Ren'Py - Winds of the Destiny [v0.11.0] [Golden Novels]

Story 2/5
Story started out ok but got boring pretty fast, MC is supposed to be the hero and save the world form an evil bitch, old plot with nothing new.

Where it fails is that it starts of with saying your choices will shape the story and your relationships but in truth you it just dosent, it has forced LIs, forced sex scenes, all with multiple girls that you might hate, it has fake choices where 3 choices all leads to the same results, its just idiotic, why make say its about choices and then make it kinetic...

It could have be ok but it claims to be a VN but in truth its a KN, you dont have any choices that matters and its just yet another mindless fuckfest where MC fucks whoever and nothing is in your controle, its boring and its pointless.

It even tells your there is a relationship system where you can see if what you do effects a relationship, which can only make you wonder why it does nothing and it just forces you into relationship instend.

Also MC feels nothing like a hero hes no diffrent from the evil bitch, hes more then happy to take anyone virginity just like the evil bitch.
There is absolutly no relationship build up, MC meets a girl 5 mins later they fuck its that simple.

Girls 4/5
I did like the girls and even like the diversity in builds where there is something for everyone, but its really the only thing this game got right.

Animations 3/5
They are average for most part but also has shitty cam views which lowers it quite a bit as well.

Music 3/5
Standard background tunes nothing special.

Choices 1/5
There arent any that matters, its a fuckfest so you MC fuck anyone without giving the player any kind of controle, its pretty much just a kinetic novel and not a VN with choices, it goes like this "do you mind if we sleep in the bed together" then you get 3 choices like "hope you dont snore" "i dont mind" "sure if you wont mind" so yeah 3 choices but they all have the same result so not really a choice.

I dont really get why so many devs feels the need to force LIs and fetishes on players, nothing good will ever come out of doing that, instend just make a kinetic story so the players know what to expect.
I would have given it 1 star but i added one for the look and diversity in girls.

Let me start by saying if I had to rate this based on sexual content, I'd have to rate it as 2/5 stars. The sex scenes are pretty good, but there's just way too few of them if that's all anyone is interested in.

Other than that, the story is actually really good. The premise is maybe too simple and cliché, but everything else about it is great. It frequently switches perspectives to show more than just what's going on directly around the MC, and emphasizes that the characters don't just orbit around him 100% of the time. Many of the small sub-plotlines that the story is made up of seem very lovingly crafted, giving me a sense of the creator bringing either a bunch of personal experiences into it, or at least that they've done a fair amount of research on many different topics.

That being said, that depth often comes with long segments of text just going over said topics. If you aren't really immersed in the MC as he makes these experiences, you'll obviously be bored out of your mind.

+ Good Renders

= Decent Premise/Setting
= Decent Characters

- Magical powers that just happen to make women moist
- Rushed romance due to said power
- Boring Plot
- Generic Good vs Evil debacle
- Poor syntax

v0.8.0

1. Story (gets slow and boring.)
2. Claims it is a harem but that is ONLY if you act like an asshole and be a loner
3. Not properly titled as multiple ending
4. Not a harem the whole reason I was playing it

Art 4/5
Sound 3/5 (music only)
Gameplay 2/5 (even for someone that likes to read the text goes on an on)
UI 3/5

So basically it's a falsely claimed harem game as it is not a harem because the ending is not always a harem. To get the harem ending instead of being nice your a jerk.. the alone/harem path. WTF? Decline being helped up, decline the sweet, decline being hugged by your sister.

So how the hell can you call it a harem if you have to be a loner asshole to get it? Seriously the dev does not know how to write a harem at all.

Game version 0.8.0

First of all, the game is not really bad, but it's 100% boring. Walls of text, too little content to work with. The lewd stuff - text ratio is like 1:30000, which may be ok with a non adult game, but since this isn't the case here, this fact is just annying af.
The girls are cute, the renders are ok, the story is boring (as already mentioned).

The reason I only gave this game 2 stars is because of the textwall and too little action. Too boring to even keep scrolling.

