VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Primal Instinct [v0.07] [SilkandMilkProductions]

v0.07

Biggest strength is the storytelling. Its pretty much a narrative driven Adult Visual Novel, just how its supposed to be, a Novel. Its heavily focused on character stories that are intrinsically tied to the overarching story so you'll see it play out through multiple POVs. Pacing of the storytelling is a bit on the slow side and its still in the earlier stages of the narrative but what we have right now leaves you wanting more. A shame it got abandoned.

Characters are well developed for its current stage. They have their own character stories, personalities, agendas and motivations that all converge on the protagonist and the main plot.

Visuals, the models and renders are really good for its time. So is the environmental design, it feels natural. The scenes are rendered in a cinematic style. It feels like you're watching a movie.

Lewd scenes leave much to be desired. Not because it's bad but because there's not much going on currently. What is there though is done well, from the choreograph, the lead up and post scenes as well as the writing of the sex scene. The lewd scenes aren't porn scenes, its cinematography, so this might be a miss for those who only want to watch porn.

This game getting abandoned is a huge lost to the AVN community. Its a really good game.

I did rate this 4/5, yet do not recommend trying it. It's very much plot-focused and it seems to be only about 10-20% complete, probably even less. There is very little actual erotic content to be found. But god damn, the drama, the tension, the suspense - it's all there, and is of high quality. Pretty unfortunate this will never be finished.

Definitely a top tier game. Story building and the sexual tension is intensive. Great visuals. If only dev approached development like other devs this one would be a huge success. Even if it's abandoned there is lot of content. Hoping one day dev will change his mind and complete this one ( never gonna happen though)

His second game heir apparent is also good
Visual wise Heir apparent>> Primal instinct
Story wise Primal instinct>>> Heir apparent

What a shame that this game is abandoned. One can only praise the ambition of the author if so much story is present in v0.07. And what a great game that is - story is interesting, writing is top notch, renders and cinematography are brilliant. Even in its unfinished state this deserves to stay among the best games, in one line with games of Tora Productin, Dr PinkCake and PhillyGames.

I absolutely loved the art style of this piece. Things definitely felt pretty interesting all the way through and there was a lot of potential here. Very much worth a run through, even in an incomplete state.

Renders are great. Problem is that it is boring as hell. It literally put me to sleep. If you are looking for something erotic, this is not it. When the game first starts, it does a flashback to '3 years ago' for a honeymoon sequence. I'm thinking ok, this must be a prologue. But it kept going and going and going and all I could think was, damn I just want to get back to the beginning. But it didn't happen. At some point, I gave up and quit. I guess if you want to read a book with no real payoff other than some dream sequence, then this is for you. This was NOT for me.

Terrible game, you are chained to this horrible redhead with an over bite, there is hint of options of some other routes but there is too much emphasis on your marriage to Meghan she is an awful love interest every other character has more to offer than her, you have ZERO time away from the ball & chain every time you get time alone with another character something conveniently interupts you. Its just dull

Hi! I want to do a review of this game, because it deserves it so much!

Story is really good. Not complete, but it amazed me how many branches it has. Choices have a meaning, and you get to know them right away, like, the impact is real! And could leave to bad situations that will make you regret, or great, that will make you feel really good (aka receive a happy ending on a massage). Characters are nice and has story background for the most important ones (pretty much all of them), it's NOT a one character story. You don't have to stick with the Wife if you choose not to. The other characters, like Mei, Hannah, Alex, even Sandra has as much of a story as wife, except their stories aren't shown much yet, they have to be developed further. Until now, I have done Mei's path. AMAZING path, and you get to know the main story better, as well as side characters, so if you choose any other character, not being the Wife, you can still get to know all of them, they'll be shown to you at some point, which is nice, you won't lack information to keep up with the main story.

CG is superb. Colorful, lively and high quality textures, along with Blurred environment, you'll have a real camera perspective, like the pictures were shot with a real camera, with focus on the main part of the image, and blur in the background. It's up to taste, and I find it very cool! There was work put there, he didn't just made an image and put onto the game, he edited it with great skills. Lighting was a bit of lacking in my opinion, he could have improved sunshine, shadowing and lamp light inside the house to have more impact on character's faces, but it's okay, won't matter much.

