VN - Ren'Py - Unnatural Instinct [v0.8.5] [Merizmare]

  1. 2.00 star(s)

    thaeral

    I mostly agree with the previous review.

    I have a history of coming down on devs who studied up on DAZ, Ren'Py, Patreon, Steam... everything and anything EXCEPT script writing. So when the MC initially had a couple of moments of inner monologue (thoughts to himself, just a couple sentences), I really just let it slide because that was really it. Until I kept playing. It's not even nearly the most egregious use of inner monologue, but it is getting worse as the game goes on.

    Inner monologue, also known as internal dialogue or self-talk, is the voice inside your head that narrates your thoughts and feelings without being spoken aloud. It helps with processing information, making decisions, and reflecting on experiences. It's actually a valid way of writing (George R. R. Martin's books couldn't exist without it), it's just abused and overused because it is also lazy writing. Have a child write anything and the far majority of the time, they will fall into an inner monologue trap. We are alone with our thoughts for most of our life, it makes sense that we would habitually do this in other activities. It is, however, something heavily trained out of anyone who takes any kind of writing lessons by a qualified individual. You are coached to exhaust every other option available to communicate what you want to "say" in inner monologue, to the extent that there is NO WAY other than inner monologue for it to be said.

    Essentially, they make you do way more work to justify the use of inner monologue, than you save by being a lazy writer and just putting a third of what you write in inner monologue. That is the ratio, by the way. Up to full third of what is written is usually in inner monologue, and most often can just be discarded entirely as it is found to not be story or character dependent - meaning it changes nothing other than script length removing it. If you stick to it, eventually it reverses the bad habits, you know, like how most bad habits are reversed.

    This dev not only loves self-talk, but they also love having the characters look directly at the camera - also a "no-no" which is known as breaking the 4th Wall. Unless you're Wade Wilson, Ferris Bueller, or a Sex Worker - no character's make eye contact with the camera.:)

    On top of all that, this is yet another game where the dev thinks a weak-willed, insecure, early teens teenager take occasionally fakes like they're an Alpha (they even had the MC say he's an "Alpha Dog" in this game :rolleyes:) makes for the best kind of main character, even though they're supposed to be in Uni. I didn't act like a 13-year-old in University. None of my friends did either. That was a long time ago, so maybe they do now? I mean, faking like you are better than you are is status quo for people, but for this MC it's at mental illness levels of delusion and flipping polarities of personality.

    Everything else is fine or good. Renders and lighting are good. I mute music, so I have no idea there. I'm not far in, end of Day 2, I believe.
  2. 2.00 star(s)

    SingularityEvent

    Classic silly homecoming story, nothing wrong with it and nothing new. Renders are good and high quality, dialogue and writing is decent. Biggest problem is also the usual, the MC. He is supposed to be like 19-20 or something like that and all the girls keep going on about how big and strong he is. Despite that he is small, scrawny and looks like he is not a day past 15, like he is literally shorter than half the women and have thinner arms. He also constantly switches between confident and super shy/nerveous. He also goes on and on about how much he loves his younger sister/roommate but still gets the option to put his dick in her face while she is sleeping. Just the typical no personality, 0 brain cells mc who almost cums in his pants at the sight of tits. Adult visual novels that puts you in the role of a teenage boy. Really don't understand the reason behind going through the effort of making all these great visuals just to ruin it with an underage main character.
  3. 5.00 star(s)

    Purrfectaim

    It's one of the best games I've ever played and it has a lot of potential, the character designs seem great to me and I love that it has such well-crafted animations, Without a doubt, a highly recommended game for those looking for a game with a simple but quality plot.
  4. 5.00 star(s)

    herrderr75

    This VN is for people who like humor and frequent sexual content. Those who love pretentiousness and long-winded non-erotic content with elves, aliens, and farm animals should look elsewhere.

    There are several sweethearts in this game but most LIs are on the bitchy/slutty side. Not my thing at all, but at least the dev introduced a dom/sub option (for one scene so far.) Thank God, because if I have to play with bitches, I want to put them in their place. I'd prefer more classy girls (less fake eyelashes, fake nails, piercings, etc.) but I found them tolerable.

    Basically good erotic fun. Give it a try if that's your thing.
  5. 3.00 star(s)

    Alderamin

    The girls are pretty and there's plenty of h-scenes.
    Otherwise, nothing to see here, move along.

