Ren'Py - The Awakening [v0.4.5b] [SLim Games]

Game version: [v0.4.0c]

A flashy amusement park ride that quickly loses its luster after you realize it's just some pretty wallpaper plastered over a cracked foundation.

The renders and animations are impressive, and the writing is decent. The actual plot... not so much. The game suffers from the common sandbox problem of having separate story strands that seem mostly disconnected and like they take place in alternate realities. Choices are just illusions or "pick the right thing if you want to get the sex scene," and the MC can't seem to stick to a personality or decide what he wants (not that we have any say in that.)

The game also indulges in my least favorite "harem" game trope: it lets you fuck all the girls but doesn't want to acknowledge that fact in the narrative, besides one or two exceptions. You go on romantic dates with girls, fuck your sister, your mom, your teacher, call another girl your girlfriend, seduce the neighbor, yada yada yada. It's really more of a cheating simulator. Which would be fine if the game at least had something to say about it, but it doesn't.

This is where the game fell apart for me. There really is no actual plot besides the amnesia/fairy framing device, which doesn't get explored in any meaningful way, and our horny Chad/dimwitted romantic trying to fuck every girl in town while pretending to be deeply in love with half of them. It's all just so fake and game-y that I can't get into it. Your mileage may vary if you care less about story or player expression. Again, the renders and animations are well worth seeing, I just wish they were in service to a better game.

One extra star for the fairy scenes.

I didn't remember that I hadn't rated this game yet, I remember that the first time Dev started the game the MILF was different, it was less beautiful, but it still had the appearance of an older woman, after all she is a MILF and not an 18 year old girl like many do in games with sculpted bodies and new looks and claim to be M...m!

Although I honestly don't like this thing about spells, hypnotism, etc. but I still really like the game!

Dev has an excellent quality to make the arts, and today when I was playing Halloween Version 2021, he surprised me even more, when in the same scene he provided 02 animations with different angles on the same screen, I had not seen this on any other game yet!

Genuinely one of the most fun games I've played. Variety of women with different body types, personalities and witty dialogue. The characters seem genuinely interesting and some of their motivations really make you want to see what happens next instead of just "skip to the next sex scene"

One word: Fairy sex!
Ok, that was two words. But I love her.
Excellent graphics.
I used the walkthrough mod, had a lot of fun. Story is not too heavy, but very good. Love the reference to other games.
5/5 will keep playing!

There was a part in the beginning were I nearly gave up on the game. Then the flow started and it was easy to go along with it. The MC is just a little too wishy-washy sometimes. But then I haven't been in a coma for 2 years so that's makes life easier for me.

Loved the girls and a little in love with the daughter (renamed her so I don't know her name). The development of Klara was nice, think I made the right choice. I didn't try the other one, but choose as I would have done in the same situation.

Of course, the game isn't finished, so my 4* is for so far. Keep up the good work 7767.

The game is average in nearly every way. The story and writing aren't anything to really get excited about, at least not in its current form. The character models are slightly above average and there are a few interesting events in the game.

There are two significant problems with the game (aside from most things being average):

#1 - The animations are too fast and don't feel natural because of it. They desperately need to be slowed down by at least 50%. Real people don't move this fast. The problem is compounded by the low frame rate of the animations. They are not only too fast, but quite choppy. Animations need to be at least 20 FPS to look good in my opinion. Between these two problems, it really ruined most of the lewd scenes for me!

#2 - There is a pretty big bug with the x-ray vision scenes. If you save your game while in x-ray vision mode and then hit the 'Return' button from the 'Save Game' menu, half the time you will be in permanent x-ray vision mode with no way to get out of it. When this bug occurs, the screen will never change but the dialog will. I was starring at the same screen of my nude mother all the way through the event where I go to the grocery store and purchase food for my mother. The same bug occurred two other times during the game. The only way to fix it is to quit the game completely, restart the game, and load a save game. I've never experienced this bug with any other Ren'Py game and I've played a lot of them!

I'm generally not a fan of mind control type lewd scenes. It feels like a cheap way of bypassing the corruption element through good writing (the best method). I prefer two willing partners without the use of mind control, drugs, magic, and other means. The best stories, in my opinion, are those with believable corruption that occurs through good story events and great writing! In the game's defense, the corruption magic used is only a "push" and not true mind control.

