Fog of War

This is difficult to rate. I really want to like this VN but there are some major problems. I can see a lot of potential but it needs a rework or at least a complete rewrite. The main thing for me is the soundtrack. It's probably the best part of the VN. The good: Soundtrack. Decent renders. The almost good: Potential. Both the story and the girls have the ability to be interesting. There is more than just love interests. The MC actually has platonic guy friends which is highly unusual but ironically makes the character more real. (See below regarding the irony) The bad: The writing is not good. It's not terrible english but it's how nothing flows. There is no direction. The scenes jump all over the place. Literally one scene jumps to another scene without any explanation. Again, no flow. It is such a slog to get through. It's slow, things happen but nothing you can really care about. The characters and their interactions lack emotion. It tries but falls short. Probably the most notable. The MC is "OP". As other reviews have said in a much better way than I could, he is not human. He is perfect at everything, special forces, best of the best, world renowned, eidetic memory, way too smart, doesn't struggle at anything, he is yhe perfect soldier, perfect student, perfect upcoming doctor, envied by all, everyone knows him, everyone loves him, his figure is godly and makes all women need to change their panties, his top secret exploits make him feared and loved by everyone, he has never lost anyone in the military, he was in 6 years and he took down the worst of the worst, he beat every bad guy, drug king pin etc... it just keeps going and going. He seriously won't stop bragging about it. Almost every interaction with someone contains this "unintentional" bragging. Honestly, how can a reader relate to a character when they are completely unrelatable? I wished I could have kept this short but there too much that needs to be said. How to fix some of it: Make the MC not perfect and stop bragging. He doesnt need to be OP but he can be if you play down his capabilities to be more reasonable. And remove every character's obsessive admiration of him. E.g. His team has the best of the best medical personnel in the world. At least tone it down to in the special forces. Or... he got into medicine because his medics were amazing? Write the story as if we know what the character is going to do next. If he is meeting up with three girls that day, make it known and make it flow. Don't immediately jump into the middle of the next scene. Make me want to care about any of the characters or at least enjoy their interaction.

i just finished the prologue and started episode one. but the number of times mc and all around him go on about his giga chad energy and military background made me cringe. a side male character literally gives mc the nick name giga chad just by seeing him sitting in a cafe. i get that its a lewd game, but most games deal with it organically. this is just jarring.

Im gonna update this as time goes on but not even 20 minutes in and my teeth are clinched together tighter than anyone's rectum. Watching this Mary Sue male edition go on and on about how perfect he is. - Top of his class in academics & overall genius ig - Connections to high ranking COs - Top of his BCT / etc - Best squad ever in the world - Best military in the world - Killed most famous arms dealer - Brags more about how badass he is - Grows literal plot armor from rigged explosives becauses he a chad - Such a nice guy because nice, everyone other male rude incel. Reads like another milsim guy who has roleplayed ArmA units too much. All with gigachad elements and self inserting 100% Its porn I get it, but I prefer my characters to have some freaking normality like you know most of humanity. Flaws and all.. I have a fam military bg, even got offered alt positions from scores but I chose 0331 because my autistic self enjoyed the rata-tata. Edit - Wait what? Bro just walks into a college says he wants to register and instantly gets brought in, no fees no loans.. just bim bam done. Amazing. Edit again - Ok I'm convinced bro has nvr met women. They throw themselves at him after beating up their bfs lmao another Ride to Hell Retribution writing I see

