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

Obviously this game is legend status on this site, but I just completed the story and would like to share my thoughts. *Minor Spoilers*

First and foremost, the most polished 3D animations I have ever seen are contained in fucking multitudes in this game. I honestly have to sit in awe at the amount of work that went in to these. The breasts and butts jiggle and sway in a hypnotizing way, the expressions on the characters are dynamic and creative (especially the eyes), and the thought given to camera angles, sound design, and setting add that necessary detail to immerse yourself in the sexiness. And there is a ton of content here to chew through; so if this kind of thing matters to you, prepare yourself for a treat.

The gameplay is half-kinetic novel, and half light survival sim. The survival elements mostly boil down to needing to collect food and other "resources" while juggling the story threads. As long as you remember to do it on occasion it never presents friction to the player, it's more there as flavor to the experience. It is serviceable, if not slightly more polished than your average VN Porn game. This brings me to the story...

The story is a mixed bag. At the beginning of the game, there was a propulsive quality to the plot; I really got in to the mystery and wanted to know more. As you play more, the writing really bogs down in slice-of-life survivalism with your harem. When I say it bogs down, I really do mean that. Characters will say the most inane shit sometimes, or devolve in to self-referential humor. I have a low tolerance for this kind of thing, and felt myself skipping dialogue more than I would have liked. The writing is not always bad, and I could pick apart any one of your favorite VNs for the same thing so just bear that in mind: its not perfect but it could be WAY WAY worse.

Finally, lets talk Harem-building. There are 4 girls, and they are all adorable. Not a ton of physical variety between them (except one), but each one has just enough unique spiciness to offset the similarities.

Robin is your faithful sub, and your first companion. She's my favorite, mostly because of her dependable and even keel. Kinda reminds me of my wife, a lil bit lol.

Mia is a fiery teen (legal OFC) with a bit of dom-sub-switch thing going on. She likes to tease everyone and act the clown, but deep down shes a very serious and strong-willed person. Her petite figure will def appeal to the "loli" crowd.

Lily is, well shes MC's sister. Ya'll like incest stuff? Its done pretty well here. Shes kind of Aspergers-y and shy but underneath shes a big freak like the rest of 'em.

Noreia is the monster girl. She is kind of like a newborn in personality, a goddess of fertility (cuz yeah why not) and damsel in distress for a time. Your princess is in another castle, but when you find her you get have sex with her a bunch. She's got a gigantess, amazonian figure with nice meaty thighs. Love them thighs, boy.

The MC deserves a nod too. The writing isn't cringe or completely devoid of character, but does just enough to let you know you are playing an upstanding kind of guy. With a huge dick. Its about what you'd expect from these games.

It would probably have been better playing it as new sections came out originally, but playing it straight through get repetitive and honestly the story could be better. I will say that I really like Lily and Robin a lot.

I think the sex scenes are good, however the semen is crazily over the top. Its like a massive stream of goo every time. Its a little gross actually. Also, the dialog goes on way too long at times. I get that when you have a patreon paying subs model, you want new updates to provide a significant amount of new material, but its very dialog heavy and gets old.

It is definitely worth a playthrough, but I think there is room for improvement overall.

This game's good. Mostly!

First and foremost, I have to get this out of the way - the game's all over the place.
On one hand, this game is a visual novel, oh the other hand, it's a mystery detective game from the late 90s or early 2000s.

But wait a minute! Now it's a base building game. Nope, now we're back to exploration based gameplay.

This sort of whiplash of gameplay elements changing constantly isn't inherently a negative, but the way it's done here leaves you feeling like the previous elements lacked polish to introduce new ones.

Graphics/Artwork

It's pretty damn good. The rendered models look clean and have a sense of style. The surrounding background visuals are good and blend well with the models. Nothing looks out of place, everything's neat and tidy. There's this strange sort of style that this game has, as though the character models were sculpted out of clay. While I was initially put off by it, as time went on, I grew to like it quite a lot.

The sex scenes are great, and are probably the most effortful part of this game. They're frequent enough to where you're never really spending too much time without seeing one.

The only real gripe with the visuals I have is that there's a bit too little emotion being expressed within the faces of the girls. It can be a bit jarring to read profound dialogue, but simultaneously be met with the same face of complete disinterest. Seriously, even my parents look down on me with less disappointment in their faces than someone professing their love to your player character in this game.

