Ren'Py - Succubus Advent: The Ethereal Collapse [v0.13c] [AdrihelDev]

The quality of "AI art" in this game is so good that it leads me to believe the developer must be sparing no effort in refining and editing it. Simple AI renders could never so consistently reach so high a bar. On top of that, the world-building and plot is interesting and the characters are unique and fun. The audio is pretty good, honestly much better than 90% of adult games.

As a critique, the dialogue is excessive and the prose unnecessarily verbose. It's not horrible but it definitely could be slimmed down. This is a porn game after all.

5/5 for now.

This game has one of the most satisfying AI CGs, let alone CGs I've ever witnessed. The gameplay is pretty decent, and the storytelling is also pretty top notch and continues to improve as the dev works on the game.

Overall, 10/10. I am really looking forward to seeing the future of this game and everything that the dev decides to do in the future.

Rating based on v0.13a

Superb. Amazing. Jaw-dropping. Dare I say, flawless?

Story: 5/5

This is where I figured Succubus Advent would lose me. I saw the bolded warning on the game's overview how there are choices that lead to the main character's death and made assumptions about the games tone and tenor. I'm glad I decided to give it a shot because this game does a great job of keeping the feel of the game light and humorous enough to soften those sorts of edges.

Succubus Advent's story is engaging, contains unexpected twists, and has great pacing. It does a good job of creating an existential threat, not falling into the completely good vs. completely evil sides that many stories do. There are wrinkles, characters who buck expectations, etc. Overall a wonderful medium to transport you from sexy scene to sexy scene.

Characters and Dialogue: 5/5

The characters and their personalities all shine. Each one feels unique, real, and have layers to them. Sure, they all pretty much conform to tropes (to an extend, at least) but they've always been more than just that. Like the plot, there are wrinkles to the characters that keep them from being one note.

The only complaint I'd have in this department is the protagonist, but it's only right at the start (his initial interactions with his sister). Outside of the first 5ish minutes I can't say I've had anymore issues with the protagonist.

Sex Scenes/Animations: 5/5

I really can't stress this enough. The special effects/lighting are out of this world. I absolutely love it in a visual sense. It does ever so slightly distract from the eroticism of the scene, but honestly... It's so good it just works. The animations are awesome, you get tail motion, wing flaps, facial expressions, it's just not just the bodies moving. Breast physics could be dialed up a touch, but still, the overall presentation is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, there are game over scenes but they're handled in such a way that, at least to me, they're not a turn off (and I'm generally put off by such scenes). The dialogue/personalities presented in each scene are handled well and extremely hot.

Important note, there are sex sounds in this game (moist, skin on skin sounds), which is always important to me. One of the scenes has some background music that is slightly distracting, but at this point I'm just nitpicking.

Gameplay/Combat: 4.5/5

I'm really tempted to give this a 5/5, but the combat doesn't do anything amazing. There's a leveling system, a skill tree, you can change primary weapons, use health pots, and that's about it. Thankfully there's no grind. I've come across one boss so far that's difficult to beat, but after 15ish minutes of fighting I'd gotten the weapon/levels I needed to take him out.

There are screens where progression requires you clicking magnifying glasses on the screen, but it's never much and always works in the story's favor.

Final Verdict: 5/5

It feels pretty much impossible to give this game anything less than a 5 star rating, both on it's own and compared to the other games on this site. Honestly, had I played this a year or two ago, a lot of my game ratings would drop my .5 stars. This game really makes me reconsider what is excellent vs what is just good, and softens my stance on the use of ai cg.

I'm going to have a hard time waiting for future updates. Honestly, this might be one I just ignore for the next year or two, then come back and start fresh with lots more content. When games are this amazing it's really difficult to wait in between updates.

I know times are tough for most people, but these are the sorts of games you support. I just sub'd to the creator's patreon.

Version 0.13a

Succubus Advent exceeded my expectations as an AI rendered limited free roam visual novel with some RPG elements.