English :............ 8 /10 User Interface :..... 4 /10 User Experience :.... 6 /10 Art :................ 7 /10 Dialogue :........... 5 /10 Story :.............. 3 /10 Opinion :............ 4 /10................ Avg:............. 5.29 /10 [2.65/5] I've never played this. To say I don't like the "ex ultra soldier just trying to get laid" shit story, is an understatement. If you're not annoyed just by the default name of the protagonist, I'm happy for you. "Rex Richards" which translates to "King Dicks" if you're not in the know for what "Rex" means. His name might as well be "Chad Thundercock". But don't worry, he has a photgraphic memory and is super smart too. There's also the banner image for the thread that's stretched in just the right way to strain your eyes. Not to mention the main menu. "Intel, Reload, Operations, and Exfil." I get CoD is fairly common, but games generally don't rename common buttons like this. "Gallery, Load, Options, and Exit" There's also the fact that the pause menu, in the main menu, has two Intel buttons which is hilarious. I haven't even started the game yet and there's a litany of issues. If I start this game and it tells me to "stay frosty" I'm gonna scream. From the reviews I skimmed, I'm not excited. To my surprise, no, it doesn't open with "Stay frosty" it opens with "This is a slow burn and choices matter. Oh, also War never changes." So it's laterally(no, not literally) awful. The first lines of dialogue are essentially "I have a photographic memory and was awesome at sports, my military family made sure I was a soldier because soldiers are cool. AM I COOL YET THIS IS AWESOME?! Even when I stopped training, I trained more. Cardio sucks, but I LOVE PUMPING IRON. Amirite boys?" You've gotta be kidding me with this. If you really can't tell, "Ex/Current Super soldier finding love amidst evil big business" is tied with "MC returns home after X years and suddenly the family wants to have sex" and "College" stories for generic slop to me. It's overdone, it feels like propaganda at worst and is annoying at best. But here we go. Here's my warning: This is a very long review, I expect most to say "fuck that" and jump down, I get it. But when I write this long, it generally means I WANT to like the game. If I didn't, I would give two paragraphs essentially saying it's slop. This has elbow grease in it and I can understand why some might like it. But it being a slow burn means the writing needs to earn it. It also means the player has more time with their horny brain turned off to take in the story. So it lends itself to be taken more critically. Spoiler: Very long, spoiler heavy review Like I said, it cold opens with some gamer girl saying choices matter and sex won't happen right away. Which, for me, is perfectly fine. IF THE STORY IS WELL WRITTEN. If the buildup and characters are done well, burn me slowly all day. I have no idea if that's the case though. Then you get the cutscene that just amounts to "War never changes." followed by backstory time. MC was so good he was put on the best team. But what kept him going was having the best girl at home. She liked the best movies, the best cars, and the best food. Everything was the best. Anyway, MC was dating Kristyn, she's a lawyer obssessed with space and sci-fi and sex. And in typical AVN fashion, the writer tells you about the banter they have, instead of giving you the actual banter. And it took me a minute to realize this flashback or whatever it is, preamble maybe, is nonlinear. Because the Kris stuff is all before he went to boot camp but we were already shown him getting promoted. The way it reads, for a minute, is that was him returning home after deployment. And instead of individual loops with a way to continue after you've seen the scenes, you get a half-assed clicked to continue plastered over long cutscenes. I sincerely hope this changes later(it doesn't) and is retroactively changed in the future, for future players. Players will accidentally skip of a lot things, like I already have. AND DO NOT make them unskippable. Also the animation is slow and floaty, great. And during the first sex scene, her arm twitches around like a video from the Ring. Nice. And the "op that changed everything" is a black screen that says "everything that happened is classified" The ONLY thing the player saw was MC stepping on a twig and shooting someone. Then he said "You go first I'll catch up" for NO KNOWN REASON. You kidding me with this? The military plot is already boring, but a black screen with text is putting me to sleep. There's even a three month time skip of him behind enemy lines and all this crap.(Not to mention his entire military career is already an empty time skip) They got intel and things happened. That is all the player got from the scene. This is supposed to be when everything changed for the MC, but we're not "allowed" to see what even happened or why. We're disconnected from the player insert. Awesome. Then MC gets dumped because he chose the military over life. Then a montage of how epically awesome he is because he's such a cool super soldier, guys. ISNT BEING A SOLDIER SO COOL. Also there's a scene where he throws a grenade with the pin still in, nice. And I'd like to point out that the depth of field made the A-10 look like a modelkit. Anywho, MC gets a deathwish because he's sad and realized he has PTSD all on his own in the middle of a firefight. There's also the point everyone makes to tell MC, and you the player, how smart he is. But everything he's done so far has been pretty stupid? So what you're shown and what you're told are two different things. But now, MC quit the military to become a doctor, because remember, he's wicked smart. And because MC left the army, there was a problem? Again, we the players have not seen MC do anything that would cause a problem to his superiors. But bet your sweet bippy we'll get a flashback later on when the dev figures out what it might be. When MC gets home, every girl in a three mile radius evacuates all their liquids through their vagina when they see MC. Never forget how attractive and amazing he is. AND DAMNED IF YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS ALSO A DUMB COLLEGE STORY. I'm gonna scream. You can't make this shit up. Wouldn't ya know it? The first thing someone tells him is how jacked he is and that he's a giga chad. I hate this. There's a couple lines that don't sound right while MC is touring the place with Angelica too, so here's hoping that isn't recurring. But the game also references itself, I have no words for things like this. I've never seen this before. It's not even a "They said the title!" moment, Angelica literally says she played Fog of War. Excuse me, writer, can you jerk yourself off somewhere else? Thank you. They also do the "I only drink black coffee" thing because...? I don't understand the stigma. Also, this is the very first time I've seen a male character model have its nipple clip through its clothes. Usually this is reserved for female models lol. That whole school tour is supposed to build Angelica's worth. She volunteers for everything, loves dogs, and wants to be a pediatrician. She also makes jokes and is attractive. You even get her mentally noting that MC is a gentleman. It's already doing dumb porn plot stuff. Why are you trying to be serious with this? Just because you didn't have her bend over and get stuck in a labcoat with no panties, doesn't make it any less tropey. The next day, yet again, everyone points out how muscly he is. Multiple times, even. He even says it's good for his ego. Why? Nowhere in this has he been dealing with anything to do with his ego. Even when he was "...bloodthirsty and dangerprone" we weren't shown it. He's not some down on his luck guy with nothing going for him either. Every word out of everyone's mouth about him is praise or lust. This does nothing but show that this is made to coddle the ego of the "alpha" males that play this. At the gym, he meets Kendra who stared at him the whole time he worked out, then told him not to be a creep when she asked him to spot her, got drenched in sweat after one rep, and immediately jumped to hug him after her 270lb squat. She also referenced She-Hulk in there which is, yikes. But already a character that isn't well done. Don't worry, though, she quotes lord of the rings to make her seem more appealing. I'd also like to know how and why she lost her ring?(This ring never comes up again by the way) Why would you wear jewelry, that she clearly wasn't wearing, while working out? She didn't have it in a pocket because those pants have no pockets. So it was just a contrived scene to make her appeal to a nerd that likes fit girls. Great. MC also makes it a point to tell everyone he served in the army. Because remember, player, he's such a cool super soldier. This is gonna be a long game... I would like to say, I thought Vincent was gay when he first appeared. He was very eager to point out how strong MC is. But no, he just wants to scout them ladies because bro, dude, chad, tits, sex. Boy howdy. Don't worry though, MC tells him he served in the military too. Don't forget. MC supports Angelica after a comically dickish asshole tell her he's going to fuck her. Then he meets Lydia, with car troubles. Remember he works on cars too? Anyway, they go to her friends club for one drink with no meaningful dialogue, and leave after her dad tells her to leave to, nondescriptly, work. And right here, the wrong images are shown! Good job! MC walks with Lydia but a scene of MC with Angelica is shown here. And every time it cuts to MC, Angelica is there. So this whole scene feels like a broken mess. Awesome. Lydia also tries to have this girlboss attitude, but as soon as MC sat down in the lecture, she was staring at him. So I can't wait for that to be a facade. Oh! He also tells her he served six years in the military. Can't forget. She's just a girl with a tough exterior and heart of gold, don't worry. Then after a "foreboding" cutaway to see that project archangel needs to be swept under the rug, you see that Angelica and Kendra are friends that watch hockey together. Because all women also watch sports in this universe as well. Like I said before, this isn't a slow burn. The girl just crying over a guy being too forward, and the girl that didn't want MC to be a creep are now wrestling topless with each other looking to get the guys naked too. A "slow burn" doesn't just mean "no sex til later" it means buildup, pretense, romance, and character building. Every character plainly states what niche they fit into upon introduction. Your choice, as the player, is "do you like this girl, yes or no?" Don't worry though, remember how MC got military implants to become a super soldier and used them in shady ways? NO!? You actually don't because none of that was told to the player ever, until they sudenly act up right now. Because this plot twist is not something you could have seen coming, it is information witheld from you by the writer. So now you know why people will try to kill him in the future. Because he was somehow allowed to leave service after being implanted with tech that doesn't exist. So the entire problem of the story is a plot contrivance. Nice job! But no time to think about that, MC has a date with Kendra the e-girl. She's a popular streamer that just wants to be a doctor. And you get a bunch of "fun facts" about lord of the rings the whole time. Every character has to beat you over the head with their major trait. SHES A NERD REMEMBER?! This whole section is just "See Player? I am a gamer too I like big game 1 and big game 2." (They also do the "FF7 is the best one" when 6 is supposed to have the best story.) But we have to talk about how MC was a soldier, did you forget MC served for six years? Because he did. AND YOU GET A MONTAGE OF THEM INTERACTING INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY SEEING THEM INTERACT. You do this shit with preparation and shopping, not character and relationship building, my god. And everyone listens to heavy metal too. Even the preppy dudebro Vincent that is in medschool to party? Every part of this conflicts with another part of the story. I just don't understand who thought all of this would mesh well together. Can't wait for all the girls to have a gun and protect MC through the power of love and friendship. MC meets back up with Darius because he's inexplicably in the area to go shooting? I guess? I say this because we're obviously meant to infer this is American.