VN - Ren'Py - Zeno's Anthology [v0.5] [Chemical Fire]

This game is kino.
Has Original renders, Engaging dialogue, sensual building to sex , Now with the Chronological order, Maybe a Skip Minigames would be good just because to play this you need to be full engaged and for some that can be a problem.

[v0.5]


My honest reaction for the entire playthrough: (. ⚈︠ ₒ ︡⚈.)

⠀⠀⠀I have no idea how it feels when you do hard drugs, but this is probably as close as it gets to the experience. Essentially a collection of bizarre disjointed psychological/existential horror episodes with barely coherent narrative to hold it all together. . Basically the first half of the VN is a fever dream and It takes some time before this incoherent mumbo-jumbo turns into an actual story. There is even some good drama here towards the end which I totally was not expecting.
⠀⠀⠀Don't really feel like analyzing characters and what not, as I have a strong suspicion that canonically they're all lizards from another dimension that disguise themselves under the fake human skin. They may vaguely resemble real people, but don't quite fit all the necessary criteria.
⠀⠀⠀I think this is kinetic? At least for the first three episodes. I've been trying different choices, but so far it only resulted in minor deviations. There are a lot of choices but most of them are straight up fake and arbitrary. Starting with laundry episode, your choices lead to different outcomes, but they do not transfer between episodes, and you still nave to "choose your memories".
⠀⠀⠀Technically there are sex scenes, but they mostly make you feel uncanny instead of horny, so fappability is under a question. Animations are weird, there are definitely some shenanigans going on with strange jerky movement and image distortion, also some of them are asset flips that I've already seen elsewhere. Sometimes there is music with no sounds, but most of the game is completely silent and you're left all alone with your schizophrenic thoughts.

I don't really know how to rate this avant-garde art piece. Is this absolute cinema or absolute slop? Genuinely tough to tell, so I'll temporarily give it a ★★★☆☆ , at least for now. I do recommend giving it a try for that one of a kind, out of mind, out of body experience.

v0.5

The plot is heavy, but the story does not explore it that much. I think it is good this way, as the plot is not that fitting for an AVN game. There isn´t much of a goal for the MC, but at least conversations are not about work, school and hobbies.
First scene does have multiple endings, but after that the conversation options have been less impactful. More like a illusion of choice.

Writing does great job at creating emotional atmosphere on the situations. MC is a little mystery, but all the women have really interesting personalities. I love how MC does wanna fuck them for different reasons.
Writing does have problems trying to get us readers up to date on what is going on. It is understandable to not know what these people really are trying to do at the start of the story, but at some point it does start to annoy little.

These sex scenes should be analyzed and taught in AVN classes. Visuals, how the scenes flow, writing, some conversation options... so good. And in best case, ending had an impact on the future of the story.

Pros:

• High-quality visuals: Realistic character art and detailed backgrounds look great.
• Episodic format: Each chapter is a short story, making it easy to follow and engaging.
• Choices matter: Your decisions affect how the stories play out.
• Adult content: Well-done, with more animations and variety in this version.

Cons:

• Main character: Zeno is a bit rough and may not appeal to everyone.
• Limited animations: Some scenes are still mostly static images.
• Story depth: Focuses more on adult scenes than complex storytelling.

Review of [v0.5]

A pretty interesting game about corrupting and fucking the girls. The problem I see is that they put the other two women in your life for no reason... and the plot with Anne doesn't develop much, since at the most interesting point, they throw you into the scene with your landlady.

I understand they're LEWD scenarios and all, but I think it's unnecessary for the three girls to get together, even though it's very erotic and all.

The renders are very good, as are the details.
The most serious issue I see is the lack of audio, as almost the entire game has no audio.

Then there's an animation of Anne that does have audio, as well as some scenes with music or ambiance, but the game still feels very empty due to the lack of audio, as do other sounds of slamming doors, slaps, and so on.

The animations aren't anything special either, especially those in previous versions of the game. They're very basic, almost nonexistent, as they're just a few frames.

Then, in the final versions, there are better animations, but the game loses a lot due to the lack of audio in the LEWD scenes.
A lot of immersion is lost.

Just as a lot of immersion is gained when choosing dialogue and interactions.

PROS

• Good Renders
• Very nice and HOT Story of the desires of a man
• Last version Animations are Decent

CONS

• Not being able to skip minigames is very annoying.
• The scenes where the woman runs you over with the car make no sense.
• Lack of audio in the LEWD Animations
• Lack of audio

RATING :

Content: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sound: ⭐
Renders: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Animations: ⭐⭐⭐

Final conclusion: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Despite everything, I RECOMMEND THE GAME especially for the scenes and the stories with Ann

So the renders are obviously amazing. True S+ tier. That goes without saying but I feel the need to include it somewhere.

As for the game itself...the first chapter is excellent. The choices, the intensity of the emotions, the depth. Really hits on something dark, and alarming, and deeply sexy. And then....

The game just loses all that depth. If anything the game becomes even better looking, but the complexity of choices and scenarios dries up. The plot also becomes rather mindnumbing with characters retreading the exact same ground over and over with a predictable trajectory. It is a shame that such phenomenal 3D artistry is paired with 4/10 writing.

The whole feels like less than the sum of its parts. It teases you by sometimes resembling one of the best games on the site. But then it falters.

