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

It's a generic Visual Novel with click to see next slide gameplay about a young emo-guy in college and plenty of hot girls around him that basically fell all in love from the first sight (magic big dick syndrome.) There's some amount of relationship building choices (be nice, be rude etc.) with at least 5 of those girls with love/hate points system that doesn't do anything (so far all those choices lead to nowhere.) Maybe in later episodes it will turn into any sort of adult game but as for now (episode 3) there's absolutely no lewd content at all (which is just really weird.) Dev wants to tell a story (slow burn) but forgets it's an adult game after all and this it's just missed opportunities that i doubt he'll make up later in the story as putting 5 or 10 sex scenes in final episode would be just weird and out of place (sadly, it looks like the route the dev has chosen.) All those relationship building choices boil down to two routes: dark or dominating and light or friendly. The light part is just be nice to every girl and maybe in future episodes (that will come out in couple of years) you will get a kiss or something. The dark part is straight up shooting people or saying you'll kill them (#weird).
This game wouldn't really be worth playing if not for all those pretty girls around. There's plenty of them (harem building potential) in fact there's so many, they don't all get the attention and only one or two (Bella, Nami) are really fleshed out. The rest are just supporting characters that come and go and nothing really happens. As for art, all those girls look hot but some faces look different every episode as quality of those renders changed. You can tell that making this game took some time and judging by the update schedule and number of multiple routes there are, I really doubt it will ever get finished. And even if it will, it'll take so much time, people will probably forget about it. This long-term projects should only be released as finished products. There were so many of those ambitious games that were developed for many years only to be suddenly abandoned and left so many people blue-balled that i wouldn't get my hopes up just yet.

this is a review of summer's gone chapter 3.5 beta fixed

i know that there's a newer version of this game at the moment of posting, but this is the version that i played, and i have no intention of getting back to this game.

story - 1/5 described by most of the reviewers as great, original, realistic... is actually the weakest point of the game. i can't say that it isn't original, in a way, compared to other typical college games. everything else is total disaster.
- is it neccessary to wait for 4-5 updates to find about what happened with summer and mc ?
- nojiko is a doc yet she waited for 5 years to do something about mc's mental condition ? all of the sudden she has money to finance two college freshmen, and the most expensive "elite" psycho therapist ?
- traffic accident is total mess in graphic and literal sense. probability of 3 persons meeting in a rainy early morning near mc's house is zero. later we see that maja drived mc to distant location to visit victoria, which means that victoria doesn't have a reason to be there, except if she's crazy about the same bread rolls as nami ? marla's car is first at the left side of the road, then magically in the middle, than on the right side, and finally we can see it in another position when police car arrives. victoria was hit to her right side, yet she flew through the air like she was fired from the catapult, and landed in a position parallel to the crosswalk ? no visible injuries on her bodies ? mc's going from "she is not badly injured" to "let's cut her veins to end her suffering" ? then mc's get a chance to shoot at marla from point blank right into her face. no matter the gun was loaded with blanks, shots from that distance can injure and traumatize the targeted person. police officer that arrived at the scene is a total idiot not warning mc and marla not to leave the place of the accident. mc is going even further by disturbing the scene, he's stealing a purse (wallet) with victim's id, and he's running from the place !??? really ?
- btw dev used 3 complete sentences from a copyrighted mainstream game by bioware/ea !
- next messy/ ridiculous scene is in the hospital which looks more like a travel agency lounge. no direction signs, nurse on the reception dressed casually (naked belly, no uniform), bunch of chicks in shorts posing around... then you get info that victoria is in operating room, and that her room 430 is floor below? there you hear from maja that someone also threatened to kill victoria, yet mc enjoys his freedom, he's not arrested nor interrogated ? and the culmination is when nurse drives the wheelchair with veronica from operating room. she's conscious and in her pajama !??
- more nonsens a day later, marla in her usual "terminator mode", no signs of trauma, yet she crippled victoria day before, and mc shot blanks at marla's face?
- hope you enjoyed in cuddling sessions with amber (therapist), what an elte therapist. btw she can't handle her own daughter. amber is actually a very bad, and unprofessional psycho therapist unable to protect her patients privacy.
- than we have some "splinter cell" covert action with bella and mc entering, stealing and damaging property of some bad rich guys. wow !
- we have more of a james bond style scene in the restaurant with same characters. another wow !
- what about marla the super teacher ? she informed the students that she's going to be their teacher for most of their courses ???
- i can go like this like forever, but to me it's enough to see how unrealistic and immature the plot/writing actually is.

