Ren'Py - Another Chance [v1.58] [TimeWizardStudios]

Really nice art and slick presentation for complete tedium. I think the devs got lost in the idea of a 90s style point and click adventure game and forgot to make it fun or sexy or interesting in any way.

The issue is the sheer amount of point and click adventure nonsense you have to go through for any hint of a sexy scene. It's not engaging and it only vaguely makes sense-- if any. So you just have to follow the prompts and do a bunch of busywork. One "quest" has you grabbing about 30 items from the same set of cabinets, and that actually paid off with about the spiciest scene in the game. Most of the time you're lucky to get a girl bending over in a short skirt for your trouble.

I could put up with all this if there was at least some decent writing payoff, or meaty character moments. However, even that is in short supply as you get maybe 3 sentences of okay story or a couple character quips per 50-step quest while the rest is just exposition about the current nonsense you're working through.

In summary, this is the sort of game you get suckered into playing for 4 hours and wish you hadn't wasted any time on it. Give it a pass, for your own sake. It gets more than one star because boy is that presentation slick.

Another Chance works to achieve a setting where a young man with no direction in life is given a time-travel powered second chance at his senior year of high school. Instead of an earnest young man who attempts to make right his wrongs, the MC comes across as an angry incel loser who now just has a chance to take his frustrations out on the people who wronged him. A more apt title would perhaps be "Temporal Revenge".
The writing, while not stricken with poor english or grammar mistakes, still takes too much time making jokes that don't land or describing things the player can see.
Every choice the player makes has influence on stats and relationships, but because it's all visible as soon as the choice is made players are incentivized to choose the option that gets them the desired effect rather than the response they may have preferred.
If you like playing games through with a walkthrough, another chance has one built in. Don't worry about exploring or thinking, bc you'll be taken on a tour anyway. You can try playing the game with the quest guide off but because there are often 5+ quests on at once and each one requires specific times/places/people/items to advance, you'll find yourself using it regardless.
The art is Another Chance's strongest point. The characters are well put together and the game isn't drowning in buxom bimbos; their design is fitting. The settings look good as well and the player doesn't often feel like they can't understand what they're seeing. Credit to the artist(s).
The sexual content is reason enough to knock off four stars. While the X-ray mechanic is cool for the player, it wrecks any potential buildup for the characters involved. There is a scene early on where the main character quite literally sexually assaults someone who had hurt a friend of his ( and had bullied him in the past) as revenge. The scene isn't that good to begin with, and that compounded with the fact that it is rape just put the nail in the coffin. If Another Chance was about a young man getting even with those who wronged him, and/or had darker themes to begin with, perhaps it would be easier to overlook. It's hard to love the player character and hope he'll make the most of his second chance when he's such a vile person. Instead of being happy for a chance to grow or change, he just revels in his chance to see the young hot girls again and laments the loss of his porn collection.
Perhaps there is more room for character growth as the game continues, and maybe the mechanics will gain some degree of coherence, but until then I cannot recommend. While being nice to look at, the stilted writing, unfocused mechanics, and gross player character drive this down into the "tried it but won't likely try again" pile. If you're an incel you may dig this tho

Very fun adventure game.

While there aren't a ton of adult scenes quite yet, the ones that are here are very very good. I definitely recommend a play. Game is just fun overall.

You'll probably want to enable the quest hints. Game's kinda difficult w/o them.

This has a ton of potential and I am looking forward to updates for this in the future. The plot has intrigued me and at first I didn't know if I would enjoy it but I was entertained and "you know" the whole time.

Honestly the game was pretty good, i just could'nt get into most of the characters because their to PC, felt forced and over all just didnt like the characters for the most part which is sad because it started off great.

The game is good, the story is fun to read, also the artstyle is amazing.
The minus is still ongoing and not finished yet. I hope this game project will continue until end.
Sorry i cant help much and sorry for bad english, but i hope this review will make this game be better on the future.

Another Chance while having features similar to other games sets itself apart due to the cute and sexy art style and the well made precise dialogue. The dialogue has neither too much exposition nor ridden with grammar flaws. it finds a nice balance in this regard. While the game has little sex scenes in its current state it builds up the world and characters very well and makes one wait eagerly for the next updates. it shows great potential and could easily be one of the top games on the site.
the one small criticism i have is that the mini games, albeit less in number, is almost entirely dependent on the hint system. It makes it easy yes, but there is little told on how to progress in the dialogue. Using the hints felt immersion-breaking for me . i hope the developer finds a way to incorporate the mini-games in a better way.

