Ren'Py - The Big Beyond [v0.09b] [Tjop]

cracking game from start to finish.

beautiful real looking ladies, rather than petite everything.

i hope anal and ass eating become a separate interaction you can perform with most characters as much as you want.

makes sense for the landlady to approve of anal before vaginal. as its less sacred than vaginal for their type of relationship.

just need more ass interactions added to the repeatable scenes.

had a blast with this, and shame it was over.

was hoping for repeatable anal with the witch

and was hoping for more repeatable actions with characters overall.


more ass/anal the better.

look forward to future updates

Gameplay 4/5+
Nudes/Sexual Content 2/5-

I've played this game a lot, and this is due to the absolutely solid game mechanics, I enjoyed fighting, collecting resources/experience, training, exploring the map until my character was powerful. I haven't progressed the story loads, due to some confusion with missions.

The fighting is card style using mana and energy each turn, like hearthstone except the cards are moves and abilities not minions.

What lets this down;-
Nudes and sexual content is in a hand painter/draw style which is ok (its nearly charming), but there is hardly any of it. I cant help but think if you ran this through an AI video/image creator you could stack this with sexual content making the game loop complete.

Tones of potential, the dev has got the gameplay nailed, it just needs more rewards throughout. More nudes more sex, and maybe a few more fighting cards to unlock as your character improves.

Game has some nice looking girls, and good artstyle. That's about it for the positives.
They all seem to have huge boob/curvy/fat thighs type bodies, which is a plus if you like that or a minus if you like more petite women. There is no variety.
As for the game itself, at this moment/version it's a buggy mess full of "WIP" features/places that simply don't work most of the time. Or end abruptly leaving you hanging.
The "exploration" part is one of the worst I've ever seen in a game. It's like Skyrim without a map but worse.
Game was abandoned, dev came back with a new release, and despite there being very few scenes for the women in the game, he decided to make some optional "futa" content as his priority even if it had none so far. I'd wager that's gonna be a main focus going forward so be warned if you're not into that.

V0.09b
This game is amazing.
The story is very good and interesting, it shows a lot of potential. It has a good pace.

- Art 5/5
The art of the game and especially the characters is simply fantastic.
The models are very good.
Beautiful bushes , I hope for more of this.

Combat is cool and fun.
The interactive map is very good.

Did I already say that the character art is incredible!?

The game has a lot of potential. I eagerly await much more.

V0.09b

i downloaded and started and got the game to open straight onto renpy error screen. i hit ignore and the game started playing and hit another error.
quit and came back to see a fix had been posted.
downloaded and applied fix and game started correctly this time.
small amount of dialogue straight into sandbox.
shit short opening.
selected to have futanari and didn't see any to warrant the choice.
selected TWO areas in house right at the start of the sandbox and BOTH were WIP. WHY the fuck are they even an option then? third option was empty and fourth led to another that turned me away.
really shit opening so i uninstalled instead. if this was a steam game my application for refund would already be in...in triplicate.
clearly someone forgot to add the 'game' to this over four and half year old game.

The Big Beyond [v0.08 Fix]

good but not really


art 4.5/5
story 2.5/5
character/design 3.5/5
sex scene 2/5
sound 4.5/5
vibe 2/5
overall 3.1/5

art really good art

story meh nothing interesting happend

character/design good but i fell i look at same person they look alike

sex scene not good but there is animation i guss

sound i love BGM not annoying even tho is repeating and sound effect are okay too

vibe i felt like shi while playing after 20 min download the cheat to see if anything good happend but no

okay game with good art and sound but boring story and bad gameplay

Not a horrible game by any means, but there's nothing really exceptional about it and it's FULL of bugs.

Firstly and most crucially, I met unexpected errors constantly. Hindering gameplay by virtue of how easy they are to get. Go on the wrong tile at the wrong time of day (which appears to be any part that's possible) and BLAMO- Error screen. You can obviously rollback, but it happens so frequently that I'd call it a major flaw.

Secondly, the core gameplay (or atleast an aspect of it, I am of course referring to the exploration portion) is so sluggish it's ridiculous. Walk a few tiles? HERES A POPUP. (I don't hate the popups in concept, but for them to have the ability to occur more than once every day is simply silly) Encounter a random battle? HERES A POPUP. (Similar to the first reason, but can affect almost any movement) It's just so much for what you're able to do. Also I got a decent amount of lag at moments and I wasn't sure if that was my computer or me for not decrypting the files.

