VN - Ren'Py - Serenity [Ch. 2 v0.4] [N2TheFire]

Honestly, there isn't much to say. I will start from what I enjoy about the game, and then maybe I will touch on a point or two that came to me that some people could find a bit bad. There will be spoilers for up to chapter 2 episode 4.

I like the pacing. In a sea of games that I do enjoy playing, but take several updates of cliffhanger to solve a single problem, it is a breath of fresh air to see a game where things are solved quickly. In harem games usually the MC, the harem members, or both, are usually overpowered, and it is an AVN after all, so I don't really feel the stakes that the writer might kill off a member of the harem or MC himself, so the cliffhangers are only there to keep you wanting to play the next update. Again, I love a lot of games that do that, but sometimes I just want things to be solved so that I can get some time exploring the love interests, or other parts of the story.

I like the lore. I have always seen all MCs from the games I play as different versions of the same person, that is why they always have the same name in my games, so seeing that explored in a game was quite a nice surprise. The whole God of dreams and wishes thing is nice, and it felt good to go back to Earth to fulfill wishes. Since a greater Multiverse was teased, I would like to have seen wishes being fulfilled on other places, seeing as Rin can go to Pantheria, which I think is in a different universe alltogether. But that would probably just add too much to the dev's plate. What we get on Earth is good enough. Meeting Morgana and bringing her to Serenity, helping the sisters with their race, that was all good for me.

I like the girls. Each of them have their own distinct personalities, some of them have multiple (Lena my beloved). And the interaction with them is always fun. I also enjoyed MC well enough, though he keeps a bit of the shy and timid nature well after into ascending to godhood and banging a dozen girls, but it is nice to see the moments when he takes charge of the situation, such as when he decided to confront his father alone, and other instances in both chapters.

I really enjoyed the message of joy, love and kindness, and the idea of the game always walking towards happy endings. That is what I like the most when I start to read, watch or play something. The real world is dark enough, so I usually give more attention to things that just make me feel good. I know that suffering and realism can make for interesting conflict and good stories, I myself enjoy some stuff like that, such as A Song of Ice and Fire. But honestly, things can go right for characters and still make for a compelling story. And it is not like Serenity lacks challenges, they are just overcome faster and easier than in most other storytelling mediums. The game made me feel good, and I think that is what matters the most to me.

Now for the "bad".

Sex scenes are just "ok". Nothing too flashy or amazing. It doesn't bother me that much, since most games I play, I play for character, plot or lore. But if you are looking just to fap, you will still find plenty of scenes and action, but they aren't the focus of the story.

Incest teasing.. This is mostly a personal problem, rather than a problem with the game, but there is some innuendo with the MC's sister, Camilla. I don't think the dev is against incest in games, seeing as he has referenced The Inn in his game, and there is too much subtext with Camilla. I don't like to assume things, but I would think he wanted to keep things vanilla in his games, maybe for patreon, maybe for other reasons. But it does get a bit frustrating sometimes, having something nice dangled in front of you and told you can't have it, Camilla is just too good not to be a love interest, sometimes I just wish she wasn't MC's sister. But such is life I guess. I don't hold it against the game or the dev, but it is a bit of a point that comes up for me when thinking about it.

I like the girls, but I wish we got more time with them. Trina does get sidelined after she joins Serenity, and that is a bit sad. If we couldn't have them on screen because of the time of the updates, I would at least liked it a bit more if there wasn't dialogue about how MC is kinda neglecting his harem. Sure, he has responsabilities, but he is also an all powerful God that can bend reality, doesn't need to eat and can make food appear out of nowhere, can teleport, doesn't need to work. It makes it a bit doubtful he doesn't have at least a bit of time to give to his girls. Chapter 4 might have felt a bit fillerish, but I actually liked it for finally having us spend time with the girls.

All in all, the game, to me, is excellent. The minor flaws that could be mentioned, are just that, minor. Nothing is perfect, and for the very first project of a solo dev, it is an impressive feat. Some people who are more detail oriented or obssessed may find more flaws in it, but honestly, I just enjoyed the ride, and it was great, can't wait for the next chapter and to finally see this finished one day.

