Ren'Py - Completed - The Pilgrimage [v2.10] [Messman]

Awesome Dev, great game, great community. This is literally the first and only game i have ever supported financially. I hope he keeps up the great work. In fact, if this game ever has an actual end, I'll support the devs future endeavors, because i feel like he genuinely listens to comments people have, and recommendations. English isn't even his first language, and he does a pretty good job.

Great game with a consistent developer !!
This guy doesn't only create the game by himself but also replies to people in this thread, Replies to people in his discord server and also keeps everyone on subscribestar updated

Probably the best game of it's kind I've ever played! Visually stunning, the game focuses on rough, hard submissive sex, teasing etc. around a whole range of different creatures from humanoids to monsters to just about everything else I can imagine.

Where many VN's are so verbose you're forced to skip just to get to the stuff you're there for inside an hour - which ironically defeats both the story and the fun stuff -, here the pacing is spot on. The story and characters are interesting, but they never forget about the fun stuff. There's a reason to go back and visit old content for new scenes, yet the game most definitely is not grindy. Where many H-games handle progression by forcing you through hours of tedium just to get to where the game even starts getting fun, here that process is both swift and fun in itself!

There's a lot more to say but really, if any of the above sounds like your thing, this game is an absolute must!

Stands above most of your run of the mill games. Not the greatest animations, but still pretty great and lewd and with regular fulfilling updates. Hence 5 stars. Even more so if you're into this kind of videogame.

Genuinely one of the better porn games I've played. Never made a review but this game deserves it. Gameplay in porn games has never been an important to me, but I think this game has changed that for me. The gameplay is turn based combat point and click exploration done in a unexpectedly fun and addictive loop. I will be following the development of this until it's done.

Not much to add here. I love Tali, I love to see Tali getting railed.

Cool visuals? check.
Asari futa? check.
Lots of content? check
Tali and more Tali? check.

Did I say I love Tali?

Great game! Will def keep track of this one and look forward to what more it has in stock.

I mean, I'm a huge ME fanboi in general and Tali in particular, and I knew right away that I'll like this game. I was wrong. Because I F%^&@#G LOVE IT.

Renders are great.
Story and characters are decent. More than I expected for sure.
Scenes are 10/10. You can feel the soul in every last one of them. And you can see huge improvements in quality as story goes by.
Fetishes... Tentacles, doggos, huge monkes, slimes, insects, futas, etc... dev shot em like cupid arrows straight to my heart.

In other words: sensational.

The best renpy female protagonist non-VN game I have ever played.
Excellent erotic scenes, covering many kinds of sexual fetishes.
The creator is very sincere in every update, and I highly recommend this game.

It started with a Let's bang ok now we are here


Story 9/10 there is a story to follow it's kind
Of interesting but that's not what your
Here for right.....

Renders 10/10 Tali looks hot as fuck
Also the other asari are chefs kiss

Kinks 10/10 hardcore my kind of kinks
Corruption,rape etc

Content 10/10 made me hard as fuck for a fictional
Characters so great


So messman continue but suggestion for strip or
submit is great, suggestion below me

Approved by shephard and council of men ,cheers

Out of all the games I've played on f95, this is the game I would recommend most so far.
The pacing between story progression and lewd content is almost perfect, and the interface is visually appealing.
The vent area in the game really surprised me, and was fun to explore.
Tali is of course a real hottie, and it's fun to watch her get into sticky situations; especially with the high quality of most of the sequences.

If I would change something about the game, I would add the option to upgrade the gun to make minor battles less of a hassle.
I would also add a "strip" or "submit" button to most battles, to give the player more control over triggering some lewd content.

I've been seeing this game for a while in the forums and never tried it, let's say for "judging a book by its cover", until finally deciding to give it a try and it gave me several great surprises.

The premise is simple, alien humanoid gets lost in a spaceship full of savage aliens, so you won't be involved into a complex drama but you get what you come for. As any story involving aliens, you will, mostly, be put in danger of being attacked by mindless creatures that are bigger and stronger than you and every other human is.

