Nephilim

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1 star for blatant plagiarism. This game is basically a compilation of other games. Entire arcs are completely ripped off. This dev has no shame. Plagiarism aside, it's pretty terrible character writing. MC is supposed to come off as some kind of mysterious badass guy with a tragic back story, but he doesn't. He's kind of a douche. All the women in the game have to constantly give him praise and attention. MC could really use a fedora to go along with his modern metro-sexual haircut and clothing. He gives off real "Supreme Gentleman" vibes. You can tell the dev is an insecure guy with no clue how women actually work..

There's a lot that's great here, and the game is worth playing. The art is 9/10 very solid. It's clearly where this game shines. There are only minor opportunities to improve lighting and odd jumps in how much lighting there is between animations and still images in the same scene. Overall, very, very good. I don't understand why the dev doesn't focus here and have someone else do the writing. The writing is 4/10, mostly due to repetitive characters, poor understanding of pacing, and failure to use sex scenes to advance character and plot. A great example of the characters is the pirate twins. Pearl is a deep thinker, with unexpected insights and ferocious combat skills. From the moment she starts her island adventure date with the MC, she becomes a hapless damsel who only thinks about cock. Kira is a quick-tempered pessimist deeply scarred by her father's abuse. From the moment she starts her island adventure date with the MC, she becomes a hapless damsel who only thinks about cock. These are two of the most interesting characters in the story, at least initially, but they become bland in the end. Having the MC in their life seems to take away whatever fundamental spark and beauty most of his partners have. The story starts as a slow burn, with what seemed like 50 kissing scenes before anything more happened. Later on, it's a nonstop onslaught of one fuck after another. There are also very few threesomes or orgies, as the dev made every woman straight and jealous of each other. They accept that the MC has other women, but they're not a true harem working together to make him happy. That limits the heights the dev can actually build towards, making the pacing even clunkier. Last issue, all the sex scenes are the same. There are few kinks differentiating the women, and the women all enjoy sex exactly the same way. It's odd. Well, that's enough bitching about what doesn't work. I still gave the game 4 stars, and it deserves them, but I'll not sugar-coat the weaknesses. In the end, I'm glad I played and I look forward to more.

The mc is too wanna be edgy and every other female charcter glazes him way too much, and worst of all the sex scenes are average as hell, the story is kinda interesting and the dialoge is fine but the characters are extremly one dimesional

I tried to play it but its just not fun,I did a quick play through pretty far and I couldnt find any point where the story,characters,dialogue or scenes really interested me,even the choices seemed useless really and overall the action and world were pretty basic,maybe some people like this and good for them but I wont try it again,the problems are structural.

I'm struggling to decide if I should be rating this game or the other games that the dev keeps ripping off. No idea if the dev is working out any kind of deals or at least getting permission to use nearly direct copies of other stories in their own or not but it's dumb either way. I already played those, I didn't want to play them again. Outside of that, most of the girls are attractive and the writing is ok, but there is WAY too much going on. Another case of "every girl is a LI and we've given up on an actual plot". There are so many girls and so many side stories that it's impossible to get time with any of them on any semi-regular basis. I'd be happy to see this get back on track at some point, but I'm not holding my breath. Will probably give it up for a while and check on it again after a few updates. Disappointing.

