AMERICAN SUNSET - VISUAL REVOLUTION
June 26, 2026I have to admit that I haven't posted anything new about LIVING WITH TEMPTATION lately, because we were preparing a huge surprise.
For a long time I wondered whether simply adding a new type of animation to AMERICAN SUNSET (like we did in HOROS: MAGNIFICA) would be a good enough solution. I’ll be honest - the game currently doesn’t look as stunning in some places as I would like, and there are plenty of renders and even entire scenes that I’d like to replace. So adding animations alone would certainly improve the overall visual impression, but in my opinion, it wouldn’t be enough, and I wouldn’t be satisfied with that - nor would the fans who have supported this project for many years.
It kept bothering me, so I decided to postpone the decision on what to do with the project until the release of the latest part of Horos’s adventures. That’s where we used completely new AI-based tools for graphics modification for the first time. It was a very interesting testing ground that taught us a great deal - and now we want to use that knowledge to make Tracy, Lisa, Sandy, and the rest of the cast even more beautiful.
Together with YamYoda, the creator of the character models and author of the vast majority of the renders, we have decided to devote more time to the project than originally planned and completely update the game’s graphics using the same technology we applied in Aurora Borealis.
What does this mean? Take a look at the images below - first you’ll see a comparison of what we currently have versus what you’ll get, and then feel free to browse the full gallery.
The change is very significant — especially in the naturalness of scene lighting, the level of detail on skin and clothing, and the overall coherence between characters and backgrounds. Thanks to this technology, we can change the time of day and lighting characteristics on the fly, making everything look extremely natural and consistent. It’s a massive leap compared to what we offered in the original version of the game.
Of course, implementing such extensive changes will affect our production schedule. We’ll have to wait a little longer for the upgraded base game - I tentatively estimate we’ll be able to release it after summer. If everything goes well, our graphically reworked DLC should arrive by the end of the year.
Let me know what you think about this direction in the comments below.
UPDATE: About the new renders and character faces
I want to personally assure you that we hear your feedback loud and clear.
You’ve sent two very consistent messages:
- You really like the new renders – they look significantly better, richer in detail, and much more natural than the originals.
- You have concerns about character face consistency.
I completely agree with both points.
Take a look below at a quick edit of 3 images with Tracy. With some additional tweaks and careful iteration (which we’re already doing), we can maintain excellent face consistency while keeping all the visual upgrades. It takes a bit more time, but the payoff is huge – especially in cinematic animations and cumshots, where the extra detail really shines.
I personally promise you that our team working on AMERICAN SUNSET will put extra care into preserving the identity and likeness of every girl. This is a priority for us.
Now it’s your turn - I want to hear your vote:
YES: I want both AMERICAN SUNSET and SOUTHWESTERN SEXCAPADES enhanced with the new image quality.
NO: I prefer to stick with the old-school visuals.
Thank you for being part of this journey!
The AI renders look amazing but do be cautious with vetting the products, some error can be very off putting for example in the Hannah Sandy Lisa image, Lisa’s eyes are off in a strange way
I would also like to add that AI does have an issue with consistency with appearances as well so from scene to scene the character will most likely look different if one were to observe closely
This looks amazing! The only problem I see is that their faces change from one picture to another one. The last picture suppose to be Tracy but doesn’t look like her. Pity none of this pictures is of keiko.
Wow, the visuals look stunning. But I also want to point out, that consistency is key concerning the characters faces. Tracy looks gorgeous in the green and black bikini but different in the last picture. If you manage to have proper quality control with the AI enhanced visuals, it’ll be a leap quality wise.
Looks good- I hope it doesnt delay the serena demo or full game too much.(or at all lol)
Agree with the points above.. given the models that do nswf. Stabledifusion, wan 2.7.
But even gpt image 2 requires to constantly check and re-run
One way to get consistency… is to create a LoRA.. but i wonder if your using an post processor DLSS5 would of done… if so then its just alot of checking and re-running that’s required…. or so I have heard
I’m not sure about this. It looks a bit too realistic and less “perfect”. We’ll see
I agree. I think the old art style was fine once the resolution of the images were updated.
So, you’re saying that you prefer “BEFORE” more than “NOW”?
It’s kinda weird how realistic they look but personally I like the change.
Yes. And just to be clear I’ve nothing against the use of AI. I think overall, when used properly, it’s increased the graphic quality in adult games.
