VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Rising Bliss [v1.0.2] [Studio Mystic]

To give it to you straight, this is an incomplete game despite being labeled otherwise. The ending sequence clearly outlines that this story was only 1/3 of the way complete before he quit working on it. It's basically 4 days (chapters) of content.

In spite of that, this is definitely a 5 star game because it has an interesting story, memorable characters (which is impressive given how they look generic at first glance), and good dialogue. Lots of funny moments. Graphics are basic, but it's really not bad. I think a lot of people associate "good" graphics with a lot of shadows and shiny skin, but this game proves basic renders can look good.

Frankly, if one truly wants this to be completed, the dev provided the character cards, and BRP HS2 already has all the assets so anyone could just pick up this game where it left off and finish it for the dev since he basically gave the story outline of what was supposed to happen in the ending "chapter".

It's definitely worth playing.

I’d start by saying that after finishing the game, I wished it had gone further down the rabbit hole and lasted a little longer. The story, though admittedly somewhat silly, is engaging and keeps you entertained throughout.

The characters are all unique, making you even more intrigued by what’s going to happen next. On top of that, the lewd scenes are both enjoyable to watch and entertaining, seamlessly maintaining the overall vibe of the story.

I won’t pretend it’s a masterpiece, but I highly recommend it to anyone. The game’s slightly bizarre tone is something I haven’t often experienced done this well.

I had this game downloaded and it was sitting in there for quite a long time. From the very beginning I understood it was a very well written game with a good story buildup .

From Chap 1 it focused good enough time and dialogues for almost all the characters to show some personality and how they'll react in an apocalypse.

This was a one of the hidden gems for me and a refreshing air among all the numerous projects submitted daily. Thank you Dev.

I find this game to be a guilty pleasure. I enjoy the premise, the way the girls cope, and the crazy shenanigans that go down. The ending was rushed, but I'd definitely like to see more from this developer.

Would be 4/5 if it were actually complete.

Decent for a while, but as other's have stated, there is no ending.
The story just literally stops. I thought I made a wrong choice somewhere, but nope, there just isn't a real ending lol.

I'd rather this was was abandoned, but with the completion tag there's an expectation of a a real conclusion.

All the plot points and build up have nowhere to go so it almost may as well have never happened.
Otherwise it's pretty decent/standard for these type of games. Key difference is this is purely linear, with 'bad ends' for 'wrong choices', and a few 'alternative scenes' that don't affect the story or any outcomes.

That's it?

It was good and interesting and then it just... stopped. Rushed to the end with no remorse, right when it was getting good. Most of the plot threads went unresolved, the title screen promised something that just plain never happened, this was utterly unsatisfying despite a genuinely interesting premise and a fun cast. I gotta give this a 3, half a score for half a game.

For the year of release, the game has horrible graphics. Some renders are decent. The animations are quite good for the level of graphics. The characters are quite OK but because of the graphics problem, they are not great. The story is really bad.

It says 'completed' but is in fact, abandoned. Why? because the Dev received a death threat on an other site he was posting this game on.

So while this game started pretty good with a few pretty hot sex scenes it suddenly got a rushed ending without NTR. The current state of the game is certainly not a vanilla harem one, but also not even close to the degenerate free for all fuck fest it was meant to be. But you'll get just a taste, just the build-up, and just as it was starting to get good, the game ended.
Shame, but i can't be helped.

Not sure if i can recommend downloading this game, it has imo two, maybe three, very hot sex scenes that might be worth the download. Depends if you have fast internet and enough space i guess.

I really wanted to like this game... Oh boy was this a disappointment. The story starts off strong with interesting premises that can go a lot of places. Zombies, school setting, drugged water? Pretty creative in that sense. Most of the characters have distinct personalities you can latch on to for the remaining of the beginning. The dynamic between the MC and his best friend is well written and one of the highlights of the game. The girls look decent and seems to set up a harem as no NTR is currently present. All of that sound good? Cause throw it all away and expect to be disappointed. I'm not sure what "Completed" means anymore because this is not completed by any means. The end is literally a montage so laughable you could mistake it as a teaser. Realistically the game ends halfway through with no closure to any story beats or characters arcs set up from the beginning. You wanted a harem? Nope. How about NTR? Nah just one scene at the beginning that doesn't even happen. How about a completed story.... Yeah stay far away from this and don't check out anything in the future. Hopefully this was just a prank and the game will still get completed which would be even more hilarious than the ending. What a shame this could've been really good

Yes, it's a kinetic novel. It's quite straightforward and not very long, which isn't really my thing. The dialogues are rather silly, and the story itself is not as engaging or complex as it could have been. The ending feels rushed, and a lot of potential was lost due to this reason. It's a shame I didn't even notice the NTR, which is why I started playing this game in the first place...

