VN - Ren'Py - The Power of Truth [v0.0.9.0 Ch.1 P3] [DogCat Studio]

VERSION: v0.0.9.0 Ch.1 P3 (gosh what a version number )
SUMMARY: Rather good, does a lot right.
RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point.

1. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Story & Dialogue.................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐⭐
8. Playtime & Pacing..................: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Music & Sounds.....................: ⭐⭐⭐
10. Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐⭐

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. LIs are all rather good looking and sexy, also not TOO over the top.
2. Animations are pretty good and done well, professional.
3. Scene and how they play out are done nicely, sexy and builds the right amount of intensity.
4. Written fairly well, reads and structured well too.
5. Choices do seem to be rather different and have immediate/noticeable affect.

CONS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Lack of lewd and environmental, interactive sounds.
2. MC does look a little weird, not exactly a fan of his hair (my opinion)

OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't)

• For a game of this quality on visuals, story and how its told, not having interactive sounds like knocking on doors, phones, environmental sounds like road noise, birds, footsteps and then not having lewd scene sounds is actually pretty disappointing.

TLDR:

I actually enjoyed this AVN, its told rather well, events flow nicely and tastefully, scene are sexy and provocative and doesnt subscribe to a lot of porn logic even if its an AVN where the MC is for some obscure reason the center of every woman's world. The AVN looks good and has good dialogue, but can do with more audio for general interactions and lewd scenes.

A shame I fell for the fake reviews again.
Really bad written story with an ugly MC and beautiful girls.

The main point that is undeniable: the game is very pretty. The LIs are unique and beautiful. The backgrounds vary and fit every scene very well.

But thats about all there is.
The MC is ugly and act like a 11-year old. Sometimes you can prevent it, but that forces you into specific routes.

The story of a professor who gets into situations with interesting characters gets ruined by a nonsensical subplot noone needed.
Scenes with LIs get ruined by dev trying and failing to be funny. The humor in this game is so bad it hurts.

The point and route system is one of the worst I ever encountered. Since this is not a harem game, this is especially bad.

First up the common mistake to force the player into a relationship. Worst position for a game with multiple branches, and shows how little the dev knows about the genre they write for. Doesn't help that she was so annoying I wanted to get rid of her immediately.

To avoid sex scenes with characters you don't like, you have to choose decisions collecting points with other characters. This ruins any chance of individual playthroughs and forces the player to play exactly one way to get to the desired scenes.

The MC repeatedly makes decisions for the player and you can only stop him by antagonising the LIs. If that sounds like a bad system, it is even worse in practise.

The phone system again ruins replayability because you have to pause every skip run to click on unimportant messages to advance the plot.

Didn't encounter any major grammatical errors.

All this stems from the low expectations people have nowadays for payed games. Almost all problems would be easily solvable with some effort and research. But since it is just the least effort when it comes to writing and system, the beautiful fluff has to be enough.

So far this is undoubtedly a good game with in my opinion a flaw that will probably get worse: the plot. So far the plot is decent, not incredible but it's well written and progresses nicely. If it stays along the current "normal" lines it can work really well... but there are more than hints about something ulterior, a plot with some hidden agenda and so on, which so far I don't trust almost any VN dev to pull of adequately and usually means stories fall quickly into the moronic side. Choices do matter a lot at least as far as girls go, but it can still have major impacts later on since the game is in relative early stages.

Render quality, animations and character models are simply great. Diverse, well done and going often beyond what many other VN go. I can't say much about the sound since I turned off the music (always do) and there aren't many sounds outside that, but I do appreciate the warning when the sounds are going to be unconfortable. I did find a few bugs, not important ones though, and a few words in spanish that were wrong.

So, all in all, I can see this one going up to the fifth star if it can pull of it's story well, or remaining or dropping in case it doesn't. We'll see by then.

Strong start!

