VN - Ren'Py - A Wife's Life [v0.8.0] [Kerosine_NTR]

[Update v 4.5 / 5.0 review, dropping to 1 star]
TL&DR: Don't.

Ok, first off the pros. Game is bug free, the art is crisp, the models are pretty hot.

But you will get migraines from this game.

* The main character... if you are are a psych student that gets off on analyzing narcissistic sociopaths you might be able to get off to this game. He starts out bad but you can overlook some things for a bit.. and then they get worse.. and worse... until you are just praying his wife murders him in his sleep. Not 'pray she bangs some hot guys', you know, NTR like, you just start praying she commits homicide even if (and especially if) it ends this game.
* The wife is actually really sweet, sexy, and well done. Which makes everything so much Worse! Not 'so worse its good', just Worse. This isn't 'my hubby isn't banging me right so I'm cheating', or 'I'm being corrupted / mind-controlled / drugged / forced'. This is just pure emotional abuse for a really sweetly (and well-written) character, where you find yourself wanting to give her a hug. I'm not a white-knight in games, I like some depraved freaking stuff, but I just wanna help this poor fictional character out - its a turn-off what's happening to her... from her freaking husband, not the guys assaulting or blackmailing her! By comparison those guys seem like saints!
* The plots.. oh dear lord... I don't feel like finding a spoiler tag so just high level... some stuff happens here that makes no sense in even dystopian nightmares. It starts a bit weird ('oh you can't quit yet') but ok, but then something happens around 4.5+ that's just... beyond nonsensical. And then it somehow just keeps getting worse and less believable. Not like 'not believable for a major motion picture', just 'I cannot find any possible way to suspend disbelief and let this go, even for the sake of a porn game'. And suspending disbelief in porn games is NOT a high bar.

Don't do this to yourself. This site is FULL of great and ok games, and even more games that are probably not ok but you can tolerate. Especially in this genre. Find them.

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[Initial review, 3-4 stars]
TL&DR: Just play it if its your genre. You'll feel weird but won't regret it

This game is in such a weird place for me... I have a list of things that aren't great for me that I don't love. And I keep clicking... and I load it up the next day to continue it... so I guess I must like it. Otherwise I would stop. I don't want to because of all the things I don't like, but I mean.. I'm playing it, its getting my rocks off, I'm still going.. there isn't much more you can ask from a game, right?

Like:
* The visuals are Crisp. Like.. I don't think I've seen videos / pics quite as crisp in any real-assets game out there. No clue how the dev pulled it off but mad props
* The visuals are consistent - the same models are being used for the same characters, or if they're not you can't tell
* The pain is real - this is an NTR game and it does an incredible job keeping you in the dark at all the right moments, taunting you, giving you glimpses, and then slowly unfurling.. but throughout you are getting hot images
* Subliminals - Love that so much and want every game of every genre to include them
* Sort've makes sense - there's a minor amount of future-magic-drugs but overall the story flows and you can get why most things are happening

Dislikes (leaving aside any 'NMK' stuff):
* the main character is dumb. He just reveals knowing things he has no business knowing (tipping people off), talks about things he shouldn't to the wrong people, not talking about what any sane person would take about at the right time... just... dumb
* the main character is dis-likable. There's no other way to put it. I can feel for how he's feeling but there's a constant undertone of 'dude.. I'm not even into guys all that much and I'd still jump on a dick to not have to deal with you'. Just... toxic.
* the main character also has a path in which he is cheating. This is just a pet-peave of mine in this genre, when the MC is cheating while being all butt-hurt that his partner might be cheating
* very limited choice. Its very much more on the VN side. Which can be ok (especially when choices are so obvious you just know what players will do) but there are a lot of points where you just crave a button to 'not do something stupid'. Even if it leads to the same outcome from a different direction, you just kinda want a bit more control in some instances. There's enough cirumstances-can't-be-helped and future-drug-magic that the MC can still be railroaded into the same situations just fine.

I played many of these games and i can say...... it is an very Exellent Game , with great real emotions, pics and short clips. It turns so on by this really realistic way of corruption from the wife and her husband fall into the cuckold way of live. i cant wait to see more of it. One of the best in this genre. Nice to play.

