Ren'Py - A Family Venture [v0.09 v2 Beta] [WillTylor]

As someone who does not like NTR, I can say this game is probably the most enjoyable out of the dozens of games who try to cater to both sides of the aisle.

The sandbox feature isn't a borefest like most of the games of this genre where you have to "Achieve goal X, Y number times to unlock scene Z (mostly miniscule plot progression)". The repercussions of each step(or misstep) progresses the story at least enough for my liking. Menus are also fairly easy to navigate and don't take away too much time from the actual gameplay.

The LIs have distinct personalities and are generally likable (even Megan is one of my favorite girls). I also personally find it refreshing that the LIs of this game do not have plus-sized, disproportional boobs and booties and are of the more believable body types for their age.

The MC however is a different story. I get that at his age, he is bound to be irrational and dumb, but I feel like this trope is slightly overused in this game. Of course, this is but a subjective judgment.

The only reason I can only give this 4 stars is because of my disdain for NTR. This however does not take away from the 'Loyalty' route of this game which I think is one of the best from this genre.

The dev inserting himself into the story also tells me that he cares about this project and this is a good sign moving forward.

has a lot of the elements to be a great game. Interesting characters and a decent storyline are consistent here. The story’s concept is also very good with some minor pacing issues. Some of these issues may be resolved as we get later into the development of the game. I am hopeful the finished product can tie up all the loose ends. Photo shoot scenes were dope.

First things first ... The christmas episode was one of the best I've played so far.
The game is a little grindy to get new scenes. you can also use the mod included in the game to make changes. It was a nice addition.
Most of the animations are good.
The problem is the frequency of updates for this game.
For me it's a big issue to give the 4 stars and above rating.

I should love this game, seriously, it has a lot of my favourite things: Clever, spicy premise? Check. Colourful, cinematic renders? Check. Sexy set-ups? Check. Beautiful, sexually confident milf? Double-check. But... sigh... the execution makes it so very difficult to enjoy.

Father is suddenly absent, and son has to assume the mantle of master of the house, with all the fringe benefits. This is one of the most common plots on this site, but I think this game sets it up really well, with a fresh and engaging verve. The addition of the organized crime element creates tension, and making mom complicit adds a nasty, lewd undercurrent that I think goes great with the colourful, playful renders. You know what? It's like that Tom Cruise movie, Risky Business.

But that's about all I can say that's good. This is a game; most of the mechanics are straightforward, except for an irritating relationship points system that forces grinding. While the mafia-strip club element is by far the best thing going on, it fades away and is supplanted by the machinations of school elections and cosplay. It's like the adults left and the children took over.

The childishness is made worse by the fact that many characters, including the MC, are too young (imho) to really enjoy the lewdness. The MC should be close to graduating, but instead he's just learning that women have boobies. I find it hard to believe that the mom's libido would be stimulated by her tubby little manlet. After all, she's a gorgeous, worldly woman surrounded by tough, grown-up gangsters.

There's a kind of play on the Oedipus theme going on, but, as I recall, Oedipus was a mature man in the prime of his vigour when Jocasta
laid eyes on him.

A lot of the writing is arch, wink-wink, and tries to be meta. But, ya know, comedy is hard., and the writing can be very lazy. There's a lot of inner monologues, which is a trick writers use to add narration when they don't want to be accused of narrating. It's really tedious. The mom's thoughts as I imagine them are far more interesting than what the Dev tells me they are.
And sometimes the writing is just begging for rotten vegetables, like when the MC explains to his mom that grinding in VNs serves a useful purpose. I dunno, that's like painting a target on yourself. I can almost hear the chorus of boos.

What is funny, I think, are the the changes in expressions - the rendering of facial expressions is really good. In fact, the renders in general are excellent imho, very animated (I mean that figuratively) and lively.

We all know them, right? The VN with the amazing start that got abandoned, or finished too quickly, or decided to add magic, or aliens, or, in this case, let the children take over. Too bad.