    There is no storytelling, no buildup, no gameplay that I noticed.
    There's a button that let's you see everyone naked right from the start in many scenes. If there ever was any sense of curiosity or anticipation, that one feature killed it.
  6. 5.00 star(s)

    Horusxdxd

    I loved the game. I'm not one to write reviews much, but I hope this game becomes more well-known. The story captivated me. The renderings and animations are incredible, above average. I'm excitedly awaiting the next updates.
  7. 5.00 star(s)

    WispDev

    I think this game gets a weird amount of flak for all the effort that's being put into it.

    Pros:
    • The developer gives progress updates on the Boosty page every single week. There was a review saying the dev abandoned the game and I have literally no idea what the fuck they're talking about.
    • The renders are actually very well done. It has a unique style that haven't seen in too many AVGNs.
    • The writing is passable despite the dev being Russian. Like the bar for legibility is incredibly low for AVGNs, where the fast majority of them are full of grammatical and spelling errors that even a 3rd grader would call out.
    • There are a lot of girls, but their aren't too many girls. Yet. We're getting there, but right now it's about at the upper limit.
    Cons:
    • Yes, like many reviews are rightfully pointing out, you don't really get an option as to who you're trying to fuck. Some people are into milfs, while others are repulsed by them. There is no option to say "Nah I'm good" and skip the scene, while also being able to turn girls down entirely.
    • The tone of the writing seems like it's changing over time. In the first portion, the MC is hesitant about fucking his family members, but suddenly in the later portions he's walking around like Chad Thundercock, fingering his older sister and drinking milk from his mom's tiddies. I understand the dev probably wants to experiment with what players like best, but I do think consistency is key.
    • The whole "landlady/roommate" overhaul is kind of retarded. The game already can't be on Patreon because he's in Russia or something, so changing everyone to be wink-wink-nudge-nudge not related doesn't make any sense, and makes the story sound stupid because why are all of these unrelated people of various ages living in the same house?
  8. 3.00 star(s)

    The Pitiful One

    For Version 0.8.5:

    This game has numerous good moments. The writing isn't the best, simplified grammar and mistakes, but otherwise, it has a lot of girls you interact with, a story for reasons why, buildup, and lots of girls. For me though, I can't give this game any higher because whenever a game with choices makes your choices meaningless the MC is still forced to be with not just one, but pretty much every girl, and the choices only allow you to avoid some scenes or change some scene variation, but have no impact on the story overall that I could tell other than maybe temporarily. Hence, this is mostly a kinetic novel that's a harem. Could be a great game if that's what you're into. However, that's something I'm personally disappointed about especially because it wasn't clear at the beginning it was going to be. Also, the game could use a much better description rather than a teaser about a game it's not. Despite this, some redeeming factors were different girls with different personalities and how it builds up each relationship with at least the ones you like.
  9. 3.00 star(s)

    Kapycs

    Review of [v0.8]

    Mediocre game but it can be fun.


    PROS

    • OK Renders
    • Basic Story
    • Parody Humor
    CONS

    • No control of what will be happen
    • NO SOUND
    • DEV has quite abanndoned the GAME

    RATING :

    Content: ⭐⭐
    Sound:
    Renders: ⭐⭐⭐
    Characters: ⭐⭐⭐
    Animations:⭐⭐⭐

    Final conclusion: ⭐⭐⭐
  10. 3.00 star(s)

    Ghost2656

    Game would be a lot better if it was in First-Person because the MC is so weird looking. Personality is stupid. He creates conflict then act surprise when someone is upset.

    Game saving grace is the other characters in this game.
  11. 4.00 star(s)

    mafarus

    One of the most beautiful projects, in terms of illustration, among those presented here, and illustrated in an original way, not a carbon copy. By the way, everything is almost standard - a world close to ideal, ordinary youth, hormonal hang-ups, but it is also pleasing that the authors have expanded the range of fetishes, have gone beyond the "monastic" perception. Waiting for updates.
  12. 3.00 star(s)

    louisamay

    Yeah, it's fine for a fap game. LI faces are pretty pre-2022 cute doll-like pretty, and it has weird tonal differences in what's supposed to be erotic (an icon up top comes up if you want to see a bit of x-ray -- but then you're shown a female's butt sticking out of a garbage can with a bottle in her butt. The eye of the beholder, I guess..)
    Then there's a flashback where the LI and MC are kids -- and the icon comes up again, but when you click on it, there's a pic of the girl in a cop car (with "FBI" on the front) -- ohh, I see, that's illegal, I guess. Ha-ha.)
    Just a lot of robotic humor and eros like that. Meh.
  13. 2.00 star(s)

    RainyKnight

    In the early stages of this game I would have given 4 stars for the quality renders and just how adorable the little sister is. Unfortunately, the farther into it the less plot there seems to be in the story and more situations that don't make sense in order to set up sex. As a previous review pointed out, the MATH class in COLLEGE is taking a field trip to a museum. So many things about that are just off. That lost one star.

