VN Ren'Py Shadows of Ambition [Ch.4.5] [AbyssGames]

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mitch_johnson

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Jul 20, 2020
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MostlyCritical said:
Just gonna write my review here for Chapter 5 as someone was kind of enough to share the update with me. (You know who you are, legend).

THE POSITIVES:
  1. A lot of content in this update, like actually insane. It took me 3 hours to play through, granted I did read all the dialogue and took some "breaks" during certain scenes. I expected a lot and somehow it not only managed to meet my expectations, but also exceed them. Well done.
  2. A variety of scenes with a lot of the characters. It felt like every single girl had a "moment" this chapter, which must've been hard to pull off.
  3. The writing and pacing felt better than Chapter 4. Less text per image. It probably helped that all the girls were wearing bikini's because fuck me, they are hot.
  4. Plenty of animations this update, which really made every single sex scene pop out. There were also animations in non-sex scenes, which was a nice surprise. Great job with those.
  5. Actual NTS? Holy shit. What a scene, I don't go into details what the scene entailed, but this update just blew every other game out of the water with that scene. It was incredible! I wonder how much effort and time went into that last scene, because it is honestly out of this world. Most games just keep milking the subscribers endlessly and the progression feels to never go anywhere. Some games have been in development for 2+ years and the FMC hasn't even sucked another dick yet.
  6. The weird part is that even with all these fucking amazing sex scenes, there was still plenty of story progression. The Oogle Corp plotline keeps moving forward and is getting more and more interesting with every update. I really liked the cliffhanger at the end, really curious how that's going to play out and to see potential incest content in the future.
On an ending note with the positives. I had so many favorite scenes, but even the non sex scenes were executed beautifully. The meeting, the volleyball game all looked incredible. It honestly felt like I was watching an anime during the volleyball sequence. The music, the SFX, the poses, it all made it seem natural. Hard to believe AI did that, but then again, this game is HEAVILY edited.

THE NEGATIVES:
  1. The game unfortunately ended at a certain point. I wish it would've kept going forever. That's literally the only thing I can think of. Everything else was just THAT good that whatever is missing, I didn't notice.


CONCLUSION:

Somehow, someway... every chapter is a step up from the previous, not just in quality, but also in progression. I don't feel like this game is stopping, it just keeps going. The progression feels natural and the visuals are just getting better and better. It looks like practice does make perfect in this case.

I typically don't support game devs, as there's too many who produce absolute garbage, but this one has not only earned my support, but the dev has also earned my trust. Consistent with his updates, regular posts on Patreon, interacts with the community on a daily basis... we honestly do not deserve AbyssGames .

Thanks. On a side note, Chapter 6 when? :HideThePain:

EDIT: I almost forgot to mention, great cameo scene. You and CircleGames are cooking something special, I can feel it in my weiner.
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MostlyCritical said:
Just gonna write my review here for Chapter 5 as someone was kind of enough to share the update with me. (You know who you are, legend).

THE POSITIVES:
  1. A lot of content in this update, like actually insane. It took me 3 hours to play through, granted I did read all the dialogue and took some "breaks" during certain scenes. I expected a lot and somehow it not only managed to meet my expectations, but also exceed them. Well done.
  2. A variety of scenes with a lot of the characters. It felt like every single girl had a "moment" this chapter, which must've been hard to pull off.
  3. The writing and pacing felt better than Chapter 4. Less text per image. It probably helped that all the girls were wearing bikini's because fuck me, they are hot.
  4. Plenty of animations this update, which really made every single sex scene pop out. There were also animations in non-sex scenes, which was a nice surprise. Great job with those.
  5. Actual NTS? Holy shit. What a scene, I don't go into details what the scene entailed, but this update just blew every other game out of the water with that scene. It was incredible! I wonder how much effort and time went into that last scene, because it is honestly out of this world. Most games just keep milking the subscribers endlessly and the progression feels to never go anywhere. Some games have been in development for 2+ years and the FMC hasn't even sucked another dick yet.
  6. The weird part is that even with all these fucking amazing sex scenes, there was still plenty of story progression. The Oogle Corp plotline keeps moving forward and is getting more and more interesting with every update. I really liked the cliffhanger at the end, really curious how that's going to play out and to see potential incest content in the future.
On an ending note with the positives. I had so many favorite scenes, but even the non sex scenes were executed beautifully. The meeting, the volleyball game all looked incredible. It honestly felt like I was watching an anime during the volleyball sequence. The music, the SFX, the poses, it all made it seem natural. Hard to believe AI did that, but then again, this game is HEAVILY edited.

