VN - Ren'Py - Completed - A Promise Best Left Unkept [Bonus S2 Ep 9-11] [Hangover Cat]

Hi, I am brazilian. So my review can have a poor english.

This game has a few problems, but in my opinion, they compromise what could be better.

First, in terms of ramifications, I liked it, because your choices impact the plot.

But this same plot is full of useless dialogue. For example, it's as if a conversation that could easily have been 100 words at most ended up being three or four times as long. This is tiresome, even for a Visual Novel.

Another thing, the artistic inconsistency. It seems like the CGs were drawn by different people.

Another problem: they could have created a route for Aya here. But instead, they created a new game.

I could give it 4 stars, or even 5 if the game only offered Laura's perspective (because I don't always want to see the male character's perspective in an NTR). But as I said, there are serious problems, even if "few," that compromise the quality.

Really great smut here, cuck kun is pretty brain dead but we kinda need him to be to steal all his women. Great animations and there are plenty of scenes with actual branching routes, which almost never happens. Give this one a shot.

This game has no choices at all. Usually even the most trash visual novels will give you at least one or two choices here and there but, this one has none. It's more of a short hentai movie with still images. Plus the story really isn't even that good. I wanted to try this game out for a long time and now that I have, I've been thoroughly disappointed.

One of the best to ever do it.

Very nice. I've decided to make my first ever review in this site for this game specifically because even after reading and playing through hundreds of VN's and h-games I keep coming back to HangoverCat's A Promise Best Left Unkept.

Precisely because I believe the game commands the netorare and cheating tag so well among it's just great. I'll try to keep it short and non-spoiler for this review.

Story & Writing ★★★★★
Probably A Promise Best Left Unkept's best strength in my opinion, every character felt nice and I loved every bit of Laura as she descends into madness, Luca as a antagonist was also pretty great and was interesting.

Art & Visuals ★★★★★
I played and followed this game way before and remember when early CG's had like 2 frames cycling between each other, but the visuals improved ALOT and the different artists are very good, one of my favorite scenes in h-game is actually in the Hero Fallen route, when Harry was talking to Sandra while Luca and Laura are just around the corner. Man that scene is just perfect. The improvements over the years is noticeable and awesome.

Sound
Very enjoyable voices and consistent sound design. Don't see any issue, good in my books.

❤ Emotional Impact & Enjoyment ★★★★★
Absolutely one of the most fun I've had reading and gooning amongst hundreds of titles in the site. You can feel the characters demise and corruption in each scene and it is very enjoyable

Replay Value ★★★★★
There are many routes and CG's in this game that are very enjoyable, the choices for each route being in the main menu is a BIG plus for me so I don't have to yoink a save file or painstakingly find a guide in the thread.

As I've said before, this is my most replayed one just because I enjoy the scenes and characters alot.

️ Updates
Back before the game started I honestly did not think it would be this good but now it has grown to be one of my absolute favorites just because of the consistent improvement of the art and the constant updates.

As good as it gets. I've only recently gotten into the NTR genre, and I'm legitimately concerned I'm never going to find another game as good as this one.

I'll get into details in a moment, but first...

Unless you're positive a Harry only experience is what you want, play all perspectives. I ripped through my first playthrough on Harry only because I thought that's what I was supposed to do, and I firmly believe this game is intended to be played on All Perspectives.

Sure, there's a small "mystery" element going on here, but you're going to know as the player what's going on pretty quickly, and you'll sit through agonizing hours of Harry being oblivious to it before getting any kind of payoff.

And perhaps even more importantly, you're missing out on some of the best character writing I've ever seen by limiting your perspective to just one.

So without much further ado, in my typically scattered way...

What I Liked

Profoundly good characters

Let's be honest--NTR is a silly genre. We put characters in outlandish scenarios, they react in typically unrealistic ways, and we all get off. What makes APBLU work so well is these characters are so perfectly flawed, so deep, and so unique, that that suspension of disbelief comes naturally.

It's hot watching the villain steal the heroine. Do you know what's really hot? When it feels real. When you can look at the impossible situation unfolding, and given everything you've learned so far think to yourself "she would do that."

