Ren'Py - Completed - Void's Calling [Ep. 2 v1.2.10+ DLC] [Novel]

This is a game that contains one of the most annoying aspects of Ren'Py games in the form of sandbox. Most if not all of the games in this site are too small in scope to justify a sandbox version that realistically add no real value to the game. Instead it's more of the same tired do this pointless task now do this other pointless task, oh and if you didn't do it right you miss X scene. The biggest problem is this slows down replayability because now you have to redo the game to do all the other routes instead of save scumming. Add to that the fact that the author for whatever reason decided roll-back and anti-cheat were needed and now I have to go at a snails pace. All of these might be tolerable if I was playing a game like Skyrim, KCD, or any other RPG. This, however, is an adult game and a VN. I almost wish that it had been done in full 3D rpg instead (AAA graphics are not needed) since the story seemed good. However, after an hour I sort of just found myself asking why I was doing this to myself. I almost wanted to unpack this and turn it into VN style rather than sandbox, but then I'd be right back to the same problem of having my time wasted.

Story is pretty decent and did enjoy most of that, its kinda like the witcher type style just with more sex.

MC is another one of those types that finds all females hot, its always annoys me when devs make MC lusting for everything that moves since it will rarely ever work and reading thoughts about how hot someone is when you as the player find her to be an old ugly hag it kills the story and any chance of immersion which can ruin it for alot of players.

Then theres the no name change for MC, its idiotic since almost everyone wants to rename the MC when playing a AVN.

Next no rollback which is even more idiotic since all it does is make you waste more time saving the game and reloading and since thats possible then no rollback is pointless.

Next is the sandbox, first chapter is awfull in so many ways, like if you grind more then a 1000 gold which is very easy game tells you "cheating is bad" and steals your gold leaving you with only 200...and considering just a single item can cost 1000 gold in shop makes this feel like a bug but it is designed like that...it cant get more stupid then that truely.

Then theres the useless questlog, it gives you no clues as to what you need to do, where to go, what time to do it, which leaves you with clicking around a map for an hour hoping something will happen, i was at 40+ in game days before even finishing a single quest, it does get better in chapter 2 if you can ever manage to get there....
Quests from chapter 1 that couldent be finished either vanish or shows as finished which also dosent make much sense, like the red head girl that said you needed to see her at the fair or market or something but you couldent in chapter 1 and then it moves to finished when you start chapter 2....annoying.

If you start a normal game from chapter 2 it dosent give you the same choices as it did in chapter 1, it forces you to fuck Fiona which felt weird since i turned her down, its pretty bad since shes a prostitute and not everyone is into that type of LIs so quite a huge flaw, so if you want to try a faithfull route your forced to play chapter 1.

It also makes use of dream shit, im just not a fan of having sex scenes forced on you even if it is a dream, theres a reason i dont go on someones route and i dont want to see sex scenes with LIs i find extremly ugly, like Kagera dreaming about fucking MC when you arent even on her route makes 0 sense, in my playthough they barely know one another and only talked a couple of times so theres no reason for her to ever do that.

Virgins scenes are really awfull as well, girl has close to no pain and you dont see any penetration nor blood or anything it truely is a softcore porn game, where you dont get to see anything, if you do put virgins in a game then do it right or dont do it at all, theres no need for virgins in a game if its just a standard sex scene like any other.

Girls are pretty good in this game and theres a nice diversity in builds so they got that right which is nice.

Animations are bit of a fail, granted i dident see all LIs but the scenes i saw was very dark and very bad cam views so it felt more like softcore then porn, dont even remember seeing a single dick or pussy up close once?

Sandbox/choces are proberly the best ive seen in a sandbox and also why i give this 3 stars instend of less, it does it perfectly so you can pick and fuck or dump whoever you want, no LI is forced on you and i cant tell you how fucking rare it is to find a sandbox with freedom like this and not having quests tied into one another, so when it comes to choices its perfect but it does have alot of other issues but just wanted to point out that this is how all sandbox games should make choices and questslines with freedom of choice, alot of devs could learn alot from this.

Music is pretty decent it dosent always fit the scenes but its alright.

If you can deal with all the mess in chapter 1 then its worth giving this one a go and dont expect a porn game but a softcore game where you dont see dicks or pussys...so yeah not really an AVN.

