Ren'Py - A Family Venture [v0.09 v3 Alpha] [WillTylor]

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 But right now it feels a bit outdated and there are plenty of other games that do the same thing but better.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!

A Family Venture [v0.07a] [WillTylor]

This game is pretty average, standard wincest slow burn corruption game, grindy and open world. The story is cliche and unimportant and the renders feel outdated. I would have given it 3 stars 3 years ago, but it just doesn't hold to the standards of many 2021 games. The industry has gained a lot of traction and hobbyist devs with games that are still unfinished after 3 years, can't hope to keep up. I would just finish this ASAP and start with something better and new. Story and originality have become more prevalent and key for adult games and this game doesn't have that.
2/5

great game so far with gorgeous renders, stunning girls (all different in looks and personality) and a well crafted story. The overall backstory is not super original (but who's is?): your "landlord" (*wink*) goes to jail for some mafia charges and you need to slowly take over his role: financially, emotionally and well... sexually.
But the execution of the corruption is spot on and somewhat believable, the pacing is right and you need to earn money to keep NTR scenes at bay, which I found both logical and smartly implemented. If you don't want these scenes you can always simply avoid them by putting in the effort. There is a fine element of humor, too, which I really enjoyed, and a in-game hint system.

All things considered, this game is a real gem, if you like the sandbox-family-corruption games (you know the ones I am talking about ) this game is on par with the best of them.

The models and animations are great. The story fits in the "no father in the house, take over all the women" narrative to the point that games like "Man of the House" or "Milfy City" are referenced in game. It is by no means boring and lacking in characters. However, the game experience and grind required is one of, if not the worst in any game I have ever downloaded. A tip to aviod suffering during your playthrough is to be patient. You will need to wait and grind for all the scenes. Play a little, do something else, then keep playing, otherwise your eyes and hands will hurt from all the watching and clicking, In the current patch, if you use the "skip" tool you are looking at about 3+ hours of grind. Like I said, be patient.

Overlooking this aspect it is an overall great game!

Really well put together game, with a good amount of content. There is a bit of a grind but it flows pretty smoothly with the game's narrative. The characters, story and writing are all really great. The renders and animations are good too. My only complaint is some of the sex scenes are a bit short. The NTR is completely and easily avoidable for those worried about it, though another controversial tag is not however Overall a fun, funny and sexy game that everyone should check out

Not a bad game. Quality of renders is average, story and plot are common but with few elements of originality. And in v.0.06 it's a quite long game (cca 8 hrs). But, it is stats grinding game which is not definitely bad but grind is more than less repetetive with only few new addiction and the first h-sex-scene is after 6-8 hrs of grinding (depend how good is your economy). So, not a bad game, surely there is a potencial, it's funny, quite a good looking but I thing less grinding and more linear gradation would not harm this game. 5.5/10.

I have had to review this game after trying it again and sadly as i expected the sandbox style has made the game unbearable to play, at the start its just annoying and for quite a while i was able to keep going because i really wanted to continue the story but it goes on way way too long and it becomes a chore to play even with cheats to the point i have given up trying to get to the end of the current update let alone the end of the game.

Hopefully in the future it might get reimagined as a VN where it should easily be a five star game.

Really good game in his kind not to much grind. The story is fun the corruption is good. And the art is good too. Only think i don't like like most update are kinda big but really long to come. I feel like i wait 1 year between each update.

Recognizing that the story premise is weak in the in-game dialogue can only get you so far. I played the initial release and the most recent version, 0.6 at time of writing this review and while the amount of content version to version seems to be fairly solid the overall buggy-ness and painful UI make it a bit of a chore to play.

CGs are mediocre at best, I think my biggest criticism would have to be the facial expressions and the waxy appearance of the models skin. The models themselves are fine, except the MC that looks twelve. What's with all these family porn games have runts for MC's?

TL;DR - another Big Brother clone that copies all of the bad and very little of the good.

Man this game would be really good if it wasn't so repetitive and grindy. I had to play with the cheats and I can't imagine trying to play this without them. The girls are all really hot, writing is good, animations are good, and the sex scenes are great, but the grind gets old. I don't mind a little bit of a grind but when you have to play with the cheats on to have a good time that's a problem. If the dev could find a way to tone it down this game would be 5/5.

This one is a slow burn, "Milfy City" slow, not "The Deluca Family" slow. I finished playing v0.06a. Which there is still quite a bit to be done in it, but from what I can see this game is far from being complete.

The story is top notch, the mafia is always a good choice. It's what one would expect from a "only man in a house full of women" game. Though I do like how they handled the money aspect of it. Just being more background setting and not the driving force of the story. I managed to see all of the available scenes save for two because they don't interest me and have the potential to ruin the story for me.

There are only two negatives I have to say about this game. The first is the poor work of the incest patch. I don't know if it's developer made or fan made but who ever made it needs to go back through it because there were countless times where phrases like "you're not my son" and "She is your caretaker" are said. Not to mention some scenes end up slipping up and falling back to using "landlady" and "roommates". I would see those and read them in my head as "mother" and "sister/brother/siblings" but it does break the immersion of the story. Also, go with the default name. I changed MC's name in the beginning and was still called by the default name like 85% of the time.

The second complaint which is more of a bug report, latter in the game opening up inventory would cause a crash screen. I only noticed it a little after buying and picking up the third Parry Hotter book, which subsequently was named "book 2" when buying it. So I don't know if there was a conflict. But it became annoying when I would have to use my phone and look at the cheats page to see how much money I had, or else get on the computer and go to the online store as another way to see it. Not that I was really worried about money at the time.