Excellent Corruption

Part of the reason All Perspectives is so important is because the actual game that's being played between villain and heroine is so creative and interesting. There's game theory and a shifting balance of power throughout that is almost like watching a chess game. Coupled with the great characters, this makes for one of the best corruption arcs I can remember in a game.

Hot Scenes & Models

Goes without saying here, by good lord. Again, it hits harder because these moments feel so real, but yeah. Just insanely good stuff.

Pace, Drama, Depth

In my experience, a lot of NTR / NTS / sharing games fall into one of two traps. Either the author is in such a rush to move things along that the game falls into full sluttery with no purpose immediately (which, don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for), but then there's no where to go. We arrived at our destination too quickly, and now what?

Or the dev intentionally moves the opposite way. Forcing extra scenes, dialogue, and slowness to the game just to create a semblance of "reality", when in practice they're just wasting time.

This game unfolds like an HBO show. There's no wasted scenes, lewd or not. There's no wasted dialogue. Every moment is intentional. The plot develops, you learn more about the characters, and the web of competing motivations, intrigue, and deception gets larger and larger.

But at no point does Hangover Cat lose track of what's going on here. I frankly think it's a testament to their overall writing skill that this game develops so thoughtfully.

Endings

I don't always love multiple endings in games because I think sometimes it's a cop-out. Only one thing happened; what was it?

Here, it's perfect. Each ending is consistent with the story that game before it (another miracle), and they each somehow manage to give you even more insight into these wonderful characters. There's like 8 different endings here, and somehow it feels like they're all canon. Like the universe split in 8 different directions and each ending really happened.

With that said, I wouldn't play this game as a game that has "choices" where you end up where you end up. The choices are largely a way to choose what ending you want to see, and for that, I think there's a correct order for maximum storytelling effect.

1. Play the Normal endings first. As the name suggests, to me this is the "true" ending of the game (whatever that means) and closes your first playthrough in a satisfying way. Both endings here are similar and only have a few minutes of different content, so whatever you want to do first. I liked "Future" more, but "Family" arguably ties into Laura's arc in a more explicit way.
2. Play the Fallen Hero ending next. How could Harry be this stupid? Don't you hate him for it? In a lot of ways, isn't Luca right? If he's going to pretend everything is so rose-colored, is there anything left to do but utterly humiliate him?
3. No, there's no fucking way he could be that blind. I thought you said this was realistic? Harry is probably overly kind and trusting, but I'm supposed to believe that he'd roll over like this? Maybe not. You're ready for the Abrupt ending.
4. Remember when I said this game felt like an HBO show at points? How would this story end if it was a blockbuster thriller? Something feels off, doesn't it? Don't let the name fool you. It's time for the Clumsy Hero ending.
5. At this point, if you're anything like me, you're probably having a bunch of fun. Some of these endings are like entire DLCs of their own, and it's awesome to see the game end in so many different ways. But why do people talk about this game like it's so heavy, dark, depressing? Clear your schedule for the next 2-3 hours. It's time for the Aya Ending.
6. Your palate cleanser: the Good Ending.

I love this game. I wish I could play it all again for the first time, and I'm incredibly jealous of those who can. I'm already blasting through the rest of Hangover Cat's work and I'll probably have plenty to say about those games as well. This is a must-play.

(P.S. The DLCs are all great too. They're campy fuckfests but worth going through. There's a big variety of kinks explored there that didn't make it into the main game--almost feels like deleted scenes--so I'm sure you'll find a few you love. I sure did.)

This was one of few games that managed to really fuck with my emotions, and had me playing through every ending (and the game makes that easy, by having quick-starts from the main menu for each ending, so you don't have to replay the whole game). And these endings are all long enough to be full fledged stories by themselves. Oh, and you wanted path where MC chose that ditzy Aya girl over the 'perfect Laura' he idolizes? There's an entire separate game for it, in addition to the one ending in this one that gets her trapped in Luca's web.