This game isn't bad and the sex scenes are really good and I wish I could give it 4 stars or more, but it falls on one of my unforgivable sins of adult games which is why I can only give it a 3.

This is a good game, that has a considerably good story and writing and good porn scenes, but it isn't really a good porn game and I will explain why.

In my see, there is a big divide between a good game that has good porn and a good porn game and this one is in the first.

It is like Game of Thrones season 1 if it had some really hot and explicit sex worthy a prime porn video that lasted for a while on those sex scenes or a better comparison, if the witcher 3 was a choose your adventure ren'py game with a mod for making all the sex scenes a lot more explicit.

But when your game has you fighting ugly monsters, solving mysteries, walking around doing quests for more than 70, maybe 80% of its duration, with only 20 to 30% being those good porn scenes, I can't fully call it a good porn game.

By all means, you should probably give it a try, there are times you may want something like this, just don't open it if you are already really excited and wating some quick and good porn, but when you want a mature adult game that has porn scenes.

Sex Scenes: 5/5

Story: Skipped a LOT of it but from what I saw between a 3 and 4 out of 5

Fighting Mechanics: 4/5 if I was judging a non-porn ren'py rpg game.

Overall: 3/5 for a porn game.
4/5 if you are judging it as a mature game instead.

Within 2 hours, progress in the game completely stopped. I couldn't understand what I was supposed to do or what I was to do in what order. In the sandbox areas everything is very random and requires a lot of replays in the hope of getting a different scene. Strangely, the text rewind buttons don't work. When I first open the game, they work for a short time and then suddenly I can't rewind dialog again. This problem has been around for a long time, but the developer either can't fix it or ignored it. I had to stop playing the game because of the grinding in the gameplay and the lack of direction on how to proceed with the quests. Frankly, I found the main character and the girls a bit boring. The main story was also one of the generic fantasy themes. It's a bit sad that I couldn't see how effective each choice is, which is one of the game's big claims, but unfortunately I couldn't take it any longer.

The game have potential if not for the silly battle and sandbox, the renders are very good and the animation also great, but again the sandbox and the battle at season 1 kinda ruined the fun not to mention the quest log kinda useless as it doesnt give much information what you needs to do, but i give the devs appreciation for completing the game despite it has abandon due to various reason he cant monetized the game anymore.

I had high hopes at the start of the game. Unfortunately, the game has multiple issues that hamper its playability. First, rollback is disabled, not only at initialization, but through several scripts that run periodically if you do turn it on. If you click through too quickly, you can't easily go back and see what you missed. Secondly, it calls you a cheater if you have more than 1000 coins, which is a ridiculously easy number to reach if you're halfway competent at combat. Then it sets your hard-earned gold to 200. Thirdly, the quest journal is practically useless. It has almost no useful information. I was only able to complete one quest by day 35, and that's where I gave up. Nothing I did would advance any of the active quests.
The renders are fantastic. They're well lit, and the models are top notch. The story, from what I was able to play, is good.

Episode 1: 4.5/5

Epsisode 2 with DLC: 2.5/5

Just finished the game. Endings felt rushed and also cut from Episode 2, without dlc Episode 2 dosen't have ending at all.
Story is kinda complete, but every ending is just an open finale with sequel hooks.
Most of main female cast hasn't recieved enough scenes for them, it's ridiculous that we have so many scenes with whores and Mrisya, but just 2-3 with Sarah and Ilga.

Also friendly warning: this is not a harem game and it punushes you for cheating, so prepare for disappointment or replaying endless boring autobattles and lazy designed investigation sandbox.

This "game" could've become a superhit "VN", instead it became the most wasted talent and renders. I tried playing this game initially however it was like playing a different game each time. Sometime there're orcs band attacking right from the start - with no skip button and a confusing battle mechanics with several grey out boxes. Sometime a story scene plays out with random options to choose from. Sometime you get dragged into an argument. But it's never same thing happening that's for sure. Story scenes are very sexy and sex scenes are steamy without showing any goodies. However, reaching proper plot sequence and landing on hot scenes in time is another hectic task.

Too much of randomness and open world killed the game's consistency also it's charm to narrate a proper story. So much hard work and wasted potential here. Insane. Still it could be saved if an "VN only" mode is added alongside the open world gameplay.