Game version: Ch. 2 v.0.4

Finished the first chapter 2 days ago and did the same with the latest chapter yesterday.
While there is visible progress in terms of render quality and writing, the second chapter couldn't manage to catch me at all. The redundant filler episodes in the first chapter (appeared at ~2/3 of the game's progress) seem to have taken over the second chapter somehow.
I really hope the writing is going to further improve, it's the only bad thing about the game- the scenes are already very good.

I wouldn't say it's great, but, it is what it's supposed to be, and I suppose that makes it excellent. It's definitely not right-up-my-alley, but I don't think I should hold that against it. At no point have I regretted playing it, or even parts of it. Not the most glowing 5 star review, but there isn't a way to give it 4.6 stars.

It's a light (mostly), happy (mostly) story. It's got good, not great: girls, sex, and writing, with acceptable rendering.
It's not not for the faint of heart. It's low on conflict, high on pleasure. If that sounds like something you might enjoy, then you should enjoy this, and I guess that makes it 5 stars.

Just finished the first chapter and i gotta say i love it,

Id say this game is wholesome and about how important love is, its unrealistic as hell and confusing at times, but with how dark the real world is getting these days its nice to just be able to relax and dream of a peaceful fantasy world there everything will be okay.

This one isn't for everyone, my only complaint is things are dealt with too fast, problems are almost instantly solved, but then again some games take too long to deal with things, so its nice at the same time. either way certainly worth playing, ill update/edit this if things change after playing CH2

The game start with r*pe.MC is too passive & complete doormat doing everything the girls told him to do.He also a Virgin, thats for the game tag

The graphic is fine & the story is bad.I dont think fucking girls then know them better a good progress.

There is absolutely no build up, tension, or anticipation in anything that happens in this game.

Forcing the r scene in the beginning is fucking stupid. Calling this a light hearted game and then adding that is stupid cuck bs, literally NTR. Plus forcing the harem with everyone, including the 2 demons who literally raped the MC is stupid and a quick way to make sure someone stops playing, like me.

Ch. 2 v0.3

This VN is cringey and on an extreme on the weeb scale.
The whole narrative and setting is just so over the top, overdone. Same goes for the characters and they are pretty shallow if you look deeper into their persona. Its not edgy but more like "tryhard". Trying to make it seem cool and epic that it ends up being cringeworthy. Power of neko Love, LULZ. I guess this is a weeaboo's orgasmic wet dream.

The only reason i'm playing this is because Last Human has ties to this VN and share the same verse so i wanted delve more into the lore. This honestly has got me worried that Last Human will end up as Serenity in space. I hope the dev isolates these 2 VNs from each other as much as possible. I enjoyed Last Human, the setting is intriguing and the narrative is much more grounded.

Models and renders aren't my cup of tea but i think its fine. I was never a fan of HS2. It all comes down to preferences. Visuals were never a huge priority for me, i did enjoy the dev's other work, Last Human, after all and other HS games.

Lewd scenes are aplenty. A few kinks here and there but mostly vanilla. They're also quite short. Overall they need to be longer and with more passion. I do like that these scenes have a lead up and post coitus, usually cuddling(i'm not a fan of bang & run, jump to the next scene kind of formula).

I guess this is a VN strictly for the niche crowd & true fans. Nothing wrong with that. Like i said, i'm playing this only because it intersects with Last Human.

I can understand the higher ratings, but there is an element to the story that completely ruins it for me. There are no characters with actual agency or much of personality in this game. Oh, the characters have quirks, but almost everyone's defining personality trait is wanting to be a sex slave to the MC.

Slight spoilers ahead, from the early parts. What makes this scenario even more disturbing is that this fantasy valley of the sex dolls is a masturbation fantasy created for the MC by his mother. The only person who isn't just a creation is already in love with the MC and is turned into a neko without prior knowledge or consent. It feels very clear that the only person whose will matters is the MC, even if the mother has a line about the sex dolls needing their free will, but clearly it isn't important enough to let the human have a choice about being turned into a neko. BTW everyone is a neko because that is the MC's favourite wank fantasy, so of course his mother would create a world of neko fuck toys for him.