MILD SPOILERS AHEAD
None of the four main characaters in the game are one-dimensional. While the MC is naïve and always wants to think the best of everyone, this characteristic is actually an important plot point, and a big reason why Luca hates him.
Laura isn't as perfect as Harry believes - he himself put her on a pedestal, even though she herself tries to dispel his rose-tinted image.
Luca is a manipulative fucker, in fact he's written well enough that I, as the player behind the screen, found myself agreeing with his twisted reasoning - because he's not just spouting pure lies. He's quite frankly a well written manipulative psychopath.
Finally, there's Aya. That girl has issues, to put it mildly. She's also quite manipulative, but not in the same way as Luca, and she may just have the most baggage out of all the characters. More of that is revealed in the Aya edition (separate game).

Also, the sex scenes are well written if you're in this type of NTR (very reluctant love interest getting coerced into more and more depraved shit). And make no mistake, there's no sharing path in this game, nor is there a path where the MC suddenly starts to enjoy watching his GF get fucked after discovering what's going on.

So, the last time I played this the game it was in version 0.X. Barely any of the ending were there and a lot was still missing. I didn’t really like it then. I personally dislike NTR games where the MC is powerless or pathetic or in the worst case he off’s himself… Well, I played it now and the game has a giant shining star: Aya. She literally walked over picked it out of the mud and made this game great. (along all the other stuff other reviews said bellow)

A good NTR game really needs to have some key elements like slow and progressive corruption, hiding and secrecy, progressive doubt and reveal. But some of the most import parts are the endings about 3-4 of them.. A good ending where maybe you saved your beloved from the bastards, a neutral ending and a bad ending or two.

Thanks in part to our hero Aya this game doesn’t have just 3 endings. it has a bunch to everyone’s delight. Do you like being ignorant and letting the wife cheat, got it. Do you like brutally murdering the dick that fucked you over or maybe just some spicy revenge for everyone… Oh boy there is more than one of those. Maybe you see netorase as the best way to end ntr games, yep there is even that as well (quite short tho or better say it was cut short) …

Combine that with the audio and visual design, longer story and some sexy scenes and you get a great game.

Unfortunately, because they tried to go for everything means that they are not necessarily the best at anything. There is disparity between different endings for example, some last long and have a bunch of scenes, some don’t. Using blackmail to start NTR is a particularly cheap writing trick that is far less satisfying than using charms. (But I understand why they did it. The game is already rather long.) There are some scenes where you do want to scream at the characters and the choices they made...

All in all, it’s a great game, and the 4 starts are very shiny.

Probably the best western NTR game I have played.
That point system between the main female character and "villain" feel fresh and entertaining. I haven't seen it in any other game and really enjoyed it.
The pictures are nice and most of them are well drawn.
The story is interesting and fun.
There are quite a few choices that allow the player to influence the development of the story.
The quality of the story and writing kind of declines the second half of the game, but still it is quite good for an adult game.

Overall, I think it is a real 5-star game.

Have you ever been made a complete fool in front of people you were trying to impress?

Have you ever been bullied, felt in your bones the injustice, the sheer arbitrariness, of being picked as the victim?

Are you a bit of a "nice guy" (and have been played because of it?)

These are the feelings this VN is trying to invoke. And it does. It does so ruthlessly well. The setting, plot and characters serve this purpose, the routes are mere variation of how can this guy's life be screwed (via screwing the girl he's with.)

It's no Crime and Punishment and I hate it, because it feels like it should be (I think one star reviews will agree with me.) Still, APBLU sets to do one thing and succeeds; with flaws, but overall very competently. People are salty about the finer details way after the release. I *am* salty about Laura to this day like I knew the bitch. That's when you know there's something in it.

Story is... very long and convoluted and quite disappointing. Very little actual choice is present and it feels more like a kinetic novel than a visual novel to me.

Animations and visuals are good but it was unbelivable. I'd need to suspend my disbelief to the moon to begin to understand these characters and any of their motivations.

So let me tell this wtf is this game ? to play this even enjoy this you need to turn off your brain i am not even joking mc being dumb and fmc being even dumber gonna makes this game story happen and oh hell yeah asshole guy in this game is classic tall blonde hair strong rich guy with power yeah yeah if this is not worst version of him i dont know what is it.