Soundtrack... YES, this game has soundtrack. It's not like many other games that just puts a text there, and you read it with your way of interpretation. Like, when characters fight, text is with caps mostly, but without any soundtrack, people will read it bluntly like "FK YOU!! WE'RE NOT MARRIED ANYMORE, I WANT DIVORCE!", some people will read as "fk you. we're not married anymore... i want divorce.", BUT with sounds, it's Almost Always the same feeling to everyone. Everyone will read it the same way, almost everyone, is what I believe, because for other games I noticed it, when a game has no soundtrack is feels empty, and I read stuff with caps like it doesn't have any sometimes. But for games with sounds, this has never been an issue. And songs sets up a feeling that the reader will have to interpret expressions, like joy, laughter, etc put together with an upbeat makes the scenes even better. This game has it, although it's not the best, it's fitting for the scenes. I enjoyed it.

I give it max rating. It has surprised me, made me interested to get to know characters better, specially Mei, I kinda fell in love with her while playing the game hahah, made me feel a wish to get a GF like her. And also, max rating to support this game here to get developed further. IT NEEDS TO! I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF IT. Dreaming of it becoming completed someday. We'll see, we'll see...

I just finished the Mei route of version 0.7 and I have some very mixed feelings... Here's why:

First, the game starts pretty standard. A few key characters, your wife, your brother-in-law, mother, sister. Simple but decent.

As I kept playing the game I was quickly pulled into the story, with some amazing twists and a lot better content than I had anticipated. What especially stands out is the quality of the renders, the details in the faces and even some small imperfections that show this is not just some standard Renpy game. Especially the character of Mei is amazing, both in looks and in story. I couldn't wait to progress further with her.

A few hours in, the story starts to get all over the place. New characters and new storylines are introduced, which seems promising but also a little confusing at times. You constantly get cockblocked and the build-up in the story is insanely slow, which I personally saw as a big plus, because the longer the build-up, the better will be your reward in the end. Right?

- At this point I thought: wow! One of the best games I've played. I would give it 10 stars if I could, absolutely amazing and I haven't even finished playing yet! -

And then it stopped. End of version 0.7. The story is all over the place, none of your relationships seem to go anywhere. The animations in the last few versions were simply awful (seriously it's just stop-motion, no animations at all would be better)! Your family members are apparently just added to fill up the story, since you only see them in your dreams. Barely any sex scenes. And all the build-up seems to have been for nothing...

And worst of all: development for the next update will only start once the dev reaches a certain amount on Patreon. I first thought it was a joke but it's not. Talk about a big 'F*ck you' to your supporters!

Kinda disappointed... Still 4 stars since most of the story is amazing, but I really hope there will be a worthy ending (probably in about 4-5 years, if ever)

The game looks good and has music but i just cant take this constantly interrupted mechanics. Let me explain with SPOILERS of the first scenes:

You go in a honeymoon with your brother in law as third wheel, up to a good start...

First scene you try to fuck your wife, she falls asleep. First action not completed.

Next scene you are trying to skype your sister. Your brother in law opens the honeymoon suite (i guess he used magic) and and prevents you from doing so. This has consequences in her arc.

Next scene you go to the bar cause the pushy asshole wants to talk, and he is about to tell you something. Some Thai lady comes and interrupts (once again)

Next scene Mei appears and you make a move on her, she interrupts you (once again) and leads you to meet Novak. While you wait you make a move on her, guess what? you get interrupted!

Or you can reject her and she leads you to meet Novak anyway, and your sleeping wife is not sleeping anymore, somehow she woke up, and met him and went to some sort of private room with him.

Is it possible to actually do something in this game? This game is abusing subverting expectations, its actually 100% of the first scenes. The levels of frustration exceed any other feeling.

And the guy forgets about calling his sister, despite the fact that he is actually dreaming about them, seriously? I cant relate to an asshole.

There almost no sex outside of marriage,.
If your fetish is incest, dont play this.
If your fetish is redheads and freckles this game is for you, the colors and lighting are eye candy. Some textures are also really good, a little too sharpen for my taste, and overdoes a little with bumpiness and specular and looks weird in close shots.

