VN - Ren'Py - Radiant [v0.6.3] [RK Studios]

I'm been following this game since ¿2021?. The gameplay is fine, cause, it's an actual gameplay (with choices and panths) and not star-skip button for an ero scene. Another good point is the writing, been as grounded and cleaver as it can be for the kind of story its telling. Finally, the renders are really nice

In this genere and format, is among my favorites, along with Sisterly lust.

However, I would really like to see more content focus on the sisters and least focus on the coworkers.

Review for V0.6.3
I can't help but feel a bit dissapointed with this game, I feel like the game could be so much more.

First off, the graphics—they're okay, but not mind-blowing or anything. I would say slightly above average on this one, it just doesnt really stand out. The girls do look nice though.

Now, the story... not super original and a bit on the cliché side, but honestly, I kinda have a weakspot for games like this. Three desperate/hopeless girls showing up to your doorstep and you helping them. Just don't go in expecting to be blown away by some groundbreaking narrative.

The whole harem situation in the game is... weird, to put it mildly. You're basically living with these three sisters, romancing them, and somehow they're all clueless about what's going on with the others. It feels like a missed chance to add some real depth or drama.

The way the romance is handled also feels a bit off to me. You're supposed to be this caretaker figure for the sisters, which already sets up a strange dynamic. But instead of handling it with some nuance, the game just dives into the romance without much hesitation. Only the girls are a bit reluctant, but the mc just doesnt mind at all.

In other games, the protagonist is usually more reluctant, and the relationship develops more naturally and is also initiated by the hopeless/desperate girl, which makes a lot more sense to me and just feels more wholesome. Here, it just comes across as creepy rather than wholesome or romantic.

Speaking of which, I feel like there has been no good reason given for why these girls are falling for the main character. It just happens, and you're supposed to roll with it. It makes the whole romance angle feel kind of shallow and unearned.

So yeah, that's 'Radiant' for you. It's got its moments, and I enjoyed it for what it is, but it's definitely got its downsides. If you're into these kinds of stories, you might get a kick out of it, but keep your expectations in check."

Pros:

+ Great buildup, as realistic as you can be for a game with this genre.
+ Interesting dialogues, not boring at all.
+ Non-linear story, plenty of choices
+ Allison (nuff said)
+ Game is very polished, haven't seen any bugs or typos at all.
+ I wanna mention, there is some real suspect content towards the end lol, but you can skip it so plus points for that.

cons
- for a game that's been developing since 2020, there is very very little h content for the main characters. Slow buildup is amazing but then Imagine the blueballs for someone who've played from 2020 lol.
- I'm pretty interested in the "dark" path but so far it's more like the "asshole for no reason" path, I would've thought dark meant sadistic but it just means you're a dickhead.

Some constructive criticism from me:

Focus on the 3 main girls, it makes no sense that side characters have more h content than the reason people play this game in the first place. Do not add more side characters until you've achieved this.

Does anyone here actually like dream sequences? Maybe it's just me but I've never cared for a dream sequences, and I know it took valuable development time to make, so I'd rather not have anymore of that.

That said I'm giving this a 5/5 since I'm pretty lenient and it truly is a great game, hope the dev keeps this up!

After playing through the entirety of Radiant 6.1 I judge this to be not a game. It's a narrative heavy choose your own adventure story. There are zero gameplay elements, and while there are choices, they don't actually constitute being a gameplay mechanic, more of a turn to page 764 for the orc warlord, turn to page 52 for the loli maiden.
The story itself is a good read, the models are attractive, and the fact that you wind up with three fraternal triplets and can only bang one of them before the version is over, means it's a slow burn erotic novel.
Overall I enjoyed it, but it loses a star for not actually being a game.

Good stuff! My expectations were admittedly low as I've played all too many garbage incest games, but Radiant proves itself to be a cut or two above the bulk of them.

The writing is good, thankfully legible and it does a good enough job of getting you invested. Blessedly, for the most part, the game doesn't inundate you with cringey attempts at humor. Not to say it isn't occasionally funny, but unlike a lot of these games it isn't beating you across the head it.

Visually the game is great. The renders are quality, the girls are all cute and the animations are more than serviceable.

My one slight complaint is that the game opens stressing the importance of not muting your audio -for the sake of immersion! But like the vast majority of these games you're not really missing anything it you do.

The music choices are as generic stock music as they come and seldom add anything to a scene. And aside from the occasional door knock or door opening, there ain't really any sound. If you wanna hear moaning, plapping and other sex sfx you're gonna be disappointed.

But I think most of us are probably used to playing these games muted and you certainly shouldn't let the lack of quality audio keep you from checking out an otherwise quality game.

Wonderful Game/Kinetic Novel.
Story - 10 out of 10.
Graphics - 9 out of 10.
Character development - 10 out of 10.
Immersiveness - 10 out of 10.
Engagement - 10 out of 10.
Sound/music - can't rate it, as usual I have it turned off.

