VN - Ren'Py - A Wife and Mother [v0.201] [Lust & Passion]

Imagine a woman so far removed from society that even being seen in a bikini would be shocking. Lowering the strap of a dress revealing the top of a breast would be a scandal.

Of course you'd expect that woman to be from the 1920's and live life in a convent because for a mother from the suburbs to act that way would be moronic as all hell.

Yet here it is.

The writing isn't great. The mother has some of the most painful scenes i've ever had to force myself to read through. That scene with the bikini though. The word cringe is overused but it fits.

The only thing stopping me marking it lower than a 2 is the lesbian potential.

If some of the shit scenes were redone or removed, the writing given a bit of an overhaul and the plot to gain some actual meaning it could be an average game.

As it stands it's a slow paced snooze fest lacking in every single way.

I see people excited about the mother daughter lesbian "build" but that must just be from incest fans because both of them have a gaping chasm where their personalities should be.

If you are a fan of stories that don't seem to serve a purpose with characters so wooden they could be extra's on Thunderbirds and such a lack of sex even my balls turned blue .... AND I DON'T FUCKING HAVE ANY ..... then this is for you. If you like a good plot, characters and meaningful sex or even sex for the hell of it then look elsewhere, this will leave you disappointed.

P.S. I reviews this a year ago and dropped the 2 stars down to 1. If I could go into minus stars I would.

The mother/daughter build I mentioned a year ago has only progressed to a kiss but beyond that it hasn't changed pace or improved in any way.

A story doesn't need sex to make it good which I guess is this games saving grace because even sex couldn't make this complete bore fest entertaining.

This game is one of the worst games I've ever played. It got hyped beyond what it really is because of a sizeable demo at the release. Once people are hooked into his patreon, his quality of work quickly declined. Deadlines are being missed, size of updates continue to consistently get smaller too. What started as a 1 game day per update becomes half-day per update.

The render is beautiful, but the game feels like a turd covered in gold leaves. The story is non-existent. The character development is very minimal. The characters are also very unrealistic as if being written by someone who are not really aware what it's like to be in real world.

There are many good suggestions being thrown around on the forum, especially early on. However, the dev has proven to be extremely stubborn in realizing the game true to his vision. While it can be admirable, unfortunately the dev hasn't shown the ability to handle the (expected) criticism that he ended up copping from the people. This is to the point of simply insulting other people as stupid for having different opinion than him.

Final note, at the current writing of the review, we are on Day 7 out of 30. With roughly 2 months per update, and half-day in game per update, we're looking at 26 more updates which equate to 52 more months until completion. That's around middle of 2023.

In simple conscience, I cannot recommend this game.

UPDATE November 2022: We are now close to 2023 and only at Day 13.
M.I.L.K.I.N.G.

wasted months of money on his patreon site with nothing to show for it this is probably one of the most boring pg 13 games ive seen in a while. it really shouldnt be considered adult in any sense. its not a vn with class it is a vn with no content.

An amazing game with such a nice slow burn, making the inevitable fall into corruption that much better. The renders are amazing, probably some of the best found in any game that's on this site. The attention to detail is unsurpassed and definitely makes the game worth playing repeatedly to try out every path.

I'm giving this game 4 star.

Pro:
- Good renders
- Still has potential
- Somehow some parts of this 'slice of life' works but I feel sometimes out of focus
- Female protagonist that is NOT a slut and is there for getting raped and other very common stereotypes

Cons:
- Not what you expect from a 0.07 release (was like this before)
- Not for those who want a quick relief (ain't no bad in opinion)
- Like I said: Slice of life is out of focus
- Development time does not justify content releases

I hope this somehow this gets to author since he's offline from here since negative reviews. I feel every release makes it less and less interesting for people who are: here or on Patreon and making this a dead project.

What he needs to do is get a second and/or third developers (what I mean by this is mostly artist) who can render for him/her taking of some load on this because all the jokes about "2030+ years still no content" remind me on the Half-Life 3 misery. This game needs more developers/artists.

0.07 was a pretty weak update like the others, but it is understandable considering that we are playing small updates per month, if she jumped into bed with anyone suddenly, would lose all the fun, the only problem is the time it takes for the updates, if there were more constant updates would certainly be less painful

This is one of the few games that makes me pick options based on what I feel not only on how to get the most sexy art.
It makes it feel important to me what happens to some of the people in the game and I feel for the MC in a way im not used to in games, more like it is when reading books.
I agree that its a slow game yet I say its worth it.