The voice acting was a nice touch and few games have it (I mean very few), but too many of the lines are poorly acted. It is like reading a line of text with no context, emotion, or feeling. Approximately 25% of the voice acting was good to great, I just wish all of it was this quality! The voice acting is clearly spoken and feels like it was professionally recorded which is a huge plus!

The bullying scene in the girl's bathroom with the MC was probably the best scene in the game in my opinion. It was fun, interesting, and well written.

The game does have a good amount of content.

The dev really needs to re-do all the animations in the game and fix the x-ray vision bug. If he keeps the story interesting and fixes these two issues it is really a 4 star game.

In the game's defense, the dev does slowly improve things in later versions. The prologue really needs to be fixed and improved. It left a bad impression.

The only reason I rated this more than 2 stars was due to the quality of the animations. The story is bland with no real defining characteristics that establish an identity or flavor for the game.

I was disappointed from what felt like a real lack of a showing from the tags: corruption, harem, mind control, monster girl, paranormal, sleep sex, superpowers and transformation. Some of these only had 1 or 2 events that showed up. I will admit that I may have been a bit prejudgement with the feel of this game. In previous games I have got into that included tags of things like: mind control, paranormal and such, they really had the foundation for which games had been built on. This game just lightly seasons with these. This might be more appealing to some.

this one is pretty rough, and i mean that in every way you can take it to mean. this is missing a lot of story "gating", meaning that it gets too possible for events to frequently play out before they're supposed to in the story. stuff gets referenced that hasn't happened yet at least three times in my playthrough...only to have it happen later on, and it just feels really disjointed.

and yeah, as some others have mentioned the "choices" in this game really aren't. more meaningful choices and better variable handling under the hood would really improve this a lot.

0.4 - Finally some love making with stepmom.
The animations are great though the breast movement could be more realistic and they could be also a bit smaller cause it's not looking natural (also the movement).
I appreciate that MCs face is not visible though.

Game is showing a lot of promise so far. Voiced dialogue is great and the voice actors are pretty skillful. The storyline keeps my attention, but the renders keep me really interested. Has a lot of good/bad options that can affect how things go in the game. I think the finished product should be looking pretty good!

The game works well if you play for the first time. Its kind of easy, you just get stuff and doesnt have much meaning, so its more like a quick fap if you are into fapping to mindless cartoons.

If you have played already, i did play .33, you are gona be disapointed with .35 so you betterknow that before playing, cause mayve you dont see the end of the game, not that it matters cause the plot doesnt move forward a bit, you just unlock progress with the girls. So far progress that doesnt reach penetration, and thats how you know the girl doesnt matter.

Voice Acting deserves praising for the effort but its really amateur and lacks acting, yea its like they are reading the script for the first time and recording it.

For 0.33 to 0.40

Nothing much has been added and that i think covers 1 year period. There are still under development notices, there is still one sandbox element wher you have to buy sthings but its actually 3 objects.
There is still a way to get money, but only to repeat scenes at the club.
One of the main characters is not getting much.
Events are still activated in a parallel world without a sense of cohesion, for most of the times it feels like characters dont know each other, they barely talk about the world.
It depends way to much on Xray to compensate for the lack in writing. All those renders could be made in meaningful scenes where the mc gets to see the girls naked instead of the player.

There are decent animations in the latest updates, but not so decent scenes, eveyrthing feels lifeless.

And then we still have events where the dev subvert your expectations, even in dreams, and I personally hate those 2 things. After 1 year of seeing most aspects of the game unchanged i think many games are superior to this one.

I would say that this game is pretty much exactly what it should be. Of course it is still in development so there is plenty of content that will likely be added that would make up for anything I might have to say about it in a negative way. The art and animation are great, the girls are beautiful, and the gameplay is fun. I like that it is a sandbox game and that it isn't very punishing. I will continue to follow this games progress. I suggest to anyone to give it a try.

Art + Animation:
there are top of line on the site, and are probably the bread and butter of the game. But don't expect to see them a lot, unless you are into static x-ray shots, as this the most action you'll see in the game.

Story:
The mc basically has a split personality, and can't decide if he want to corrupt or seduce the ladies.