Gameplay

This is a point-and-click game. It's nothing you haven't seen before if you've played the sort before. A large part of the game has you navigating various locations, which lead to paths that lead to corridors, and so on and so forth. Sometimes you'll find loot, or perhaps you'll find an item that'll allow you to unlock a new area. Every now and again you're met with various enemies that you have to overcome with a limited health and stamina system. You can only explore so far, and you can only fight so many enemies before you have to return and call it a day. This is the primary gameplay loop of this game. Now, I call it a "primary gameplay loop" as if it were a matter of fact, but I don't believe the game itself is aware of this fact.

As I've mentioned before, the game suffers from a sense of disarray. Instead of focusing itself on its strongest elements (which I believe to be the mystery exploration part) it spends the time meandering on things that don't amount to much, and in my eyes it is done in a way that is inferior to the pre-existing gameplay loop.

Also, this game features some grinding. Something to be aware of.

Story

This is probably my least favorite part of the game.

I don't dislike it. In fact, I actively enjoy the first part of the story, before things start to reveal themselves to you. None of the story beats after the first bit are particularly bad, but the way the characters are written, and the way they act, feels so..

Alien.

I can't think of a good way to describe it, but together with the pseudo-expressionless faces and deadpan dialogue it gives this sort of uneasy feeling like you're talking to someone with ulterior motives. When the game is trying to give you a feeling of arousal, I can't help but feel cautious to whether or not I'm about to witness one of the girls turn into a monster and bite the MC's dick off. I don't think that's the intention, and I'm not sure if I'm the only person to feel uncomfortable with some of the character interactions, seeing as none of the other reviews mention anything relating to this.

Past that, the story itself ranges from good to okay. Nothing past the first part, and maybe the city part had me overly interested in what was going on. Sometimes it'd draw me back in, only to lose me a few minutes later and return to feeling like compulsory reading.

Final Thoughts

Despite me being quite critical of a lot of parts of the game, I do recommend people to play it. Whether you just want to beat it to some nice looking claymation, or if you're intrigued by the screenshots and the aesthetic of the game, I think both types of people will find something here that they like.

Even though it's not perfect, on top of this being a patreon funded game that actually finished without sitting for 8 years in funding purgatory, this is a competent piece of work. I genuinely enjoyed my time with it, in spite of its weaknesses.

Final Scores
Graphics/Art - 4/5
Gameplay - 3.5/5
Story - 3/5
Sound - 4/5
Jerk-off Coefficient(AKA, how easy is it to "shake hands with the milkman") - 3.5/5

Thanks for reading.

Cheat. Definitely cheat!

This game has a really interesting story. The girls are all attractive, the art has an interesting style and the animations are pretty sexy (though they way over do the cum spilling out after sex). The mini-games are a bit annoying, but not difficult which is a plus. I really wanted to give this game 4 stars, but..

Fucking grind man. This is why you must cheat. If I had to actually manage food, stamina and health I would have quit this game. There is, in my opinion, a higher than average amount of inane filler. The number of times you have to repeat actions can get frustrating. And if I had to click through one more dot dot dot or inhale, exhale I'd have needed to cuss a lot more here. Bundle that shit up man, we don't need to click more just for clickings sake. On that note, when there is no option but to click the one thing highlighted what is the point of making us do that? It doesn't add immersion, its just annoying. Move us to the next screen/dialogue already.

Overall, a good VN, better than most even.

don't remember much of anything about this game other than the porn in it was mid however the story was interesting enough for me to read it the entire way through
good story
progression can be tedious
also the pregnancy at the end was mid

Simply put, this is one of the best adult VNs I've played. If you like playing the hero, love forming bonds with a game's characters, and this art style looks even a little good, than I really think you should give MIST a try.


Pros:
Originally I believed the art style would be an issue but it quickly grew on me.
The characters seem well thought out and I don't struggle to rationalize their actions.
The story is very intriguing yet simple enough to keep track of between play sessions.
Adult scenes are both hot as hell and easy to skip though if you're not into a fetish.
A linear story with clear tasks makes it easy to see all the content available in one playthrough.