Great renders, gorgeous models, the setup is not as cliche as the usual, and there's a hint of something big, it's always good to have a nice pace between the good stuff and some actual caring drama, a fine tune to balance! And this one seems to hold up.

-This have kept the most amount of chuckles from me so far so it gets and extra point, hope for the best!

The story and the writing are so bad, it feels like a primitive porn flick.

Models are, I don't know, not my type, but technically passable I guess. Renders' quality is good.

I admit I haven't played it much past the pool scene. It's just not for me. And I seriously doubt that reviewers speaking here of some depth etc. were actual players.

If the developer reads this, please use "jump" instead of "call" moving from one scene to another, because littering the call stack is never a good idea.

[v0.0.9.0 Ch.1 P3]

️‍♂ Review: The Power of Truth

Developer: DogCat Studio
Genre: Adult | Thriller | Romance | Drama | Mystery
Reviewed by: Ol Yerpy| Date: August 16, 2025

Introduction: No Patience Required

One of the first things The Power of Truth does right is respecting the player’s time. Right out of the gate—Neo in jail, the first scene with Gio—it becomes crystal clear this is not a slow-burn VN where you slog through 2 hours of exposition before anything meaningful or spicy happens. Adult content is blended immediately with story content, and it never feels like fan service for fan service's sake. This is a world where carnal desire walks hand-in-hand with emotional complexity, and it works.


Narrative Design: Player Agency Meets Character Depth
Choices That Matter

From the earliest decisions involving Gio, it’s evident that your choices shape not only dialogue, but relationship arcs. Whether you’re building a dominating dynamic with Diana or taking the gentleman route with Corina, the writing encourages reflection, strategy, and replayability. In particular:

• Gio's loyalty and ambition are layered, developing into a bond that can either be professional, passionate, or both.
• Lauren’s innocence and exploration feed directly into how perverse or protective Neo can become.
• Mercy’s emotional compartmentalization offers some of the deepest writing in the game.

These characters aren’t props—they’ feel like real people.


Lewd Scenes: Erotic, Earned, and Exceptional

Let’s not mince words: this game gets it.

• Diana’s aggressive, teasing nature invites a challenge of dominance that feels earned, not scripted.
• Lauren’s “drip” selfie scene is playful, erotic, and perfectly paced for the tension that’s been building.
• Mercy’s bedroom sequence, especially when earned through proper choices, is artistic and emotionally resonant. It transcends being "just" porn.
• Corina’s arc flips the script—initially reserved, she turns into an unleashed firecracker when intimacy is finally shared. The blend of cinematography, pacing, and humor during the sex scene (especially unleashing the “Latina” in her) made it unforgettable.

It’s rare to see a VN that balances sexual heat with character consistency as well as The Power of Truth does.


Character Relationships: More Than Just Sex

While the erotic content is undeniably strong, what kept me invested was the emotional storytelling:

• Neo and Sean’s bond feels like a real brotherhood. The letter-reading scene had me genuinely emotional.
• Richard’s secrecy introduces a slow-burning mystery. His refusal to respond makes his earlier ambiguity sting even more.
• Jeanene’s backstory is tragic and it plays out like a parallel timeline of “what could have been.” You know where it’s going, but it still hits hard when it happens.

These aren’t just characters you want to sleep with. These are people you want to understand.


Presentation & Features

• The phone UI and mini-games borrow from genre classics like Being a DIK, but are implemented with polish and style. I spent far too much time exploring wallpapers and features.
• The cinematography—especially during sex scenes—is sublime. Angles are purposeful, not repetitive. The game respects the art of visual direction in adult storytelling.
• The scene pacing never overstays its welcome. Even the heavier scenes (like Neo’s downward spiral after Jeanene) feel earned and never self-indulgent.

Philosophical Hooks & Twists

By the final sections of Chapter 1, the game teases a bigger conspiracy that might extend back to seemingly innocent scenes (like Rose bringing coffee). The suggestion that Neo’s reality may be manufactured or manipulated is chilling (complete supposition and not giving away story here). And the last-minute reveal involving Gio’s phone call brings a cyber-thriller tension that ramps up the stakes beautifully.