I do. Maybe the before feels like the style of the house. The ‘now’ reminds me a bit of those old 3d porn comics where they tried to make the models too realistic. But, I might feel that way because especially for this game you have had the house style for like 15 years. So I don’t know. The old games will still be online to play and maybe this hits. The only thing is that once we go into these very realistic AI images, we are not going back.
Yeah its too different from image to image. I also prefer the less “realistic” look in the “before” images. Lisa is my fav character and I think you nailed it on design with the American sunset remake. I know you guys put a lot of work into the AI option, but my vote would be to leave it as is.
I’m not against using AI if it’s done right—it can definitely give some good results. But honestly, in this case, I’m not a fan of the new art style. To me, it looks way too realistic. Plus, like others have already said, the characters look inconsistent from picture to picture. There are also some issues with their gaze; sometimes the character stares straight into the camera when they really shouldn’t, given the context of the scene. Overall, I feel like this new style is just too much of a departure from the old one and really doesn’t fit the original aesthetic.
Stunning improvement, although the girls already are wonderful as they were. Love it!
After taking a second look, I do like the improved lighting effects, but the over the top level of detail combined with the inconsistent faces is just too much for me.
i feel the same way. i like the new graphics for the environment but the change in the characters makes me wish they left it alone and just made a new game with new characters instead.
It’d be preferable if LWT southwestern sexcapades was finished in the current style before doing a full rework overhaul with AI as shown here, that way people can also chose not to engage with the style change if they don’ want to. Not doing Horos magnifica is also prefered as the difference in renders is just annoying to deal with and AI feature creep with constant changes with the visuals between releases is infuriating. Mila AI by aDDont really shows this point as the project has changed so much between releases that it looks like different games through out development as there has been no pass over to redo the older renders to the new style. Milfylicious by Maximus also shows that it is possible to intergrate both styles in one release but the way they structured the 2 versions in one release and file size bloat is insane where they also used to do a seperate base or AI version release but that has stopped for some reason.
I personally try and steer clear of games that heavily rely AI with how inconsistent and sloppified a lot of developers products come out and do prefer the minimal AI used so far in American sunset and LWT 2 French confessions. I have been playing LOP games since like 2016 so there is also some inherent bias considering I prefer the original charm of brand more than the push for everything to be AI. That being said the new renders do look really good outside of the character inconsistencies between renders and perhaps too realistic skin at times.
This is a better use of AI compared to what you’ve shown with College Romance, like the lighting is nicer and so are some of the skin textures, but the faces being inconsistent still bothers me too much. Another thing I noticed with AI images is that they tend to look at the viewer even when another character is in the scene with them, and they should be looking at them. Like the image with Tracy and Justin with the phone, her receiving a facial from Justin outside, Sandy getting creampied etc. Hopefully those are just early versions and are fixed in the release.
I like the new bodies and lighting. My biggest reservation is there is something about Tracey’s new face that is just not Tracey. She has very distinctive eyes and her new model seems more generic. Still a beautiful and hot woman, just not Tracey anymore.
Were it just lighting/environment changes I think I would would have a different but I’m not a fan of what I’m looking at. The super realistic skin and body part textures range between unnoticeable and uncanny distraction and don’t really add to my personal gaming experience, but more importantly the girls just don’t look like themselves. Lisa in pic #5 looks young enough to be a red flag and looks like a cousin in the scene with her towel on. I have no idea who the woman in #21 is, and in the last batch of Tracy photos I have to say it’s because of the angle that the only one that looks like Tracy is her in the orange jacket getting eaten out by Coco. Hell, the last picture is literally just ScarJo with a wig and rosy cheeks.
So… I don’t get it. Nvidia rightfully got dragged for their DLSS 5 push earlier this year and in the past three months it doesn’t look like the tech has improved in any meaningful way. If we’re talking about what’s being shown it’s clear that the Sandy/Justin photo is best case scenario, but I prefer the before of Tracy and that it doesn’t do anything for the Lisa photo outside of add an extra light source that isn’t there in the before. I also value the consistency of the models across the board more than I do some “dramatic light” effect and ultra real hair follicles. Considering my main reason for playing LoP games is what they have to offer besides the visuals as well, spending time on a 4th remaster of LwT just doesn’t seem productive. TBH now I’m a little worried what I’ll find in Horos when I have a day off to play it…
Totally agree with your points along with other similar remarks by other players. TBH, I voted for more “realistic visuals” first but after a few days sleeping on the idea I wish I could have voted differently.