(confirmed later) "Dumb americans love guns, war, beer, burgers, and women." But the fact is America is LARGE and soldiers come from all over so it seems a little convenient that Darius was able to get there so quickly. Anywho they go to a bar where MC meets Scarlett. Who I thought was Kendra because they look the same. She will likely be a surprise villain or whatever later on.(No just horny) They also try and fail to do the Predator handshake because haha funny meme. Oh, and MC never asked Darius about his implants, or it was done off screen so we can't know about it. Only to cut to YET ANOTHER girl that looks just like Kendra that immediately has sex with him? Slow burn, huh? All with slow motion grainy sex scenes [Click to Continue]! Don't worry, it's just dream sex, because MC is now traumatized by the CIA stripper he barely knew that is now tailing him that he has no way of knowing because she hasn't even been in the background of scenes. Do you see how these little things are compounding on themselves, reader? It's literally just jangling keys for your monkey brain. Then a cutaway to Kenda and Angelica having coffee talking about the asshole from earlier, while he fumed from around the corner? Are you kidding me with this? This is 80s highschool movie type writing. How convenient or contrived do you have to be at all times? You know what you COULD have done here? Had the barista be trying to get on Cassius' good side and tell him what they were talking about. Or another customer. But no, he's stalking her from arms length because menacing. Cut to MC volunteering that we, the player, didn't know he was gonna do. Only for him to tell the patient he's monitoring that he was in the army. He served six years, did you know? His entire volunteer work was to talk to that guy for 40 seconds. What a kind soul. After that, the bonfire. Remember how this writer cuts out all the character and relationship building for a montage of that happening? Yeah, welcome to the bonfire. But don't worry, a "training accident" killed MC's squadmates and cuts it short. You know, all the squadmates you met in the story ASIDE from Darius? Oh wait... This emotional moment falls flat because of that. And its even further blown away by Kendra's cancer proclamation. Because we can't make emotional moments without cancer, I guess. Everyone she knows has or had cancer and she is in remission. Meaning something very real is happening to her, no matter how poorly written it is, compared to faceless characters getting killed off-screen by big business that has already been foreshadowed. This section also destroys the 180 rule lol. But MC finally asks Darius about his futuristic implants that shouldn't exist. Remember? The reason he called Darius here? Nice. Only to lead to a fateful ruinion with Kristyn. Remember the lawyer girlfriend? She somehow had to catch a bus? Just for Chapter 2 to open with what we're meant to assume is Cassius murdering someone. Because MC, I don't know if you know this but, he was in the military for 6 years and hasn't used his murder skills yet. So an event that shouldn't be connected to MC about murder has to happen. But MC is at the bar and meets... Some celebrity? Who he immediately tells that he was in the military for 6 years. They use this time for MC to recap events that happened OFF SCREEN, TO A CHARACTER WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!?(I gues she's a ham-fisted reference to another game) You could have just showed the scene? And Kris leaving it up to MC about the relationship is a joke. He chose his career, and that fizzled them out. It's on her to forgive him not him to choose her over the other girls in his life that he met a week ago. Grow up. Cut to MC finally going to class. He's the first one there and immediately tells the teacher he was in the military. I especially like the tacky carbon fiber desks they somehow have at a medical school. And this is the first time the whole game his photographic memory comes up at all. Then MC meets Scarlett again. This time you can tell she has red hair, not black. Wow. There's also a bunch of non sequitur scenes that amount to nothing. MC and kenda get ice cream, even though he said he was gonna talk to vincent. And she says her dad's gonna meet him, but didn't her cancer scene say her dad died of cancer?(I guess the mom did and dad survived, I will confirm later.) I can't remember. Then he makes a date with Kris even though he told Lydia he would pick her up that night. How does he know it won't take long? Then you get Kendra and Angel playing fucking League. Who the hell cares? It just shoehorns in League garbage as well as ads for other AVNs. This whole scene should have been cut. In the scene with Kris, they set up a date at Tony's again saying "they added wagyu to the menu" but that's what she had in the one date scene with her at the beginning? Little details matter. Honestly, it feels like every girl in this is just one hyper-focused part of MC's personality. To the point where I hope he's in a dumb coma and all this is a dream. They all focus on one part of him to the point of it getting annoying. The writer tries to make it seem like the girls are all the ones setting everything up but it's all so lucky, at best, that it's a little frustrating. It really wouldn't feel that way if they just leaned into the d-tier porn plots because it's expected of that stuff. But this wants REALLY BADLY to be some returned hero having a good life with serious elements. But it all feels so paper thin I can't get into it. Irelia finally talks to MC. You remember that CIA girl that he met that one time? No, you don't, it was off screen and now she's important. Sex scene ensues. Remember how this was a slow burn? I'm sure you do. Cut to class. MC tells the whole class that he is, in fact, from the military. He does so trying to answer the professor. And he does it in a way that repeats another classmates SAME SENTIMENT, but only because he said it, he's right and the girl was wrong? Excuse me? She said "Morale is important" but he said "Morale is important because I learned it in the military" And he got commended. I can't handle this. I want to say this, plainly, in case someone reading this doesn't get my joke: We ALL get it, he was in the military. We know. And so much positive armed forces media has made its way to common vernacular that everything he says just feels like loosely calling out common knowledge. People seem to forget, while the story is happening to and around MC, the focus is the relationships, not MC being in the military for 6 years. The journey is more important than anything. Just because you know how something ends, shouldn't spoil how the story got to that point. Do you know what I mean? Moving on, MC meets with Darius. Someone tried to kill their coma bound squadmate we've still never met and MC fights him. This story has a very big issue with theme. I don't know what the focus is. Are we sitting here watching the avatar of inferiority complexes walk around to get laid? Or is it an Arnie action flick where they can't let a retired soldier retire? It can't be both, cause it's doing neither well. It just abruptly changes focus and doesn't tell you why or where it's doing anything. Eventually there's an empty scene with Scarlett. I think she's just an insert to have sexual flirtations to appease the player. Then move to meeting Kendra's dad. His cancer's back because of course it is. It can't be a past trauma, it has to be current. The Vincent mystery ends without even a whimper, he lost his phone and found a girl he likes. I'm gonna assume either we know her, she's Kris, or she'll be a problem. But either way, dunno if it'll matter. MC also punches Cassius after he creeps on Angel again. Cool, I guess. More scenes where MC tells you about how he was a soldier. It honestly feels like propaganda at this point. I'm not sure if I'm more annoyed by that or the frequency at which he tells this shit. Anyways shortly after that's another Angelica scene. Angel is a sports loving gamer girl that loves cyberpunk music, essentially the metal of synthwave. They're all loosely the same woman but with one personality focus over the other. So the girls are just "which hair color you like the best" after a while. That's sad. And after Angel's walk, MC meets up with Scarlett, who I'll remind you he's met with about 3 or 4 times with since meeting at the bar. And she confronts him about her leaving mid kiss? What? It was a non-issue I didn't even think about, why are they talking about it so late? And he also uses this time to tell her about how he was a soldier for 6 years. I'm gonna start bashing my head against a wall soon. "I know you're cold, but I was in the service and things were hectic." Okay? Not only was their talk unneeded, but his random switch to unrelatable war stories is insufferable. When the rapey assholes dad finds out about him fighting with MC? He pretty much just glazes MC saying how great he is. While I will say I was surprised he wasn't also a comical villain(just wait till later), it was downright stupid for him to say how amazing MC was. More bullshit for people with fragile egos I guess. Ending the chapter on MC learning his house was set on fire. Because the house burned down, completely off screen, MC can call one of three LIs. Kendra just got news her dad is gonna die and has ben MIA, I thought on purpose. But no she just lets him come over no issues whatsoever. Either way, the only person that you have a choice whether to lay with or not is Kristyn. Which is odd. And no matter what you see a scene where Kendra and Lydia talk about the experimental cancer treatment for her father. Because we have to beat cancer that has a six week time limit somehow. At least I think it was that long, I'm starting to check out of this story. I'd also like to say, this is the first time you see Lydia naked, a shower scene that has nothing to do with MC. Because instead of teasing MC, we tease the player? Sure. A bit later, Lydia sells MC a house she just happens to have. This scene tells you she's rich and she like to have harsh banter. So, nothing, because that was already established. And do you remember how Kris was described to have banter like that!?! But she's got the "best" qualities of all the girls! Which is a farce because I don't think any of these women have negative qualities. The only difference here is it actually shows that banter and doesn't skip over it in a montage. So you like her more because you actually get to experience it. Imagine that. Next day? New class and MC tells the teacher and everyone there he's a soldier. He was in the service for 6 years, you know? Somehow everyone is so eager to have him tell surface level war stories. Great... After another useless Vincent scene, you're accosted by the first non-sexual animation in the game. Why is this here? A panning camera over Scarlett using her camera. I get that the only thing we know about her is she likes to and wants to have sex, outside the fact that she had a camera in her first scene. But nothing else has been animated before now, and nothing has retroactively been animated to match this style. So it feels out of place. You get the option to go to the shooting range with Kris. Somehow MC has two mindless drones help him win a bet with her because someone brought a flashbang to a gun range? This is literally just a gun fetish section. "Yeaaa brutherr I love bitches and gunsss." Say that in your best Randy Savage impression. And the two morons that just sit with their mouth agape are there to tell you, the player, how much she is worth because she can point a gun down a range. The only thing you know about Kris is her and MC used to date. And the one date they had, all the interpersonal moments were montaged out. But no, we're meant to subscribe to the idea of her in "The one love that got