    The biggest annoyance in the game is the MC's personality. I just can not like the guy at all. That lost another star as I'd rather now just skip the dialogue to see the scenes than listen to him talk or think any more.
  14. 4.00 star(s)

    srfsmrf_

    [v0.8]

    Gave this a (quick) go the other day; it's pretty good, perhaps great even:
    • great models, sexy ladies;
    • good renders;
    • entertaining, lighthearted story;
    • good animations;
    • lots of content, plenty of sexy/hot scenes;
    • good pacing;
    • I believe there was no music, I used KoGa3's mod for that. Sfx I don't remember;
    • ...
    I don't remember everything, it's been a week or so, and it was a pretty fast playthough.

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    Some negatives / points of critique:
    • MC does look a tad feminine (I think it's the eyes);
    • MC is in the scene often (3rd person), the all-the-time-the-same (I wonder how much days actually transpired..) outfit/appearance (particularly the skinny jeans he's wearing inside a pair of ugly in-your-face grey/brown sneakers) of MC started to annoy me, looking like a dick next to beautiful ladies, hurting the sexiness of the game/scenes;
    • some scenes (I remember just 1 actually, but an important one) seemed too rushed.

    Will revisit in the future!
  15. 5.00 star(s)

    JojodoLolo

    Ok I loved this one! I had a really good time playing
    -Easy and fun playthrough
    -Hot sex scenes, the expressions an details are top notch
    -Great animations
    -Beautiful models with a different style.
    - Without many side characters.
    You shouldn't take the story too seriously, but it's definitely worth give it a try. Thanks to the dev and keep up the good work!!
  16. 5.00 star(s)

    C.B

    Like most other "casual freeloading" players, I rarely write a review,- my reason is based on my experience that most of the games (I like) never get finished. Whether it's intended or not - I don't know, lots of them get accused of "milking money" from sponsors. But this game (so far) is IMHO funny as hell, so far a pretty basic story but the humour is up there, amongst the Gods of memes. It's worth playing just for the fun stuff. Sometimes it's subtle and sometimes it smacks you right in the face - good stuff. Good job so far!
    5/5 - because it made me LOL so many times, and when I wasn't LOL-ing I was smiling.
  17. 5.00 star(s)

    pougie

    I find this truly outstanding in every way. The artwork is exceptional and done in what (as far as i am awarre) a pretty unique style.
    All the characters featured and distinct and believable, from the MC right through to even those with a fairly minor role in the story.
    The really stand out feature for me though is the exceptionally sharp humour that underpins practically every seen. Ashley, in particular, has had me practically laughing my behind off in nearly every scene she's in.
  18. 2.00 star(s)

    Optimelle

    There is no reason to play this game. You've already played dozens like it.
    Standard incest boy comes home to sex-starved mom and sister(s) who are more than happy to go past any morals and straight to sex. I didn't bother to pay too much attention but I think things get hot in the 1st week after the boy comes back home.
    Graphics? Well, standard Daz3D renders with standard assets that can be found for free if you know where to look. Not the best graphics I've seen but not the worst either.
    Not much choice, just text line after text line after text line. You just there for the ride pretty much. Boring.
    If you're in for quick fap then go to a porn site, get the quick release and come back and look for a decent game.
  19. 3.00 star(s)

    Fantabulous

    (Review of v0.8)

    Just another incest game, without anything special really. The characters are too obviously into getting fucked by the MC ASAP and some of them (mom, your sister...) have faces that make them look like dolls. Facial expressions could be more varied. Even the MC looks feminine, dunno why.

    About the only positive I can mention is the fact that you can decide whether a certain character is a female or shemale for those into that kind of thing. Everything else is pretty average.
  20. 5.00 star(s)

    Jackbite

    This is what i would call a Professionally made game, with excellent Animations, & Great Sexy Modals & lots of content, I like the MC And One of the Best games I've played in ages 10/10. Please try to give support to the Dev, As I'm going to do!