Ren'Py - Abandoned - Survival Guide [Day 6.5 Alpha] [RazzyBerry]

Despite the more unique bobblehead-esque characters, ultimately the writing proves it yet another lacklustre addition to this website.

One of the most surprising parts of the AVN is how the visuals poorly match the actual descriptions. For example, the main character says that he was only gone for a couple of days, but when he returns to the city, the dev decides to use models of buildings completely destroyed and abandoned, no living person being seen anywhere. There are many other instances where the information we're given just totally clash with what we're being shown, and I'm almost shocked that this is one of the few I've played where it's so blatant.

The story itself is clearly just a dollar store The Walking Dead, which isn't great when that story wasn't particularly interesting anyway. It even does the classic "protagonist has no clue what a zombie is" for some reason, as if we as readers enjoy watching idiots explain concepts that have been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The rest of the 'story' is dragged on needlessly, to the point where most of the time is spent just...talking about rabbits or vegetables. It's so intensely boring. There are other zombie games on here that do the "lets try and be realistic" thing much better, and unfortunately this is just incredibly tedious. I mean at one point, the dev literally has you watch the protagonist do 10 push-ups for a dare. One. At. A. Time. I mean if that's not the perfect example of the feeling of wasted time that this game represents, I don't know what is.

Besides these errors and missteps, visually it isn't awful. Perhaps they simply bought some good models, but the lighting is pretty good, models look good, posing isn't bad.

Ultimately, I would consider this a waste of time for people. It doesn't have enough sexual content to satisfy porn addicts, and doesn't have good enough writing to satisfy readers.

First off the writing is bad but it is not complete dog crap bad. Stupid, yes!!!!

Dev. watched the walking dead, evident from the crappy knockoff of that shows mediocre storyline. Also its referenced in this game as well.

Walkers are pathetic. Some are withered shriveled hulks that shuffle around others are virtually just grey humans with barely any evidence of being dead. Ummm, if they become this way from a wound (in the story at the beginning Hannah says so) then should there not be visible wounds? City buildings look like they are total wrecks but buildings in the country are undamaged, un looted, and still have power in most cases? Other survivors? Eva has no clue what a dildo is or even a male penis? Wife is missing with no clue. It was not that far out of the city that he traveled as evident with how quickly they run into fleeing cop Hannah. Well she disappeared somewhere between point A and point B and that don't leave many possibilities. The cop should know the ones around the city and Husband should know something around his own summer house you would think.

The backstory makes no sense. No news of an infection makes it to him where he is? I am sorry, a virus breaks out in Africa and its in the news the next day at least world wide. His home initially still had power so the grid was still up. That would also be a good indication that structures relying on power would still be active as well. Most infrastructure has backup generators as well just for the event of power outages. No sign of that. Only generator you see is the one that burns through a can of gas a night.

Yeah there is a lot to like in this game but it is all countered by just as much that is not to be liked. Hopefully the Dev. can pull a rabbit out from under a cardboard box and make some improvements to the story in future updates. I would like to see this game improve over time and not end up abandoned like a lot of games end up.

I find this game unplayable.
The writing in this is terrible. I am not critiquing the English but the terrible dialogue. The dialogue feels like it's written by someone who's still in junior school.
To give an example.... look out there's a zombie. *Bang* good thing I have a gun ha ha ha. Yes ha ha ha.
Made my head hurt reading the dialogue.
Maybe it will get better but I stopped and uninstalled only after chapter 2.

TLDR: Skip

The Good:
Renders - From a purely technical point of view they are pretty well done and the actual environments are well put together

The Meh:
Models - I'm actually pretty good with non-standard Daz models but these ones are just too weird. They have the look of a knock off Barbie or something similar?

Animations - Pretty basic but there so I guess that's something?

The Bad:
Story - The plot is just completely silly right out of the gate.. you were away on a business trip and didn't notice your family had stopped communicating with you? Wha? So nobody outside of your home city knew ANYTHING about this zombie virus outbreak.. or if they did you were just so.. high on life? that you didn't hear them talk about it? Then when you get into the city some building exteriors look like they've been abandoned for years but your house is fine on the outside?

Dialog - Seriously.. this is just so bad that I don't even know where to begin other then to provide my own (improved?) version of the first scene "Hello Citizen.. these are zombies.. we have zombie plague.. I give you gun.. you shoot zombies big manly man". It's so stilted and non Human sounding that if someone started talking to you in a manner similar to the dialog, you would slowly back away and call in the army because we done found the Imposters!

I'm a sucker for zombie stories. A good game with simple but interesting story. Writing is concise and not to superfluous but a little boring. Art is different but attractive. No animation. A decent amount of sex for such a short game. Has potential and a good start thus far.

I updated my review from 3 stars to 4 for the present update. The sex scenes have increased significantly and the writing has improved a bit.