away because life got in the way" only it didn't MC just got a boner for murder and didn't wanna go home. So if you think about their relationship for more than a second, he should be crawling back to her. There's another foreboding scene with Irelia that tells you nothing and MC goes to the hopsital for...? Them to look at his implants maybe? But somehow passes out into another sex nightmare. Great, now MC is psychotic. You really get no idea why he went there or why it happened either. Then this stupid journal scene with Kris. Have I already established how stupid it is to make her think it's her fault they broke up? MC was in the wrong, but she's gaslit herself to believe that she was in the wrong. And she waxes poetic about how MC now has self doubt? When? The first second he questioned anything was the hospital visit two seconds ago. That section is supposed to be a little transition showing what all the girls are doing. Then when MC gets home he, and you, are told that they were moving in furniture while he was out with the girls. But he wasn't? He shopped for ten seconds, ran into Scarlett, and Kris has no connection with the rest of them. This is also paced in a way that none of that felt like the same day. So no, the girls weren't a distraction and he went to the hospital for no known reason. Am I having a stroke? Am I the only person reading this? Then. They do the UNTHINKABLE. They acknowledge the fact that MC tells everyone that he was a soldier as if it's a medical condition. Just because you say that your writing is shit, doesn't make it any less shit. If you don't solve the issue and just point it out, it's still a fucking issue. And Kris has the AUDACITY to say "That's not true.." Bro, the ONE thing we know about MC for certain is he was a soldier for six years. Any moment someone asks him anything he tells them about how "in the field you actually have to stand to wipe your ass" it's annoying. After the detective visit, ANOTHER BROKEN SCENE. It shows MC at some girls funeral, talking to to women. But the dialogue says he's at a memorial talking to Darius. This is the second time a WHOLE SCENE is wrong. It's so strange too because the moments it points to MC are right, so it feels like it was planned to do this? But none of the girls on screen are familiar so I have no idea what the hell would be going on if it were the right images. That is COMPLETELY unacceptable. After that, the Lydia press conference. This scene would seem like an actual event if it didn't take place in one of their classrooms. Seriously, a podium or lectern is a cube with a slant. And it was just to show some insurance shill shouting dumb shit. Could have had her talking and someone in the background doing nefarious things and MC being useful. But no. MC is big and strong and has to flex his muscles. And I'm beginning to think that every time they go to a restaurant they show them all being kind to the wait staff solely to show them being kind to the wait staff. We already know that every one of your characters is supposed to be the paragon of goodness. You can skip the fluff by now. The "corpos bad" stuff too. Especially when it's coming from someone running a corporation. It's not ironic, it's not profound. It's done to death. And for them to suddenly they live in a cyberpunk cityscape is odd. None of this was established until they wanted to use that asset. it feels lazy and the Angel cliffhanger is laughable at best. Chapter 4 opens to yet another animation of Scarlett doing nothing? Again, why? There's also the fact that no time has passed between chapters, characters were mid thought and you get a title card. It makes no sense. The thought at this moment was Kendra pushing pause on their relationship? Uh... I think they kissed once. Ohhhh, this is that slow burn they forgot they were doing. Just because MC hasn't slept with them. I dunno who needs to be told this but all the LIs already love the muscle-clad super soldier with a heart of gold and money to buy whatever he needs whenever he wants. You have to BUILD a relationship to earn the payoff. I have to say, these ethics classes are wholly unnecessary. It's all just a stupid segue for MC to talk about being a soldier. The levels of repetition are anime levels at this point. I will also say, I got Irelia and Milena confused earlier. One, she didn't have a name in the flashback, and two most of the women look the same in this so who knows. Do you also remember how I called that kidnapping sequence earlier? Big shock but it happens to the super innocent girl that has no interest in dating. I wonder if this pushes her to sleep with MC? Man, that would be crazy. That was sarcasm, if you're not aware. Can we talk about the sex scene with Milena? They are not having sex, MC is humping air and she's bouncing for no reason lol. The Angel situation is so empty. They made MC choose not to walk her home on a dark and foggy night in the cyberpunk city they lived in only for that night. She literally had no reason to not have him walk her home, it's hilarious. So even the problems are contrivances. Literally the only thing we've seen MC do is follow his gut. And the one time it would have mattered to the story, he doesn't. Because the writer wanted it to happen. And look at that, the gaggle of college students want to help play rambo to rescue her. Like I called. I write these as I read, so I had no idea it'd be this easy to predict. Oh, and since Kris, the LI that has nothing to do with current events, hasn't had screen time in a minute, she also needs rapey subtext to happen to her at the same time Angel is kidnapped. Because every AVN writer has to group similar events together. Lo and behold, the kidnapping culprit was all red herring tactics that were obvious when the misdirector said "Oh I saw Angelica in class" or whatever. There's was also no mystery to finding them, MC is jut told where they are, goes there, and it's over. So building up this hype of a kidnapping subplot for a whole chapter, only for it to be the scooby gang going to one building and it being over in one second. Wow. Thrilling. It's such a nothing burger the next day, that's hard cut to, the recent abductee takes Lydia to a spa? You really want this to be serious, but don't allow serious moments to happen. So they all feel empty. You can't have someone get assaulted then two seconds later have them in a group yelling "spa day." You have to deal with consequences. But I'm sure in chapter 15, cause this will never end, she'll have PTSD and need the comfort of MC's penis. I also wanna say it's stupid and a little confusing that the Senator hated his son earlier, paid to wipe away his spoiled sons bullshit, and is now some shady guy doing nondescript bad things? Come on. It's one thing to pay to get rid of the troubles of your child. But for him to now be a villain? That's a stretch for no other reason than to add a problem later. There's already some Mexican cartel and the military after MC for no good reason. Why are you adding some upset senator to the mix? Focus! Please? And yet another ham-fisted reference to another AVN, mid discussion with Kris about finding said bad things on the senator. And they're glazing the fuck out of that other game. That game is about as well written as this one, my god. But don't worry about that, we have to quickly cut to Scarlett being a recovering alcoholic. We won't explore it at all, just talk about it because you, the reader, probably know someone like that and we can elicit unearned empathy from you. So that fake slow burn finally pays off in her grainy sex scene. Then that broken scene from earlier finally plays out correctly. It was a memorial to the girl we never met that the guy killed before Angelica. Skip ahead a bit you have the option to sleep with Kris. Er get a drunken blowjob, I guess. She dwells on it for half a second and moves on. Then you finally meet the guy in the hospital that was almost killed. You know from the group the player never met or formed any connection to? He's gonna get a leg. Moving on from that, you finally get to see the first scene that was shown incorrectly with Lydia. And, wouldn't ya know it, when Angelica tries to talk about her trauma, MC shares a story about him being in the military. This time with a full-blown, overdone flashback. Cool. The story is SUPPOSED to make you go "oh no he had to kill kids" but what it DOES is show how awesome and badass he is because he shot down a plane. Then, it cuts to him entering a building completely unrelated to his "awesome shot." You linger on the tragedy not the spectacle to get an emotional reaction. I almost missed him finding the kids I was so checked out at him telling a victim of a kidnapping about the time he shot a plane down as if it were traumatic. Yeah, he talks about the killing afterward, but that was just a hard cut to them finding people in a house. And he did it voluntarily cause he thought the new guy should do it? It's laughable. I'm a little shocked and a little proud MC didn't have a chance to sleep with Angelica, but we'll see soon enough I guess. The next day is them in another class talking about more medical ethics and morals. Great. And when MC raises his hand to spout dumb platitudes, Scarlett thinks he's smart and sexy? He'll say the most obvious thing and everyone just gushes about him it's ridiculous. And, lucky for me, it ends soon after on a "cliffhanger" call from Kendra. I really don't have any interest to know what the call is about. I don't see anything really interesting happening. And I'm bored of it all. The dialogue got a little better near the end, because they actually showed it. But so much of the dialogue is "Oh yeah, I was a soldier for six years, now I'm just trying out med school for shits and giggles" for almost three chapters. It's almost a little sad that this levelled out to the message "darn you late-stage capitalism" because I don't know if that or constant military jargon is more annoying. This one is edging on being bad. It has to turn around after this. There's story and dialogue issues, entire wrong scenes are shown, grainy renders a lot of the time the list goes on. But if the story and writing can actually take a moment to talk or think about what is happening, it could be good. But no, you have these big, life changing things happen but no one thinks about it at all. The ONLY time we see that is the later parts with Angelica. You have notes of abuse, cancer, neglect, sexual assault, violence, murder, and plenty more that you COULD have the characters talk about. But no. Gotta have an anecdote about MC's time in the military. It's a shame. The English, I gotta be honest, there are times it felt weird and they use the wrong words but It's fine. Near the end I started to doubt this person speaks English, but who knows. The UI got a minor facelift from default renpy, but nothing amazing. The UX I had to bring down, there were TWO FULL SCENES that used the wrong CGs for the WHOLE scene, not just an image. It'd be funny if they didn't try to present this so professionally. There's also an image of Kendra at the end where it is mostly noise, so it wasn't done rendering. How that made it in we'll never know. The art, it's fine. Typical DAZ stuff, grainy and floaty videos, floaty elbows, hands that have never held a phone before, and faces that only have 2 or 3 expresions. The dialogue is hit or miss. The early stuff is definitely a miss, my god. In case you forgot, MC was in the military for 6 years. But eventually, the writer lets his characters talk and banter. It's not so bad. The story I do not care about. There's too many unrelated things that are being smashed together, it's a clusterfuck. And not only that, it's not until way later you're made aware it's supposed to be semi-futuristic. They just shove this sci-fi stuff at you and you're meant to be like "Okay!" But overall the story doesn't grip me, the characters don't interest me, I can't take another surface-level ethics class that lasts 5 minutes, I'm not waiting for another girl from MC's past that we never knew about before that moment to show up. It's unfortunate. I see the effort, I really do. But it's just not for me.

