Ren'Py - On The Mountain Top [Ch.1] [Professor Amethyst Games]

VERSION: CH.1
SUMMARY: Emotionally charged story with complex mental and psychological aspects
RATINGS: (out of 5):

1. Models: 3
2. Animations: X
3. General Visuals: 3
4. Characters: 4
5. Story: 4
6. Writing: 4
7. Pacing: 3
8. Content (amount): X
9. UI & Sounds: 3
10. Fetish & kinks: X

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS:

1. Solid writing and structure, spelling may need some revision though
2. Story is interesting, simple yet complex due to characters and their emotional and mental status.
3. Music is nice, not that I overly care much for it, I prefer ambience and sounds during sexual scenes.
4. Interface is solid and provides what I believe the player needs in terms of info on NPCs etc.

CONS:

1. Very focused on mental, emotional and psychological aspects and not really an adult VN (yet)
2. Models are not bad looking, but the general look and renders have a dated look and feel to them.
3. Stats for NPCs and potential LIs are not available nor is it understood what the different stats do if anything or how it affects the game/story.

FINAL THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS:

• While its a deeply profound game in terms of story, it lacks the adult aspects regarding sex. I believe that this platform is for the more sexual and yes, perverted desires of players. That said, its still very good and there is obviously some sexual tension with potential for a lot more.
• Pacing is hard to really determine simply because CH1 focuses on story and characters and not any adult content so its hard to measure the MC progress with any particular LIs.
• As of the time of the review, I can't say much more than what I did above, here simply is not enough content to review properly. Story and characters I feel are good, there is decent depth and complexity, though its not 100% clear what the dev is driving at and what we can expect. If it is story focused only then its pretty good but in terms of a VN with sexual content, there is nothing.
• I am looking forward though to see what happens next and hope that the next chapter arrives soon and has more "interesting" content in terms of sex, but it could be a longer wait considering our MC is an old guy and so far has not shown any strong sexual desires, making me think this game will not be focusing on that and more story.

Ch. 1

An excellent start to what will no doubt be a magnificent AVN, On the Mountain Tops delivers as expected. Jump into the shoes of a for once qualified and not retarded MC as he starts a new life while taking care of his grand daughter (who has some serious shit to deal with herself).

Chapter 1 starts ramping up an interesting dynamic between MC and his ward, the young Angie, with just the right amount of emotional distress, while introducing the characters and the setting.
The graphics are fine, the music is good (the song breaks are kinda nice, but could benefit from something more visual to compensate for the slow pace of the music text), and the writing is excellent.

Heavily recommended, and best of luck to Professor Amethyst. I am looking forward to future updates.