VN - Ren'Py - Summer Scent [v0.6.6a Steam] [The Naughty Captain]

Review for 0.4.1



This is a game that I truly enjoyed reading. Which I find exceedingly rare in the lewd game genre. It's by far the greatest aspect of the game, just behind the renders.

There is excellent care for writing and perfect pacing. The characters are interesting, surprising, yet give very believable answers and reactions to various events in the game. They are smart, actually, say meaningful and logical things. There are just enough words to give something to read and to convey the story efficiently, but not too many so it becomes tedious, uninteresting, and indigestible.

The renders have an excellent composition. There is good lighting, good poses, good facial, and body expressions. The environment, props, and shots are good-looking and obviously made with an emphasis on quality over quantity.

For the averages now.

The gameplay mechanics use the usual, gain affection/corruption points by choosing different types of dialogues. So you can be more submissive, dominant, lustful, or romantic depending on what you choose.

This is a system that I usually dislike since it forces the player to choose the "good" options to get the scenes, which render the whole thing useless in the first place because if you pick any other choice, you don't get the scenes or worst content.

Now i used the walkthrough mod to avoid this issue and pick up the "good choices". So i was able to clearly know what choices do what. But it is something to keep in mind for the dev.

But in this game, it's actually done semi-right, as the different choices will often actually give you different scenes and allow you to continue the game correctly. It's not a good system, but in this case, it's rather functioning well so I'll give it a pass.

The biggest cons would probably be the segmentation of the lewd content. Most of the content is reserved strictly for particular routes. So you get divided content over multiples routes, so it may lead you to not seeing much actual lewd scenes for whatever route you choose. It also can be much harder for a dev to properly sprinkle the lewd content over many routes, which can lead to extended dev time and inconsistencies in the actual content since the dev has to provide not for one or two "main" routes, but possibly 4-5-6 and even more routes, take into account which choices the players made at what time and so on...

I can already see how this influenced the game. It seem that despite the being out for a year now as i write this review, there isn't that much content in the game yet.

In the long run, i fear this can cause more harm than good.

Otherwise, this is an excellent game with a amazing potential for the future.

Its good, the writing is ok and the renders are also ok, i like the characters especially the twin, she is really well written. The only thing that is disappointing is the lack of lewd content and how short it is at the moment. Still, its worth trying out.

I thought the game was a 4,5. , it was consistent, kind of slow and simple story, nothing intricate , quite balanced in every aspect and no crinbge throwing me off.

PROS:
The girls look natural and hot, not excessive fantasy like voluptuous, even though Cassie is noticeable voluptuous.
Eve is slim, but still hot without the need of a 42 inch ass.
Clothes fit well, not perfect, but looks good.

The pushup thing adds some eyecandy.

Textures and lighting and composition, i guess that is used here?

Posing is good, im a sucker for wholesome and i can feel it, call it dynamics or whatever, makes me believe what writing is trying to sell, makes me care about characters and become invested in them.

It is a pretty decent romance novel with relatable characters, even plots, and has a nice pace, is really consistent, and makes total sense the way things happen.

CONS:

Cassie black eyes are noticeable in various lighting conditions, also the face texture at the same time becomes dull .

Body textures look low res or upscaled from close shots, they get the job done but they lack detail.

The Eve arc could take a little longer to unfold, the problems go away too fast, still good, but since the game is slow it could delay the "truth revealing" a little more.

The dream scene, i hate dreams, cause they are way too realistic and they basically foreshadow or spoil things that maybe are not going to happen for a while or never. (i skipped it)

And lastly theres some sequences that maybe could use one or 2 extra renders like when Cassie is waking up Eve sleeping on the couch, or in the kitchen when Cassie talks about she not being able to keep her ass in shape.

This one is what made me round down instead of up. Havent seen any sex cause i skipped the dream, maybe it will improve the score, i hope...

EDIT:
After finishing the game i must say first that i followed love path as strictly as possible. Following that path theres only a dream , and one HJ scene, and is 2 trokes and cumming, thats it.

So i checked the gallery and i saw there are "sex" scenes for both Eve and Cassie that i didnt watch in my playthrough, and came to the conlcusion that those belong to other routes. Maybe asshole/and dom-sub routes? And that, as for 0.4.1 is a mayor downside cause i havent seen it in tags, and most of the content is there.
More specificically 4 of 7 scenes for Cassie, and 2 of 10 for Eve, so its pretty safe to say there is a BIAS in this game that was not advertised, and in my opinion, is gonna weight down the final score.

I just finished version 0.4.1 and Have to say this is one of my favourite VNs so far, may be Top 3

The Romance is very well done, and adorable.
The Characters have a lot of depth, MC is not some Pussy Magnet nor he is a Player, He is an average guy, quite relatable.
The sister seemed annoying at first but as we get to know her, She became more and more likable, wonderfully written.

