VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Alexandra [v1.0] [PTOLEMY]

This one is alright. I don't hate it. Which, coming from my cynical self says, hopefully, quite a bit. If nothing else, the story has direction. The ending is some Sopranos type crap, there's a time jump mid sentence that isn't even emphasized, and it's just kinda over. But there is an actual story. It could use a lot of work, and there's a lot of technical issues, but its competent. And it took me a couple days to get through this so I don't have a detailed recollection of all my misgivings, but I have some mental notes.

The story opens on MC, essentially a down on his luck guy with anger issues. I would say I'm happy to see a MC with actual character flaws, but there is never a moment he ever has to account for his actions. Anyway, he kills a guy, leaves town, and ends up getting a job at a mob boss' house as a groundskeeper. For whatever reason that is never explained, EVER, he faints and instantly falls in love with Alex, the boss' daughter right after meeting her. Soon after, she gets attacked by some goons, it's never explored but I guess we're meant to infer that it was the antagonist's fault, he saves her in one of his fits of rage and her voice is the only thing that has ever calmed him down. Then they let him in their crime ring.

Time goes on and MC learns how things work and Alex, being smitten with him, inches closer to MC. All while a few too many opportunities just land at MCs feet. Although, Alex has a girlfriend, Izzy, and she's possessive and jealous of the way Alex looks at MC and tries to kill him but doesn't. MC gets a critical choice to kill Izzy (I opted not to) and over time they all form a love triangle thing. There's a lot of busy work that MC has to do and having the boss' daughter dating him makes the boss have to use him a lot more and eventually he discovers a plot to take over the organization.

The characters are kinda simple, Alex the main love interest is a college girl that has been listening in on her dad's business and understands the life she will lead. Izzy, the second love, grew up with Alex has a mom that's not right in the head and has a temper, just like MC. Dima shows MC the ropes at first then later just gets demoted to weird stalker beta male for no reason. Boris, the boss, is grumpy but family oriented. Yuri the lovable oaf that wants to do more. Naryssa, ex call girl that is just a plot device to help MC read finance reports. Vanya the antagonist. James, MCs right hand man. And Olivia, the weird one.

Most of the characters are one note. Alex goes from college girl to ice queen all too fast. Izzy doesn't do much but act tough. And a lot of the interpersonal relationships could have been explored a little more, I feel. And usually I do really like the "Weird supernatural overarching story beats" but it's never explained why MC is possessed by a gorilla with a giant penis, he just is. And Olivia knows, and does something about it, but you're never made aware of what the hell is going on. And MC also has a healing ability somehow too? Okay. Those are just things you're meant to accept as the reader but it's not touched on more than once.

Oh and Vanya being the antagonist, just out of nowhere, BOOM. Bad guy. MC ACCIDENTALLY kills his partner in a fit of rage, for absolutely no reason. Never faces any repercussions for that, and it turns out that helps them later on, but still. And Vanya's plan, even though you are never told about this at all, is: Capture Izzy, kill Boris, his brother, then Alex and take over. Because Izzy and Alex are sisters. The point is brought up a total of three and a half times. Izzy's mom says it during a crazy rant, MC reiterates it, Boris wants "his girls" back, and Izzy asks "why did he wanna capture me?" and MC goes "Er... Um... Iunno..." which is why I said "and a half." Then no one ever talks about it or questions it again.

Now, the technical issues are EVERYWHERE. There are so many times when the wrong character is made out to be speaking. And sometimes it's an important line that matters who says it. Like when Olivia is talking about the mystical stuff, instead it says James is saying it. And there's a lot of times where the wrong side image is shown. There's a character named Vincent, and I don't think he has his own side image because it is never right when he's talking. And the UI is never consistent, no reason why, just choices randomly placed all over the screen. The Alex and Izzy realization is a different menu format, and suddenly Alex's sex name for you pops up eventually. It's just all over the place. And at the end the renders take a nose dive in quality. Like they didn't get the chroma key right? Its weird to look at.