The renders look, and that is why it took me even years to notice the game, pretty old, and that is because of the amount of polygons used in the models, but don't get me wrong, the character design is excellent, since it looks it is designed from zero just for this game and the animations are just mind-blowing, the movements are fluid and rhythmically correct.

The thing I like the most is the idea of the main character recovering from every encounter she has, why? Normally games with a FMC follow the path of corruption, and that falling is proportionally inverse to the cut of the skirt. With 'ThePilgrimage' the corruption is in her words and what she does and what she lets the monsters do to her, but since you see her all the time in her armor, the corruption is less obvious, hence better.

In all accounts, a GREAT game with a beautiful MC (taking in account I'm not that much into the alien/humanoid stuff) , awesome beasts, great animation and most importantly, very professionally made.

Five stars.

This game is a real treat. Given the scope and the premise, what it provides is just outstanding.

To start off, the dev has some amazing skills in creating situations which are immersive, believable and just straight up arousing. While the fetishes present may not be for everyone and are pretty niche, I would wager that it would not be hard for even someone who is unfamiliar or may dislike the features at first to get hot and bothered by certain scenes. To simply put this game is a very easy fap material. While the writing itself is nothing to write home about, it is the simple smut and situations which carry the game HARD.

Now, as I mentioned considering the scope the aforementioned fact alone is already impressive enough to elicit a strong recommendation. However I didn't even get to the amount and the variety of the content already present in the game which is as of ver 2.00 beats around 90% of titles out now in this genre and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger with each update.

Consistent and quality smut, nice visuals, and good variety.

If there is anything I would complain about it would be the pace of development. Not that it could be called too slow but it is simply my greed for more of this goodness which gives rise to my impatience.

TLDR.: You will fap to this, it is really not hard unlike... you know...

Absolutely degenerate, very well executed. If the tags interest you you're going to enjoy this 100% guaranteed. Filled with content and reliably updated with even more premium content. Only negatives are a few minor bugs and everyone is an alien if you're not into that.

One of the best games out there and it's a parody game! I'm a sucker for FMC + monsters. This has it all. So many variety of species, monsters, and scenes. You can really feel the love the developer puts into this game. There is a ton of content, animation, and more. The story is fun and intriguing. I can't wait for the next release.

v1.95
I'm a huge Mass Effect fan and I was very wary of giving this game a shot, and I wish I'd given it a shot sooner. There's a lot more depth here than I was expecting, with mini-games, corruption, and branching side quest stuff.
Reading my words back below, it sounds like I'm being overly critical, but I think it's because I really enjoyed the game and want more of it.

The writing is serviceable. Some sections have really poor grammar and spelling but it was never enough to ruin it for me. I'm assuming the creator runs it though AI to clean it up or just gets lazy?

The scenes are pretty sexy, however, I wish there was more detailed narration of each scene. They really rely on the art/animation and Tali's exaggerated begging.

On the topic of the art, a lot of the animations are good, but some are just really awkward. Sometimes it's clear that Tali's rigging is just not made for the pose she's placed in and it looks like she's about to clip through some level geometry like a skyrim ragdoll. Also, again on the topic of AI: Some animations have really obvious AI frame generation in them and they're super jarring. Not a fan.

I also think this game really struggles with staying true to the ME universe at times. All the technobabble is fine, and the vorcha being useless idiots is fun, but holy hell, I cannot picture any of the non-humans in that universe (especially Tali) using "daddy" in sex.

My other minor gripe is that there's a literal Earth bear on this derelict ship, and Tali knows what it is. There's also a couple of ape-like creatures that she calls apes. Again, minor gripe, but what context does she have for these creatures, and typical Earth animals?

