VN - Ren'Py - A Perfect Marriage [v0.7.3b] [Mr Palmer]

A Perfect Marriage (0.7b)

I’ll write straight about the big elephant in the room: after 2 years of development the amount of real adult content is non-existent!

All you get so far is a little bit of sexting, lingerie photos and some groping. This is neither satisfying nor enough for an adult game. I very well understand the concept of slow burn stories, but 2 years without any real progress in that matter is more than many are willing to tolerate.

So far updates only add more and more teasing to ridiculous levels, since players of this vn didn’t even see the female protagonist’s bare breasts or nipples yet. It’s a bad joke so far, she even masturbates fully clothed (there are some lame and not really convincing excuses for that story wise, like she didn’t want her husband to see, what she was doing despite being in a different room anyway). Even in her own bathroom at home and the dressing room of a public pool the protagonist isn’t shown naked, while undressing. This is clearly intentional by the dev to increase the teasing to absurd levels. Remember: it’s been 2 years since this vn started and the female protagonist wasn’t even shown naked, yet!

This vn about a marriage under attack features awesome daz3d renders and a stunning Caucasian blonde milf beauty, called Anna. Her 3d model is incredibly hot and the dream of most men come true, hence this vn got an almost die-hard fan base.

Story wise this is supposed to be a ntr/corruption based vn, despite also a faithful route in the future. Many of the almost fanatical fanboys (getting totally worked-up even about justified criticism) claim, that the story was so realistic for an adult game. But this isn’t the case! The slow character building wannabe "realistic" approach is also used as justification for the lack of sexual content.

If you still can see clear, despite the at least very much optically mouthwatering female protagonist and the future corruption (which is only taking place in your fantasy so far), you’ll notice a lot of “porn logic” already going on, which isn't realistic ofc.

Either the female protagonist got a mental disorder like narcissism or she’s dumb, despite being a lawyer and working in a management position. The dev portrays her personality as flawed and being very tolerant of sexual advances of men, while also having some unsolved daddy issues.

Anyway it’s definitively "porn logic", if she lets a lowly old janitor grope her several times. It’s not realistic in any way, not for a bombshell like Anna, who knows her value. Even a narcissist wouldn’t lower herself that much just for a little bit of attention by letting the old janitor of her workplace grope her, while she is working in a management position. That's clearly porn logic at work.

Much of the porn logic going on is unconvincingly excused by pregnancy hormones, hormone imbalances, naivety concerning men and sexual frustration. Sorry, but f.e. pregnancy hormones do funny things, but in all seriousness they don’t make your (supposedly loving) wife act like a slut in front strangers. It’s not realistic.

So people claiming that the build-up of characters and the story was so realistic either have no idea of realism or they fool themselves. Excuses for the protag’s behavior like naivety, hormone imbalances or sexual frustration are not convincing enough for her extreme tolerance of very much straight-forward male sexual advances.
It is supposed to be an adult vn with porn content and there is definitively lots of "porn logic" going on already! (Ofc the example above isn’t the only one, but I don’t want to write a whole essay.)
Apart from Anna’s very much frustrating personality the whole plot feels like on rails.
Choices so far don’t seem to have a real impact despite some stats, which can be accumulated, but they don’t really affect the gameplay, (yet). This might change in the future, but probably only to nuances. The player will still get more or less the same scenes and dialogues. The dev justifies these fake choices with the amount of extra work of branched paths, he is not willing to invest.

This can lead to rather stupid outcomes. F.e. during a gym scene, when the player decides to withdraw Anna's hand during the handshake with the personal trainer and by doing so, signalizing: “I’m not interested at all, boy!”, she will still have a strange inner monologue about how attractive she thinks he is. Wtf?! This is like a slap in the face of players, because choices don’t seem to have an impact. It wouldn’t even require different renders, just a different dialogue, honoring the player choice somewhat, but not even that is provided by the dev.

So in general and for the time being this vn is rather disappointing, despite the appealing art. (Btw. the dev is not producing these amazing daz3d renders himself, but hires an external artist. So the credit for the art actually goes to someone else.)

Since this review is already too long, I’ll summarize quickly:

• The daz3d renders are very good quality.
• The female protagonist is a blonde bombshell milf, with an extremely "flawed" and frustrating personality.
• 2 years of development and no sexual content, not even nakedness of the protagonist, only endless teasing.
• Story and character build-up is claimed to be realistic, but it isn’t (which wouldn’t be such a problem, if it wasn’t claimed in the first place).
• Choices are mainly fake choices, they don’t seem to have a real impact on many dialogues or even actions taking place.