I'll keep reading for curiosity, but to me there are no stakes and the way free will and consent are handled feels disgusting. It would be one thing if there wasn't the constant reminding of how fantastic the MC is, but thinking him as a good guy just doesn't work in this context.

Serenity [Ch. 2 v0.3] [N2TheFire]

Pros:
1) Honey Select
2) Interesting plot setup
3) Knows its demographic

Cons:
1) Linear VN with the appearance of choices
2) Not the best dialogue
3) Shallow characters (eg: "lawyer" who dresses like a hooker, she's """""really sad"""" that her friend died from f CANCER and she's here deff not to take that V card from MC. That is just one instance of MANY examples of a "good" writing)
4) Poor execution of story and writing itself.
5) """"""""romance"""""""""
6) MC is pathetic disgrace. Passive doormat.

Overall not good, but not that bad either. Truthfully, something is missing and it's something important. This VN just doesn't hit you. Check for yourself, at least it wasn't COMPLETE waste of time.

Im gonna make this short, sweet, and easy to understand.

Play this game. That's it.

Ok so maybe i cant just stop at that, because theres just so much more to say. I've played this game since the beginning, also its sister game Last Human. The story is fire, the music is top and the scenes the dev is able to put together and animate i have seen in maybe 3 other games in total. I love fantasy, and Sci-fi stuff. The girls are amazing, they all have special characters and traits. Just... look i know i said it but go play the game.

Thank me later.

Personally a 2.5-3/5 but I do think there is plenty enough for others that I'll give it an official 4/5 lol

+Characters look nice
+Concept of the Story was interesting, super escapist fantasy lol
+Music choices were good and Normally I just listen to my own tunes.
+Very much a nice, easy, feel good story

- Once the game music would run its course everything was then just silent :/
(Next "negatives" are all just 100% my opinions, so nothing objective)
-Everything seemed to be happening So Fast, to the point I was having some trouble absorbing what was going on
-I was expecting/wanting more Adventure! I know that there wasn't anything describing that this would be an "Adventure story" so it's on me, but still was let down that there wasn't much build up to having OverPowered MC powers
-Didn't much care for the MC, Thankfully wasn't just some fuckwad asshole but I felt like the MC was watching the Story as much as I was

4/5* I definitely think people can, will, and should enjoy this if they just want a Fun, Happy, Relaxing Story to simply enjoy. Personally didn't find the depth I for some reason was looking for. Personally a 2.5-3/5

Loved it. %100 worth your time to at least give it a go. Normally with heavily story based games like these, the author will just get lost midway through, and it will be a slog. Not here, excited for more.

Absolutely love this story in conjunction with Last Human. The writing is great, the models are amazing and the characters are very believable. You will not be disappointed so do yourself a favor and go ahead and hit that download hyperlink already. Thank you for letting us step into your world.

Great game to play ..
I have been enjoying playing this game for quite some time and look forward to seeing it grow in the future.
Thankyou for all the hard work in making it.
Please keep up the hard work and don't go listen to anyone complaining about anything in the game, if they find a bug, they should report it, not complain about it.

I truly wanted to like this game. I gave up on it once before, only to retry it. Even walked away multiple times just hoping the game would “click” with me or something.

The plot seems interesting and is rather unique once you dive into it, the art is solid and the characters are fine. The real issue is the pacing. Everything happens so damn fast, like the dev can’t wait to just rush through it.

You are basically fucking the main girls before you even get to know them. While this is a harem game, you expect things to progress quickly, this is insane how quick everything goes. It’s like it’s purposedly trying to give you whiplash or something! You talk to a girl for 4-10 lines, jump to next scene with a different girl, 4-10 lines, jump to another scene and bam sex.

It’s to the point that while I know the girls have at least some levels of personality, I find it difficult to actually decode it simply because you aren’t allowed enough time with any single girl. Even then, once you do think you’re getting it something happens with the story which alters some of their personalities so you have to start from square one. Which is irrelevant since once these incredibly fast segments lead to the story segments, the game rushes so fast that you don’t get a second chance to actually meet the girls.

