VN - Ren'Py - Android LIFE [v0.5] [MateDolce]

One of the games I'm proud to support on Patreon, highly recommend it.

Not going to lie, I did not think this game would be for me at all when I first saw it, and have been avoiding playing it for months now. Finally pulled the trigger on it though after seeing the other reviews and running out of other games to play, and I'm very glad I did. This game is unique in many ways, from the story, to the art design, to the content.

Starting with the story, the creator does a unique spin on the "Last Man on Earth" narrative with the presence of humanoid androids. It's well written unlike most games on here without taking itself too seriously. Laura's dialogue for example about the duck protein had me cracking up.

I really enjoy the art design and the game has some pretty good animations. The characters as well are well designed and not copy pastes as many other game creators tend to go with. The only thing that bugs me is the way the dialogue box works where a piece of dialogue is broken into multiple different "clicks to progress" at some points and auto scrolling in others which resulted in me having to scroll back to read some of the dialogue, but that's personal preference since I have my text speed on max.

Finally the meat and bones of the game, the content. I really enjoy the way the author provides the player with choices since they're not clear cut "X = Y". Often times it seemed like my choices were just flavor text, whereas others I'd be surprised to find I could get a "Bad End" in the game. It makes the game feel more immersive, since without a clear outcome I feel less obligated to try and min max. I enjoyed the narrative display with Mia more than I thought I would as it gave more depth to her character and the conversation.

Pros:

• Art-style, animation is very good
• Story is quite good
• Straight forward story type VN, very low amount of sandbox.
• Soft Femdom (Depend on your taste this might be a con for you)

Cons:

• Soft Femdom (depend on your taste this might be a pro for you)
• Low amount of H content.
• 3+ years of development, this game still have no walkthrough.
• Low screen time for side characters.
• No gallery or scene replay.
• There are some plot holes, but you are here to fap not for the plot so I am not going to spoil.
• Long dialogues, quite a text heavy VN.

Overall (my opinion): I wish MC would act a bit more like a man tho. MC was threated like shit everyday and he didn't even attempt of thinking how to gain the upper hand or fight back a bit. I know Rea was supposed to be the heroine of this VN, but holy shit she's getting under my skin sometimes. All she does is "I'm a genius" and "make me money." I know it was supposed to be comedic and she's deep character, but after constant line of her bickering I started to get sick of her attitude. I am not going to mention the commie girl.

I have so many complain about the plot, but I remember that this is meant to be a hentai VN lol. Still, this was supposed to be Femdom type VN. Can't really blaming the dev for making MC and characters this way. I wish there was path that let you choose between being Maledom route or Femdom route in the game. A bit disappoint at the lack of content, but I think you should give this game a chance.

It's one of those unappreciated gems. Unique visual style, interesting characters etc. It's no grand design of a game but its certainly a good one.

The way scenes play out its rather cool as well, there will be scenes that have multiple outcomes that is influenced by dialogue and certain choices.

The art is good. The girls are cute. The story is gripping. What Android Life lacks in raw sex it makes up for with solid writing and visuals. the protagonist design is peak edge anime but the female cast all have appeals of their architypes that over shadow the protagonist. The "gameplay" doesn't hold your hand but follows the threads of most peoples common sense and knowledge. In the first half I didn't really care to get invested in the story but as the plot progressed I found m self more inclined to learn all I could about the story and world. While this VN is far from finished I look forward to its continued development and ultimate completion.

SPOILERS!!

WOW, this game is REALLY good, when I looked at the preview pictures I saw cute girls and expected a quick wank, the info about the setting on the page made it sound like some dumb isekai, but man... after the first few days the story gets you really thinking about what is actually happening, are you really just some guy from the past? Maybe you are some super advanced AI with implanted Memories Is any of this even real? What is the mother really looking for, Love or something else entirely?

And then the cliffhanger..... FUUUCK i NEED more!!!!!!!

Version: v0.4.0.1
This game is a real pleasant surprise.

Pros:

- Well developed and interesting story

- Good art direction, it's a change from usual Renpy(Koikatsu,etc,etc)

- H scenes and animations are well done

- The characters are very endearing for the most part and the mix between tsundere and possessive is rather well balanced

- A lot of humor, parody and a lot of meme

Cons:

- Not enough H content (more story than H) for the moment, but I prefer DC to put quality over quantity

- The game is very linear, not much to do even if DC has planned to let more freedom to the players with the addition of the sandbox

- Laura is unbearable, this character is supposed to be the meme girl, but I find that she does too much, that she is too much emphasized and that can spoil the experience if you don't like this character at all

Conclusion

The game has a huge potential, DC does a really good job, the game can seem to be worn quite femdom, but in reality it's very soft on that point and also allows to be a cool guy who doesn't let himself be abused (if you want to <3).

It was Fantastic. Story was good though you have to accept the premise first, characters were interesting and funny. Not all perfect humans which sometimes writers love to create.
Big fan of the new game concepts that arised, the patience questions had my stressing and was interesting and the flow chart of topics was something I've never seen before.
Also made me go from being indifferent about someone to caring about them a bit which was nice. Good use of style and pacing.
Lots of sweet references, very well done. Well deserved of 5 Stars prob would rate 5.5 cause it's stands a bit above.
Cheers

Just played this, some reason my version says V0.4.0.4 instead of the V0.4.0.1 it says here but that doesn't matter right now.

This game is very lovely and had a very great time playing it.
Love the MC and Ruri~!

This game is a definite try, it is a very great game and I hope to see more~!
Have a lovely time playing or have a lovely day and I wish you the best of luck~!

This game is fantastic.

From the the fap material, to the world building, to the plot, this game is an engaging and sucks you in without missing a beat.

