unique! The romantic part of the story is quite cheesy, but that's hard to avoid on harem games.

MODELS/SCENES:
The bodies of the girls are very sexy, although their faces are a bit too cartoonish for my taste (but still beautiful). The animations are very, very well done! And the sex scenes/sex positions are very hot.

GAMEPLAY:
Maybe the only "not-that-great" aspect of the game. The map exploring system is nice at first, but together with the combat, they both become repetitive/grindy after a while.

exelent game, one of my favorit !
-Story 4/5
-graphism 5/5
-gameplay 4/5
-sex scene 5/5

because i need to put 200 charaters i need to write this to submit my comment, i don't know why it's needed to write so much for put a rating on a game

Very good game. The art style is more on the unique side of games that I've played, and the girls are individually interesting and attractive. The animations surprised me - I think for this type of game using this art style they're quite good.

Story was rather engaging, though did feel as though it was dragging on towards the end. There is a bit of a grind, and honestly I would recommend just playing in "feast" mode, as the grind really doesn't add anything to the game and feels more like a waste of time than engaging gameplay. I would also mention that some of the speech during lewd scenes seemed somewhat out of character, and did kind of take away from the moment: like excessively dirty talk. Sometimes that can work but seemed weird coming from these characters at times.

There isn't an option for ignoring certain fetishes - so you may end up seeing some things you don't want to, but all animations can be skipped. It's mainly pretty tame though.

I would give this game a 4.5 rather than a 5, but figured I'd round up instead of down. Overall a good time and I recommend it.

One of the best games i have ever played.
The animations and models are very well made and have a unique style.
I really enjoyed the story and the gameplay, the survival mechanics and the leveling were both very good and weren't grindy at all.
All around very solid game!

Best game I've recently played. No other character models even come close to this. Excellent pacing. Not difficult. Grinding gone easily with cheats if you want the story but not just the gallery unlocked.

Edited to mention this got me to break silence on here for years, and to thank you for making this.

Really good game. Good characters, good development, good story, I really liked playing it, the game is well made. But fells like the story mid~end was rushed. It was missing something. BUT If the author decided to create another game with the same suspense/mystery theme, I would definitely play it.

This game had the potential to be a masterpiece but it unfortunately is not. The story and the premise is very interesting, if the game wasn't sandbox I feel like it could have pulled off the story much better in a kinetic novel kind of way.

Some pros and cons according to me

Pros

-the premise is extremely interesting

-the visuals are very good, especially the environmental designs

-the girls are cute

Cons

-extremely repetitive and grindy and the rewards for grinding are non existent, even in "feast" mode it's extremely repetitive.

-some of the dialogues, especially by MC are laughably bad and he comes across as a sleazy slimebag sometimes. For example when MC was in his supposed deathbed the last thing he said was "I wish we could have had sex".

-the sex scenes are a turn off. First of all the animations are really bad and the weird slimy sound that plays during the sex scenes are also very bad. Secondly, the writer has some weird infatuation with bodily odours, in almost every sex scenes the characters talk about weird stuff like liking MCs pungent aroma or how much they are turned on by the sweaty smell of his dick. Not everyone is into that and forcing that into almost every sex scene is a major turn off.


Overall I think the game started with a good idea but over time lots of poor decisions accumulated and made it into a not so enjoyable experience.

Masterpiece.

It's atmospheric horror, but doesn't rely on jumpscares, it has a fun core gameplay loop, it has compelling romances and fantasy drama and nice, believable art... this is a prime piece of software.

This is one of only two adult-content games that I would wholeheartedly recommend to people who aren't into porn for its own sake, because this makes a great argument that adult games should have high production and effort.

Plus, there's the iconic bonfire scene which I fully intend to reenact at some point in my life.

The game presents, in my opinion, a great concept, and it's very close to be a good game. I like the art, the atmosphere and ambiance of the story. The writing is definitely above average for sex games, but still something is missing, or rather, it's to bloated. Now what I didn't like, first the game has a horror element that is just not well explored, there's blood and gore but then it's like nothing happened. The sex scenes animations are laughably bad, it's lika a conceptual art, very slowly paced and acted, every scene has the same slime sound, the MC's dick sometimes its giant and sometimes is like 'normal'. It's just AWFUL. I mean, it is a sex game, so it is NOT worth the time just for this. The teasing part is good, since the characters are ok, but the sex part itself it is... bad. So for the sex part I don't recomend this game, and for the game part, it is even worst, WITH CHEAT ON IS A HASSLE TO PLAY THIS GAME. Very repetitive and boring. There's no good part to it, it's plain awfuly bad. 2 star for the concept, I feel it would be really easy to turn this game into a four star game. But as is...

A pretty nice game IMO: I quite like the story and the characters (it's you and the LIs mostly). I found the balance between tensed moment and light ones good. The gameplay is okay to me, not much and a little repetitive with lots of back-and-forth, but works fine with the horror theme. I really liked the ambiance. I liked the art style a lot as well.
Would definitively recommend it. Bought it on itchio.

Oh and the sex scenes are fine as well.