VN - Ren'Py - Ravager [v5.2.7a] [4MinuteWarning]

good idea, bad execution.
it's never possible to know which options are "good" or "bad". the player is guessing what the developer wants instead of actually reading situation and playing game. TV TROPES "solve the soup cans" logic.

has shitty VN habit of doing false choices. also of having "SURPRIZE EVENT" out of nowhere. it is not a VN exactly because of stats. it is not a game exactly because player has almost zero agency. player never knows if choices matter or not. player never knows if choice will work or not.

for example with huntress encounter, "charm" option leads to game over with 7 charm. i have no idea if 7 is high or not. I have no idea how high it needs to be to work. I have no idea if it even CAN work or it's another fake choice.

entire game is like this. fake choices, unclear decisions. it can be fixed, but it will not be.

Ravager is very rapey and gorey (?) so you might wanna avoid this if you are not into that (You're playing as a dragon what do you expect? Have some tea with them? Hell no! You either capture, kill, corrupt, rape or do all of them at once)

(Disclaimer: I played this on mobile and it works amazingly)

Story (8.8/10): Not the worst story at least it kept it's originality but it certainly is not the best. You'll most likely to stick on each character's story but not as a whole nor even your own story (as a dragon). For example, Mina (the merchant), her story is interesting as she is a struggling merchant and you'll further learn her story as you progress the game.

Gameplay (8.3/10): For a VN, this ain't bad. Controls can get a little clunky and UI is not terrible but the sizes of the prompts and some dialogues are large and tend to overwhelm the screen. (This ain't a problem in PC but it is in Mobile) Also, stats are a little confusing in terms of story.

Characters (9.2/10): Never have I seen a character in an H-game that behaves normally like a human being and that gives them a unique personality to each of them. For example, Mina (the merchant), as I said before she is a struggling merchant and will do almost anything for the sake of money but that she still has some decency to deny things she didn't like and will provide you some assistance too.

Visuals (8.1/10): Art and animations are decent and unique but the CG's are inconsistent. For example, Mina's BJ scene and Mina's Rape scene, she looks different when you compare them to each other. Another thing is the MC's dick, what the hell is happening to his PP? One scene it's huge and the other scene it shrunk and then the other it became an entirely different dick. C'mon the art are amazing but make it consistent.

Audio (9.1/10): Wow this game has original soundtrack (as far as I know) and a decent voice acting. Well that's about it, I'm not really into audio so yeah.

Others: Replayability is at the top but it doesn't mean high replayability equals to a good game. Sometimes it gets tedious and just like the other reviewer said, he continues to save each choice as to know every possible outcome BUT sometimes you're lock to other scenes if you made the wrong decision like the Maely's first encounter in Act 2.

Overall (8.7/10): It's a great game, try it out guys. :3

Btw MINA BEST GIRL! FIGHT ME!

Edited some typo and grammar

Note: Once the big update comes, I'm gonna do a PROPER review. Now that I look at it carefully, my scores are scuffed and I really should tighten the scores (just 0-10 scoring next).

Unique protagonist, story is interesting, large verity of characters, the art style is different but good, lots of fetishes and the choice of being good evil smart or strong.
Can't wait for more updates fantastic game 5/5.

Reload simulator with inconsistent art (super cutesy out of sex, suddenly a completely different artstyle during). You pick options from a menu to visit locations, attack people, etc, and some of them raise your stats, which are supposed to help you in other scenes. But they don't really seem to. I can be just as much of an asshole if I be a nice guy for the entire game as if I be a dick and reverse. More importantly, the game is full of instant death events that don't seem to respect your stats. If you just go into a scene they haven't written yet it'll kick you to the main menu like you died even. So you end up having to tediously save every single scene and try everything to find the one option that doesn't instantly kill you for picking it.
This makes it more annoying than tittilating to play.
And this is assuming the scenes are even possible to survive or 'win'. Which they may not be.
The game runs on a timer but its its so generous I ran out of anything to do before running out of time despite wasting turns on seemingly unwinnable events.

As far as the sex goes its... okay. The dragon is mostly consistent in his size (outside of the blowjob scene where he inexplicably has a human sized cock). The girls are... kind of boring. And you don't have nearly as much control over them as you should, given you literally kidnap them and lock them in your base guarded by your followers.
Like you kidnap a merchant chick. Can you fuck her? No. You can titfuck her. You can say ''I am going to fuck you''. But then you just can't, she just says ''no lol''. And your only option is to kil her. Or titfuck her. If I have two serperate entire armies preventing her escape, have her in my base, am a fucking dragon with a reputation for being an evil rapist, I shouldn't still have to respect her boundaries. If I was doing that I never would have kidnapped her.

