Ren'Py - Completed - Space Journey X [v2.00_010b] [y.v.]

10/10

Masterpiece of a game, combined with unique models and with some bdsm theme.
Perfect blend of management gameplay and lewd content.
Highly recommended for players that enjoy training and corruption.

Great game had lots of fun playing it, a little grindy bit worth the time.

Looking forwards the next part

I been playing this almost from the start once the princess in the tower one was done, I like this one better.

I like it a lot. It's one of the few porn games I've played where I actually care about and enjoy the gameplay. The porn is also good, a nice cast of characters with varied personalities. I would say that the game isn't fully content complete at this time, yes you can play from beginning to end but the side stuff is where the real meat is, and it's not all finished yet. As rare and admirable as it is to finish a game, I do hope that the dev keeps working on it until all the girls are fully fleshed out content wise, and maybe add some more endgame stuff too.

Awesome game and by that I really do mean "game" because there is a lot to do here. Combat missions, mining, trading, managing sex bots and of course plenty of girls to corrupt. Speaking of girls, most of them have puffy nipples, if that doesn't sell it for you I don't know what will lol. I must be creeping up on a hundred hours and absolutely love it. Easy 5 stars for this great game.

One of the best sci-fi games on the market. Much better than Starfield or Star Citizen! If you like space and girls then this game is for you. It's also a rare example of an adult game that's been completed in a reasonable time

One of the best NSFW games I've played. Story and progression just make sense; nothing seems too outlandish or "porn gamey". The artwork is beautiful, not just the CGs, but the scenery, ship models, and items as well. Mini-games are fun, rewarding and varied. A must play for sure.

The game seemed extremely promising, but recently it seems like dev is cutting content he has been teasing for months. Feels like a bait and switch. Graphics are excellent. Plot is good, but is probably not going to be finished in a satisfactory way. Minigames are not very well designed (but look great). Combat minigame is especially problematic.

This games is very well written with and excellent story. As the player you become absorbed in the charters and numerous situations they encounter. The mini games are fun but not too difficult . They do require to think before you act. When this game ends I will sorely miss it and will continue to replay .

Game is one of the better ones here. I love the setting and exploration stuff, even the fighting is kinda fun.
But since it's a porn game I wish there was more stuff to do with the girls in different rooms and different times of the day while you progress through the game. The balance between gameplay, grinding and sex scenes just doesn't feel right. Threesomes don't seem to be a thing but I didn't finish the game yet.
On top of that the actual sex scenes are usually one simple animation which underline this feeling of wasted potential.
Artstyle is unique and very appealing for me.

Man I REALLY wanted to like this, but it just feels unfinished.



Like all other people have said, the art and story are cool but the gameplay and sex scenes are a total mess (and those are kinda important in a PORN GAME).



1. The money making mechanics feel half assed:

-Mining is basically useless when random events like the "help ship" are so much better (and the minigame is too simple)
-Trading and doing errands is just too unpredictable and slow, compared to just going around and killing everything and looting
-Selling android is too much of a pain in the ass and honestly boring as shit, maybe with more work and a change of mechanics it could be better



2. The combat just lacks any depth and becomes boring really fast:

-Just 2 types of enemies, and you deal with both almost the same way
-Map design are too simple (sometimes being completely void of any features) so you really don't have a lot of choices outside of just shooting at your enemy non stop
-Some enemy spawns are random, meaning that combats can go to easy as shit to impossible (and basically making it impossible to make a plan)
-You only have 2 kind of weapons and both work basically the same, with the only difference being that you just use torpedoes to kill a bunch of gruped up enemies (if rng movement makes them group up). Mines exist, but suck so bad they might as well not



3. The corruption mechanic was kinda cool:

Until you reach the point where the dev clearly didn't want to do it anymore (after disciplining all 3 characters) which leaves you with a giant hole in the gameplay where you basically do nothing but go from point A to point B talking to people.