Art is good not all of them but some of them good i give 4 star just only for that.

Like i said before story mess stupid repating same shit over over again stupid plot with stupid rules Lmao i am not even joking Mc gf is either secretly hoe or she didnt know that otherwise no woman does this wtf she even does here sucking hard and get fucked hard for what ? where proof ? she believes moronic things and classic plot becomes addicted to ASSHOLE BLOND GUY man this was 15 years ago was okay didnt done many times but right now its just shit.

Nothing to say here other than what you see above i dont hate or dislike author really author can make good games like other games but this one takes shit no offence i finished every route but my brain suffered too much of it really i am sorry but normally this game absolute 3 STAR nothing more.

Just a 3 star for me.
1 base star, 1 for superb art/animation (though some are inconsistent, especially in some ending branch's scene) and 1 for great/immersible story(though only first half or decision part if you called)

2 stars are deducted for mainly 2 reasons, sh-tty endings and half hearted NTR.
Harry(MC) is such a typical NTR MC(loser, pushover, ignorant or whatever you'd call) yet the majority of endings are good end(For MC) which is kinda weird since this story are revolving around NTR stuff.
Luca(The dude in the cover) are supposed to be the main antagonist, to steal the girl from MC. Yest the majority of ending are with him failed (utterly) to do so despite how ignorant (loser in my vocabulary) the MC is to the whole situation
Fun fact_1: Luca died 3 times (seriously? What's wrong with those ending?)
Fun fact _2: If you're playing Luca(which i believe most people do), don't involve Aya in any story, ignore her as much as possible. She might appear in the cover but there's no ending where she ended with Luca. In fact, you can't win against her. Honestly, change Aya to Laura's mom would be more reasonable with 1 ending with her(and her daughter)

Me personally would recommend to enjoy only first half of the story (before the last choice, understand Laura or not) and go for a specific ending. I'd recommend normal ending (except Aya's), hero fallen ending and normal abrupt ending. Unless you're playing Harry's perspective (with annoyed me)

At the start of the game, I was thinking that if Laura willingly gets with Luca, it would be a straight up plot hole. He is a walking red flag, and she's not the typically barely sentient netorare (f)mc. Harry definitely is, though, which is a bit unfortunate. He rarely says or does anything that a regular human would.

The first fight makes absolutely no sense. I get that they're all tipsy, but it almost made me quit. Aya kissing Harry, Laura storming out before hearing what's going on (with a cliche "you did it even though I love you!" line that was hard to read) into an even more cliche "w-wait, it's just a misunderstanding!" instead of immediately telling her that she forced herself on him. Truly painful.

The usb plot is just... The worst. The protagonist is an amoeba. That's my only explanation. I had to drop the game after that. In the couple hours that I played, I encountered none of the choices mentioned by other reviews. I don't doubt that they're there, but they seem to be exceedingly scarce considering that choices are the only gameplay present.

For the positives, the character designs aren't bad. Laura specifically has a cute gap between her work clothes and her casual attire that I found endearing. She was also the only likeable character until the usb plot, where she joined the rest.

I'm probably just not the target audience, as I'm not the biggest fan of blackmail NTR or rape. If you can look past that and a bit of shoddy writing, there's some nice scenes and likely a lot that I missed due to dropping the game early. I would say to give it a try to hard ntr fans, probably.

This Game has basicaly 2 Parts, the Beginning where youre choices forms the Ending. So after playing it once with the Felix Perspective where i apparently got the Joke Ending i played the other Endings trough the Main Menu.

If we are are honest the Story of this Game, especially the Reason why all of this starts is pretty stupid. "I"ll blackmail you, you will become my Plaything for a Month". "OK". WTF is that...

BUT from there the execution is pretty well written, apart from our High IQ MC that does not find it suspicious when he finds his Girlfriend in the Mans Bathroom and hears "strange" (Blowing) Sounds, and asks if she is sick and runs to get her water. This things appear almost in every NTR Game, to make Fun of the MC.