Cassie is just a sweetheart, really like her just as much.

Very well written VN, give it a try once.

Well done Dev

Reviewing: ver0.41
One of the better games out there. You, the main protagonist, for most of your life believed in various ill rumors directed to your sister and her best friend, straining the relationship with your sister. In the course of the game you learn that those accusations are in fact false causing you to try and rebuild your relationship. The rest of the game will be about trying to help your sister avoid two guys who seemingly drugged her and have implied to rape her. Sadly there is no music to enjoy the game with but the rest of the game is well made with a nice save system, many decisions to make, and good looking models and renders. The game has 3 paths with dealing with your sister and her friend. they are being a dom with the friend of your sister, having your sister be a sub and just straight up being friends with them and thus having no sexual content with them. Later in the game they introduce another female character but it remains to be seen if it is to be a romance option. I felt that it sounded off to have you be a normal friendly person to them but act like a complete dom from choosing a specific choice when the situation presents itself. In short a great solid game, with some overlookable and minor inconsistencies. Looking forward to more

Game version: [v0.4.1]

I really like this game, even though it's one of those you have to play with a walkthrough and that usually annoys me. There is a good walkthrough mod at least. The renders are beautiful and I appreciate the effort put into making unique looking characters. The look of the sister isn't really my cup of tea, but it's still nice to see something different from the usual stock models.

The writing is pretty good and the dialogue changes for different paths and decisions really make you feel like your choices have an impact. Not to mention the wholly different rendered scenes you get from time to time.

My only gripe with the game is the femdom path. I like femdom and I like the character of the "friend" in this game, so I was looking forward to this the most, but it just didn't work for me. I know there is some backstory explaining why she acts the way she does (which you only get on a different path, which is also a problem) but her actions just seem to come out of the blue and seem really out of character for a sexually inexperienced girl.

Even if she had a natural tendency towards being dominant or experiences of watching femdom related stuff, it just progresses into very hardcore and advanced territory way too quickly. I like femdom, but the cum eating and pegging stuff isn't really what I'm into, especially when you jump right into it without any buildup. You basically go from massaging her feet to getting a footjob and licking up your cum to letting her fuck you with a dildo within a day or two.

I suppose femdom is hard to get right for everybody because it encompasses so many other fetishes and practices and you are bound to piss off somebody, which is why a lot of femdom games let you opt out of certain fetishes. I feel this path would have been improved greatly with a couple of different options or by just keeping it a little more vanilla.

In general it feels like it's the most binary path, in that you either do everything she says or you break it. Which I guess makes some kind of internal sense for femdom, but it also means if you aren't into everything she says it kind of ruins the path for you.

I also feel like the MCs inner monologues on the femdom path were weird. To the point that I wondered whether the dev only put this path in to have more content and actually hates it. It feels super weird to consistently choose every femdom option, but the MC fights you all the way and keeps going "why am I doing this? this is so fucked up."

I mean there's also some of that griping about wanting to fuck his sister, but at the end of the day he still always comes around to "yeah, no, I do want her" while with the femdom path it feels kind of more judgmental. It also makes the MC seem schizophrenic.

Idk, basically I feel like the whole femdom path is kind of a clusterfuck, even if you are into the specific sex acts you get to perform. The good news is that all of the other paths don't have these problems and I enjoyed all of those.

But since this review is already way too long I should bring up my one other gripe, because why not. There is that one scene where you have the option to look at the friend's ass in the kitchen and if you do she will catch you and become super mad at you, in a really weird and uncharacteristic way.

Like, before that point she is a constant tease towards you, she even catches you spying on your sister in the shower and is fine with it. She's been walking around in a bikini in front of you and she's only wearing underwear in the kitchen, but suddenly looking at her ass is a hanging offense and you have to apologize like five times so she's only half mad at you when the scene ends.

That was fucking stupid and just felt like a scene thrown in there to have some drama and something to do. It didn't fit her character at all and it should be rewritten.

The only other gripe I have is that it's a silent game. It only takes a couple of hours to pick out some nice royalty free music and match it up with the game, I feel like that adds a lot to making a game come alive, so why not do it?

Well, that was a lot of bitching for a game I think is very good, but maybe some of it is helpful.

The premise of this game is very generic. Coming-of-age guy that's been left alone in his house for a week, cute sister although he's estranged with her, cute sister's friend that comes to spend the week with them… We've seen it plenty of times. I don't even know why I started playing it. But damn, I'm so fucking glad I did.

The writing is top-tier. It's not shallow at all, but it doesn't try too hard either, it's on the perfect level of depth for the kind of story being told. The guy is relatable (even if I don't have anything in common with him), and the girls maintain certain level of reality, considering that this is erotic fiction. The art, even if it looks generic at first (I've seen that pool before), is also spot on, and anyway the story pulls you enough to not care too much about reused assetts.

