VN - Ren'Py - Zeno's Anthology [v0.3] [Chemical Fire]

from the beginning i found the previewpics very appealing but had never tried to do a playthrough. with the change to renpy the drive to try it was awakened but i still waited a little.

today i tried it and i have to say what i have seen so far i like it a lot and so far it animates you to start a new game again and again and to make decisions you haven't made before. definitely a reason for me to keep watching it and to play the one or other update here and there.

good work, i like it.

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Zeno's Anthology [v0.2.9.3]

I can already tell this game will be great. I played through this version and it was pretty good. I enjoyed it and I can not wait for it to become complete. However, there are some flaws such as misspellings, compared to the gameplay though it's not that bad

You know, it is not like i came from some vanilla corner, i seen many games in many genres, not that i liked them all or even most. But! Even the most ntr ugly bastard didn't make me feel so much disgust towards him like this mc had. Seriously, just wtf, dude? We even have "choices" in dialogues (which do not have any meaning, it is still one track to creepytown) and need to pick some actions from time to time (which do not give us any choices at all, you will be forced to look at some psycho bitch hairy vagina), but none of the above have any options to act as decent human being. Even at a loss of some content (you can spy at the girl in shower as douchebag or go sit on a couch for example, but in this game you are forced to spy). And i mean, you do expect very poor level of story from porno game, but this is some new levels of low. Visuals good though, even very, way better than average, which is making fucked up mc stand out even more.
Currently v0.2.9.3 .

What a weird game, the protag is either super whiny or super rapey.
The game has some great renders ill give it that.
it hard to rate a game like this because it does some thing really well like that renders and honestly the Multi choice paths are pretty well done.

But my god. the protag is unpleasant.

Zeno is the creepiest creep you can immagine. In my playthrough the first name is Psycho just because Psycho the Rapist didn't fit in. The story is so weird... yet there is some potential and it's sure something new.

A bunch of short stories about Zeno, a bloke with nothing special about him.
But he´s still getting some very hot pussy. Yeah, plot wise, it´s not perfect.

But i actualy quite like it. Some of the stories are interwined, others dunno where its going, there´s one kinect novel.

Don´t know what is the end game here (hit me up if you do) but one thing is for sure: the dude knows how to make HOT women.
Some of the scenes are very erotic and blissfully sexual and the short stories fit perfectly here.
You´ll fap for sure.

This VN is clearly carried by the quality of the renders and a backstory that is very confusing but ultimately mysterious enough to keep you hooked.

What I don't like at all is the MC. His behaviour is... infantile, even when he tries to be a positive influence on the environment he is deeply sexist, reduces women to primary sexual organs and has zero empathy or sensitivity. He meets a girl who may have been a victim of domestic or sexual violence and all he can think about is how to deal with his hard cock. That's just bottom drawer. I could let it pass if one at least had the choice to behave in a more boring aka human way. But choices are deliberately excluded.

I thought about giving Zeno's Anthology four stars because it's still a huge effort and the quality of the episodes is really good. Extra points for trying an anthology VN, anything experimental should be encouraged. But for that, the MC would have to behave a bit more like a real human being and not like a prepubescent lecher.

Entirely perfect game ... So good visuals ... A bit of confusing at first but you get use to it ... Thier are different interconnected stories .... Form Same timelines but from different time spaces * like past , present, future* ( i know i know i am talking bullshit ) .... Take my word and give this game a try ... Story is good , Visuals are fantastic *no doubt in it* .... Definitely this one not Gonna disappointed you

The visuals here are just amazing, there is an obvious effort into doing something special and of the highest quality. The stories are intertwined so in the long run everything seems to be going coherently, also the character creation is very well done, one of the best I've seen here, characters don't look like your average models. One of the best creators in here, I hope he could develop a bit faster but such a quality product requires not only production time but also post production.

This game/VN surprised me.

The visual part of the game such as 3D render design and pose/expression is just in anther level. Animation is not necessary for this VN and would slow down the dev process.

I also loved its well-designed short-story format. I am tired of most games poorly designed and ill-maintained with mundane long stories. But even with the short format, this dev seems to know how to tell readers intriguing and sticky stories. Among its three stories, I couldn't find a single mundane moment. It's an unexpected quality in this type of games.

TBH, I am not sure that this game will survive against full of horny teenagers in this business.Nevertheless, I wish all the best with the dev and this game.

I would like to give it 5 stars, the artistic level, the quality of the renders, the use of D-force, the lighting, the post-processing work of the renders, all great, above average and by far.

The "problem", I can't hook into the story, that's the problem when you create a VN with a series of short stories, you don't create a connection, neither with the MC nor with any other character that appears in the narrative.

Honestly, I really like the visual section, the photo-realistic designs, the details, the good use of ren'pay, it would be excellent if all this already said were transferred to a more conventional VN, to a long story, with characters that not only come and go and short stories that at first do not have a solid connection between them, a criticism at the plot level, do not force the reader to do things he does not want, for example masturbate, if in one of the options he says no, be consistent and respect the reader's decision.


I recommend reading this VN, it's worth it, if you like eroticism and short stories, this is definitely for you.