Cons:
The only cons I can think of seem nitpicky when considering the game as a whole.
Sometimes management aspects can inch in and start to pull focus away from the story.
There's no indication when certain story scenes become available with characters, making you check constantly to see nothing.
Those same story scenes can sometimes come in floods, making me pause progression to see them all, then a drought of no new ones will appear for the next while.


I should emphasize however that these are issues are minor or infrequent enough that I would probably look over them in my critique of any game I wouldn't consider excellent. I consider this game a solid 10/10 and will continue to monitor the developer so I can appreciate whatever work is coming next.

One of the best on the platform. Amazing animation with videos too. Cool story, top tier harem with sister too. It has everything a great game needs and it's well refined. Perfect scenes with sound also. Big GG.

Came for the sex, came from the sex, stayed for the story and then came from the sex. I just loved everything about this game. Story and art style are simply great. Would definitely reccomend everybody 10/10

Unique art style, better than most 3D imo. Story was excellent. I liked the characters. I could probably think about a gripe if I wanted to, but I don't. I vastly enjoyed my experience playing the game and hope the author continues to create and find success.

In so many ways, this is everything that a porn game should be. It's got lots of nicely rendered sex, it has a distinctive art style, it has real gameplay, it tells a fun and exciting story....

I could actually go on a bit longer. It's really good. It feels ambitious and it meets those ambitions. There are some great character moments with fantastic background art. Like a good game of any genre, it successfully drives the player to be curious about the world and the plot. It leads with exploration and gives the player lots of porn treats and power ups along the way.

But when I think about what adult visual novels can be--what they really excel at--this just doesn't get there. This is a very well-made indie game with an where the character progression includes rather rote romances that happen to include explicit lewd scenes. There is no decision making within those relationship because the game isn't really about those relationships, it's about the pornified supernatural mystery. And as those mysteries begin to get solved, enjoyment of the game starts to depend on one's enjoyment of the tropes of the genre and the YA-inflected tone of the whole thing.

the game is great , characters and sex scene specially .i usually don't like this 3DCG but is done well here.
we can end the game without grinding for 1 hours so is fine , the story is good

so yeah play the game , try it no regret for me.

Story, art and scene are 10/10, the game is a bit challanging at first, but as you progree through the story it become manageable and not that har.

for the character my favoprite is definetly Mia, she's just super cheeky and have that attitude and im glad you potrait her that way and i wish you make more scene with her lol.

for the story it was good, not a masterpiece but enjoyable and intriguing, it definitely have some moment where some thing are kinda weird in my perspective, but it is what it is, at the end of the story this is just erotic game and should be treated as such

Personally I didn't like the game, but I see that there is an absolutely excellent game here for people who like mystery sandbox games with light RPG mechanics and some unique artwork. Just because I didn't like the game doesn't mean you won't if you're interested in the genre. It's definitely more of a game than a sex-fest and I think thats one of the reasons it's so good. Give it a try if you have any interest at all because it's a very good game.

Very good game. Nice animations, nice character design, girls are beautiful, nice story. You can't be bored with this game. This is a harem genre game, so don't be confuse that girls accept that you have multiple relationship .

I decided to play this after trying out the newer title from this dev, Children of Morn.
I came in expecting quality, and while I wasn't disappointed, you can see that the dev has improved with experience.

The story is good. There were only a few times where something didn't make sense or wasn't thought out. Considering the length of the game, it's still better than what's come out of Hollywood in recent years.

So, I can't really complain about the story, it held my interest all the way through. The characters were likeable for the majority of the time.
Now for the juicy stuff.
The scene direction is hot. I won't be too picky about the art direction for the characters, you'll either like how they're stylized or you won't.

I will say that the models don't always hold up. Some scenes/positions/lighting are not flattering to them, and half of the time I actively avoided looking at their faces, which for me was the common weak point. Maybe it's just me, but I noticed about 3/4 of the way through the game, a lot of what I had found to be off putting about the models and/or animation had improved.

All in all, great game, worth the time, and you can clearly see the dev taking what they've learned here and applying it in their newer title.

This is a master class just the end that i find a bit fast but the story is good the twist are good it lack some hidden lore content or secret as this is mostly a story line and some really basic management bug all is there and all is really good minigames a really basic but really good too for me its a really good game and you need to play it the art style is better in game the screen are not giving this art what it deserve

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!