I don't have the heart to call it pornography, no, it's very good erotica.
So gentlemen obsessed only with sex and nothing but sex better not waste their time on this thing. Fans of standard wincest better not touch this game either. Simply because of the quality of the character development of each of the three sisters. Fans of standard wincest might get bored.
Played by making choices every time, obeying my "inner self". That's probably the best way to go. I'm sure I'll come back to this little masterpiece, and when I play it again I may have a different choice in one case or another, that's what makes the story interesting. I'll be looking forward to the release of chapter seven in August.
To the developers - sincere, deep gratitude and wishes for success in creativity.

The best incest VN i have ever played....
Very good story , Great visuals,nice characters, and beautiful li
My focus is olivia and allison and i found them both great..
Personally i love that there is no forced scenes and that finally i found a good vn without any forced lesbian content or other fetishes.
Overall its a very good Vn and i enjoyed it a lot

My review as of 0.6.1:

The game is definitely good, i really enjoyed it. I appreciate a lot of the options the dev provides, and the story and dialogue between characters is pleasant and concise. The art and the animations are great and props for making "The Event" on CH6 long and varied enough for it to feel special, as it should.

That being said, my experience is different from those that started following this game since 2020. If i had to wait 4 years to get to the point we are at, i would have probably given it a different rating. I'm not saying "Boo Dev slow!" or anything like that, but the choice to have this many side characters and subplots introduced has definetly made the game feel a lot slower due to the Dev/artist having to render all these new things that have yet to bear fruits.

If my experience with other games is anything to go on, this is a recipe for disaster and it will culminate in the Dev losing interest a couple years down the line tired from all the complaining and rush an ending never getting anywhere with most of these subplots (or the game being abandoned).

Moments like this is when you need to learn to play to your base, the majority of the people that will play/pay for this game are fans of the in'est genre and are here for the development of the relationship with the main girls. Which takes "time" or otherwise it would feel rushed, but that "time" is in-game time, not necessarily irl time, if instead of spending in game time dealing with subplots like (which is not a diss to those characters btw and i don't count since they serve a purpose to the main girls story) the game would spend more time focused on the main girls, then development of their relationship would be faster without feeling rushed, and the game would feel more focused.

This point becomes more relevant considering the Psyche options and the different routes one can take, which just makes the scope of the game bigger and the end blurrier and further away.

I know this is all hindsight so my recommendation would be focusing on what has currently been shown, avoid anymore subplots and don't forget the main plot for the sake of novelty or spurts of inspiration. You guys are doing great so far, it's just the speed of story progress that seems to be the biggest issue, so keep it focused and i'm sure the game will end up being great.

My only personal complaint about Radiant was that every woman who encountered the main character immediately wanted to have sex with him for no reason whatsoever. I know this is common in harem games, but in the case of Radiant it was a bit too much for me. After the prologue, the main character meets so many woman he could potentially have sex with without any effort that I couldn't pay any attention to the story going on in the background. The game doesn't even give you time to breathe. You can't think about your choices and their consequences or feel any attachment to the characters you meet. Because all the characters you meet are only interested in how handsome you are or how big your dick is. So you can't make a choice by caring about anything about them. They are just hollow shells who want to join your harem and with whom you can have sex. There are many aspects of the story that don't make a lot of sense or are not believable, but I don't want to write it down because it's a spoiler.

[Reviewed v0.6.1]

For a game that was initially posted nearly 4 years ago (April 2020), it has lost some of its shine, but if you are looking for a slice-of-life incest game, this is a solid choice. It is reminiscent of a number of other titles that have been popular over the last few years but doesn't rise above them.

The Good ()

• Diversity of love interests with different personalities and overall looks
• Renders still mostly hold up despite use of older models
• A good number of H-scenes with the main and side characters
• Relatively sensical narrative build-up / progress (for the genre, anyway)

The Not-So-Good ()

• Main LI personalities are a little blank and generic
• There is a growing web of side characters that is getting hard to keep track of
• The story is not especially interesting -- the main drama comes from the expectation of an impending moment when different LIs may find out about each other

This game is good, not great -- and there are similar titles which have done this theme better.

+ good sex scenes, mc is experienced and know his stuff, girls no need to tell him what to do or lead him like some newbie. He is also like to giving pleasure to the girls, it's not all about him
+ first time with Olivia is really well done, everything is focused on her pleasure - i love that
+ pussy-eating scenes
+ music
+ beautiful girls, they are interesting, not a boring dull characters without any personality
+ mc is ok - assertive gentleman who treat girls with respect if you are on "good route", he is not a typical to this genre pathetic soyboy.

it's a slow burn. Im personally not a big fan of them, but in this game is really well done. 5 stars from me, wish i found this game earlier.