THE NEGATIVES:
  1. The game unfortunately ended at a certain point. I wish it would've kept going forever. That's literally the only thing I can think of. Everything else was just THAT good that whatever is missing, I didn't notice.


CONCLUSION:

Somehow, someway... every chapter is a step up from the previous, not just in quality, but also in progression. I don't feel like this game is stopping, it just keeps going. The progression feels natural and the visuals are just getting better and better. It looks like practice does make perfect in this case.

I typically don't support game devs, as there's too many who produce absolute garbage, but this one has not only earned my support, but the dev has also earned my trust. Consistent with his updates, regular posts on Patreon, interacts with the community on a daily basis... we honestly do not deserve AbyssGames .

Thanks. On a side note, Chapter 6 when? :HideThePain:

EDIT: I almost forgot to mention, great cameo scene. You and CircleGames are cooking something special, I can feel it in my weiner.
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Damn!!! This should be the OFFICIAL review of this chapter!!!! I honestly loved reading your review, please do more (even for other games) I'd love to see those too :coffee::giggle:
 
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SymbioticLife

SymbioticLife

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MostlyCritical said:
Just gonna write my review here for Chapter 5 as someone was kind of enough to share the update with me. (You know who you are, legend).

THE POSITIVES:
  1. A lot of content in this update, like actually insane. It took me 3 hours to play through, granted I did read all the dialogue and took some "breaks" during certain scenes. I expected a lot and somehow it not only managed to meet my expectations, but also exceed them. Well done.
  2. A variety of scenes with a lot of the characters. It felt like every single girl had a "moment" this chapter, which must've been hard to pull off.
  3. The writing and pacing felt better than Chapter 4. Less text per image. It probably helped that all the girls were wearing bikini's because fuck me, they are hot.
  4. Plenty of animations this update, which really made every single sex scene pop out. There were also animations in non-sex scenes, which was a nice surprise. Great job with those.
  5. Actual NTS? Holy shit. What a scene, I don't go into details what the scene entailed, but this update just blew every other game out of the water with that scene. It was incredible! I wonder how much effort and time went into that last scene, because it is honestly out of this world. Most games just keep milking the subscribers endlessly and the progression feels to never go anywhere. Some games have been in development for 2+ years and the FMC hasn't even sucked another dick yet.
  6. The weird part is that even with all these fucking amazing sex scenes, there was still plenty of story progression. The Oogle Corp plotline keeps moving forward and is getting more and more interesting with every update. I really liked the cliffhanger at the end, really curious how that's going to play out and to see potential incest content in the future.
On an ending note with the positives. I had so many favorite scenes, but even the non sex scenes were executed beautifully. The meeting, the volleyball game all looked incredible. It honestly felt like I was watching an anime during the volleyball sequence. The music, the SFX, the poses, it all made it seem natural. Hard to believe AI did that, but then again, this game is HEAVILY edited.

THE NEGATIVES:
  1. The game unfortunately ended at a certain point. I wish it would've kept going forever. That's literally the only thing I can think of. Everything else was just THAT good that whatever is missing, I didn't notice.


CONCLUSION:

Somehow, someway... every chapter is a step up from the previous, not just in quality, but also in progression. I don't feel like this game is stopping, it just keeps going. The progression feels natural and the visuals are just getting better and better. It looks like practice does make perfect in this case.

I typically don't support game devs, as there's too many who produce absolute garbage, but this one has not only earned my support, but the dev has also earned my trust. Consistent with his updates, regular posts on Patreon, interacts with the community on a daily basis... we honestly do not deserve AbyssGames .

Thanks. On a side note, Chapter 6 when? :HideThePain:

EDIT: I almost forgot to mention, great cameo scene. You and CircleGames are cooking something special, I can feel it in my weiner.
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Thanks so much for the love man, Im sure when Abyss gets up he will have some to say but he worked his ass off and got little sleep for quite some time. Even i got repeatedly burnt out with this goddamn beach, so Abyss soldiering through so much of it was crazy.