The Thing is: The characters have a actuall background Story, for their actions, which is quite intruiging to read. Of course here you will also hear that the Dick from the Villain is the tastiest Meat Stick in the World but that is also often a standard in such Games.

The Story is still not too stretched, with too many lines ans sometimes really funny but the main reason why you should give this Game a try are the different Endings, who will satifsfiy everyone. Some are very very "Bad", almost sadisticly bad for the MC. For that i found it very satisfying, that there are "revenge Endings", as a drastic opposite.

Overall, I had a lot of fun with this game. I enjoyed the writing for the most part, and although the art style shifts from time to time, I thought it looked great. The game features some excellent manipulation and several endings where the main character gets completely torn down, which is my favorite aspect.
However, as is often the case, it was very disappointing that the author spent time adding "good" endings that I just don't care about and don't understand the purpose of in an NTR game. Most routes were great, and aside from the good endings, the only one I didn't like or care about was the Aya ending. That particular ending felt disjointed and, honestly, had little to do with anything NTR-related.
In my opinion, it would have been better suited to an entirely different game.

My biggest gripe with the writing is that too much hinges on the main character not making a move, rather than the girls disliking him or the bull stealing them from him. Even at the end, the girls often suggest that if the main character confessed to them, they would return to him—again, not really what I'm looking for in an NTR game.

The girls never having loved the MC or not loving him anymore is what I want when thinking about NTR.

It's probably one of the most impressive NTR novels I've seen. It's really well written, Great job showing what Netorare is. I also want to highlight corruption, it is very hot. The rules idea is worthy of a separate sub-genre. I wouldn't mind playing a few more projects like this.
It's also worth mentioning that the novel is pretty long, but in this case, it's worth it.
The only drawback is the inconsistency of the drawing style. You can see that different artists worked on it and some of them mid some freacking amazing.

There are no good endings here and that's awesome, that's the way it should be. Highly recommend and looking forward to the Aya edition

I have to say the game is good, no doubt about it. For those who enjoy the theme of NTR this one offers great quality overall. Given that there are a bunch of good reviews that praise the game's strengths, I'm going to write some of my thoughts regarding some of it's shortcomings.

First of all, NTR as a genre has some clichés which some people may even say are necessary elements of a good "NTR game". To me, they are mostly tiring. The ones I found most vexing were:

• Corruption of the Heroine through coerced sex, leading to her becoming a mindless slut.
• Extreme instances of sex near the MC where he remains oblivious to what's going on.

The first point I understand is one of the clichés I mentioned which are almost inherent to the NTR genre. The heroine loves the MC but her body betrays her and in the end pleasure beats love. This is the true definition of NTR, an awful jarring feeling in the pit of the stomach that accompanies the loss of the heroine. I don't see this as a negative in the sense that it's bad. Just that it follows the recipe almost too well.
Regarding this genre, I'd have liked to see a different take on the corruption/loss of the LI and I believe the writing shown in the game demonstrate great skill, showing it'd be possible to the author to create such a narrative.

For the second point I have to say that some scenes were just painfully unbelievable for me. Without spoiling much, wanting to push the limits in some scenes, the author failed to maintain the veil of mystery, making the MC as naive as a toddler. Those scenes were extremely hot and I'm sure there are some people who found them perfectly written. In my case I chose to skip them as it was taking me out of the immersion.
Again, it's pretty common to find this type of scene in NTR games, sometimes the MC is just made to be most useless boyfriend/husband to ever exist, so putting him in such, almost comical situations, is part of the objective. Personally, I'd have liked a tamer narrative without such writing.

The characters in the game follow their part almost to the letter and they are good representations of the archetypes found in the genre. The writing and art are of great quality and that's why I said that this is a great NTR game. It's just that it's mostly for those true fans of the genre or those who recently discovered it and don't have a lot experience with these games.

If you don't totally enjoy NTR, as is my case, there will be instances where you may lose interest in the story but either way I'd easily recommend the game to anyone with interest in betrayal stories.