There are even moments within the story, key, vital, moments necessary to completely understand the story that are just completely skipped. Such as the backstory for one particular character, the protagonist knows their story and says so on more than one occasion, but he neither explains it to the player nor does the dev show it. Very strong “tell, don’t show” mentality here.

Additionally, there is even a specific character who just… shows up. Sure, the protagonist met the character already, and sure we saw how she arrived at the place the protagonist was, but we completely skip her introduction to the harem. We completely skip her reuniting with the protagonist or meeting the girls. Even if it was a short scene, it simply needs a scene. Instead, the game tells the player in a short sentence that she settled in. For such a narrative/love-based story, that one particularly felt brutal to me.

I have no doubt that the dev has all these meetings and all the questions I may have about the game firmly planted in his mind. This feels like a self-insert story in which the protagonist is meant to be the dev himself. Which isn’t a problem, except the dev doesn’t seem to care about allowing the players to actually share this fantasy. All we can really do is hop in this ride and hope we don’t get whiplash from it.

Just found this the other day and I must admit I really enjoyed it a lot, the story is interesting and made me laugh a lot which is always a good thing.

This is based on season 1 only. I have yet to start season 2 mainly because I like to be able to play a while and not be frustrated when the current build is finished so I will wait a few more updates before starting it.

So season 1 good and bad.

Good

1. Plenty of different models and in the main they are all hot, mainly Neko's must admit I don't mind if they were just normal models but the Dev obviously has a kitty fetish lol.
2. Story is good and there is scope for it to proceed in the future and I look forward to it.
3. Good bit of content in season 1 which is good, must admit I prefer games with a lot of content and not a fan of short story games where each chapter has just a few hundred renders etc.

Bad well not really bad but could be improved should I say.

1. The sex scenes could be a bit longer with more options and stuff but that can be improved in future,
2. Noticed that there wasn't any choices we could make it was a one path story for the majority of the game. You had a very few at the beginning . Again this can be worked on

To be honest if this is the Devs first game then you certainly have what it takes to bring some amazing things to us all and this was a really good chapter and is definitely already going to be one I will play again and that hardly ever happens unusually play a game once unless I find it really good so thank you for that.

I want to like this game. I want to like this game SO MUCH. There is so much potential here. But its fucking boring and the writing is bad and this is upsetting to me.

Central Idea and Kink - i'm 100% on board with this. Pure, unapologetic, escapist fantasty about becoming a literal god with a literal harem of devoted-to-their-core catgirls, with just general feel-good vibes and facing off against and beating various fantasy antagonists. Early on there is mention of a rule "The Master must not sleep alone." Holy shit, yes.

Overarching Story, setting and ideas - Honestly this stuff is all good/fine. dream writers, fade vs shade, different dream worlds, conflict between MC's mother and father, all fine. There's a whole subplot about "dragon script" which reads like nonsense and seems to be terribly important for awhile and then stops mattering. Then everyone is a dream angel and visits earth and yeah its all sort of cool.

Gameplay/Interactivity - None, this is a story experience with no branching/choices. Not my personal cup of tea but also I've played enough poorly-executed sandboxes to say that if this is what they author wants to do I can't really take an issue with it.

Music/Sound - the author makes a big deal about turning music on. Generally I like it and it helps set the tone and is appropriate for various parts of the story. The lack of other sounds is kind of disappointing.

Art/Animation - the character models are gorgeous and there's a heavy emphasis on the various characters having different forms, which includes outfit changes, makeup/tattoo changes, and sometimes changes to skin/ears/wings etc. Its all very cool and generally well done. I really like this. The lewd scenes and animations themselves are below average and somewhat simplistic. This isn't really a deal breaker to me and you can see the dev getting more skilled as development progresses.

