VN - Ren'Py - Wasteland Guardians [v0.2] [SenseiDaimon]

This game has a LOT of work to do before I'll call it good.

The writing is inconsistent and all over the place. The MC is incredibly oblivious for someone who supposedly has lasted in the wastes on his own for years, not even mentioning the obvious plot holes, bad grammar and sentence structure. You can tell an amateur wrote this: who walks into a pitch black tunnel without at least asking for a torch?

Decently pretty, but the dev is going to need to step it up in the writing if this one is going to last

So far so good, strong contender for a high quality novel. Was a bit worried at the start and thought I downloaded a wrong VN as it started with Female Protag, even went back and double checked lol. Just some small feedback that's my personal opinion.

Good writing, good premise, has a lot of foundations being built upon for how early it is. So far all interactions seem pretty smooth. A little extra flair with QTE's and minigames which arent necessarily needed but they're fine if its the vision of the author. Would prefer to scrap them just to not add additional work load and slow down future releases as they're just a bit of a gimmick and very simple.

Even the free roam sections could probably be scrapped in all honesty. (started disliking them as I played more novels to be honest, too many do it and again its just kind of a gimmick. most games usually have weird sequence breaks when they do this where you find something out earlier than intended, or somethings referenced out of place, or lastly you just straight up miss things because you do a wrong order. I have experienced that so often lol.. But particularly to this novel there isn't a lot of exploring, or doing much during these segments that couldn't just be done in a series rather than clicking a few people. Similarly with collectibles, could just appear in backgrounds during parts as well.)

I really look forward to future releases, only putting it as a 4 as theres just not much content yet. Could easily be shifted in future releases! Will likely give a way more in-depth review later on but for now its all I really got.

Ah actually upon reading other reviews.
It seems like the older versions had some troubles in the prior reviews, current release (v0.2) seemed perfectly fine to me. FMC is temporary and seems to have training of some kind. Until she bumps into the real MC who is basically a legend and pretty strong. Theres some gimmicks at the start that seemed to be just more silly like dodging grenades, wasn't a real indicator of which way to go (just roll back and your golden if you mess it up). Writing seemed totally fine too, outside maybe Chloe being a little too free spirited in an apocalypse but I feel like you kind of "shape her" over time with how you handle her in each event.

Very interesting story and good render

I haven't play AVN for story for a long time but when I found this AVN and give it a try

It gave me Mad Max vibe and I really like it and I hope the Dev continue this work and I haven't review on this site for a long time and I not see a lot of vote here so here I am

If you wanna find something to enjoy just give this one a try.

I loved it... i think its a great VN so far, and it has the potential to be one of the best dystopian VN.
Visuals are amazing and the soundtrack quite good
The story and the world building is very good far too
I liked MC and i liked that we can mold him with our choices (and the daughter too)
I also Loved the daugther and she is gonna be my Main Li, but i liked the other possible LIs too ...
if its harem im gonna add Zoe Valorie and Selene too.
Moroever i had to thank the dev that the fetishes are optional (thankfully we dont have forced lesbian content here like most of other VNs)
Finally i Highly recommend it and i enjoyed it a lot so far,
i bookmarked it and i cant wait for the next chapter.

5 stars as motivation. the plot seems well cared for and detailed, unlike many other games. Finally a father-daughter game, I've been waiting for it so long. the characters are beautiful and I hope with all my heart that this game can be completed and not abandoned. Please continue and don't give up. You can do a really good job with this game. Good luck Sensei

0.2 is much better than the first release.
It has a male MC and his "D" roaming the wasteland. the visuals are great,
and it has some good potential.

the weird QTE's are stupid, and it adds nothing other than annoyance.

and the free roam is unnessesary.

this game shines when it just tells a story. And let you make a choice here and there

Weird shit that has nothing to do with the description. Female protaginst, QTE elements out of the blue, choices leading to the instant game end from "turn left/right", sandbox - and none of the good writing in sight.

VERSION: 0.1
SUMMARY: Great start with much potential!

1. Great visuals. models are good looking
2. Written and structured well
3. Good setting and interesting plot, albeit simple, but potential is great.
4. Characters are interesting, at least not dull and simple minded in that they only care about screwing, they are more complex.
5. Sound is pretty good also.
6. Love the setting and style also, its got a bit more fun than something like Desert Stalker which is equally good but on other aspects.
7. Bit jarring starting with the female MC (not MC) but good change and new approach, could be interesting.

CONS:

1. Nothing comes to mind really right now, maybe a bit short and that makes it hard to really rate.
2. UI could use a little more work, the free roam also needs more user friendliness, getting on from warehouse section was iffy because locations that are available are not readily apparent, causing the player frustration looking for something to light up on the cursor.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
Not much here right now to rate, but what is there is pretty good and I look forward to seeing more of it.
Hopefully there will be animations.
I hope the dev keeps quality good and improves upon it.

