VN - Ren'Py - What It Takes [Prologue] [KN Studio]

REVIEW STILL IN PROGRESS, WILL REMOVE THIS WHEN DONE!

VERSION: Prologue
SUMMARY: Fair, but nothing remarkable
RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point.

1. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐
2. General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐
4. Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐
5. Story & Dialogue.................. : ⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐⭐
7. UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐
8. Playtime & Pacing..................: ⭐⭐⭐
9. Music & Sounds.....................: ⭐
10. Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐⭐

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Fairly good looking characters
2. Renders are overall not bad quality
3. Writing is structured and reads well enough.
4. Dialogue is not overly bloated and so far feels "normal" including personalities.
5. Writing is basic and nothing profound or exceptional, this isn't really a pro or con per se, but better to be "normal" than over the top bullshit.

CONS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. MC having eyes so blue that they look neon. With his tan complex, youd imagine the dev grabbed him straight out of Dune...
2. Sounds are few and far between, actually I think only the main menu had music?
3. UX/UI can use work, while opacity setting isn't an issue really due to clear dialogue box, the thin font disappears easily in the scene and needs to be adjusted.

OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't)

TLDR:

What It Takes [Prologue] - 2/5 Still have time to fix it.

I started playing this with an open mind, it looks decent, Dev copied the GUI of other popular games, which is a good thing in my book but fumbled it by using a skinny font that is hard to read, that is a huge downgrade from the start.

The story is nothing interesting, Dad gets a better job something military ?, whole family moves, let's ignore the fact that MC eyes are blue and both parents have non blue eyes, also let's also ignore that the mom face looks like a failed experiment of a novice PS.

What made me throw up in my mouth a little was MC masturbating in the bathroom, might I remind dev that there is no gay tags in this game, if you really insist on doing a masturbation scene either do it POV or just be discreet about it not make a full frontal shot like you are the camera man of a gay porn scene for OF, and then there is MC's face, like I said you don't need to show any of this , this was almost Shift + Delete 1 star moment. Alas I moved forward.

There is room for improvement, and I will update the score in the future, I usually give higher scores for first releases, but there is no narrative hook, no interesting characters to latch on, Dev should have spend a little more time in introducing characters then doing a mediocre sex scene that you are just watching your parents and the atrocious masturbation scene that I need to was my eyes after it.