VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Now & Then [v1.00.0] [ILSProductions]

Great story with engaging characters.
There are plenty of places you could quibble with the "realism", but the characters feel well motivated. I grew to really care about what happens to these people. Be prepared to spend some time as there are 19 (so far) substantial chapters. The sex scenes are fine, and there are quite a few of them, but this is definitely not a game to click through to get to the next scene.

I avoided this game for a long time because Honey Select, zombiepocalypse, and F/D are normally negatives for me. The high reviews eventually made me give it a try anyway, and I'm very glad I did.

This is a truly excellent games. Great characters, great story and writing and awesome scenes.

I am usually not very fond of zombie stories, they tend to be pretty boring, but in this game the zombies infected are mostly there to add tension and background to the character interactions which are the highlight of the game.

Game also features great interactivity and even if the choices don't matter that much in the end, the choices are often shown in little changes in dialog throughout the story.

In conclusion: awesome game

Good game, unusual context, good graphic (expecially animations), intriguing story and quite interesting characters (I'm not a "loli" fan, I would prefer more milfs...). Little bit too weird, also for this kind of games, that they want to fuck as much as possible, even if surrounded by zombies and bandits..Best character: Alice!! ...but, if I may, the story mode is quite boring and repetitive (fuck Carol, then fuck Naomi, and so on...). Personally, I enjoyed it, but I won't play next updates.

Excellent game, REALLY well written... Hard to come by, recommended!
200 characters is far too much for this review, but take what you will as I'm willing to write that much to show how much I enjoy this game. Thanks for the read!

Easy 5/5. Support this dev if you can afford it.

I don't often write reviews, but seeing how little support this dev has, I felt I wanted to help more beyond just Patreon support.

1) This dev develops new chapters frequently (monthly?). He is the only dev I know who has such rapid updates and still maintains consistent quality throughout.

2) Believable harem. Relationships evolve over time. This is one story where girls aren't throwing themselves over the guy unrealistically. But there is plenty of sex and relationship building.

3) No dumb arbitrary hurdles preventing the relationships from evolving and growing. No random waitress-in-the-bathroom scene that slows the main character dev. Most relationships and actions fit into the larger narrative arc of the story.

4) Model girls are really cute. The renders are not highest quality (how could they be when the dev outputs new chapters every month!), but they are cute. Bonus points because dev does nipples the best, they are perky, hard, 3D.

5) Story is excellent. The MC acts the way I would act, generally. The story unfolds slowly and thoughfully, drawing on inspiration from existing pandemic/zombie media.

Again, my pitch for support. Some dev's don't need support, they already make enough. I try and throw my support around to dev's who are starting, but building something special. Not only is that true of this dev, but his pace is the best I've seen.

One of my favorite games out at the moment, and one of the few I am backing financially via Patreon. The setting is unique to this site, and the story is well thought out. The porn is great too, consisting of high quality renders and animations. If you enjoy this game and have the means to, I encourage you to support the creator on Patreon. I was amazed to find that as of writing this their was so little backing of the game

Reviewed as of v0.18.0 (Chapter 18), nothing I wrote here changed for Chapter 19.

TLDR; This game is an easy 5/5. Play it if you haven't.

To list the positives without getting into spoilers:
The girls are hot, the animation is smooth (both things you can expect from HS games) and the writing is shockingly great. The characters are written well and behave like real human beings. I was surprised on multiple occasions during my playthrough at just how believable the characters were despite this being an Adult game. The plot is extremely basic and unengaging, but the story works because the plot is elevated by decent world-building and really great character writing.

This game is 100% worth your time and you should play it.

I'll talk about the negatives here and might get into minor spoilers. Nothing major, but be warned:

• The girls look hot, as I said, but their models are all pretty generic looking. Alice, in particular, looks like the default "mom" model. She looks almost identical to the mom-like character in Mythic Manor.
• The character writing is really great, but if I had to nitpick, it gets a little long-winded at times. Sometimes the characters will just repeat themselves one after the other and you find yourself skipping through redundant dialogue. On other occasions, it feels like the dev is jerking themselves off by having the MC rattle off some obscure fact semi-related to the situation because, in some way, saying "look how smart the MC is" is also the dev saying "look how smart I am".
• The main character's model needs to change. I know it would be a pain in the ass to go back and redo all the old stuff, but at least in the next update or two, you should have Naomi cut the guy's hair for the rest of the story. No one likes the mop-head and it makes the game feel silly when everyone is talking about how handsome they are when his hair looks greasy and gross.
• The plot meanders a bit too much. I feel like this game could have concluded in like 15 chapters if the pacing was just faster, but it just goes by very slowly. Furthermore, I have no idea where the plot is headed. Each little "arc" seems to go the same way. MC and girls arrive at location. Location is good. Suddenly bandits, infected, or some other external factor forces them to leave. MC and girls leave location. Then rinse and repeat forever. I'm not sure if the dev is milking this for as much as they can or if they have some conclusion they are building to, but right now, the best way I could describe this plot is Completely Aimless. Hopefully future updates prove me wrong and there is some justification for all the faffing about.

All-in-all, this game is not perfect, but it's a really incredible game nonetheless. It's great if you want a good story with good characters, and it's great if you just want some hot fapping material. Play this game if you haven't already. If the dev addresses the flaws I mentioned above, this could easily become one of the best game on this sites, hands down. If the dev does not address these flaws, I may have to reduce the rating to a 4/5 in future updates.

Highly recommend if you like a good zombie survival story. I'm surprised that this game does not have more popularity on this site. TONS of content (18 chapters so far), good immersive storytelling and character development that makes you care about the characters and what happens next. I think the post-apocalypse zombie genre works really well, though sometimes stretching your suspension of disbelief... as others have pointed out, the MC drives a charger across a zombie-infested city--WTF?

