VN - Ren'Py - The Grey Dream [Ep. 5 - Steam Halloween Side Story] [TheGreys]

Ep.3.5

Story: 4.5/5
Render: 5/5
Animation: 5/5
Gameplay:4/5 (Traditional AVN game)
Girls: 7/5
Potential: 10/5

A Simple Story driven AVN with A really good Render and animation.
The story so far really engaging the plot piqued my interest.
it is just not fap and done game this more to it than that,
The girls are beautiful HOLY!

I cant wait for more updates, I hope the dev did not taking too long to updates but I know it will, because the render was so good.
it probably should take most of the times.

I just want to say congrats to the dev and good luck for the updates.
if the dev play the card right this may become top AVN out there.

Overall, a fun game with interesting characters and plot lines.

But... it's a little rough. Dialogue streams that are clunky, renders with artifacts and skin intersecting with fabric... It just lacks a little polish.

However, this is only episode three. I completely understand that some devs take some time to hit their stride. I think there is enough here to warrant keeping an eye on the game, and a patreon sub during release months.

I hope the dev keeps the game going, as I think it has great potential... just maybe with a tiny bit more attention to detail.

Good game, the renderings are beautiful, the sex scenes are good, nothing to say, the story is nice without being incredible, a nice surprise, I hope that the game will have a good future, because I am impatiently waiting for the sequel

Updated Review after playing Chapter 4 and buying it on steam

TLDR : Great game this hidden gem has the potential to compete with some of the other great AVN games out there. one of the better ones ive played not top 10 but top 20- 30 or so at the very least.

There are times where there doesn't seem to be much story going on in this game. That's because it's a slow burn story and it doesn't pick up until the end of Chapter 3 and Chapter 3.5. Chapter 4 slowed down again until the end. If you can wait id probably wait until the next update to play this because of the cliffhanger at the end of Chapter 4 makes me think it would make for a better experience if you wait.


Renders : I'm not usually one to judge renders much while the character renders are excellent and overall this game has really good renders. Might just be me but at times I feel like the blur effect on background on some of these renders are too harsh .

Animations : Orginally I thought this had one of the best animations but that is changed after playing more AVN's. The animations are still pretty good but now my critisim is the animations feel a bit weird at the start of the game cause of the speed of them. They improved alot and have an overall better feel to them now they are never bad to begin with however.+ however good the characters and lightning looks really good when a animation plays it makes it even better.

Characters : So far I don't dislike anything about the characters as of yet, they all look beautiful. However there isnt all that much relationship / character building where I ever feel like I start to get to know the characters better, at least not yet.

A bit of criticism : I wish I could rename the page files and saves without having to use URM to organize my saves. Also some renders / animations can look good and bad at the same time because of the compression used. At least the compression artificing ( think that's the right term) is more noticeable in this game than some others I have played.

After seeing this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdU6qalWC3g I decided to download the game. Super graphics and the story part is equally interesting . If the whole game is as I saw in the clip, I will think about the idea of supporting the developer on Patreon . I will also put this comment in the review part, from my perspective it deserves 5 stars. it's a pity that it's not a 10-star ranking, because the game deserves it. Congratulations

It's exciting to see this game really go to a much better place.
It was a 3-4 point game 2-3 updates ago, but now the story seems to be getting a little more serious and going somewhere.
The renders are one of the best, the animations are really good. The story writing seems to be better right now. I may lower the score in the next episode, this is my score for now. Note : If I didn't consider this game as an avn, I would have given it lower.

I really like this game.

❤ for the story is very good and easy for me to understand not heavy to digest.

❤ As for the rendering, I'm very tribal, it's amazing from the graphics and not old-fashioned and that's an extra point.

- maybe for the minuses I can't give and I really haven't found any significant bugs or the whole bout this games, maybe after this game is finished I will change my reviews about this game.

the point is I really like this game ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Good Points
+ Art style, renders and animations are quite good and sex scenes have animations with a couple of different angles.
+ Most of the girls/women look good; hot, sexy, cute, etc.