Sure as this project went on the animations got a lot better, but the poses especially for the faces seemed dead. On top of everyone's very stiff and robotic deliveries of lines it just bogs this one down.

Bottom line, it's not a bad story. Enough sex scenes for a lot of people on here I guess. It's just stiff and robotic feeling a lot of the time with below average facial posing. But if you're looking for an okay crime story give it a try.

Honestly this went from one of the best games here, story wise, to nothing. It is clear the dev decided that either they did not have an idea how to properly end the multitude of plot-lines or had no desire to spend the time to do so.

I am upset for supporting this dev and I don't think I will ever be supporting another game by them again.

The game has really a interesting and refreshing storyline and i like the characters and how the relationship around Mc and the girls is set up.
Really one of the must ply VN's in my opinion.
And the graphics are also very good done and staged.

finally was able to play all the way through and I give a 5 star, its been one of the better games and I don't speed through it looking for crap here and there. Fucked part about all of it was I'm happy as hell with what happened to James and he didn't die

this whole game is like a jedi mind trick. there is enough to convince you to keep playing and that there is more depth and substance, yet that never really actually happens. it isn't bad exactly, but what the game thinks are secrets worth teasing are in fact fairly obvious. i don't think the main characters really grow and the way they handle problems is dumb, obvious or unsatisfying. it's like someone saw a mob film a decade ago and then decided to make a game based around organized crime. side characters also are inconsistent and they disappear for long stretches of time and you forget about them until suddenly they are back. you get the sense the writer may have indeed forgotten about them too. most of the side characters don't contribute to the story in a tangible way. they could almost all disappear and the story would not be unduly effected. i wasted a lot of time on this game, i even contributed on patreon and proofread for typos and syntax errors. save yourself the time and find other more worthy games. the trouble is that they never pick a lane. the main characters are all murderers or complicit in crimes. it makes it hard to be sympathetic for them, even when bad things happen. the amount of crimes that paid for that lovely villa would be astounding. the solution from the game is to have badder eviler criminals? doesn't really work for me. it would be fun if it was more violent in a slasher movie or tarantino film sort of way, but it doesn't get more gorey and graphic or creative in that way either. so you have a sanitized mob story where bland unlikeable people dither and do stupid things to achieve not much. the pacing is not great either. the game really drags in some places.

you know how some movies or games that are set in military environments, but then real life soldiers watching it are like "it's nothing like that; they screwed up so many things and got none of the details right." that's a lot like this game if you swap the military and organized crime.

The story started out so good that you could forgive the poor animations, but the story has just dragged on and on with no real end in sight. There seems to be no end goal or objective.

If the end result has something to do with him the MC being a monster this would drag on forever. If it is about how Alexandra become the "boss" well it could have happened a long time ago and with a lot less unnecessary parts to the story.

I wish Ptolemy would get back to his better AVN that is still in progress.

Edit -- Raised it to 3 stars. I'm really glad they wrapped it up. I feel like they did a pretty job of it. The side chicks could have been done better, but that's not as important.

It is not quite finished,but what a fun ride.
I did a full playthrough of what is available. I enjoyed the story enough to play it again,and make some different choices(very rare for me).

I think the art and models are very good,and will say without hesitation they are better than most presented in a renply game/story.

This is a game for sure. You can die early to be sure,and in most games I do not like that. In this one knowing you can die though(usually takes quite a few mistakes)adds realism to the story.

My only regret is gun girl. Man I would love to wade into battle with that woman lol. Maybe if I make some different choices?? LOL...well guess I need another playthrough to try to really totally win her over.I can hope right?

Gotta be honest, i'm enjoying this a lot more than i thought i would, easily one of my top 10 favorites on here, actually reading every dialogues with a smile, good job PTOLEMY, will definetely support you on this start new year!

Alexandra has become one of my favorites. Looking forward to every update. Possibly the most beautiful cast of women seen in a visual novel. A great story told well. Wouldn't expect any less from Ptolemy. This is one developer that you will want to support.