The developer makes good use of relatively simple visual and sound effects to create an immersive experience without the need for resource intensive coding and rendering thus ensuring regular frequent updates.

Story
MC lived a simple peasant life with his uncle and childhood friend until a Succubi invasion disrupted the peace. We follow MC on his adventures as he teams up with Aliaza, a rogue Succubus, to thwart the invasion and protect the human realm.

The plot is nothing fancy and fits the glove of typical high fantasy genre, but is pretty impressive for an AI game and the skillful use of visual and sound effects amplifies the story bigger than what it is.

Game Mechanics
There are three parts to the gameplay consisting of the VN part where you need to make the right choice (many choices result in game overs, so be prepared to save often) and the free roam part where you get to investigate and move around maps.

Last but not least is the RPG part with typical levelling up, equipment, skill points etc. The battle mechanics is underdeveloped currently with no clear indication of experience earned in battles and too much grinding just to defeat a small boss, good thing is you can enable "God Mode" which effectively allows you to clear battles quickly without grind.

Background / Character Renders
Backgrounds are the usual AI rendered 2D ones, but the innovative use of simple effects like focus, zoom in / out, cropping, vibrations and micro animations like tree swaying and birds flying make the whole playthrough far more engaging compared to a still picture.

The same goes for the character designs - not exactly the most intricately designed characters out there, but memorable due to the deployment of simple effects to increase interactivity.

Character Development
MC starts off as a simple minded timid peasant and this might put off some players who prefer a stronger protagonist, but at least he seems to get better over time as he gets stronger.

I was under the impression that the childhood friend would be a major LI, but turns out MC's two companion succubi, Aliaza and Leila, are the main LIs so far. Aliaza kind of fits the tsundere trope while Leila is the usual cute but dumb loli stereotype.

Sex Scenes
Interestingly a lot of the sex scenes are available only on game over routes, so be prepared to save aplenty. In line with the story, most scenes are geared toward femdom or at least fem control, so SA is not for those who like to see maledom or romantic love making.

The scenes are beautifully done with very good animations, strong use of sound effects and dirty dialogue to drive the mood. They are well spread out and sprinkled along the way so it doesn't get too frequent or dragged out as you proceed.

BGM and Sound Effects
As mentioned earlier, the developer makes full use of BGMs and sound effects on every turn to supplement the adventure. Try not to play SA without sound as you will be missing out a great deal of the action.

Conclusion
SA is a different take on how to leverage on AI for adult game production. Instead of the usual fast-moving smut centered around some form of NTR, it makes use of micro animations, simple effects and elements of free roam & RPG to create an interactive escapade.

It also avoids overcomplicated free roam sandboxes or battle mechanics to ensure frequent updates to push a credible story forward.

Written surprisingly well and kept me engaged in the plot most the time. I love that each succubus/character has a very different personality than each other. The scenes are great considering the art uses ai assets, I am extremely impressed by how these assets are actually used. The combat is a little clunky at times and grindy at worst, but it's never egregious enough to ruin my enjoyment of the game, I suspect the foundation of the writing and scenes are so solid that you stick with it through some of these moments. On top of that there isn't a ton of combat/gameplay added yet, it's there but right now it's mostly a VN. Actually was disappointed that there wasn't more. I look forward to updates!

So far, so good. I am enjoying the game and the plot. The animation and H are top-notch as well. Characters' personalities are hilarious and seem to be well thought out. The combat system is a solid 7 out of 10. Not boring but not too involved as well, at least not yet.

Is the perfect succubus game . Succubus Advent is an unforgettable dark fantasy experience that perfectly blends action, horror, and seduction. You play as a warrior who finds himself trapped in a nightmarish world ruled by beautiful yet merciless succubi. These creatures don’t just want to kill you—they want to drain every ounce of your life force through deadly pleasure.

Wow!

This VN RPG Adventure is a special gem.

