VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Summer's Gone [S1 Steam + DLC] [Oceanlab]

Version Ch.3 Final

Last played this in the first release I think ... this game looks so great and especially the mood-shot animations are gorgeous.

Same for all the girls. This game has probably the highest density of hot girls I have ever seen. And the major ones have some nice character building and development.

And that is just the visuals - the story is really great and balances sad and funny tones extremely well.

I dont like to give 5 stars for unfinished games, but I cant find any obvious problems or things to criticize.

A pretty nice surprise. Besides some minor exceptions, the characters have a great personality development. The biggest example was me at start hating Bella and finding Victoria so damn annoying, but after some time I ended up liking them quite a lot. Also the models are quite nice.

My only con is that some ambient lights could be brighter, but nothing that doesn't allow to play (and that barely happens). Also, while the mixed locker was neat, I think it should still have a bit better explanation or even show some level of ressentment by some students. I mean, I know it is a porn game but... yeah. If the goal of the game is to show charisma and emotions, then that fact can't be put aside on a mixed locker imo. Unless it was made on purpose to work as a contrast to the game, I dunno.

Anyway, the character development, and the great work in showing their emotions is the biggest point of the game. The dev made a great work in making a player engaged to the story, and enforces you to have a much bigger conection to the characters before you see the titties. Some slow burn games tend to fail because they lack substance or reason to mantain the player hooked with flow of the story. This one has a quite excepcional show of emotions, changes of pace and atmosphere, that usually go along and fit pretty well with the scene/story.

This is what you should expect from a slow pace game, and even if you don't love slow pace games, you should still give it a try. Looking forward for the next releases, and definitely worth of patron.

Stunning.
The art is amazing. The lighting, staging, models are truly spectacular.
The characters are genuine and unique.
The story and writing are tremendous.
The use of animations and music for setting a mood and storytelling is brilliant.

I hope other visual novel artists see this work and see what is possible. I am eager to see where this project goes.

A masterpiece. I don't know how to describe this game in any other way.

The cg is beautiful, the animations are beautiful, the story is nice, the songs are nice... this game is a solid 10!

Just do yourself a favor and play Summer's Gone.

Really, this is probably the best game I've ever played in this site. And I've played a few. The plot is just awesome. Maybe in the first minutes it looks like we have so much drama to come through, but everything will become more and more interesting in the future. The characters are really deep, awesome renders, good music... and the dialogues are just brilliant. Really fucking brilliant. Some made me laugh a lot, others just feel on point. And yeah, there's no sex escene but man... I don't care if games are so good. Congratulations to the devs, awesome work

OK....

this is a fucking game changer< without doubt the best vn by far and there isnt a single fucking sex scene yet...

the girls/women in this are out of thid world, and the stroy and charater interactions are amazing

honestly this blew me away

fair play devs fair fucking play

Only 3 chapters yet. But boy, are they good! I didn't even realized or cared there's no sex, i just wanted to see where the story will take me next.

1. Great chemistry between MC and Bella.
2. The renders and animations are great
3. The girls look really good
4. Great history

Summer's Gone has the potential to become one of the all time greats, and that's not an exaggeration in the slightest.

Storyline is super unique and interesting (for the most part).
Models are drop-dead gorgeous, environment and graphics are fantastic.
But what really sets this game apart from the 'competition' are characters.

Every character, other than looking freakin' fantastic is different and special in it's own way. It's insane how easy it is to immerse yourself into the game's universe.

One moment I just want to And that's just a small part of it all.

There's still no lewd content per se, but the constant teasing is super hot and really well thought out, which is probably what makes the game so good (hope it continues in this manner).

I truly hope Ocean will continue telling the story his way, without any interference (e.g. Patreon) as this so far has been pure perfection.

Speaking of which, I rarely consider donating money (living in a third world country and all that), but I'll definitely show my appreciation and support over the following months as this game really blew my mind.

Cheers and stay safe!

This game is my favorite AVN!

I have played many, but none as addictive as this, you just want more and more!

The game is story focused, so it's big plus for those who enjoys the story of an AVN game.

All the girls are amazing in their own way, some have more screentime then other, but that will change as the story continues.

I'm not that intereststed in the sex scenes and I don't play it for them, they are just bonus to the story.

The slow build with your favorite girl will be well worth it when the time comes.

If you play and enjoy the story of an AVN and not just for the sex scenes, then you will love this game!

