VN - Ren'Py - The Coven [v0.9.5] [Former Flame]

[v0. 6]
Minor SPOILERs
This one's there in my bookmark since the first release but never got the time to play and I'm glad that i decided to try this out & i wasn't disappointed at all.
I love fantasy genre and wizard/witchcraft is just the cherry on top. I loved the banter, the humor was pretty funny, direction is good too so are the animations however they were mostly similar tbh throughout.

Renders/models: are fuckin top level, i especially loved Sura (hopefully that's her name).

Characters and personalities: all of them are likeable, even with some of theirs constant silly pickings. Seemed cute nonetheless. Main character is confused, down earth, no dickhead personality so that's big plus. I didn't like the later half part of gf (ex?), i felt like it was very one sided & tilting towards her when it comes to decision making in their relationship. Don't mind her being cuckqueen though hehehe.

Storyline: starts off with mc knocking out his gf because why not, but seeing her motionless mc called his family to check on her without taking into consideration the intimacy of the moment as well as the embarrassment of it, not even a hint of emotion it's like mom i fcuked her and she ain't moving can you look at her hehehe, but as i played through the game and the way some members were so casual in their dressing sense around mc i think that was understandable, also let's not take someone's life for granted. Some scenes were cleverly done like when he was called up for that combat and the reason behind that, but the immediate copulation (fitting way to describe that) can't be justified and the reason given was amateurish as well as totally out of blue & emotionless for a girl like her, but the relationship progression with her is tingling and in a good way. The almost hot moments with some of the girls were really well done and i like that trait in the developer.

I'm really intrigued about the guy in the bowling house he seemed to be a wizard because some of the professors from witch school and MC's landlady were adamant on the fact that there aren't any male wiz out there, I bet he was she before & had a gender change just to mess up with everyone. Jokes aside i literally got the goosebumps when he lifted those cars while saving that child and i am totally expecting more in the future. And I'm sure it's going to get better and better from here.

Final point to add, there are some facts and scenarios in the game which feels out of nowhere and doesn't add up that I'm sure the developer is going to explain it in future updates, it's just 0.6 and people playing adult games are 18+ which means fully developed human brain having ability to grasp the suddenness without expecting answers on the spot on why the 2+2 doesn't become 5 I mean wait for few, he might add 1 to the equation.

There are a few games that I really look forward to updates for, this is one of them. The writing is excellent, spot on dialogue and humor. The art and character design is really good. The pacing feels right, it's not a sex romp, but it's not dry either.

In this game you have you "household" full of woman you can barely touch, then you have the school where someone gives you sex, adn of course your girlfriend that gives you sex. Scenes are nothing extraordinary they are average.
The rest of the girls pretty much give you first relaease stuff (double meaning pun intented) or blueballs.

I have played this game some time ago, and I cant tell the difference, really.
The MC somehow seems to reject interactions with some girls, he kind of brush off their advances, it doesn't look good for an unfinished product when a character rejects the thing that the player are looking for.
So the player must wait for that to change from a stalling mechanism into a "character arc"
Judging from how much the game changed since I played it first time, that could take a while...

here we have a perfetcly flashed world of magic, with it's consistent myths and legends, with interesting characters, lovely love interests, and good dialogues.
sex scenes might have simpe animations, but even those are well done, touching the right kind of kinks,
TLR : my brain loved the world, my penis cried tears of joy

I found myself comparing this VN to Power Vacuum a lot while playing. Just like with PV, the writing is decent but all the characters have the same sarcastic joking demeaner with each other that eliminates individual characterization. While it's overall humurous and enjoyable it prevents me from getting attached to any of them. Although this is significantly less funny, which is actually a good thing. I've repeatedly laughed hard enough to lose my boner while playing PV so I appreciate not being blue balled that way here. This story is also a bit of a slow burn for most characters. As of version 0.5 there are 5 sex scenes, 2 are with the same character and 1 is a dream sequence.