Thirdly, the scenes are bugged and progression can be bugged as well. My first runthough got softlocked right at the beginning (not sure why) and when unlocking the gallery, scenes which you've seen already don't appear. That isn't even to mention the issues of lag I was having, but atleast I can blame that on not unzipping before use.

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Those were major gripes, here are my personal.

The selection of characters is so small and lacks a variety in body type, it seems to me that there only seems to be three body types and the vast majority of characters are the curvy-big-boobed ladies. That's not necessarily a flaw, there's differences, I just wished for more. Which leads to my second point.

The experience itself was quite small- I don't see an abandoned tag, so I'm not exactly sure why after years of development there's only a handful of characters. I understand that art takes time, that coding takes time, that doing it alone can be unfeasible or atleast extremely difficult. But man oh man was I disappointed with how much you could do. Leading to my next issue-

The H scenes were mediocre. This is another point down to personal taste, but I genuinely believe the scenes could be vastly improved by two simple changes. Firstly, character moan sound effects could easily make it hotter and more engaging. Secondly, transitions between phases (especially the finishing phase) could make a smoother and sexier experience. The art also wasn't always up to my taste for those scenes (kinda looking like paper cutouts being pushed into eachother) but that's to be expected for the most part.

Finally, Navigation at times can be confusing. There are optional arrows which can be added in, to show choices to make; but sometimes the perspective of the shot is rather unhelpful for story progression - i.e. the frame when you leave your house. Sometimes the game will punish you for taking a quicker way back- i.e. travelling to the city from the exploration at night forcing you to pay a fee to sleep. Also the inclusion of wasd controls for the first map, isn't available in the second map. It's just either confusing or deliberately obtuse at moments.

However, despite all that. The experience is straightforward in a good way at moments, and the art isn't horrendous and relatively easy on the eyes compared to other titles. Also the map minigame, although annoying at times, was a nice change of pace from the regular game. (but I do wish there were more mechanical differences between background changes and more dungeons available with some other type of minigame to pass- i.e. room tree options, making it feel as if you have to make more important choices than 'hold skip and solve the maze. But what is included currently isn't necessarily the worse game I've seen.

So yeah, would I recommend this? No
Was it still an entertaining point and click game? Occasionally yeah, good enough to say it isn't necessary to avoid this. But it wasn't anything special.

Lots of grinding, lots of killing boars and harpies, imps and other shit.
There are also bugs, for example:

1. Game doesn’t remember the font you selected and resets it every time you restart.
2. While exploring, events might not trigger at all. For instance, the note at the very beginning — I had to walk back and forth 5 times before the game finally realized I wanted to read it. Though before that, it gave me an error screen.
3. Some enemy called "Dire Wolf" don't even have its own sprite, or its just a game don't wanna show me this creature

There’s not much to say about combat — it’s standard card-based battles. But for example, there’s a card that’s supposed to apply bleeding, but you have no idea whether it actually worked or not. Or a card that boosts your damage at the cost of health — there’s no indication it’s doing anything.
Just having status icons would’ve been a basic quality-of-life feature, but they’re not here. Only poison shows a text prompt.
As for the h-content — hard to say, I played for about an hour and saw only bj with some orc...
In conclusion, game’s been in development for 4 years, and it’s still in a very rough state — 2/5 +1 for really good art style.

Literally, nice game. Lacking walkthrough a little bit but overall it's pretty good. Especially the artworks, Tjop really knows styles. The female bodies in this game is just too good (to my taste). Very looking forward to next update. Well done.

There is a lot of detail in this game, and a game it truly is. I always respect when the dev can find a way to fully emulsify you into the world and make it fun.

+ Positives
- Unique and beautiful art with some very voluptuous models.
- Fun
- Combat is interesting
- Interactive map
- Cheats available

- Negatives
- Questing is often tedious and lacking proper direction
- Gallery is available but not easy to access
- Map can be a slow grind and have you feel like you're playing Pokémon on Gameboy (A wild *** has appeared).
- Why can't you fuck the Harpy's and other beings whenever you want like the Orc?
- Lack of detail in the most important part.... the sex. More interactive, position changes, etc. Usually you can only decide if you want to cum in our out. There is also no pregnancy with cumming inside of them.