Make this one into a fun drinking game; every time the MC mentions being a soldier, or something he did as a soldier, take a shot. Then be hospitalized from alcohol poisoning within 2 chapters. Seriously one of the most one dimensional MC's I've ever come across, which is a shame as this is a decent story with some promising LI's and quality renders. I don't even dislike the MC due to the whole'gigachad' thing, just wish he had something else to talk about than being a soldier, it was boring after 2 chapters, its unbearable after 4.

UPD: p. 2 in Cons has been toned down significantly in recent updates, the characters are much more calm and collected now. P. 4, while not fixed retroactively, got changed for further development. _______________________________________________ Current version is 4.2. One of the most underrated games, in my opinion. This is like an old-school action movie with simple, but home-hitting morals, badass MC, and hot women. It was like returning to my childhood, watching all those Schwarzenegger and Stallone flicks. A great experience. Pros: 1) The MC is a total badass; he's so awesome that you don't worry for him and can rely on him in all situations, which allows the player to focus on the girls' problems. 2) The visuals are great. 3) The girls are all likeable and very hot. Also, the dev subverted my expectations: if someone told me beforehand that I would prefer a streamer with fake tits and an ex to a hard-worker and a cookie-making kid lover, I wouldn't believe, but here we are. 4) Specific girl: Kristyn. She isn't my favourite here - Kendra still edges her out - but damn is she likeable! It's one of extremely rare cases where I like an ex - and I like her a lot. 5) The humour. 3 MGs out of 5 are very funny people. 6) The flashbacks to the MC's service are very welcome! They are well-designed and provide a great distraction from the relationship building. 7) Quite a bit of action, generally. 8) I like that the moral aspect of medicine is often discussed. Cons: 1) Writing is on the weak side in the earlier chapters. 2) Unrealistic characters' facial expressions, especially in the earlier parts. It's as if they're constantly excited and shouting all of their lines. 3) Some unavoidable content early on. It's nothing to write home about, just some kisses, but it's there. 4) A sex scene here is typically done via one long animation; I would very much prefer several short ones to have better control over viewing them. Still, 5 stars!

