VN - Ren'Py - The Last Challenge [v0.2.0] [LustyDonkey]

This game isn't perfect, but I can't give it anything below 5 stars.

Renders are a quick 5/5, good looking models that are easily distinguished from each other visually, the animations are really good, the only thing that's problematic is the fact that the developer seems to be rendering them in 4k, which makes the assets heavy and development slower (and personally I don't think it's worth the extra pixels).

The plot is pretty solid, cast stuck on college island for 10 years with comms to/from the outside world jammed due to a pandemic, restrictions finally being lifted and them returning home. Might become a survival story, which I am not opposed to.

Where this game really shines is with it's characters and worldbuilding.
The characters have their own desires, motivations and backstories, and playing every path shows the characters reacting in a believable way to your varying choices and their conversations (even the ones that aren't about/with you) feel quite real, they don't feel like NPCs, you can immerse quite easily into their world. The dialogue is really well written, believable, the jokes can be hilariously funny, the tragic backstories are... tragic, the expositional flashbacks are good and really give a good look into the relationships of characters.
There are a few cartoonish stereotypes that break the otherwise fairly realistic mold:
-Murphy (cartoonish levels of dickheadedness and ignorance)
-Kelly (cartoonishly stupid)
-Ariana (cartoonishly whorish)
-Samantha (cartoonishly elitist/snobby)
-Donnie (cartoonish in general, love him to death though)
And this isn't necessarily bad, it can play to the strengths of these stereotypes to generate humor or raunchy scenes (usually both).

There is a fair bit of branching that typically plays to the effect of girl A, girl B, or more dialogue (and honestly, the dialogue paths can be so damn rewarding that the porn sometimes feels like the wrong choice).
Every H scene either has to be opted in, or can be opted out entirely which is awesome. A lot of characters will only show interest if you either act in ways they like, or if you show interest first, and will show their distaste to your choices if they don't like what you're doing.

The only complaint I can see someone reasonably having is the about the fact that for a porn game, there can be a lot of reading for little H payoff, but overall, I think this is great so far, haven't been excited for a game with 3d renders since Dreams of Desire.

Very high quality game.
To me, the most outstanding is the dialogue. The conversation is smooth and sounds normal. It has great humor and MC's fat friend is funny as hell.
Great renders, hot girls.
Sex scenes is good too.

The only thing I "dont like" may be too many branching. Sometimes it just feel it is not necessary to have so many options and some of them are not that important. Having so many branches slow down the progress a lot and it may led to abandoned in a few years. I genuinely hope this would not be the case as this game is already great and has huge potential. I would not mind to have fewer options in exchange for faster progress and completion of the game.

Gotta give the dev credit where credit is due. This game seems very polished and gives you more freedom than expected when choosing how you want to play your game. You can be a good or bad character and your choices do seem to matter, apparantly you can kinda freely chose which girl to get and how to get her. Really good. F. ex. the first possible LI/ sex scene is with a cleaning lady and there are multiple ways how that encounter can end. There is both a great seduction and rape route which are fully fleshed out and really well done as well as many other ways that encounter can end, both in a failure as well as encounter without targeted sexual intercourse. Really cool and if that game can keep up that quality, then it will be a great ride. Also all the characters introduced are slightly different written and have their own motivations and relation to the protagonist. A bit to much dialogue and flash backs (which arent interesting at all, at least to me) but with a bit of skipping the talk you still feel like getting the full experience and can use your choices how you want. I love these games with a protagonist that can be freely chosen to be morally good, grey or bad and this one seems to be especially well thought out. Great stuff.

Review of [v0.2.0 ]


HUGE POTENTIAL GAME

Quite an immersive game that looks very good. Good detail and good atmosphere with a post-apocalyptic scene.

The game is still in an early stage of development but I have loved what I have seen so far. Very good story, great characters and very funny.

PROS

• Great Story
• Good ambient and Sound
• Great and detalied animation
• Very good sex scene with multiple angles and good audio
• Your decision make the game
• Your Fat friend is very very funny
• Very attractive and realisitc girls

CONS

• Little content

RATING :

Content: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sound: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Renders: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Animations: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Final conclusion: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ VERY HUGE POTENTIAL GAME HIGHTLY RECOMMENDED (can't wait for more UPDATE)


Thanks for reading my analysis. The analyzes I make are based on my taste for the game I have played. I try to be objective although there may be parts that Im not. What interests me about these games is that they have little dialogue or interesting STORY (I don't like absurd stories just to read) and the SEX scenes. If there are good animations and good sound, for me it is already a GOOGD GAME. Of course the last decision is yours, whether to play the game or not. SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH!