The question becomes: Is Neo chasing the truth... or is he just another pawn in someone else’s story?


Side Notes & Standouts (for Chapter 1, Part 3 Release)

• Venus is a masterclass in subversion. Beautiful, sexy—and a marketing genius? That twist had me grinning.
• Tinkerbell the Dog and the quick-time event were a perfect dose of comedic relief.
• Amira’s introduction adds yet another dominant personality, teasing possible power-play scenarios in future updates.

Replayability & Player Satisfaction

Between the varying romantic routes, sex scenes gated by personality points, and branching character reactions, The Power of Truth is worth at least two playthroughs—especially if you're a min-maxer or completionist. You’ll likely want to revisit scenes with Gio, Mercy, and Corina just to test the nuances of dialogue and choice outcomes.


Critique & Suggestions

• One minor art critique: there are a couple scenes pulled me out of the immersion slightly due to lower asset quality but I was able to power though on the shoulders of the story telling.
• Some players may find the mini-game challenging, though save-scumming is an option.
• The balance of screen icon overlays versus clean visuals (e.g. wallpapers) on the in-game phone could be improved for purists.

But honestly? These are nitpicks in an otherwise exceptional experience.

Final Verdict: 9.5/10 — A Must-Play VN That Marries Eroticism with Emotional Weight

The Power of Truth proves that adult VNs can be intelligent, provocative, cinematic, and emotionally rich. With a lead character who earns your loyalty, relationships that feel organic, and an undercurrent of conspiracy and betrayal that drives the plot forward—it’s easily one of the most complete visual novel experiences I’ve had in recent years.


Recommendation:
If you’re a fan of titles like Being a DIK, Leap of Faith, or Chasing Sunsets, this one is a no-brainer.

Finally an anal queen with great models. I wish there will be more anal scenes and more extreme scenes after. Great potential ı ld definetely buy on steam when totally finished.
Great models, nice story, not complicated... I am waiting for my anal queens kinkier scenes

Solid but could be better in many ways, the character models aren't fantastic but the settings are surprisingly well done. Things feel like they happen just to happen instead of being built up into. I do see lots of promise in this game though, the story seems good just needs to be implemented better but I think future parts/chapters can bring this into great game territory.

I'm technically giving this 3.5 stars. Why? Because 5 stars is perfection, and there's either nothing you'd change or it's so close that it's not worth be pedantic about.

1 star for solid visuals. Dev definitely understands how to pick good models, execute posing, and captures plenty of lewd angles.

1 star for premise: I like that this isn't a run-of-the-mill story. It's almost a combination of typical AVN concepts, but it's greater than the sum of its parts. I don't want to give away any spoilers for anyone reading this before playing.

1 star for characters and their personalities. Each character, while mostly predictable, adds to the value for the player. You have everything from humor and sarcasm to real relatable emotional upas and downs in the writing and that's always welcome with me.

Half star for how it all comes together; the sexy women, who are mostly intriguing and interesting as individuals seem to mesh well together. Unfortunately - at least, so far - the story is disjointed. We get a very rushed intro via the setting MC finds himself in, albeit with some context provided via "flashback". The problem here is that by the end of the current update (0.0.7.2), it just feels like the dev is trying to check all the boxes, but none of them particularly well. You go from setting to setting, interaction to interaction, choosing to either be the angel or devil of your own making, but it doesn't really feel like there's any consequences yet. Good or bad. There's naturally more content (I assume, I have not verified) if you play the evil route because otherwise scenes would be cut short by way of avoidance.

Now for the ugly. I nit-pick. It's what I do. If you've ever seen a review of mine, almost none are short.

