Ren'Py - Completed - Toro 7 [Ep. 7] [Tora Productions]

Sometimes I have to admire the lone author who publishes H-games in order to maximize the audience in order to tell the story they really want to tell. Short, to the point, no bullshit. Good art, good scenes. Excellent story

Pros:

The game has decent plot. Good atmosphere - underwater station, DNA experiments and other stuff, a bit of suspense at the start as well.
You can play as male, female straight, female lesbian.
I played as a male straight - there are 3 LI for each route. The girls are great, the scenes with them are hot, well Sumalee is probably the hottest, and least liked is Oriana, since I am not a fan of anal.

Cons:

About replayability - well, you'd think that for each girl path something changes in a game, but no, only lewd scenes change, the plot is pretty straight, like a kinetic novel, you only can choose your LI and after that some of dialogues during the game will change a bit and that's it. With all that said - replaying the game through different LI paths is not rewarding at all, you will only see few different renders and that's all.

Ending (prologue) is a bit rushed, and again, whoever you chose during the game to be your Li - nothing changes, even dialogues.

It's a sci-fi movie, a good sci-fi movie. 3D modeling, lighting, camera shots, script, dialogues in several languages, living the experience with three different characters in genre to get the whole story, rhythm, intrigue, everything is superb.
"Tora Productions": thank you so much for putting so much effort into making something so good and sharing it for free. I wish you all the best.

Review for Toro 7 Ep.7:

Overall: 4/5 - It's a great story with stunning visuals, but the gameplay design is to replay the game from the beginning with different choices to see different scenes. The main choices are choosing the gender and sexual orientation of the protagonist. If you only like one of those options, then there's a lot of scenes in the game you'll never see.

Story: 4/5 - The story is Sci-Fi and it's far-fetched, but it's pretty good. It does gloss over a lot of things, though. Players will be able to fill in the gaps only if they've watched a lot of movies with similar themes. It seems like it was rushed to completion as there are several key plot details that were just kind of left hanging.

Writing: 5/5 - Some of the best English VN writing you will encounter. No Engrish. Few typos. Great style.

Renders: 5/5 - Excellent resolution and detail. Beautiful female models. Even the men are nice-looking.

Animations: N/A - no animations here and it's really a shame because VN players expect it.

Content: 4/5 - Quantity of content will depend on the player. If you just want to play as a straight male, there's not a lot of lewd content you will see, but if you go back and replay and make different choices, there's a lot more content. The quality of the lewd content is pretty hot, even without animations.

Gameplay: 2/5 - Gameplay is basically replaying the game over and over making different choices to get different lewd scenes. I find this play style extremely boring since you've already seen most of the content, but I suppose some players like it.


Other feedback:

• The text box is annoying. You can't always tell who is talking and the mix of narration, thoughts, and dialogue is tedious to follow.
• I find it weird that none of the girls bother shaving/trimming their pubic hair, but the hair on their head is styled to perfection every day.
• The overuse of the term "the Company" made me want to vomit. It's a stereotype and it's a cop-out.

Wow! OK, I get that it needed to 'wrap up' to move along, but I commend you ALL for your creative work in the Imaginary Storyline, plausible love interests and interactions, and how the Corporation's goal is all revealed.

Well enjoyed, and I love to explore your other work.

I want to keep this brief (for a change) and just want to highlight a few big pros and cons:

+ I loved the story and the storytelling. I'm invested in my MC and would really like to see what the future holds for him and the world that was built.
+ The MC felt very realistic to me. He managed to be a great self-insert without being generic (except perhaps in appearance) and without being a Mary Sue. His emotional reactions felt like those of a real person and didn't clash with my own thereby aiding immersion.
+ The renders were generally quite excellent. I particularly noted some of the best use of lighting I've seen in an AVN. This is not a minor thing. Proper lighting makes so much of a difference! And it's used to great effect without ever making anything hard to see.

