Ren'Py - Simple Days [v0.19.1 Full] [Mega Lono]

  1. 4.00 star(s)

    frogbert

    I have been pleasantly surprised by this game. It really needs refinement in some areas: in addition to the grainy renders and engrish that others have pointed out there is too much repetitiveness in the daily cycle. You don't need to show that the MC eats, bathes, does his laundry, etc. Just stick to the important parts of the story. It's almost like the dev was planning for this to be a sandbox game, put in all the worst parts of a sandbox grindfest and then kept them anyway when he switched to a VN format.
    Besides these flaws, the game has a lot going for it. Ema and Dora are very attractive and the characters have a lot more depth to them than I was expecting from the game's shaky beginning where An and Dora seemed to just be fuck puppets.
    The story shows a lot of growth in the MC too, as he's progressed from a childish view of wanting to impregnate everything that moves to thinking harder about his choices and actually caring about the women he's with.
    Overall I'm pretty impressed and I hope the flaws can be overcome to allow this game to achieve its full potential.
  2. 3.00 star(s)

    UselessSphinx

    I can't give this more than 3/5 stars because I got to a certain point and just went into a dialogue loop in the MC room. I backed up to a previous save, and it didn't fix it.
    Overall
    The story is good. The characters are different. The writing needs some work. If the mentioned glitch gets fixed, this might be a good VN. I didn't want to give it a bad rating because it's really not. The dev is doing a good job. The text loop that I encountered held it back from getting that 4th star. I'll check back with the next update and see how things go. I believe I encountered the loop on the evening of day 11 or 12. It's at night in the MCs room after coming home from An's place and the choice you make there.