Pros: Nice renders Beautiful women, even if I don't care much for the tattoos on one of them. Decent amount of content. Lots of detail in the story - regarding both military ops, and medical practices. Neutral: MC is a seemingly super-intelligent gigachad with eidetic memory. Seems more like plain old wish fulfillment nonsense. That being said, it isn't all that offensive, when compared to the absurdly huge numbers of beta spineless protagonists in so many contemporary AVNs. A missed opportunity with the story - having a traumatized veteran, one used to solving things through violence, learning to live and love again, would have been uplifting to see. The dev, in his usual manner of not knowing where to draw the line, decided to add: Spoiler the army (or specific officers in it) plotting to kill off the protagonist's entire unit. Was this even really needed at all? Cons: Sex scenes : Among the most lackluster ones I've seen, in any recent VN. Barely any emotion in them, there's comparatively more (even if faked) in a garbage-tier Brazzers porno. Animations are also horribly lacking in these scenes. Being an AVN, this is a huge problem. It would like Doom Eternal with garbage gunplay, or a RTS with no strategic depth. As others have mentioned, the pacing is inconsistent. Sometimes, it drags on and on painfully, sometimes it rushes through what should have been important moments in the story.

This game deserves so much more credit than the average rating portrays. While i understand the criticism... The MC is the perfect "Chad." I guess some people don't like that, i get it. He's built like a tank, has a genius mind and all the women throw themselves at him. It's cliche but it's done really well imo. Anyway, The renders are great. The women are all really hot. . They each have personality and it's enjoyable to read their story. I especially enjoy the dramatic side of the story. There are moments that touches the heart and music really exemplifies the moment. It elevates it to more than just a "porn game". There's an actually good story to boot! I wish luck to the dev... there are so many games with higher ratings that fail in comparison. The dev should really learn to pay for "fake" reviews that promote their game

(Ep. 4 March 2024) The not so good: Sometimes the talking between the characters gets into preaching. While I concur with many of the ideas being presented (how can a nation that calls itself civilized withhold healthcare from the citizens because of money?), it still comes off too strong. MC does inject the "while I was in the service" lines way too often. They even lampshade it, but, yeah, too often. The neutral: I am not a big fan of long animated sequences. You watch them slightly bored like a task, because maybe something interesting or new shows up. But that's my personal preference. MC is fucking overpowered, and the threat of turning his implants against him was underused. The good: I played the whole thing without skipping once. Storytelling works fine, even some jumping around does not break it. Renders are fine. The ladies are varied and sexy, even if not all faces are beautiful to me. Which is kind of good, really. The gay guy is accepted for what he is, and Spoiler the VM is mature enough that he can be a bad guy. I love the nods to and citations from pop culture and other good VNs. So, over all, entertaining and interesting, also, tits. I was unsure whether to give 4 or 5 stars, but with under 4 stars it is underrated now.

This is a really fine AVN which I thoroughly enjoy. The MC is a MAN who behaves like it and not a juvenile delinquent and it's nice that he treat the LIs in a gentlemanly manner which is not common enough. It also makes sense that all the girls fall for him unlike many other games. The LIs which are all super hot are varied in looks and personality which is also welcomed. The romantic pacing is not consistent enough but i get that some women are more reserved then others or have more baggage. Waiting to see how it develops.