I do hope people do not expect quite so much content every update because it did put us through the wringer but we wanted the beach left with no regrets. And as I said before we still had more ideas, more things we would have loved to expand on. Hopefully one day we will be able to revisit the beach... perhaps with a cast even more corrupted.

For now we are taking a short break, we are exhausted and in the case of Abyss heavily sleep deprived but seeing the responses makes it feel worth it.


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ashikabi_98

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Hey man, I don't mind you guys take a break, I fear whenever devs of an ongoing game says their burnt out, so many of good titles that have really good story like this game got abandoned cause the dev got so burnt out and never came back, so if u guys need a break to come back stronger, take it. You guys deserve that time off with the effort every single one of u put, from this message I can tell you guys worked ur ass off.
 
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ashikabi_98 said:
Hey man, I don't mind you guys take a break, I fear whenever devs of an ongoing game says their burnt out, so many of good titles that have really good story like this game got abandoned cause the dev got so burnt out and never came back, so if u guys need a break to come back stronger, take it. You guys deserve that time off with the effort every single one of u put, from this message I can tell you guys worked ur ass off.
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We'll be fine... but for now this is our current state of mind.

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iunui

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MostlyCritical said:
Just gonna write my review here for Chapter 5 as someone was kind of enough to share the update with me. (You know who you are, legend).

THE POSITIVES:
  1. A lot of content in this update, like actually insane. It took me 3 hours to play through, granted I did read all the dialogue and took some "breaks" during certain scenes. I expected a lot and somehow it not only managed to meet my expectations, but also exceed them. Well done.
  2. A variety of scenes with a lot of the characters. It felt like every single girl had a "moment" this chapter, which must've been hard to pull off.
  3. The writing and pacing felt better than Chapter 4. Less text per image. It probably helped that all the girls were wearing bikini's because fuck me, they are hot.
  4. Plenty of animations this update, which really made every single sex scene pop out. There were also animations in non-sex scenes, which was a nice surprise. Great job with those.
  5. Actual NTS? Holy shit. What a scene, I don't go into details what the scene entailed, but this update just blew every other game out of the water with that scene. It was incredible! I wonder how much effort and time went into that last scene, because it is honestly out of this world. Most games just keep milking the subscribers endlessly and the progression feels to never go anywhere. Some games have been in development for 2+ years and the FMC hasn't even sucked another dick yet.
  6. The weird part is that even with all these fucking amazing sex scenes, there was still plenty of story progression. The Oogle Corp plotline keeps moving forward and is getting more and more interesting with every update. I really liked the cliffhanger at the end, really curious how that's going to play out and to see potential incest content in the future.
On an ending note with the positives. I had so many favorite scenes, but even the non sex scenes were executed beautifully. The meeting, the volleyball game all looked incredible. It honestly felt like I was watching an anime during the volleyball sequence. The music, the SFX, the poses, it all made it seem natural. Hard to believe AI did that, but then again, this game is HEAVILY edited.

THE NEGATIVES:
  1. The game unfortunately ended at a certain point. I wish it would've kept going forever. That's literally the only thing I can think of. Everything else was just THAT good that whatever is missing, I didn't notice.


CONCLUSION:

Somehow, someway... every chapter is a step up from the previous, not just in quality, but also in progression. I don't feel like this game is stopping, it just keeps going. The progression feels natural and the visuals are just getting better and better. It looks like practice does make perfect in this case.

I typically don't support game devs, as there's too many who produce absolute garbage, but this one has not only earned my support, but the dev has also earned my trust. Consistent with his updates, regular posts on Patreon, interacts with the community on a daily basis... we honestly do not deserve AbyssGames .

Thanks. On a side note, Chapter 6 when? :HideThePain:

EDIT: I almost forgot to mention, great cameo scene. You and CircleGames are cooking something special, I can feel it in my weiner.
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Booo. That edit is an unnecessary spoiler.
 
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Futaloverrx

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VoyeurRed said:
I'm with you, I wanna know where it's from.....this has also made me start looking closer at profile pics.... there's a lot of great ones out there :love:
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Its from Moonripple Lake, developer is Bananacreamgames. Is a 10/10 game, like this one. On your profile pic are: MC's girlfriend (the blondie) and MC's bestfriend (can be turned on/off her being a "trap")
 
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