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

A very interesting story with some characters that are written great and make you want to know them more. The main character starts off in a dark place and embarks on a journey that definitely makes you want to be a part of it. The writer focuses mainly on the story and the design of the characters and less on the sex scenes at this stage, but it will definitely be interesting to see how it will progress in more advanced stages of the story, the situation will have to improve significantly in terms of story compared to sex scenes although for now in terms of building the basis of the plot and getting to know the main characters at the expense of the scenes Works great.

Have played alot of games on here, and I judge the game based off factors such as writing quality, art quality, story line and character quality (MC and LI's).

This is the only game, to me, that has a 5 out of 5 rating for each of the catagories.

Ocean's writing is so high level compared to most dev's, where he's able to create an amazing story based off a simple plot. The subtle connections between each characters, paired with the overarching mysterious theme of "summers gone", really invests you into the story, and makes you want to follow each character to seen if their backstory has any connection.

Paired with his amazing art, render quality and animations, creates what is in my opinion the best story driven game out there in the VN world.

Master piece from Oceanlab.

The only game here that has compelled me to give a rating.

One of, if not the best story driven games on here. The story is a slow burn, but that is totally ok when the renders are this good. You will constantly have plenty of Tits and Ass to look at...

Writing is top notch.
Story does a good job with some tough themes - Handicap, mental issues... This is an amazing job. Looking forward to the next update... hopefully it keeps the same intentional story line.

We have plenty of - if it moves, it gets fucked. This is a solid change.

Summer's Gone doesn't go straight to the lewd content. Few games can afford that, and it's one of them. The MC is a broken man, and even surrounded by an incredible amount of nip slips and gorgeous women, his mind is not focused on peeking or taking advantage on them. Because he's broken, truly and deeply. And it takes far more than exposing the boobs to heal that. And when it's consistently done, with the right pace for dialogs, and some lewd rendering for the player to keep him or her entertained, then it's working: it's truly a visual novel, and not just skippable content between the sex scenes.

Well it's not at all what i expected but there's something about this game. It's filled with this immense sense of nostalgia and constantly hitting you in the feels. Goes without saying that the art is top tier. However, its the kinda game you should if you could play once its done or at least in large update chunks.

this game just hits diffrent i get so caught up in the story, normal i just skip ahead to see the booba. ehm i mean. but in this one i just have to stop up and take my time to read everything and just enjoy the beauti of the game. i played through all the paths and the romance and i just got to say its amazing. i used to support on patreon but i can afford it anymore so i hadd to cop it here. all im saying if i still could i would! and if you can you should. anyway play this game its breath taking.. i would give it 6/5 stars

Must Play. Don't skip the texts and then you will realize the value. The character development is superb and because of the story telling you will endear the characters. The visuals, animations are among the best. The only downside I can list if I try is the sort of (i don't know the term for it) playing a game inside the game/story like a rpg game that characters play which is not bad but I would prefer if the actual story moved forward.

I love this AVN so much or particularly one single girl in it that i got betrayed and backstabbed in the in the fun and ehalthy waifu wars we used to have here before most of my buddies got banned! the story as been reworked or redone 3 times already, i hope for a continuation since my love for this particular LI is basically all running in my head! does that makes me crazy? yes, but i found a weird and stupid family of crazy here and in the end you feel ashamed by them revolted by their choices and hurt by their idiocy... i guess it makes it a sort of real family!

that is the power of this AVN up to this point, an amazing comunity mainly the off topic group and fucking hell Sasha looks amazing... the rest of the girls are also ok i guess!

The renderings are the only good things about this game, the story is boring, annoying. The game has nothing in these almost 4 years, just text and more text (better to read a book), just a Hedge here and there.
One of the most boring and tedious games I have played. A shame that it has beautiful girls in such a bad game.
As much as I like a slow burn, but it gets to a point where it's no longer possible, it's impossible to play something so boring.

It's a masterpiece, really. The story is engaging and has lots of hidden details, which are linked to the previous game (Where it all began). The scenery is absolutely beautiful. Seriously, these shots are really well directed, and the graphics are fantastic too.
Thanks a lot for this game. I hope I can save some money to buy this one and help the project continue.

This is my experience with both Oceanlab games
I can write thousands of sentences in which I am praising this game
This was really the best game I have ever played (over hundreds of gameplays).
Game physiology: 100 out of 100
Writing: 100 out of 100, like 99% of games, it is not full of unattractive texts, instead, it writes the meaning of the speaker with a combination of short and attractive text and excellent physiology.
Model: 100 out of 100
Rendering: 100 out of 100
Bugs in rendering: No bugs
Tension: 100 out of 100, so a sex with models is more fun than thousands of other games
Animation: 100 out of 100
Characterization: 100 out of 100
MC's appearance and personality: 100 out of 100
Gameplay appeal: 100 out of 100
Etc

Usually i don't review AVNs, in fact, this is my first, and for a good reason.

• Renders

Top tier, consistent quality throughout the whole game, good looking models (not only the girls unlike in many other AVNs), the best CGIs i've seen so far, and i've played many AVNs, detailed backgrounds, high amount of background characters so it doesn't feel like lifeless street/building.