I normally don't give such a low rating for games on here, but overall this is one of the biggest grindfest games I've ever played. The amount of times that the same events are repeated over and over is beyond ridiculous. I'm sure it takes a lot to make an adult VN, but this one probably takes the cake for being one of the most boring. I've played a lot of of adult games from f95 and other sites.

The so called animations are pretty poor for a game being made for 2 years now considering how far game engines have come along. One to two second loops for sex animations?

The fact is you only can have sex with 3 women in the game after 2 years of production? Most other harem / family games I've played over the last 3 to 4 years allow the MC to have sex with at least 6 to 15 women. Some more than that, but those games can get pretty confusing.

This game has or had a lot of potential, but overall has become stagnant not only with the storylines, but with the "fun" you can have. The dev should either finish up the game at it's current point and shut it down, or maybe get outside help to bring the game to life again.

TBH the pregnancy tag should be removed considering you only see it in a weird Christmas dream and doesn't happen in actual gameplay. Or the fact the MC only has sex with "mom" Jackie in 2 dream sequences is pretty bad.

I honestly don't know how this game is getting ratings above 3 stars in it's current state. Maybe in another 2 to 3 years if it's still being makd I might raise the rating. I can't justify giving anything higher and wouldn't recommend it with the amount of grind required even using the built in cheat.

Summary:
An open sandbox game that talks about a young man the MC that suddenly becomes the man of the house because his dad is sent to jail by the FBI, now you need to pay up the mafia as your stupid dad took a huge loan from them and they want the money back, or at least the interest for now. If you fail your mother and sisters will be sold as slaves to their brothels, so you must do everything to get the cash and at the same time, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor as you slowly corrupt your family.

Extraordinary aspects of the game:
None

What is good:
Some logic to the game and story, average sexy scenes.

What is bad:
The models are dated and their facial expressions will haunt your dreams. Grindy as fuck, it takes years till you get to the first real sex scene took me days to get there… days.

What can be made better:
A lot, but at the same time so little as their enough stuff that the game does fine.

My opinion:
In general, the game is alright, it has some interesting sexual scenes here and there, even though the models aren't the best they are still passable as humans.

The most problem with the game is that it's really grindy I had to repeat many scenes again and again, just to increase the stats so I could continue at the same time grinding money so the family won't be sold to the mafia, with created an annoying loop where I had to repeat an action but I can’t because I don’t have enough cash for the mafia.

It's an interesting idea but in the end, I still feel that I wasted a lot of time for nothing, because of those reasons I give the game an alright score.

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TL;DR - I have no clue why so many rate 2 or fewer stars. This game is a sexy, quirky gem - try it.

::: Review of Version 0.07 :::

Models - 8/10
Writing - 7 / 10* [enjoy camp? 9/10]
Plot - 8/10
Programming - 8/10
Sex Scenes - 9/10
Overall - 8/10

I really enjoy the story Will's weaving with this game. There is a good bit of grind, but it's /very easy/ to have more than enough money at the halfway point of the game, which made me feel like I earned the easy road.

Some scenes repeat pretty often and can get annoying, but the lack of game-breaking bugs is exceptional. I also love that the characters look sexy but realistic. I prefer these models over most others I see. Bonus points, this game is pretty long with lots to do and replay.

Kudos, I can't wait to see version 1!

very grindy. you will spend litteral hours having to click the same things over and over. annoying repeating events that make you waste even more time having to earn money. might as well cheat from the start and give yourself infinite money or you will litterally still be grinding cash at the end of the game. need a skip option for repeating sex scenes b/c they take forever

theres an early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, and night. 99% of the time you skip early morning so it should just be removed. the fast foward button is stupidly hard to click.

events are unclear: i.e. event 32 reqires event 31 and event 31 requires 30 and event 30 requires 29. just hide the event.

models arent super high quality but its alight. could be worse. dialog is alright. could be worse.