Yesterday, I launched remastered DLC LwT AMERICAN SUNSET once again and quickly noticed how different Tracy had appeared from scene to scene, hence, consistency problem. Will not dwell on this point as I’ve got nothing new to add but support other critics in this aspect
Previously, I loved maternity and “milfy” age harmony in Tracy’s outlook, body and behavior. Currently, she feels way less like young and sexy mommy but rather like a rejuvenated business slut (forgive my judgement) with uncanny perfect body fit. Still sexually attractive and hot, but less sophisticated and believable.
The most striking dissonance, however, is her distinct look variation — she has lost her original eyeful charm with a subtle recognizable Asian/Pacific relish that accentuated her distinct sexuality. In the OP batch of images with Tracy in black-and-white and green polka dot bikinis she looks more “normalized”.
The same is true about Lisa. Also, she does look noticeably younger than before and less sophisticated for the experienced baby-sitter (just my stereotypical imagination) compared to earlier iteration — which makes engagement with her less provocative and tense. In fact, I realize that the “bimbofied” Lisa’s appearance turned me off to persue cheating path with her.
As for the lighting processing effects, those are really good — they underline human silhouettes and highlight body parts. Ironically, those lighting detailings make the aforesaid inconsistencies even more apparent.
Devs, I do appreciate your efforts and investment in implementing AI customizations for LWT, I understand it’s time-consuming. Nevertheless, do not sacrifice video game appeal to CGI realism, especially if the latter can delay polishing plots, enhance stories or production cycles.
Can I propose that you release the expansion as intended, and then work on upscaling all the visuals after you received appropriate feedback?
It has been a while since we have seen any LWT DLC updates, and I think delaying it further to upscale the visuals is not what I was hoping for.
Also what about romance.exe? Any further updates?
I prefer the “Before” images. Keep the original art design. The ai images are inconsistent, the faces changes around too much.
I’ve never been a fan of the ai animations too, some of them make no logical sense. There a few animation where the characters are moving like there is penetration but there’s no penetration going on.
Yea, Im not sure about it. I definetely prefer “Before” Images
I also prefer the before images, they look great after upscaling and replacing them all with AI is a step backwards in my opinion. The AI still has trouble with keeping everything consistent and the hyper realistic looks are very distracting. Quite frankly, if I wanted real life visuals I would just watch an actual porno…
I knew you would update the viduals for lwt3…
I did not expect to see a 4th remake….
Maybe release SE then work on lwt3?
This game is becoming your the last of us in terms of number of remakes..
Yeah, I agree with the comments on here. A part of me likes idea of these visuals, but after looking at each one, I see major differences for each character on the photos. Thats the issue with AI at the moment, it can’t stay consistent. I’d rather the “before” visuals, they are already great and thats how I see Lisa and co. Maybe there’s also the fact that this game’s characters is so ingrained in us that we know and expect what each person looks like. I’d suggest leaving it as is and using AI on new games so there won’t be that comparison.
That being said, thanks for showing us so many images, it does help having a bigger sample size to see those differences.
Are you guys for real? To me, this is just AI misuse, totally ruining the game’s unique visual vibe.
I’ve updated the post – please take a moment to read it.
Thank for your work and listen to your fans… I know for me.. I would of preferred to see you work on other things rather then a 4th remake of lwt.
With Ai models- there will be better ones coming… so I guess that’s a 5th, 6th, 7th remake…
Sad the serena demo delay due to this but if thats what the majority votes for so be it..
It’s not just the facial consistency, I don’t like the blotchiness of the new skin textures. If you’re going to stick with doing the upgrade, will I be to avoid having it applied to the existing game by not getting the dlc? I really don’t like feeling the need to post this, I’ve been a fan of your work for a long, long time.
Personally, I would prefer to keep the original graphics.
The AI remake does look good in places and I can see that some of the effects create attractive images. However, that is not really the reason why I have been playing this game for so long. The main appeal has always been the story and the dynamic between Justin, Lisa and Tracy.
As some people here have already mentioned, the AI graphics are inconsistent, particularly with regard to faces. I think that would bother me more than the improved visuals would impress me. Ultimately, better graphics are not what make the game special to me.