Several veteran devs have already adopted this trick to save their game and also keep it profitable, may it be wizard based or mafia based . So this "witcher based" Visual Novel with options wouldn't go unnoticed. Please try doing this and don't just abandon ship. Thanks dev and his team.

Wonderful update and wrap up to part 2. Thoroughly enjoyed part 1, and was not let down with the sequel. Nice variety of characters of all stripes, and glad to see continuity with most of them here. As the updates came along, the story seemed disjointed but really came together with this latest update. The fantasy elements are well done and much appreciated as they make the game refreshing. There are plenty of leads to follow up on in the next installment. Scenes and transitions are good too - definitely saw an improvement from part 1. Keep up the great work!

(Spoilers below)

A game with notable positives, but also with a couple of glaring weaknesses.

The most recent release wrapped up Episode 2 (maybe), which is what this review is based upon. Episode 1 is still around somewhere, but as it's been a while since I played most of it, I went with a new game starting at episode 2 (couldn't get the new release to accept the previous save files). Regardless, the new episode offers many improvements, so that's where I will focus.

As is readily apparent in most of the AVN's, a well-constructed story is the exception rather than the rule. So in this regard I commend the developer(s) for crafting and executing a premise that is well above average. It's refreshing to not have to deal with all the juvenile, over-used, predictable tropes that plague adult games. Most of this story is written in such a way to engage an older audience, which I find gratifying.

Also of note is the improvement in the CG from Episode 1 to 2. The skin tones look good with nice detail and are free of the doll-like, plastic look seen elsewhere. So, too, are the improvements in animations. A couple of scenes even have the mattress realistically animated, which goes above the average level of detail.

But for all the positives, there are a few negatives which need to be addressed:

1. The pre-combat twitch game. There are a few scenes where the MC will attempt to sneak or approach an enemy. Somewhere on the screen will appear a circle with the outline of a boot/shoe inside. The player has one second to place the mouse pointer inside the circle and hit the left-mouse button or it's a fail (some fails will be game over, some will reboot the mission). There is no warning before these occur, so you have about a 100% chance of failing the first try. Even then, as the scene progresses, it is very difficult to hit all the circles in the allotted time. Very frustrating! I got 'over it' after a while and changed the game code to allow for three seconds between flashes. I think the devs should at the very least give the first couple of flashes a longer delay and gradually decrease time.

2. The castle story. Specifically, the fight with the harpy. This entire scene/quest is ill-timed and doesn't follow a natural progression. The MC is almost killed, as in seriously injured, then appears before the baron as if nothing happened. Plus, the presence of Sarah in the tower acting like a 10-year old brat is beyond silly.

3. Far and away my biggest complaint of the game is the few times when we're given a choice that's not a choice. I've ran into this scenario occasionally in other games and I promised myself I would always call it out. It plays something like this: Choice A = Give in. Choice B = refuse. I play both choices to see how the story is written. But there is no difference in outcome. I think, 'maybe I hit the wrong button', but no. I've never understood this logic. The player is invited into the story, so there's immersion and continuity, but then the dev says something to the effect of, 'yes, I gave you the illusion of choice just now, but I don't care how you want to play it'. So why do it? Take the choice out and let the story progress. There is no way many players are going to like what just happened. In one case the choice might have lead to what could possibly be defined as NTR-like results. I could see how some may argue that's the case, but if a woman is bargaining for her life and she has to make a tough decision, coercion does not equal a willingness to degrade the MC. Plus, the MC already has a ton of women he can seduce (and does). So was the dev afraid of NTR repercussions? Maybe, if that's so it's a cowardly approach to explain how the choice is implemented. Best to have never offered the choices at all. These occurrences really diminish the game, in my opinion.

Pros:
- an engaging premise and technically well-written;
- above average CG with attractive models and good skin detail;
- animations steadily improving;
- reasonably good use of audio and music tracks;
- well-constructed UI.

Cons:
- twitch mini-games are distracting and frustrating;
- a couple of the side quests break continuity with the main quest and should be placed elsewhere;
- very irritating false choices presented.

Good looking girls, some good sex scenes, story seems decent, bad quest tracker, repetitive grind in some points, decent sandbox, some questionable "plots" in story, in fact one of that "plots" was the reason i dropped this game, "RIP" Kagera.