Worth playing for the renders. Worth forgetting for the writing and characters.

(Also that weird Halloween sequence in the car is probably the best thing in the game and it never comes back. Even the dev knows it since the girl from that scene is plastered all over the game's page and the homescreen. More missed potential.)

Zeno's anthology v0.3

This one's more like episodical but there's connection. When I first played 2 episodes i thought there's not gonna be any connection in episodes. But from third episode you get to see the small connection. And at 4th episode story plot if Fuly connected. After that all episodes are continuous. There's not ant big branching paths depends on your choices you get to see small variations in scenes and dialogues.

Best girl without a doubt is Lauren. And the first episode 'Dirty laundry' solos al episodes. My 2nd favourite episode is 'Brain'. I'm glad in next episodes focus is on Lauren. Hoping to see more of her story arcs. Also hoping to see the payback for that evil bitch who created car accident for Mc. Glad all girls got hairy pussy.

I'm also glad later this one got a story plot instead of just episodes

So far I loved this keep up the good work dev looking forward to next updates.

Review v0.3

My Gad what a fantastic game and what a great update.

This should be an example on how to make an update, it has a great beginning, friking good structure and what an ending!

Gorgeous characters and a story simple but at the same time functional.

Solid 5/5, I'm crossing my fingers for Dev to keep up on this path. Awesome work, thank you very much for the experience!!

It's a fucking great game, good story, great models and some amazing sex scenes and animation. Its a solid 4.5+ game. Don't know what people are complaining about. Fuck earlier 4.5+ games use to be top tier amazing games, now fuckers pushed rape, forced sex games at the top and complaining & pushing these great games with low ratings. But honestly been following this story since first story and can't wait next release.

Awesome game. I really like the story but just maybe someone should check the grammar here. It's quite clear that the developer doesn't speak English as first language. Therefore I cannot give it five stars. Sorry but that's how I am.

I was pleasantly surprised, the first time I played I didn't like the game, yet I gave it another chance, I wasn't disappointed, the results were beautiful, the people each had their well-written character represents, the story is nice, the only fault is the sex scene which I find too short.
If you haven't done it, do it you won't be disappointed.

I love games that are special/unique, This game graphics is one of the best of all time with the story not being that bad, The anthology makes it fast pace and the different outcome gives it some replay value in the episode that have it, Plus that because the ending effects further gameplay and we have a game that looks good and moldable to cater your desired gameplay

very good story and awesome artwork. frequent updating is also very good. and different storylines make it interesting. nice models. hopefully he keeps updating frequent and gives us more of the doctor story line

One of the best.
-Infuriating MC responses sometimes -- but that was because I was so into it as well!)
-and sometimes too dark to see properly,
but really, the judicial use of ellipses, the triangulated storylines, the renders, my God! And one of the hottest, most detailed anal sex scenes I've ever seen in VN's. (Tho it needed more light!) I look forward to anything this artist has to offer, and am grateful for the gift.

Ehh I was really excited to try this game out, but it just was not for me. The stories are disjointed and sometimes slightly confusing and hardly making sense. Has some great models and unique looks and settings, but for me that did not do enough to make the game enjoyable. The animations and melodramatic nature and music was also off putting. I think it will be a great game for some people though. Just did not do it for me.

Oh what a good game, it's been a while since I've gotten one that left me so excited for the next part to come out. I will be waiting for your next update. I loved the anal play at the end of the story, I wish others would implement it this well.

Great game have different ending. A lot of choices, some major and some small choices usually change how the sex scene are and dialogue played only dirty laundry. Stockholm ending is the best for that one, the only downside is the ass beating you get.

This project has very good quality in many aspects. Model figures are pretty and renders are artistic enough. But game mechanic, especially asking a prompt for every single progression made the story too slow and annoying. Also, this VN is too melodramatic to keep my interest intact. The first few episodes were intriguing when they were a collection of short stories, but once it followed a long story format, I couldn't understand what the conflicts in the story were anymore although the characters looked serious. That emotional gap grew larger and made it difficult to engage in the story.

Version 0.2.9.7 - Rating 4,8/5

A really great game whith multiple stories. You really should play this..

Characters- They are realistic, beautiful and they all have a background story what you can find out. (5/5)

Scenes- There is a lot of viarity and s a lot already! No comments so far. (5/5)

Animations- Animations are very successful, they certainly do not look artificial. (4.5/5)

Places- Place designs are very successful. The atmosphere in the house is good, and the places where you go look very realistic (4,5/5)

Personal Likes- I'm not so into milfs so you can guess what I like the most.

Both stories are great and I'm curious to see how things will proceed

~Proxsz~

This is really good game I can relate with some of Zeno and Anne story
It's really hurt that someone left you and just disappear on you
It's happen to me my family left me at home with no money, food and everything when I was about 15 and It's the silence really hurt me
I go through this game an kinda suffer that when I slept that day I dreamt of my pain.

Pro
- Really nice story but not for realistic mindset
- Really emotional
- Good character design
- Great built up and seduction part
- Realistic choice and choice is matter
- This AVN is for melodrama addicted
- Art style is really great

Cons
- Image and Render style is too grainy
- Camera focus shift is annoying (Human eye didn't have that f-stop)
- Camera blur is using as censor is AVN really need a censor?

Thanks a lot for good AVN I hope for more