Review for Day 5 Alpha

I just don't have the patience anymore for games that feel like they put absolutely 0 effort into their dialogue. Watching paint dry would probably be more interesting.

The zombie apocalypse has broken out and our wife is missing. Why are the characters more or less acting like it's any other normal day? You'd think the MC would be freaked out and want to find his wife immediately right? WRONG. How could you even think about that when we have a daughter we can perv on? The completely lack of emotion is almost mind boggling.

The daughter seems to be the trope of young and nonsensically naïve, who also completely lacks a brain. The MC is incredibly forgetful in every regard. The cop lady is somehow ready to hand an unknown citizen a gun immediately and is down to blow us after one conversation. Even the one sex scene I saw was incredibly basic.

The game can be nice to look at if you don't mind the Pixar models. I don't even mind them myself. But literally every other aspect I find incredibly boring and uninspired. This is not worth my time, and it's probably not worth yours either.

As with most games, there are many areas where improvements could be made, but the overall balance is good.
Graphics could be better, but have an undeniable stylistic appeal. The scene settings for each picture show some artistic flair. They serve the purpose.
The story is another variation on the 'zombie apocalypse' genre, but there is a reasonable effort to give an original twist.
Some of the dialogue is cringeworthy, but it generally stacks up well against most other offerings. The female characters actually have character and are not just slavishly besotted by the protagonist's mighty appendage.
The updates seem a bit too well-spaced, but this will always be the case for an appealing game. There are plenty of other games with more frequent updates, but that fail to impress me.
Overall, well done!

It seems like a lot of the dialogue was cleaned up in the latest release (Day 4 Beta). I'm probably one of the few that particularly enjoyed the art. The animation could use work. Other than that I honestly enjoyed the story and am excited to see where it goes.

I'm tired of all your standard Daz3D models so this art style is a breath of fresh air with a story that seems to be headed in the right direction.

Artwork is great, plot is acceptable considering what it is, It moves fast and there are plenty of zombies. the (so far) 2 girls you have with you are both amenable to intimate relations even though one is your daughter but she is rediculusly innocent but thirsty for you. I particulary like her model ( yes her eyes are too big but I still think she is cute) The problem with it moving fast is you play through it rather quickly. Definitely gonna d/l next release.

Honestly its hard to rate this fairly.

The Dialogue is terrible.. it's incredibly stilted, everything feels disjointed, and fake. I found almost every comment jarring which meant I just clicked though the scenes and tried not to look at the text. There were also issues around the plot, I was left wondering how daughter/tenant by herself, how did she get to the holiday house on her own?

Motivation wise things just seem to happen with not a lot of cause, or thought. This game makes more sense using the landlord/tenant relationship, and even then... I'm not going to rant about this.

There's a scene where a girl is on guard duty and decides to masturbate, se does not just loosened her pants , but instead takes them completely off, when a helicopter flies over, so she jumps up and starts he start running around trying to summon the helicopter aback... with no pants on,.... Now, perhaps she just has her priorities straight, rescue then modesty, but most people would be pulling their pants on before waking everyone up and... ugh no ranting... This who series of events just felt meh.

Stuff happens and it feels like there's no cause and effect in play. Writer wants a naked girl writer makes girl naked, and later remembers that perhaps she needs some modesty. This was not the first or worst of these scenes but it seemed like a good one to make a point with.

IF your in it for the renders and this style is your thing then the renders are excellent. If you need average or better motivation/dialogue... skip it.

It is possible that my issues get fixed but I think a writer would need to go over the dialogue from the start.

Game Version: Day 3 Alpha)
While its current release is quite short, this game definitely shows promise. The renders are great and I'm a big fan of the stylized models of the female characters. A breath of fresh air compared to your average Daz3D figures.
My only real gripe was when your "tenant" discovers you have an erection and doesn't know what it is. I'm not sure how believable it is that a grown woman wouldn't know about that, unless she was maybe raised Amish or in a bunker by a religious cult. She watches The Walking Dead but doesn't know what a penis is?
Other than that I'm excited to see where this goes- hopefully we will find MC's wife sooner rather than later.

Game that looks really good in these few initial versions. The characters soono stylized but they are great. The game mode is mixed, alternating between visual novel and sandbox. I personally appreciate this kind of game mode!

Alright for a first game, dialog needs some work though, this is porn level writing, which is not a deal breaker of course but it does drag the game's rating down.

I just hope the dev does not spend years on this as I'm pretty sure they can come up something better with more experience down the line.

So far it's going pretty good, if the dev keeps this quality through the entire game it will be amazing. The models are so hot and pretty unique.