I started this game expecting a quick fap to some cute anime girls. I didn't expect to be smirking, laughing, shitting my pants, and caring for some stupid indecisive idiotic adorable fantastic tsundere.

Give it a shot, even if you don't care for story. I don't typically care for story either, but I do for this.

If you are a fan of anime and videogames, and have any interest at all in aggressive young women, then this game is for you. The references and influences are many and throughout. The writing is clever and funny. The art is fantastic.

Fuckng nice, for the art it has personality, the story develp imrpoving and i really wonder how it will take every route, and i hope that it shows the origin of the masive death virus like somthing natural stupid gov bioweapon

I expected an anime-like but Android LIFE is so much more and a really unique experience even though I have played many VNs and AVNs to compare it to. But I can safely say that this is made with great love for detail and despite the rather simple background story there are moments where it doesn't shy away to have a sly comment on political and social ideas and issues of our time.

The art style is great, the character designs and characterization is excellent (I am attracted to all LIs), I really share the humor, music is pretty standard for an AVN but it's there. The sound design is an aspect that could be improved though, it's nothing to complain about but considering the high quality of everything else it's nothing noteworthy.

The plot and lore are convincing. The tension not to get discovered feels real and choices are plentiful, less in the beginning and more as the game progresses, sometimes with delayed impact.

Don't normally write reviews but the game earns it. Really like the art style and the humour is honestly on point. The characters are lovable, the writing is good and I really look forward to future updates!

[v 0.4.0.1]

Okay, I just found the game yesterday and played it all in one go. I have to say, I am charmed by it. The art is amazing and the story is great, makes you invested in the game. The setting is interesting, world building is there (which is important for me) and characters aren't retarded. Also, the writing is really funny and overall great, I found myself laughing on more than one ocasion.
Also, very important, almost every character is a wife material and if there ever is an update in which you have to chose between them I don't know what I will do

Art - 5/5 I love the style, it is great and the smugness of the characters hits just right

Story/writing - 5/5 This is something that had captivated me to write this review because as with all Ren'Py games while nsfw scenes are important the story and writing is what matters. If the world feels bland I will not want to spend time with it. This one however is great, interesting, choices matter, and without spoiling anything deals with issues that make the characters, as well as the MC, real. Overall great job!

Music - 4/5 It's there but it is nothing that makes you shit your pants, serves its purpose

Additional thoughts: This is just an amazing product, even though it is still developed you can feel the amount of work that was put into it, the interface is also great.

I just have no bad thing to say about it. I just love it.

v0.4.0.1
I can tell a game is written well, when I don't feel the need to skip it. The story is a bit goofy but the plot works. Very nice visuals, even though I am not a fan of the very young looking school girls.

Pretty low amount of content for a game ~3 years in development. No gallery sadly.

[v 0.4.0.1]

GRAPHICS: [5 / 5]
Apart from 2D cartoony CG being my favorite style there are also high quality live2d animations, so it is great. For the art style look at screenshots yourself to see if you like it (I bet you do)

SOUND: [4/5]
Music is good, nothing to add here. It changes depending on situation, which helps create atmosphere for the game. But I didn't notice any sound effects, there was only music. Maybe I'm deaf or don't remember, but I guess I should take away one star for that. Lack of SFX didn't really bother me at all though, still I was completely immersed in the plot.

NSFW: [3/5]
Still not much of a variety and amount of lewd content, but there is some. And with given quality of graphics it is extremely good. Hope to see more in the future updates, but for this version it is 3 out of 5.

STORY / WRITING: [5/5]
The story is the reason I'm writing this review and why overall is 5/5. It is excellent! This is the kind of game you forget to fap on and dive into the story. Lots of plot twists, interesting discoveries and everything there needs to be to make a good story that you process in your mind some time after watching it. The writing, however, could be a little bit shorter and compact, sometimes it becomes boring to read long dialogues when nothing new/interesting happens and you become tempted to skip. The good example of this is endgame dialogue with Mia, it's way too long and she keeps saying basically the same things over and over again. There are some new information and plot twists of course, but it could be much shorter without losing anything

OVERALL / OTHER:
Very fascinating story, excellent graphics, high quality animations. Not much fetishes and lewd scenes overall, but I can feel it coming soon.
Choices do matter! Slightly more then you would expect. And yes, lewd content is altered depending on choices, which is, for me, not something positive, but I'm ok with that if not missing too much. Some choices matter in the long term, which can be considered good, but for current [v 0.4.0.1] version of the game there is a [Bad Ending] bug/misunderstanding, that you can be lead to by long term choices. It can be avoided without replaying the game, but it is very unclear how to do so, so I hope developer will do something about it.

I don't really leave reviews for the games I play, but this time I had to make an exception.
This game is really fucking good!
The art is a 10/10, the plot is actually really interesting and the humor is great too.
Can't wait for more.

Really like 2dcg and 2d art. Lots of femdom and one of them likes feet also very smug. Really interested in multiple endings of MC with his "autism" in this scifi women only story with capitalism of robot males. Some art looked a bit inconsistent apart from JoJo memes. MateDolce is weebb

v0.4.0.1

This game is *wild* at times, and funny too. I really like the plot, and the interface execution is great. There's some real good potential here, and what is here currently is also fun to play! It looks like it'll be linear, but there is some element of choice here that affects pathing, so I really hope @MateDolce expands on this aspect even more in the future updates. Kudos so far!

Great game, great plot, great porn, great art, only wish it were longer. I'm gonna actually buy this.

Characters all feel and look different, the section with Mia was unexpectedly poignant, the progression of lewdness feels good without feeling artificial.