Bad Points
- We have two variants for nearly every sex scene, normally I would say it's a good thing giving an immersive feeling, but in this game, it has nearly no purpose because players nearly being forced to see ''Sigma'' variants of those scenes because the amount of ''Sigma'' choices you need to choose for the story, male and female characters for liking you, getting relationship points with them, etc.
- The story is not that original or interesting, and story-telling is not well-written either.
- MC doesn't have a unique design/face.
- The game is nearly 1 year old, and it doesn't have enough story or lewd content for that, it's quite short and unsatisfying.
- Most of the sex scene positions and animations are too close, better sex scene positioning and more 3rd person middle range (positions at least the character's faces can be seen, not just their some body parts) are needed.

For The End
It's not a bad game, but I wouldn't say it's great either, aside from good-looking renders it doesn't have any other charm on it or enough content with those renders. With only having good renders and animations I don't think it deserves more than 2.5 stars, with a better story and story-telling with enough content it might become a 3-4 stars rate in the future tho.

Crazy renders, awesome models (maybe a little bit of variety would be nice, like someone chubbier or older, would feel more real) and good writing. The plot turns better in every chapter.

The only thing that bugs me is that some of the sex scenes and relationships feel more or less real, while others doesn't. Sometimes it feels like the chapter is handsome, the girl too and they just flirt like it's a tottally normal thing. That feels a little weak for me.

But the game has a lot of potential and has already a good amount of content.

As of version 3.0:

Well, first off, if I am honest: The first two releases didn't quite get me. i thought: "Yeah, nice renders. A bit of a 08/15 story to go from sex scene to sex scene."
But that changed with the end of 3.0, because NOW I see things getting interessting.

So Renders are top quality.
Sex scenes are nice to watch (and fap if you are in the mood).

Music is there, but no really something I am into it. The better parts are smooth background music. The other are a bit on the "elevator music" side. But it isn't disturbing - or even distracting. Oh and it's not stuff used everywhere else. At least I think I never had this before.

The story starts off a bit on the uninteresting side:
MC gets a new job and runs into girls to get lucky every day (if you chose to). So yeah, all the girls are into him. But at least he looks like the part and if someone like him is nice to females... let us just say it is believable.
The girls shown are interesting so far, and yeah I did them all, except one. I think my favourites until now are Kelly (no sex til yet as far as I know, but she is an awesome friend) and Anna, who is not only sexy (they all are) but funny too.
Well back to the story: So MC starts a new job and gets a first seemingly impossible task. The kind of task in which many failed before him. But he is determined so see it done. I wouldn't want to spoiler something, so let us leave it at that.
As written before it starts getting interesting at the end of 3.0, so with this update I moved it onto my "keep an eye on it"-data drive.

Had two failscreens, one direct in the first 2 minutes, but they could be passed with "ignore" without further problems.

I give this the benefit of doubt, as in now we are getting somewhere and would rate 3.0 with 4,5/5 stars. Before that latest update it was more like a 3,5/5 for me, because I am a sucker for the story.

So better not dissapoint me, dev.

There is a good game in here, it is just hard to find. The renders are beautiful, there is some interesting story setup. The premise alone intrigued me and the bits of what have happened in the story are surely fascinating. What is the issue? The story itself and the personality of the characters are heavily brought down by the abundant grammar issues and stilted dialogue. Not to mention many upon many typos. I read the first release thinking maybe these would be ironed out later after others shared similar opinions regarding the writing and grammar issues. So I didn't play the second release and waited until the third release to see if anything changed, and nothing did. In fact, the more story and text which consistently has these issues despite being noted by people in the game thread and in other reviews is just disheartening. Especially when a visual novel by its very nature has tons of text and is primarily about reading and getting to know the characters and experience the story. Both of which are bogged down because of these issues.

The only reason for the 3 stars is for the quality of the images rendered, there's no discussion it's top notch...
Unfortunately it's another case of dev's believing that good image alone can hold a game and make zero to no effort in creating an coherent plot, or even bother to proofread grammar and spelling. It's such a shame this game could have been amazing.
So what you will find is great images, no characters developments, no build up to scenes, failed attempt at humor, poor grammar and lots of misspelled words.
I urge the dev to invest on a writer to create an engaging story or at least proofread what you already have there.