All in all 2 stars for the time being! (APM has got the potential for much more! BUT potential alone isn't enough for a high rating!)

v0.7b
I will be honest, i was delighted when i first discovered this game at version 0.2, i even supported the dev on his patreon, but as it always is with things that are to good to be true, things are to good to be true in this game's context.
When the smoke clears, and you pull back to reality, you quickly realize that the game is far from what it promises to be.
Let me explain, it's been 2 years of development and we are still in sexting phase, we still haven't seen the female protagonist naked.
I get the whole slow burn process, but let's be honest this has stopped burning a long time ago, it's smoldering ashes at this point.
Yes the renders are good, but if you think about it, it's nothing out of the ordinary, just what you would expect in 2024 from a game that it takes itself serious.
I am a firm believer that a change should be made in this site ruling, when it comes to publishing games, you shouldn't be allowed to have tags that are not implemented yet, it should a separate planed, so people can make an informed decision.
In the end the conclusion, for me at least it's simple, at this point this game it's just a "short story/soap opera" type of deal, made into a adult visual novel, which unfortunately misses the whole point of why it should be here, and that is the adult content.

edit: spelling

I can't really complain about the artwork or the presentation as it is all pretty solid and it's clear the dev is talented, If you are into corruption games without any logic (and yes, I know, that is most corruption games), then you might like this.

To begin with, the friend's hatred of the MC and the bold faced attempt at trying to steal his wife doesn't make any sense. Where did it all come from? And the MC's ex girlfriend... whatever... another attempt to add drama to the couple's life. Now they are getting it from all sides. The friend, her job, his ex, his father's company is in the toilet... I mean, where are their friends? Are they all so jealous and have no lives they just feel like they have to fuck with this couple?

I guess, for me, there are so many well written adult VNs out there, that this whole story seems to be just mailing it it. The idea for this story is simple, add a new character and make sure they have it in for the couple, and then let them loose.

I mean, I tried playing the MC straight... he didn't mess with the girl at the gym and yet his wife treated him like there was some kind of affair. Again, the gym girl is part of some elaborate plot at bringing the couple down. It's just silly.

For once, I would like to see a VN where the husband has a fighting chance to keep his marriage intact. If he plays it straight and loyal, give him the ability to fight back... but no... they always lose in these VNs. So unoriginal.

Having said all of that, it does have some decent bones and it could be something pretty good. And again, as I said at the beginning, the dev is talented and they are producing regular updates, and speaking as a failed developer, I totally respect the work.

If you like corruption games and if you like the cuck experience, give it a download; from that perspective it is pretty good.

A Perfect Marriage has one of the more believable female protagonists I've encountered in a corruption game. None of the player choices feel out of character, regardless of what you pick. This is pretty difficult to pull off but I think the writer did a great job.

On the downside, it could be argued that there are a few too many characters vying for the wife's attention. I would personally prefer it if the game just focused on the husband's friend, the stud coworker and the gross boss. The others just feel like filler.

Nevertheless, this is a great game for anyone who enjoys captivating stories featuring suspense, drama and infidelity.

The developer of this game is a great story teller. He is improving however day by day the render quality. Compared to other stories this one is moving faster. We expect to see the MC in real action by the end of this year which is 3 years away from the start of the game.

5 stars to encourage the team complete the project.

Here's the deal: This game has a great foundation, but if you've spent any time with AVGs, you can already see the red flags. We're roughly 18 months into the game's development and it's giving the same warning signs that every other high quality slow-burn kind of game gives off after awhile. The updates are getting smaller and/or further apart, and we have to find new ways to stall out progress with the MC's corruption.

Yes, the writing is good, yes it's erotic, yes we understand that good corruption can't happen overnight, but we've seen it all before. Games like this get so wrapped up in the slow-burn that eventually the coals just get cold. We try to slow walk every single detail, explain why the woman needs to constantly take two steps forward and then one and a half steps back. Eventually these games just become a slog, too concerned with taking themselves seriously to ever allow themselves to have fun.

The summer of 2024 will be the 2nd anniversary of this game's launch. I think it will be a critical summer for the game. If we can't get over the hump and start ramping up the action in Act 2, then I don't think this game will ever deliver on its promise. Two years of waiting is more than fair.

A Perfect Marriage is the slow-roasted prime rib of the cheating wife genre. As of right now it has a couple of masturbation scenes and a whole lot of teasing and it's the hottest god damn thing on this website. The writing is fantastic, the renders are impeccable, Anna is gorgeous and sexy and absolutely begging to be corrupted. I love this game.

It is a great game, I really like that theme, the way it develops, the photos that the girl takes to send to her friend, I look forward to the continuation, how little by little it becomes corrupted due to what he does husband

Very interesting corruption system, having two people in which you can do this, it's an excellent game in my opinion when it comes to that, beautiful, well constructed and manages to keep you hooked... few games can be like this these days. today. excellent work

Played hundreds of VN games and never seen one that had such subtle sexy teasing and a well written story without any nudity or sex scenes. Shows if the writing and pictures are good enough there's no need for hardcore sex. This game establishes the characters and their personalities so you're invested in their choices, which then makes everything matter more, as well as feel sexier when certain events take place. A gorgeous wife and new mom, a doting husband and a psychotic crazy bitch causing havoc lol. Definitely recommended for 30 and over crowd as usually any younger and they will complain about the lack of sex, etc. I appreciate the better writing and nuances with the slow corruption, which is so much more believable and effective when done in this manner. The wife's casualness about letting certain smaller things happen I find to be extremely hot, some of the sexiest scenes I've ever seen in a VN game. As well as the dialogue and inner thoughts justifying it. Whether it be a hand on the leg, some inappropriate texts, or a peck on the lips. This type of subtle teasing and letting men get away with a bit too much is right up my alley. Thanks Mr Palmer for the best game I've played since I was a maggot brother.