[EP3] - overall rating: 5.75/10 The name of the game is inconsistency. THE GOOD I like the idea of the young albeit already emotionally scarred soldier. The introduction was solid, giving you a glimpse into which values were taught and which were earned during their service. It's clear that the developer wanted to portray this seemingly perfect young person going through tough times because of how fate can play fickle games with one's life. Another point worth mentioning is the music and SFX - there's a good variety of them and they're well-placed. Also, kudos for some shots - pretty much every character (except for Vincent) has a render that you like to look at. THE NEUTRAL The instant text speed isn't my thing (and you sadly cannot adjust it in the game menu), but it's dev's choice so I can't really complain much here. The UI is stylized, but I'm not sure in what way - there isn't one cohesive theme among the somewhat scarce GUI elements. THE BAD As mentioned in the title for this review, this game suffers from a terrible case of inconsistency on pretty much all levels. Firstly - the renders . As of EP3 there's a little over 4.6 K renders in the game - which is quite sizeable for a VN barely a year old - but, I kid you not, pretty much half of them are either extremely grainy (especially in the prologue and EP1) or they lacking proper focus (or sometimes even both), resulting in a disappointingly subpar presentation. In some shots character's scaling doesn't make sense (in one shot a girl reaches to MC's forehead, the next she's a foot shorter) or the lighting suddenly changes. And sure, while this is Meat Shield's/Story Machine Studios' first game, the quality-to-quantity ration is way off. If I was the dev, I would come back to remake the prologue and EP1 to be more in line with later chapters - it's important to make a good first impression, and not rely on "it gets better". Secondly - the characters . After reading the synopsis for this title, I was afraid that the MC will turn out to be a giant, godlike twat, but I was pleasantly surprised to see him as the highlight of this story (so far). No over-sexualization of women or hurtful stereotypical comments about one's looks or way of being - just a normal guy with abnormal amount of muscle and brainpower. But I cannot say the same about the others. Most of the (potential) LIs are borderline bland, not adding much to the table, especially the ex-girlfriend and your "tour guide" Angelica. Maybe they'll get better as the plot progresses, but so far they've been a waste of "screen time" in my opinion. Thirdly - the pacing . I have absolutely no fucking clue what is happening most of the time and where or why we are there. How much time passed since we started the new life? Days? Weeks? Months? I cannot tell, because the game jumps frantically between scenes like it's skipping rope. Add to it that most of the scene changes don't fade in or out so one moment you're at the campus, the next frame you're suddenly somewhere else, sitting by a fire and drinking beer. Quite disappointing is also the amount of filler content we have - two girls playing a game, two girls talking about a guy, one girl making cookies, some girl from another game I have never played giving MC life advice, and so on... These would've worked as perhaps bonus scenes (especially the cameo), or removed off-screen completely - just like the whole "my special unit is hunting me down" or "some other assassins are hunting me down". Also, the EP2 ending montage looks like some soap opera collage of what happened thus far. Lastly - the writing . For the most part it's not bad, it's just... inconsistent. Some parts can have decent, organic dialogue between characters only to then fall off and sound almost AI-generated (the lab part had me completely lost, for one). The MC can be a young, relatable person one scene and some middle-aged grizzled veteran preaching some "above else" values the next. Also, the entirety of prologue has almost no distinction between what's a thought and what a spoken word, leaving you confused as to why is MC exclaiming that he and his lover had just concluded sexual act. Speaking of sex - it's bad. I get that this is a story-driven VN (and a slow burn at that), but the ever-so-rare h-scenes feel like a chore, rather than pleasure. I believe that the loop of Kristyn (the ex-gf) drinking the soda in the prologue has more frames than any of the sex scenes. They feel forced yet somehow bland. Honestly, if you were to remove them from the game, no value would be lost. Bonus one: Just like in "Whose Line Is It Anyway", the points don't matter. Neither do your choices, it seems. I hope the dev can chill out with the quantity and focus on the quality - the game can still get good ^^

This game is certainly not going to be to everyone's taste -- some of the criticisms leveled at it are true, in that it's quite a slow burn of a game and lewd moments are very few and far between. But that's what I like about it. The more AVNs I play, the more appreciation I have for games that take their time to explore characters and relationships before they get into the sex. Fog of War definitely qualifies -- though it's easy to get impatient for more to happen, I take that as a good sign, because it means I'm invested in the story. While the writing is not perfect and does have some flaws, I think it's clear the developer cares about these characters and has a plan for the future. Kendra and Angelica are both terrific characters in my eyes, and I can't wait to find out what happens with them. One double-sided feature of Fog of War is how detail-oriented it is. The writing has a LOT of detail, sometimes too much so, in an attempt to attain a certain level of verisimilitude. This doesn't always work in the game's favor; some of the biology lectures made me go a little cross-eyed, while the military jargon felt much more appropriate and impactful (I was never in the military, though). If you're looking for quick gratification, FoW is not going to be your game. If you want something with a little more depth and a slower pace, consider giving Fog of War a try.

I'm giving it a 3 because there's hope. It's realistically as of the current content a 2/5 at best. Good renders, phenomenal writing but oh so predictable. MC is a super Giga chad who was born and destined to be the greatest soldier that ever walked on God's green earth. Really? Even some of the most giga human beings have flaws and you could have showed that. I could forgive that, but even if I do, it already seems like every girl is interested in MC as soon as they meet him. You then have the added issue where your ex partner literally shows up on your first day at school. You could have waited and introduced her down the line. Dialogue's and interractions are mediocre at best as well. The plot in interesting, the idea of the story your trying to tell is unique and made me interested in trying the game, the execution of that story however is flawed at best. I'm not trying to be harsh, I'm being honest because I believe if you could iron out a few of these problems you have a really good game on your hands. Please work on the writing dev, all the best in future development.

Its pretty early to give an accurate rating but the bones are there. I look forward to future updates. The pacing could use a lot of work though. Try it out, its not too long. I liked the drama with the ex but it feels kinda empty.I know they'll get together eventually.

Points with girls earned during the game seem to have no meaning. For that they are variable, if at the beginning of the game you help a girl with weights at the gym you end up dating her and later kissing her, despite scoring minus points. I had to start the game over and not help her at the gym xD The game from the graphic side is good while the story promised to be interesting, but it is very predictable. The girls whose models I like are very uninteresting or even annoying about the ones I don't like I can't say anything because I started skipping conversations with them. The introduction is very long and basically tells nothing interesting. I did not find any character that interested me, I am unlikely to return to this production. A couple of times you see scenes of other characters that have no relevance at all either to the story or to your person, like two girls playing lol, a waste of time to produce renders. No option to change your last name so you play [your name] Richards, two lines of code to be able to name a player correctly is too much of a challenge for the dev. The only good thing about this game is the music and MC, nothing else good I can write about this production.