No recommendation.

review based on 0.80 version
i saw "sandbox" tag and i took the bait... spoiler- there zero sandbox
PRO:
- good cg/animations(i mean- rly good cg almost w/o lowpoly objects)
- important choices stored in variables- that theoreticaly means future save compatibility
- some story present (bad in my taste, but its important for choice based novell)
NEUTRAL:
- whole code in spanische lang
- huge amount variables like alone/harem/maria/satanicia/points unused. ok, mby in future releases
CONS:
- game have tag "sandbox"... what we have "sandbox" related here? 1 time search room with 8-10 labeled interactions and 1 escape from school with arrows... oh, u know that "sandbox" ...
- translation... less than average quality and many untranslated lines
- 12 Gb... lets find out why we have such size... mby cg not compressed? ofc. mby cuz we have solid amount unnecessary animations(like animation where only girls eyes winking- dev, u know, in renpy posible make animated region)? bingo!!11 dev, plz learn how to compress ur **** - no1 ll use hubble telescope to find flaws after compression
- cg/text ratio some cg/animation scenes have 30-50 text lines (ok , mby 20-40, dnt rememder exactly)
- story... such story is ok for sandbox games(some sandbox games even dnt need any story), but for choice_based novel with stats such story is flaw

All I remembered about this game the last time I played it, is that I saved it in my "Good Games" folder but had no idea why. And so many times I return to games that have been sitting there for months and am disappointed by the fact I overlooked a bunch of issues. Hopefully, this time that's not the case(too bad I was wrong). At the moment, the glaring issue is it's 12gb with infinitely uncompressed video files. The thing about Koikatsu is it's shaded flatter than a machinist's edge so it doesn't need a lot of color depth. For future reference, developers, you can compress KK vids a bit, no one will notice. And all was swell, me thinking "Oh wow there's no engrish" and there was a few lines in a row with weird spelling issues. And one more tidbit, use "window hide" before a cutscene, menu, or travel menu then "window show" after so the textbox doesn't constantly disappear and reappear. Please. And upon further reading the english is not good. But I'll get to negatives later.

The story is pretty simple, MC is "The Chosen One." And is assisted by FemGod to defeat FemSatan. He boosts his power by taking advantage of and sleeping with school girls. No, I didn't mean romancing them at all. MC is their teacher, savior, or older brother and uses those ideas to make the girls think they love him, and then sleeps with them. Rinse and repeat. None of the girls are very memorable and there's only a few actual story points so far. MC passes out and learns he's the chosen one, FemSatan tries to molest Siri to get the power for herself, FemSatan attacks MC with brainwashed minions, Ceina senses Alune's power, and that's about it. The other 12gb in between those few scenes are the same anime inspired events you see all the time. Nurse who can't get pregnant? Check. Brocon loli sis? Check. Magical girl that loved MC before he even met her? Check. More than likely tsundere villain? Check. Shy smart girl that just needed a friend to reach out? Check. And Siri literally has no personality beyond "damsel in distress." The game is presented VERY well, it's a shame beauty is only skin deep.

I really wanted to like this, I guess. But upon opening the game files up it's spaghetti/redundant code mixed with someone who wanted renpy to finally not look like default renpy. The translation isn't very good now that I'm just about done with this, which is sad. I don't know how I missed it last time I played this. I also don't like the Bonnie/Yuri routes. They're literally 3ft tall, dev avoids actually saying their age, and THEY DRAW A CHILDISH PICTURE IN CRAYON. But no! She's definitely not eight years old or anything. And for the "Next time on power rangers" it fails to show anything that matters. I don't see me playing the next version (8 months from now) because honestly it's not all that captivating. If all you need is "anime feels" and "wholesome vibes(with sexual predator overtones)" then sure, this is fine.

TLDR UI is very good. Visuals are very good. Uncompressed videos and pictures aren't necessary for Koikatsu. Story is "inspired by anime chic." and the characters are all tropes and one dimensional. Not for me.

I definitely wanted to like this game going in but I just couldn't keep playing. The MC is the 'Chosen One' yet he's fine running around taking the virginity of any girl that gets in his way which is technically rape since all of them are under the influence of his mind altering powers. He's been told he has to stay with the girls to keep them 'pure' but I suspect it's just so his powers can keep them from realizing whats been done to them.

