Ren'Py - Completed - S.H.E.L.T.E.R. - An Apocalyptic Tale [v1.0] [Winterlook]

I played the game start to finish, it would be hard to say I didn't enjoy it. With that being said, I think there was a lot left on the table.

Loved the outfits, wish there were more.
Loved the base building, not a lot of options

Characters were well drawn and varied. Writing was meh.

This may be an unpopular opinion but I think my expectations were too high when I downloaded this. It was good and its worth 5 stars for sure but I expected it to be a lot better then it was

In any case the art is really good and I liked how the game worked as far as its management mechanics. In fact I would say the part that made me feel like it didn't reach my expectations was that it seemed like it was over really fast. I had expected a lot more content with characters and more character build up.

The family seemed really easy going when it came to sex stuff and really jumped on the idea of kicking out the father as if it was just normalized. I guess there is no corruption tag but I do think that there should still have been some elements of the family being a little more against the idea and suddenly stepping into this crazy plot.

There was also "little" scenes when it came to build up with those characters don't get me wrong there is definitely a lot of content. Just felt like content that went by really quickly or was really easy to breeze through.

Anyway, its a really good game and its worth playing through.

A pretty good harem game. Art is awesome. Girls are unique (unlike some other games, none of em are with unrealistic proportianate plastic dolls).story progression is great. Love route and corruption route will reward you with totally diffrent seks scenes. and best part is you can knock up almost all the girls in the game. I totally respect creator for providing an option to avoid dick girl. most of the decisions u make will have an impact.I did not encounter any bugs as well.
There's no negatives but only a few suggestions..

• I really wish the game will have fully animated scenes in future(like definitive edition)
• Could improve the epilogue with some extra scenes or how your shelter/humanity progress.(like making a nursery or school for all of your kids lol)

This game is one of the better graphic novel games I've played. The characters were really well done and the scenes were all believable . I wish that there was more options and more locations because it was so good I wanted more. Would like to see a sequel to this game with the MC as mayor and maybe expanding or exploring new areas.

Simple and straightforward game. While there may not be any real depth behind your choices it tells you what your actions do upfront without hidden consequences. That is it's flaw, but at the same time it's greatest charm.
Little grind and padding, hardly frustrated with the gameplay.
Until completion it has also been regularly updated, and slowly but surely arrived at this point.
Winterlook seems like a trustworthy maker to back, and if you do like this work why not try to show your support?

Varied love interests, corruption vs romance option for some characters, Solid art and an interesting enough story to be worth reading as apposed to skipping to get to the next sex scene (there are a lot).

It's not all good of course, the game's artist draws male characters a bit strangely. They look kind of how I'd expect a trans character to (originally female) it's not a big deal too me.

Story wise there isn't enough background given on the player or "oscar" and relationships of the shelter members with each other. Shelter members mention some kind of moral dilema when getting into a relationship and I don't know why, maybe I will try my next playthrough with the incest mod and see if that makes more sense.

I don't like how avoiding the preg content requires condom usage. I don't have a condom or preg fetish and it's annoying to have to choose one or the other. Not a big deal but it's something that could have been very easily addressed by just saying they are taking pills instead.

It's more of an interactive noval than a proper game but I was expecting that. I would have loved a survial sim but im not expecting that from a Ren'Py game.

Overall I liked it, recommended.

The game has awesome art and is easy to understand. The story and dialogue are not game aspects which are amazing in their own right. They are fun nonetheless though. That being said, the game knows what it is selling and does that well.

A great game overall, watching this one for a while now. The art is the most amazing thing in this, while the corruption and romance are both well done, if a bit rushed (fall in love fast, get corrupted like, instantly).

Most importantly, the game sticks to it's course, unlike the author's previous game, The Fate of Irnia, which sets up one thing and then rides the plot off of a fucking cliff.

Only minor conmplaint would be the sex scenes, system could be better imo. Apart from that, its a great game. An adventure with interesting characters, and you really feel a sense of progress with this one. I enjoy the art and the fact that it has replay value with all the possible routes.

Great game, one of my favourites for sure.

Version: [v0.34]
Pretty mediocre
I'm gonna keep this one pretty short

The good:
-Renders
pretty high quality, some faces are a bit weird but everything else is great. the art style is consistent and well executed.


The Mediocre:
-Most other things
The gameplay (sandbox and a bit of resource management I guess?) is pretty uninteresting, getting around and handling menus is just bearable but definitely far from great, there's a very major focus on impregnation, plenty of characters with multiple (corruption or romance) paths for some.

The bad:
-Writing
It's just bad.
The dialogs are mind numbing, the characters are shallow, uninteresting and hardly believable. the story is... there, for some reason, and mostly feels like a tool to provide some gameplay and different endings.
On corruption paths things go from 0 to 100 in a millisecond - characters turn from people to depraved cum-addicted begging bimbos in a heartbeat, the moment you pick the "corruption" option, it was so ridiculous I had a good laugh multiple times.
The romance paths are so uninteresting and suffers from the 0 to 100 issue I mostly skipped them after seeing how things goes.
Honestly, when it comes to the writing - S.H.E.L.T.E.R barely has any excuse having dialogue instead of being a gallery mod.

TL;DR -
good renders, BAD writing, probably an OK choice if you're impregnation fan, otherwise its a barely serviceable sandbox game that you may wanna skip in favor of a gallery mod or rush through if you're looking to kill a couple of hours.