Glaring issues:
Just going to say it and not mince words; MC looks like a chode. He's super fit with a man-bun, but he is a university professor in a field that doesn't even relate to fitness? And despite this socially-frowned upon choice of hairstyle, every woman just wants his nuts? And not just a little; a lot. C'mon...There's just no way this guy is convincing with a man-bun while he's dicking down someone and pretending to be all "alpha".

I really loathe when unrealistic scenarios come up in AVNs that we're supposed to gloss right over. Case in point:
Nobody audibly abbreviates. Nobody says "DOUBLE U TEE EFF!" over and over out loud, unless it's for humor. Imagine getting it on and your partner yells that instead of "WHAT THE FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuUUUUUUUuuuuCKKKKK!" like a normal person.

"Adelynn" is addressed as "Adelyn" by Lauren when MC runs into them after his "doctor visit". Which is the intended spelling of her name? Something to think about for proofreading.

Overall, do I recommend this one? Sure. The mechanics are solid, the models are hot (unless you like stick figures or smols, in which case you won't find any), there's music in every scene and it seems very fitting, and if you can get past the horrible awful decision on the model chosen for the MC - you'll enjoy it. I plan to follow this, and will naturally update this review if the dev decides to tackle some of the issues I mentioned and/or the game itself turns out wildly different from its current version.

I really liked this game, storywise there's not much to tell yet, but there are positive things that makes me excited about this game:
- Focus on the facial expressions: finally someone who don't make them feel like robots with a poker face the whole time.
- Teasing: I like it that it's not just sex scenes, but the teasing before those scenes is also important.
- Nice jokes that makes the game funny at times.
- And of course, good sex scenes, with variations of dialogues, expressions, positions, etc.

Maybe something to change: I wish older women had more "mature" features, cause it feels like there's no difference between students and teachers.

The Power of Truth [v0.0.7.2 ch 1 P3]

This is the kind of game where MC charms all the girls instantly. Nowadays I got bored of this genre but here dev executed it nicely. For now there is not much story plot but in future story can expand or not. I loved the visuals and girls. They got unique personalities. Writing is good. Enjoyed the humor. Enjoyed the meme references too.

Keep up the good work dev looking forward to next updates.

A great game, the LIs are varied and hot, if you like goth/bad girls like me, you will love Dianna. If you prefer a more typical bombshell, her sister Mercy will satisfy your appetite for sure.
There's also a curvy principal in the menu, or will you get pervy with one of your university students? It's up to you, the game is free and very enjoyable. While the protagonist tries to discover his past and who are his parents, he goes through life and has to choose if the wants to behave like a Gentleman or a Pervert.
The dev goes to great lengths to make the story fun, the characters are well depicted and believable, and many situations are both hilarious and hot.
Definitely recommended!

I have seen this MC before -- that isn't saying he's unattractive, it's just always weird to see the image in another VN.
But having said that, the VN is definitely worthy. I'm not sure it knows exactly where it's going, but it does have some erotic pluses.
A weird thing was that, after I played the game, I went to the gallery and saw a whole bunch of really hot scenes -- that, for some reason, I had not come across while playing the game -- and I was truly playing to get as many sex scenes as possible! So, I don't kmow... That was a big part of why I rated it a 3 instead of a 4. Just thought, hey, if those scenes are there, why couldn't I access them while playing?

I understand some of the comments below regarding some illogical situations. Yes, there is one in particular that is a head scratcher. Is there porn logic? Yep, but who cares? Regardless, as VNs go - this one is above average.

* The renders and animations are quite good.
* Choices do see to have an impact. We shall see as it progresses, but it
certainly feels like they matter or will matter.
*The LIs are varied and have personality.
*There is enough a mystery here to pique interest. Something is up with the MC apart from his super lame man bun.

Overall, there is enough here to make me want to see more. Some of the LIs introduced beg to be corrupted. A few already illicit some strong opinions, like "I wish in the future he bangs that smirk off her face" for a potential LI
I won't name. There are some flaws and logic holes, but if you are looking for a decent VN with good renders and animations in a school setting, you may find this titillating.