The only detail I found awkward in my opion are zombies model, they are gross and it gets me out of mood mostly of the times, maybe this only happens to me but I have to say it just in case

Survival Guide [Day 1 Beta] [RazzyBerry] is an average adult game at the moment that has potential for the future. The story is okay so far and that goes same for the characters, the renders and art are unique with the main protagonist and zombies looking average compared, which is kind of weird but not a dealbreaker in the slightest. Overall this hasn't had enough content to really judge it yet. I am looking forward and will keep an eye on this project.

There's not much content yet, but this game has potential.

So far, this is a pretty straight-forward zombie story. There's only about 15 minutes of gameplay, so it's too early to really judge the story one way or another at this point. I'd say it's fairly engaging already, though.

The characters are quite cartoonish, though they are attractive enough. The renders are pretty good all around. There are only 2 very small possible lewd scenes at this point (1 is a dream scene), and the animations, while smooth, are very minimal. I am slightly confused why the MC's daughter is effectively only wearing underwear the entire time, including while going out and fighting zombies during an apocalypse, but I suppose that's a relatively small gripe.

The mechanics of the game are somewhat puzzling to me, as there are a few point-and-click and semi-free-roam scenes that offer nothing to the game, because the only options you have are to do exactly what the game wants you to do. There are no choices to do anything but the exact task you are instructed to (i.e. you cannot go to any other locations, look at or interact with any other people/objects). Maybe the dev is just getting the hang of these free-roam interactions, and future scenes will be more complex or have more optional content. Otherwise, the game deviating from straight VN at this point has no apparent purpose.

When it comes to dialogue, there are a number of choices, but they all seem pretty meaningless. You are often given the choice during a conversation with another character to pick one of two dialogue options, which are basically identical except for small differences in wording. It's unclear why you are even given a choice, as the conversation goes the same no matter what you choose.

Still, this is a very early release, so all of these things can be improved upon. The only reason I am not giving a 4-star rating is because of the writing. I know that effective and natural writing is a difficult skill to master, but the writing in this game is simply not very good. Although the English is fine (dev seems to be a native English speaker), there are a handful of typos and a number of grammatical errors. A lot of the dialogues are awkward and unnatural. Also, the dev constantly commits one of my biggest pet peeves: having characters constantly saying "haha" during/after many of their conversations, when nothing that has been said is a joke or humorous in any way. I find it to be not only completely unnecessary, but incredibly awkward and cringe-inducing.

Overall, I appreciate the unique art style, and what little story there is so far is interesting. With some polishing, this could become a very enjoyable game.

Nice game. Render very good quality. The story is well told and understandable. RazzyBerry, you're making a nice game and don't let it bother you too much. I hope we see more soon. Please don't change the game script too often because someone has something to complain about.

By the time I am typing this it is currently the Day 1 version of this game and it is unlikely that I will change my mind. Go all the way down to the Conclusion if you want a short summary of this surprisingly good game.

Gameplay: The game is a linear progression story base Ren'py style survival genre. Every action has its consequences but not only is this not a problem with the help of back tracking and quick saving, the current consequences are too meagre to take into consideration. (Despite in its infancy though I know this will change for the best), The UI is elementary yet simplistic and navigating despite not having much presence currently is superbly done. Lastly the relationship progression system is only a bar without any clear indication of level or goal zones is kind of of mundane but can easily be improved on in the future so it really isn't that worrisome. Not much is meant to be said except the game file size is extremely large for a first release which is slightly worrying for the future. Enough said it is good for what is presented and with its versatile game mechanics that can be implemented at any notice brings freshness to this games future. (5/5)

Story: Not much is said besides a basic zombie survival generic genre. Deux ex Machina is cliché but presenting new characters using this technique can be forgiving but for the second time I lost slight faith on what could occur when introducing to new exciting characters. The pacing is calm and collective, Not too slow for it to be easily forgotten which cases back logging to understand what the characters said, but not to quick jumping straight to the point and moving to another scenery in a short span of time. Understanding a zombie genre type survival is easy but having back stories prior to the event takes a bit of elbow grease considering you have to integrate it to the current times which is done very well by the introduction of the police girl. Sadly not much can be said but all is well done for what little is provided. (5/5)

Scenes: Lastly the scenes of smut is currently very limited but well executed. Despite the character models looking more like barbie dolls than CGI closely human individuals is slightly off putting with the change, It isn't really off putting as I thought which humbled me drastically. Honestly can not wait for the next release to see what other smut scenes the developer will unleash to this crocked world. (4/5)

Conclusion; Read this if you cannot be arsed reading the whole ass essay I've typed. The game file size can be a bit menacing for what little is given but the gameplay is simplistic the story is good and the scenes of smut are not off putting. (4/5)

P.S by the time I am typing this I contracted Omni-covid or some shit so I can't work but wank all day to games like this. I wish for good health for the gamers and developer for this fresh new game and I cannot wait to stay tune to what other ideas the developer will implement.-Justapervert