Every new update the writing and pacing is getting more boring and stupid on the latest update there's a new character added and instantly getting mc's mom. Other scene wife gets mad because MC wanted to have sex with HIS wife. Next morning wife says YOU ARE SO WROOONG ! YOU RAPED MEE ! sheeesh man fkin bitch act likes a virgin priestess for fucks sake MEANWHILE THE FKIN BITCH IS BBC'S FUCKTOY I cant believe how writings come to this terrible situation..
Story is also same crap every update bull messages as '' unknown '' he sent stuff with MC's wife and stupid MC' always saying thats not my wife and blocks the bull xd this shit happens again again and againn thats the fkin summary of the game
What a wasted potential.. I hope this game completes asap..

Games revolving around cuckoldry are often pretty racist with their fetishization of black men, so you kind of expect it, but this a whole new level. not so much dogwhistle as dog subwoofer with references to migrant camps and migrants being violent rapists. a character, a black man of course, actually says the phrase "we start getting bored when they stop resisting"

the game otherwise is on rails and mired with irrelevant subplots that i tended to skip. The game makes you press buttons but they aren't optional so it just feels like the illusion of choice, which i usually don't mind but i didn't think it worked in this format

Great start. I'll be watching You...re game. I hope to see how the whole story unfolds.
+ video and pic
+ conversations
(maybe more spicy choices)
+ decent updates
- Let me choose what will MC response to messages

Had to rewrite my review on this one as after a few updates...smh

Putting this here because it would seem you can't leave a review.

I just played through the latest update on multiple paths and it would seem this game is trying to compete with "A Wifes's Phone" to see which one can go downhill quicker. I just...wow..I don't know how to put into words how bad it's gotten.

Choices mean almost absolutely nothing. I mean if you want to make a VN fine make a VN but don't call it a game.

Oh and almost forgot. I get its fiction and a story but nobody and I mean nobody would be as stupid and retarded as this MC.

Sorry to ramble on about this but the writing also. It would be one thing if it was good writing but it's like it was written by someone who is brain dead. And you can't really talk about game mechanics because for the most part there are none.

I know its not just me. In most of the reviews I've read that have criticism. It would seem people make the same points that I am making.

And nothing against the cellphone games. The first was a fresh idea. Now its just like copies of the same thing over and over except the quality gets worse.

I mean hope some people are enjoying it. I just think its a waste of your time and a time sink at this point.

Some have had said it's a lazy Patreon grab. Maybe or it could just be that bad.

I think this game is really good. I had a lot more fun with it than I thought I would!

But I will say, one improvement I'd make is to have more use of the sandbox elements. Maybe if you can go on the internet or on her phone in your own time for more additional content or scenes, instead of it being used kinetically, it would be more rewarding.

But other than that I think it's a really good game. It sets up the story and characters well, and the corruption isn't too rushed. I really liked it.

I seriously can't think of any redeeming qualities this game could have.

The writing and pace are all over the place, giving the impression that everything is decided last minute and the dev has no idea where this is going, all the while not being very good at improvising.

Way too many situations in this game are so absurd and beyond any logic, it's bad even according to porn logic standards.

How anyone could rate this "5*, perfect" is beyond me, it's just so poorly executed. There are tons of other options exploring the same kinks on this site that are at least decent, miles better than this.

Also the dev uses an image of some girl with a badminton racket and calls it tennis, unforgivable.

The pacing of this game is good.
I liked that this game is linear like a VN and has a few elements of point and click to keep the player engaged.
I have played a similar game called "A Wife's Phone", which to me is good, but sometimes it's really very all over the place with it's multiple routes and choices.
I prefer this over that (It's my opinion some may prefer otherwise). We get to enjoy the story as the creator intended with options of course, so that's a plus point for me+.

Suggestion:
Please make the videos and images available in chats easier to click and play. I had to click many times for the images to enlarge and the videos also seem to be having the same problem, if possible please do fix this.


For the people who are new, I'd warn you this story contains NTR+, and is mainly focused on kinks like: BNWO, raceplay (black dominating whites) , humiliation, cheating, etc.
If you enjoy these then you'll definitely enjoy this game, however if you don't then please play it at your own will.
I love this genre and I'm hoping that this game grows big in terms of content and popularity.
Again great work by the DEV.

This game has an interesting concept and a sense of mystery that excites our imagination, making us really think, have we been cheated on?
The game also has a great selection of images and videos, which also gives it an extra point from me.

Constant updates and the story is progressing really well. A lot of care and effort is going in to every release. Models are great too. One of the best NTR games on here, the MC still doubts his wife is cheating on him, but it is plausible she is innocent

Good concept but I will never under stand this genre's obsession with black guys. Why is it so rare to have options of different races? Its always a white couple with the wife cheating with a black guy. No variety, no options just the same repeative tropes.

