VN - Ren'Py - The Island [v0.3.7] [MichaelFenix]

  1. 3.00 star(s)

    dhenfreitas

    Very boring...
    I mean, some good scenes, fun... but...
    Things happen too fast, and the context is not interesting
    With the name "The Island", make us wonder if it's happening in somewhere else... the environment it happen is boring...
    Doesn't make much sense, but, yeah... 3 is enough, I guess...
    Art sometimes is ugly
  2. 2.00 star(s)

    juan palote

    This game has some good stuff, but the bad ones overshadow the good ones by a mile

    The story isnt great, but its average for this kind of games, i dont blame the Dev for that

    The renders would be good, if the Dev would listen to the community and other Devs that gave him feedback and would actually FIX THE LIGHTNING. Too many renders, important ones, like complete sex scenes, are almost completely black

    And the other big problem, is that after a while into the game, the MC started to lose its MC status and the protagonism shifted towards some of the girls, with the MC just being an spectator

    I gave the Dev enough time to fix this kind of stuff, but at this point, its a lost cause
  3. 5.00 star(s)

    BartPS

    I rarely rate games but feel I should do my bit to redress the ridiculous average (currently 2.5 stars) rating for this game.

    I believe a game, or any creative work, should be judged by what it sets out to do. Should we judge Beethoven's 9th harshly because there is no guitar solo or Master of Puppets because it doesn't follow sonata form?

    Anyway, if you're into exhibitionism, group sex, lesbianism, polyamory and so on, you should enjoy this game.

    If you're looking for a slow-burn romance, or a harem game where all the women are inexplicably fine with the MC fucking every female in sight, but have, at most, a platonic interest in each other, then this game is really not for you.

    I don't think it's mentioned on F95, at least in the OP, but Fenix has said that he uses natural lighting for all renders. That can, frankly, be a bit frustrating at times during sex scenes, but it is his artistic choice. The natural lighting works very well for the most part so, again, I'm not going to rate the game down just because I might have wanted to see a certain woman's vagina more clearly.

    Finally, I found the story to be surprisingly engaging. It's easy to miss with the abundance of nudity and sex, but if you can keep both hands away from your genitals for a while, there is a decent plot, increasingly well told, with a few nice twists and turns. Importantly, the central mystery now seems to be why all women are so eager to jump the MC's bones. So while The Island is far from the most grounded VN going around, that plot point makes it much more immersive for me. Rather than thinking "here we go again" with every sex scene, I'm looking for clues as to why.

    I have no problem rating The Island 5 stars. It achieves what it sets out to do with flair and passion.
  4. 2.00 star(s)

    King Wan

    Story is Meh, images and animation are poor, not enough lighting and iterations. Looks like it's dev's personal fantasy that has been put into CG. The only good thing is it's long and there's a fap in there so FAP and Delete.
  5. 4.00 star(s)

    SupSupe

    good game. pretty character rendering.
    But too much sex. Danger-problem solving process is need.
    put a new background setting to avoid simplicity, but Excessively omitted, increased confusion.
    It is improving, but the animations also seem to need to be improved
    Nevertheless, if you proceed slowly, I think you will be fine again.
  6. 1.00 star(s)

    ThaDude1977

    Don't bother if you came for story. Don't bother if you come for the incest. Don't bother if Lesbian content bothers you because 60% of the sex scenes are lesbian only scenes. It's not really about the MC it's about the women in the story. The animations are not good. The story doesn't take it self serious. Also if you don't like SHARING Don't bother.
  7. 4.00 star(s)

    jhonnylickyaholes

    I've been playing this here and there a bit and never really said much, it WAS an average first time production. worthy of like 2.5 stars. But as of update 3.1 it has improved a lot animations especially, they were pretty choppy and ugly but now they are actual animations. The characters Look really good as well unlike the cartoon looking versions some games have. The lighting in some scenes is kind of dark on my phone but on a screen for PC at home it is visible. The writing is okay not phenomenal but not terrible and the story is interesting. A lot of buildup however before getting what appears to be the main story, I have a hunch that there is a long way to go before this is finished.
  8. 5.00 star(s)

    hdman

    This guy gets how awesome it is to see women in uncontrolled pleasure. Looking forward to updates! Not a huge fan of the constant g/g scenes but the others make up for it. For a first game, his posing and manipulation of characters is really quite fantastic.
  9. 3.00 star(s)

    JackMiejov

    Review for The Island v0.2.5:

    Just saw this game for the first time and played it to the end of the v0.2.5 update.

    Story: 3/5 - The story is a little strange and a little fantastical, but it's not terrible. It's on par with what you'd want for a porn game.

    Writing: 4/5 - The writing is good, thankfully, not a bunch of "Engrish" spelling and grammar.

    Renders: 3/5 - The renders are mostly good. They don't look like they're super high resolution. Lighting seems off very often. Frequently, the model's faces appear distorted.