Version 0.6.2 Rating: 3.7/5 First, I would like to say that this game is worth playing. The lore is engaging, and the characters are interesting. Of course, the game also has its drawbacks, which affected my rating. Pros: - An engaging and interesting world. - Nice character models and good animations. - Long playtime, even though the game is unfinished. - Many different characters make the world feel alive. Cons: Although the world is interesting, the game's focus on romance means most of the text is about relationships rather than the plot. Additionally, the world's existence is relatively short (unless this is intentional), as 6,000 years is not a long time for a world to exist. - The main character (MC) develops slowly and is not particularly intelligent. He focuses more on women than on his revenge or the reasons behind the tragedy that befell him. Given his aptitude for learning magic, it's disappointing that he has only mastered two elements so far: wind and earth. Not good. - The narrative style is a bit off, which unfortunately makes the game boring. - Harem: I'm a big fan of harems, but unfortunately, there is a discrepancy between the concept of a harem and the scenes shown here. The MC easily expands his harem; he even has wives. Yet, his behavior is strangely monogamous, especially with Eliza. He only hugs her in public. You could say he sticks to her like glue. First of all, she is not yet the MC's wife. Second, she is jealous, not very sweet, and a little annoying. Her love seems possessive and selfish, not pure and sweet. This mismatched harem theme causes you to skip most of the conversations and intimate scenes after a while. - Number of characters: With so many named characters, it would be useful to have a codex listing the characteristics of each character you meet, or at least the members of the harem. Summary: In summary, the game has an interesting concept and well-planned lore. It even has interesting characters. Unfortunately, the emphasis on romantic scenes causes the game to lose its adventurous nature, making it boring because it slows down too much. Of course, not everything is boring. Most scenes and actions related to Eliza are boring. In contrast, the action on the island was interesting and developed the characters. There are still plenty of storylines to develop and explain, so I think the rating will increase as the game transitions from the economic/peaceful stage to the adventure/war stage.

It's clear that dev has no idea about any fantasy beside fantasy pictures from someone like B. Vallejo. It's just another one of those slice of life AVN about MC bedding 'em all. And that's where my review should end. 'Cause what we read is a story about modern day world. With modern day situations (literally). With modern day talk. About modern day problems. Well, if you call it a problem when extremely polite spineless so-called male seducing every girl around him with one or two strings.

I waited on this game for a long time as I was unsure if I would like it or not. The reviews were interesting and I thought by reading the negative ones that it was going to be just visual with no story. I am so glad I tried it myself and I am not sure if those giving it ones or twos could be happy with any game. This one is special in a lot of ways. One of my favorite elements is that you have choices on being good or evil (not just one off choice and your stuck on that path ether, you can choose on the given situation). You also have your choice on who to romance and who not too. It does not force you into relationships with people you may not be interested in and warns you on major choices as well. So if you want to do a solo romance playthrough you can or you can have your ever growing harem. I also dispute that women just throw themselves at the MC for no reason. This is just not how it goes and there are some situational things that speed up the romance options too thinking of the island, or manipulation in the early chapter. If your looking for a lot of Kinky scenes this is probably not for you as this is more vanilla in the love making department with some playful bdsm banter from time to time. So there might be more of this in the future, however I would guess if there is the creator would make it optional and your choice. One of the things I love the most about this VN. The graphics, the story, and the writing are all amazing and I have not wanted to skip anything. There are a few areas where I felt it could of been sped up a little, but that was more me wanting that in anticipation. Overall this is definitely deserving of a top 10 VN and I am looking forward to the next update already.

I was excited to try this game out, the renders look really good, the premise seems fairly promising. I didn't expect for both to be ruined by some of the cringiest writing I've ever experienced. I'm usually pretty forgiving when it comes to writing, but this time it was just too much. Somehow comparable to some of the worst fanfictions you can find online. I don't know how you pull that off. The "cinematic" direction that goes with the writing is so amateur that I couldn't even skip the dialogue and find any enjoyment. Just a really miserable experience that I dropped far sooner than expected.

This is the best game I've ever played so far! The story is incredible, the characters are perfect and the sex scenes are sexy, but most of all... The updates are not super short! With how long it takes for this game to be updated - which i'll admit is not nearly as long as some games i've played, thank god - the time it takes the finish the update is wonderful and very lengthy which is what i love to see. Good job, BuuPlays!