4. The sex is just boring:

No build up, no tension, nothing... you just walk up to a character and tell them "We are gonna fuck" 10 times till you finally do it



5. Ship management is there, I guess:

And I simply don't know why, half of characters can only do 1 thing (again, you can tell the dev just got bored and stopped doing it) and honestly there is no need for it, it doesn't bring anything to the gameplay



6. Way too many characters that do jack shit, and a lot of obviously cut/abandoned content:

-You have 1 scene with the bartender and then nothing
-The shady dealer and the strip dancer might as well not exist
-All the other pirates except the Krell could be deleted and it wouldn't change a thing
-Speaking of Krell, their entire area is a big void of nothing, you can't trade, you barely can stay because your crew mood drops significally day and you can't fight that well because enemies are simply too powerful
-And following the trend, the 2 next zones are simply barren, at that point the game could have just become a VN
-Seraphine could have been a one and done reference to the previous game, instead we have her on the ship and we can barely interact with her
-Same with both the Voros
-Same with the space captain android


There is a REALLY good game beneath all of this, and honestly with just a little work here and there, adding more content and cutting unecesary shit this game could honestly be one of the better ones here, but as it stands it is just a really well polished dissapointment, and the dev clearly doesn't want to work on it anymore and just go to the next project.

This game would be absolutely fantastic -if- the h-scenes were to become something more than just a single simple loop with little to none text/interaction between characters.

Frankly given the quality of everything else it makes the issue even more frustrating. It's one thing when -everything- is mediocre.
But no, we have quality art, pretty hot setting, neat exhibitionism, memorable girls, lots of stuff to do and actually kinda fun gameplay mechanics.

And yet when it comes to sex it just feels so... empty. Or may be even lazy. So many scenes and yet so much wasted potential. I would trade the existing animation for more build up/exposition any day of the week. Just look at "Turning the Page" for comparisson. The scenes there take -forever- but the details are exactly what makes them so hot.

I -really- want to love this game.
But currently I can't. I just can't.

both princess in tower and this game suffer from the same thing - very short scenes with 0 buildup or payoff. Both games start like corruption games, but halfway through abandon the concept.

Instead they seem to focus more on story in the later half, you can really see this when you look at the gallery afterwards.

I would suggest to the dev to write and animate more intricate scenes, that isnt just 2 pumps and cum, and to elaborate on corruption mechanic.

More of a review of the actual gameplay which is absolutely in the top tier of all the management games on this site,


First of all SJX actually has gameplay and not just sandbox w/ conversations and occasional stat checks


The Bot building/prostitution money making minigame is engaging and it's satisfying to see progress as your bots go from earning you pennies to millions. It felt good in the midgame to scavenge alien ships for bots and then deconstruct them for new/ rare parts for your own bot pro ring. Unfortunately the fun peters out in the endgame where it's just more efficient to skip days refreshing the store for the exact right part; but overall great management system.


I recommend adding more lewd scenes to this part of the game which is already engaging


The Combat is somewhat strategic and definitely not too easy but it is painfully slow unless you are already way too strong for the encounter. Each enemy ship takes their turn individually so in big encounters you wait a lot. Early on the strategy comes from maneuvering but later becomes about efficient turn use, making the combat even slower. The damage system (where health lost results in random destroyed ship modules) is just annoying because it wastes a lot of time in trying to find replacement parts. The result is you'll want to avoid all but the super easy encounters.


It is a fine system overall, but just takes up way too much time which in a lewd game should be spent on something lewd, or players will want to move on to something else.


the girl's corruption mechanics started off very standard with just dialogue, gifts, and repeat lewd events to train them - but the new punishment system added recently does make you engage with the gameplay; and I hope this part will continue to improve,


There are a few other mechanics but I don't really have any major complaints or compliments; other than to say that as you reach the end of the current content it feels like I'm working harder and harder for very little, but that's to be expected.