    Animations: 1/5 - The animations are laughable. Most of them look like the movements you'd expect from putting latex skin on robots. The game would be better without animations than it is with the silly movement that passes for animations in this game. Seriously, the animations completely ruin many of the sex scenes.

    Content 5/5: Wow, there's a ton of content. Way more than I expected. Not just renders and writing, but there are loads of lewd scenes. About half of lewd scenes are girl-girl (or girl-girl-girl, or girl-girl-girl-girl, etc.). It's not bad, but disappointing there so much content that doesn't involve the MC. Warning: There is already a group scene with multiple guys and girls and some of the events in the recent update are making it look like there's going to be more of that in future updates.
  10. 2.00 star(s)

    Harem Trooper

    Could have been 3/5, which I intended to give during playing this version but seeing the game repeats it mistakes everytime there is a update made me go lower since there are other problems with it and arnt outbalanced with the "good" stuff.

    Dont get intimidated by the ratings. Even if my is low I would still suggest that you at least try this game for the first 15-20 min. If you liked what you saw you will like the rest. If not, well then you wont like what happend later.
    Be warned tho.
    The Prologe is very long and you may think this is a game about MC but in reality its not. The real story starts when you hit the island (hence the name) and there the fuckery will happen. Dev. already teased where it will be (sharing/gangbangs/orgies with other males included).

    Right now the game is focused only on two things. MC banging random side chicks without any build up, and lesbian scenes ( like 60% of the sex are lesbians ones). So if you like these two and you like the models, you will at least enjoy something this.
    And there some random "orgies" with random background guys in present and past + voyurism because author likes that according to the posts.

    If you are looking for romance, story or logical human behaviour you will struggle with it, perhaps even exit the game before finishing the current update.
    The other two big problems are the renders, which even after two years people giving the dev. easy tips how to improve them, he finally after all this time made them visible. However, after seeing the renders at the end made me think this is a lost case since finally the lighting is decent, the renders looks blurred/warped.
    The other one is the bad english but hey, the "story" here is a nothing-burger so that the MC or the real MCs (the sisters) get their sex.
    So its not necessary to know what happend or is happening. Perhaps this will be more important when the fuckery starts later on.
  11. 3.00 star(s)

    SlideweenTV

    Version played: v0.2.4

    I would like to start this review by inserting a meme from toy story which is - Sex, sex, sex everywhere. Like for real, right after a short introduction of who is who, you get thrown into lots of sexual scenes for both the sisters and the MC tho the MC (i feel) is not really the main character here but the twins.

    The adult scenes consist of lots of yuri (girl on girl, the twins mostly with the other minor female characters) then followed by them with the MC . The renders itself are not bad and you get a decent amount of playtime even tho it is just up to v0.2 nw. It should be noted however the title can be a bit misleading because the first chapter of the game does not take place on an island, yet.

    As for the story, it is not a great story but rather just a simple one. There are choices for the MC to decide what he wants from certain female characters and there is game over if you make a wrong choice lol.

    There is also the issue with the lighting in some of the renders which I agree with some of the replies on the thread that it is too dark sometimes. You can barely make out what the dev want you to see in the renders at times.

    Overall, it is a good one so far, lots of scenes to keep the player entertained. Play it if your taste is lots of girl on girl action but dun take the story too seriously.
  12. 1.00 star(s)

    Nelson4ever

    This review is for V0.2.2 -
    CONS-
    Tried this game for the first time , have to say this game story started out bizarre in a yacht when it is titled The island and ended up with frustrating myself as nothing made sense in this game . Game has some weird looking female characters , Unlikable and idiotic MC with some poor writing . Long prologue with unnecessary drama and story where we don't know who the main character is - Is it you or your sisters ? Seems that they have more fun / action than you ( LOL ) in a male MC game . Had to pause my game and check F95 whether I downloaded a female protagonist game by mistake , turns out I didn't . Game / dev gives you 2 love interests ( your sisters ) by default and rest of the girls are free game , they can have casual sex with anyone ( male / female / you ) and they end your relationship for other girls in the middle of the game . And your love interests / sisters enjoy sex with other female without you being there for most of the game and you as a MC don't have problem with that . After prologue where your yacht gets destroyed in a disaster and you and your sisters end up washed in a nearby island at different locations along with rest of the crew , instead of searching MC has sex with other girls and your sisters have their own fun with other girls .
    PROS -
    Error 404 - I didn't find any pros , let me know if you find anything .
    So if you are looking for lesbian sex or you are here for only sex scenes in general if you skip all the dialogues you may like it , if you came here for a male protagonist with nice story well you are not going to find any as it is a terrible disaster .
  13. 1.00 star(s)

    TheAverageForumUser

    The Island [v0.2.2] review -
    Starting with the only positive thing in this game is its renders which are good and the girls models are good . Writing in this game is atrocious . Other than that rest are negatives- there is no story , no romance just casual sex . And worst Main character in the history of games with no personality , he is just for sex in this game . Choices that have no impact on the game there are just to choose between girls who you are going to have sex . And the game is tagged male protagonist but it is more of multiple / female protagonist game and almost half or more than half of the content in the game is lesbian sex or sex without Main character and there is not a option to avoid or even skip those scenes . There is even rape by other male NPC in the story which is skipped not shown but it still happens and there are no choices for that or pretty much the whole game .
    In the end this game is terrible with no story , no romance , only random sex with girls or between girls which after sometimes becomes boring and repetitive .
  14. 3.00 star(s)

    HasbroMB

    Frustrating game for me (actually more VN). There's a great scene, early on, where the twin sisters have just boarded and are playing around in their cabin, and the MC comes in and catches them. It's great, playful, sexy, teasing, funny. That scene alone makes this game worth it for me, but after that.. Well, for a game with so much sex, it's pretty dull.