Ok, I haven’t put my review on here yet, but I will now for V0.5.9. When I first started playing this game, I was hooked. The story was interesting and really good; I liked it a lot. But once the whole Island arc started even a little before it started, that’s when things began to go downhill for me. Every single girl on the island is either crushing on the MC or crushing on the MC. Even if you choose the friendship path, they still hint at sex or getting laid. It’s getting stupid at this point you might as well just go for the romantic route with every LI. Anyway, enough yapping, time for pros and cons. Pros: Really attractive LIs Really good renders The story is pretty good too (though the Island arc dragged on for too long) Not too many grammar errors, and the ones there are easy to understand Good animations Cons: Every girl crushes on you no matter what. Even if you reject them, they still hint at sex or getting laid, like I said. Choices don’t matter much. The point system feels pointless, the only time it matters is if your intimidation score is too low, which just locks you out of that option and forces another. But this is my review, I can judge the game how I want, so yeah, hope it’s helpful!

I felt compelled to leave a review due to the mixed ratings when I decided to give this AVN a chance 10 months ago. What I’d like to point out that is missing from a lot of reviews is that this is a fantasy setting with its own rules, politics, magic, characters, etc and draws inspiration from familiar tropes and reinterprets them to create a truly beautiful world of immersion. I’m going to use the TV show Game of Thrones as a comparison throughout this review. I’m not discussing how the show ended, only using it as a comparison in pop culture. It’s widely agreed upon that the initial allure of Westeros, the countless narrative mysteries, and feeling of familiar tropes told in a fantasy setting is what made the GoT experience so memorable. That same allure is what you can expect in Nephilim! Strap in fantasy worldbuilding fans, you’re in for one memorable ride in Midomir! TL;DR, Nephilim is an intricate fantasy setting and only 1 out of the 5 continents have been explored as of this review. There’s a lot of content already included and there’s still several years of future content planned as the game updates monthly which is a gift from the developer. If you like Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, A Way of Kings , etc then you’ll certainly appreciate the complex setting of this world as well! Take a break from reality and modern day issues/thinking, and get lost in a truly beautiful and immersive setting that continually puts the main character in challenging situations. His journey of discovery: origins, personality growth, and overcoming his physical weaknesses makes it a truly compelling narrative. - Story, Originality, Renders, Sound, Playability, Performance, Bugs, Animations, Grammar, Amount of content - ALL = 5/5 If you’re feeling… a kinky type of way… and just want to get in and get out, then this is likely not the game for you. However, if you’re looking for an adventure with a main character that is young, reckless, flawed, powerful, and following the classic chosen one trope then look no further! It’s similar to the dragons in GoT. You know, or at least think you know, what’s coming in the future after they’re born. The main character’s origin as a nephilim is exactly the same as players who have a familiarity with those supernatural beings believe they know where the story is headed. However, the narrative in this AVN has its own twists and turns that make it an original reinterpretation of what a nephilim is. The main character shouldn’t be a level 1 god tier mode celestial in the first chapter because that would be boring for the players. Instead, his journey challenges his character flaws and touches on Destiny vs Free Will narrative trope in a compelling way. Alright, thanks for briefly explaining the world and the main character feeling familiar yet unique, but what about the women? Again, using GoT as an example, if the show didn’t have Cersei or Danearys then viewers wouldn’t have been so captivated. Nephilim contains a lot of women to create rich tapestry which encourages the protagonist, and the players, to fall in love more than once to drive the narrative forward. Most of the women have their own agency, motivations, and draw inspiration from the classics. There’s forbidden love, fated love, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, amnesia, second chance, opposites attract, childhood friends, and so many more I’m sure I’m leaving out! Again, the developer uses familiar tropes, and gives the women their own quirks to make them special enough to resonate with different readers. I won't say every woman is S Tier, but they’re certainly not copy/paste personalities. The women have a different cadence in their dialogue, humor, and emotional payoff for an effective use of ‘show not tell’. An example, unlike other cultures in the setting, the Luxeron women live in a patriarchal society so they put a value on their virginity. Is that tropey? Yes, but it’s effectively used for this fantasy setting because it explains the confused/intrigued behavior for both commoners and highborns when confronted with their feelings for the main character. What makes this guy so special? Is he the one I’ve been waiting for? Why couldn’t he just be like other ‘normal’ guys, them I understand!? Things were going so well for me until he made me start to feel… things? I'm twice your age and lost my virtue, how can you be interested in someone like me? This type of consistent emotional setup and payoff rewards the players for the time they spend getting to know the women and makes the relationship(s) with them feel earned rather than, ‘Click Yes to Accept.’ Lastly, the narrative is also familiar but original. Again, using GoT where entire seasons don’t feel enjoyable until an emotional payoff later on. It’s very easy to react to something you don’t like, but I encourage new (and existing) players to remember that authors often guide the narrative for a specific purpose. A lot of negative comments and reviews are focused on the current chapter. Is Chapter 6 my favorite? No, but it’s not as bad as the reviews make it out to be. I’m going to reference GoT for one final time, just like when Jon Snow ventured North Beyond the Wall in Season 1… who knew the decision to stay with the Nights Watch instead of deserting would lead to the extraordinary events in the later seasons? There’s a larger narrative purpose for Aruna island, the MC’s fated journey there, and his role among their society is not yet fully known by the players. The story currently is in Season 1, end of Chapter 6 of 7-8, and the developer has planned 3 total seasons. We've barely begun to scratch the surface of the narrative and by comparison to Jon Snow our main character just set out beyond the wall. The current version, v5.9, hinted at some of these potential future plot reveals that I won’t spoil, but it’s clear that the developer has a well thought out narrative with several ups and downs which is how a truly memorable fantasy story becomes legendary.