Alright, first off, I gotta say there's this one thing that doesn't sit right with me. There's a character (Doc hoe) who's told to be a virgin, which is all good, but it just feels a bit off. She's all into the sexual stuff, really keen on it, so from a sense perspective making her a virgin doesn't quite hit the mark. Kinda threw me off but it's alright as I'm gonna ignore her anyway.

Other than that, though, it's a good time! I'm loving the bit of goofiness in there. The renders are actually pushing the story along which is something I really appreciate.

Render: 4/5 (Few were a bit wonky but overall pretty good)
Writing: 5/5 (Ya nailed it)
Animation: 5/5 (Kinda surprised animation are actually pretty solid)

And lastly, gotta say I'm all about Lauren and can't wait to dump Mercy for her

Good luck, Dev. Keep it coming!

It's a 3.5 / 5 Visual novel at best.


Story:

I don't really know what to make of the MC, he seems like another mixed bag. Some of his response on both the red path and blue path were interesting. Like if you turn down the Kimberly characters advances he flips out and tells her off which you would think he'd do on his red pill path. Speaking of the red pill path all of the lewd content revolves around making the red pill choices so if you're wanting to see any action then you are sort of shoehorned into making those particular choices otherwise... nada. There definitely needs to be more balance on the blue path. He wants to find his "origin" and that's it so far.


Characters:

I may like Lauren and right now she's in the front runner position along with Gio for the best Li title but for the life of me I'm sick of seeing this model. Like so many devs tend to use the same models over and over again which is sad because I there's so many other models out there but it's like Devs are afraid to explore.

Dialogue:

It's not perfect but it doesn't suck so that's a plus. I don't like being referred to as Neo when there's an option to change the characters name. And it wasn't just a one time thing either. So I would definitely nuke that for immersion purposes.

Renders:

Good.

Animations:

Good.

Overall:

It's better than I thought it would be but still is a WIP. The mystery about the MC's parents in keeping me invested and moreso Giovanni. This again is a solid 3.0 to 3.5 game but considering all the crappy games out now this is still a step above those. Good luck, DCS.

It's a bit too early to judge but I do like it so far.

Positives
The Lauren Model is one of my favorites from another AVN, she is too cute
Good graphics
Animations feel really good most of the time
Story has potential

Mixed
I'm not sure how much development the LI are going to get just yet. Because as of right now it does feel like lewds do come a bit easy without much character development. Which is a negative for me
Looks like it might have potential for decent branching in future builds

Negatives -
Over sexual doctor and making her a virgin when it plays out like a scene from a porno feels really forced just to include the virgin tag. Would make a lot more sense if it was a character like Lauren.
MC has a manbun ( not enough to reduce the score but some do hate this with a passion)

Overall I like it so far, even if I hate it down the road I would still play it just for Lauren. Because Ive seen her model in 1 other game and she was super cute in that one that I developed a bias for that character model.

But currently this AVN is Average with above average Renders and animations. but there is still potential for improvement.

Pros:
Decent Renders

Cons:
Dev keeps repeating questions he's already asked
The continuous belief that the development studio is all that. Its a renpy VN
Questions and answers have no bearing on the outcome.
Just juvenile, not actual conversations adults would have.

Keep working Dev and wake up, you're not Disney, stop acting like it.

Nice start for a VN game. It's early, but I liked the history, nice characters, and a great start. I didn't like the animations much because were kinda laggy.
To resume is a great start and has potential.

Still early to tell how great it will be, but it is a very good start. Keep up the good work.
The renders are well done, the LIs each have their own character and figure.
Not much is happening yet storywise, but there is a plot regarding your origins.
Every female character is interest in you, which might be part of the plot. I hope it won't be too much of a fuck fest or harem, and that the LI will have enough personality to be interesting on several chapters.

Very promising!