Beyond that despicable behaviour you've got default animations, cute but overly flat (as in 2d vs 3d) looking models, a boring religious drivel story and just a generally not very fun experience.

The bad: the animations, the story...
The good: Some characters are adorable.
The worst: The writing makes the baby Jesus cry.

Every 3 words you have to click 35 times, frustrating to the max.

I don't recommend you to go near this game unless you are very fanatic about the "kinks" it has.

God I love this so much! Nice music, nice girls, nice story and overall really enjoyable. I unintentionally burnt the night playing this game. Really hope for more, as long as things keep going the way it is.

So, I felt the need to review this primarily due to the recent reviews, and what people have been saying. Let me address that first.

Folks, some of you seem to have forgotten that VN stands for Visual Novel. Its supposed to be a story, accompanied by imagery. That typically involves reading. That involves clicking. If you want straight up porn, go visit a porn site. Yes, there is alot of clicking. Sure, it could have been condensed a little better. But there IS a story to this game, and that story is being told.

That being said, lets continue.

Graphics/Art: This is a typical Honey Select style game. Anyone who has played a single HS game, knows exactly what to expect from the character models in here. Oddly enough, animations are fairly low tier. This is strange because the animations are pre-cooked for the dev, so its odd that they are low quality.

Audio: Game uses fairly "standard" VN audio in most situations, with some occasions with other stuff. For example, at one point music from Final Fantasy X is used. Its not to say that its used badly, just be prepared for the usual musical stuff.

Story: The story is HEAVILY based in religion, but with significant liberties taken. The MC is a "Chosen One", who must gain power to fight off "Satanicia", who is gaining power through tormenting pure/innocent young women. You gain power through the joining of flesh with those same young women. It's not exactly an original story, but let's be honest, original stories are quite rare here. Its how you tell your story that matters, and this dev is doing a fairly good job of telling his story.

Gameplay: So far, this is a fairly straightforward VN, quite linear. That being said, there ARE quite a few choices to be made that result in Walking Dead style "X will remember that" popups. I don't yet know what impact these have, but they do appear based on your selections, or lack thereof. In addition, midway through Chapter 2 (The current release as of this writing), there seems to be an element of Sandbox added. Its VERY small, you get a total of TWO choices of three options each, essentially choices of which girl you want to spend more time with. Personally, I'm a fan of Sandbox, so I hope this is expanded later.

Final thoughts: This is a 4.5gb download, for about 90-120 minutes of content. That is absurd. Dev, please take the time to properly convert your files to save on file space. There is absolutely no reason for this to be a 4.5gb file size. In addition, consider going back through your code on your existing releases, and cut down on some of the text click through. Using multi click experiences on single text windows should be reserved for emphasis on the conversation, not literally everything being said. Also, many many times, you broke up conversations into multiple frames that aren't needed. Instead of "unimportant" frames with 4-5 words, combine 3 or 4 of those frames into a single one with 2 sentences. Reserve those smaller 4-5 word text frames for important text.

tl;dr: Yes, there is a lot of clicking. The story is decent. Characters are typical Honey Select. Not a bad game. Potential to be quite good, if the dev takes honest feedback.

The writing in this game is extremely pretentious. It starts off by telling me that this is a story that I've never ever have seen before and then starts off by being one of the generic story starts I've seen plenty of times. The writing is severly hurt by this pretentiousness. I also recognize several of the songs from other video games too which once again, is not "something I've never seen before." It doesn't help that the story itself isn't all that great either. The renders are nice, but the writer should just focus on telling a story rather than spending time overpromising and under-delivering.

I did not play this game for long, so bear this in mind. Did about a chapter and a half. The game is interesting enough all things considered, with plenty of waifus to go around.

So why did I drop it? The protagonist is ... off.

It's really weird seeing him jump from woman to woman with no regards whatsoever. He's all too willing to indulge in them as he spews monologues about protecting and loving them. Which would be fine if he seemed aware about it but (in the beginning at least) he really doesn't seem to care.