render quality:
chapter 1-2 obsolete graphics 2/5;
chapter 3-3.5 improved graphics 5/5
- nami is a redhead with a face ful of freckles, yet her body is like milk ?
- about wounds, or even better untreated looklike wounds on mc and sasha. let's say that mc was just grazed in the fist fight, because a hit in the jaw results in tko, almost always. grazed or not, the wound like mc's bleeding like hell, and needs stiches. sasha's scar looks like a work of a blade/knife, and it looks super fresh and untreated, too ?

characters: 3/5 variety of mentally and physically crippled characters, psychopats, sociopats. they are more complex than in most of other games.

sex scenes: 0/5 i know about the dev's ingame warning, but i'm still expecting that game has some sex after 3-4 updates.

animations: 5/5 but pointless because there are no sex scenes and animations of trees, leaves and bugs do not give me a hardon.

choices: 0/5 why zero ? because mc is forced to do so many things that are very important to story, no matter how lame story is.

updates frequency: 1/5 an update or two in a year is very bad thing.

with 30 chapters planned by the dev, and the fact that he didn't finish his first game, i do not see any sense in playing or supporting this game.

game deleted, thread ignored.

This game is a masterpiece. It's not your typical AVN where you get to be with everyone who's available. To be happy, the MC must face his anxiety, hopelessness, internal conflicts. The story has somewhat a dark undertone to it. After a tragic incident, the MC feels numb, and unresponsive towards strangers. He has two women in his life, his mother and his sister.

The college year is about to start as we begin our journey, and the MC must take his first real journey to the world outside of his comfort zone. He hasn't stepped a foot outside for two months and we will witness a beautiful story full of love, hate, melancholia and mystery.

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This game has a very special place in my heart. I feel angry towards myself because that I hadn't started playing this game earlier. If you enjoy a rich story, good renders and a MC cut from a different cloth, you have to give this game a chance.

Warning: The game has no sex scenes as of Chapter 3.5. Keep that in mind.

When it's good, it's really good.

But it's hampered every now and then by the slow pacing, the writing and characterization sometimes seeming too OTT which ruins the immersion and lack of balance between various girls' screentime and character development.

I'll come back to this in a year or two and revise rating accordingly, a 3.5/5 for now.

Gorgeous graphics, gorgeous girls. Excellent score/scene music. Some animated cut scenes. Don't know where our hero's journey is headed, but where ever it is, the eye candy will be top-shelf. No sex yet, but a lot of hot girls and a fair bit of nudity. Get/use the walkthrough.

This is a real game. Not just a simple Renpy off the mill game , but a real story with music, feelings and characters you can relate to.
Although there is no sexual content yet (3.5) it is still an excelllent VN in regards of story- and characterbuilding.
Looking foward to more updates

Well, nothing to say much its the "best thing "on this site:
Renders= second to none
Story = still early , but very promising
Characters= each and everyone has a personality, they are not just. mindlessly present in the game.

And my most favourite is the background and depth created with the music and complexity of mc and the others.

If you haven't played and it just because their is no intimate scene, then i can assure you that you won't even release that while playing the game.

only thing i want from this game is keep doing what it is doing right now and don't try to indulge more in the college side of game. These characters are soo well written that their personal lives are more interesting than some random school event.
(therapy session are the best )

The story of this game is just so amazing. The MC is so interesting. As for RO Bella is most interesting so far ,but maybe its because other girls are not that developed. All in all i think this game has a lot of potential .