A top tier NTR and extremely intelligently written.. Too intelligent in some ways

First just off the bat: Great sex scenes. Some great animation. Great writing, long but great. Different artists passed through this project probably but it didn't bother me. It's an insanely long game, I think the middle could have been chopped out, the endings are numerous, a roller coaster though and worth the wait

The game has the classic NTR triangle (you are a cuck. Your GF is cheating on you.. for a noble reason? Your Chad coworker is cucking you). There is a 4th girl who mainly serves to make stuff happen for the other 3 and in some routes, has a massive turnaround in the end.

The best and worst thing about this game is that the game intelligently painstakingly twists and turns to get the logic right for our 3 triangle characters. Oh, why didn't the GF do this? Because of this logic. Why are they fighting about this? Well because of this. There's an incredibly great 'rule' dynamic that the Chad and your GF have in sex scenes that I've not seen before, and that's a testament to the 'intelligence' of the writing, the layers in that plot element.

But why is that bad? Well sometimes Chad is a genius and sometimes he's a simpleton pervert. Sometimes he's all powerful, all knowing and sometimes he's an idiot. The same goes for every character. They change when it's convenient for the story and for character development.

And thus the core problem: Some plot points are so intricate that the characters had to be geniuses to pull it off, but then.. Why is everyone playing their role in this stupid NTR predicament? Biggest question: why doesn't GF just blow this whole thing off? Even the VN itself has that as a line at some point lol.

The game wants its cake and to eat it too: Everyone in this vicious triangle/square is a victim of one another because of how smart their enemy is, and that is LEWD.. But then why are they victims at all if they're so smart? Why don't they just think their way out? Especially the 4th girl character: She changes like a chameleon to make the story work depending what the ending is.

So it's good and bad but the reason why they do this, in fairness, is because this game has two goals IMO: Make insanely lewd NTR scenarios happen, and always make sure the NTR triangle have a strong character arc no matter the ending

If you ignore your suspension of disbelief.. The game walks you through the heartbreak and corruption in painstaking fashion. The scenes in this game are relatively insane even for an NTR game. And that's a good thing.

This game is a labor of love and a rewarding experience. If the game was more cohesive and had a more consistent tone (instead of going from rape to rom-com to comedy back to rape for the 5th time.. ugh it's just repetitive (lewd) torture at some point), it might be the GOAT.

Lenghty review coming - spoilers ahead. You've been warned.

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I was aware of this game for a while now, and wanted to give it a fair shot - and now I have, having finished it hours ago (after not resisting the temptation to do so). I just HAD to make time for it - I could tell this was good and that it deserved me not text skipping to death like in most VNs. Maybe I still need time to process things - but it's fair to say that, to me, nowadays it's kind of rare to get the kind of shock, stomach-turning feeling that good NTR can give you - and imo this game is up there with the greats. Leane 2, NTRPG2, Scars of Summer, Thug Hero Party, you name it - I really do believe this deserves that praise.


The setup is as common as they usually are: MC (Harry) has a hot girlfriend (Laura). Same workplace, also, where she is targeted by the bully (Luca) that hates the MC. There's also Aya - the other love interest - and the third wheel in their relationship. Her dedication and love for Harry is palpable in every interaction they have - to the point where it's fair to say she's idolizing him from the start. So. what's so special about this story?

Characters: what first caught my attention was that the characters are actually smart. Yes, all of them. Laura is smart, prideful and confident - but she's not wise; and her eventual downfall comes from not actually knowing herself as well as she thought she did because of many development and identity issues. Aya has her share of problems as well - but she's far more at peace with her womanhood, her vices going more towards affection, obsession and being accepted - all things that shape a second identity that has monologues with her all the time. Always sharp, calculated and to a degree manipulative (given her dangerous yakuza background), but not nearly enough as Luca.

Luca is a luciferian character, to say the least. The mafioso playboy borderlines on pitiful - his hate for Harry being born out of a profound hate of how much of a pure person he is. He goes through his fair share of trauma and destruction growing up, shaping a demon that only wants to seize, enjoy and own the people (and women) around him. And he directly causes the destruction of most of the characters lives - in some endings, to irreversible degrees, not feeling the least bit guilty about it, relishing in their suffering.

