VN - Ren'Py - Ravenous [Arc 2 Ep.1] [Lament Entertainment]

This game might not be for everyone as it has some dark elements and kinetic storyline but I love those aspects so this game is a must play. Only complaint is the amount of blue balling it gave me with the teasings.

Review of 0.4.

This is a kinetic VN. No choices. I can't really deduct points for this as it's a legitimate genre choice, but be aware.

The setting and premise of the story is interesting. "Small town horror" isn't exactly a new genre, but I like to see a porn game take advantage of it.

Characters are interesting, and their dynamics have a lot of potential. However, they could use a tiny bit of fleshing out. Almost everything we learn about them is in relation to MC. Unless you're going for a really campy vibe, "What are the girls interested outside of MC's cock?" is a vital question every VN author should ask! That said, the models are beautiful--except MC, who is a bit too feminine. (I don't enjoy seeing male MCs rendered anyway, so I'm biased.)

The presentation is decent to great, although the bar for that is quite low (literally any game that changes the default font, textbox, colors, etc. looks visually interesting).

The writing could use some polish. More typos and missing punctuation than I find acceptable; it definitely gives the whole game an amateurish and rushed vibe.

I can deal with story focused games, but I really hate my time being wasted. And that's what this game does, it wastes time either pussy footing about or dragging scenes. Not the mention endless teasing, you're thinking you're about to get to at least one sex scene but nope it just moves on to the next scene. Terrible.

Surprisingly, i have really enjoyed this game/story!
PROS: The renders are good and mood while dark and gloomy at times add to the story. I like that the main character has doubts and suppresses his desire at times making it more realistic. Not really into fantasy and magic and stuff but the story is very captivating and draws you in.

CONS: No sound or music. No real choices given so no alternate paths.

overall excellent so far and recommend to all to give it a try and support dev as you are able.

Good luck and anxiously awaiting updates and continuation of the story! v/r Diego

The story element is a bit darker which is something that i like. Character models are al fine by me. However the game lacks chhoices. You don't have a say with which girl you want to hook up, whether is it your aunt, sis, cousin, simply no choices and no consequences. The game and story leads you straight forward without possibility to avid unwanted relazionships. It does have potential and it seams interesting but without choices... Might give it a shot after several updates later to see if anything changed.

A very strange game with an unexpected (in a bad way) twist in the last update (0.084).
The game has a very good visual and models, but the main story significant involvement of the mother of MC, who ate people, looks ridiculous and reduces the mood and excitement. I think it would be nice to rewrite this moment, and in general make the game less gloomy, more positive and light. I really hope for positive changes in the next versions, especially considering that the author is very good as an artist and the game includes extremely niche tags (l).

I think the graphics on this game are top-notch. I do not know whether that is animation or some kind of video, but there are great moving parts (cars, movement, etc.) that are fun to watch.

The story has enough heft to hold my interest. There is a nice mystery here, with some twists. So kudos to Lament. This is one game that holds my interest. I think about some of the MC decisions and game play even when I am away from it.

Normally i'm not really into supernatural and fantasy VN's or Games but really liking this one .
It's well written and the build up is good .
The story is engaging and so are the Characters .
The renders and models are great , animations are good .
Can't really fault anything at this moment in time .
There some spelling and grammar errors but i can easily forgive them as they didnt bother me at all as the rest kept me very entertained.
Keep up the good work , please don't rush things and take your time Dev as you're really developing a good one here .
Thanks a lot

Nice job, the graphics are nice and the story seems to change from the usual. I can't wait to see what happens between my sister and her girlfriend, my mother and her girlfriend, and my grandfather. Keep it up

v0.084

Excellent game so far!

• The renders are good.
• The outdoor environments feel large and realistic.
• The characters look good. Most look unique.
• Dialogue feels mostly realistic. (MC not suddenly out of nowhere wanting to bone his family).
• Story is interesting and the storytelling is good.
• No sound or music. Hopefully it gets added soon.

Great models and very cute characters.
What kill the game is the lack of freedom, choices and interactions during lewd scenes. A simple rework could make it one of the greatest, but righ now, it's more of a VN than a game :/

V0.084
This could be a very promising 'game', though right now it should be marked as a kinetic novel, because there are NO choices.

Pros:
Attractive characters/renders.
Good base for the story if developed well in the future.

Cons:
No action at all so far.
MC looks too young/wimpy and acts like a real pushover so far.
Hey Dev... please STOP splitting simple sentences between...

multiple screens. It's annoying as hell and completely unnecessary. It totally breaks up the storytelling/reading

when you have to click to progress reading the same sentence, or just to get a tiny sentence

that would have fit on the same f'in screen.

Cheers

Interesting game with great renders and a twisted storyline. The characters are all attractive and each release leaves me wanting more. Some stories are just fodder to get to the good stuff but I actually found myself reading through and engaging with each character.

