VN - Ren'Py - The Call of Darkness [v2.75] [Ace Games]

V2.75

i like this one but boy is it hard going for me.
i cannot read the writing at times as it just blends into the background. if ever there was a game that needed an optional solid textbox it is this one.
it really is like trying to read a magic eye picture sometimes.
remember those cartoons of Mr Magoo? that's what i feel like trying to decipher some of the dialogue.

the N or novel side of things has been given the attention it deserves and i did not find either the dialogue or the plot wanting. a good solid performance.

the V or visual side is the weaker point in my view. it is not bad but just looks dated now. even honey select has moved on to bigger and better since the 2010's, and is no longer the rinse and repeat a million times, so why this or daz3d are not a choice for looks to match the quality of writing i will never know. the characters are beautiful enough to warrant that extra touch of class.

better style of art and readable text, this would easily be a solid 4 star for me, possibly nudging towards a 5 if a sister gets introduced who likes her brother balls deep in her ass........what? i can dream too. fuck off

I don't actually have a lot to say about the game, as I find there's very little to criticize. I'd like a bit more dirty talk in the sex scenes, particularly from the ladies, but that's a personal preference and certainly not a reason to ding a star.

For a game that's been out for ~6 months now, there is a LOT of content. The story and characters are solid, and I found myself very disappointed when I reached the end. I think the best thing I can say about the game is that if this were just a book I'd still read it. It doesn't NEED the sex scenes to be worth playing, but it does have them, and they are good. Definitely give it a try.

Started out pretty decent and i do like that it has choices where you can turn down girls you dont like and you can even say no to sex in dream scenes which is a rare thing, so it does have alot going for it.

Where it was a let down to me was the diversity in builds of the girls, its main focus is big tits and i just dont like that in any way and it wasent even expected since you see MCs ex- girlfriend in the dream and she has some nice firm smaller sized tits and she looked pretty good as well, but then you meet the crew of spaceship your the captain off and it all goes to shit, nothing but big tits and one weird catgirl? whos very dark/black fur thing, so none of them would ever be a possible LI to me which makes game boring, i wish devs would learn to make diversity in builds but to many fail with that, maybe due to devs having a big tit fetish them selfs i dunno but it will result in less support for the game when it only has a single focus.

The crew is 6 girls and theres the dream girl deamon whatever thing as well so 7 in total, 6 of which has big tits and 1 has normal sized but looks very weird and dark, so i found absolutly no LIs worth going for which makes for a very very booring AVN, i did like the ex-girlfriend but apprently shes not an option so yeah i cant really give this a good rating due to so many failures.

MC is also a bit to cringy, having an MC lusting for everything he sees feels idiotic when you dont feel the same as the player and it makes it even more idiotic to have an MC lusting for someone and then turn her down 5 seconds later, it kills the immersion and story in a big way.

MC is also very submissive, even though you get choices to snap back at someone, MC goes stright to saying hes sorry right after? it feels idiotic considering hes the boss.....but he acts like a grunt....shitty combo.

Theres also alot of spelling issues and words placed in the worng order, it gets a bit annoying in the long run.

As for the main story i found my self getting bored with to much lore and just boring dialogs, also the hole constantly flashing tits and girls walking around either topless or without panties is just to much porn logic which hurts any real story, but alot of it is just plain bad, like MC opening up to the hole crew about hes dreams which should make everyone think hes insane and remove him as captain but nothing really makes much sense.

Animations are below average as well, saw other reviews talking about them being great which feels like fake reviews or maybe they never seen any other animations before....

Theres no music and silent games are just so much more boring, it has a few sound effects every now and then but its meh and dosent really help much.

This was one of the best written VN i've read so far. Beautiful Li, Awesome story, and good animations as well. If dev keeps it up this could be one of the top VN's on this site. Heck even if this didn't have sex scenes in it i would still read it. The sex scenes are just icing on the cake. Good luck Dev. I hope to see more. I'll probably support this one.

This felt like a HIDDEN GEM of game.
Character are good looking
Story is interesting
Animation is really good
BUT! There are sound effects but No background music.
That's why it gets boring sometimes.

I've never been a fan of the art style and tend to avoid games with it but this one peaked my interest so I gave it a shot and glad I did. The use of animations is amazing and you can feel the story forming and it really pulls you in. Great Game!

The dialogue is amusing.
The animation is exciting.
The concept is interesting.
I am enjoying this work and hope those involved in its creation experience success and swift production of more content.