I just finished playing v07a. Definitely liked Anna and Chris segment as this development was more realistic and more cohesive story wise , it was better than the previous updates.

Only thing is game days and nights end very quickly, Anna's day should be dragged on a bit longer packing more content, dividing it into waking up, taking care of her house, getting fresh and shower / bath (add some hot stuff in between), breast feeding her baby, preparing breakfast for herself and getting ready for office.
Traveling via car / taking lift from a neighbor / taking a bus or subway / meeting some old friend or ex-bf or gf etc. (add some hot events).
Tease in office / during meeting with boss or clients / teasing staff during lunch etc. where Marvin or Kendra slip in some aphrodisiac into her drink, turning her on amidst Anna's work or conversation after office.

I personally love Anna model (original) with long hair. Anna is hot and an eye candy for tease to boot with, sometimes, her hairstyle and face changes which makes her look older also, less attractive. However, story feels pretty much linear as options only show or hide few scenes.

David's Pov at this point feels like any other linear KN, as outcome remains the same no matter what you choose. With options you may or may not see a few scenes here and there. I would like for the dev to finish Anna and various partner's pov to get worked on, at present, atleast wait till the end showcasing all possible outcomes with the wife, before starting with husband's pov.

Render quality has improved a little since first update.

Best game I ever played I liked every part of the game just enjoyed every version of it so far and it's getting me really curious for the future updates of this game. I hope that the creator will post the next update soon and the storyline is really good to make Anna resist against these odd situations i would likely to suggest these types of part where make anna really vulnerable to get the good review

A game that had great premises, but unfortunately those premises remained in the first viewings, then it was a continuous decay of the story, at a certain point it is clear that I am enjoying the game only in the cheat version, so I only see the vanilla version as a waste of time, I'll leave aside the issue of delays in updates, but here too the Dev used it well to anticipate that it would be slow, considering the times, we would have to wait until 2025 to see the end of it.

can't wait to see how the story with chris goes. Very compelling story, I'm not so interested in all of the paths but to each their own, i personally enjoy most the husband friend and wife and work friend wife path

The game is quite good and feels natural in terms of story and progression , however what i do not like is devs milking updates after they've gained some earnings.

Dev takes quite long to update the game while having renders ready for previews , I understand you gotta pay bills but if your ready version takes 2 months to release then it's clear what your game is here for.

However with that said i like the game , wish there was a little more lesbian content that's all.

The story in this game had me feeling a rollercoaster of emotions. I absolutely love how imperfect David and Anna are. David is introverted, respectable, kind and decent looking but also non-assertive and submissive. Anna is extroverted, hardworking, and extremely beautiful, but naive and non-confrontational. Together they feel genuine as husband and wife, and treat each other with respect and kindness, this is especially true at the start of the game.

Quickly the story unravels and the roller coaster begins. There is so much against them, and its feels like they really have no chance to survive this inevitable disaster that is the demise of their "Perfect Marriage". This is especially true if you play as faithful on both characters.

On the other hand, if you just want to see the couple burn, you will enjoy the slow burn of corruption unfold as each of the character make the worst decisions of their lives as if marriage vowels meant nothing at all. That said getting Anna corrupted is pretty damn hot. Her inner thought has got to be the devil as she keeps getting negatively influenced all the time haha.

That said, I'm really looking forward to chapter 3, and hope all paths whether faithful, corrupted, or my personal favourite "David dates a Fucked-Up chick again" feels true and genuine. Great story telling!

One of my favorite current games. The character writing is some of the most believable in the genre, and the writing quality is very high and readable. The characters are good and the MC in particular is hot. It's a slow burn but that is very much preferred for me in the NTR genre. It manages to be entertaining despite a slower pacing.

Beautiful protagonist! , Loved the game so far and can't wait for future updates , I really want to know where the pure / non cheating route goes as well as i have a save for that.

My only complaint would be that the fat boss dude is pretty cliche , please write some unique sequences for him!

Great renders and good story but no sex whatsoever...

Every scene is like build up, then more build up, then even more build up! But for whatever fucking reason always ends in nothing.

Finishing chap 1 and 2 will take around 2 hourish and you barely see a titty. Most you get is the wife masturbating. As good as the story is, at a certain point I just started skipping through the text since I was like is all this shit going to lead to anything? And the answer is a big fat hell NO. All build up with not enough pay off so far. At this rate, I don't think the dev has any plans to add sex scenes and just wants to tease the audience indefinitely.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.........

And another half hour blah blah .

Too much text, too little action.

Of course, this is my opinion, I like NTR or Hotwife type games, but I hate that if the main character's wife or girlfriend can only be seduced into corruption very, very slowly.
In this game, it is not really difficult to lure the female protagonist into corruption, in fact, the way to get there is through TOO MANY unnecessary conversations.

Unfortunately, it only gets three points from me because of the nicely developed graphics. The men's hair is perhaps too elaborate for no particular reason, I don't think many people have a fetish for men's hair, but those who do will love this detail in this game.