The game has awesome moddels and a grat storry, it can become one of the best games of it's kind. The developer is a good storyteller. I can't wait for more updates of this beautiful and entertaining game

Con: grotesque boobs and asses, some weird haircuts.

I don't know about modern day America, but in my college years (at least in European countries like DDR) none of the college girls had such mammoth boobs and asses. Most of the girls were actually skinny, having normal or small boobs and buttocks. So I really wish the devs were more realistic and had better taste in human beauty.

As well, the second haircut of the MC is a bit too much. Not just gay-like but not realistic at all.

Pro: the story is really good.

A bit depressive beginning turns into healing; with beautiful manifestations of friendship and affection.

Very good writing. There are many choices and visual details.

Many characters, all quite interesting. Girls are so pretty that even those boobs and asses can be tolerated.

(Version Ch.3)

I don't usually write review, but the amazing story telling is something else here

I player countless games on this websites, and i'm not saying the best game there is, but it is defensively up there

Story 10/10 - Amazing story, that draws you in the world, there is no useless dialog that makes you feel as if it's there just to be there, the story telling and getting to the point was perfekt.

Animation 8/10 - Even though there is no sex scenes, but man the animation is beautifully done, can't wait to see it action.

Graphics 9/10 - All the characters are beautifully done, there is some generic designs, but all the characters are so unique in personality that it doesn't really matter.

Overall, 10/10 game that I will be keeping an eye on for future developments, all the luck ♥.

Seriously one of the best games that I have ever played. Obviously there aren't any sex scenes yet, but honestly, that is not a negative. Summer's Gone has such a captivating story that immerses you right into that world. It's so good that cheap sex scenes, that come easy to the protagonist like in most games on this site, would honestly bring the quality of the story and game down.

The art is flawless. Every character is beautiful in their own unique way. Can't say enough good things about the art. Pretty damn close to a perfect game. I can only think of two negatives, and they are pretty nit-picky.

The newest update had some grammatical errors. Nothing too bad... I'm guessing the creator's first language isn't English. It wasn't anything that took you out of the story, and I only noticed it in the new update, not the first two. And lastly, there was a large hiatus in between the last two updates. I hope that was just a one time thing, because this game is way too good to get abandoned.

Absolutely fantastic, one of the best in a while.
The character design is great. Girls are well proportioned. Story is believable and the variety of girls should cover everyone's liking.
At the very first glance, you have much apprehension about this game, but once you start to play it, you will not leave your screen. The renders overall are top notch with amazing animations.
This game just increased my desire to become a patreon. Seriously though, for such a brilliant masterpiece, we should support the dev. Huge thanks for this game. Keep it up! Can't wait for the next updates.

Also images in the OP don't quite represent game's quality since the most recent chapter has much better renders.

(Warning, the following content may contain spoilers)
I really like this game , the first two chapters are still a bit rough, the graphics in the third chapter are real gem quality, and the story and the characters are very impressivet, i am not an English native so I had to spend 6-7 hours to read every line word by word from Chapter 1 to Chapter 3 , I don't do this often, most of game’s dialogue on this site I'll just 'skip it', and this is why I am also very worried about this game at the same time.
Because the branch of each character and the consequences of the options you have selected looks will cause very different consequences, and each option has a lot of contentthese to play. This really shows a very big picture--maybe too big.
Meanwhile , the game lacks very hot scenes, i'm not sure if this will attract enough people to provide support to let the maker to continue to complete this game.
Finally, let's talk about the story. The overall tone of the story is close to reality, it doesn’t look like will have something like harem in the future , in other words, we have to choose a girl and give up other girls in the end. Or even worse, we have to face NTR. I think I have seen this trend in the game now(e.g. Let Jeff take over MC to protect Nami). I have to say, I am struggling with this. My bottom line for this is that other girls can eventually be with other guys, but please don't describe the sexual scenes between them, please. The reality of the real world is reality enough, maybe we can be 'less reality' in the game word.
Of course, the above are my personal opinions and suggestions, and you can hold different opinions about this for sure.All in all, I would recommend this game to all players.

Summer's Gone chapter 3. We waited for this for a whole year and it's so WORTH IT

Story: 4.5/5 Great plot without cliche. Very unusial MC who definetely got my attention from very first minute. Storytelling is quite usual but it definetely keeps your attetion. Also Good humour is one of bright sides of SG. But some characters are not fully developed for now and i simply can't see their motives.