I should probably start with this good... and that is the developer. They are definitely talented. The renders are great, the scene blocking and staging is well done. The writing is solid and the overall pacing of the story, while slow in some parts, is pretty on target. The problem is there is nothing original in this story at all. The MC is a super Chad/Gary Stu who all the women fall for after meeting him, he is a bad ass at everything, super smart, ex-military and never makes a mistake. Plus, the former military unit he worked for is now after him. Sound familiar? There is a little bit of drama with the ex, but we all know how that is going to turn out because the MC is perfect. Absolutely perfect, and if it doesn't work out, the next woman he meets will swoon over him and all will once again be right in the world. Okay... I am being a bit snarky, but that's because I think this dev could do something really great. The bones are there, they just need to step away from the harem where all the girls melt and are fine with whatever he does. I know we play these games to get away from life, but this is just the dev selling out. Relationships are about drama. About doing what's right but also making mistakes along the way. About getting your feelings hurt or hurting others... intentionally or not... It's about falling in love or taking care of the people close to you and maybe letting them down occasionally. Okay... I know... at the end of the day the dev should create whatever they want to create. If they are having fun and they enjoy what they are doing, then they should keep doing what makes them happy. I mean, who am I to judge anyone? But I am really not judging here; I am just trying to challenge the dev a little. They don't have to take my advice, and I am sure there are plenty of people who like this kind of game, but I think they have talent and I think they could create something really great.

Version: Chapter 2 (0.20) Pros: Good music, nice renders, attractive characters, backstory starts out decently, and there are some interesting concepts and relatable elements to explore. Cons: -The pacing is horrible, scene changes are moved between rapidly enough to give you whiplash, and montages are used in place of letting us experience what could be meaningful moments. I'm constantly thinking I missed something in this game when I haven't... it just entirely forgoes showing us progression at various points. Some dramatic/emotional elements also already feel rushed as they're already starting to happen while we barely know let alone have been given a chance to care about the characters. -The writing and the dialogue alternate regularly between bare bones and cringe-inducing (sometimes managing both at the same time). Aside from the occasional bright spot it's a strange mix of very cliche, overly reliant on pop-culture references, nearly robotic feeling, and sometimes what feels like just plain messages/thoughts straight from the author not bothering to disguise it well enough as something from a character. The story-telling often feels like being repeatedly hit over the head with messages and attempts at characterization rather than having it happen more organically. Almost nobody speaks remotely like an actual person in this game... it's like their main speech patterns all came from social media. When that's not going on, the dialogue ranges from bland to just plain strange or awkward. -Most of the female LIs we know enough about have quickly become anywhere from insufferable to just tolerable already. Progression in getting to know any of the characters is almost non-existent and more like having a list of traits/tropes dumped on the reader than letting us get to know the characters ourselves (some things we're even just told flat out and never shown). Most of the girls have this strange shallow idealistic streak running through them which can be odd and often comes across as either self-righteous or just plain selfish in some scenes. While in most games I end up liking the characters more as I get to know them so far it's been the opposite in this one which definitely wasn't the intention. -Animations are very basic and very little is done in the scenes thus far to make them at all sexy. -I went originally went into this expecting more realistic characters and situations after the author stated "I am trying to emulate real world situations and avoid porn logic." There's very little in the way of realistic here (a lot of quite the opposite). I was expecting way too much and that's on me. -The most criminal parts are we've got an MC set up in a manner in which he's incapable of forgetting the things that haunt him from his past because of his incredible memory but it's hardly ever shown/explored outside of a few references and every even possibly emotional moment, if one were actually given time and reason to be invested at this point, isn't even given room to breathe before being moved on from or ruined entirely. Overall: So far this is an extremely shallow game that desperately wants to convince you that it's not. Any story-driven game that doesn't have good enough writing to deliver a decent story has a fundamental problem (I have the same issue with certain other games that are extremely successful and people love, so take that as you will - some may find the writing style suits them for all I know). I can tell the intention is there but the execution is just lacking in so many ways currently. If there's any hope for this game's narrative it needs to lean way more heavily into the internal struggles of the MC and the military intrigue... they're the only elements that set it apart from being a really bad college-style dating sim with pretty pictures at this point. There are some very relatable elements to this game but they're wrapped up in a package that make it very hard to care about. Give this game a try for yourself (it's still short atm) and by all means support it if you do enjoy it and want to see it continue... just set your expectations appropriately (and here's hoping it gets better... it's still early so I wouldn't write if off just yet).

As of Ep. 2: In its current state, Fog Of War sets itself up to be an interesting narrative. The MC seems like a shallow character at first glance, but truly has some deeper struggles within him. The storyline seems interesting enough and already early in the story, presents an array of problems and struggles with each of the love interests. I will definitely keep my eye on this one!

It is not so easy to rate Fog of War, because it is very difficult for me to identify with a super chad like this MC. He is more of an action hero than a complex personality. The tragic war hero is probably the most used archetype there is for this kind of main character. And that's okay, you don't always have to reinvent the wheel. The LIs are very handsome, if a bit stereotypical. The firecracker, the nerd, the wannabe womaniser nobody takes quite seriously, the trusted veteran friend, there's little originality here and some characters aren't explored deeply enough to see them as anything more than extras for the MC to pose in front of. Everything is too much tailored to the MC for me. He is really the centre of the world and you wonder how all these protagonists could exist before he appeared, how they solved problems on their own, who they were friends with beforehand, every single woman feels immediately attracted and at ease around this huge and potentially troubled elite warrior. (Is he really though? He is quite the smooth operator.) In short, I feel there is a lot of context missing to make the world really come alive and not just be a backdrop for the actual plot, which has not quite started yet. Nevertheless, I played Ep. 1 of Fog of War in its entirety and had a good time. This is partly because various conflicts are slowly building up in the background and also because I know roughly what to expect from this kind of VN. The MC as a knight in white armour will have to give it his all, more perhaps than can be foreseen at the moment. This is the kind of existential drama/action flick I like to watch. If it has to be a chad, then at least one who sacrifices himself for his friends. Fog of War is not just a slice of life story, but also sifi, action and hopefully a dash of character development in the course of the plot. The MC has human depths that have yet to reveal themselves. And maybe in the end it will turn out that Fog of War is convincing as an action thriller. Then I would gladly overlook its shortcomings as a dating simulator.

Definitely one of the most original story lines I've read so far, and a breath of fresh air from the usual fare. Dialogue has zero flaws. Images are some of the best I've seen, on par with the professional ones who'd usually find in more mainstream galleries. Solid start to a solid VN. I'm looking forward to seeing more.