VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Through Spacetime [Final] [Empiric]

In General this is a game that's worth playing for it's varied models and good renders.

Artwork: 4/5
The scenes are well lit, models very beautiful and while the scenery is not enormously detailed it still manages to keep the sci-fi vibe going nicely.

Game-play: 3/5
The Game is stable, there are no problems saving or anything of the sort and some choices. However the choices mainly extend to playing or not playing certain sex scenes, so there is not a lot of variability here.

Plot: 5/5
The Plot is well thought through and even though not all elements are new or unique it is generally entertaining.

Writing: 2/5
Personally I feel this game might benefit from an writer looking over particularly the beginning of the game. There are some minor typos, but what bothers me is mainly the naivety of some of the main characters as well as how flat most of them are. While they all have an interesting backstory to uncover, the game doesn't make the MC work for that like it would happen in a normal human relationship. They all just flat out tell the MC all their deepest thoughts and worries the first chance they get. Improving this could in my Opinion make the game truly great.

Edit v.0.9: I feel like this game has really come around on me, the story has gotten quite interesting and I've grown somewhat fond of the humor, I've upgraded to 4 Starts

Right to it.

Writing is good. It grabs you and pulls you in. Even though the MC is as dumb as a sack of hammers.

Renders are pretty good also. The girls are pretty hot.

The bad to this is due to myself. I don't share my girls with anyone. Not even with a VR dupe of myself.

I will not trash the game or the dev over this. It's worth playing. I'll just wish him well and move on.

So good renders and very nice artwork. Fully cared GUI environment. Use different camera angles that enrich the narration. Well designed characters. Well designed environment.
Well told history.
Correct rhythm in the narration, and very dynamic.
I miss "rape" a little more, but that's a matter of taste.

Totally recommendable.

[Ep. 3]

Heh, this is a better VN than what it appears to be at first glance. The first episode is a bit of a flop. A short segway into how he ends up in that pod at the beginning would have been cool. It's a bit of an abrupt start to the journey. You go around and meet and bang some of the crew members. The sex scenes are incredibly short and lacking at first. The initial plot set up and tone kind of pointed towards a last stand of a man against the feminist overlords (which I thought would actually be pretty funny lol).

Anyways, as you get into the second episode and beyond, the plot picks up quite a bit and we begin to see that the game isn't all about mindless romping though space. There is actually a plot brewing and the characters do have some depth which wasn't apparent at first glance.

It's not high art or incredibly epic storytelling, but the game starts to form into a decent little space opera with nice bits of humor thrown in. I found myself laughing during some of the scenes and plot developments. At the risk of sounding like a snob, I think my sense of humor is quite refined.

I mentioned the very lackluster scenes on the first episode, but it really seems like the dev is improving in this regard. We got some longer scenes with decent sex dialogues, so there is something to work with here if they refine it a bit.

Not bad at all.

PROS
Story is entertaining
Renders are good
Characters are interesting

CONS
Tiny typos here and there

Overall

Quite the entertaining VN. The story is good, and the characters are well developed. The amount of sexy women is nice. I hope there will be more introduced in future updates. The dev has put a lot into creating this. I highly recommend giving it a play through. Keep up the great work.

actually read/enjoy the story. great pacing in the context of it being a sex game. dialogue actually feels relevant to the sex scenes and not just something to get thru. love the content and character/story dynamics. really promising. even for a first version feels satisfying. looking forward to complete game

Wow. This is a great game. Let me break it down. First off, love the setup for this story. With your OC being on a spaceship and picked up by a group of explorers, this opens up tons of unique and interesting situations. You can find a planet of plant women who are struggling to survive because of their limited gene diversity. A planet of amazons who are constantly at war with each other (This could even be played as a way to clue in the audience that the future is not perfect) . So many opportunities not even including the main crew.

Though my favorite part had to be the end with the mysterious alien. We don't know her backstory yet even with the picture perfect spaceship with all the crew members getting along and humanity in a golden age, their was always a feeling of unease. The way crew members described how Earth was united in only two years with no conflict just felt fishy.

The only reason I am not giving 5 star is because it it clearly a game in development. To the author, I hope you give us the audience small clues about what is really going on in the galaxy to reward players who are patient enough to read the dialogue.