However, I don't really care about any of those things listed above after finishing it. In fact, this is the first game in years when I've actually read all the dialogue without constantly pressing the CTRL key. I love that, despite the game being about lust and uncontrollable sex, the characters try (at least pretend) to resist it. I enjoy the simple yet enjoyable humor.

Likewise, I don't know, maybe objectively, this game would receive a rating of around 3-3.5 stars. But I would still recommend it to anyone who doesn't see the point of playing games where girls are just mindless sluts from the very beginning. In my opinion, that's one of a very few games that should be supported by people who like something more than just a vanilla erotica. I hope to see more content from this author in the future.

Info: this review is copied from my review of this game for Andrash's List of BDSM games - I played this game for the bdsm tag and concentrated on those elements for the review. The rating is given for the game itself though.

Kinetic novel with a handful of choices. Sadly none of your choices really matter - they only influence how some scenes go, or which ones you see - you don't get to influence the plot. The game is complete, but obviously very rushed. The creator claimed that he rushed the ending due to getting death threats.

In future japan the MP poisons the water with a lust drug to raise the birthrate and makes new laws to „reform“ sex-education. You play a teenager in a school where all students and teachers are getting steadily more depraved and accepting of said depravity.
The premise is silly but the game tries to play it straight. The promised lust-zombie apocalypse hasn’t shown up yet and never will - covers always lie I guess?
The dialogue has more than a few errors and the creator is probably not a native speaker - the dialogue during sex scenes also sounds like it was copied wholesale from a bad hentai manga.

Bdsm wise there is very little. The game has the bdsm, spanking and female domination tag, but the game is more about corruption.
There is some exhibitionism, two girls get turned into public semen toilets for rule breaking and at one point you can choose one of the girls to tie to a St. Andrews Cross, gag and tease her. Scene plays out the same for every girl. The female domination is just lezdom.
When I put this game under "Recommendations" it wasn't complete yet and I hoped we would get a lot more domination and bondage content - that hope sadly didn't come true. As it is the game is rather meh. Not horrible but not great either.

Added: I liked the models and the characters, they all were rather distinctive and memorable. The dialogue was rather hentaiish like mentioned but it fit the setting, even if it sounded rather silly. I did like the silly bad endings - those were rather funny.

Originally four stars - minus one star for the rushed ending. But I do understand that the creator didn't wish to continue the game due to personal attacks. I am grateful that he chose to give us and ending rather than just abandoning it.

Good art, good plot. I like how badass and straightforward this is. always loved zombie vn. female characters are well behaved they dont just fuck mc directly and can give hard time for him. hoping this game reach very far. Please also put gallery so that we can view the scenes again ty

One of best games ive ever played, biggest + is that game plot isnt boring, and you dont have to wait 1 year to get some scene. Everyone can find something he like, but there could be more humour involved. Cant wait for updates.

Pretty hot. I'd say a requirement for the player to fully enjoy it should be to not feel jealous of this fantasy females going at it with other men, although it's the MC who gets all the action anyways. The corruption is pretty well handed, the characters are well written, although I'd like the girls who have already been taken as onaholes to have some character moments sometime, instead of being those souless dolls in the toilets. Maybe making that punishment a temporary thing to let them go back to classes after a while (I might have missed a dialogue saying this specific thing, if so, I apologies for my lack of attention).
For now I'm giving it 4 stars, but it has the potential to be a 5, so I'll keep cheking on it to see how it evolves. Kudos to the dev!

Dev is good with communication and is clear with his answers around direction and plans.
Studio mode is a common Honey select game feature so I understand why you would add it.
Be interesting to see where this game goes.
No major or minon bugs so relases have not needed much defect drops which is a plus

Edit: The dev has listened to our reviews and has implemented a solution. You know have the option to toggle off all the dead-end choices. Don't let the text mislead you. Keeping dead ends on does not make the game a nonlinear experience it is very much still a linear experience as dead ends are short and to the point before making your return to where you were before to make the other choice. It also means that for the first two chapters you don't get to make any choices as all the choices that were available were dead-end ones which is less than ideal. I do suggest keeping it on for the one watersport scene if you are into that. The dev also seemed to have opted in the latest update to just give all the background shenanigans to the player for the get-go removing a lot of the mystery and suspense elements but in return, you get an ever-escalating catfight which I say is a fair trade off
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Right now playing this games feels like walking through a house of mirrors. The visuals are fun to look at, and you're constantly wondering what's next. Unfortunately for you most of the time the answer is backtracking. All to often you are given the illusion of choice only to end up with a dead end telling you to go and pick the other choice. The only two times that I can recall it not doing that is
1) When all the answers were in fact wrong and choosing any of them results in your character magically picking an option E out of nowhere.
2) The choice between which porn to watch
At this point I'm surprised it doesn't just have the kinetic novel tag. Though it seems the dev will change this in the future, and hopefully remove the dead ends with it. The game has a lot of potential especially if it keeps the balancing act between porn and story. I look forward to the point were I can revise my rating.