Game version 0.07 Supporter


Grind. That was the first thing I was welcomed with. I'm skipping day for day for ~ 10 minutes now, maxed out everything I could with Lauren (the bed thing..) and can't progress, because the phone's quest section is bugged: It only shows "event 4", which needs "event 3" to be completed before, BUT since "event 3" is not there to read, I don't know what to do.

The animation's quality is very bad; you get short loops of a few pics every time you click left with your mouse. The image/render quality is just mediocre. The MC looks like a premature 10-year-old, so do most of the women. Failed.

OVERRATED GAME

The bad:

- Terrible mechanics.

- Horrible UI.

- Grind, grind and grind: prepare to play it for hours and not see / unlock any interesting scene.

- Sandbox? It is a very linear game.

- Animations and "cinematics" are bad compared to other games.

Neutral:

- Models: I personally don't like them but I understand that others do.

- History: Nothing that has not already been done in other games.

The best:

- Honestly I do not find anything positive, but I understand that others may like some aspect of the game.

TLDR: Overrated game, not worth it as there are better products that offer more content with better quality. Don't waste your time.

Just a great game. Sandbox, smooth animations, and beautiful renders along with a very spicy storyline. I was gonna give it four stars because no sex scene with the mother, but its still too good to do that too.

I usally dont like these kind of "sandbox" games around here...

Most of the time its very grindy and you have to do the same actions over and over again, sometime a hundred times.

At first i was afraid this one is the same... but turns out that its much less grindy than other sandbox games.

Everybody will get the first impression that this one is a "Big Brother" clone.

But its not... yeah of course, brother wants to manipulate everybody into sex... thats all about in Big Brother, and so its here too.

But in BB all about it was kinda dumb... really dumb. Complete brainless. in A Family Venture there is clearly a affaction development between the MC and all around him. The Mafia plot around it is a good fit and the schoolsetting likewise.

The "thoughts" from everyone are making kind of sense so the actions of the charactres are kinda plausible (of course the whole game is completly unrealistic, but in his own world all makes sense).

And its a plausible slow burn...

The models a simply great, realistic bodys (of course not the cock, im speaking of the girls) and really good looking. The finance-system is working... its easy to get enough money (easiest way? Casino)

The Animations are overall good, not great, but way above average. I dont like the music in this game, but doesnt really matter... i turned it off and played some lounge music for myself instead. The souinds instead are working great, the moans and others sound are a really good fit. Could have been better, but most of the games around here doenst have sounds at all, or just annoying ones.

The NTR is harsh, but easy avoidable, so no problem at all, and i think in a game like this there has to be some "threat" to work out.

And whats important to me... the DEV seems to have a plan for his game... and ending. So iam optimistic that this game will get a good finish in the future.

Cant wait for new updates, but will wait sometime until there are more than two new updates out.

Overall a excellent game and in my book in the top 10 i think. 5 stars.

It is quite grinding... I did not come here to play RPG

I had to quit in the middle of playing not only because it is grindy but also because the story didn't attract me.

And why do I have to gift these chicks? They're not even very sexy. I'd rather install spy cam in their room with the money

Good game with a good flow. It has original characters and I love how it actually uses the Oedipal complex in the storyline by actually talking about it in their classes. It makes for sometimes funny lines and helps to drive the plot.

review of v0.07b
this game has plenty of family banging and many repeatable scenes, and not watch once and can only see it through gallery BS
animations are pretty damn good to look at
great renders and visuals
story and scenarios are ridiculous and that makes it enjoyable and gets more intense each update.
not a fan of NTR but here its always funny just to see how things play out

looking forward to game going over the top even more with future updates.

Fun game. Great art. Interesting premise to get everyone in the family involved.

I like that there isn't a sexually charged character leading the entire family into more and more depraved situations and it is instead a gradual progression with the MC leading the way.