Overall it gets 3 stars for nice if inconsistent art, good char design and a neat concept but I can't really give it more than that.

It also has voice acting but they all talked too slow for me to listen to so I can't really comment on that

Best voices I've ever heard in an H-game. The art is phenomenal, the stats actually matter, and I'm always on the edge of my seat. I think my fav aspect is the replayability, I still haven't found all the scenes! Makes for a good pasttime while I wait for the next version

A very entertaining fantasy adult VN with great writing and pleasant to look at drawn art style with a wide variety of interesting and distinct characters.

The game has plenty of story choices as well as dialogue interactions that vary from being cruel and evil to charming, as well as a dragon can be, and the dragon as the MC is implemented really well and actually feels like your an intelligent beast and not just a human character with a dragons body. The game also features plenty of explicit and well-written sex scenes and the most violent ones are mostly optional and never feel too forced or unnerving, as well as plenty of other different types of kinks that are completely optional and are selectable in the game's preferences menu.

Overall one of the best fantasy AVN that I came across with fun writing that has plenty of story choices and well-executed ideas such as army and fortress building with conquests in a simple but entertaining implementation.

Innovative angle on a well known trope. The savagery of the game depends largely on your choices, making them meaningful. Although the harsh tags are well justified, the game does not have cruelty and malice in its DNA, which i greatly approve of. The characters are distinct and the dialogue is well written and intelligent. The music is surprisingly immersive and the voice acting is icing on the cake.

Story: 10/10
Originality: 10/10
Replayability: Definitely there until you find the "best route" and I wouldn't say its boring.
The game has a pretty good amount of content, woven in a great story for this genre (although the story might be a little GoT inspired). On top of that it has Voice Acting.
Honestly pretty good game, by my standards almost perfect and have been playing it for months. I would like to see "pregnancy" tag. Pregnancy as a way to get more kobolds and/or when we save the princess.

Ravager is shaping up to be a solid Visual Novel. This is NOT a knock off of other dragon-related games; it is an original effort where the labor of love shows.

Choices are important in this game. There are several branching pathways and many kinks to be fulfilled. Don't like a particular fetish, no problem, the developer has set up the ability to turn these off in the Preferences. Original music, artwork, writing, and voice acting help tell the story.

I have to say, hearing a unique musical score for a VN is a treat, it doesn't distract and establishes each scene. I can't wait to hear what new guitar rifts will project from my speakers in future updates.

The animated characters are overflowing with personality, definitely my favorite part, but really wish they were what used for sex scenes instead of the digitally painted pieces. This isn't to say that the digital paints are bad, it's just my preference.

The writing is slowly being refined, I tried an earlier version of the game and found it lacking, but is definitely starting to improve. With the many narrative pathways, you can tell the writing team is beginning to grow.

Audiophiles consider this a warning!
The voice work is a mixed bag. The female voice actors tend to have better sound quality. I'm not sure if this is due to better equipment, optimal recording, varying compression, or post-processing. Whatever it might be, to individuals that can hear the difference between different KBPS ranges, you will notice the variation in the audio of voice acting.

Ravager doesn't waste time to get you into its story and has several locations to visit. I have an inkling these will be expanded in later versions of this VN.

This is definitely a project to follow if you want something out of the ordinary. Consider this 4.4 Stars out of 5.

Edited for grammar.

Great game if you look for mindless evil choices, and MC male domination

- Pro:
- Very short texts/conversations, much choices
- You can be evil, ravish females in multiple ways and afterwards even eat them (you are a dragon)
- Good art
- Plays very fast

- Con:
- Of course in a game with little text, it is shallow
- Dragon has dragon dick, which has great size, but I would have preferred human dick
- In my first playthrough I ravaged all females, refused to talk, and eat everyone, but eventually that lead me to getting killed, so I will start over and be a little more cautious

You can tell some budget went into this game.

-Quality Voice Acting (with many cute accents, and it’s really hilarious also, for example to hear some of the voice actors yelling “Fuck my ass!!” in the middle of the sex scene lol)

-Quality CGs in different art styles keep everything fresh

-Quality character animations outside of CGs

-Your Choices actually matter! Let’s imagine you thought killing your merchant was a good idea, but later on you are in dire need of funds? well fuck

-Different ways of going about things. Cruelly raping and murdering everyone u see, or kidnapping them so they help u in the future?