- The game was very much designed for multiple playthroughs. I'm sure this is a pro for some but not for me. I'm fine with only having one love interest in a playthrough. I picked one and will stick with it and have no particular wish to play the others, not because they didn't have plenty of potential, but simply because I don't want to actually play through the game again despite my enjoyment. However, I did not like that I couldn't experience all the non-sexual conversations in one playthrough. That said, I was able to do so anyways with a little use of the renpy console and enjoyed the game a great deal more for it.
- While the sex scenes were refreshing and very hot, there was insufficient build up to them. Depending on some factors you can be "forced" (without rewinding/reloading) to make your permanent love interest choice very early in the game, far before you have had a good chance to really know the crew well.

But overall, I loved the game and played it through as non-stop as I could manage.

Discalimer: i focus on the female protagonist routes in this review, as i have not (and most likely will not) play the male protagonist route.
An extremely story rich vn that had me binge read the story twice. The sex scenes in it don't feel forced - they fit well into the flow of the story - and bring in a lot of development for each of the characters. The renders look extremely good and natural, and their color schemes help with building the setting.

Another great project by Tlaero and Mortze. Tlaero's writing excels in immersing you in the underwater world of Toro 7. The flaws that exist in this novel are few and far between. Let's go over Toro 7's qualities.

Dialogue: Tlaero's take on dialogue writing is unique amongst AVNs because she uses the second-person point of view. Most other AVNs are told from the first-person perspective, so if you're looking for something new, this is definitely it. Toro 7's dialogue is decent. Conversations flow naturally... and while it isn't perfect, its flow and pace are better than many other games on this site. My main problem with the dialogue is that sometimes it was a bit unbelievable. Quite a few times, I thought, "Who talks like that?" This wasn't an isolated occurrence either... I caught myself thinking this at multiple points throughout the story. It's not a major issue, but it persists throughout the story, mainly concerning the men, not the women. The dialogue between female characters was excellent, but the men were unbelievable at specific points. Overall, I give the dialogue 8/10.

Story: The story is unique and well-formed. It's not too extravagant, but it places you in an intriguing environment(underwater) and throws interesting obstacles at you, all of which still have yet to be completed. The setting is new and immersive, as this story takes place on the ocean-covered moon of Europa. Tlaero immerses you in this world and makes you feel like you're genuinely thousands of fathoms deep beneath this moon's ocean. Overall, I give the story 8/10. It doesn't really stand out as a Sci-fi story, but it serves its purpose. And it does so wonderfully.

Lewd Scenes: Ok, for one, I'm a girl, so any guys reading this... take it with a grain of salt. I usually don't care about lewd scenes, but since this AVN had an (optional)female MC, a lesbian route, and a straight female path, I thought, why not? It's like I'm meant to check them out. The scenes were ok. What they lacked heavily was buildup. It kinda sorta went like this. You like someone(that's compatible orientation-wise) --> you interact with them specifically throughout two relatively short chapters, --> then you sleep with them. It's all a bit rushed, and they didn't do anything for me. You sleep with them several times throughout the story, but that's how intimacy is handled in this AVN. Rushed. The relationships didn't have nearly enough time to grow throughout the story, so the lewd scenes fell flat. Overall, I'll give them a 7/10 because although they're not my cup of tea, I can't pretend they're not objectively good to look at.

Characters: The characters were interesting. They weren't anything too noteworthy, but they weren't boring at all. There are many dynamic characters in this story, and they all have differing levels of depth. If you're looking for someone like Kindra or Cece(or Miranda or Jessika from Tlaero's other games), you won't find them here. Similarly, for all my girls, the guys aren't that complex. Objectively, the characters are well-written and consistent. Overall, I give this an 8/10.

Renders: The renders are good. They're not amazing, but they're still better than many other games on this site. Mortze seems to be improving with every game he works on. He definitely deserves his credit because the renders within this game are top-notch. Maybe tone it down a bit on all of the... hairiness in some places, but otherwise, the renders are pretty good. Overall, I'd give this another 8/10.

