VN - Ren'Py - One Twisted Fantasy [v0.198] [Zelltin]

V. 0.113

for some stupid reason this is tagged as a visual novel, despite it also being tagged as having turn based combat, which it does indeed have. there is also the fact that you play as multiple protagonists yet that tag is also missing along with the female protag.

then we get to the game itself and the many many times the word scared is used. not scarred as in those scarred after healing their wounds, no scared as in scared out of their minds with fear.
if only there was a way to access a dictionary if you do not have a personal library....some kind of collective knowledge that can be accessed at any time anywhere in the world. ah well...one can only hope of the future
some kind of interwebby thingy will do...

the game opens with a black screen and a note saying 'the game starts now!'. next page? two options, one to take you to new content and another to...er...start.. the....... game!?

what follows is some fairly nice art, though also quite standard, and the whole scar debacle. here the story structure and world building takes a smoke break while dialogue pops in from theirs and gets to work.
fight happens, which you have to work out on your own because why should the developer tell you anything? then when you have wasted a turn flogging an already dead opponent and you have worked out that the developer was far too lazy to include the mechanics for your character switching from a dead target to a live one automatically, you start to wonder why the overview on this site has way more information about the game you are playing than the actual game.
you would think the world building would be IN the game right?

shortly after it switched to a female protag and as a bloke, i lost all interest as i had been using the search feature on this site to find a male protagonist visual novel and got a multi protag game instead that is not as advertised

why this site does not just tag every comic as a VN i will never know. not like their standards for qualification are different

for me, this was like having an allergy to meat and being served minestrone soup advertised as vegetable noodle soup

Nice beginning (storywise and the graphics are also good). Hope this will go further in this direction. The story has potential and i like the characters and the main character. Got my patreonship yesterday.

VERSION: 0.095
SUMMARY: Ok, but not great
RATINGS: (out of 5):

NOTE: The following are my own criteria and may require more context, so keep an open mind.

1. Models: 4
2. Animations: 0
3. General Visuals: 4
4. Characters:3
5. Story/Pacing: 3
6. Writing/Dialogue: 3
7. UI & Gameplay: 3
8. Content Quality: 3
9. Sounds & Music: 3
10. H-Content & Fetish: 0

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

PROS:

1. Models are not bad looking, at least what I believe are the LIs
2. General renders are not bad either.
3. Writing is decent and reads well enough
4. Story seems fairly simple but interesting enough

CONS:

1. Medieval setting, yet the MC talks like he is in a game simulation. He speaks of leveling up and when getting XP he reflects as to why etc. This is a weird thing to do and breaks immersion, the player should be reading a story, not driving a character that talks about his XP gain like its the most normal thing ever. "systems, levels and XP" are not known terms outside a game and have no place in this story, unless the MC is actually playing a fantasy game.
2. Very short, too short to really give a good review.

FINAL REMARKS, OPINIONS & SUGGESTIONS:

• Card, combat system is not horrible, but not sure how good it really is, it does seem a bit flimsy and not fleshed out enough, but need to play more first.

Will need to revisit my review later to see if any meaningful content has been added. For now, its OK, but only just....