Where this does differentiate itself is in the number of LIs and in "gameplay". There's a reason I've referred to The Coven as a VN so far, and that's because it has no story altering choices. Your options come down to "do you want to have sex" and that's it. I'd even go so far as to say this is more of a Kinetic Novel than Visual Novel. There's also hoardes of potential fuckbuddies for our lucky harem protagonist. The schoolgirls around you, their mothers and siblings, the teachers, your family, your girlfriend's family, and potentially a world full of witches with no warlock dick but yours available. It's already at a point where I'm not sure who some characters are or what their relations to each other are. Did we meet Raven at all before she joined Riley in holding my towel hostage? Was it ever mentioned that the Headmistress is Riley's mom before we start joking about having banged her? When has Elizabeth ever been shown being cold or bitchy to the MC? I like what's there well enough so far, but with the ever expanding list of potential baby mamas I do have to wonder if this won't soon become too big for the dev.

as a first impression i would say there is not a lot of content for V0.4. but what there is ... Is Very Satisfying!
IMO there are games with better art , better renders, better animations... but this has EVERYTHING! and it's ALL Good. the story is intriguing, characters well fleshed out and believable. dialogue feels natural. the art IS good, well rendered and with clean animations.
my fear is one of not being able to see the end. if i were rich , money would be Flying at the dev, heck even if i had Any income it would be worth it.
{Former Flame} please stay on track and focused. keep that artistic integrity and positive vibe. this is Looking like a True Winner. i know the world is messed up and i hope RL does not break you. and may you gain the support you need.

The Coven [v0.4] review
PROS -
Excellent renders ( amazing visuals )
Hot looking models
Fantasy plot ( magic )
Decent story
Harem and school setting
No annoying sandbox
Frequent updates and good amount of content
Sex scenes are good
CONS -
Main character at the moment seems weak
But in the end game shows a lot of promise with a nice story set in fantasy theme theme with stunning visuals , looking forward to future updates .

Let me start of by saying that yes, I recommend you play this game. That being said, it is a tricky one to score. There's so much promise here, but a number of things hold the game back from being great. I love the setting and basic premise and I love the main cast of LIs (especially Cassie). But the game has it's issues. For one thing, the pacing felt all over the place. The writing isn't exactly blowing my mind either, it feels a bit awkward or stiff at times. There are also a lot of LIs being set up at once, with very little content for any of them so far. MC kind of has a girlfriend, I really like the way the game handles that and makes it okay for MC to pursue others without guilt, rather than just saddling you with a GF you never chose from the get-go like some other games. Further, he lives with 5 gorgeous women, who are clearly meant to be his three sisters, his mother and his mother's partner. I again want to give the game some credit for essentially giving him two moms rather than a dead or absentee father. That's already a large and in my opinion great cast of LIs, but then there are like multiple teachers and a bunch of students at the school where he happens to be the only dude. Which is a cool premise too, but trying to make it both a family fuckfest and a school harem might be a bit ambitious. I fear that setting up too many LIs so early will lead to very little content with many of them for the foreseeable future.

All that being said, I enjoyed my time with the game. I also see so much fucking potential here that I can't help but rate it a bit higher than the current build might warrant. I truly wish the dev all the best and I hope the game gets the support it deserves.

The renders look good and the idea behind the story is decent but that's about it. Really weak MC who does exactly what he's told without question and doesn't care that his family has been lying to him his whole life. Also there are forced sexual encounters and that's almost never a good thing.

I ignored this game and played it yesterday and i must say that i love it.

The renders looks good and the Story is my taste (Magic).

The Story is about a dude which lives with his "mom" and "sisters" in a house full of witches. He is the only without witchcraft at first, but then he "rises" and we follow the story. I think that everybody knows where this is going.

And it is a "HAREM" game and i can´t wait for the updates.

I hope this will get to the end but i have a suggestion to make.

Between many many many renders or text, there is 1 or 2 clicks with the same picture but i have to click it. At first i thought that there comes an animation or i lost something and rollback, but there is nothing to do - just click. That sucks but it is a very good game!

I was pleasantly surprised by this, I have to say. The renders are great, and although some of the models are a bit plain, there's actually a decent diversity in characters. It's a bit slowly paced in terms of h-scenes, but it's extremely well written for a porn VN and it has a compelling and engaging story. I'm very much looking forward to what comes of this game, especially with regards to the headmistress.

Over all, I liked it. The dialog was good and very funny. I kind of feel like the flow was a little bad, but mostly good.