Some cons: MC's hair is atrocious. Story pacing can get a little slow at times with long walls of boring inner monologue (school arc). The dark grungy scenes and rendering is a good artistic choice, but sometimes the skin tones look... off... splotchy green or orange (Naomi in particular)

Completed game revised review.

Great story and characters.
The ending (for the harem) wasn't really to my liking, but it was good enough.

I did encounter a bug that made a couple of scenes repeat. I downloaded the game and replayed it from the start and did not encounter that bug again. So I have no idea what happened there.

I love this "series", it is a complement. This series is well written and every characters seek own goals. Solid 5 star for this The Walking Dead and The Last Of Us Remastered type game that is only adult version.

I am hooked!
I have only recently started this game and it is head and shoulders above most of the games on this site.

The story writing is griping and well paced. It has drawn me in. I am really looking forward to seeing where it goes. I have great expectations.

The graphics are good being suitable dark and gritty when appropriate. I find the MCs inner dialogue realistic, logical and convincing.

I haven't got to any sex scenes yet so I cannot comment on them.

For once I haven't found the need to use unRen.bat to view the images to give me a reason to continue. What I have read and seen so far has me hooked.

There is no reason not to try this.

While not a fan of the zombie genre, I am enjoying this game.
The renders are good, except for MC's hair, and the girls are attractive.
The initial build up actually developed the characters in a way that made me care about them.
The downside is the zombie apocalypse. At the end of the current update it's starting to feel like any generic zombie movie.
Pro:
Nicely rendered and designed characters.
Good character development
Nice sex scenes.
Characters have pubic hair

Cons:
Generic zombie genre

This is a really good game. The apocolyptic backdrop is very well thought out, not just a slap-dash excuse to create a harem. The girls act in very believable ways, and are easy to fall in love with. The main character is cool and heroic but in a believable way; he acts like your cool veteran uncle, not like some implausible superhero.

I'm not a huge fan of the engine used for the renders, but it does suit the mood of the story.

The developer is responsive to the community and releases in a stable, steady manner.

Be warned, this is *not* a "fetish stew" sort of game. Yes, there is a little anal, a little lesbian, etc, but the developer does not stretch his plot into implausibility just to create sexual situations. If you want to see a 5-way pregnant zombie futa orgy this is not the droid you are looking for.

I really love this game. You can tell that the Dev really has his heart in it and for that I gave it 4 stars. I only took one star off because while i appreciate the story and the writing, and the dev does a good job with both, the narrative dialogue sometimes is cringy and makes me facepalm.. It's insulting to your players/readers that you think they wont get your meanings if you are not literally explaining every tiny aspect of the behavioral spectrum. I get more anxiety reading through the feeling deconstructions than the characters do fighting zombies. For example, when Sydney asks "how is Carol" after a death event, all you really needed to say is "she really took it hard, she's resting now, she was exhausted after all that". You don't need to write a paragraph about her current psychological profile.

Just sayin.

UPDATE: ver 26.

Story took a nosedive, not any better at this point in time, but appreciate the effort. Nice work

Completed Version: Revised analysis

Unchanged. Game is immersive, story is interesting, however the dialogue makes me want to stab my eyeballs rather than read any more of it.

Writing is unusually good with relatable characters that happen to luv luv luv the D. Hookup sound effects while OK at first get repetitive and tiring fast but the visuals makeup for that short coming. A Dev to keep an eye on.

I love the game, and although to be honest I have a soft spot for almost every type of apocalyptic game, the truth is that it is one of the best games I have played on this page, if I had to complain about something it would be that no matter what which I choose I can't seem to reject Sydney, at least in the version I played (0.14.0), but it will probably be fixed in later versions

This is by far one of my favorite games on this website. Not only because the story is really interesting, but also because they actually regularly update the game. The characters are all great, the development is at a good pace the people writing it actually know how to write proper sentences and there arent really many VNs with a setting like this

impressive game.
Great EOW story. A good page turner.
Really great character stories and development .
Art work is simple but good to look at , way better than many out there.
One of the few that i keep coming back for the story not just the H scenes.

Really looking forward to future updates.

He could probably double his earning by making Carol & MC blood related but he chose not to because he has his own story to tell and you gotta respect that, I think I found a hidden gem in this. A little criticism tho, maybe avoid making four line worth of dialogue in a single still, makes it such a chore to read.

I thought this game was a low-key hidden gem because of its slow pace but in reality, is just very amateur writing that wouldn't be a problem (Lot of games have that issue) no the problem is with the self insert MC and the setting.
The MC always has a reason and never does anything wrong if he might be wrong well there is a reason which Immediately contradicts something.

Example: can't make noise to save a girl so he leaves her cool typical zombieish but he drives a FUCKING CHARGER cause I'm guessing it's cool author self insert badass car and to me, many more issues with the MC just makes him kinda Meh(Not as bad as Haley's Story MC but bad). Also, add lame conscience type writing aspect and it's just so eye-rolling like of course

The setting is a wannabe Walking Dead but the survival aspect feels like Zombieland which doesn't work but I honestly believe that if it was a more dark comedy type game it would be a 4-star game but no it's TWD without the gritty, dark, Survival by any means and the characters.

The one thing I did enjoy was the present and past type scenes in the story that shows the relationship between the MC and daughter but even this just basic ass porn game writing (Horny friend wants to fuck dad and tells daughter so she will also be interested) and when this game is trying to be a legit Zombie Adult Visual Novel it just doesn't work. Sex Scenes are basic Honey Select without good erotica. 5/10