I like the game, but there are some elements that makes me just give it 4*.

Pros: Like the humor, the MC is good looking (but like better "headless" MCs), the girls are good looking but in a believable way and the story is well told.

Cons: Too many side characters that want to have sex with the MC (not all places he go to has be run by pretty girls), the sex scenes aren't the best and too much unnecessary violence.

This game is a solid score of 3.5 in my opinion, but I rounded it.

Story:

The game started off slow, but heated up once the MC joined the family. Alexandra is an okay model/Love interest. She's not a knockout bombshell with unrealistic features and I kinda like that. The "Puppy" thing irks me to my core, but what can you do. The fake lesbian trope is present with Alex's friend, there's sharing involved which is good or bad depending who you ask.

Animations:

Dry and bland at times, not impressed with the sex scenes in this game.

Gameplay:

Not perfect, but not crappy either.

I still recommend this game, if you're into stories and not just fap material.

Pretty good game all round. I can't point out anything bad nor excelent. Also , Imo, there's definitely an increase in quality from the devs previous games. The only thing negative, again IMO, is the long development time reaching close to four years now which I consider long. To counter that, the dev has already finished two games and that alone speaks volumes about this devs commitment to his work.

Thanks and good luck.

Didn't do it for me, everything is violent and unpleasant; MC seems very uninteresting and does not give the feeling of being a human being (weird dreams do not make up for any form of inner life); but I am probably biased as I do not like the whole Gangster setup...
Technically OK, I suppose.

Played v0.95

I have gone through two playthroughs of the game and what stands out to me is the lack of choices that the player has to make in the AVN. All the characters are pushed towards MC and it takes very little effort to choose the right option that would lead to a lewd scene. Most of the choices are a simple 'Yes or No' or 'Tell the truth or lie' etc. The renders and animations are fairly average and the lewd scenes lack of romance. However, I did find the mafia story to be interesting and would've given a higher rating if the player had some involvement in helping to set the story up. But, the problem of the lack of decision making for the player comes up in this scenario as well. The secondary plotline of MC's dreams feels a bit out of place in the VN and it's difficult to see how the dev can flesh out a good background for it in the next 5(?) updates (assuming v1.00 is the endgame). I would say that Alexandra has decent (maybe upto good) story, but is an average game. However, I can see myself revisiting the game once it is completed to get the satisfaction of completing the story.

I played the first hour or hour and a half legit, reading eveything and understanding the story, and when i thought i was getting everything relationships changed and wht was a thing in the beggining turned into an echo. From there you spend a good part of the game reading about the plot and its characters, and interacting with the girls, and at some point in the day o noght you may find one of the main girls that are not that inseperable anymore, alone, and fucker her.

At some point there will be a threesome that is nto actually a threesome, cause i understand that all the members must interact between them, since the girls are supposed to be so close, you would expect them to interact with each other during a threesome, i mean, being horny and all that stuff, but it doesnt happen, they are there like a checkmark, like some sort of requirement.

This is not only a problem of these sex scenes, overall they are boring, and they are bad animations for the most part.
This i found when i started skipping,cause after a NUT free week, i was expecting to be more susceptible. I guess this game didnt touch any buttons for me.

And when buttons are not being touched i start picking these nonsensical things that nobody would believe like not kissing your girlfriend duringa threesome and stuff, and that is the end of the game for me.

I wanted it to rate it really bad, cause it os boring, visually is average, and sex feels like 2 dolls executing animations in a plot setting. But the game is long as hell, and if you are maybe younger and more horny than me, you may enjoy it.

I found it unbalanced, and feel like after the first maybe 3 hours of gameplay with the exception of the librarian who is different, the game doesnt have anything more to offer, its repetitive and the 3 main characters are still fucking separately in a staged and preditable way.

I am loving this so far, great script, story so far is keeping really gripped. dark in places (as you can expect), but with a good amount of laughs from the dialogue exchanges between the characters. cant wait to see how the story progresses

This game just recently hit my radar. It is a pleasant surprise but isn't without it's problems.