The buildup / story feels so whole, until the end of the prologue its just some nice life on a remote island with its inhabitants and your own little family until it all chances ( no really the setup of the story is really well made)

The quality put into this game is really astounding.
When you read the text that has couple of grammar mistakes, it shows you that this is the work of a guy like you and me and yet the whole experience is so breathtaking.

Usually im not really a fan of VNs unless i really dig whatever is happening, but here it is one of the few where i can stand behind the story.
Really. You have this beautiful sister who's all nice to you cooking you stuff and trying to applease you while you live on that lonely boring island.
Then you learn about magic in this world and shortly after your world gets invaded.
I know sounds kinda forced and fast paced, but in fact its quite the opposite, you play on that island the first lets say good 40-80min, its a really calm paced entry to the world with chat options that make you feel like you're playing a game and what you do matters to the story.

Then there are RPG elements, limited hp, items, levels, a skilltree and useable items you gotta kill multiple enemys to progress your levels and get better weapons but it doesn't take too long and i really enjoy this element in games in general.
The game doesn't throw tens of tens characters at you, instead it goes for quality in the characters and that makes a post apocalyptic scenario in which you feel just home (or at least not home enough so you wanna get back to the people you know)

So far i've only seen one sex scene, and it ended with a gameover but damn.
The Quality again, incredible, visually appealing, textually engaging.
I really wanna recommend this game to anyone who has some time on their hands to explore this world.

So here tldr points:
+ story
+ visuals
+ native english
+ gameplay
+ sexscenes and girls in general


- some grammar mistakes, which add to the charm mostly

verdict: go play it, don't skip thro the story, unless you just want the sex scenes, they're good enough i suppose

hoping to play more of this as i have only played for maybe 4-5 hours but so far the experience is outstanding which is why i wrote this\


edit:
thought i'd add the fact that you don't know weather you live or die during... i should say for the one scene i saw you didn't know weather you die or live throughout which made it more interesting to finish watching and try your options.
normally its easy to just close game when you (the player) finished what he came for, here the game has some great potential to keep you around.

if you remind me i'll update this after i have played it some more

Game's currently rated 4½ stars. That can't be right for something so undeveloped and grindy.

You could spend many hours just reading the text and grinding the generic enemies. None of that is erotic or interesting. You're better off clicking skip and enabling the god mode, which is annoyingly hidden in the options menu (scroll down).
No, there's no succubuses enemies who drain your mana/levels/health as part of gameplay, you just shoot your bow repeatedly. I managed to find 3 erotic events (theres maybe 1 more that I couldnt find) , all of them lead to my instant death... which I understand is some people's kink, but to me there's no part of getting killed thats tempting.
Only really good thing I can say about the game is it looks very nice, and the few scenes that are in the game, while they're a self-destructive choices that are disjointed from the gamplay, they LOOK great.

Can't recommend this is its current form. But I do hope the dev continues improving the game. With more erotic events and less tedious grind it could be something special.

ATTENTION: This is only a provisional review destined for the alpha/EA version,will release a new one when the game is complete,the review takes into account that its barely started. Take it as such!

Pleasantly decent for a game that uses AI graphics,gotta say that the story isnt exactly great nor bad but its not very developed ATM so we cant know for sure how its going to continue,feels grindy and empty but will take this for now as a consequence of it being alpha,story feels rushed and not too consolidated at many times,too many things are far fetched or out of nowhere,characters are so far very generic from the protag to the arrogant succubi who view humans as barbarians and food. Music is ok-ish.

RECOMANDATIONS (for the dev):

-I understand he just started and makes art with AI bc hes not very good,If he were to eliminate this sorry excuse then I guarantee the reception of his game will sky-rocket,AI art also doesnt portray things too accurate and feels out of place.

I like how se scenes,succubi and energy drain are handled but cant help but wonder if its just copy and paste from Succubus covenant.

