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

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.

This game has really hot scenes, the textures are really good, many scenes with sexy and well detailed feet.

My only problem with this game is repeatable scenes, i hope there's more repeatable scenes, like asking the girls sex, blowjob, footjob etc.

Great art, animations, and scenes. Good variance in body types. Script was good.

Personalities seemed off somehow, like the actions didnt match the character.

I am not sure why, it just seemed mechanical, not sexy. I found myself smashing the left mouse button to get through scenes hoping the next one was better.

Diamond in the rough? Maybe I just wasnt in the mood?

The renders are beautiful but I find the actual story to be pretty poor.

Guy looses his memory and has to get it back, while doing sexy fun time with people to power a fairy or something. I mean it's original but I've played through the prologue and part of one of the girls storyline and it only really comes up once or so. It's not helped that the characters are idiots. The women fall into that niche of being basically brain dead who do anything the MC asks them to. There's a bit where a coffee shop is failing and one of the girls asks the MC for help. There is literally NOTHING to suggest the MC can help but hey, the story demands it so away we go. His thinking is to get the girl to dress up like a cat maid (cause that's obviously your go to when asked "how can I sell coffee") which is out there but ok I can get on board for the purpose of story. But the MC then realises the girl is missing the tail that came with the outfit and we find out she's not wearing the tail cause it's basically a buttplug. The girl, quite rightly says "hey I'm not wearing a butt plug ffs" and the MC response is "well you obviously don't want it to be successful" and she does it!! I mean what an absolute idiot.

It's also not helped with railroading. There's a scene where you're vacuuming a bedroom and find a pair of panties. Now your choices are rub one out with them, or put them back. If you put them back then you get caught and the only way to get affection points from the woman is to admit you were doing naughty things with them. That's... not great.

There's no apparent structure to the game either. It seems to have a day/night cycle but there's no hint to what day it is. You're apparently a school student but apart from the first day I've not actually been. That's not a bad thing as it may cut down on repetition but it feels weird.

Visually a lovely game but the story makes me roll my eyes too many times to be truly enjoyable.

Some character stories are locked behind progression of other characters. Renders or characters you may not like? Well this "sandbox" is linear. Just like in real life, you have to get a titjob from your mom to fuck the coffee girl. Now you're getting blown in an alley by a hooker. Who is this hooker? This is the second day out of my coma?

How are you paying voice artists when the dialogue and game are only 30% finished? People can get hit by a bus, it's a whole concept. Abort your game at some point in development and instead of scaling back or streamlining the project, you get more ambitious and greatly expand the scope?

I hate giving bad reviews to indie devs, but the same problems seem to crop up over and over, game after game. This has Star Citizen written all over it -- all the terrible practices and problems that plague this genre and so many crowd supported games. It shouldn't take you five to seven years to make your first game. You are making it too big, you will burn out.

The visuals are stunning, the sex scenes are smooth, offer sometimes different angels and the grade of details are just stunning.

The writing is quite weak. The MC is somewhat of an douche. No Character is really sympathetic. It's always clear that you are playing an porn game and not an game with porn. Stupid stuff happens all the time even if they don't make any sense, porn logic at full force.

The game also offers voice acting.

You should try the game, but don't expect an great story.