I barely know anything about what's going on and yet I'm already given the offer to cheat on/with multiple different women, some being very important to the Protagonist. As much as I expected an eventual harem feel, it comes at you way too soon in my opinion.

Again, maybe this gets better later on but yeah, let's just say the first hour of the game or so left me slightly comfortable.

Man, is this game click-heavy. So. Much. Clicking. I'm even swapping between mouse, enter, and space. So much tiny or non-existent dialogue. If things were a little more consolidated, it would play just the same, just without making my hand so uncomfortable.

And for a game that sort of claims to be focusing on romance over porn, so much of it is basically straight to pounding away. Foreplay isn't much of a thing in this universe, apparently. Kiss once, maybe twice, then just bang away. It's weird.

So, I dunno. It's kinda interesting in idea, execution seems... okay, I guess. And then it tries to give you RSI. All in all... meh?

ok, I started from 0 and I finish until the end of chapter 2 I suppose (update 0.3) what can I say? The story is super good, among only the H, then when the story began I laughed at how I presented it, I liked that I felt like the protagonist, then I finished catching, I can't wait for the next update, I need know more and that I can go out with Jill too hahaha thanks for making this game
by the way, thanks for the language in Spanish, it is very much appreciated, I know English but there is nothing better than reading it in your language

Also, you have to fix something, when loading the game, if I have it in Spanish it goes to English and I have to put it back in Spanish

The music the characters which are very likable and the whole setting gives off a very positive vibe and the visuals are simple but quite pleasant. The story follows a mature and likable MC through the cliche of the chosen one with magic and deities albeit its handled fairly well if a bit hasty with the acceptance of the whole ordeal and gives an in-game plot excuse to proceed with the whole hentai content and harem building as well as plenty of romance.

Overall the game is simple but quite enjoyable, the only thing that might hinder the experience is the grammar.

My god the potential of this game... I love it all. The pragmatism and skepticism of the main character, the submissive nature of the heroines, and of course their design and character. This game ticks almost every fetish that I have which is great! Keep up the good work. If only I have the money to put it into investiment... Oh well, at least know that from my perspective this game has a future.

Story 10/10 - Original story with events that keep you interested.
Characters 10/10 - Giving this one a 10/10 for the picture attached. lol
Music 10/10 - Music flows with the game and sounds great.
Sounds 8/10 - Took off two points because the first door knock scared me. Why you do dis?
Animation 6/10 - Scenes were pretty good but short.
Play-ability 9/10 - Game is easy to follow

It's very good and something the dev can be proud of.

Things I generally liked:

-There's one animation early that's not awful, but it goes at about 3-4 fps as far as I could see. The animations later down the road get much better though. Overall I thought they were mostly good.
-The writing, if you can ignore the Engrish, is good.
-The character designs are fantastic.
-The 'hypnotic' aura is a nice touch.

Things I did not like

-It makes the assumption that all guys like lesbian sex between harem members or something along the lines of lesbian ntr. I can't really dock points for it, but I think it's completely random and out of place. It's at first just the mc's imagination (and one character not yet established as a love interest,) but later becomes canon scenes where behind his back they become more intimate.
-The Engrish is trash. A notch above mtl I guess, but lazy beyond belief. Some sentences aren't translated at all, some leave the spanish punctuation "¿ ?" Some sentences are translated so poorly that the character's response "it's not a date" does not fit into the context of the previous statement. It could have gotten a 5th star out of me but the TL is just bad enough to overall hurt the experience of the game. I consider myself fairly generous on this subject too, so me shooting a star down over this is extreme.

Overall, I guess since harem sharing (even lesbian) really isn't for me, I don't think I'll keep playing. It probably isn't the case for the majority of you guys, so I'd very much recommend my fellow f95ers give it a shot. Good luck to you developer, I hope you make what you're going for.

Game needs moar love, great potential as people always say with these games, not a whole lot to judge yet but @RandyPhoniex makes a good point, and you can only get better from here , definitely give this game a try and look foward to playing the 0.25 update