It would be cool to see this game or a new game developed by the same creator with more immersion into the sex aspect.

I just finished the 0.08 update and I can't thank the dev enough for these curvy, voluptuous and delicious milfs. A real work of art... BRAVO!
That's said I can't ignore the obvious few negatives (and I think many players agree with me).
First of all, the in-game walkthrough, it really needs to be more detailed. Many times I thought of quitting the game because I was lost. The when and where are simply not there.
The second thing is the H-scenes, they feel unrewarding, short and barren. They contained a lot of black screens that should've been filled with GIFs or at least some pictures related to the sex commentary.
I really hope the dev will address these issues in next updates as he moves forward (PLEASE, DO NOT rework or revamp or re-anything).
Finally, this game has the potential to one of the best. Good job dev and good luck.

Gave this a try after i saw that the dev may be picking up the process again. - It's quite a neat thing but unfortunately i can't rate it very highly at this point as the game crashes, and is full of stuff that just doesn't work.

Bugs/crashes have prevented me from advancing the game. I can see the appeal, but until it becomes more stable, and gets quality of life updates it's a hard pass.

What an wonderful little game. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The quests are interesting. However, overall story can use a little bit of work. I loved the visuals. This is an early stage game so I expect a lot more in upcoming future.

I came for the amazingly thick art, and I was thourgly satisfiesd. The game is rough around the edges but the art and battle system makes up for it. I can tell dev likes to write, seen with the long passages during exploration and an entire 100+ page book filled with a story.

-Amazing Art especially if you're into thicc( I know some say its all elves and not humans but the ears are barely noticeable if that distracts you)
- Cool premise

- Questing is rough (Some quests like the evidence was confusing)
- There is a gallery but only accessible at night
- Can feel grindy

Too bad its onhold, but I hope to see more from the dev

The Big Beyond shows amazing potential and great promise!

The artstyle is amazing and unique, and fits the theme and aesthetic of the story being told very well. Talking about theme, Wow!

The fantasy genre is lacking in my opinion, especially when it comes to games with more taboo options.

The gameplay is pretty standard turn based combat, with the beginnings of an item system in place, and training you pay for to increase your stats. (perhaps turn it into a sort of minigame to make training feel more impactful, but that's neither here nor there.)

The dialogue has a few errors in places, but thats to be expected when im unsure if English is even the Devs native language.

The developer seems very active, appearing on F95 almost every day, which (hopefully) bodes well for this projects future.

I hope this project comes to fruition, but even if it doesn't, great work on just this dude.

I really like the art of this game. Lots of big tits MILFs. I hope the developer will return to the game soon. The grind can be too much sometimes, but still I enjoyed the game. Maybe need more sex scenes.

2025: The dev returned and picked the game back up. There are some new contents and the dev is taking his time. I hope the game continues on.

This game is so promising! I love milfs/big tits so its already intresting but the attention to detail in every frame was awe-inspiring, great character design, nice story. I hope that we gonna see more from this developer. Keep the good work and come back to us with some good content!

One of the best game I've played, awesome art, the quests are good and the ladies/scenes very hot! There is already a lot of content available and it seems like there is a lot more to come. Congrats to the dev for the making of this game.

For someone who likes dungeons and dragons with a bit of R-rated stuff thrown in for kicks, you will enjoy this more than any other game. For someone like me, it wasn't my cup of tea.

You go exploring the Beyond, a vast wilderness expanse and encounter creatures, bandits etc. You fight and kill bandits while with some creatures you go for the flesh, minus the sustenance.

No character is human so even the best characters with whom you can have H-scenes are elves, so as I said earlier, if you're in for those kinks, this is the game for you. For people like me, hard pass.

Version played 0.07
This will be a rather short review but so be it

The quality of art is great, sure not the best animations I have seen but considering the style it would also be rather hard to animate so no big deal. Of course most of the girls are old, fat and have large breasts which is kind of the antithesis of my personal taste, so that makes it rather hard to judge.

But the fact that I played through that despite my distaste of the women does speak of the quality.
The story / exploring also works rather well. I do think some areas could have been better marked, such as the smith near the entrance of town. There is also a lot of clicking through the same areas, a map would have been nice. The ui is also rather weird to navigate, you can't use your mouse in the inventory which is not usually the case with ren py games.

Still over all I think this is one of the better ones on and I will continue to follow it, even if most of the girls are really not my taste.