VN - Ren'Py - The Lusanti Chronicles [Ch.3 v1.03] [Grumpy Old Aussie]

The game is pretty much Game of thrones with the addition of supernatural/fantasy races such as elves, angels and demons. The plot is really complex with royal court intrigue, politicking, conspiracies while there is also a meta plot of the the old gods vs the new god.
The H-scenes are poorly animated with practically consisting a few still renders group together. The faces of the characters are off putting when smiling.
This VN would be a REALLY good one if the scenes were better animated.

Overall: want a middle-age fantasy VN with good plot, play this. If you want to fap, you would be better off looking elsewhere.

I didn’t finish the game. I got bored after a few hours and just left it there. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll resume it and change my rating if I feel it deserves it.
It’s clear that the dev planned a complex story, or at least a complex world, because in the first few hours we get a lot of history lessons from almost every character trying to explain how the world works, and that’s good.
My problem with the game is that it’s really slow-paced, and I’m not talking about the sex scenes, I mean the action, the drama, the tension. There’s never a threatening moment where the MC actually has to fight. Instead, we get hours of conversations about the world or about characters related to the MC, and then maybe a sex scene. The sex scenes are okay-ish.
The game offers some choices, but they’re all related to romance. If you choose a certain girl, you just get more content with her, and by “content” I mean more endless conversations about history.
The MC is boring and perfect, like in almost every other VN. Every girl loves him from the start, which feels weird because, if you pay attention to the dialogues, many of the women are just portrayed as shallow or sluts, obsessed with status or power. Even Olivia, who is supposed to "love" the MC, has sex with his brother, and the MC is somehow fine with it.
The lack of action and the MC’s lack of reaction bore me, because nothing really happens, at least nothing that involves him directly. And when something does happen, someone else saves his life. It feels like no matter what happens, he’ll always be fine.

Edit:
I kept playing until a bit before the halfway point of Chapter 2, and then I started skipping everything. Like I said before, the game wants to have a complex world, but it throws all the lore at you right from the start. It feels like I’m in a history class, not playing a game. It becomes a chore because there’s no action, the MC can’t do shit, and most of the decisions are about who you want to fuck — and only a few of them seem like they’ll actually matter later on.
There’s not even a bit of balance between story, sex, and action. I love slow-paced games, but this one is just poorly executed.
A lot of the sex scenes have like five static renders and nothing more. I wouldn’t play this one again.

Not really a 5*, but will give it. More like 3.5* that needs some polishing. The translation or word choice, probably a combo, is just not good in too many places. There are semi-frequent misspellings as well


One of the more entertaining stories in an AVN. The character is a bit of a Gary Stu, but not in the most obnoxious way - it fits how the character is written instead of it coming off as completely absurd. There is also a ton of content - each chapter is very long. The current edition has hours and hours of content. Not tons of character choice, but there is some and it doesnt appear to just be flavor changes.

The graphics/models are dated, but they are fine - there is no way the story progress could occur this quickly otherwise. I will take a story that is going somewhere over a visual masterpiece that takes a decade to get through the intro any day.

Would suggest playing if you like story AVNs. You wont like this one otherwise

So i won't say it's the best game, ever, as it have many flaw already showed in the other review, but i find this odly satisfying, and i live some character in it.

So for once a fully subjective one 4 stars

Ch.3 v1.03

Story had great promise, as at the beginning it was made clear that this world has lots of great characters. World full of backstabbing, sad pasts of rape victims, evil father, good hearted friends, mother abusing eunuchs for her sexual enjoyment... Being a good in a world like this feels accomplishment and being vindictive feels natural. Great setup. But sadly it will turn to mindless goody goody harem game, where evil answers will quickly end up in game over.

Writing has problems with English language. But for me, bigger problem was how the game is on rails, as there is no meaningful conversation options. And as there is no interesting conversation options, there is also no real danger. MC gets all the women and evil will be conquered. The end.

Visually game is good on regular scenes, but sex scenes are not good. There really isn´t much setup for the sex scenes, after it becomes clear that MC gets who ever he wants. Camera angles and positions do try their best, but characters look "off". Like mannequins put on a sexual positions. Doesn´t help that sex scenes are short.

The story is decent. Good lore and background set up. Characters are interesting so far with their own goals and desires. In many games, the girls have no purpose outside the sphere of the MC. I don't feel this way in this game.

Its linear so far. Besides rejecting girls/story paths, there is not many choices to make.

There is an actual good amount of content despite it only being chapter 2.

The facial expressions can be a bit uncanny. Some devs slightly open the mouth to give the impression that the character is talking. This dev does it A LOT but their mouth is wide opened in a weird :O way.

