VN - Ren'Py - Ripples [v0.7.0 Public] [Jestur]

I almost stopped playing this game at first. Some of the initial encounters seemed completely unrealistic, with everyone and their grandmothers (yes, literally) throwing themselves at you. I'm so glad I kept playing, though. This game is SO GOOD. The animation is among the best I've ever seen. The characters are all beautiful, well written, and become much more believable shortly after the game's introduction. The story, however, somehow shines even brighter than everything else. Each episode keeps you on the edge of your seat, and I can't wait for future updates.

*review for v0.4.1

This game is perfect, I just can't wait for the next updates.
It has everything, amazing story, characters, sound effects, renders, animations, sex scenes, good dialogue that also can be funny at times. I really can't find much wrong with this game, definitely top 3 on this site.

This game is nearly perfect for me. The animations, girls and setting is amazing quality. Hoping the quality continues. Sad the updates for this are a bit slow but I guess that's the trade you get for quality.

Really amazing game you want to know the sequel every time the story is well developed but does not take too much space.
Such a funny passage, this game is complete and lets the player make a lot of choices that you can regret or not, which gives some bite when you have to make some choices.
Very erotic scenes and well detailed characters that we end up getting attached to, as much by the story as by their design.
The scenes allow us to enter even better into the skin of the hero and the shots in 1st person and 3rd person make the scenes even more impregnating.
Very good animation worthy of Hollywood.
I never thought I would like a game of this type so much, but there is a lot of work and it deserves to be seen!

I usually don't rate VNs, just feels a bit unfair IMHO

That said, Ripples is extraordinary! The animations of the scenes, the emotions, and the relationships are up there with the major studios that publish VNs. I binged this in a day and can't wait for more!

Keep up the amazing work!

Excellent game man! I played it for porn but I stayed and keep playing for the story. I heard you were out because of some surgery you have to take. Wish you fast recovery and even better health than before. Can't really wait for the next updates I'm losing sleep. Well, waiting would only make it sweeter to play when the time comes. Good luck with the game! Godspeed!

I really like where this story is going. As of now (4.1) there are plenty of hints that suggest an incredibly messy future that would nonetheless be pretty hot. That is all still up in the air though, and I don't want to review based on what is unknown.

Here is what is known: the plot is fun, there is an interesting mystery, there are sexy LIs. Relationships seem mostly natural rather than forced/shoehorned, although as the plot is progressing there are story elements that could make it difficult for the developer to keep that up. If the fate/sci-fi elements are able to be handled as gracefully as I hope, this could very well become a favorite for me.

This was good. A few hiccups, I think this protagonist model is overused, and the dialog gets loooong every once in a while, but overall, one of the few I've put on my watch list to see how future updates will go.

The animations are really really great. The characters are well devined. I hope that there will be many updates, and quickly to.

10/10 would recomend you to play. And now I need to fill this to get to 200

Best game that i've ever played in terms of storylines, getting tired with so many fuckfest games nowdays, i recommended it to anyone if you are seeking a good game with nice renders and awesome plots.

Production values: unparalleled in the genre
Women: unbelievably hot, even if I'm not aroused by this anime style
Writing: hilarious and intelligent, with only a few typos (besides the dev not knowing when to use "who" instead of "that")
Characters: extremely enjoyable, particularly Darci

However, after four episodes and almost two years the narrative and the production values are beginning to massively overtake the erotic content. Episode 3 part 2 is just one endless animation after another, and while I don't want to take away from the fact they are amazing, it's pretty obvious everything else with the game is falling apart. I mean I only saw the mother naked for a brief moment and there hasn't been anything erotic with the sister. And this is in about six hours of game time.

Slow erotic burn is fine sometimes, but the cracks are really getting exposed with E3P2. The story is neat but it's not neat enough that it should supersede the fact this is an AVN. Playing the last hour just kept reinforcing my sneaking suspicion that this is going to turn into an endless Patreon cocktease while the dev makes more and more elaborate animations.

It's worth the time, for now, but as the minutes pass expect way less porn and way more barely-average and not-particularly-interesting time traveling.

This game is really something else, the Ripples in it's name is very fitting, it has so many choice that feels like it really mattered, I really hope that in the end it does actually matter and doesn't end in the feel part

I am more of a Story First > Bang Later guy. I know its AVN but lets be real, as times pass by just having tons of sex no longer has appeal if story sucks.

Ripples has interesting story and lots of sex so it should be fine right? well NO. Sex feels very cheap. way setting is set it should feel special but unfortunately it does not.. Its almost parody of every bad Porn Movies..

[0.4.1]

Ripples got me hook, line, and sinker. From the previews and overview, I expected it was going to be a throwaway plot that was some convenient excuse to get to the "plot"... Then bam, out of nowhere: invested.

Invested in the wonderful cast of characters. Invested in the warping plot. Invested in knowing just what happens next

H-scenes
So far the animations and statics are simple, but certainly have a charm to them.

The "worst" complaint you will find is the cast keeps expanding from episodes to episode, so if you take a shine to anyone in particular. You might not get so much time with them as the story develops. But I will say that due to narrative: I suspect we'll see more of everyone going forward.

Mostly vanilla in terms of kink variety; unless you go with deviant choices at times, then it gets a bit spicier.

In conclusion: You'll be surprised in every way how good it is. Who knows, reading this might be the small change that leads to a bigger impact later on

v0.4.1
I'ma be real. Ripples is fucking amazing. It's as close to perfect as a VN can be. It's one of those rare games where I wish I could erase memories just so I could play again fresh.

Good stuff
Pretty much everything. I completed a run in two sittings without skimming or skipping. Great writing & beautiful visuals. Only played the alpha content, but I appreciate there being alternate meaningful choices/routes. <<<options and potential consequences.

Bad stuff
Waiting for the next update...

Random rant?
Keep doing what your doing. I'm hyped for the future of this game. I'm hoping there's gonna be multiple high quality endings for this game when it's all said and done. That being said... I have no idea which route I'd choose. Too many great women...

Holy shit. I need more. I'm genuinely intrigued by this plot. The character models and animations are both great. This has incredible potential for branching paths, which I'm a big fan of in games like this. Jestur please. I need my fix, man. I NEED IT.

Ridiculoursly, insanely good in every possible way - tried playing because of other reviews saying how amazing it is and wasnt disappointed. Hard to write any review without sounding a bit gushing but dont miss this one.

What should i say, really, this game is really good!
The history of this game is one of the bests i've read in this kind of game. The plot until now really surpreended my, i was not expecting such good history. The characters development good also, until the version 0.4.1 i've seen 0 bugs.
The update time is medium/kinda fast: 2-3 months.
I strongly recommend this game.
I'm not a english native speaker, sorry for any grammatical error.

Maybe the models aren't for everyone, but despite initial appearances they are good quality. Animation is good and the addition of sound effects certainly adds rather than detracts.

I feel like the story doesn't grab strongly enough for a game that seems to be more weighted in that direction than some other games. The writing is decent though.

GREAT GRAPHIC and ANIMATIONS, girls are in the lot absolutely adorable, some sexy, other perverts but all quite credible in their own way of act (ok, save Granma).
Some scenes are damn arousing , other romantic, other funny as hell .
Story is in overall solid but the Sci-fi part has still to be developed fully, dialogs ok.
All considered , it fully deserve the 5 stars and and its place in the first page but I would say it is just uneven: absolutely Top Notch in some things and just good in other.