Personally, I would much rather see the new DLC that develops the story further than a full AI visual remake.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Just kidding, I do appreciate the sentiment behind this visual update, but I do personally think the previous renders were already beautiful enough and, even though the updated versions where you show that you can successfully make the OG faces be shown for the women, I’m a bit afraid that it’ll be too time-consuming, but I’d love to be proven wrong. I voted No on the poll above.
The skin and overall visuals look muck more realistic, this is a fact. So it worth updating.
Regarding consistency, I think people meant similarity between all new faces, and not just copying the old visual style. For me it is ok if the face would be a little different from an old one, because it is more realistic, skin is different, more natural. But all new faces should be similar – that is consistency for me. I know that it is hard to force AI to do this, but still possible.
Also, I’d like to vote for Club Velvet Rose remaster/updated version. But maybe it is good that you don’t work on it now, so you have more time to test new technology. CVR is my favourite game so far since the release ~20 years ago, a flash version that I downloaded on some pirate site being a teen. Now I buy your games on Steam, and still your fan.
Alright, the update is better. It looks good, but it also looks true to the style of the house. The AI definitely helps with lighting etc. but the faces and bodies just don’t need to be perfect, it’s an animated game. I’m not sure if you’ll be able to maintain this fidelity to the style in animation but I’m for updating the visuals. As long as you keep the “old” version of the game around just to be sure.
So its clear fans want this…. so its lwt update.. lwt sw…. lwt2 endings.. Serena then lwt3 and various lwt2…3.. updates.. if yoda is the lwt artist.. maybe chestnut or someone else should of done serena? Don’t get me wrong im so happy to get yellow creek and fixes you have done with no dark confessions i will be eternally greatful.. it just feels like once yellow creek is out.. its another 6 year wait lol
I hope LOP isn’t putting too much weight on the vote. It’d be pretty easy to game if one was so inclined, you could easily vote as many times as you like. That being said, it’s their game and they’re free to do as they like with it. I can only vote in the one way that truly matters.
The updated pictures look great! It’s true to the style of the characters but with way better lightning/shaders. Really looking forward to it.
Thank you so much for hearing the feedback. Tracy has been my favorite character in all your games and keeping that face we know and love is so important. The updates look great now! Great job to your team!
I will echo one of the other comments about Tracy not needing to have a perfect body… that was more for Lisa… Tracy was hot with her mom-bod with a juicy ass and thighs and no visible abs. Again, thanks for making the updates!
I like the update and am looking forward to playing it.
Can we look forward to seeing a black woman in the near future in this game?
Didn’t expect folks around here so into this fakeass AI crap. The texture of the characters’ faces and skin just looks weird as hell. And from what I see, whether it’s on STEAM or other well-known adult gaming sites, this kind of AI stuff gets really low ratings. But what can I say after seeing the post result? Have fun with it, I’m out.
Why would you guys do this? Your games were perfect without AI stuff, now they don’t even look or feel like Lesson of passion games. Please AI animation was jarring enough don’t make the whole game AI like shown in thumbnails. I’ve been a long time fan of you guys don’t ruin LOP games with realistic AI stuff. People loved your games without AI people will continue to like them without AI. If anything you will lose more of the og fans like us who have stuck with you guys for a long time. Thank you.
OMG release ASAP.
They boobs look like plastic surgery boobs honestly. Other than that i love the realistic looks
So, my usual reaction when faced with a “remake the visuals” question is: I don’t give a shit, new content is 10x better.
Howeverrr, these visuals are a significant upgrade and add a visceral quality to the scenes that is worth chasing. The new visuals are fantastic. I say remake everything, especially since you appear to really want to do it, and doing what you really want to do is part of what makes the products the best, when they do arrive.
I really didn’t think I’d have that reaction, and was prepared to say, “Stop messing with what already works,” but this new art is amazing, even if it needs some refinement along the edges. Kudos.
Artificial intelligence has significantly improved lighting and shadow rendering, but there may still be some aspects that need improvement. For example, people’s skin always appears very dry, even if they are in a pool or bathroom. During intense exercise, their skin should also be moistened by sweat. Additionally, sometimes the characters seem to have changed their faces, which feels a bit strange.
Completely ruining your games with this AI garbage. Looks absolutely awful, and with this direction I think I am just done with this company after over a decade.
The use of AI is super problematic enough in it self, but the characters just does not look or feel like the same characters at all anymore. I dont understand how people can see this as an improvement in the slightest. Super disappointing.