My other concern is the sort of meandering and losing of the plot that has begun. The story-driven part of the vents was fine, but the randomized roguelike section is a distraction at best, and balloons the file size of the game with no real purpose. I hope there isn't too much more time allocated to this, because while it's interesting once, it's ultimately a waste of time.

Best game I've ever played in my life, Just to see the work done with the number of details, it's incredible, the quality of the work, it's just breathtaking.
Don't go by the side if you like all the weird stuff that human beings can come up with

v1.95

this is certainly one of the best games with a focus on female protagonist that we have so far.

this game has the basic recipe for success, good quality scenes, lots of variety, a corruption system, a good story, good progression, interesting gameplay and to top it off, the developer releases updates frequently.

the game currently has lots and lots of scenes, and will certainly provide hours of fun for those who start it now.

Making 3D mazes in Ren'Py should be illegal. Seriously Ren'Py devs, whenever you think having a 3D environment be navigable by cardinal directions, do us all a favor and just don't. It's neither immersive nor fun. Stick to what the engine is good at, make a good map and let us just click to go places.

Now that that's out of the way, I just wanna say this game is more than slightly overrated. It's not bad, but not 5 stars like the overwhelming majority of reviews suggest.

It goes to show how far a unique premise and interesting setting can take you. It goes to show how hard it is to find good non-furry non-gay non-futa beast content. Other devs should take note of how much of a demand there is.

The animations are not "amazing" as some other reviewers have stated. I'm not sure what they're talking about. A lot of it, especially early on, are like 5-10 fps. I've seen 2D cutout "animations" that are more animated.

The gameplay, as I pointed out in the beginning, can be overly tedious, and the writing is average. That being said I still enjoyed this game overall, mostly because I really enjoyed the premise and its tags. You CAN tell that this Dev is passionate and hard working. They deserve the support and success they're getting.

Feb 14 2024:
I loved this game. I feel like it has a cool style to it and i really like the SFM looks. I know it might not be for everyone but i really like the visuals and I think the animations are good. Naturally you can find yourself wanting more variation but then again it has a lot actually. And there is so much content in it already i feel almost guilty for thinking it should have more. I feel like it does alot of things right and i think that (without knowing anything about making games) the dev has allocated time at the right things. Everything doesnt have to look 10/10 if the scene is good in general. I really recommend this game.

13 oct 2024
Updating my review after alot of update:

I like this game even more. Really just improved everything that was before. There is alot of content and its fun to explore it all. The scenes are great and i really respect the effort that has gone in to them not feeling to repetitive depending on enemies. Last review i wrote a couple of wishes i had.

More variation on enemies and where they might show up. (checked that off)

More scenes with crew (There are alot more scenes with crew so thats checked off too.)

Scenes depending on stats/actions taken (There are more of that too)

So I guess i need to write a new little wish list because this game and the work that is being put into it is fantastic and impressive.

New wishlist

The rescue tali side quests are bangers, i would love em to be longer/more quest like. Instead of them "always" ending with "bad end".

Brainstorm example: Monkeys capture, tali. Nyun failed rescue. Shit plays out and story branch out to two different arcs. One where they manage to stay alive and build a rescue beacon hoping for rest of the crew to rescue (roll dice). Pass: good scene (Manage to run for it, rescue team finds them w/e) Fail, bad scene (beacon doesnt work, annoys monkey, attracts warren, w/e). If they fail say 3 times with the dice roll, que bad end.
Could also be just too much work and prevent furthering the story.

Self repair stuff to buy for tech parts. So you dont always have to return to med-bay to repair suit.

Some more soundeffects to change things up, like the gun or cum, walk and so on. Just having 3 in total so its not always the same soundbyte. Could be different depending on enemie, area and so on.

Poor graphics, Poor animations, Good tags. I have had high hopes for this game. I've downloaded it multiple times and forgotten that I didn't like it.

The over the top style and the animations just aren't for me. The animations might be better if I liked the style. Maybe others will still like it.

Posting a review mostly to remind myself not to download it again.