VN - Ren'Py - The Sapphire Collar [v0.1] [Cheops' Law Productions]

The Sapphire Collar [v0.1]

There isn’t much content in this build. The renders are fine and the animations are acceptable, but there isn’t even a proper intro before the VN drops you straight into a slave-training, daily-routine, stat-balancing simulator.

There could be potential if the dev continued working on it, deepened the character development and background-story, expanded the routines, and enriched the whole package with more animations and a larger set of renders. But since the dev already stated that this is unlikely to happen, I don’t see any reason to give extra stars for future promises that will probably never materialize.

Seriously? I am not getting the high ratings that claim great great animations? I mean yes the imagery used in the sex cutscenes are great but what is there for an animation is frankly just barely there at this point. Someone referred to a roadmap. Roadamps are nice but its still a dream at this point. I am nmaking judgements based on what is actually there RIGHT now, And frankly that aint no 5 currently.

There is somewhat of a game hidden in here but it requires a LOT of grind to get through. Right now I played through nearly 90 days in the game. So yes a LOT of grind. And piss poor sex animation to go with it. Couldn't Fap to it as there is just frankly a single pump at best.

You make a downpayment on the house and then back to rent? WTF? Where is this fool getting his groceries?

Some features not implemented. Also some things just flat out disappear as well. Such as a store option from the menu when shopping. Got down to 2 items left to purchase and the last one just went poof when I bought the previous one.

I imagine that I can EVENTUALLY make her 100 percent submissive as well but Good Lord that requires so much more grind. Am at 22 currently and finally get a BJ at night and house cleaning as well. Sorry but the grind alone with the poor sex scene rewards makes this one worth a look but not really worth my time at this point. And God at the amount of time.

Dev needs to seriously flesh out the sex scen animations. Lots of choice little to see for them though. And good Lord, cut down on a tiny bit of the grind at least. The money means you literally have to work your butt off to earn money so that leaves little time for interactions with the girl as well. I really want to like this more but honestly just can't at the current point its at.

Keeping it concise like the game:
pros: Great progression, great animations and would only be better if will keep getting updates.

+ - : There is some grind, but it's not too bad.

cons: Some stuff are not explained well enough like how to increase submission, humiliation, what stat is required to continue with progression, etc...you eventually understand when you play enough time.
Some things I've never figured out (affection, arousal, which are mentioned but are not there on the stats and don't affect anything).

This review is based on version v0.1 .....

What we have/had here is a very good start for a newer Dev. BUT I seriously recommend you look at the pics in the attachment to see the quality of the renders you'll be seeing in the game, and reading the Dev Change Log so you know what you can expect from this game.

The Good:
- Very Original and Interesting Plot/s
- Very Brave of the Dev to take on this Subject matter in today's woke environment.
- Very open and Honest Dev... Read the Change Log and Dev Notes.

The Bad:
- Grinding is little much...
- Writing while decent, could use more fleshing out..
- Characters back story should have been a prologue, so we feel more invested in the characters, or at least gone into at more depth so we feel more engaged with the characters.

The Ugly:
- Dev was so discouraged by this project he has stated that this version of the unfinished VN is probably the final product.

Final Opinion and Rating:
The game seriously has a lot of potential and could have been a very promising VN. The writing wasn't horrible, just rushed and to oversimplified. The story itself was a very Brave choice by the Dev and one in which while most likely creating a little controversy, is still a very untapped market in the VN community. A story of Rape and Revenge no matter how depraved and wrong it would be in real life, still has a home in adult video games and literature .

Version v0.1 was a promising 3 or 4 star worthy title when you take into account it is the first release of the title by a newer Dev with a lot of potential. My rating also takes into account the potential this VN has/had being a very under represented niche in the Adult VN community.

So my rating is a 4 out of 5.

Its no tagged so but its essentially a sandbox with different times of the da and its repetitive and boring quickly.

I do like the soft & hard paths so you gained an extra star there but otherwise this one needs to go back to the drawing board. Its a real shame I liked the concept but not the execution.

+ really like the realistic approach to the scenario
+ its 'pain only rape' and I like it like that
+ the devs focus on what its about: getting pleasure and control
+ decent writing
+ showing the good moments like the insertion
+ nice idea to show the girls face and the penetrated asshole at the same time with a splitscreen

+/- the sex scene writing is sadly not very satisfying since there is very little text, especially the descriptive text of what the MC experiences physically (like in erotic fiction) would make it much more immersive and arousing, but since this is the case in almost all games I dont rate it negatively
+/- outdated visual assets, but within those the girl was made quite hot, and she fits my personal taste
+/- I personally really enjoy if a lot attention is paid to the MC's orgasm, like for example screen vibration, white flashes, ejaculation sounds, text describing MC's sensations and multiple splashes with accompanying renders of filling her holes (just love that)

- I'm one of those unpopular people who prefer a few well made statics with text over short animations loops in sex scenes, unless its top tier 'animation section' quality
- the worst way to implement animations is imo to display choices to select different camera angles for the animation. nothing else destroys immersion like that, especially if there is no accompanying text at all
- I understand why the 'intro' with the girl making statements was made, but its still off putting (luckily I read about it before and just skipped to the point where you see a farmhouse from the outside)


kudos for making a game like that and getting the important things right. still a few crucial things where preventing it from being really satisfying. appreciate the game nonetheless !

Rape simulator, and good at it. Play at your own peril. Renders are kinda bad, but also decent enough to do the job. Moans are terrible, turn off the sound.

Hopefully, will develop into something more. So far it is 5 minutes of content. (prologue version).

Putting the main "victim" up front explaining her choice and reason for this game is inspired and definitely a great start. The following leadup in this prologue quickly had my attention with the detail of graphics, dialogue choices and attitudes reflecting the decisions. Please keep up the good work!

There's some potential there. The plot is straitforward but quite interesting. The cg and animation is smooth and enjoyable. It could become one of those short but intriguing game. I hope dev could keep it up and complete the game.