I feel like this game was relevant when it started it 2019, but right now it has been overtaken by many new games that are simply better and more original.

It's not a bad game though. The renders and models look pretty good, the animations were better than I expected and the overall gameplay is smooth. It's just that you've pretty much seen it all before in a dozen similar games.

The whole setting is just too generic. Your family with two sisters and a mom, the mafia as the 'bad guys', and all the women being sluts who want to fuck you for no apparent reason. Progress with the main characters is pretty slow (considering you still haven't had sex with most of them), more and more uninteresting characters are added and in the meantime the story gets all over the place.

So in conclusion: not a bad game, I probably would have liked it a lot two years ago. But right now it feels a bit outdated and there are plenty of other games that do the same thing but better.

STORY
This is my first playthrough and what I saw up to certain point of the game I liked. Story isn't bad, it's good and it'll take your attention off the outside world for a few hours. I rather liked the story up to the point, where one of NPC's forces you to miss a payment to the mob (on top of that she starts partially working for them) and you just have to roll with it like the bitch you apperently are at that situation from the perspective of the game, which might make your skin crawl and blood boil, if you're (like me) trying to avoid even slightest hint of NTR like the devil avoids a cross. From what I gathered from the walkthrough, you will be forced again, to make your way to the mob, to proceed at some point of the story for the very same NPC, so yeah most of the NTR is avoidable, but it seems that not all of it can be pushed away from your path by the way the script rolls.
Also if you're hoping for some sexual content, you'll get tons of masturbation and flashing scenes and very few handjobs, four blowjobs (one of them is 69).

UPDATE ON THE FORCED NTR HORSESH*T: Alright, played again a bit more and I was forced into yet another NTR scene for no god damn reason, but this time by different NPC, 2nd party that is weekly taking your money. Just when I thought I was over one forced event, I got thrown into yet another situation. And yes, for anyone wondering if I had enough money I have sh*tloads of money right now (the 2nd party takes 500 $ every week and I have 21k $), fortunatly if you've got 1k $, it won't be forced on you and you have to pay double the rate before. It's like the game is asking you "ArE yOu SuRe YoU ArEn'T iNtO nTr?~~~"

GAMEPLAY
At first, it can be a bit confusing for the player to get your barings in the game, for instance you have two ways of navigating through your house, both literaly next to each other, which rises the question why there are two of those instead of one. Also the way it functions can be sometimes rather wonky, since the menu is based on howering over the icon, which opens the menu, but god help you if you move slightly of the icon and move back (closes the menu). At first you shrug it off, no real problem, but after it happens for 100th time, you start to doubt your sanity. I won't be crying about grinding, since I don't really give a damn about grinding my way towards the ultimate goal, but I get that some people aren't into it and grind might turn them away.

ANIMATIONS
As far as character animations and textures go, they are well made and enjoyable. The problem comes with the background which is looking like soething you'd expect from porn game that was made in 2015 and not a game that is in development since 2019, which I account to probably low starting budget.

Aaaanyway, this is how it looks from my perspective, give it a go, if you are waiting for some other games to get an update.
Hopefully it'll help someone out there deciding on whether or not to give it a go.

Exceptional game. Sandbox, as it should be. In addition, really well written. The Harry Potter allusions alone show that the developer is putting a lot of effort into it. The game entertains, has a great story, interesting characters, great dialogs and is partly wonderfully overdrawn. In addition, the structure of the story is well solved.

Familyyy (damn why do I like these incest stories so much)

The game even thou is just another incest game it's really different and engaging than the other games in this frame.

The things i liked the most about the game:

+ Insane amount of content....
+ Some grind which builds tension
+ Really loved the photo-shoots you do with the characters
+ Different models made with personality and taste
+ Characters are very interesting and well written in terms of having their own personality
+ Different locations....situations, interesting moments and ideas
+ A lot of sexy/sex moments and scenes

Overall one of the games I didn't knew I was going to like this much....Its a MUST...for everyone!