The illusion of choice is strong in this one, and when you are given a choice to try and act like a nice person be prepared to turn 180 for no reason if you want to get anywhere in the game. When the mc speak to the fairy, he always says how he doesn't want to corrupt or force anyone into a bad situation, but if given the opportunity he'll do it without a second thought or remorse

The "prologue" has better choices and and a more established story to the fairy corruption powers. As it is right now, your "powers" are there as a story reminder that you have to sleep with women to keep living, but don't worry who need to use magic when simply choosing the other choice give you the same thing?(and not risk ominous warning about using your powers from the dev).

Forced romance and illusion of the choice. To bang your sister you are forced to bang your mother and your teacher.

Play the prologue, don't play the game, at least you can make your own choice in it.

With a small exception with the librarian, all the women in here are beautiful creatures to be sure! Barely any spelling mistakes that I was able to find anywhere.

This would mean 4 stars though.. Right?
Normally, yes, however this game with its many animations, angle options and other functions I haven't seen anywhere else.. The Awakening really goes above and beyond, and I shall keep a close eye on this title in the future.!
Well done SLimGames!

Well i thought that i played this game years ago maybe 2 years i guess. Its prologue was released when acting lessons was in progress i guess . So yeah the game did develop a lot when compared to that time. The whole game is changed now . It was dull looking back then(not sharp models snd renders no offence ) but still very good for its time. I really like how it became . So far i will rate it 5 stars and see how it ends .

Version: v0.3.4C

Review:
The game is far below expectations. Sincerely it could be much better, if only it had a decent story or good gameplay to play. There is also a sexual content that I consider a little weak, but not that I am saying that it is bad, because it has great renderings but in general I did not like it very much for having a very repetitive function.
History:
The story of this game is bad, it doesn't make sense and it is not very synchronized. If you are going to play the prologue version you will notice this, so it is not even worth wasting time, because when we go to the definitive version of the game there are some small things that have been implemented and others not. Anyway, I didn't waste my time with the dialogues and the script, because it didn't give me any interest.
Gameplay:
In the prologue version we have a similar VN, where you only make choices to accept and decline and that's it, the game is over. In this version, it is a sandbox with point-n-click. It's not too bad, but I found it a bit annoying, since most places are empty when we complete some tasks and other functionalities are practically useless.
There is also voice action, where you can hear the characters' lines. I thought it was really boring, and it's good that you can muted it if you don't want to hear it.
Graphics & Sexual Content:
The graphics and rendering of the female character models are good, but the animations are reasonable. The sexual content of this game is weak, I mean, there are not many sex scenes in the game, there are few, most sexual content is exhibitionism that there is a function in the game that the MC can see the girls through an x-ray. However, this function is constant and ends up being quite annoying because it is repeated a lot.

So, why I did gave 2 stars?
The only characteristics good of this game are the renderings of the female character models, overall, I didn't like the game very much. The story of this game is bad, it seems to have an incomplete script if you played the prologue version to try to understand the basis of the game. But that was not the point of not enjoying the game, but the gameplay and the content. The gameplay is not torturous, I can say that it is simple for a sandbox, but it is a little empty and poorly organized, because you do not know where to start first, which character should go first, it is a free environment, it interacts with the character you think is best, and then interact with another one, you know? But the sexual content, there is a lot for you to see through the girls' clothes, and it ends up being repeated a lot, you are in the dialogue and x-ray vision appears almost always. It's a cool function, but it would be more interesting if it weren't so repeated. Anyway, I already talked about it and also about the sex scenes that are few in this game. Anyway, I gave this rating because more than that is impossible, I do not mean that the game is bad but talking about the content, yes, it is bad. There are not many fetishes, there are very few sex scenes, there is no interest in the story or character, it is just a kind of empty game. Poor sexual content, so, I don't recommend if you want something more pleasurable or satisfying.

Good in every way, the pitch is really good in its own way. The renders are awesomes, the characters are really really nice and well thought. What more to say... Except that i'm always waiting for more content and always glad when it comes

I have followed the game since it first came out. 2.5 years passed and a minimal amount of content has been added. The last 1 year has also had like a few hundred images (Like 5~7 scenes) added at most.
The story is weak, but the animations and models are top-notch, which makes it a shame to see another dev who milks people for all he can.

Great renders, nice gameplay and the story is pretty interresting. It was certainly one of the most promissing game when it was first release but more than a year and a half later, the content remain pretty poor and the update keeps getting lower content added. This is sad and this is why I reviewed my first rating of the game. I also guess that today's "empty" update after several months was a symbol of the game slowly dying. Sad.