Decent enough to play just be wary of the "way" the game mighty turn

This will be a review of episode 1 only as that is where I stopped.

This game really has me torn. It's clearly Witcher inspired. I really like the character models and the writing is good. BUT....

The quest progression is terrible. This game really needs a walkthrough. Some of the side quests give no indication of when they become simply repeatable scenes. So you'll keep grinding away on a character thinking you might make some kind of progression with their story, but you never will. Others, instead of simply letting you know you've reached the end of their content for the episode, will just update in the quest log to say something like "You've been chasing women too much. Maybe you should focus more on the main quests."

There are three main quests listed. I hate when games do this and what happened with me here is exactly why. None of them have any indication as to their level of importance. So I was working on the main quest that sounded the most "side-questy" when I suddenly got a screen saying I've reached the end of episode 1. It was like slamming into a brick wall. At this point I still had two main quests and hadn't even found half of the side quests yet.

If it wasn't for the horrendous nature of the quest progression and the quest log I would have easily given this game 4 stars.

I'm a big of TomL. I also like the first part of CotV.

As of this second part of Void's Calling version 0.283, the models are still great and the added animations are great but the combat really sucks. The hit rate is atrocious. Prepare to miss over and over again while the enemy slowly chip away your health. There's even a chance that you won't do any damage. There's also some quick time events and they also suck.

It's really a letdown. This game had the potential to be good.

Someone give this man a medal! Seriously if you are a fan of Geralt and netori give this games a try. I promise that you shall not be dissappointed. You see that sweet sexy redhead in the banner? No I do not mean Triss Merigold, but lovely Sarah participates in one of the greatest scenes I have ever seen/played on this site it really is a must see/play! Of course there are some small cons like probably to much grind and unfortunatelly EP2 is still not finished but in general Void´s Calling is great experience. Only thing I really miss is collecting cards of the girls Oh and final advice do not kill every monster you meet!

[ep2 0.283]
This is heavily inspired by the Witcher stories. I really like the story and characters. Lots of choice. The red head is on fire. Damn... I think the visuals speak for themselves, they're very good. There is also animated scenes! They aren't smoothest, but still fantastic.

I enjoyed this more then most games I've rated 5/5 but felt like I had to doc a star for the combat. It's very random and I heavily advise if not importing a save to pick easy. There are way too many useless turns with no damage, tons of missing on both sides that just lengthens combat. Then there's the random stun locking until your character dies and other stuff like that. The quick time events are quite fast and difficult if using a trackpad. Some bugs at times.

The first chapter is very good but grindy. It's worth playing first. 2nd Chapter is much better paced but is still unfinished. Currently a lot of loose ends, there's still a lot of content here. Recommended

Likes-
The girls are attractive.
The MC is not a punk kid.
Renders are pretty darn good
Dislikes-
Whether it is bad translation or outright misogyny the game text is not well written in English. Maybe in the native language it is better. Had the same issue with Twists of My Life. Really made it hard to like the game. Overall this is an improvement, but it could be improved more still by better translations or writing.
Peace

You can really feel the effort, dedication and love put into this VN. The Renders are gorgeous, the dialogue is intriguing and interesting (no cheesy, or edglord stuff) and the licensed soundtrack is phenomenal. Honestly in my opinion a hidden gem. The gameplay has hard and easy mode, and the rpg mechanics and combat is well integrated into the story. Really well done. Chapeau dev.

Underrated game. Great dialogue and beautiful renders. Definitely deserves more love. The only flaw I see is that it can be too grindy at times (I played the game a year ago so I don't know if that aspect has changed). However, overall, the developers pull off the fantasy genre quite well and I'll recommend anyone to check it out if they can tolerate a little bit of grind and are willing to explore the game without relying on walkthroughs.

The 1st Episode:

Great story and characters, plus the game's action and main menu is novel. The only downside was that I waited so long to do sth with the innkeeper's wife but found out nothing serious happens in this episode.

The 2nd Episode:

Just a visual novel with no real action like the first part. Actually I was disappointed after finishing the latest episode. The 1st part had great promise, but turning that game into a visual novel??!! Not a good idea at all.

Overall:

If the game could have continued and then somehow ended like the first episode, I would have given it 5 stars, but the 2nd episode messed it up badly.