VN - Ren'Py - The Cabin - Summer Vacation [Ep. 7] [CellStudios]

[updated review for Ep 1 part 2]

Graphics is very good, no music just a few sound effects.

Story was actually interesting and engaging and the and writing really good,
MC and LIs were relatable and interesting.


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outdated comment for [Ep 1 part 1], this is actually much better in the update!

Unfortunately, in the last minutes or so the game descended into a "worst of adult visual novel" quagmire:
MC (who seemed quite non-psychopathic so far) finds his alcoholic mother passed out on the sofa in the middle of the night and immediately starts grabbing her boobs (no choice, remember), and the release ends with the MC lying in bed afterwards reflecting this wonderful development while sporting his minotaur-sized cock.

It would be really nice if this awful ending was the result of the developers running out of time and patience and rushing out something with lewd contents; ideally once they have more time and energy they would backtrack, pretend these minutes never happened, and continue with the potentially very interesting game before that.

These last minutes would warrant 2 stars, the beginning 5, I end up with 4 for now, not giving up hope...

This gets off to a more substantial start than most incest based VNs do. It still is clearly going to make use of the "I'm the man of the house now" trope, but it seems like it will be used in a different way.

The story is set up well. Though I wish there was a semblance of choice in the beginning, even if it led to the same outcome. The MC *totally not mom* gets into a fight with *totally not dad* and then she takes you and your *totally not sister* to go live with your *totally not aunt*. There is an underlying theme of addiction and recovery early in the game. It doesn't seem like the dev is going to shy away from more touchy topics in the future. There is a part at the end where I wish I had a choice to not do what was done because I didn't really want to do it as the player, but overall I like the direction.

The render are nice. the game is stylized and the characters look like porcelain but not overly so like in "Photo hunt". I've seen all the locations before but I can't say that the character models jump out at me as overly used or used at all. It's all photo frames there is no animation and thus far there isn't really in sexual content (0.1).

The writing and grammar is pretty good, if the dev isn't a native english speaker they sure know how to translate well. What I'm more impressed with is the usage of addiction and how that impacts a family dynamic. I wouldn't be surprised if the dev has had issues with addiction in the family in the past or some other frame of personal reference. I need to add that the beginning you are given the choice to modify names and relationships, which I like, but it got confusing with the aunt and the mom. So be warned, redhead is aunt.

Overall, I like it. There is more here than an overdeveloped sex drive in a young man. There seems to be real conflict that needs resolving. As long as this doesn't turn into a fantastical fuck-fest then I can't wait for more. Thumbs up, dev.

This game is off to a great start. The premise is simple and there's not much content, but the relationships between the characters are fleshed out pretty well thus far. The models are well designed, too. Obviously, this is a review of a very early version with no animations or sex scenes, so we'll have to wait and see if this becomes something.

Another VN to look forward to

- Great renders new assets nice presentation
- New hot models and MC model is new too
- Well written with some humor
- A promising intriguing story (kinda gives me the vibe of "back to the cabin" that was abandoned before the main story took off but i liked where the story was going)

All in all a good start as it can be with the promises of something great in the future but I'll wait for it to unravel can't wait for what comes next
4 starts because of the brevity

Great work dev goodluck with the project

Ep 1 P 1
yeah it's early to judge but it looks good.

the models and charecters look good and kind of unique.

i'd like if the number of LI's stays small (there is 3 at the moment a Mom and a Sis and an Aunt )... i get lost when game has a million charecter.

the story looks like it could be interesting.

there is no Sex scenes yet in Ep 1 P 1.

finally if the game keeps getting updated regulary with good sized content this could be a top tier game... but if the dev gets lazy this 5 star rating will drop to 1 easily ( i'll update the review after every release)
i recommend you give it a chance