This is one of those games that has a very interesting premise but it is executed very poorly. The story revolves around the government forcing people to have sex more by purposefully putting aphrodisiacs in the water supply and enforcing a very rigid education program that forces people to have sex.

The biggest issue is that the choice system is not a choice system at all. Every time you want to have sex or be make a dominant/alpha choice, it gives you an instant game over. In fact, the correct choices are making the beta choices. Hell, even one of the women calls you a beta boy as she dominates and rapes you. The game consists of being manhandled by the women and being their playthings. If you try to be the dominant partner, you get a game over and end up being their plaything anyways. There's a choice where if you choose one of the options, you hide with a girl in a toilet stall and then get a game over. If you choose the other option, you hide with the girl in the toilet stall and the game goes on. Yes, that makes absolutely no sense at all. If the game wanted you to be like Shinji from Evangelion, it might as well be a kinetic novel since the choices don't matter at all.

Once again, an interesting premise but executed extremely poorly here.

Well I can't tell you anything about the story or character development because I usually just skip through a game to see the action. If I like what I see I restart and only then I give the story a chance. In general the animations are fine but like every fourth animation the mc's dick behaves like an accordion and just retracts. Very weird but if you don't mind you might give this game a try.

This is a review of the story mode for 0.3 version of the game. There is another mode that's a scene player where you can choose between different girls and positions.

I was thoroughly impressed with this one. Sure, the overall premise is silly but that's not to say the game is devoid of smart writing. Quite the opposite in fact. If you think the game is downright dumb then you must not be on tiktok or watch most of the mainstream movies and shows. That is dumb. At least here the premise is there for the sake of porn.

Some parts are very smartly written, like at the beginning where Yumi sits accross the MC and another chick gets jealous so she, in a subtle way, just mentions how she couldn't help but find such action strange, you know, like women have their way of saying things while men remain oblivious of what's going on was great. Yumi immediately picks up the girl is interested in the MC and later confronts her about it. BTW Yumi is a bitch and I love her. Sassy, confident, a fierce competitor and well, yes, she's slutty... runs in her family which I love. She may have her own music theme which plays often when she's in the scene, really suits her personality. You know something crazy is about to happen when you hear it. Also some tracks used really suit the situation being presented. Nice touch.

The other girl, Rin, also very smart, has hew own way of going about things. Makes witty remarks without losing her cool. There is a refined look to her that matches her high moral ground. Details like this make them all to have an uniqueness to them, very welcome in a game using HS, where all models look alike.

There is also some humor sprinkled here and there, not annoying or obnoxious, trust me I hate that shit. I found myself laughing a few times and I tell you that's not common for me. That being said the game doesn't try to be a comedy and quickly drops it for a more serious tone.

Now, how hot is this game you ask? Well obviously your mileage will vary. OFC you gotta be cool with HS but I can say I have played other HS games and this is leagues better. There are hot scenarios. The animations are good and there are a few angles on each sex scene. Also ahegao faces, not my thing but I'm ok with most kinks. However, there is still a long way to go in terms of perversion. I'd say the content you actually get to see so far is pretty mild in terms of depravity but this is only version 0.3 but things are looking good on that regard.

Bear in mind that if like coercion scenerios you'll be well served here. Regarding player agency I find it hilarious it's a major point for people leaving negative reviews. Ok you didn't like the game but who TF cares you can't hit a different chick when playing dodgeball? I guess some folks feel trolled when they have to click on the screen more than once.

I was pleasantly surprised by the game. It is more a 4/5 stars IMO. Overall good with a pinch of brilliance. Very nice presentation. Hot girls in hot scenes, a joy to read through and fun. Don't be so quick to disregard it because of its premise. I strongly suggest you give it a go. It is a they say: don't judge a book by its cover.

It's not a bad start, too early to really say how this story will develop but for now but I'll follow it for a few more updates. No idea if you will get to pick a girl or how exactly this is going to work, but so far none of the choices matter it's a linear route.