Once again, the pattern of a great-looking VN being ruined by a boring story and annoying characters repeats itself.

Let's get the visuals out of the way. Obviously, the game looks gorgeous and nobody can take that away from it. I do find that the characters all look samey, especially the women, but the quality of the renders is superb.

Now for the writing. Pacing issues, egregious grammatical errors, flat dialogue, boring premise, and a lack of substance. I can't confidently endorse a single aspect of the writing. The characters are spread too thin, I don't really care about any of them, which means that when the plot is this boring I have no reason to try and tough it out.

In conclusion, the pictures sure are pretty, but if you want anything of substance to accompany them you're better off looking elsewhere.

God damn! The quality of this VN is God tier! Very short content but you'll encounter a lot of characters already that are all diversely beautiful. Story doesn't intrigue me yet, but i'm still curious as to what the MC will do as his mission is pretty much not normal for a newly hired lmao. 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND!

Visuals: 5
Characters: 5
Story: 5
Writing: 5
Animations: 5

The graphics and visual aspect of this game are truly impressive. The renders are some of the best I've seen in a game, and the character designs are attractive and well-detailed. However, some of the character's faces may appear slightly odd at times.

As for the story, there isn't much to say yet since it still early. However, what has been presented so far is intriguing and promises an entertaining plot. The player begins working for a new company, but it is not entirely clear what the company does or what the player's specific job is. The player starts off by running an errand for their boss, but it is not clear if this vagueness is intentional or if it is simply an oversight on the part of the developers. Nevertheless, the characters and their interactions seem well-developed and allow for a sense of immersion in the story. The dialogue is well-written and the musical score effectively enhances the overall atmosphere of the game.

In conclusion, this game is definitely worth trying out. The visuals are stunning and the story, while still in its early stages, is promising. The character development and dialogue are well-done, and the music effectively sets the mood for the game.

V2.1
Overall the game is quite immersive with a promising story, beautiful and stunning characters. The current version of the game provides outstanding quality and cannot wait for its future development.

Pretty standard f95 porno gaem formula - edgy boy comes of age and starts off successful career in "something" while hanging around a bunch of waifus and one funny loser male friend. Nothing really wrong with that but the edginess in this one exceeded my tolerance enough that I felt compelled to review.

I always get the feeling while playing a lot of these games that the primary source for the dev's/author's characterization of people, especially women, are the various online "discourses" about gender and the e-celebs engaging therewith. Which is then filtered through the usual porno tropes, and consequently the characters are unlikeable, bland and more often than not incoherent in how they act and behave. The problem I've just described is only made worse by attempts to inject uncalled for drama into the story.

Anyway, renders are 4-5/5, anims are smooth but not very detailed/fluid, h-scenes are nothing special, waifus all look the same. Didn't do much for me qua fap material, but mileage may vary.

Visuals are really good and story doesn't have anything much new in it ... but this AVN still intresting ... keeps me engaged ... it makes me to wait for next update(in short waiting for next episode) .. but i have one major concern is like every other good abandoned AVN s having awesome visuals and nice story ... after sometime they gets abandoned ... which i really hate .... i even know .. thier are pleanty of reasons .. this happens but still .. having a hope that something like this doesn't happens to this AVN
Thanks for reading ;-)

∎ Gameplay : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Story : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Spelling : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Renders : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Animations: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Potential : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Temptation : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Graphic : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
∎ Creativity : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

After the second release
∎ Overall : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Thanks for this enhancement in adult games.

v. Chapter 2

Just going to give a straight honest review on most aspects of this game so far.

Renders: They're good. Not unique enough to really strike me in any way.

Story: Completely forgettable at this point. Boring and not intriguing at all. The parts that I believe the dev finds funny are just not my taste in humor. Nothing original or exciting yet.

Music: This is what I hated the most. It sounded like elevator music and never ended, so I turned it off. It was that bad.

I wish you luck dev, but as of now this game is not for me. It could've been with better writing.