Ren'Py - Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.6440] [Kompas Productions]

First I have to say, one of the best (if not the best) 2D game in this whole platform. I always heard it mentioned in every place where discussing about the best h-games, and now, after finally completing it (stable version obvious), I finally get why everyone talks about it.

Opposite to what the wiki says, the best way to play the game (and also a way to almost vanish every grind/slowness sensation while playing) is doing 3-4 quests at the same time (besides the main story). Just have the wiki at hand to check things, just to make sure to not block quests or having an issue (although I don't consider it so necessary since I didn't have a single issue about it).

Usually, I don't stories so serious in this kind of games, but this one really makes you want to know more and keep playing, not only to bastardly jerk off, but also (and sometimes even more) for exploring the main and the side quests. The strongest point I found was the characters: their personalities and stories are pretty good, some of them a bit dumb, bust most of them plenty interesting. The variety of backstories, the way to progress in each quest, and the character development, are pretty nice. Tony and Maria; Eve, Grace and Odette; Roxxy and her friends; Debbie, Jenny and Diane; and a large etcetera, they're all really good quests. No, this is not the Shakespeare or Tolkien heir, but, talking about h-games, it's definitely something else, and something special, something worth of a little piece of my heart and memories.

I found gameplay and mini games entertaining, something weird even to me, since mini games in almost every h-game usually are shit. And, what to say about art and animations. Probably the only area where everyone agrees this game is great. The variety of animations, angles, positions, and practices (some of them including some fetishes like foot or other stuff) is awesome (despite having some characters with thousands of animations and then others with 1 or 2).

But, there are two things I found dissapointing about the game: 1, despite having so much content, there are many parts where the game feels incomplete, or even abandoned, as if the dev said "fuck the things I haven't done, let's introduce another big ass characterwith 1 blowjob and 1doggy-style scene". 2, I was excited when I found the game was receiving a kind of "remake/remaster", and all scenes and storylines were getting reworked, but, I've seen the development rythm it's slow as fuck, and seems that this game will get really completed (because, as I said, stable version isn't completed at all) once Elon Musk discovers how to time-travel and deletes the tweet sharing his horrifying Elden Ring built.

A shame, since this game has everything to be the GOAT, but seems to not want to be it, and just longing its life-time by bad.

At the end, I highly recommend to play the stable version (specially with the naughty tribute mod), and I trully hope dev gets hands on and works more deeply in this gem.

I spent some time playing this game a long time ago and I think it's a gem. There are lots of storylines, everything is well written, and the game is fun. The visuals are great and really capture the overall atmosphere.

old reliable, and the stencil for many sandbox porn games. great art, great animation, funny writing, characters that aren't cardboard cutouts, (some) fun minigames, minimal grind, and so much to do.
It will raise your expectation for what a good porn game is. Unfortunately devs are milking patreon money ($500k + a year MINIMUM) and what should be finished in a month takes a year. Seriously DarkCookie, you are rich enough already, just update the game.

At this point very disappointing lack of content after almost 10 years of development. THe artstyle is the only thing that saves this game, however without serious shift in development speed i cant see future for it

I would've given this five stars a couple years back but the dev just completely gave out on progressing the plot forward, and although the original game is still there it's quite a shame to not be able to see more of the girls. Still keeps half the stars cause even though it probably will never go forward again it still has what it once was.

By far the best western dating sim. It's been almost a decade and still nothing else comes close for me sadly.

Once you play this game you're gonna be chasing the same high.


4 stars because DC is lazy

Well to start with the game is mostly complete if you play the 0.20.16 pre-Tech version (with the Naughty Tribute mod). As you may know the dev basically decided to remake the game due to the engine limitations with the original code which is understandable but the speed to catch up with the pre-tech build has been very slow. At the current rate I dont expect them to reach parity for at least 3-4 years. Though the final version of the game will be amazing (if ever finished).

That said you can still play and enjoy the game with the pretech version and the naughty tribute mod (basically a bug fix/QOL mod which improves everything). This is what I opted to do. Now for the review, the game is surprisingly fun, there are many routes you can take with characters and some stuff is very hot. I loved the Maria/Pizzeria story, Jenny (your "roommate"), and Eve (which has an interesting twist). All these routes had a slightly taboo theme which made them very cool.

These routes seemed the most complete to me, for the rest of the game there are many routes which seem partially done. Such as the school is missing content from the Gym teacher and Rhonda (the one of the few black female characters in the game), and other than unlocking sex scenes your grades dont matter. So throughout the playthrough I always felt like many routes ended abruptly. Now does that affect the enjoyment of the game? No, as I still got almost 20 hours out of it by going for 100% (do use a walkthough though).

