VN - Ren'Py - Mythic Desires [v0.1] [Clever name games]

VERSION: 0.1
SUMMARY: Solid start with decent visuals, seemingly fun dialogue and interesting plot.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be.

1. Model Visuals........................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. General Visuals......................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality....................... : ⭐⭐⭐
4. Character (Persona)..................... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Story Quality & Pacing.................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing Quality & Dialogue.............. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. UI & Game-play Mechanics................ : ⭐⭐⭐
8. Playtime & General Quality.............. : ⭐⭐⭐
9. Sounds & Music...........................: ⭐⭐⭐
10. H-Content & Fetishes.................... : ⭐⭐⭐

Average: 35 of 50 possible points giving a 70% rating i.e. 3.5 stars.

PROS:

1. Model visuals are not bad, they not great but they decent.
2. Writing and dialogue are pretty good, its structured and reads well. Dialogue is also thought through, fun and natural.
3. Story is not earth shattering from what I can tell so far, but fair, its got some interesting ideas and I think can be good.
4. Fairly decent amount of content for a first release
5. Has one lewd scene encounter, which is also of decent duration and quality.

CONS:

1. No sounds or music, while I think the dev did mention this, this review is based on what is in the VN currently. So...
2. At least one LI needs serious consideration for a facial. Gabrielle.
3. MC does look very plain, ordinary and boring, though his personality is witty and fun enough.
4. Sexual scene is not very appealing or sexually gratifying if you can call it that, its rather dispassionate and fails to capitalize on the situation.

FINAL REMARKS, OPINIONS & SUGGESTIONS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer.

• One LI, the first one the player sees, Gabrielle is not an oil painting, eyes are all wrong and too far apart, her face just is not...nope...I recommend fixing that one. Other than the eyes mostly, she looks like she has a nice body etc. BUT PLEASE FIX THE FACE.
• While the lewd scene so far is not bad at all, its also not really good. The scene was dark on a LI that has a dark skin and the body shine does not do it any favours. Also while physics are nice, the bodies do get in the way of decent angles and it all does feel very clinical and not passionate and sexy. I believe this scene failed to make use of the idea it had and did not deliver on the kinky, sexy or lustiness it should have.

TLDR:

Written pretty well, with interesting and fun characters and dialogue aswell decent visuals. But does not push enough into the sexy to really feel like an adult VN, it more feels like just a fun, silly and lighthearted animation that has a sex scene which is more matter of fact than sexually stimulating. I believe characters like Delphine may actually be more appealing due to their risque nature and her dialogue, there is clearly more sexual drive, passion and desire there. Added that the game has no sounds to amplify any scenes, especially sexual ones, the game does not "do it" for me in its current state (at least on the adult, sexual side of things)

This VN can easily get 4 stars with a bit more effort and attention, I will re-review this in the future.