This game is awesome and visually stunning. Time Wizard Studios was inspired to create their own point and click, dating sim video game. Time Wizard Studios released Another Chance a year ago with monthly updates. The newest update, version 1.4 has rectified all the minor flaws within the previous version and added much more great features. Update 1.4 is the best Another Chance currently has to offer. The unique anime art of Another Chance, the art of the characters, and their facial expressions along with the very smooth transitions between each setting are some of the best adult game features I've ever seen. The sound in the game through my laptop speakers has ambience and is cheerful. The visual novel aspect, balance of story and adult themes delivers an experience like no other in Another Chance. This game stands out due to it's very diverse characters of different stereotypes who each have an extremely different personality, allowing the player to replay the game as many times as they would like and giving the opportunity to interact in many different ways with each character. Besides the characters from the previous release, this update has two new characters introduced. Maxine and Bob the beaver. Maxine has yet to be explored, but she is very cute and fun to socialize with. Bob the beaver is is hilarious and the comedian of Another Chance. You play as the main character, a 20 something year old who has no girlfriend and nothing going for his life, but through currently unknown means he is given a second chance of living out his dream to get a girlfriend or multiple. The most prevalent character is Flora, the main character's step sister. She is a sexy, feisty, intelligent, caring, ambitious, and loving woman. Different interactions are done through point and click such as engaging with objects in different locations, completing quests, and socializing with the women. I recommend this game but I do have 2 problems with it. The only problems I have with this game are that sometimes the puzzles are difficult and that their is not much story in the game yet.

Great art, good writing/dialogue. The problem is that there really isn't any substance right now. The sex scenes are few and far between and the game is being updated VERY slowly. At the current pace, honestly I'd wait a year or two and come back, because right now there's not a lot of meat to this game yet. It has a lot of potential though.

Version 1.20.1 EDIT: So, a year and a half later from my original review, where are we now? Well, there’s definitely a lot more substance and quests. The problem is that there’s been so much time put into slowly developing the girls’ relationship with MC that there still isn’t a whole lot of lewd activity. And there’s nothing wrong with that, I see what the creator is going for with the slow burn, but unfortunately that means that while there is a decent amount of scenes now, the problem I had with it before is still there: they’re so far between that it’s hard to really call this a game you can get off to (unless you plan on unlocking the whole gallery and coming back later). And that’s a shame because the art is so damn good.

Another thing I have an issue with unfortunately lies in the general structure/foundation of the gameplay: I get when games have choices that have major consequences to the story, but I don’t know if I necessarily support it for an adult game like this. I’m not saying the game needs to go full harem route or anything, but being locked out of entire routes/lewd scenes and being forced to make a completely separate save file for alternate decisions isn’t fun or innovative; it’s just frustrating. I hate having to pick between characters (for example, Flora and Jacklyn or Isabelle and Kate) because I want to be able to see what they both have to offer without being forced to go through 2 or more different saves every time both characters get updated routes. And it’s especially annoying considering that characters seemingly only react to the decisions you make in other routes when the developers want them to. It’s a porn game, it doesn’t have to be hyper-realistic and logical; can’t we just act like every route is separate and MC isn’t actually cheating to save a lot of time and headache?

Same thing for Love/Lust. Why not be able to develop both routes in one playthrough? It would make more sense that way in my opinion. Love and Lust (as general feelings) are not usually mutually exclusive in romantic relationships, especially the ones being portrayed in this game; they’re two sides of the same coin. One side of the coin may develop faster than the other, but they can coexist and be explored without ruining one another. For example (if you have both stats high enough), maybe one in-game day that you replay a scene, the girl is feeling romantic and wholesome so it’s the Love version. Then, the next day, the girl is feeling horny and pent-up, so it’s the Lust version. Or maybe you can just choose between them whenever you want. I don’t know how difficult it would be to implement something like that, but getting rid of at least most of the major exclusive choices in the game would make for a much more enjoyable and streamlined experience, in my opinion. I feel like it’d also make development speed faster because there would be less independent variables to worry about when coding; but that’s just a guess considering I don’t have any experience with that kind of thing.