The sex scenes are bad. Very bad. Forget animations, they are just few renders looped to look like a animation. The renders and angles are just all over the place and look weird, you can tell he is very new to it and doesn't have the skill yet. The dick is also just so big the girls look like they have to dislocate their jaws just to fit it into their mouths. The positions abruptly change without any dialogue. Here's cowgirl, here's doggystyle, now they finish with cum in face. Zero transition. I'm not sure what genital morph he is using but it looks strange and out of place. Most devs use either XY or Dicktator for best results.

Overall, the set-up is really good. I like the prince MC with all the conspiracies swirling around, and the characters plotlines are good enough to look forward to future releases. As for the art/visuals, definitely leaves much to be desire. Its an area the dev would need to drastically improve in.

Version: Ch.1 v1.0


It's far from perfect. Often times weird facial expressions, conversations that seem to be never-ending, rough animations, and some abrupt transitions.

However, it has an interesting story, likeable characters, the women are unique looking, the music is very fitting, and there is just something that sets the mood for each scene really well. It's also very realistic in that the women aren't mindless fuck dolls for the MC. They have other relationships and has a realism. Fitting for the medieval vibe of the game.

So, I do recommend to give it a try if you like fantasy/medieval with more realism in how people behave.

Forced relationships and sex scenes, NTR that is unavoidable, strange facial expressions, awkward worded sentences: this game needs a lot or rewrite and rework to get to a playable status.

The atory is quite good. The world is divided in several kingdoms, populated with different species. The MC, one of two princes of the human kingdom, meets a tortured girl through fate/intervention from a goddess and starts their way to emancipate the world from evil.

Our MC starts in a very hard situation, but slowly works his way to trusted companions and his own standing in life. He is bot particularly attractive, due to the weird faces, but manageable. Character wise he fits with the classic man in power with a heart of gold.

I didn't see any sex scene. So far every sex encounter was forced and skipped. It is not strictly kinetic novel, but sadly the dev decided to force really disgusting people into MCs bed.
LIs start talking about their past sex encounters right before you go with them (black out to the next day) you were already cucked by your brother, another interested princess fucks her chambermaid, every LI so far is an NTR character.

The dialogues are written in very strange way. It seems the dev tried ro mimic a kiddle age dialect, but failed to deliver. With a proper proof reader this is easily corrected, so not a major problem.

The graphic is weird. Backgrounds are good, but the characters look unnerving. Most have joker-like expressions with wide grins and dead eyes. I'm not sure how to fix this, since it affects pretty much every character so far.

The music is better than in most NV. All in all one of the best points of this game.

It is very early in development, so a lot can happen. It needs a complete rewrite and rework of almost all LIs to a point where any would be deemed attractive. So far this is a hard NTR game without the appeal that actual fans if the genre look for. In this state a hard pass, but J will watch if the dev starts reworking and update this review accordingly

**Version reviewed:** Chapter 1 - 1.0

**General**
[ ] Excellent
[x] Good
[ ] Okay
[ ] Poor
[ ] Trash

**Story**
[ ] Deep / Emotional
[x] Decent / Engaging
[ ] Meh / Generic
[ ] Weak / Uninspired
[ ] None / Just Lewds

**Characters**
[ ] Memorable & Unique
[ ] Likeable
[x] Average
[ ] Forgettable
[ ] Annoying

**Choices**
[ ] Real Impact / Multiple Routes
[ ] Somewhat Meaningful
[ ] Cosmetic Only
[x] Linear with Minor Branches
[ ] Kinetic VN (No Choices)

**Lewd Content**
[ ] Frequent + High Quality
[x] Balanced & Earned
[ ] Sparse
[ ] Rushed / Low Effort
[ ] None

**Visuals**
[ ] Top Tier
[x] Good / Stylish
[ ] Mixed
[ ] Poor / Inconsistent
[ ] Unappealing

**Audio**
[ ] Great Music & Voice
[x] Decent / Fitting
[ ] Basic / Forgettable
[ ] None / Muted
[ ] Distracting / Bad

⚙ **UI & Polish**
[ ] Smooth & Bug-Free
[x] Minor Issues
[ ] Clunky or Laggy
[ ] Broken or Unusable
[ ] Unintuitive / Confusing

⏳ **Pacing**
[ ] Well-Balanced
[ ] Slow Start
[x] Too Fast / Rushed
[ ] Dragged / Filler Heavy
[ ] Incoherent / All Over

**Recommend?**
[ ] Absolutely
[x] Yes
[ ] Maybe
[ ] No
[ ] Avoid

Overall, a great start especially for a first chapter. Just a few minor typos and language issues. The story looks really promising. The most impactful improvement would be to slow down the H-scenes and place more focus on the characters’ facial expressions in those moments.