Ultimately, Tlaero and Mortze did a great job with this AVN. Sure, it has its flaws, but it's still a really great game, one with a very engaging story and one that's definitely worth your timeღ

Great game, interesting idea for the project, cool setting, high quality characters,.

The game could be longer, and the fact that you can't have relationship with the ship director is sad.

Can't wait to see other new upcoming future productions.

Just finished playing the game. It was really good, if it wasn't for the real interesting story I wouldn't have kept playing it, why? Because the H scenes are really bad, there's no sound (music or whatsoever) and no animations. So this makes this a good VN game but a bad H game. Still the story is that good that I would advice you to play it.

Excellent game with a short self sufficient story line. This is one of the most engaging stories I have ever played and the world building, character dynamic and pacing is excellent.

The only complaint I have is that the story isn't long enough I wish there was an extended version of it that was double the length so that we could experience more of Toro7 and the revenge of the crew.

Genuinely great story that I have come to expect from this crew, fun albeit reasonably short tale, gripping sex scenes, and unique characters push this game forward to be some of the best storytelling a porn visual novel can offer.

I understand ending the game where you do, and I am sure there is a lot more content I missed out on, (I was on the Sumalee path), and I still enjoyed it immensely. I think this opens the authors to move their focus to a new game, or maybe Mortze can make the second episode of Star Wars, but I enjoyed the idea of this game a lot and it set up a sequel, but I would hope there is a chance for Star Wars episode 2 now, the first game is one of my favorite VN's ever, and I would love if Tlaero worked on it in cooperation like they usually do.

Another great game by Tora Productions. Tlaero is a wonderful writer. Her stories are always well-packed and this one does not make an exception. Mortze art is at the top. If you want to have an excellent time playing a game mixing suspense and eroticism, this game is for you. And you ll be addicted to their games.

This was a near-perfect game in my opinion, with the caveat that the ending/bonus scenes were completely unnecessary and detrimental to the story as a whole.

Let's outline what the game does right first:

- Models are great, there is just enough variation and realism to the models to make things immersive (no oversized breasts, supermodel looks etc), and each character does have both behavioural and aesthetic quirks that makes them endearing to different players.

- Everything is well-paced, giving enough time for the player to digest the story, get used to the setting, and come to their own hypotheses about the situation before progress is made and people either have their expectations subverted, or they saw it coming all along.

- The sex scenes are done well, with the previously-outlined characters' personalities and quirks come into play in fitting ways; some make up for their shyness by being more daring in bed, some seek stability and vanilla sex as fitting of their character etc. As such, the scenes with different characters feel unique, giving us a reason to go back and explore different routes.
Kudos to Mortze for keeping the delicate balance between realism and eroticism.

- The number of sex scenes is good too, in my opinion. Some might consider it too little, but for an adult/erotic game focused on story and plot, I think 3-4 scenes per character works just fine. Would it have been better with more scenes? Of course, but the current state is already great, and I'd be nitpicking if I said otherwise.

- The story is excellent, and is what I would consider the main pull of the game. It gives us a fresh setting (Europa), clearly reveals each character's motivation and backstory wherever relevant, and progresses smoothly - making sure to tie up any loose ends along the way without being too unnecessarily expository and going into excessive detail. Whatever we are told is all we need to know for the story to work. Tlaero has definitely done an amazing job in this regard.

However, this makes it all the more disappointing to see the bonus scenes stomp all over the above - which leads me to my singular gripe about the game. (Skip this part of the review if you want to avoid spoilers).