Concept is terrible its Under the Dome to start then time jump. Then hey secret ending game over and everyone clapped because that was the right way to end this game.

LI's might look attractive but the concept is so bad I can't continue. I've tried 3 different times to get into this game and I just can't do it.

Fantastic animations, great and interesting story! I will definitely be watching this and if updates are consistent, I'll be subbing, no questions asked! One of the few games where I want to explore all the avenues of decisions.

This is a five star game, certainly A tier, but needs a little more polish to really launch into that upper level of games.
The user interface is excellent. As good as if not better than any around.
The story is engaging and interesting.
The love interests are varied and nuanced.
No one should hesitate to play this game and support the dev.

But, if I'm going to nitpick (and only in the hope that the dev can work through any issues to make it even better) the renders need a once over. Artifacts and clothing issues happen a few times.
Likewise, the dialogue could be streamlined a little to up the pace, and the typos and grammatical errors could benefit from some proof reading.
But, these don't really take away from the enjoyment of the game. I hope it lives up to its potential!

v0.2.0

First time commenting on the game:
In terms of gameplay, each option will affect the subsequent plot, the animation is smooth, and the modeling is also great
This game has achieved everything I wanted to do, it's too perfect!

v0.2.0.

Great game so far.

+ Easy immersion into the game world
+ Wide variety of characters with a realistic and diverse personalities
+ Humor
+ Great girl models
+ Renders, animations

- Game aims to be very complex which may cause long development periods

The Last Challenge has huge potential, start is perfect and I am looking forward to next episode. Hopefully the author won´t overwhelm himself and will keep development time in sensible time frame.

I have to be honest, I'm pretty floored by this game. First of all the choice and pathing already this early on is extremely impressive. The themes in the game are also very mature in an emotional sense, I didn't expect myself to be feeling genuine sadness over a game like this. It's also handled extremely well, it's not like the end of Acting Lessons.


The premise of the game is extremely cool, the characters are obviously overtly horny but it kind of works in a lord of flies like setting. I'm very excited to see where the story goes.

My only cons of this game are honestly the sex scenes are pretty basic in terms of animation. The models are great, but I really wish the protagonist wasn't build like a 7'4 slab of muscle.

Also bonus points for the first scene having stockings.

Lots to like about this and I wish I could rate it higher. For the positives, writing is good, artstyle is nice and the concept is interesting. Negatives: I don't like Donnie at all. He actively drains my enthusiasm for the game. Writing has a tendency towards angsty too.

Damn, it feels like I’m playing BG3 or RDR2 because of how immersive it is, like a living world where the characters really have feelings but its in fucking renpy

A pleasant surprise!! Waiting for next updates

Ok so wow did not expect much from the title and brief description. Lets go over it.

Pro:
Lots of good models
Very funny humor and nice jokes
well written plot twists and sorry narrative
Game gives you alot of freedom of choices with small hints on path it follows

Con:
Music can be a little annoying
See of the same body type among the female characters so far

Summary: Its really fucking good even the music itself is only a minor issue and even the models is not to much of a issue with how new this is. The game has really good bones with what it can become along with the serious tones that do not subtract from the character interaction.

Version 0.2.0

I did not want to submit a review, as I had no intention to spend any time more on the game after I lost one hour of my life on it. And then I noticed the ratings… Unbelievable. Close to five stars.

People never cease to amaze me. Yes, I know that there's no accounting for taste, but I still don't understand why so few people notice that the emperor has no clothes. The story is stupid, the dialogues are clunky, the visuals are subpar (at best). Maybe it was supposed to be a parody of the college type of game… but the result is not funny at all. If I had to sum up the game in one word, it would be: cringe.

Gosh, I wasted an extra 15 minutes of my life on this game. But at least I bore witness to the truth. Amen.

