Ren'Py - Bright Past [v0.99.1] [Kosmos Games]

It is almost the perfect game. You have quest, you can choose the type of engagements you desire, it has an interesting story, good models, it has a little for everybody and the mix is good i can say

This game looks good, but when you end up playing it you realize how frustrating it is. I must say that my problem is not with playing with a female protagonist because I don't mind it so much but because of the overly repetitive grind forcing you to do it. The game tasks are huge and seem endless, and when you get to the end the reward is so low that you feel discouraged and soon feel that you have wasted your time playing this. The game so far does not get to be fun to play over time, as during the mid to late end content there is not much that can offer you, so it is not worth it.

You live with Valeria and Barbara, at the beginning of the game you have some content from them, which then becomes non-existent. You need courage so that the MC can be more exhibitionist or have sex, There comes a point in the game where this ends up being pathetic, because the courage from then on is useless, the MC needs to get aroused to do small repetitive sexual tasks and as for pregnancy, it has not yet been implemented. The MC also has few variations of clothing to be worn, so what is the point of increasing courage and other statuses if it will become useless by the end of the content?

There is no way not to say about the grind, the game has several characters to interact with, but there is little or almost no interaction with many of them. The reward as I said is not worth it, and the amount of repetition and boring tasks for you to accomplish is enormous. The game then ends up becoming boring that you have to spend most of your time managing the resources of the MC to be in a good mood, this ends up being extremely tiresome, and you still have hopes that the game will reward you in something that you end up being disappointed in the content you receive.

The game's story is something you won't care about or find all that boring; the MC dreams of becoming a successful singer, but also ends up falling into the world of prostitution. Not exactly that, but let's just say the game allows the MC to be a cheap slut. I really don't care to have to keep grinding in the story for the MC to be a singer, and as for her becoming a whore, it seems out of the norm. You don't know how boring it is to have to go to the studio to improve your vocal voice, rehearse with the band, practice with the guitar, seriously, what a boring game. I understand that this is the goal, but on the other hand many things have been left out. Do you grind in the basement task just to create a web sexcam studio? pathetic.

I don't like to give a game 1 star, but this game really stressed me out. As I said, it does not seem to be a bad game but when you play you end up getting very frustrated. The story, as much as I was angry, is okay, but the problem is the mechanics of the game and the high repetition of the grind and tasks being too long. So, I have to say that it is not worth it, because for this game to become enjoyable to play, it is necessary to make huge changes. I didn't even talk about the money, because without a moneycheat this game becomes unplayable.

The sex scenes in this game are bad, imperfect angles, bad positioning and not much good animation to enjoy. The models are okay, although there is no content with all of them. It's not worth it.

I used to love this game.
It seems to me this game became too large and lost its focus.
In my opinion it needs a complete revamp to take out the dead ends.

I jumped the last 5 updates because I lost interest and tried again on this 0.9 update and the first thing I noticed is that the english went down the drain.

Corruption requirements to advance suck.

Too lesbian focused even for my taste.

Devs bite more than they can chew.

3 stars for the start because I just stopped following it.

Bye girl, it was a pleasure.

Thank you and the best of luck.

Version: 0.9

I like the plot of the game and the graphics. I only have one problem, I can't get the stars up. I know that lose many catds, I don't know if I'm right.
Anyone can tell me how do I do for put stars up?

Thanks for the game UncleVT.

Fun game to play. On a side note, you could maybe make pricing a bit more realistic. But all in all one of the better games in its genre. Played it for days Yes, lots of content (eventhough its not finished) I will keep track of updates.

Love this game. Best game I've played. Models look really pretty. The story is good and kinky. Lots to do and I love the sandbox feel to the game. Sometimes I feel it could do with a little more custimization for Alex ie. going for certain kinks etc but it's perfectly good as it is really. Just waiting for the next update now so I can continue my journey

Love the style and complexity, also I really like that the MC is female and exploring the bi thing. Hope to continue with it as I see a lot of potential. A lot of characters and things to do, this can actually be a little bit overwhelming. The text is good to, funny sometimes, but mostly the same as other games.

A mile wide and an inch deep.

Such a shame as there's a lot to like about this game but it's lack of focus and linearity hurts the pacing massively.
Where you have interesting catalysts for relationships you're quickly met with endless dead-ends.
Where you have interesting tasks you're quickly met with arbitrary quota filling grind.
Where you have interesting characters you're quickly met with a lack of forethought on direction for the characters.
So you just end up constantly being initially excited but then blue-balled or just plain boner-killed..
This just makes the pacing just plain not enjoyable.

I really do believe that the final product could be fantastic but my major concern would be that the dev has bitten off more than they can chew and spread themselves way too thin to realistically ever bring this game to it's full potential and give this game the payoff it needs.

