VN - Ren'Py - Tales of the Eclipse: Goblin Encounter [v0.2.5] [DaxOfAllTrades]

[Reviewed v.0.2.5]

A solid fantasy-themed story that's serious about its monster girl / goblin kink. The production values are high with beautiful renders and settings, but there are few / no choices -- this is a kinetic novel.

Premise: A noble knight forms a relationship with a not-so-ordinary goblin servant and adventures ensue.

The Good ()

• Well-rendered models
• A charming narrative and initial story progression with some interesting wrinkles on traditional fantasy tales
• The MC and main LI are characters you generally want to root for
• If you're into the themes and goblin body type, I imagine this is a best-in-class offering -- lots of long-eared, short-bodied naked goblins running around!

The Not-So-Good ()

• A straightforward kinetic novel, not a game and few / no choices
• Few animations
• Current story length is a bit short - 1-2 hours of narrative
• I found out through gameplay that goblin girls are not really my thing -- I tried to enjoy the content but found the general aesthetics mostly off-putting. Despite the main LI being a "pretty" goblin, you probably need to like the character models to enjoy this game!

Your mileage may vary with this one depending on your interest in the goblin girl angle. It's probably not one I will be returning to.

This game has ture potential & creator has true talents of making adult VN, which is rare, so I subscribed. The game is in early stage, but everything is going at the right direction...
However, there's one adjustment needs to be made. Longer sex scenes! The actual actions end too fast & lack impact. In adult VN, you need to balance the "scale" between lust and tales, and it's tilting towards tales.
IMO the creator should compress the story-telling & put more efforts into sex scenes. Don't be afraid to get dirty. It won't affect our love for these goblin cuties, will only grasp more viewers.

VERSION: 0.2.4
SUMMARY: Solid VN that is done well with a particular kind of appeal.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

1. Models: 4
2. Animations: 0
3. General Visuals: 4
4. Characters: 4
5. Story: 3
6. Writing: 4
7. UI & Gameplay: 4
8. Content (amount): 3
9. Sound & Music: 3
10. Fetish & kinks: 2

Average: 31 of 50 possible points giving a 62% rating i.e. 3 stars. Gave 4 because its good for what it is.

PROS:

1. Models are good looking (for what they are)
2. Music is not bad, fits the scene
3. Writing is good, reads well and structured well. Also not over inflated and long pointless dialogues
4. Story is fairly interesting and has some intrigue
5. Characters are not bad, some decent development as the story progresses. Gazi (goblin LI) seems to be the main feature more than the MC in my opinion.
6. Decent amount of content per update.

CONS:

1. Limited only to lewd scenes with goblins.
2. No ambient or lewd sounds
3. No animations which is a bit of a let down.

FINAL THOUGHTS , OPINIONS & SUGGESTIONS:

• Personally I am not a big fan of the goblin look, they have some cute features but mostly remind me of gremlins with their sharp little teeth and no way in hell can I understand how the MC would chance getting head from those incisors...ouch...
• On above comment, the goblin look reminds me of those trolls with the hair do you got a kid (do they still make those?) Any sexual scenes for me are not really very sexy if im being honest.

This game falls more into a story mode of cute female creatures that sucks our MC dry based around an adventure which makes you feel like you playing a erotic medieval cartoon. Its good and even though its story is gritty and has some dark themes, I simply can't take it seriously and so it fits into a weird place for me, almost in an uncanny valley kind of way. Still pretty good on most fronts and could appeal more to a particular crowd than the general one.

Fascinating story. I usually avoid kinetic novels, but in this case I couldn't resist. It’s rare to see novels with goblins like this one, that balance between romance and eroticism without slipping into outright vulgarity built solely on sex. The design of the goblins is pretty cute - they are attractive, reasonably close to realism and not turned into outright sex dolls.

The downsides - relationships between characters too quickly move to sexual intercourse, and the pace of the narrative itself is too fast - there are too many time jumps in the story that could have been filled.

Overall, for now I'll ignore the flaws and give it 5 out of 5 in the hopes of further development and expansion of the story.

Now I am doubly sad that no one ever thought of creating a similar project, but which would demonstrate the relationship between human and kobold(s).

A good sweet fairy tale. Unusual characters, just perfectly made and look very cartoonish good. The lack of choice does not spoil the game at all, as if you were watching a classic cartoon. In my opinion, it stands out from the general grayness. Even the scenes for adults look very organic and do not cause rejection, despite the unusualness of the characters. I recommend watching if you want something unusual and at the same time beautiful.

Give me more Gobbo!!!

Pros:

1. Decent writing for a lighthearted adventure tale.
2. Goblin chick is choooo cute and curvy as hell.
3. Music is nicely chosen
4. Renders are clean and good

Cons:

1. Pacing could use improvement along with more dialogs cuz there's a lot of time jumps.

Verdict: if you want more story then wait for next few releases (currently ~ 15 min for v.0.1.2), if you just was a cute goblin girl then dive in head first. Super excited to meet other mythical characters. Ciao

Review for v0.1.2

It's a pretty cute start about a human noble seemingly falling in love with a peasant goblin girl. On the short side so far, but this served as a nice little introduction to some of the characters.

There's not a ton to go on yet, but the game does feel a bit... to the point so far. A lot of things happening off screen so it can focus back on the goblin girl. It doesn't feel bad per se, but it makes this feel much more focused on the romance before anything else. Time will tell if that ends up being good or bad for me.

The goblin girl is pretty cute. This game is using a bit more monster in the monster girl designs and I'm always a fan of that. Can't say I care for the sorceress (I'm assuming she's also a love interest) but we've seen very little of her at the same time. There's already two sex scenes (one of them animated), but they are very much on the short side. Wouldn't mind seeing future scenes expanded more.

There's the beginnings of a story at work, but I can't tell if that's only to create situations for the romance to develop or if it will be an actual center piece of the game. Either way, I've enjoyed this first version and will definitely come back in the future. Monster girls are always good in my book. (Also, bonus points for having some fitting background music).

Really like this start. Everything so far is really great quality so nothing to complain about.
Fun characters, Gavi especially the way she talks is too cute. Enough of a plot that I can really see this being a full blown story too so hope to see more in the future.

Pretty good for an initial release. Plus, there is a serious lack of goblin girl VNs that this games helps alleviate. So bonus points for that obviously.

Renders are very nice and show care, so keep doing what you're doing with that. The only thing I was really missing was some music. To help really pull me into the fantasy setting. Nothing too complex, just a bit of standard flute-y fare.

Other than that I think this is heading in an interesting direction, thanks for posting!