VN - Ren'Py - Silent Corruption [Ep.1 P1 v0.1] [Mr.Kin]

VERSION: Ep.1 P1 v0.1
SUMMARY: This is a weird one, but OK'ish
RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point.

1. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Story & Dialogue.................. : ⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐
7. UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐
8. Playtime & Pacing..................: ⭐⭐
9. Music & Sounds.....................: ⭐⭐⭐
10. Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐⭐

Average: 31 of 50 possible points giving a 62% rating i.e. 3 stars.

PROS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Visuals are not bad, LIs are attractive and sexy. BUT, see cons
2. Animations are smooth and pretty decent. BUT, see cons
3. Per above, nice to get the life-like feel with animations during play, not the usual stills, BUT see cons.
4. Story is semi intriguing
5. Character seem reasonably interesting and have some personality and story of their own.
6. Sounds and music are not bad, BUT, see cons.
7. Choices seems to have significant enough impact and immediate to give you different outcomes and scenes so there is some reason to try other paths.

CONS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Music volume only really picks up around 3/4 of the volume. Lewd scene sounds present but fairly boring.
2. Lewd scene that is in the game is pretty dull, starts immediately no build up, angles are poor, few and ends as abruptly as it started with little good scenes in between...bad...2nd scene is better, but has many of the same issues, see comments.
3. Writing is all over the place, clearly must have been translated, some analogies are mixed around, grammar is poor for much of the dialogue. It makes you feel that it was translated from another language and not really well.
4. Colours are garish and oversaturated, like you watching something while on a trip...
5. UI/UX is not great, the main menu is blurry to read and it was just by looking for it did I find the gallery option. Also opacity settings for the dialogue box are missing.
6. Per UI/UX, setting the MC name, default is Jane Doe for male MC? FYI its John Doe for a male MC unless there is some sexual orientation mix up here?
7. Per naming, the characters name is not Jane Doe or John Doe, its simply John, unless there is a field for a surname why bother? This also adds to the weird dialogue where they refer to your MC as Jane/John Doe not Jane/John e.g. how are you John Doe, How can I help you John Doe and then the characters talking also use their full names...WTF FIX PLEASE.
8. Sexual scenes are not bad, but also are, characters models not meshing nicely makes it look bad. This includes sometimes the detached feeling of the sexual scenes. Then the cum shots are completely left out. See comments.

OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't)

• The animations are weird, they don't feel smooth, several inconsistencies are noted like:
  • Shaking camera during dialogues, whats with that?
  • Fade to black during cum shot scenes, could the dev not create this? Why leave it out?
  • BJ scene looks like the chick was using teeth on the MC, it was hitching so much during that scene and she couldnt move down his shaft smoothly WTF.
  • Meshing of body parts like the cow girl scene you could see the vagina was stretched far beyond the MCs dick, YES IS VERY NOTICEABLE AND YOU HARDLY NEED TO GAWK AT SCREEN!
• Scenes don't flow well, they switch and move without much context, kinda disjointed and jarring.

TLDR:

This AVN is simply weird, reason being is that its good but also not, it wants to be great, grand, epic in its story and look, but its executed actually very poorly. What it comes down to is that the ideas and features implemented are really nice, but done poorly, like having all the good pieces and just putting them together the wrong way, which is actually damn disappointing... I believe the dev has some significant work to get this one anywhere near 4 let alone 5 stars, despite the good ideas.