For now it's a 3 star from me based really on potential more than anything. Could end up 2 star, could end up 4 star. For now I'd advise waiting... although evidence suggests that could be for a long time.

Good luck Dev.

Initial releases were pretty appealing but as it progressed too many characters whether actually part of the main and sub storylines or npc..Dev does a lot of poor focus for sticking on storyline/quests for example it's been about 4 updates since the revealing of Val being lesbian and longer since for any growth for Jane or Amanda with Alex. When I play a game it's smooth for the transitioning not a cluster which will deteriorate the player base.

Some decent models and a cople of sex scene that feed exclusively on the context. Not bad the writing.

On the other hand:
Pointless grinding for overpriced stuff. A hint system that makes you think there is a lot of content when you see all those dots, untill you find out that many of those dots are events are small conversations that wont lead to anything of sexual nature until 2035.

Pointlessly grinding stats for a lot of stuff taht gets used in 1 or 2 specific events, but when the girl is getting raped, you can not run with all the grinding in speed, can not fight despite all the grind in combat or strength, not retoric to defend yourself, not charm to make your out out of the situtation.

Pointless grind of insane amont of repetitions (25 vocal training, i think 15 guitar lessons and 15 rehearsals) for concert questline, that has maybe 1 sex scene when training arts adn that sex scene has 1 render, or 2 renders with the same posture from 2 angles.

You invite girls to the concert and for some reason all you get is a kiss and thats it. It is at least 15 days of grinding for that for a couple of nudes.


The game is more interesting at the beggining whe you are still unlocking repeatables. Once you are done with Valerie and Barbara the game has pretty much nothing to offer, and Valerie and Barbara dont offer nothing extraordinary, but keeps you going.

I would say Dev run out of ideas, or decided to stretch the game beyond his capabilities, purposedly or not, i dont know.

I really liked this game at first. Lively interesting characters, a simple but tasteful plot, adequate quality of models and rendering.

But the more I played, the more irritated I got. The main drawback of the game is the grind, which is actively supported by the lack of internal logic. Game has unbelievable tons of grind, its kill everything. A box of six eggs for $ 42, a towel for 200, a bottle of wine for 210, a car for 10 towels or 10 bottles of wine, the inability to watch porn more than once a day and the inability to increase lust more than 7 (5 for porn and 2 for an event in the library), while in the cafe toilet, we need 8 and no less. Why, we have a sports uniform sold separately, and sports shoes separately (I never found where to buy it, there are no shoes in a clothing store or on the Internet, then my logic goes on)?

After 1,5hour game turned into a constant repetition of the same actions without any progress in the plot just in order to save money for food in monotonous shifts in a cafe and first pay a debt of 600 bucks, then buy a laptop for 1000, then cosmetics, then again eggs and cigarettes. then two bottles of wine ... a grind-grind-grind, after which the plot and characters are completely lost. And even cheat mod not helps us well.

At the end, I absolutely do not understand why you need cards that are permanently activated, if you already have 7-8 lusts, you pick up a card and it burns out for now. Why not make them manually activated at least once from the collection menu, so that the player does not need to memorize locations with maps, then, if necessary, raise the lust to 8, make dozens of unnecessary mouse clicks to return to this location and pick up a map, raise the indicator, and only then ...

There's a lot about this game that I like, the story and writing are alright, the girls look great (mostly).... but what destroys any chance of me having fun with this are two things.
1. The grind, the grind, the almost unbearable grind.
2. A sandbox game (especially when it's not finished, so a lot of content is missing) NEEDS a proper and working in game hint mechanism, that stops you from constantly hitting a wall, without knowing what you need to do exactly to continue.
And yes, there are walkthroughs, but honestly, with those I still can't find the patience to grind through this again, especially considering how often my saves just don't work, when a new version hits.

I know not everyone has a problem with this kind of sandbox gameplay, like I do and some for whatever reason I can't fathom, also don't mind grinding, even if it is boring as fuck, but a hint system wouldn't destroy what those people like and would help me and others who feel like me, so much to really enjoy this game. It's not like you would have to use it (or eventual cheats to pass the grind).

As it is, I can't rate this higher than 2 stars. It has A LOT of potential, if only some quality of life changes would be implemented.

Great models. Writing include MC's thoughts which for me is a big plus.

If not for the grind and lack of proper hints and item descriptions it would be a great game. And the mood system is kind of annoying.

Decent renders, writing, etc.

All held back by ridiculous grind. Even with a walkthrough the game is just tortuous to play.

Also, even though it's tagged with Vaginal Sex, its clear the game expects you to go the lesbian route.

Just a look at the male models can tell you that much. The female models are well done across the board. The male ones, look slap-dash at best.

Interesting game with a clever plot. User-friendly interface helps to enjoy the gameplay. Support for the Russian language is a big plus. It is interesting to read the text and follow the story. The theme of rock music is revealed gradually, giving charm and charm to the game. I have been following the game since the first version was released.