So I've played a fairly large amount of AVNs and this is by far my favorite one. Between the expansive world-building, great storytelling, a wide variety of lovely (and some not so lovely) women that will entice and enamor you, this game will leave you lacking for nothing. Is it a straight up, get your rocks off gooner game. No. It's a story. An adventure and you will get the most enjoyment treating it as such. Is there a lot of sex in it. Yes, and all of it you can pick and choose at your desire. You want all the ladies. Have all the ladies. You want some of the ladies. Take only some of the ladies. Seriously. Give this game a fair shake.

I always download and play this because I like the premise and the renders, mostly, but I also always close it after a short time because I just can't cope with a few of the issues. It's visually great, the animations are getting better which is cool, locations and chracters are great looking, except for the goddess of desire who looks a little like an amateur cartoon drawing of a sexy lady, with a weird angular face with weird big lips plonked in the middle, it's not great. But that's one of many, and the many are way better than that one, just ironic that the goddess of desire... is the least desirable. The basic story is great, it's big, has loads going on, it's a great premise for a whole load of fun shenanigans. But it's unfocused, and everything is resolved way too easily leading to no sense of tension, character growth or anything else that a good story needs... I could give a fuck about any given moment because... it'll all work out fine. Everything is beyond predictable, I could skip every word and miss none of the plot twists or drama... because there are none. But the story plots like having your own island of amazon women, meeting godesses, royal bodyguard, revenge etc. are all great for a Harem game. This honestly could be the best game on here with some work put in to fix the really big problems. The worst part, which means I keep shutting it down early is the writing, I touched on how it adds nothing, but it is also utterly, simperingly sickening when it comes to dialogue. Every single woman in this thing is a copy paste of the one before her, even when you finally get a character who begins with something different, hates your guts, she ends up exactly the same as the others. They're all, bar none, meek, obsessed with the MC, desperate for his cock, and can't stop talking about blooming, which is annoying. There's issues of language in there too like saying they're going to breed the MC, which suggests either they have a cock and balls we don't know about or the writer doesn't know what breeding means. They all or at least mostly look great, and are very varied in appearance, but they're all the same in personality, completely boring. I lied actually the worst part is the MC. He is written with even less personality than the increasingly many love interests. No personality at all is fine, for a game, you insert your own personality over the top and voila, it's you in the game. But that requires personality and flavour based choices, so you can feel yourself, in the game, doing what you'd do. This has none. So that part doesn't work. Also he doesn't have no personality, he in fact has one trait, literally only one, and that is he's obsessed with eating his own cum, does it often and remarks on how delicious it is even. So basically you are forced into being a snowball lover, regardless of if like me, you find that horrific and want to gouge out your eyes and drink acid after witnessing such a spectacle. I lied again though, he has 2 traits... He's also a simpering windbag who won't shut the fuck up about how much he loves every woman he just met 5 seconds ago and treasures them endlessly. It's torturous.