I must say the storytelling is very good. I couldn't stop reading. As a sex game... 0/5 stars. It's hard to sell a sex game as a sex game with 0 sex. They took the time to make this really good story with beautiful renders and no payoff whatsoever. It's not even a slow burn, it's a no burn. It seems like it could be an amazing game, but it's too early... even though it takes hours to get through. I might play this game in like 5 years...

One of the Best game
What can I say.... The game is beautiful, very well written, has a great soundtrack, is very well written, has a story which is so far very promising and lastly it really is very, very well written.

great story
great artwork & soundtreak
amazing 3d work
must play

I didn't know how much i need this till i played the game. Yes, there's no sex scenes. If thats what you're here for, go for a hike buddy.
You want a taste of reality tho, at its finest? Hit the download button, you wont regret it.

This game is amazing. I have to say it's one of the best adult visual novel games I've played. The plot is very engaging and the visuals are top-notch. The only down side is that the time between updates are quite long because the dev is working on this game as well as remastering an older game at the same time. However, he is a very dedicated guy who always want to make his work as good as possible, and it really shows by the quality of his products.

Easily the best game on this site if you search for adult novels with excellent renders. There is an actual story besides sex, and the MC isn't some unrealistc horny teenager that wants to fuck everything. Depending on some of your choices you will see different scenes or they play out diffrently. Also the progress that Ocean made in terms of renders and writing in the last two years, in my opinion - that's for certain not objectiv, is insane.

I normally don't do reviews but I have to balance out the crap that was posted right before me.

3.5 Review

The developer note says "This is a story-focused game with adult elements."
A more accurate description would be "This is the story of some random girls you'll probably get to make out with in 2 or 3 years"

This is yet another average attempt at writting a novel, yes it's one tier above your random fanfiction but that doesn't make it a game, much less a good game.
How many dramatic backstory of some still picture can you actually follow ?
Find a random women on google image, her mother has cancer, her dog died, she got fired.
Yeah that's the game.

I would give it 1*, but I can't call out the random 5* reviews and give it 1*. It gets 2* because it has decent renders.
I'll come back to this review in a few patches, so probably a year or two, for some reason no sex scene means updates take longer than your average Game.

Have you ever felt like the void would get you at the end of a videogame (chapter 3,5), like you don't know what to do with your life anymore, after completing a wonderful journey like that one, sitting on your chair in your darkroom, in silence?? I have this situation only after Mass Effect. And now.
Bella. I think this character is on top3 of these kinds of games.

Can't wait for the next release!

10/10 Characters

Main plot is going slow but it feels very natural with tons of other events happening just like irl.
The cinematics are gorgeous and the character models keep getting better with every new update. Especially Ayua. Characters also have new clothes every other day which is a very nice thing to see.

All in all, I fuck with it. Top tier game. Update schedule makes me cry but the updates when they do hit make the wait worth it ngl.

One of the best games that have ever been on this website. If someone would like to start playing VM, this would be the first game I would recommend. The story and story built up is amazing and keeps you interested. The animations compared to other games I've played, simply outstanding. Keep up the good work, can't wait to play it more!

The game builds up remarkably well, and although it comes across as more of a slow burn, it still manages to pique my interests with great production value, characters, and an overall enjoyable plot that has plenty of paths to work with - you can really feel things starting to heat up after each and every update. Yet another great game dev on this one!

Great Story, i am looking forward to see the full story ending. keep up the good work. and i hope there are more of those story's comming up after this one. love the 3d artwork and great animations. love to see more story's like this one.

This is easily the most quality game that has landed on this site in awhile, for me at least. It is in the same tier or above City of Broken Dreamers, Where the Heart Is and BADIK.

The renders and animations are insanely good and the story is great so far. I don't mind the slow burn. Plenty of other games on here are just fap fests, this feels like it has substance and I want to see where it all leads. No annoying sandbox elements either, just multiple routes and different experiences based on your preferences.

The love interests are also quite varied and I can't think of a bad option there, in fact they are all excellent which encourages the player to go through and experience all the routes. This one is worth supporting.