• Characters

Each with their own personality and problems, good looking and unique. The girls are very likable, not just sex dolls, they are real (as real as possible, considering that this is a game). No one behaves like a total cringe bag, which is a huge plus for me. A little too big breasts for Mila and Vic IMO, but it's okay as long as they are the way they are. And there is variety in body types, not everyone has huge tits, which is good. Bella and Nami are perfect examples. Jeff is a classic buddy aka probably the future best friend for MC, i like Jeff. I'd even want to be able to get him with Nami on non-Nami route. Dipshit Sai looks fine too, a classic asshole but at the same time he's the dude that could exist IRL, speaking from personal experience. MC has kinda dead inside personality, PTSD and panic attacks, cold and shows little emotions, which resonates with me personally. But despite all of that the MC is not a whiny dweeb, which is another plus for me.

• Story

Well written, life-like dialogues, i believe that's how 'normal' people interact with each other. The whole Summer trauma hits me. It's a horrible experience losing the loved ones, even worse not knowing what happened to them, MC's behavior and dead inside appearance is totally understandable.
The story is written well, and in my case, it's written too well. What i mean is as of now i'm in the similar state of mind as MC. Sometimes the story indirectly reminds me of my own traumatic experience, PTSD from living in shitty environment and domestic violence, panic attacks, trust issues and so on, i'm sure a lot of people suffer from similar issues, not just me. The fact that the game makes me feel such strong emotions is good and bad at the same time, but in the end i'd say it's a good thing. It means that author knows what he is doing, he knows how to hook the player and i respect that.

Can't say anything about music because i prefer listening to my own music, but maybe i'll replay the game with in-game music and edit the review in the future.
I'm not too picky about grammars in AVNs, partly because i'm not a native English speaker. This game, as far as i can tell, has a good grammar, text makes sense, easy to read and understand.
No NSFW content for now, but it doesn't bother me, i prefer a good, reasonably developing story more than generic horny teenager story.

This game is total ass. I mean there is a lot of ass in it. I mean, there are a lot of asses in the game.

Renders are excellent and there are a lot of asses. There is no sex content yet, but there are a lot of asses. There are many good looking and interesting ladies in here, of course with nice asses. Dialogue is well written, so it's an easy read, especially with a nice ass in the back. MC is likeable (even though he's sometimes an ass, which makes sense story wise). I like that there are male characters in game that aren't all complete asses or creeps, like in many other games. There is also decent music in gam that goes well with all the asses. Game has decent amount of content and it's all about MC adapting to his old self and building relationships, friendly and those with nice asses.

Looking forward to more ass content, hopefully more Sasha and Ayua and option to romance them. And ofc more Cheeto.

Downside is, updates are slow. I think this will be one of those that I'll have to wait for game to be finished before I play it again.

You are missing out on good story telling, relationship building, and awesome renders if you are not enjoying this VN. just get it, trust me you won't regret. Very nice story, music, and setting. I enjoy it and hope it keeps on giving. Goodluck to the dev!

This a work of art.

If you are looking for porn, there are just boobs and penis shots here, look elsewhere. If you want a beautiful erotic experience then dig in and enjoy the ride.

The story is mysterious and intriguing. The characters are rich and complex. I usually mute the sound on VNs but even the sound track is very well done. Summers Gone really is something special.

Took forever to launch a season 1 and it is nowhere near what it promised to be. Got censored the shit out of it becase of the steam bs too. Plot and the charaters are interesting but it is nowhere near worth the time spent waiting and the amount of space it takes in your computer. It is so called a well developed story-driven game with adult elements but the story doesn't really drives itself as much as it should too. Sencoring the rare boobies is the biggest disrespect to the audince and is just pure arrogance to think that this pile of shit would cause any hype to regular gaming audience. If this was not on a SEX PORN FUCK GAMES forum no one would give a single fuck.

Poor game, unnecessary effort. See you 5 years alter where Nika has gained the ability to get his dong up, I don't plan to keep playing these games by then.

The first time I started to play is 0.3, no matter there is no sex scene in it, I like this perfect picture quality, perfect plot, just the right background music, every time after the update to play, there is a long time I can not control to think about this game. It's fucking great

Enjoy a good story? Jump right in and brace yourself, cause we are launching with a boom. With how weird it is at beginning, it's hard to not be interested into where the heck is all of this going.

And then the next chapter finally hits you. Great characters all around, many group gatherings without getting too complicated. Strangely enough no smut, yet all the models look like they are more than ready for it with crazy good curves and high quality graphics in most scenes.

There aren't a ton of choices throughout, but they all do seem to matter and impact relationship paths with various characters. Music is also pretty good!

Well first things first, it has no sex scenes as of the time of the review[Ch.4.5Full] which takes away one rating star for me BUT it makes it up with almost everything else!

Now that this is out of they way, the renders are top-notch to say the very least! Both the lightning of the scenes and their quality are one of the best there is. The character models are beautiful and with some variaty on body shapes. Even thought it lacks sex-scenes, it has plenty of lewd content in it.
The animations or I should propably better say "movie clips" are very fluid and are presented in the best way possible to make a momment more impactful.

The writing? Impeccable! The story has some issues mostly with the school setting focusing suddenly with sport but that just might be me! The story-telling itself is fantastic and gets better and better the more you progress.
It has a very good narration acompanied with fiting and nice music most of the time, there are some places that feel "empty" due to the lack of music or not so fitting music but as I came to understand that is due to music tracks taken out from royalty issues and will be replaced/added later on.

It is a slow-burner essentially so if someones comes for the "faps" while skipping text well then this game is propably not for you but if you've got time and you want something nice to experience it is highly recommended to try this VN.

The story of this game is very well written, it talks alot about mental issues such as the MC and Bella's which we can see being solved throughout the game and both of them trying to become better people, the renders are amazing, the characters are very high quality and the animations are very polished, the sound is pretty good and it already has a decent amount content in the game with a massive potential.