Pros

• Excellent renders and visuals
• Realistic looking character models that have realistic body proportions (very rare and very welcomed)
• Great and unique story
• Excellent character progression with the main characters (not so much with the side characters)
• Good writing (overall)
• Good characters (except for the MC)
• Lots of content
• Good amount of sex scenes

Cons

• The MC has the personality and life experience of a 12 year old boy. He lacks knowledge in the most basic of things including dating. He has to be taught how to do pretty much everything in the game. He is a good looking hunk but acts like he is clueless and incompetent for most of the game (except for driving, fighting, sex, and being a handyman).
• The whole 'dream demon' content is weak and not explained in any way. There are no answers for the MC's superhuman healing ability and blind rage as well as his nightmares. It is pretty late in the game to leave all of this up in the air without any explanation.
• The sex scenes lack passion and emotion. I don't know how to explain it other than they feel dry and uninspiring.
• The animations are OK but some of them look awkward in that the character models look too stiff in the animations. In other words more body parts need to be moving in the sex animations in order for it to feel real. Not all of the animations have this problem but a good amount do.
• I don't understand what the fascination with blowjobs is, but 75% of the sex scenes in the game are blowjobs. More variety would be nice!
• The story is excellent up to the point when Alex, Izzy, and the MC go on their beach vacation and then the story feels very slow and repetitive. It feels like the author is dragging it out for some reason and it is unnecessary. I would have condensed this portion of the game by 50% at least and kept things moving quicker.
• Several of the side characters are forgotten in the game and only appear as they are needed to progress the story. This feels very unnatural as the MC says he is going to do various things with the side characters and then ignores them for weeks at a time. If you are going to have meaningful side characters you can't do this as it destroys immersion for me at least. Finish what you start or don't start it at all!
• One of the biggest "show stoppers" in my opinion with the story is when the MC murders Anton for no apparent reason. Alex asks him why he did it and he can't come up with a good reason. He murders a fairly important member of the extended family and Alex and Izzy are OK with it. You have to be truly evil to be OK with it. No groundwork was laid to show Alex and Izzy as being ruthless and heartless bitches! Most indications were that they didn't like the business but accepted it since they were family. Izzy had a rage problem like the MC but Alex was very kind and level headed. This event wasn't believable at all and greatly damaged the story in my opinion. I would have run for the hills and abandoned the MC if I were Alex and called the police and told Boris.
• Numerous text and spelling errors throughout the game as well as misused words, missing words, and duplicate words. Even a basic spell check would have caught a lot of this.
• I was hoping for more threesome events with the MC, Alex, and Izzy. The author could have done a lot here but wasted a lot of story time with boring stuff after the beach vacation.
• A couple of the sex scenes in the game are overly dark so you can't really see what is going on. I don't see the point of this. Choosing realism over user experience was a bad choice here.

Overall, I enjoyed the game and had a fun time with it! It isn't a perfect game but there is a lot of content to play through and the overall experience was good.

I highly recommend the game and encourage others to give it a try!

This game surprise me with the outstanding story. If you are looking for a beautiful story with depth of many character.
Mc and outstanding sex scene does make game complete.
Choices which are given to mc is few yet very powerful to change everything.
I suggest if you looking for good game, this is the game you should relay consider playing.

well
i must say im not really into games with slowburn storys,
but this one is great ;
storywriting -with a great amount of laughters,
the girls are awesome (Alex and Isa)
renders and animations are very good
im not far into the story (just after dinner with boris and the girls),
i hope there is not too much upcoming drama, or weird storyturns

great game - worth my time

Fell in love with this game and ended up craving for more, now awaiting for it to be finished hopefully before I start it again from scratch and seeing it from start to finish. Mysterious demon rage entity = awesome. Quiet badass MP = awesome. The relationship with the two main girl chars is great and the whole mob scene subplot is right up my alley. I feel like this game is vastly underrated. 10/10 would recommend!