Love this game! Beautiful artwork, nice story and som futa content to make it more interesting! <3 The animation is almost nonexisting. But it works anyway! This is in my top 5 list of best games on this site!

One of the worst games I've ever tried on this site tbh. It's got that unholy combination of nonsense grind and bottom-tier writing. Gotta be worse than even the lowest rated fanfiction.net garbage I've ever read.

fantastic artwork, great content, and there has not been another game that has had such gorgeous pregnant scenes. All of my itches scratched here.

The main path of the game is decently long, and there are some small side paths that have some cool content. By halfway through when you have control over the way the town works, things really start to get good. The mechanic and bartender are great girls in the content department, and the newest stuff with the "girl in the cave" is my cup of tea for sure.

The start to the game is great, as well as the art, but the character development is so lackluster I almost took 3 stars off for it.

The characters are incredibly shallow and hand their bodies to the MC after speaking twice. Romance vs "corruption" is a single choice you get the moment you start on a character's path which just affects the dialogue. (if you must play this game, go with romance, it's a little less cringy.) Now im not the biggest fan of instant gratification, but good lord this game takes it to the extreme.

Definitely in my top three games. The art style is just so amazing to me and I honestly don’t see any game topping this art style. It doesn’t need any animations but if animations are added in the future, I think this could definitely be the #1 game, maybe over summertime saga. There’s not a lot of games where I’m willing to actually invest myself to the story and characters. But I can play through this story over and over again cause it’s actually good.

To be honest, I found Shelter to be a good idea but poorly developed. The story's starting point is interesting, with many parallels to Fallout which is always nice, but the problem is that it's a genre with many games, movies, and films told, so everything that happens is way too easy to predict. Characters are rather shallow and uninteresting and relations are based on a simple choice at the beginning of each path (romance or corruption). But corruption, at least in the first case I saw which is Angela, actually leads literally to raping her with some aphrodisiacs, which is a big jump from corruption to rapist and one I don't like. Gameplay elements (ressources, work, etc.) are a good idea, but really lack depth to make it gameplay interesting.

Art is pretty decent, to be honest, even though it does lack in animations a bit. But art style is good and well presented, both in characters and backgrounds. Music is meh. And I didn't find any bug at least while I played.

So, to sum it all up, it could have been great, but it isn't.

I've played this game for awhile, I think in its current state, it's decent, but it lacks a few things that make the story better and give depth that is essential to a game. Step by step, my vote...

Art elements: 5/5 - The game art is great, that's not much to comment. Although I think currently things are too focused on the artistic elements at the expense of the story.

History: 3/5 - The game's history is relatively good, although I think this could be more in-depth and better explained. It's a post-apocalyptic world, how exactly did it end up like this? This could be deepened.
The dev introduces you to a world that can be full of stuff, but it just keeps everything shallow.
No metion I didn't play the incest version, it wouldn't make any sense to repopulate the world with disabled children because of genetic inbreeding, it would destroy the meaning of the story.

Character building: 2/5 - This one is the weakest part of the game, the character have event building is minimally decent, kinda mediocre. The male characters have no construction, and the female characters have pretty poor construction and events, bordering on the superficial.
All girls have the same interactions/events model... The biggest problem is that their events are extremely short, you can't really get to know the character as there is no dense writing.
In short: The evolution of the player's interactions with the girls is too rushed, poorly constructed and lacking in depth. Plus you know from beginning to end the pattern of interaction with all the girls.

Sexual events: 3/5 - Same problem as mentioned above, great art, but if it doesn't have a good writing basis, in my opinion it's kind of frustrating. Sexual events are extremely rushed, poorly described. Not even the girls' feelings is clear, which makes them look almost like sex dolls.

Pregnancy system: 3/5 - This one I was dubious about 3 or 4, but after reading everything that was going on, I realized that it's not a pregnancy system, but just a predefined single pregnancy for each girl, which is disappointing in my opinion, but a good thing is that pregnancy is a story element, which is a great thing.
However... Pregnancy suffers from the same problem mentioned above, poor writing, like the rest of the game. In this case, the pregnancy has little relevance due to the general lack of depth, so I decided to give 3.
The art for many of the pregnant girls is incorrect, they remain until the end of their pregnancy with a belly of 3-4 months, where it should be quite bulging.

Final conclusion for the game: 3/5 - The game has good quality, but it suffers from very poor writing. Art alone doesn't make a game, I think it can get a lot better if the dev decides to focus more on dense writing and proper character and events building.
There's literally almost no event/story construction, in 10 minutes you're knocking up the girls.

If you want a good art casual game, this one is for you. If you want to read a deep story and well-developed characters, it's best to let this one go.

I love the art and the character design.
The sex, especially with the mom, was so "by the way" that it was rather disappointing: there is no "chase" or romance or high-tension between the characters.
The game-play itself is nice, and the premise is interesting.
The characters are beautifully drawn, as well.

Simple to play, with content increasing every month, good art, what more do you want?.

2 paths with every character and it's not so long to beat if you're just to fap .

Personally i didn't have an encounter with any bugs, so pretty much enjoy .

Well-drawn with good animations and good play routes! The developer's previous games are the same opinion. The game updating progress is slow got to wait for a month for new content but go play their other game Fate of Irnia!