Game is ok feels more like a soap opera my mother would watch with porn included with all the fucking drama. I guess if I was into that kind of thing I would recommend playing this. Otherwise if you lack time don't bother. This is a slow and I mean very slow game to develop.

This is truly one of the best porn games I have played. So many beautiful renders, beautiful character models and environments and their expressions are drawn so damn well. You can really feel what the characters are going through. I also like how the MCs face is never fully or clearly showcased, always concealed slightly with a sense of mystery.

But my favourite part is the way the characters are written. They have well-written backstories which reflect their personalities. They have realistic situations and you can empathize with almost everyone. Hannah, Mei and Sandra's stories have hit a really deep chord with me and Meghan is the ultimate waifu. I like the antagonists Misha and Samara as they are aptly creepy and intriguing. I wanna see more about their past and their intentions. Alex is cool too, gotta see more of Trisha. She hasn't gotten much screentime but what she got was quite good on its own. I am looking forward to the completion of this game, how much ever long it takes. I will support it on Patreon for a few months and I hope after completion, there's a steam release so I can purchase it there. We can't let this game be lost or abandoned for not having enough support.

I will just drop here a five because if you like adult novels this one is beautiful.
Downloaded for the quality of the rendering, stayed for Meghan.
Just so you know, not much gaming mechanics or perverted fantasies, only a charming story with loveable characters.

Top 5 game in my mind.
Top1 game in character design and story.
Meghan is my favorite female character. Meghan is the first person with freckle I love. She is cute, lovely. She is bright and lively without being rude. She shows us love.

The story is very good. Especially the dialog about Meghan is bread-winner. So humor!

Very interesting story, Hard to get the full picture yet but definately some interesting ideas. Definitely stands out. Art is done very well and the models look great. Enjoyable to experience will definitely watch and follow.
Cant wait to see the writers vision completed.

I guess rating is the very litte i could do to help support this awesome game!

Great writing, great story, great dialogue, beautiful and unique models, BEAUTIFUL renders this game is perfect so far.

Renders: 10/10
Models: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Writing: 10/10

Do yourself a favor and play this game already!
It gets you invested in the game and makes you care for all of the characters, and as much as i would like to bang all of the girls - i'm also invested to them - i want to remain loyal to my wife - i think that's a example of great writing and character development right there.

Good (potentially great) VN. Unfortunately Dev needs to organise the story better because it's kind of all over the place, you really don't know what's going on half the time (or more specifically where exactly the story is headed). I don't mind the lack of sexual content as long as the story is good, which this one is (more or less), there just needs to be a sense of direction as to where the story is actually going because there's a danger of it getting crushed under the weight of it's own ambitions. Otherwise everything else is 9.9/10 for me.

It's abundantly clear how much time and effort has been put in to this game, and it is definitely one of the most well written games on here. It helps that it looks stunning at times as well, and the story itself seems really interesting. Games of this quality deserve to be supported for sure.

What started as an ambitious game, has devolved into a disjointed mess of beautiful renders. Which seems like a waste of its potential.

The frequent back and fourth between player characters, locations and even story was supposed to be building the setting, but it has been far too long to use that as an excuse anymore. Its strong point, besides its renders, is the triangle between MC, wife and Mei but the dev fails to capitalize on that. The events happening in the hotel are constantly interrupted by long drawn scenes of characters like the MC's sister back home, his mother, or even nonsensical foreshadowing. And often there is very little choice in how those scenes unfold, so the player becomes a simple spectator for a good amount of gametime.

With each update I'm getting more convinced that the dev has gotten too involved in creating a pretentiously complex story that they forgot they are making a game. In game storytelling, you are supposed to play as a character and interact with the world and events around you to progress the plot. When half of a "game" is taking place away from your character, there is something seriously wrong with said game. Even one that looks as pretty as this.

The game has basically two story paths which include staying faithful to your newlywed wife and have a really sweet romantic path or be a cheat with all the consequences including the mystical aspects of the story and the world it's set in as well as some minor choices regarding secondary characters. The renders and visuals are really great, the scenes are crafted with care and thought, an interesting cast of characters with very well written dialogue which has good interactions and intimacy between the characters and it pays off to replay the game for the two separate paths which do deviate from one another not only in dialogue and scenes but in tone and overall feel.