Cradle: Beyond the Veil

Great VN. 10/10 for me

Por favor agreguen también el español

good job

• My overall rating: 8/10
• Animations: 10/10
• Lewd content & characters: 9/10
• Story & visuals: 8/10
• Audio: 4/10

The plot is original and interesting, though I found the introduction to in-game Cradle quite jarring; the MC dives head first into something he didn't understand at all. And even now I'm not 100% sure what Cradle is or pretends to be. Also, the dialogue with the first female character you meet should be more understandable. I get the stylistic choice, but I wouldn't intentionally make her dialogue harder to read. Other than that, the writting is pretty good. The dev wants to leave the typical structure of AVNs behind and subvert expectations; I'm intrigued and want to see where it leads.

Okay, animations and lewd scenes: They're really good. Best part about the game. Sound design: Not so much. First of all, the music often glitches out when you roll back. And even without that, sometimes it's eerily quiet and sometimes, in contrast, there's SFX for stuff you wouldn't expect to have SFX. The sound design could use an overhaul imo. The visuals are pretty good, but for what the game wants to be, I can feel the limitations imposed by the 3D environments the renders are shot in. Other AVNs do a better job at hiding this.

Verdict: Not bad! It definitely sets itself apart from the competition and has decent quality, but there are still kinks the dev needs to work out before this game can ascend to awesomeness status.

Trying it out, and a few comments that had to be made right away: 

1) the made up elven language is annoying

2) saggy boobs? wtf? all the females have unfortunate boobs

3) the whole art style comes across as washed-out and diffused. It is not pleasant.

The story is pretty clever so far, I like the set up it'll be Interesting to see where it goes! NSFW scenes.. This art style you can't go wrong they're great quality. Characters seem kinda cliche? bit predictable (minus the elf she's very well thought out), i also am aware it's only the first chapter so looking forward to seeing their future development.

8/10 Great game so far! Enjoyable. 

good job

游戏现已支持中文，感兴趣的朋友可以尝试一下，同时感谢作者为我们带来优秀的作品🙏🙏🙏

Playing version 0.2.3b, I've encountered twice so far in my playthrough (just got to the VR world) that the BGM doesn't loop, and it seems to be a universal bug that the music stops playing when you roll back, unless you roll all the way back to the frame where the music started and then roll forward again.

你们有更新计划吗？

I'm just finish the 0.2.2 but why in black screen???????😊😊😊 keep it update

I think this is a very potential work. I hope this work can go smoothly. Come on, I can't wait to see the next chapter.

This has a very good start. I am looking forward to the next update. 

Solid story, solid renders, solid animation. 

Holy peak

Played 0.2:
- Overall renders are very good, minimal to no clipping

- Longer animations / scenes are good, smaller inbetween ones, (like putting a pin into a grenade), feel useless? They dont really add things in my opinion

- Story overall didnt catch me yet. It could have been shortened for the beginning or explained simpler. I sat there thinking .. "yeah, uh-uh, okay. Why not just say everything exists because of ***?"

- Staying positive about future updates

ovo!!!

love the graphics and good storytelling so far. I can see many story paths from this beginning. Can’t wait to see where you take your story. 

A few important notes:

As some of you mentioned, this is really more like a technical demo. I must admit that it really is. If we can call it story, it was mostly to tie things up. Plot here - is just a side cut of prologue, more likely to show the technical quality to expect in shot demo. That is why it looks like a harsh. Main plot begins in further update.

For those familiar with Brutalisk’s work, you know he’s found his audience through a lot of trial and exploration to see what resonates best. Some of you might not even be aware of his less kinky projects, simply because they’re not as widely known. We believe that visual novel players, like both of us, are a different audience—one that prefers intimate scenes that feel natural within the story, without being overly harsh. That’s exactly what you can expect from us, and it doesn’t change or reflect on Brutalisk’s other work.

From the very beginning, we decided that we really wanted to create something different from Brutalisk’s usual content, even if it meant sacrificing some popularity—or at least that’s what we thought. In fact, we expected people to ask, ‘Could we expect any heavy kinks, please?’ instead of the other way around.

With that in mind, just wait for the second part, and maybe your questions will answer themselves. Brutalisk also sends his regards and agrees with most of your feedback.