Astral Bordello

Reviewing 0.01a For a first look, this game is good. It's got enough story and engagement to be interesting, and a solid roadmap for future development. Visuals are solid, both in terms of environments and characters. There are a few fixes in terms of scene changes that could use some smoothing. The shifting around on the ship is a little clunky.

First game in a long time I even read all text instead of using CTRL for skipping. Story is very good and I can see this game will be even better in a few updates. I only hope this is a game that will be finished and have updates on regular basis and won´t end up like many other games that gets hyped and then after 1-2 updates is abandoned.

A very good start. There is a chance for a rare case of balance between managing the sex business and telling an interesting story. Just a story for now. However, it looks like an engaging introduction to real business. Maintain balance. Develop the story and expand your management options.

VERSION: v0.01 SUMMARY: Fair AVN, does a fine job, but its not really very good. 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. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐ General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐ Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐ Story & Dialogue .................. : ⭐⭐⭐ Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐⭐ Playtime & Pacing ..................: ⭐⭐⭐ Music & Sounds .....................: ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐⭐ Average: 33 of 50 possible points giving a 66% rating i.e. 3.5 stars. PROS: - See my opinions section for details. Visuals are not bad, renders are overall of decent quality, world is reasonably fleshed out and detailed MC and LIs look fairly decent Animations are short but at least for good quality and has good physics. Writing is structured and reads well enough Music is not bad and there are some sound FX and lewd sounds too. CONS: - See my opinions section for details. UI/UX is very basic, UI missing dialogue box options like opacity, text/font size and type etc. While models look fairly decent the MC a little bit dweeby and the characters have some odd mouths... or expressions almost exaggerated. Some odd plot points that don't make much sense and feel a bit far fetched, see comments. Not a con per se, merely a ? Music volumes need to be equalized, some is much louder and need constant adjusting. Stats are not explained, what they for, how they are relevant etc. Tags may need some updating, because in this game these "LIs" are not the MCs they are simply prostitutes, so sharing them will happen. NTR or cuck may happen even if the MC is not allowed sex with the LIs and they screw anyone else. This applies doubly so for the sister, even mother if/when she shows up. 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) Some character expressions look kinda bad, the MC being the worst, he has a ratty kind of face, hard to put a exact name to it, but he looks like he is a wimpy, crying expressions, our like he ate something sour. They both stand with their mouths open often or lips parted like they can't close their mouths. Not a major issue, maybe a nitpick but to me its pretty obvious and hard not to notice. The incest being a "double blessed" thing to have a child with his own daughter feels silly as its proven that the chance of birth defects are higher with blood related partners having a kid. Also the mother being so ignorant of the entire "ritual" is flimsy and clearly she isn't exactly comfortable with her daughter and husband having a kid, but apparently its "law" the farther clearly is a pervert bastard and this while "ritual" is too primitive to be considered normal for any advanced space faring civilization, its more akin to primitive tribalism cultures...this is more an observation than issue, clearly this colony was created from someone in power that wanted their own harem/cult and a religion and gave rise to an entire culture of idiots who worship and sex. I would like to give this a 3.5 star rating, but feel 4 is just too high so 3 it will be for now, there is room for improvement, but I honestly don't think this is a "high" quality production, not when you compare some AVNs out there that do much better. While the English is decent, its not great, particularly due to the genre and setting of this AVN. e.g. the MC and sister being "sheltered" one would accept a basic level of sophistication, considering they were not raised with the technology available. The AI however speaks too much like a young person also, and not like an AI that is very precise, deliberate, clear in their communications. I guess one could argue that due to time the AI has become eccentric and thats why it acts almost immature? Though I doubt that was designed that way...(at least my feeling) The stat system is vague and unclear, this is actually highly annoying as it may impact your end game e.g. letting the sister have sex (though doesnt put out) has a -3 loyalty, but this she is still a virgin after that, they just got more money. Is money even a factor, where are the stats? Can you regain that loyalty with the sister to avoid NTR? TLDR: Not bad, decent enough looking, writing and overall quality. Story seems solid enough even if its a typical porn logic plot, so do not expect anything profound or very interesting. I will re-review in the future and possibly give it the 4 stars, but doubt it will ever amount to 5 stars, the overall quality is just not there.