-Makes characters unique,especially the protag,from so many games both p-games and non p,I cant say that the protag stands out at all,the generic protag with nothing to say he is his own person,replace him with any from any other game and you get the same. Also cliche "2 kids grow up,unrelated but still act like siblings)

-Develop more the story and hit the brakes,things happen too quickly and not enough world-building.

-combat right now is grindy and feels tedious like a wall to further content,not an part of the game,hopefully it will be fixed.

-music is ok-ish but could use more varied and better tracks,important to make them fit the area or story segment they represent.

-better item and skill managment system.

First off i wanna say i know AI can be a tough subject and an impossible pill for someone to swallow as its often associated with people taking the lazy/easy way out by using it. Boy oh boy does this game prove the exact opposite of that....

This review is gonna be based on me playing Chapter 1 of the game, to start off i wanna say I am a HUGE fan of succubi, femdom, energy drain kink. There are not that many games that fill these kinks, even less so ones i would consider good/great, this game is shaping up to be one of the best.

Its very easy to see how much effort is actually going into the game so i am gonna list all the pros and cons i have personally found with the game so far. Needless to say this will include some spoilers, you are warned.

Pros

• The game has great character design, the succubi all look very appealing visually as well as having distinct personalities and i hope this trend continues as more are introduced.
• The animation is pretty good but is also very much emphasized with the cool glow effect with all the colors and sound.
• The mannerisms are what particularly caught my attention, during many interactions and in particular during sex scenes the characters would move their eyes around, their tongues, their mouths would form smirks and grins, they would basically act and react in accordance with whats happening in the scene, which adds immersion.
• The story so far is nothing super original but it still immediately hooks you in and a lot of the work is done by the interesting characters and the interactions the MC has with them. I look forward to exploring more of the background, especially on the succubi society, how they function, what does their society normally look like, all the rulers and subjects.
• The exploration is nice the combat while not my thing can be basically rendered irrelevant by the dev being smart enough and knowing some people just wanna follow the story and get to the good part, so the game has a God mode you can turn on where basically you cant lose an encounter, seriously thank you for that.
• The game gives you a useful tip at the start where you can pick what is basically a walk through on the scenes by choosing how the text appears which goes from it appearing no different than anything else to being a different color as well as how it could end, this is great for people that dont want to accidently avoid a scene and also great for those that dont want to get spoiled on a potential encounter.

Cons

• The only negative thing i can say about the game and this is really a nitpick but it could turn out to be more of a problem in the future is the dev does a nice thing by giving different characters different color text which works for the most part but with some characters it makes it harder to read like the scene with Vilnera whose text appears to be dark purple and blends in a lot with the background so isnt as easy to read as Azielas scene whose text is bright blue.

Thats pretty much it so far, this is honestly a 10/10 game for me, not a perfect game but as close to what I want a perfect game with succubi, femdom and energy drain to look like. Basically if you are like me this game was made for you. I wish the developer all the best and good luck on his project, looking forward to many more chapters and many more gorgous succubi that are gonna take my breathe away, literally.

"This will make a fine addition to my collection" It looks very good so far my only gripe is the use of ai so i hope if they ever get enough money they will ditch using it otherwise i love it just like Succubus Prison Succubus Covenant Succubus Academia and Situation Succ: Inn Elysium but i especially love the way they do energy drain and hope to see more of it :3

Great scenes thus far on (written as of P.003), looking forward to more! The art may be AI but it's considerably better than I expected still.

Combat is okay-ish, somewhat standard RPG but it's so far pretty easy to understand/grasp without a tutorial (I hope they keep it this way), and lets you animation skip which is nice.

Excellent start to a femdom/energy drain, succubus themed game. Uses AICG, but they're well made and augmented with additional VFX so they look nice. Great SFX /ambience. Interesting lore/story hook with personal connections to the MC. Nice combat system, but remains to be seen how it develops. Energy drain scenes in the prologue are superbly done, making me very optimistic for future content. About an hour of content so far if you read and explore branches, give it a try!