The bonus scenes revealing that it was all part of a production set and this was a film all along sort of ruins the ending, in my opinion. It's in the same vein as someone writing a wonderful trilogy of novels with amazing, well-thought out setting, lore etc and ending the series by revealing it was all a long dream that had absolutely no real consequence on the protagonist's real life.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to have one foursome scene for each orientation to add more spice to the game, but I wish it were done in a better way without stomping all over the script. Especially after the way the game ended; despair, suspense, relief and then hope for the Toro 8 station as a whole. To follow all that good writing up by saying it was just a film set all long feels like bad taste - but that's just my opinion.


With that being said though, I think the game still deserves a 5 star rating (this is coming from someone like myself who rarely gives games a full score). If you're looking through the reviews to see if you should play it, definitely do give it a try and support the devs.

Super high quality stuff. The renders look amazing and so do the characters as well. There is actually a great story here with generally excellent writing, though there are moments when the MCs inner monologues get quite uninteresting. Otherwise the character writing is quite strong in this one, everyone feels like a unique character, with their own stories. On the other hand the "puzzles" dont really make sense, or maybe i just skipped some of the text that would have explained how im supposed to know the safe combination for example, didnt really had the patience for them and gave up after a few tries. Thankfully the game will let you bypass them.
The game also has may interesting love interests, unfortunately the options do get limited by the type of character you choose in the beginning, and after that you only get to see one path with one character per playthrough, of which im not really a big fan of, and to see all the potential story lines you will have to play the game multiple times.
These are my biggest gripes at the moment, but other than that i would strongly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a well crafted world, story, characters and sex scenes. Great stuff and cant wait to see more.

Disclaimer, i only played through the introduction and one of the sex scenes, here are my thoughts on the game:

- Interesting setting
- Basic plot (whodunit)
- Pink overlay that makes it hard to read and pollutes the screen space (mod it out)
- Awkward narration that doesn't fit a VN
- Anemic sex scene with very little build up, a handful of renders and barely as many words

Overall, if you're looking for an erotic VN, i suggest to move along like myself.

I don't usually like to give 5 stars, simply because it implies a blindness to flaws. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized Toro 7 is nicely stimulating with a good story and excellent use of visuals, so...why not? Pretty much everything I'm not into or don't like...is optional ("No, I don't want to guess the password...oh, i can skip!"). I liked the idea of setting the sexual orientation at the start of the game, because I know then that the experiences are going to be crafted around that, rather than me seeing scenes I'm not into or trying to figure out which character is what. Thought it odd gay male wasn't included, but there may be reasons for that.

I dig the setting and the skew more toward Near Future and Hard Scifi over another Star Trek-esque feeling game. The movie The Abyss really comes to mind, and that sure isn't a bad thing. The sex scenes are well done, but what make them is the emotions involved. MC has been through a lot in life and is finding comfort with folks who each have their own motives. Really elevates it over the usual fap material.

All and all, if you want something that's a little more in-depth and story driven with a dash of sex, Toro 7 fits the bill perfectly. Excited to see what the devs do next.

Exceptional. I highly recommend it. A thrilling, sexy, and well rendered game with a gloomy atmosphere. The dialogue is well balanced. As a matter of fact, I think this is the only game of this kind where I have not fast-forwarded any of the dialogue. I need to know what each person says, reading the words carefully, reflecting on it to see if I can find any clues. My guess is, the guys behind Toro 7 are professionals. The science is pure fiction, however. Not researched in depth. But I could say that for Starwars as well I wrote this after ending episode 4.

Finally, a game with realistic body lines and shapes and not irritating characters. I like the sci-fi elements and storytelling, which is what's going on in Europa, Toro 7 and habitat. Play this game. If you could, support the devs.

I just played episode 4 and I find the renders super clean, the characters convincing and the story excellent. The sacrifice that is preparing to do the MC froze my blood! Man's worst fear. Alone, suffocated and drowned, subjected to very high pressure, in the dark in the hope of saving 5 people who we know little about. For me, no need for trans! I LOVE THIS STORY. Thank you guys, I'm looking forward to the next episode and I think I'm supporting you, with the little I have....Very good start to the year.