Its a hot genre that is rarely well executed.

This game is very very hot, never once have I wanted to become cuck but this game man...

First the concept of going through her phone is really good, the fact that her friend in so in love with black dicks makes the whole story quite immersive.

Style is very good, story even better. Good game.

[v0.2.0]

I'm rating it for what it is, a linear story with minor interactivity. The interactive parts are not about choosing routes or making important decisions, at least so far. It's strictly to provide an immersive experience of using a phone and laptop. I mean, it's barebones, but for those of you who like to self insert as a cuck, it will certainly help.

Anyways, that's essentially it. Video choices are nice, but they tend to be long and you have no idea how much of it you've watched before clicking past it.

The writing is more or less pretty good for this type of story. The main idea is to create some sense of anxiety and doubt. The player who is very familiar with NTR and BBC tropes know what's happening, but the MC is braindead like most cucks tend to be in NTR games, be it because of gullibility, timidness, obliviousness, or just plain retardation. So basically you are going along the ride with the MC and viewing things from his POV as he gets unwillingly cucked while he is in denial.

If the build up and gradual escalation wasn't handled well, this would be a 2 or 3 stars from me. But the writing does achieve what it sets out to do, and the plot is streamlined for coherence and natural progression (unlike a certain other game about a wife's phone), although that's achieved by having no routes at all. Don't get me wrong, characters will act like retards, but since there is only one linear story, it doesn't suffer from schizophrenic whiplash from juggling multiple branches.

4* if you are fine with linear stories involving braindead people acting like idiots at all times. It's obviously less compelling for people who want choices or want more grounded scenarios in their NTR. Personally, I can fap to this because an MC being so utterly in denial is preferable to an MC that accepts his cuck status just like that.

Perfect story, perfect images/videos, perfect UI and handling, luckily not a sanbox game, cant wait for more content.
There are other games with similar content, but they either too slow burning, or to few images, or abandoned, or too long story to play.
I hope there will be bukkake and group sessions as wel.

My default setting is to side with a creator. They are putting in effort and work to try to produce something and that’s a fairly cool thing – even in this environment of degenerates! (I kid!! Sorta). Some writers phone it in… others put in some work. This is one of the latter kind. There’s a lot of work here but the ENTIRE thing is flawed because basic human thought processes aren’t considered.



The good:

• Lots of work and its well written.
• Content and layout are freakin beautiful.
• Wide diverse characters (if flawed)
• Huge potential (a bit undermined)

The Not-So-Good:

• The MC and his wife somehow met and got married and skipped communication. They just straight up don’t ever talk to each other and when they do they forget to mention all the actual issues that might come up. Its very off-putting because that’s now the kind of couple that would even last two seconds through hardship – much less the insanity of this kind of mess. WRITE BELIEVABLE CHARACTERS!!
• I almost think the interface would be better if it just flowed by random clicks. The buttons only exist to make you click them to forward progress. Just have the button light up and then move on to the next part of the story. Having to click click click isn’t beneficial unless I have options. I do not. Its notwhere near as bad as Wifes Phone but it could be better.

Note to the author:



You have a good game… if the MC and Wife were believable. They don’t ever talk about shit … he could show her the texts from the guy at camp and that entire shit would come to an end. He could tell her he overheard the boss. That would fix issues. Why doesn’t he?? Also – is she the kind of person who cheats? It doesn’t seem like it.

This is a pretty good game in its genre. The author skillfully escalates the situation. from the comments on the gameplay: the videos are too long and the rewind slider is missing
good luck dev, and i wait new versions on your game)) (DONT add sissy-content,please)

I have seen a couple of these "phone games" so far, where you can only interact with your wife via phone. The voyeurism happens via phone, which is fine, but when you have no interaction with your wife beyond texting, it is... awkward, to say the least. It is tough to build tension over text message.

I'm not sure it works as a concept. Situations where any normal person would talk to their spouse using words instead are awkwardly navigated around so the player can see SOME interaction.

Beyond this mechanism, there are basically no choices, you just have to click around texts and emails until you hit a video. Who finds this fun? It is beyond me.

This games slaps. amazing content with the real porn, could have just added a slider to that so we know long a movie is. There is the suspense around the paranoid of the MC. Hope the update is out soon

It's similar to A Wife's Phone but so much better and very attractive. Despite what people say, the dialogue is well-written, and it's a solid foundation for more to come. With what's here there's a lot to look forward to in the upcoming updates. Should give this a chance of this sort of stuff is your thing.