Graphics: 6/5 No words just see this screenshots! Great improvent after ch2. Also i want to mention cinematics - they are SO GOOD

Music: 3/5 Sometimes SG becomes like a simple Ren'Py novel without any sound. Even some ambient could give extra points to atmosphere. BUT music which is in SG now fits perfectly

Overall Summer's Gone is very good game with potential to become great. Definetely must play if you're not afraid of actual 0 lewd content in game)

Wow, what can I say. No porn, but what a game. I can say I am very impress. It is one of the best animation I have seen. I think is more about the perfect moment the animation is done at the perfect time. I really like the last animation, went the sister was helping the main character for the date with Bella and after you see Bella mom give a kiss on Bella front head. Just to see both the two scenario was very well done and professional. I give a Big kudo for the story line and the animation.

Ch 3 final

There is only one negative aspect:
I don't like the look of the mc.

Positive - Everything else.
For a CH 3 episode there is a lot of content.
Very good story building, with many different characters (there is a but .... see below).
Good renders.
Perfect models.

I don't care that there are no sex scenes until now, the story makes up for it.
But I really fear that I need much more than one playthrough when this is finished. There are just too many interesting girls (in different ways, looks, personality and so on) and I don't think this will be a harem fuck fest.

That will leave the dev with rendering a lot different scenes and will probably (sadly) result in even longer update times.

Thanks for this and keep up the good work!

Review for Chapter 3 Final version. No spoilers.

A warning: I wouldn't consider this game as my type of game. So, some negative points I will make in this review will reflect that. But before going further, i have to mention that i totally respect and understand how many others loved the game and perhaps this can guide others as to if this game can fit them or not.

The good:

The photography, the graphics and the scenes all look excellent and very well above average. You get good angled shots with proper lights and effects to accentuate the emotions portrayed by the character.

The characters are excellent, with various recognizable traits that make them interesting to read and to see. They have various, well-made expressions and body poses which greatly enhance the connection with the characters instead of lifeless looking dolls seen in most other VN games.

The dialogue is very well made and characters have appropriate reactions, jokes and grounded responses that fit their persona.

All of that combined with a few, well-made videos and decent animations, it's an overall excellent game visual and writing wise.

I absolutely appreciated how i never felt forced to take any choices in the game. You can pick what you feel is right and pick stuff that interest you (I.E; you can choose to date a girl or not). So you don't have to worry about getting a game over screen, picking up relationship points or some other BS.

The bad:

The lack of lewd scenes is an obvious one.

Now now, i get it. It's not a fappy game, it's not a game meant to portray a bunch of perverts having scenes on the first occasion they get to. And i know that the literal first thing the game open to is a warning about this.

Despite this i always felt that i was missing something, and the long buildup i've gone through didn't go nowhere. I want to interact more with the characters and get personal. But i know very well i will need to wait a long time before being able to do that. Which lead to my next point.

At the time of this review (23 January 2021) the game has come out in May 8th 2019 on F95. That's 20 months and 15 days total. Yet we only have about 3 hours of playtime with no H-scenes beside some nudity. This only tells me that it will surely take years for this story to be anywhere complete and completely enjoyable, especially due to the time-consuming method of rendering unique still scenes one at a time.

And i can't stop but feel disappointed when i think about this.

Finally, the melodramatic aspect felt irritating near the end of the game. I get it, things were bad and many of the characters all had trauma and emotional scars because of it. But since there isn't really a pause about it and doesn't look like it will stop in future updates, it can cause a deconnection to the story because it's all so grim and depressing about it.

Life is all about the dark and good moments. The bad ones amplify and differentiate it from the good ones and provide them with value. But you have to have some good moments for that. When it's all dark, melodramatic and mysterious about it, it gets tiring and irritating. You want people to enjoy the experience, not come out of it all shitty and depressed.

Conclusion:

Despite all of that, it's obvious it's a quality game that is way different from the bunch and strive to eventually give great content. It's most definitely not my cup of tea. If you think it's yours, have at it. You will have a great time.

A VN that is extremely thought-provoking... whatever next? I feel like I have just been kneed in the emotional ball bag after being treated to a visually-stunning and gloriously complex plot. Oh look, its by the same author (Ocean) that does Where It All Began. Nice... really nice!