TLDR: Holy Moly, what a ride, this game is AMAZING , 5/5 stars! Hands down the best futa game I've ever played, with the scifi setting and world building being just as good! It took me many many sessions to complete the available content, if you catch my drift lol.
Expanded Review Below:
Story / Characters:
The story and world building are expertly crafted, and the pacing is spot on. Each of the characters fits into the world in their own unique way, each with their own unique personalities, likes / dislikes, and roles.
You can choose to visit many of the characters below as your primary action each day, and this expands your relationship with that character. Each of these scenes is lengthy, with intelligent dialogue and intriguing plot-lines that keep your attention. All of the science fiction tech makes sense, and has explanations on how things work, which is a major must for a scifi game. Scifi games that don't explain how things work in the world, turn me off, so I'm glad to see this level of attention paid to the world building.
There is money, and some other mechanics including stats in the game, however these don't see a ton of use just yet in the current version, apart from some affect on dialogue. The developer has a very clear plan and timeline for each of the parts (1, 2 and 3), including fleshing out the mechanics, and I'm really excited after playing this version (4.5) to play all three parts when they are complete.
Very rough descriptions of each non-minor futa character below for context in review.
Ginny (Bar Owner on PSX): Punk Rebel who owns the bar in the game. MC is indebted to her early on, creating a unique dom / sub dynamic.
Amira (Head of Security on Despina): Ex-military shredded rough dom, knows her away around a firearm. You can visit her on the ship, and go on relevant missions with her to learn more about her background.
Lise (Engineer on Despina): MY FAVORITE GIRL <3, muscled redhead who likes her machines, and keeps the Despina flying. Her personality is lighthearted and bubbly, and her model is PERFECT. You can assist her on a few different missions, and develop your relationship further on each. While you can't go as far yet as I'd like with her in this update, day 3 is coming in the pipeline very soon.
Iris (Medical Officer on Despina): Stern and mature Doctor, with a...particular taste in boys. There is a particular scene with Iris where she asks the MC a question about the other characters, that I REALLY liked, and hope the MC's answer is brought up in future dialogue.
Pike (Mine Mechanic): Mechanic in the PSX mines, she is busy fixing up mechs and working on keeping the whole mining operation running. You can visit her and help her out with the machines, or in other ways...lol. She is the shortest of the futa characters, but she's got height where it counts.
Tessa (Logistics Officer on Despina): The curviest and girthiest of the individuals on the Despina, she manages logistics on the ship, and like the others you can choose to visit her a few times to get closer to her. Tessa has a motherly dynamic (depending on your dialogue), that sets this character apart, and takes the hottness to the next level for me.
Markala (Port Officer on PSX): Curvy blue alien, and tallest character in the game at 7 feet tall. You can get numerous jobs from her outside of working on the Despina, with each of these jobs leading your character into unique and sticky situations, including some fun with Markala herself.
Visuals / Renders / Audio:
The environments and models simply blew me away. I'll start with the models, as their designs really impressed me! In the futa genre of games, we normally don't get very good renders, the models in other games typically look like a woman with a penis glued on.
I can happily say that is NOT the case in Star Periphery, each of the models were expertly crafted, their proportions, skin tone and textures, everything is seamless and and check all the boxes for me. All of the characters have very pretty faces, and make-up that matches. Lise, being my favorite model of all the characters. The MC is the perfect balance of boyish / feminine for a futadom game, and the model works really well in all the scenes.
Onto the environmental renders, man they are really good! In my opinion they are flawless. The detail in each of the environment renders really stands out, I suggest really appreciating each of the renders, as there are so many small details that were carefully added to build the world.
Finally, onto the audio, this is the only area of the game that I feel is lacking. Some of the areas of the game have ambient sound / music, but I'd say currently only like 20% of the games scenes have audio. For some, this might be normal for VN's, but frankly I have to have sound in all scenes. I found myself looking up cyberpunk ambient sounds, mine sounds, dark club music, etc while playing the game to keep immersed. I'm not sure of the legality / difficulty in obtaining music that can be used in the game (as game will be coming to steam per SS), but I think having music or ambient sounds that fit the environment, for every scene, is a must.
Sexy Content:
If you like futadom, this is the perfect game for you. There are many sub-fetishes that were included. The trigger words used in the sex scenes were very hot (characters calling you a girl, calling your ass a pussy, mother dynamic, etc). I also really enjoyed how the MC was a "hands free" lover in a majority of scenes. All in all, it took me numerous sessions to complete the game lol.
Final Thoughts: In conclusion, as stated at the start, I give the game a 5/5, even with the lack of sound in most scenes. I suggest supporting the developer if you can afford to, as they are clearly putting lots of passion and effort into making the best futa scifi game ever made.