I like this game. The pace is slow, but it feels a Little bit more realistic. You can feel, that she will give up her morals. But then it feels, that is a Little bit to slow with the pace. I can understand, that some become frustrated with that. Sometimes I have that too. Even so, I like this game.

I've downloaded this game about seven times, this version 0.07 was nothing but a penis version...it is a good novel with good graphs, that's it...it's worse than watching softcore porn, but in softcore you at least see some women naked.

We are in 2019 already, this game was released in oct 2017...more than a year later and NO SEX CONTENT yet. The dev will say (i think that he will) that he's staying true to his vision (acting lessons feelings) and that he have the story scripted and all that fairy tail...I dont buy it!
When the dev release the final update i will play this game and skip all the "milking patrons" content.
The way it is now , is not worth playing , i do not recommend.
The story is kind of "meh", the wife is too prude, unrealistc.
The graphics are good, but still far from top games.
The pace of this game is annoying, too slow... nothing happens.
The releases are often short and boring.

PRO:
- good renderings
(outdated now 2024)

CON:
- if the author would speed up the pace he would maybe be able to race a slug!
- MC acting more and more prude after each update
- he promises a lot but can not keep up with anything
- story short version = mom you may... - NO - Please... - NO => repeat this endless
- there is no tension, no passion, no developement (not even slow paced)
- IF there is some developement, its backwards

i stop here, because this game is not worth more words (I stop the game at all after version 0.07

Why 2* rating? - just because the renderings are nice

EDIT:
As now (7 YEARS later !!!!) nothing changed but the game turned even away from "a WIFE and MOTHER" into "lesbian in a Mily Way", it's not even worth 1 star.
It turned out, the developer "Lust and Passion" is more like "Greed and Boredom"

Great game. What stands out, without a doubt, is its image quality and its plot. Its female protagonist has a personality halfway between innocence and lasciviousness. I have no doubt that we are facing one of the best games of its kind. A pity of how long the updates take.

version 0.065

this VN actually feels like reading an erotic novel. you play the role of a middle aged sexy wife and decide how you want the character to develop. its like watching her daily life and i mean this quite literally. you will get to see what she does throughout the day. its truly unbelievable how much attention to details the developer has put to this VN. you will surely understand once you start playing and after a while it might also frustrate you to the point that you delete the VN from your pc(and u better believe it cuz i have been there and done it XD). but that is also the charm of this VN i think. also incredibly realistic to be honest which i came to appreciate later while playing. well its really hard to describe this VN really. it has NO sex scenes(not even any oral) uptill now. so you could say that its painfully realistic or just plain stupid. but still i liked the VN cause even if there is no sex scene at the moment its still plenty erotic. the writing and visuals are simply amazing, definitely the highlights of the VN. this definitely has a lot of promise.
so if u are patient and looking for some high quality VN definitely try this one out.
WARNING : this VN is not for fapping (lol)

This game showed a lot of promise but is ultimately undermined by poor execution.

Update: Consider this a 2-star review now. Apparently, the Dev has chosen to take this story in the overused mechanic of blackmail, and in this case, unrealistic blackmail. Sigh! The game had such promise. Now the only real realistic corruption is the Lesbian route. Yes, I really believe that an uber powerful family would be able to threaten her when her sister's husband is equally powerful. Will she ask him for help. Of course not.

She'll comply b/c for some reason, men can only corrupt women with threats, blackmail, and manipulation. Women can offer her something more, something she desires and is not getting from her husband, such as sex. But, men can't offer her anything. It's so irritating, b/c an absentee husband provides all the needed set-up for corruption with other men, but instead, she stays true to the cheating jack-ass until she's blackmailed or raped.

The good:
--Beautiful renders
-- the narrative is often an interesting and slow build, and the main character is given the ability to craft some relationships over time.
-- written to feel like the circumstances could happen in real life, a part of the game I find quite appealing. (That was the case, until the recent update)
--Some scenes are quite expertly written. I want to love this game and I'm still pulling for it.

The bad:
--Being filthy doesn't change the dialogue or the outcome of scenes. It adds scenes, but being filthy has no real consequence on how scenes play out, destroying replayability. Except for new scenes you can access with filthy, you end up having to go through the same dialogue you saw previously. For me, that meant quickly clicking through dialogue I've already read. It also creates discontinuities.

For instance, if you pursue the filthy path with movers you can play it so that the wife has no problem with the movers flirting with her and the scuzzy Ivan is even able to mack on her daughter in front of her. Then later MC is uncomfortable undressing in front of her sister (I had a 17 filthy at that point) and is irritated by the more attractive, respectable gym guys checking her out. Huh?? Reason? Gym scene was written to be compatible with Good wife and Nasty wife playthroughs with no changes to the dialogue. The game doesn't adjust the content to account for changes in the filthy metric. Lame.