The main story is actually not bad and is completely finished, with even a epilogue section. The ending is also satisfying. If I were to sum it up, I wish the game was longer, the minigames are not bad but some are repetitive (like the pizza one) but luckily almost everything is skippable (thanks to the mod), and I also wish the ending had multiple choices. Overall its a 7.5/10 right now. Once the remake is complete it might be 8.5 or even 9 but I cant say. It is a great starter game in this genre.

Where is the game? (2/10) - Can someone explain to me what happened with the game? I though I downloaded the wrong file lol. Completely empty world. Is a Skip the day game with some sex scenes in the middle.

2/10 for the scenes, some of the stories and graphics that cater to diff people. Although many have giant misshapen tits. What is that about?

Again Where is the game?it was here, now is not

Used to be the goat but after 3 years with barely any content and barely any updates? I cant defend DC but you never know when it might turn around. Definitely still worth checking out and checking on from time to time. If regular big updates started coming back out, I would change it back to a 5 star.

A funny story, with a variety of body types.
Rarely any bugs, each character is well written, and the lighthearted tone combined with visually appealing gameplay makes for a really good game.
Definitely a game worth trying out.

This was the first adult game I ever played, and I still have a special place for it, even tho the dev sometimes take way too long between updates. But honestly, the wait is worth it. The story is fun and has a lot of crazy moments, mini games are actually addictive, and the characters feel alive. I really like the art style, the 2D cartoon look is way better than those weird 3D models you see in most games.


Story [4/5]
There’s a ton of characters, maybe even too much. Some of the old ones like Mia and Rhonda haven’t got much new content for years, which is sad cause they’re awesome. But I really enjoyed Roxxy’s route, and Eve’s story is probably my fav in the whole game.


Gameplay [5/5]
Easily the most polished gameplay I’ve seen in a Ren’py-style game. Minigames are actually fun instead of feeling like chores, and the town map makes exploring simple but still interesting.


Final thoughts:
Yeah there’s delays, yeah sometimes updates feel small, but for me it’s still the best mix of humor, romance and lewdness out there.

Pre rework is 5/5, story's good, sex scenes galore, plenty to do. The game was basically finished, story even had an ending. They just decided to rework the game because they want more money. Updates are infrequent- about 4-6 months. Little to show for it each time. 1-2 scenes, usually one reworked, one new. Check the changelogs, they're sitting on their hands just collecting paychecks.

I'm late to the Summertime Saga wave and man I wish I had given it a go earlier. So good, so well made. Tons of content and I'm not even done yet. I'm playing on the pre-rework version and it's great.

Very confused why they decided to delay development to rework this. The original art is great and the game doesn't really have issues as far as I can tell. The only thing that could be adjusted is the hint log could be better and the quests locking you out of progressing others until you complete them.

Really wish they would just go back to developing the original and bring out more content instead of their current path. Only reason it's not 5 stars for me.

Pre tech updated 5/5 stars after idk just not it. the game was on a very good way but now just stagnated which sucks a lot because i think this game had the potential to become the best game on here. now the game stagnated and the fear of the game getting abandoned is real if you ask me, wish they would go back to the pre tech update version and advance from there

Even though it isnt complete, its still really good. I recommend to install the "stable version" which is the v20.16 for more scenes since the v21.0.0 is wip. The scenes are good, it's not as realistic as some 2dcg like Taiwan love story, princess kaiju, quickie love hotel etc, but still great, the amount of storylines are also satisfying, the only problem may be the audio, there's none in H-scenes.

A perfect 5 stars for me , those characters , those story lines , those dialogues and animation everything is brought together perfectly , it's like all stars are aligned together to create this game . Absolutely loved it excited for future update !!

Feels more like a remake no one asked for than real progress. The game used to be one of the best adult VNs, but now updates are super slow and mostly focused on redoing what already worked. The new art and UI are nice, but there's barely any new content. It feels more like a cash grab than real development at this point.

Yeaaa..... this game is some hot steaming pile of shit. I have never been invested in this game but decided to finally try it out for first time and.....there is legit no content. Right now there is content for 2 women and then the other 3 have between 1-4 scenes. Thats it. After 9 years thats what this game has. I understand that it originally had more but there is no excuse to do a remake this badly or slowly. Actual scammer.

The game has been in development for so long that we're witnessing a full blown remake in the process. The dev has decided to restart the game essentially from the beginning, removing 90% of the content until he adds it back again.

This game at its peak and with the bugs and glitches ironed out would have been an easy 4 stars, maybe even a perfect 5. As it stands now it deserves nothing more than 1.

Def avoid this one. There isn't really anything to do.
A lot of the content has been deleted over the last couple years and currently there isn't any point in playing.

You now start off with unlimited money and most everything unlocked as well as the mini games disabled so there's really no point in playing. I mean it takes the story out of it.

I played it a couple or so years ago and there is way less content now. Nothing really seems to have changed much.

For a game w this many followers and basically unlimited resources I expect loads and loads of new scenes, quests, and characters.

Goes on the skip pile..