    The story is dominated by the one trope that I call "unearned harem." This is where the MC gets surrounded by eager, affectionate women, and there's nothing he's done to actually obtain this affection. I've suggested to another creator of another game that this is not good, and their response was, "well, that's the way I like it." You can't argue with that. If creators always made changes based on what their audiences wanted, then instead of a racehorse you'd get a camel.

    Anyways, so you've this is really, really unlikable MC surrounded by women (some of who are, yes, quite ugly) and going on these sexual escapades with the most contrived tension. Like, during an orgy, the sisters are upset because the MC doesn't have sex with them. I'm not a fan of orgies; they're really hard to make erotic, wether in film, in books, or in VNs. It becomes like choreographing a marching band, and this is no exception. But anyways, that's the pacing of this VN, contrived sex scene, contrived tension, repeat.

    But, there are two things that keep me coming back. First, the sisters. They are... delectable. There's something about their appearance I just love. They're unconventionally beautiful, with these very strong, chiselled faces, with roman noses and long, pointed chins, that suggests that, despite their youth, they have a mature sexual curiousity, and are just dying to be exposed to every possible depravity.

    And the promise of that scene, early on, in their cabin, that suggested that had the creator taken a different path, and instead of flinging naked bodies at the wall to see if they'd stick, they'd chosen to focus on the MC and the sisters, telling the story of how he reluctantly, but unavoidably gets pulled into their sexual curiosity through a series of teasing hi-jinks and misunderstandings, this could have been really something.

    Final note. Many scenes in this game are dark, too dark for my monitor. Others have made the same complaint. It's a criticism I've seen levied at other creators, too, and I find it interesting how resistant they can be to address it.
  15. 2.00 star(s)

    mgtoons

    I couldn't get too far into this game. I ended up pulling the plug on this one after the big orgy scene after they get to the island. Not only are the renders unappealing, but the flow of the game is way too fast. What initially brought me to this game was the twins and your relationship with them. But they are ok with having an orgy right out the gate.
  16. 5.00 star(s)

    JokerJoeDalton

    Good job until now ! I like it! The renders are pretty good and smooth. Never had a chance to play with twins in a game. The story is well written too... The girls are beautiful (especially the twins)... Hopefully no NTR in this one. Looking forward to the next update.
  17. 2.00 star(s)

    Sesinho

    I found this game being a little straightforward from the start, foreshadowing things and with a lot of interactions in the early stage, which is usually a good thing, but in this case, for some reason i feel just bored.
    For starters the 2 main girls are ugly, their proportions are broken and their designd, well, it is a matter os taste i guess. The thing is they are twins, and they are basically he same girl.
    This girls both dress like a drunk hobo, and that makes the design issue worst because renders are average.

    Storytelling is average, i got bored in 15 minutes. There is some exposition thrown at you, i guess trying to justify some bullshit, which is legit, but the result is poor.

    Usually when a game has incest, i play it till the end. There are exceptions, and this happens to be one of them.
  18. 2.00 star(s)

    Trasher2018

    Its an average game. The renders are nothing special and on the lower end. The writing is boring and all female characters are bland and their only difference is how much of a cock and pussy hungry whore they are.

    Some of the girls are borderline ugly (but thats a matter of taste I guess) and the story is stupid as fuck. And as in most games there is some "mystery" plot with some kind of antagonist and stuff. I dont really care what happens to any of the "characters" because they are all unlikable and/or forgettable.

    That the game is set in the future is only because we need an explanation why the twins are not blood releated to the MC ... some cloning stuff and shit.

    Its more 2,4* game, but we are forced to pick full stars and then I cant give this a 3* rating.
  19. 4.00 star(s)

    Big Purple

    Lots of good stuff here, good story, lots of sex, and girls if you like a harem (And I do...). Good Job Dev. Like the fact that most of the model poses aren't unrealistic, some unusual models and not everyone has enormous boobs, well of everyone but one or two. Lol
    Of course the MC is packing, but he's real in his mannerisms and dialog, which I really liked.
  20. 1.00 star(s)

    Sngo

    Below average renders.
    Poor writing, its like some of them have double personality right now saying something 2 minutes after saying they didn't said it.
    Very poor application all around.

    Girls are pussy hungry its a lesbian fest.
    Forced sharing with girls and a random guy.

    Not recommended.