And last but not least, the power dynamics. Holy hell. Seeing proper femdom is already very rare, and it's very well executed (if you don't like the acts, there are hundreds of games that don't feature it, move on). But having the possibility of simultaneously have a dominant relationship, and a well executed one? Wow. And all alternate routes in between, they're all fantastic.

El Naughty Capitán knows his stuff! Will be looking forward for the upcoming updates.

Great game with good renders. Personally prefer Cassie and her femdom route but the game also offers romance routes with both characters and maledom with Eve. Its a great game with a variety of paths.

I did not expect this game to be this good. I ended up with having almost no scenes at all, but could not stop because of how good the plot is. The characters are believable, interesting, complicated and behave like actual human beings. As of v0.4 this feels like an actual gem in the world of vn. I just wish there would be more games like this and/or they would be easier to find.

[v0.4.1] (good idea, stole that from Desmosome)

This is my first review of a game on this site, so forgive me if it is lacking in proper detail.

At first I was alarmed by some of the dialogue, thinking maybe Eve was indeed a slut, and her friend was as well. Fortunately I continued the story progression to learn that is not true, and through believable dialogue/choices, I came to better understand the history of the characters. The choices of the MC from that point forward would influence the actions of the other characters.

I continued to play the game a few times without using the walkthrough and ran into some experiences I did not care for personally. That was fine with me, I would just restart the game or go to a previous save and alter my choices. I personally feel that some people need to be more open minded to kinks that others have. I'm not saying to enjoy it, but to allow it without taking it personally, and just move on.

What I like most about this game is the dialogue and replayability. I have probably gone through about 10 or more times and still come into different dialogues (I don't use the "skip unseen text" option, so I can run into unseen text).

Honestly the choices and ability to try different routes really adds to the amount of content in the game, and I implore everyone to try the different routes whether it suites their desires or not, because you will learn more about each character through the various routes.

I give this game a 4.8/5

Renders: Beautiful, just look at Eves intro (the veins) - 5/5
Story: Believable and engrossing - 5/5
Bugs: No crashing or any issues - 5/5
Content: 5/5
Choices: Could maybe use an ingame mod to help newer players. Or an ingame hint system for scene unlocking. 4.5/5.

Love the game, and love how open the dev is communicating with his fans, patreons or not.

Hopefully once this is complete he continues his work.

[v0.4.1]

Goodness gracious! This game does the most convincing incest Dom story I've seen since this unfortunately abandoned game. Well there are many different routes, but the one I chose for the sister is where she is submissive but still loves and trusts the MC. There is also pure love routes and pure submissive routes among others for the sister, but I have not explored those yet.

Those into incest male dom stuff probably knows how rare it is for a game to have actual believable scenarios for how the dom/sub relationship develops. Sometimes it's as simple as showing them the magic cock. Sometimes it's just blackmail. More often, some type of mind control. Not that I don't like those tropes, but a realistic approach backed by deep characters and excellent dialogue writing is very very rare.

Don't listen to the reviews calling the MC a simp or whatever. The MC is a fairly typical virgin high school kid at the game start. Not a loser beta cuck. Not a nerdy cringy perv (he is a perv though lol). Not a casanova. Or a jock trope. Not the popular magnetic kid on top of the high school hierarchy. Just a typical dude with a bit of a cynical tone in his commentary. That might seem like a simp to some people, but he will react as anyone would in situations. If you pick choices that doesn't go down so well with the girls, the MC will apologize or try to salvage the relationship. He's not gonna double down and be like "bitch what?"

That said, this game absolutely isn't just a "pick the right answer to farm points" type of game. The choices matter. At least half the choices in the game will set some type of flag. Point cutoffs and flags together can drastically alter the relationship and paths that are taken. And these choices really shape the MC and characters in different ways.

The beauty of it is that all the different paths are just showing different aspects of the same characters! They don't just suddenly turn into a different person. We are just learning, exploring and encouraging a certain side of them. Needless to say, the writing is impeccable.

In short, this is a VN with absolutely top notch writing and excellent coding that provides a plethora of route choices.

Excellent game with intelligent writing and engaging characters. Definitely one of my top ten.

The story, although seemingly simple at first, starts with the MC, and his sister, Eve, spending a week in their home with the sister's best friend, Cass, in the absence of adult supervision. MC and his sister have been estranged for years due to her alleged slutty behaviour, but soon, Cass, the best friend, reveals that it was just rumors and it might not be too late to mend things between siblings. And of course, the best friend is cute as a button too, and maybe things could evolve in that direction too.