Nice renders but the terrible writing makes everything so boring. The premise is goofy but the writing just keeps on convincing the readers' its grounded realism. Slow pace but building up to nothing. The Mc is so flavorless, but does blend well in a boring environment

good renders and .....thats it ,well storytellingis nice and pace its good too but well its a kinetic novel nothing else ,shota and loli characters everywhere and bad ones not even curves ,and mc have a child dick so ....nothing else to say ....rev for 0.084version

It looks like a really good story. I like the characters and art work is really well done. I wonder how it will come together as we have a lot of characters and a few plot lines. The mother seems like the weakest character but I have a feeling I'll be surprised as the story goes.

The game is promising, the graphics and animations are good.
The story seems good to me too, I look forward to the rest of it
In addition I love the atmosphere of the games, I find that we lack games that mix horror and sex so I welcome this one with a lot of interest

I have been saying for decades that I am completely down for a David Lynch-inspired VN featuring a lot of incest and lolis, and I think this is a really promising start.

The writing has been cleaned up a lot since v0.05 (I'm reviewing v0.083) so it's more literate than it was before, although there are still instances of things like "u" instead of "you". But even beyond those technical issues, the dialogue is pretty hammy and clunky and the team absolutely needs a dedicated editor if this project is going to meet its potential.

The plot wears its influences on its sleeve, but knows to keep things campy and isn't taking itself too seriously. I expect the plot to be batshit nonsense, but as long as it's fun batshit nonsense, I'll have no complaints.

The story so far moves at a breakneck speed introducing characters, and I'm hoping they're mostly done, because it's not even v0.1 and there's already, what, nine characters the main character is probably supposed to fuck at some point? Ambition is a good thing, but I think scope creep is something that kills a lot of projects by making them too unwieldy, complicated and stressful for a small team to handle. You can go back and fix dialogue at any time, but messing up your scope is hard to undo, and I hope most people (including them) would rather have a finished game with fewer characters than yet another piece of abandonware, so hopefully they figure it out now and make it more likely they'll get to v1.0.

(It is funny to see complaints about the main character's reaction to incest. Most people do actually think incest is fucked up and weird, but his sister is obviously the main love interest, so everyone can safely chill.)

The art, character designs, and brief animations are all strong and create an atmosphere that does a lot to make up for the writing. The assets are high quality, the environments feel lived in, and the look doesn't feel derivative of anything else I've played. Lament knows exactly what they want this game to look like and they're not cheaping out or cutting corners.

And I am going to break with a lot of reviewers here and say that when I praise the character designs, I'm including the the main character, since I actually like his look quite a lot. The designs of MCs in adult VNs are always an afterthought, thrown together by someone who has clearly never thought about what leading men tend to look like. Given that most MCs look like they just escaped the Matrix, it's nice to have a protagonist where it actually makes sense that girls could have a crush on him. He might even be someone's type. Terrifying.

(I suspect what a lot of people are actually reacting to is the fact that the character is designed to be seen and receive attention in the same way the female characters do. That's an unusual choice, but I think it's extremely refreshing.)

Even though the writing is cleaner than it used to be, I'm still holding my score to four stars until Lament figures out a way to finish the cleanup and find a way to keep things tighter going forward. But I hope they stick with it because they've got some real strengths and a solid foundation. (And those tags are very much my shit.)

One final note: Horror protagonists aren't allowed to have cellphones and the MC's had better be in at least two pieces (preferably more) or at the bottom of a lake before v0.2. If anyone needs him for a booty call, they can just yell really loud and throw rocks like our grandparents did.

Edit:
Now that the first part is done, i can honestly say I feel baited by this VN: the story ended up being lack lustre, the porn part almost non-existent but plenty of teasing panty shots, thats all your really getting though.
The characterization was poorly executed and the MC ended up a naive, bland dude, but everybody still wants his dick and he still isn't getting any.
Not worth your time!

For a preview, this sets up a promising story and sexy characters!
The MC is more then just 'empty trousers' for the player to fill and not some 'over-the-top-self-made-superman' that just has to 'grab em by the pussy'. No, this is just some kid, fresh out of high school and that is fine with me at least!
The other characters look and act like there is something more going on then just being wet holes to be filled: again, very good for a story driven VN like this.
Technically: this game looks very good, the visuals look good.
Not very much sex in this preview, so I recommend: wait and see!

If your like me and reading the tags and thinking this game sounds pretty awesome you may want to hold off for the forseeable future. From the description I thought we would be playing as some badass MC ready to seduce any female that crosses our path. Nope, we get to play as a 12 year old boy who runs away at the sight of naked women. This is looking like a game where our MC will get little to no action while being flooded with lesbian voyeur scenes with no player interaction, so tread carefully if that isn't your thing.