Lots of good reviews here (the ones with lots of likes) so I'm not sure what more I can add but I'll reiterate some of what's been already said. The author told a fairly compelling story for the first 2 to 3 chapters and then it all goes to shit. It's like the author got tired of the story they were telling and just switched to telling dozens of side stories with barely any depth to them. So the game is good for the first 2 to 3 chapters and then goes off the rails. The game becomes an unfocused mess after chapter 3. Half the love interests I didn't care about. I got bored with the game the longer it went on (not good). After a while I simply didn't care about anyone I was talking to (a terrible thing to happen in a visual novel). So the author destroyed their own game IMO by abandoning what made the game good in the first few chapters. I don't see how the author can recover from the mess and hole they dug for themselves. There's an old saying "fish or cut bait". I recommend cutting bait at this point and starting a new game with a focused story.

This game is hard to rate fairly. It started as nearly a 5 for the first few chapters, with good story, tension and characters. However, at some point it seems the main story has gotten lost. It’s like a bad rpg game that has you focused on doing all the 1000 side quests, perhaps because you need as many allies as possible for the end battle? Kind of spoilers below You have the main quest with the MC and Eliza and the BBE who destroyed his family. Then you have the side story with the friends from his youth, the side story with his young grasshopper friend from the temple after his parents died where he trained, then the royal family storyline, the adventurer guild, then the pirate story line, then the Navy admiral side story and now the Lost Island story which has lasted the longest and could have been its own game (and as others have mentioned resembled another game). I’m sure I’m missing a few others as well. Each of these stories adds 2 to 6 more LIs. We have to be well over 20 but I lost count. The rendering has improved some but that doesn’t make up for the lost focus. The sex scenes are decent but all feel fairly vanilla and the samish now and I usually skip through since I don't care for most of the LI’s at this point. Give me Eliza and the pirates and I’d be happy. Hell, even throw in the princess or the admiral but at this point everyone has become meaningless. So basically, if you want a fuckfest game, the second half of this VN will suit your needs. If you want the game to continue with decent storytelling and tension like the first part, I’d say you are out of luck unless the dev regains focus. Personally I’d rate this a 2 as I’m in the later camp or give it a 4 if in the former camp. I’m going up to three though because the dev is at least productive and consistent as well.

Gorgeous renders, Interesting, different and engaging characters with nice supporting cast and their impact on the story. Nice and riveting story so far, awaiting impatiently for the next episode. Continue the great work.

What an amazing fucking game! No repetitive or bad renders, no exaggerated overly cartoonish expressions, awesome story with the perfect balance of sorrow joy adventure action! Oh and the dev modified the generic Dav models to such extent that they look like whole different characters! Holyshit I'm beyond impressed! And absolute consistency too! I was shocked that I didn't write a review of this before but better late than never!

Part of this game is almost copy pasted from another game. Not sure if it is the same dev for both games but damn the plagiarism is real. So many reused phrases and quotes from tv "culture" like the obligatory "stick em with the pointy end" and many others that feel really out of place. For me it just adds the kind of cheese you always get today, no originality just the recycled ghost of a laugh that isn't laughing at the current gag just the memory that it was mildly funny the first time around. Lots of good looking characters though and the h scenes for the most part get progressively better, though the blowjobs are weak. The voyeurism gets better later on but by that point it's a borderline fuckfest so a little tease here and there is almost irrelevant and a lot of it early on is like the tease of a tease of voyeurism so it doesn't quite scratch the itch. One annoying thing that later seems to get rectified is you are constantly given the choice of romance path or not when you make a decision. By the 30th time I've picked the romance path option for Eliza it should be pretty clear I want to choose her romance path.... I'll give it 4 stars because it is better than average by a good margin though it's more 6-7 out of 10 than a 4/5.