And then we have Harry - a smart, well versed, dedicated and serious guy that is also guillible, sometimes infuriatingly naive - but that didn't do anything to deserve as much suffering as he goes through. Yes. the man is sometimes slow on the uptake - missing cues and signals that should be obvious - but most people criticizing this forget that it's part of what made him different from Luca. He is a pure person - he does not want to use or manipulate these women to get what he wants. He has feelings of jealousy and is emotionally weak - but still tries to make sense of things and get his life in shape while the world crumbles around him. It's not really that Luca is a chad and has bigger muscles or that he has a microdick - he just isn't as mature and quick on reading people and react accordingly. He projected in Laura a perfect woman - no flaws, someone he could look up to. That is why he tells himself it's impossible she's doing this or that - it contradicts his very being. The tragedy of his character is that Laura could have understood herself and found happiness with him - if only Luca didn't show up and exploited their weaknesses. Seeing these two drift apart as they're desperately clinging to hopes of things going back to normal is heart-crushing.

About the art: I really enjoy it. You can tell that different artists made their contributions, but it didn't affect the quality or pacing in my opinion. There's animations and a variety of sex scenes in every dirty scenario you can imagine. There's not much to say here - it's consistent throught the story overall. These two are so fuckin' hot.

Sound design: Incredible. A specific piano piece (that plays on the darker scenes where things are taking a turn for the worst) is still stuck in my head after playing lol. But the sfx, sex sounds and overall atmosphere is great.

Story: Great. I wouldn't say it's perfect - but I'm still debating myself if it's because I thought some things were too cruel. An example would be what happens to Aya after the party and her subsequent reaction to it - but it's explained because of her obsession with the MC reaching a boiling point - or some of the decisions the MC makes at the start of the journey, although that's explained by him just not being the brightest and allowing Luca a chance to come into his life again.

Another one would be how Laura is frustratingly incapable of developing and controlling her sex drive and see things clearly as they're developing around her, losing her identity more and more to pleasure and submission, and not understanding that she's doing more damage to everyone while trying to protect than anything - even her acceptance of Luca's game seems to be a fight against her own pride. But again, that's explained by her issues with her mother, and just how much pressure she was putting on herself up until everything starts happening.

I was so, SO hoping that by the end the MC had grown a spine and actually did more meaningful things to intervene, but even more that Laura wouldn't completely fall... and then you get that wish in one of the endings, where she doesn't really overcome anything - but actually explodes and kills Luca, ruining her life in the process. It's the only path she could see to protect Harry and not lose herself completely after finding out all that Luca wants is to destroy Harry's life.

But don't get it twisted - there's endings of every kind. Laura getting fucked into absolute submission and becoming Luca's plaything? There's one. Her getting pregnant and Harry humiliated for it? There's one. The MC becoming a sex machine and winning his girl back by matching her freak after everything? There's one. Her whore mom becoming her partner-in-hoeism by getting knocked up with her by Luca? There's that too.

And for Aya... oh man. I find her endings a little less severe and soul crushing - because most of them end with some kind of comeuppance for Luca. Halfway through this story I was almost screaming for Harry to just choose her already, but alas, it's not that simple. I really like her character. She doesn't waver on her feelings, sees through bullshit easily (most of the times). She IS the one to save Harry in some endings as well. There are scenes with her and things CAN go bad - but she's not as much as a prey for Luca as Laura is, and is on his level at all times (if not higher).

Some side characters like Sandra and Maya are a little more one-dimensional: they represent mistakes and errors of everyone involved. And, sadly, they're still around, since most of the problems that caused such errors weren't properly resolved. I like them as well - they add even more suffering and inevitability to what some of the characters go through, even though at first it may look like they were a small hope of change for Harry.


Overall: INCREDIBLE h-game. If you enjoy NTR or corruption in any capacity, give this a go. Just be ready to have your day ruined and your balls drained by the end of your gameplay.

PS: I just found out there's an Aya Edition, which I plan on checking out once my soul heals and when it's actually done.