Lewd episodes.

Yes, that it is.

Personally, i like them.
I think i like the first story the best so far.
Characters are so well made. I really think they stick out.

I am not an expert with stories but the seem to make at least some sense.
I think for an entry, this is above average and i like how its done.

This is a new concept (to me) to have short stories instead of a long story. So that is refreshing.
There is always something that could be better but i think its lewd, its engaging and pretty females.
Male seems ugly, which is good and you do not see him all the time. So for that narrative i think i am fine with it. Normally i prefer no face.

So yes, good to go.

The first female character of the game is a bit poor in beauty, but the following 2 women are very wonderful, the character Cinder... is very young and charming, the other is very sexy and hot, the resolution of The graphics are very high, the background color is bright and clear, conclusion: 1 game worth playing.
And most importantly, the author updates very regularly, thank you author

Just played Cinderella (ZENO's Anthology v0.2.7.) Good renders. An average story though. Almost no sexual content, not even nudity , other than seeing the MC's dick, in Cinderella. I wasnt playing the game to see his dick, so I was disappointed. We are told that there will be more content in future updates. There have allready been a lot of updates, so I would have expected a lot more sexual content by now. I am not going to waste my time playing, any of the other stories, as the milf models dont interest me.

This started out pretty promising but the stories have become very bad and they really lead to nothing in each one.

Dirty Laundry is pretty decent but the "animations" are terrible. I get its not fully animated but they way that they have sex just looks really bad.
Cinderella has no sexual content in it at all, so you just play an older dude that creeps on a younger girl and he dies at the end.
Halloween story is just bad.

The renders and the women look pretty nice and I get what the dev was going for but the writing is bad and the English is poor. Zeno is just a overly pervy dude that cant control his eyes or his erection, he's completely unlikeable and really doesn't deserve to fuck anyone.

So, I'm a little conflicted on this one. On one hand, the renders are fantastic. I can't recall ever seeing these models being used in another game—a real breath of fresh air—but, the game has little else going for it.

The game currently features three stories. None of them are particularly long, and only one of them is finished(?) as of writing this review. They're a collection of short stories revolving around a man named "Zeno", one you can kind of name in one story but still remain as "Zeno".

I'm not sure what I was expecting going into this, but the dialogue is.. definitely not what I thought it would be. The english itself is fine, and maybe it's just me, but I felt VERY uncomfortable in the shoes of Zeno as I played the three seperate stories.

Not only is he a complete creep, but his internal thoughts also come across as borderline pedophilic in one of the stories as he goes on and on about how the youth and innocence of this one arguably teenage girl turn him on. I understand these stories are extreme sexual fantasies, but I couldn't find myself enjoying most of the stories when given no other choice than to be a creep, or a slightly nicer creep.

Aside from this, the other two stories were fairly run of the mill. The horror aspect was nice but not very fleshed out in the third, and the majority of the other stories have branching routes where half the choices are unavailable. Strange way of approaching a choose your adventure, but I understand why a developer might want to approach it this way.

If Zeno wasn't such a creep and the stories were a little more fleshed out, I may have rated this slightly higher; but for now, I'mma have to give it a three and move on to something else.

Update (v0292): The renders are still awesome. The game is aesthetically pleasing, but.. you still have to be a creep. There's no option here. You are "Zenos", unable to control your urges while somehow still "sounding" like you'll have a choice, but ultimately cornholing you into the creepiest decisions.

And hey, I respect that. If you intend to have the player sit in the role of a master creep, you're still doing an amazing job, and I don't mean that in a negative way. It isn't necessarily for me, I'd like a little more "choice" in it, personally.

You give us the decision to do things like stay quiet, or to straight up tell a women shes hot in a weird way—but the times in between, like when you force us to peek and/or say weird things, those are the parts I wish I had a little more control in. It's jarring when I can withhold a creepy comment one minute, but then I see a slew of them the next.

Still, good job keeping this updated and looking as good as it does. Bumped up to a four-star on that alone.

v0.2.6
Great realistic renders! Love the expressions of the characters and the stories.

Having more options would be an interesting addition for future updates. When there's an interactable arrow to look, grab or move somewhere, often there's only 1 option. It would be nice to choose alternatives or deny some of the choices to see alternative results.

I'm aware that it's at an early stage and the 1st girl, Laundry landlady is way more detailed than the others, but I do hope more choices will come for the rest of the girls.

There is great potential with these types of scenarios. Would be interesting to have a love/slave path with the escaped girl and perhaps some necrophilia option with the transforming zombie girl.

I do agree with some other comments that the face of the MC is not so appealing.

Good luck with future updates!

Pretty good game so far.

Positive traits :
- Top notch graphism
- Pretty hot sex scenes
- Very interesting and uncommon story setting and development (works both as good and bad trait).
- Hot female characters (mainly the young girl from the "Cinderella" storyline, very, very eager to see sex scenes with her).

Bad traits :
- Not a big fan of MC face, find him kind of ugly but at least he is a stud.
- The uncommon story setting portend a short game.
- A deeper story and more character development would have been good.

4/5.