I am enjoying this game so much!!

PROS :

• The characters, especially girls are bomb!! Barbara is the best of all for me. I love how you could modified the MC with tattoo, i wish we could 'modified' her a bit more in the future.
• The scenes are hot especially the lesbo scenes
• It does not take long for the MC to turn into the dark side
• The pace of the story is also great, liking the character development.
• I don't mind the grinding, because you have a lot to do in the game so you could focus on other event that not grindy while preparing for event that req some stats

I don't have any real complaints about the game so far, i enjoyed this game to the bone and definitely could not wait for more

If you could handle several tasks at the same time this game will test your organizing and planning skill

The renders look great, the game is full of characters and cool events that MIGHT happen

The problem is it feels like you have to be a complete masochist to enjoy this gameplay, and none of the things you want to happen will actually happen. I don't understand why anyone likes to spend hours and hours navigating a UI for such little reward.

And when you finally think you're going to get a reward, the developers think it is "fun" to encounter a last minute additional requirement.

Case in point: there's a place you can go swimming. Great, "I need a swimsuit." Makes sense. In this universe, bathing suits cost several days pay. So you get up in the morning, being careful to make the 8am breakfast so you don't have to spend all your money eating. Then you go outside, smoke, go to work, wait until 11am, go to the back, change clothes, go back to the front, click, "work," 4 times, go outside, smoke, go inside, eat ice cream, click, "work," one or two more times. Click outside, click smoke, click neighborhood, click home, make sure you are in the kitchen around for 21:40 or you'll miss dinner. Eat, then click around the house to look at things you can't do. Then go to bed. Rinse & repeat for like a week. Click outside, click bus stop, click subway, click map, click downtown, click mall, click clothing, click the girl, oh wait that was a mistake, you can't do anything with this girl, go back click the basket, and click on a bathing suit. FINALLY! you think, looking forward to to the next day.

Next day, get up, smoke, eat breakfast, go outside, go to street, next street, swimming area. Click swim or sunbathe. "I need a beach towel." Congratulations, you get to do it all over again. WHY does anyone think that sequence would be fun for anyone on the planet?

It's not

Positive Points:
+The story with the goal of being a singer and living different situation around the city.
+Lots of different character with their own personality and story .
+3d model is pretty good.
+Sandbox with lot of different places.
+Sidequest that give you more content.

Neutral Points:
*The vision of lesbian relationship is totally cliché, full of dildo and strap-on, everything is about penetration for the dev.
*Some strange reaction of the MC due to natural courage system. She's okay to get fucked on a gloryhole but touching herself in the park at night is too much for her, try again later when you have suck an unknow truck driver for no reason.

Negative Points:
-The grind is quite important, hard to get money and everything is quite expensive.
-No or poor animation for the sex scene
-Unbalanced character developement, some are near the end (Barbara or Ruby), some have low developement (Sister or the bus guy that help the MC)
-Natural Courage mechanic forced you to have sex experience or sex relationship with specific character destroying your choice or other game mechanic like sexual orientation (if you re not bi-sexual you progression is quite impossible. Version 82.1 give you more choice without getting stuck but not enough)
-Anarchic developement (see in conclusion).
-No real men character for straight relationship.
-The integration and reaction with the rape scene is a complete disaster. (Scene can be avoid since ver82.1)
-The hud that change every two update and is a total mess. with error in the hint.

Conclusion:
I play bright past since a moment (1.5year) I had a really good time on it but I'm really afraid of the developement direction. I think there is no plan for the story and the dev are unhappy with the work already done. Since 1 year they do a lot of correction in the story or mechanics already finished. Each new update you can lost hours of grind, revive past scene that has been modified, crash in your save or in the case of the last update : no old save compatibility. Also can have unlogical change in the story, for exemple Valerie is at the begining in a straight relationship with her boyfrind, telling Ruby she has no interest for lesbian experience but instead of a progressiv "corruption" in a new update she suddenly become lesbian, broke up with her boyfriend and had a relationship with her female dance teacher from nowhere.
For all this reason I put only 3/5 stars and do not recommand to play the game till dev isn't finished or more stable.

Test done on version 0.82.1

I would say top 5 games with female protagonist. Beautiful story with many characters and lots of sex and andventures. Now has even an easier guide to what scenes and how to get them. I do hope dev doesnt get bored or quits in half way, there is so much to explore and do, so much more potential to be the best game playing as female.

Bad stuff is the money, and getting them, so much farming at start it gets boring, also really dont know what to start doing first cos there is lots of stuff and quests to do and explore.

5/5 Game, hope dev continues to deliver us new updates with loads of fun and sexy stuff

Great game, a bit of a grind at the beginning to get going but once you get mid game everything seems to be easier and content the is great, can't wait to see the different endings once the game gets that far