The MC - The MC is pretty bad to play as. He's sort of a turbo-virgin in the worst possible way. His main defining characteristics are 1) he's really nice and forgiving and 2) he really, really... REALLY... likes to play avns. To the extent that even halfway through chapter 1, when he's got literal god powers and has more than a dozen horny catgirls fighting over who gets to sleep with him next, he makes sure to take some time to play avns. He meets a new LI and his main way to break the ice is to suggest playing an avn with her. He plays completely passively with his harem, doesn't really take initiative with them, and basically just waits for the next character to get impatient enough to "spend time" with him. Also every 5 scenes is the MC talking to his mom for guidance. She is arguably the most important character besides the MC.

Characters - They're not great. Some of them are kind of endearing but they lack any sort of depth and they don't get any development. At least two characters are jealous of other characters with bigger boobs, and its a point that is brought up repeatedly. Very frequently characters are introduced, they get a few scenes, then one lewd event, then they just disappear because there's nothing for them to do and there's no content/character arc for them. The author can't figure out how to make the characters interesting so the band-aid is to constantly introduce NEW characters, re-hash the same "join the harem" type sequence, and then make a ton of filler scenes of the new characters getting introduced to the old ones, and just different permutations of the growing cast getting together to talk about how much they love the MC. No less than 6 antagonist female characters go through the exact same arc of 1) being a threat and attacking the main cast. 2) note how hot the MC is 3) easily defeated. 4) are grateful for forgiveness 5) lewd scene and join harem.

Its actually a problem with the game that every single threat that is introduced is pretty soundly defeated without any trouble. It feels like this game has no stakes to keep you interested in what's going to happen. It doesn't help that this is explicitly made a plot point, with the Mom character constantly saying that the MC is invincible if they trust in their own power.

As of the writing of this review I've played through Chapter 1 (Final) and 10 minutes of chapter 2 (1.4)

This is a tough game to review. The beginning is pretty cringe inducing with banal characters and the women throwing themselves at MC for no reason at all. No one acts like this, people don't talk like that, I know I know it's a game but the lawyer who is arbiter of MC's mother's will is dressed like a stripper, flirting with him after his mom and her best friend had recently died.

The MC is a huge virgin and it shows. He's afraid of sex or human desires and it's boring to play him.

But then the story picks up and the game shows that it can write characters with depth. Plus the models are imo GORGEOUS. There is also music but it's not looped so half of the time it's just awkwardly quiet.

It's overly sappy but sometimes that's alright you know? The dialogues can be a bit cringe inducing but it's all rather forgiven. The dev has great talent for creating scenery and atmosphere, truly. And despite a rather simplistic story, it's difficult not to get drawn into it. Perhaps it our own fantasies that fuel the story but the game really broke down my resistance.

I can't give it a 5 because of aforementioned reasons, they're too important to me. But this game is well above the rest that you find on this site.

7.5/10 would recommend.

One of the Best. Not so much for the pron but for the story. A simple but interesting story with mystical elements, well done graphics and although kinetic was fun to go through. And the homages to other works, some of which I've already read, and the fourth wall breaks were entertaining. Going through it was fun and encouraging. Highly recommended for its fun and positivity.

Just finished Chapter 1 (v1.4).

Serenity is hidden gem. Not ideal, but well-made harem gem.
Pros:

• NEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKO
• Hot HS2 girls with beautiful faces and visually pleasant interiors. Graphics part is great
• Animations are likeable. Maybe short, but well-made.
• Nice music.

Cons:

• Plot. It's strange for totally linear VN. The story constantly jumps from point to point, like MC teleports from girl to girl. Many times I asked myself what the hell is going on. So, it's mom's fanfic about MC, don't ask questions, just deal with it. On the other hand, Dad's arc is interesting. Maybe, we need to go deeper.
• MC. The good point — he is not jerk. The bad one —he is Mary Sue in mom's fanfic about himself. All girls meant to love MC. MC is written to make all girls fall in love with himself. Just. Deal. With. It.
• As you can see, while MC fucks nekogirls, game plot fucks fourth wall. It's fuul of gloryholes.

In conclusion, Serenity is nice porn VN. And the balance shifted to porn side. Not to story.