Had a lot of potential, but some of the later version have added really creepy and gross content, on top of not really progressing the more interesting plot points. Renders are nice but slow development on top of what I previously mentioned would put this in the SKIP category for me.

I love harem games and this one is one of the best.

Beautiful renders, big variety of stunning LI's, cool MC not some weak wimp.
Very good animations, hot sex scenes.
Intresting and wholesome story. Nice music.
Multiple choices, no forced interactions with LI's.

Overall great harem game, a rare gem in this genre.
5/5 Keep up good work and looking forward for more!

This is one of the best games of it's kind. No wonder that many AVN developers tried to copy the game's formula but none of those AVNs are on par with this one. All the LIs are beautiful and there's a lot to choose from. The dialog is fun and not too wordily. I know that development is slow but each update is good and there is progress in the story. One of the best features in the VN is the dark mode. Not a lot of games go there. It's not for me personally nut kudos for doing this.

V0.5.2

it started well and then got forgotten or something, as it seemed to miss the updating page until certain times of year, like many others that crawl out of the woodwork at this time of year.

the plot is bland. no two ways about it. been there done that a plethora of times. nothing new to see here.

the writing is a little childish and not very fluid. it's the readable kind but not engaging.

the art, when last i played, some time ago, was good enough and though not great it was good enough to stand out as the quality of the project.

sadly, though not very for me, the game now has kids in it and i only come to this adult site for adult content so game is no longer viable or legal for me to have. deleted

Love the game not gonna lie. The setting, story, render and animation quality, the cute models, etc. But this dev is milking, at least this one, to honestly hilarious levels.
Ridiculously short updates delivered at an average of 7-10 months with the famous hiatus of 15 months a couple of versions ago.

Update 0.5 which is the result of 9 months of work is played in 1h where the story, yet again, barely progresses and it only has one very short and simple animated scene. Something we've been waiting for 3 years. Worst part of all is we know what this dev is capable of with the scenes of the first version of the game. So not only it is disappointing, but very sad to see the dev do a 180 and turn a project with passion into a bare minimum effort money milker.

Not sure if there really is more than one person in the team, but the Patreon alone is generating almost twice as much as my monthly engineer salary. To think 0.4->0.5 is the result of >30k€ is ridiculous. Will never understand how this dev can still have so many people supporting this project...

One of the VERY best games available. I would likely leave it at that if a review did not require more. There's just no notes I would have to make this game better. The women are amazing, you are not an asshole or a simp, the plot is good and you care about the amazing characters that you can interact with. What could be better? Definately one of the top ten on this whole site. The best most popular games I am not allowed to mention in reviews, this is on par with them in every respect. It's even relatively wholesome while being sexy as hell.

I break the visual appeal apart from the story/character appeal

Visually - art and animations - Alorth does as good a job as any dev out there and better than the overwhelming majority, by far. So this is maximum 50/50%

Story/Character - There is a an amazing opening with Grace. It is a bit express because you are catching up to the present. I wonder if a framing where the intro is noted to be flashbacks, would allow for more time and unimportant events to pass but I do not think that is a problem overall as stories often need to set up where you are and who you are in an expedited manner. Then they set up your current life, work, coworkers, friends, etc all still fine. The antagonist comes a bit soon, IMO. The intro to LIs from work and then the waitress also feel pretty fast. But then, the girls come into the picture. They are the locked in characters and you can reject the others so again the rush is not bad overall. I do wish some of the first days after we meet the girls was spent with them. Basically it does happen but I feel like it should have happened prior to some of the interrupting events. Overall the story suffers from some of this disjointed flow of events and timing but I do not have a clear opinion on how to rearrange it.

TLDR - Girls are great but flow and timing meh
30/50%

Combined I score 80/100% and therefore 4 stars

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"I agree, and I understand the success of this game. It deserves all the stars given to it. I can't find any specific flaws; I love the progressive aspect, the teasing, and all the girls (ALL) are stunning and have distinct personalities. It's very well written; there's a good author behind it. It's challenging to argue because everything is excellent in all aspects, like a top-notch student. If we look into the details (although the gameplay concept is excellent!), it's just that in some choices, we can't really know where they will lead. What the author considers 'darkness' may be 'lust' for us, or what he sees as 'lust' might be 'romance' or 'darkness.' But not knowing is also good; it's not a significant weakness. No, I think the worst part is that the updates take too long to come, as there are so many possible paths in the story's outcome that we are left on edge at the moment when it becomes what we were eagerly waiting for. It's a shame to wait for years for progress, as by then, we may have moved on to other games. Discovering it fully completed would have been delightful, and it would have easily made it into my top 5. In the meantime, you can see that providing feedback on such a polished game is not easy. You really have to be picky not to like it because it has everything we want; it lacks nothing. Full of passion. Thank you for the game!