Constructive part. I actually would like a little more dialog and back story. I don't really feel like the MC would just be like, yeah, let me tell you about the last time i fuck my gf, and get an exam without some more conversation. I know some stories just drag on, but a little more might do this game good.

Keep up the good work, Looking forward to updates.

So my first play through was today. I was looking for another game to pass the time till the games I liked updated. Over all I do like story and how things are going. Keep up the good work.

Excellent start. Cute girls, good amount of "content", fairly frequent updates. Will be great in a year or two. Right now the game took about 2 hours in total so its only downside is lack of total amount of content, but for a 0.3 thats forgiveable.

Just a cookie cutter wimp mc that goes along with what everyone tells him to do and has got a magic dick. The dialogue is pretty good tho and the renders look decent, I just can't deal with this Mc that's getting fucked over by everyone and doesn't even react.

I'm digging this one so far. Renders are a little bit old fashioned, but all the girls are at the least moderately attractive. You play as the lone male witch (or should that not be warlock?) in ages. You've got a lot of power, a lot of hot women, and some magical cum. What's not to like? Not a lot of choices, though. Even still, at least there's a story to it so I never found myself wanting to skip through the text... This is at least one worth checking out.

[Review as of 0.2]

Story: Decent. Only guy witch in a secret world of generally horny girl witches. Pure escapism that. Lots of potential shenanigans.
Renders: Good.
Villains: May not be introduced yet, although there are a couple of possibilities. 1) A presumably tsundere student might actually be bad instead. 2) Also a possibility is introduced at the end of 0.2
Sandbox: N/A

One item not really made clear is that this is basically a kinetic novel. As far as I was able to determine the handful of choices don't currently seem to make a difference other than some flavor text/images (want to see T or A?). Might make long term differences though.

Overall a fun ride. If you like a linear harem style fantasy AVN then give it a whirl as it has all the makings of a solid entry into the genre.

This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite, most anticipated games. The renders are solid, and I find myself interested in the story, but what I enjoy most is the banter. The dialogue is just really excellent, and that's saying a lot when it comes to AVNs.

If you enjoy urban fantasy or just straight up fantasy, you'll like this. It's well worth the time and I can't wait for the next update.

well

first thanks to @formerflame for the game ,looks tempting

the story --- needs a rework at the beginning ..
at first the mc like : whats going on ? oh magic , yeah cool thing ,can i go sleep now ...

at the "nurse" office : ".... just a short examination" , got "raped"(yep it is by law description) while mind-manipulated?!
( similiar to druged or w/e in reallife)
and after this : huh im naked , cool thing lets go on ...

later on the woman tell him he got multiple times mind-manipulated and again :yeah cool thing , lets go eat..

there is no sign so far that the mc has doubts or own thoughts about what happen - he just obeys

the story lacks explanations at the beginning - its like "here ,your bone - now chew it" --
you(the player) have to figure out who is who until some(very rare) hints popup at conversations

and i really hope that the mc is not be going a submissive yes-sayer - the behavior so far points straight to this


BUT ,
i still going to watch and play it because i think the story can be great
the animations are good , renders are good , girls are cute (ok the headmistress is a wrinkle one)
(game reminds me abit of the Sorcerer game)

oh and like my sig says : thats just my 2 cents

gl with the game @formerflame

3 stars for now -adjust it maybe later

I know this is just a v0.1 so I'm going to try and give it a little leeway.

If you like your games at a break neck pace then this is the game for you! We go from 0-100 REAL QUICK with almost zero explanation along the way!

There isn't even a hint of character introductions so knowing who is who and what their relationship is to MC is actually IMPOSSIBLE. MC has no personality whatsoever, he just finds out that magic is real and there's tons of witches all over the world but isn't shocked at all! No real questions about anything its just another Monday to him.

The renders are fine. The character models are okay. The animation looks average.

The story is interesting in its basic form. MC finds out magic and witches are real and discovers he himself is a witch/wizard(?) But what is presented in v0.1 is a complete mess. However it has a lot of potential to be a pretty good game. My suggestion is to go back and do proper character introductions for the characters as we meet them. Give MC a personality. That should get the game on the right track.

2/5 for me based off what I played today but like I said lots of potential. I'll keep an eye out for more updates.