So as you can see, it begins as a pretty classic adult game plot, but what really set Summer Scent apart from other less than good games is that your choices matter. A lot. Most of your choices will give you love/dom/sub points with the girls, and a few other answers will be crucial to lead you toward one route or another.

I've read a lot of players whining complaining about how the game makes you a spineless sub or that it is complicated to follow one route or the other. Well, if you make choices that make your character act like a spineless sub, maybe the fault lies in you? I think it tells more about you than it does about the game being "bad". The need for a walkthrough, although I can understand the fear of missing things, is in my opinion superfluous. There are notifications about the kind of points you earn for each answer, and then you just have to be logical and use your brain. Not the lower one.

In my main playthroughs, I went for the love routes for both girls at the same time, or love route for Cass coupled with Domination route with Eve. And it's really a credit to the game that these playthroughs, although a bit similar when it comes to Cassie's love route, really show two completely different aspects of Eve and the MC in their relationship, while being pretty consistent. I even tested the femdom route with Cassie (not my thing), and it gives you a glimpse of her personality which is also consistent with what you can learn in the love route. Kudo to the author!

Graphically, I have nothing but compliments to give. The graphics are up there, each girl has something that makes her unique (not just the same old model), besides being totes cute, and the general lighting/composition/attention to details is streets ahead compared to most other games.

tl;dr Don't listen to the whining brats and play this gem (without any walkthrough if possible). Just enjoy it!

This game should be called simp trainer.

Pretty much the whole game is designed to make the MC a simp, everything he does is wrong everything he says is wrong and each time he has to apologise making him more and more pathetic.

The "sister" could have done all the things the rumours say and the "friend" could just be lying so they can mess with MC but master simp MC is happy to believe anything she says and 100% change based on one conversation with no proof which even if it was true the "sister" has been a bitch to MC for years.

Panty sniffing and dialog like this "theres really nothing i can do besides being there and watch over her... if she allows me to.", "i obviously do not have the right to know what has been bought." really does make the MC in this game the most pathetic i have ever seen.

Art is good and it runs great but the story is boring and very obvious.

Really like the story,dev is nice, characters are well though (imo),eve's modeling is nice,not a big fan of Cassie but she is nicely done as well,only complaint is game is short but we know there will be future updates so it's all good,overall nice game humble dev nice characters 5/5

Played 0.41 version of this game and I have mixed feelings.

First of this game has a lot of options. Basically options direct either your sis or her friend.

And here is my problem: I aimed for sis but because options I chose weren't optimal I missed her and her friend. Yeah, so I played porn game and had zero sex on it.

Unfortunately this seems to be one of those games that has 100 options but something only 5 of them matters. And you can't know which 5 options are crucial unless you read the walktrough.

If you like playing game while holding manual this has plenty of outcomes and options. If not this is not for you.

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This vn should be on the first page of trending game. It's very underrated. Having few character and focus on them I think is best decision dev has been taken.
The character models and their personality are very attractive especially the sister. Short hair suit her best.
Overall, It's perfect. This game is really good

This is another Well thought out, Well written and well designed AVN.
The chemistry between the MC and sister and her friend are very well done.
Love the choice system can lead to different outcomes. Definitely worth a play through! Keep up the great work, will watch and support!

This game is great! Truely great!

For starters, the story is good, it takes you all the way and you can't stop playing. The characters are well written and there is no inconsistency at all. You do care for them and get involved in their story that's a great game only for that.

The graphs are somewhat gorgeous but not the best, i do appreciate but there's some better games for that outhere. For my playthrough i got a little sex so that's a little 1/2 star less for my ratings so far.


But oh man!!! The choice's gameplay mechanic is awesome, top level if i say so myself. Just looking to the walktrough and you get the idea! That's a F maze of choice and decisions! Generally i play only once for an unique experience any game like this one but for once i'm so curious about the others stories i'm missing. Probably i'm gonna do a second run for curiosity sake! It is the best game of this site for this kind of content according to me. And i tried a lot ^^ So the rating is boosted by at least 1or 2 stars just for this.

So for my own taste that's a 5 stars game but if you like more sex with less story development (or less impactfull choices) it's probably a 3.5 stars.

Review as of [v0.4.1]; May 2020

I'll be honest, I got somewhat bored with the Eve route and I restarted BUT: I really loved the love route with Cassie. It was by far my favourite route (I liked it so much that i tried her other route, but it wasn't as nice ) and it makes me look forward to playing this again in the future.

Cassie is certainly a very cute girl (Eve is fine but I'm not that much into incest and I just find Cassie more beautiful) Also, the story is quite well thought out and there is a lot of content. There are lots of options although at times I felt like the MC's thought were somewhat forced (not something I would think in his place).

Renders are good, I don't know if there is sound since I had my computer muted. Definitely a game to watch.