I'm really enjoying A Wife At Stake. The one con to the game is that it doesn't have the latest rendering technology and I've even noticed two male characters having the same face but even still the female main character is very attractive and it's a very well written story with very promising paths.
VN - Ren'Py - A Wife at Stake [v0.050] [eHellJay]
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Forzatorna1000
a game too linear, few options to choose from, mediocre plot, unbelievable characters, terrible audio, only decent graphics. For fans of the cuckold and idiot genre. The various POVs are useless and poorly presented
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Edger Sr.
A solid corruption game. This is one of those rare games that forces me to take a logical decision, instead of just following the corruption route. The story premise is intriguing, the models are lovely. But it is let down by some long dialogues and generic renpy styling.
Translations (He/She mistakes) could have been a lot better, added with the long dialogues, it makes for a hard read. Also the images could use some polishing, but not a major issue. -
holy_cat
Usually I do not review games at early stage of development. In this case the situation is different – the game has been tagged as abandoned (by the dev) and there is no reason to wait for more content. Which is a pity, I should say from the beginning.
The artwork is original and interesting, though its quality is not always great, especially because of the resolution. I like the views of Italian cities – it’s not that often that in the games we can see views we can recognize. It’s fresh and nice. The strongest side of the game is – or should be – the plot. The story’s point of departure comes from real life problems and the possible corruption of Laura is believable. I like slow burn games and this is (would be) certainly one of such instances. My problem is with in-game choices: they suggest various paths for the FMC but at the current – and unfortunately final – stage of development they are practically meaningless.
The writing is better than ok, though one may find some typing errors and mistakes (like ‘his’ instead of ‘her’ or ‘she’/’her’ when talking about an actor). By the way – the Latin expression is ‘alea iacta est’ and not ‘alea jacta est’ (it’s funny I can make such remarks about a porn game… I would never expect that. Though I should correct myself: it seems more an erotic game than a porn one).
It is obvious for me that the inspiration for the game comes from the Italian movie ‘Una moglie bellisima’ (A Beautiful Wife, 2007) with Laura Torrisi. Even the first name speaks for itself… To make it clear: I do not blame the dev for it. Just opposite, it would be interesting to see various paths or options and compare them to the movie. It’s a pity we won’t see them. But if you are interested, you can watch the movie and check what happened to Laura (or the character she played) in this flick.
I have almost forgotten to explain the rating. The game has a lot of potential and in a finished or more advanced version would easily earn a perfect five. But here we deal rather with a promise of a good game than with a ‘full experience’ – and I am talking about sex scenes and decisions, for instance. On the other hand, I had fun, anyway. More fun than with some finished games. So – the final verdict is ‘four’.