[As of v0.2.0] Solid game so far, I like how the dialogue between characters actually feel genuine, in that the conversations always somehow manage to derail and switch topics really quickly (similar to how younger people in groups talk). Great work so far!!

Exactly the kind of game I hate!

Renders look good, intriguing story with great comedic elements, and a lot of promise.

I hate it simply because it left me wanting more, than what's currently available.

Definitely a fun play, eagerly awaiting the next release. Nice work Dev!

Great start! Looking forward to future updates!!
There are some things that happen in this that a few fuckboys may consider NTR but that is certainly not the case. There are a couple of females that get passed around like a bottle of Crown but they are yours. They are clearly community property lol
Story is starting off fantastic. Renders are damn good quality. The moisture from sweat looks more like beaded grease on a cast iron skillet but I was able to look past that.
This one is a lot of fun boys with lots of different paths to take. So much so that it definitely needs a walkthrough available for those of us that don't like playing blind.
Already anticipating the next update.

[v0.2.0]
I would not call this game particularly 'good.' That is mostly because of the over the top characters and their insane dialog. Everyone is exaggerated and quippy, but it is so entertaining. No matter how many times I rolled my eyes, I never once thought about stopping my playthrough. A thoroughly entertaining game is preferable over anything that makes me want to stop just from the intro alone. A very diverse and drama filled cast, nice music and sound, great looking renders, and actual choices that seem to matter.

The initial experience of the game is relatively satisfactory. The character models are well-designed, and the humor successfully elicited a positive response from me. Furthermore, the main character is not particularly bothersome.

I observed that some individuals have mentioned the presence of NTR (Netorare) in the game; therefore, I approached it with that expectation. However, I found no such elements. While the game does include interactions involving flirtation and sexual relations with other male characters, it is important to note that these interactions do not involve a character who is romantically attached to the main character or a former girlfriend. Several female characters appear to fulfill the role of potential love interests, but during the demo, none engage in romantic relationships with other males.

Regarding the narrative, several aspects of the plot seem illogical. The characters are quarantined in a town following a global pandemic, yet they appear to lack access to information about the outside world. Two police officers manning the entrances of the hotel where the main character is staying seem unaware of the prevailing circumstances. It raises questions about the gas station attendant and his niece, as well as Tiny, who possessed a phone capable of receiving signals and used it to communicate with individuals outside who were oblivious to the situation. It stands to reason that someone should have been informed enough to convey the necessary information to others.

3/5

One of the most visually polished VNs out there. Girls are all extremely attractive, but visually distinct from one another, and all the characters have their own distinct personalities that come through very well in dialogue (even if I personally don't connect with most of them). The erotic scenes are not really my cup of tea personally, but it's high enough quality that I still enjoyed it a lot.

This game features one of the most heavily branching dialogue trees I've ever seen in a VN, with many choices having multiple, very distinct outcomes depending on your actions. It's clear that the devs are planning great things for this game's future.

However, I do have a couple of gripes.

First and foremost, 10 gigabytes is too large for a game of this length. There's clearly in-depth renders and lots of great animations in there, and the branching storyline certainly will add some file size, but I got maybe 2-3 hours from this, and have gotten far more time out of far smaller games with similar render quality. Obviously, this point won't matter to you if you have a hard drive philosophy similar to Marie Kondo, but as someone constantly fighting with his computer's storage space, I was expecting more from a game of this size, and it failed to deliver.

Secondly, a lot of the conversations dragged on far longer than necessary. Some of this came from joke scenes where the joke failed to land, some of it came from characters establishing backstory in long exposition dumps, and some of it was just banter that I had zero investment in. This wasn't horrible once I bit the bullet and turned on skip unseen text, but I always hate the idea that I could be missing something important.

Finally, this is more of a personal preference, but a lot of the backstories of the characters were very traumatic in a way that felt a bit gratuitous. It felt as if the writer was trying to farm sympathy points for already well-written and sympathetic characters by just... giving them a horrifying traumatic event in their past. It didn't happen too often (just two or three times in my playthrough) but it was enough to be noticeable, and it gave a bit of tonal whiplash going "sex scene, comedy scene, trauma dump, comedy scene, trauma dump, sex scene" over and over.

Other than that, there were some typos and some lines I wasn't a huge fan of, but overall the game's great and well worth a shot.