This is really good. Really good story and the characters look great. Cant wait for more updates. It has that Desert Stalker vibes but it is still very interesting and has its own lore that makes it a bit unique

This game is of to a good start, but it's not perfect yet. The FMC and the MC are pretty likeable expect for the supposed badass MC doing yoga? Wtf is up with that? The ''daughter'' is really cute en hot at the same time, like her too! But some characters are really not my cup of thea, like the feminest lesbian who molests you while you are trying to take a shower? My god woman fuck off! The rest are fine i guess.. Renders are really good looking and the story is good. You can shape the FMC and MC to what you want, like kind or bad, sub or dom and i like that but will we play as the FMC again after this intro? I don't know but i would like to. Some things could have been better i my opinion though, like for example: Don't auto advance the dialogue EVER! I really hate when they do that since i am not a native english speaker and can't read the text that fast. Speaking of the english in this game, there are quite a few spelling errors that even i know are not supposed to be there and schould be fixed in the future. QTE events are fine i guess as they are but keep them as they are now, simple and easy, and i don't think anybody will really have a problem with them. Like i said overall a good start and looking forward to future updates!

Did these 5 star raters even play the game? unlikely.

This game is best summed up with the word pathetic.

The characters are all utterly pathetic, the men are so emasculated its embarrassing one talks about being an empath completely unironically. Im sure at some point 'he' will tell you about energy crystals and esssential oils.

The MC is an absolute pathetic cuck who has never experienced women and thinks it's cool to be a yoga guru. They try to make him seem like an action hero in a cripplingly unconvincing manner like only a pathetic loser would think

The naming is all terrible, character names and cringingly 'the community', whoa, sooooo mysterious and edgy. At one point utterly gross character shami or sharni (terrible font) and abuses the protagonist at the time and then forces you into a nasty shared shower scene, while at the same time making up some cringy feminist rant when you meet her

There are obnoxious pathetic minigames every 2 seconds which serve zero purpose as its basically all a kinetic novel. On top of that, navigation is utterly pathetic with all the zones hidden in stupid locations which arent obvious at all and the render/camera is often at weird 20 degree angles.

The writing as touched on above, is the absolute worst part of this pathetic game. Pathetic mc reminiscing on risking his life to get some motel art which makes no sense but shows how pathetic he is. Idiot daughter who can recognise a dildo but not a microwave. Edgelord group descriptions and constant thoughts on mc showing he is pathetic with no self control

The renders are ok. They dont seem to live up to the preview images.

DISCLAIMER: Due to the early state of the game, I do not give out 5 star reviews until a game has proven consistency and has been given continued effort from the developer. This review will be out of a possible maximum of 4 stars until a couple more updates have been released.

Quick Review Breakdown:
3/4 Stars
+Enjoyable experience from start to finish
-Writing was decent, but had consistent grammar issues that need addressed.
+Gameplay is standard VN, with some QTE that did not detract from story
+Sexual Content was limited due to early state, but enough to set expectations towards positive future experiences.

As a big fan of the "post apocalyptic wasteland" genre of stories, this immediately caught my eye. After playing through all content currently in the 0.1 first release of the game, I was pleasantly surprised by this title, and am looking forward to future updates on it.

The writing and dialogue weren't exactly the most mindblowing or enthralling thing to read through, being quite simple at times, but it wasn't a negative experience reading through and I didn't feel annoyed by the writing, it was just fairly average.
However, that said, the writing loses a point from the overall score due to the numerous grammar issues it had. I know this is from someone who does not speak English as a first language, but it's still being presented to an English audience, so having a second person go through and correct the more obvious translation errors would have gone a long way towards readability. Overall, I still understood what was trying to be said through the "broken English" and I don't feel like the overall experience was degraded as a result of it, but it was consistent and common enough from start to finish that it really should have been addressed before release.

In terms of gameplay elements, it's a standard visual novel, and currently it appears to be a kinetic novel, although it's really too early to tell if any of the choices made in the first couple of hours would have had significant impact further on. That said, there is choice here that does seem to impact relationships with other characters and how specific events play out, however not enough to feel like a replay is worth my time to see other outcomes. The game has QTE prompts, but they hold no challenge and are more narrative than consequential. Certain QTE events do have direct narrative impact, and did not feel intrusive. Overall, no complaints with the gameplay's current state, and I think the minimal QTE added more than it typically does in most stories.

Obviously, this is a porn game at the end of the day, so how does the sexual content hold up? Well, its very minimal. There's also not a lot to this game. But so far there does seem to be enough to give us an idea of what to expect in the future. Choice did seem to play a role in the availability of the sexual content, but again, it's too early to expect much from it. In my reviews, if it doesn't present itself negatively, then it's a positive for the review. Thus, for the current state, this earns it another point.

In total, this gives the game a 3/4 star rating for the version 0.1 release. In the future, once the developer has released a few more updates, the final grading point will be consistency of updates over time and consistency of quality across updates.


I look forward to seeing more from this one!

This is only the prologue but it is damn promising. Writing is fantastic. Plot is bare but shows ridiculous potential. Renders are phenomenal and female models are fire af. This one is gonna creep it's way to the top of a lot of "favorite" lists, mine included. When you know you know!

Review v.0.1

So, there is another post-apocalypic game, and yes, it does use a lot of the tropes of the genre.

But, let's face it, Mad Max also predated Fallout, but both are great in their own right.

This game has potential to be great as well. The story seems pretty solid and well thought through, so far.

The renders are really good looking and, perhaps more importantly, fit the story pretty well so far.

There is one potential downside: there are a lot of minigames and that could be bothersome when we get to the point where there will be more sex content.

But still, overall a solid 5/5 from me!

Its extremely early in the development (v0.1) but it look really promising. I will update my rating if needed in the future. For now I see the bases of a great game. Looking forward for future updates!

Warning! A lot of mini-games.

Game Version: 0.1
Rating: 5/5