(Don’t worry about the whole gay/bestiality/gore/... tags, all of this is kept to a minimum and you can easily turn it off as well)


Overall there is no reason to skip this game and you should play it^^



Some suggestions to make the game even better:
-A movement system(like seeds of chaos for example) or at least a map would be useful.
-A small combat system would also be cool
-And maybe some upgrades/ ressource allocation (invest money into better lair defenses, invest XP into ability to fly longer/ spit fire or watever)

this is definitely one of the best games out there and with frequent updates. Games with management like this whether your a god or a dragon just end up giving the game that extra spark, alot of games usually lack either a good gameplay or art becoming just another porn game but this has an excellent story, features, and art.

I keep finding myself wanting to play again and recommend the game to others. Really looking forward to further development.

-I really liked the voice acting. To be honest, I almost always find the voice acting in these games to be pretty bad and I usually mute it pretty early. I kept it on all the way in this one. I may just be a sucker for the accents, so ymmv.
-This is a great game if you like your MC to produce a lot of cum. More games need to include words like "cascades", "torrents", and "gouts" !
-IMO a couple events are so crucial to do early and in order they could almost have been part of the more linear opening rather than just options in the open world portion.You need a lair to capture girls but once you have a lair you miss the first Maelys interaction if you haven't done it and thus can't capture her at the second encounter.
-Early on, I was quite worried about getting enough stat points. I ended up with plenty to do about everything I wanted but it took a few restarts to get a good idea what order I needed to do things.
-My goal was to capture as many girls as possible. I'm hopeful I can keep them without totally gimping my dragon or my hordes.

Why did I ever avoid this game? This is fantastic! I just hope that once the game is finished there is FULL voice acting. Other than that I don't really have any complaints at all.

I can't wait for the next update.

Character art is cute as heck (except for the Merc Capt.) and the game's showing a lot of promise. Could perhaps do with a little more clarity about what the various choices will bring, especially when they're ones that force the time forward by a day or more. Keep up the good work :3

Great game! Lots of choices that can significantly change the outcomes, many paths to go down, several fleshed out characters with their own personalities and interactions with the MC and with each other. This is a genre with a lot of untapped potential and I think Ravager is showing it well.

I would also like to give a shoutout to the dev who has been really responsive to feedback and has been communicating with the players, which is evident even within this thread.

An excellent little 2D Adventure.

The game's structure is one that encourages multiple replay throughs, with the player (unusually) assuming the role of a growing dragon. The artwork that's there is very nice, and the plot though somewhat simple at the moment is enjoyable. The game CAN be a tad unforgiving though, small mistakes can force a restart entirely if you're not careful, and every is set to an ever depleting timer. If I had one 'tad' complaint thus far, (aside from some of the older art clearly needing updating), it's that there seems to be more encourage to play as an 'evil' dragon to power him up, and perhaps, there needs to be some reward type of reward to help boost a 'good' playing dragon. Also some of the character interactions like the drunk definitely need expanding. Overall an excellent little game, that will hopefully continue to improve.

I really enjoy this game and anticipate seeing its fandom really ... spread its wings.

The art is solid and I like the setting quite a bit where the game is a dark fantasy and actually lives in that world and lets you make decisions appropriate to such a setting.

I'm a sucker for fantasy games but too many are quaint games where you play as another average , boring white guy peasant who gets magic powers or something.

If your in a fantasy setting let me play as an orc, demon, dragon, or dark elf and make it feel different. This game does do that and i think does it well.

The story will keep you interested but not in a ponderous way that is over flowing with florid prose , plus .... it gets down to fucking pretty quick and doesn't jerk you around by not letting you jerk around for dozens of hours.

Theres a bit of open world but not overwhelming or feel like your missing too much but still might have good replay-ability once its over due to a variety of choices you make.

What I enjoy most is the wanton feel of the world and the amorality that REALLY lets you play as a bad guy and revel in it. Many games have creep main characters or fake nice guys but few let you actually play the bad guy in a dark power fantasy and the ones that do are often some of the sloppiest worst written games on the site.

Keep up the good work I eagerly await updates on this title,

Amazing game! Art work, voice acting and scenes are all very well made. Hope it was longer though. Need more written paths and plots to be truly immersive. Hope the creator will continue the project and get more funding!

Hi, played this game and made account especially for reviewing this game. Hopefully game developer reads this.

First of, this game has tremendous potential. I am not saying this is new vampire: bloodlines but games where player is monster are rare. This game at now is definitely playable and you should definitely try it out.

What is good:

Dialogues are well written and interesting. Fangirl is a good example how to write a good character.
Theme generally is interesting.
A lot of to explore.

What is bad:

No autosave!
Simply to put is porn could be better. The art style between characters and porn is completely different. If I were the developer I would pay the same person do porn who does characters.
Forced fetishes. Monastery scene was pretty railroaded. Also being able to fuck constantly everybody kind of makes game uneventful. In short you fuck more than you kill which is kind of undragonic...
Sudden unexpected deaths are common.