Overall the games is in great hands and I'm confident it will improve; just hope the game will become even lewder

Normally I skip Sandbox games, because I prefer continuous plot or storyline. However I really like this one for a strange reason. It is very well balanced and keeps me interested with everything that's going on. It is crtainly grindy , but only for the start of the game where you have to build up the cash to develop further. After that it's just good management that keeps you afloat / aflight.

PROs
entertaining clicker
kinky outfits
cash mgmt + minigames
lot of content in game time
visually stylish
good sandbox

CONS
still a sandbox
characters could have more depth
lacking on story
a bit grind-y
repetitive and limited lewd content

Despite the cons I still reserve a special place for this one. It is clearly made with love and is aesthetically very pleasing.

You have to grind a lot, but the art is good, and the story is getting better. Lol, I hope for a lot more story, more women, more sex and more adventures. The art is better than in Stationmaster. It is pretty original. Too many recycle art from other games.

It is a great game with several key aspects to take into account. The progression has been taken into great care, there's a lot of content in the form of quests that are well mixed.

Combat is quite simple once you get to understand it, but it grants satisfaction when you are progressing and killing those crafts that previously where demolishing you.

The sexual aspect could be improved in my opinion. Even though that the unlocking/progression is quite nice, the actual scenes are severely lacking in erotism. This also makes the characters and their relationships fall quite flat. In any case, I guess this could always be improved.

As it is, I am having fun and I haven't even finished the content.

Love the game i actually spent a lot of time in it. extremely entertaining for me.

Gameplay:
Solid gameplay ,mechanics might be a bit grindy ,but over all breaking that threshold the game is really appealing. The combat is entertaining, money is well balanced to some extent, and adult content is good too.

Story:
The story is very consistent, funny at times. It matches the porn scenes. I am personally not a fan of ren´py games but this one actually made me read the story for once.

Art - CG:
Renders look extremely good. Would love to see a bit more animated cgs. Background places ,cities ,ship, and the others are easy to understand where are you standing.

BGM - Sound:
Sound is descent, maybe a bit flat in some cases but it matches the esthetic. Personally i would love to have some voice actors but is not that the game needs it.

I quite like this game, as a TL;DR I'll say that the game has good presentation. it makes the most out of RenPy's rudimentary framework. Although the models are a matter of taste I find them appealing, unique and with a good amount of eroticism. Writing is above average for these type of games. And the cherry on top is the Dev's work ethic. My one pet peeve however is with the porn side of things which I'll elaborate further down.

Presentation
Dev puts great effort into making this look and feel like a proper videogame, menus and interfaces generally feel snappy and have distinctive flare, you can tell right away that thought and care was put into them.

Gameplay
Probably one of the more divisive parts about Space Journey X, I think the game systems play off each other well and don't overstay their welcome, as you recruit crew you can delegate tasks to other people and hold more of a management role which I quite like, do keep in mind that I'm quite tolerant for grind and for me this game is almost right on the edge of being annoying but I enjoy it for what it is, I find it gratifying when number go up. My one minor complaint is that I wish it was a bit more integrated with the narrative, mainly how the crew involve themselves with the gameplay and the story, which there is some of that but I wish there was a bit more.

Sound
Serviceable, doesn't stand out in a negative or positive way. The music and sound effects fulfil their purpose and they add to the overall presentation

Visual Art
Models look good, they are unique and I like the lewd costumes the cast wears, especially the default starting ones. Nudity comes rather quickly and abruptly, I would've liked it to be a bit more built up, but that's just my preference.