Also, the wife is portrayed very inconsistently. One moment part of a well-written guitar scene; the next minute the Sports teacher, who played on a championship college team for 2 years doesn't know the rules of fouling in basketball. Huh?

She also has the ability to internally and externally call bullshit one moment, then is clueless and incompetent in another. Did she not think of recording her first "date" with the teacher? Why did she even tell him her son is at the school? Most teachers with children at the same school would try to avoid such conflicts of interest for practical reasons. I could see including it as a choice--cause porn game. But, she's portrayed as much smarter than that and you're not given a choice.

Returning to the good being undermined by the bad. The narrative choices often undermine the realism of the scenarios. A young teacher flirts with both teachers and students, and is likely sleeping with some of them, flunks her son and uses it to blackmail her for sex--we haven't seen how this plays out with the principal, but it's an expensive lawsuit waiting to happen in the real world.

And why go for the job at the nursing home, when it's been suggested she could be a model? Reason? Ugly old man macking on the hot wife content that appears to be quite popular on this site.

Though I gave it a 2, consider my rating a 2.5 for a valiant effort and a hope that some of these issues can be corrected.

One of my peronal favorites
I really like the fact of having the protagonist be the "adult" and mature part who is conflicted with the events instead of being the average young and pushy character.

No new content since I first downloaded the game in SEPTEMBER. Dev just makes constant excuses for lack of content.

There is so much potential with this game. I love the character models, the choice system and story so-far. And the idea of playing as a wife and making the choices is something unique.

However when you have a dev who enjoys making the community mad, and a project with so much potential but such little to show in terms of content its hard for me to sit here and support this game.

Its pretty obvious the dev is over his head and our just doesnt have time for this. I think he should turn it over to the community and let us finish the game with our own twists.

This is the first game I'm reviewing and I'm reviewing this because of how much I need to let this come out.This game is gorgeous with the models and does well in making me immersed,(Good writing).The problem is that I am a female protag, lesbian incest type of guy and this game fucking rejects that and spits it in your face. The dev doesn't give me any choice in how I want to interact with the girls(and that's worse because they barely give me any choice in the main game). This game just dominates the sleezy geezers and gross little boys in Sophia's asscrack and i just want to have girls scene. It sucks because there is so much potential and the characters are so good(females for the most part) but, I'll just have to wait and see.

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."

I really enjoyed the overarching plot and twists in this game, as it encompasses all the classic elements of a good story. Although the standalone routes weren’t by any means remarkable, they were great at building suspense and a sense of urgency to figure out the pieces of the puzzle in order to solve the mystery. The universe of this games grows increasingly more complex and interesting the further you delve into the storyline. This demonstrates solid world-building and good storyline pacing by the writers.

A fantastic game, with slow pace so be aware...
The dev knows what he's doing, putting a lot of effort and making wonderful renders you won't see anywhere else. It has a unick style with a lot of sexual tension, with a promise for a lot of lewd scenes in the future.

So, in my opinion, this are the pros and the cons of this game.:
Pros:
+ Good character design. I like the mother, aunt and sister character choice. Well balanced look and not the extreme type with somehow a unique personality.
+ Well rendered. I saw few bugs but not so much of a mood killer.

Cons:
- Corruption time. I know that in many games after four clicks you already fucked the mother, aunt, sister, neighbor, the UPS guy and so on, but here this is taking way to much. I mean I know that corruption won't come on a plate but you can't have like three updates in three months and after those updates, the only change is that the character goes "fully wild" and she will wear a thong. Yey.
- Short updates, as I may have mentioned above with each month there is an actual short update. In most cases there is some casual talking, running, touching, eye gazing, gazel gazing, Lamma gazing and that is all.
! Here I will make my final mention on how the story is built. From the start, the dev marked the relations as siblings with no patch what so ever. If we go on this path, for the game to stay on Patreon it must not contain any incest scenes. So if the game will remain on Patreon, the mother, son, father, aunt, and sister will not have any "pie" together. If somehow on the road, the dev will suddenly change the character relations, into landlord, warlord, and warlock than it will be odd for those who will play without an incest desire.
If the dev will make an incest patch which will unlock different scenes and will be focusing on incest, well that will double the work...

So in the end, I want to say that this is one of the games I played and will play in the future with the hope that if the dev will read this, he/she/it will find it useful in future development.