Still with only those two things to complain about this is still a solid 5 star game for me. And I look forward to the next update. 10/10 would recommend.

Not an interesting or well done story/game. So little to it, not to mention the animations and such are not well done. It could be so much better and actually be interesting if effort was put into it. I have had this downloaded since it started, and still very little effort has been done to improve it. If it does get better ( likely not ), then kudo's to the dev. Although i doubt it will.

Update ( 2 years since last review) june 22, 2022

So now after third year, there is very very little done in the way of advancing story. You would think there would be a lot more considering the amount of time this has been out.
Little to none in regards to improvements
You can now bang the sisters ( still very cheap with animations )

This is not a slow burn story, this is a standing almost completely still story. Give credit for the minor advance since it is now at meeting the father. Three years and this is all you have out, the laziness or lack of imagination is really showing.

I get "bad end" right after start, it's not even any "end" just dev telling me "that's not option which I want you to choose". Story at start don't seem very bad... but if in every choise I must think "what dev want me to chose" then I pass on it. Music was ok.

The game is the best of its' genre. The developer, Will Taylor, is one of the best I've seen in terms of listening to feedback, being timely with updates, communicating progress to fans, and really understanding what it takes scratch the itches of all the kinks it goes into.

The story is as believable as it can get for this particular brand of fiction.

The models are really great, mostly because they look (and act) like their suggested ages. Too many VNs make the siblings look mid 20s to early 30s, and the MILFs not too far behind. The sibs and the MILF in this however are spot on.

The MC is a manipulative asshole, and I love it. The corruption angle feels genuine because he does things that make it all much more believable, such as:


The music is good enough to compliment the grind. And regarding the grind, I personally think it is just enough to make you feel like you "earned" the progressions without overdoing it. It's such a gentle art and I think Will Taylor found the right balance.

I could go on and on. The light lesbian encounters (the more the merrier IMO), the NTR (well done IMO and also avoidable), the excellent writing (including grammar), the hint system, the GIFs during time skips, etc.

If I had to be picky, and this is not necessarily a criticism more than it's a personal taste thing, I HATE bestiality, BUT it is not portrayed as really happening AND it's such a small part that I was able to overlook it without getting turned off. For those of you who feel like me about that area, see the following spoiler:


Another thing I'm not crazy about, of which I know I'm VERY alone in this sentiment, is the huge cock thing. It seems unavoidable with the hordes of VNs available, every MC having unusually (and I'd say even unrealistically) massive dicks. I'm not saying I want the MC to have a small dick, but it would be nice IMO if the MC didn't have this shocking advantage as it takes away some of the realism IMO and I also want to earn the girl without being a walking penis that girls can't resist.

Well, I think I can stop here. Bravo to you Will Taylor and team, I'm certainly a fan as you can see, and I look forward to future updates. Even if you abandoned this project as so many seem to eventually do...the work you already have done is gold and you should be proud of it.

Love this game at first sight… Really entertaining, great model (the big sister ) and story. The Dev Always improving himself and Always in touch with his community (and it's a rare thing)
In the end, keep with the great work you're doing and don't worry about some review

Another Pro Cuck game disguised as a harem game, where the MC has to bust his ass everyday of the week. He works day in and day out to make money for his family to avoid his mom and sisters being town whores for the mafia. The recycled models of this game all look like adult sized middle school kids with makeup. Basically the whole game is you babysitting the whole family and making sure you have enough money because they're apparently too stupid to figure out any other ways or means of making money other then eventually becoming sluts, which is almost inevitable. Whether it's the sister stripping or posing nude on cam sites, or Mom stripping at clubs pretending she doesn't like it when in actuality she LOVES it. Poor gameplay and mechanics as well.

Wash, rinse, repeat. Nothing I haven't witnessed before.

Version: V0.06a Supporter

Review:
I just played again to see if anything has changed, but unfortunately that game is still the same shit. If you read my previous review, I apologize, because maybe I said something wrong or forgotten to say something. Lets go to what matters. This game is one of the worst porn games I've ever played, I don't think I could even say porn, because it's extremely weak content. The story of the game is very childish and silly, there are many things in this game that you will ask yourself "Are you serious?" because the content that you will see and play will cause you a disappointment for downloading it (2.5GB). I would forget to say, there are a lot of stupid things in this game, if you played this in the beginning and didn't move it to the recycle bin, you're just wasting your time.
Gameplay:
If you like sandbox games, this one will disappoint you a lot. What a bad game to play as a sandbox. The gameplay is totally uncomfortable to play, as there is a lot to grind and repeat. The game interface is awful, very few interactions and limited. And most importantly, very tiring.
Graphics & Sexual Content:
The graphics are not the best, let's say it might be acceptable (depending on your taste), on certain occasions I thought it very bad. The rendering is the same, but let's say it's acceptable and bad. There are almost no sex scenes as there are very few. Just like sexual content, you won't see enough (and look, the game has 2.5GB) it's pretty weak content to call a porn game. I just saw an HJ, BJ, maybe a vaginal sex. Anyway, some Tags that this game has are very liars, do not trust, or draw your conclusions.

So, why I did gave 1 star?
I have to say, it is one of the worst games I have ever played. I wasted my time testing it, and again. The story of the game is very stupid, the content of the game is stupid, the gameplay is quite repeated, tiring and grinding. The game does not have enough sexual content, if I am mistaken it is because I gave up playing it. I had no desire to continue, as I had played before and halfway through the game I still didn't have enough content, so it's not even worth it. Anyway, there is nothing more to say. The game has a stupid story, graphics and bad renderings, very non-existent of sexual content, repetition, grinding, tiresome gameplay. So it’s not worth wasting your time playing this, I don’t recommend it.