Writing
Story follows a typical space adventure set up with a comedic tone and it's fairly consistent in that regard, it's very cliched but I think that's a good thing, it's fun to see how the erotic beats tread on familiar territory. In western erotic games sci-fi is not done that often so I appreciate seeing it when it does show up. Writing's biggest strength however is how it reads with no issues (like it was written by a native speaker or someone with very fluent English) which is always nice to see. My one complaint is with characterization (mainly with the female crew), although the girls have different personalities they share common traits, they are all somewhat taciturn and they express themselves in a very similar manner

Porn
I think porn scenes are y.v.'s biggest weakness as a creator and the one thing holding him back from being a top 5 developer (in my eyes). I'll start with the good, I enjoy the light BDSM theme that the game has, I feel indifferent for it most of the time but I can enjoy it sporadically, out of everything I think this is the one thing he really excels at. I enjoy the transactional and emotionless nature of some of the scenes... up to a point. The scene structure usually goes something along the lines of: MC convinces girl to do sexual act -> Sexual act starts -> 3 second animation loop back and forth -> MC cums -> End, this makes it feel like you are watching a guy fuck a blow up doll which is also something that happens within the game, so the contrast is more stark when the girl has the personality of a dead fish throughout the whole thing. There are a few exceptions to this and these are the scenes that I like the most where there is a set up, different scene transitions, dialogue between the characters, different emotions, etc. I'm the type of guy that prefers still images with dialogue and writing to carry the scene and in this case the animations are not that spectacular to carry the scenes alone

y.v. as a creator has huge potential (imo) he has made huge leaps from his past game and even in Space Journey X you can see growth between each update. Whatever direction he decides to take I'm eager to see what he has in store in the future.

Story isent bad but there really isent much, you could proberly read all the text in 10 mins if it was a normal novel.

To me the grind is just to crazy, it takes forever to get anywhere with anyone, first you get them to use one dress and make them to 50 things to then move on to another dress where you again need to do alot before getting to do a ton of handjobs then a ton of bjs, then force the one virgin into a fuck machine to get used to being fucked before MC gets the chance, i know there is no virgin tag but tris comes from a planet where they never have sex....so yeah....missed the chance of making a virgin scene which could have been a fun one, with her getting her very first orgasme experince and so on, but shes calm and just takes it like its nothing but a job.

Getting the AI cores for the ship always takes forever, everything just takes to long.

It proberly has something to do with the lack or personality since shes a clone of spock from star trek which is also meh, out of the 4 girls 2 has that kind of boring personalilty.

Then there is the sex scenes where the animations are just really boring and very short and camara position is really bad in most scenes, so you play for hours with little to no reward....not even the girls show any emotions when they have sex, it just so very weird.

Then where there finaly is a princess aka spoiled brat, you get quest to bow down to kiss her feet so she can have her bathtub and a servant????????
please someone explain to why MC dosent punish that bitch and put her stright like he does with all the other crew.......so bad.....and just a very poor attemt to put in femdom in a game that souldent have femdom...idiotic.

The girls are close to the same build seen one nude seen em all, i wasent really a fan of the looks either not ugly but not hot either, i did like Nimhe a little but thats about it.

Also its the absolutly worst kind of sandbox quest wise since quests are tied together so skipping the ones you hate which would be most in my case is not possible and having that granny bot on MCs bed was a huge turn-off and being forced to do sex shit with people you hate is a brainless move from the devs part, it could so easily have been avoided since sex scenes in this game means nothing and would mean nothing if they werent tied to questlines.

So the general premise is pretty good. Like it's a fairly understandable story.

The only issue I have regarding the story is when the story updates and I have a bit of a time looking at any thing I might've missed or seeing quests that aren't finished - but the game is updating quite readily, so you can't fault it in that aspect of the game.

The art is pretty alright, I feel like the animation could be smoother or something, but the nsfw bit feels like it doesn't get sidelined and is actually a part of the gameplay and story itself and, generally, fits kind of well into it.

And, for some reason, even though you can't repeat saves in the game, I'm actually pretty content replaying some content and even, on occassion, grinding back a chunk of my stuff if I don't use the item-save mechanic in the game.

It can be better, sure by a bit, but the fact that it's still getting updated so fast makes it worth a better rating in the near future.