That aside, I do think that eventually, the game will reach a point where most characters have a fully established relationship with MC depending on your choices and then the lewd scenes will start flying out like crazy. But until then, maybe skip this one if you’re looking for a good fap. But if you just want a dating sim with likeable, multi-dimensional characters (that don’t want MC’s dick immediately), some entertaining dialogue and fun point-and-click shenanigans, I’d say it’s worth a download at its current state. I’m bumping my rating from 3 stars to 4.

I do hope that every update starts to have a bit more substance. At the rate this is going, the game will probably be completely finished in like 3 years lol. I wish the devs the best of luck! This could end up being something really special.

also flora is best girl

Excellent. Very much appreciate the dev message to the effect of 'there are no events dependent upon you being in the right place at the right time - so don't worry!' Love the art style, and beyond this all I can say is wow. Great job - looking forward to the end product!

The game is excellent and the humor is great-the game is a bit difficult, especially when it comes to stats in both girls and the player, the quest is hard, but the guide helps. Nice art, but it rarely has sex scenes, especially the force blowjob but then again it was just a drea,
Good potential-Good game

I like the over all art of the game its sexy . I like how the game requires you to find parts and put the puzzle together to get rewards. but right now I feel like the rewards are small and not good enough . as well as I don't like how the x ray works. It would be better if the x ray was a level up thing were the more you leveled it up the more you saw and instead of having to navigate through the body to see nudity you just saw the whole thing. my final opinion of this game it that is well made I like the art I hope there will be a harem feature and no ntr or other men and my only complaint is the x ray and lack of rewards. I would recommend this game for anyone that wants a good game to pay.

Well written and arousing. Interesting characters. Beautiful art. Wish it had more content but there is enough already that it's worth playing.

It reminds me of Summertime Saga in a lot of ways which is a huge compliment because that game is fantastic.

Great has it is, and still have so much potential, well made history with branch options and many endings, i can clearly see they put so much love, personality and work in all of this. I just wish a good work and support that i plan to give

Art is good but no real substance. Quite boring and long text that lead to no where. Its a type of game that you play and finish and leave unsatisfied at its current state. As of its current state, i do not recommend it, try back in a year or so.

So the game is beautiful and the girls are hot. Art is the best point in this one. The problem is the gameplay itself, it is full of things going nowhere and all kind of junk that makes you get bored while playing. Long dialogs with very little payoff. I want to like this game but right now i just feel i dont want to waste time with it, i hope it get better with the time

Story 9/10
Girls models 10/10
Gameplay 3/10

Arts of girls wooo hoo very hot, and making 5-6 girls with nudes/ different pose take a lot of works on drawing, and everyone of it is niceeeee. Story is kinda kinky school teacher/classmate and u are running around helping them out lol. Gameplay is for people like to chill and not think too much, and play like whatever u want, got stuck - built in walkthorugh it. Nothing satisfying to play through because it's doesn't feel like I earned the nudes/scene I hope there is more content to it and more grinding. Good job devs esp the arts +++ top arts

This could have been a great game unfortunately the dialogue is overly pandering and has way too much fluff. A lot of the interactions don't move the plot forward and make the game very tedious to play. Also the sexual interactions do not make sense. It just happens out of nowhere.

This game has some amazing potential, and I really hope that the devs keep with it. So far I have absolutely loved what I have seen, and considering it is a RenPy (mac compatibility too!) game, it is incredibly impressive, and feels like it was made in a completely different engine. The art is increndible and I love the art style.

The quests can feel drawn out at times but if you don't want to put much thought into the game, there is the tips system that works well. It is pretty short for what there is right now, and I cannot wait to see even more.

This is a good game but with some caveats. Just like every day night cycle game, there is a sense of grinding out quests, trying to figure out the next step. The environments are extremely rich with detail, HOWEVER that makes the grind somewhat tougher, trying to figure out what to click. In defense of this game, there is an amazing hint system that removes a lot of this.

But man this game is largely pros. This game thrives off its intuitive gameplay dynamic, excellent interface, and several key features. It's really early, but this is a game that is worth trying just for the cool features.

You're a guy in high school trying to get laid. There are some narrative twists but the goal remains similar to other games. There are a handful of girls to target and only a few have fleshed out lewd content as of writing this review..but there's a lot of promise.

What really sets this game apart is several key features that are completely unique. The hint system, I've mentioned. There is an X-Ray mode which allows you to see through clothes..this is kind of worth playing the game on its own, just to see that. This is probably the best technical implementation of a point and click adventure I've ever played, for what it's worth.

Combine this with excellent graphics, a nice 'dry wit' writing style, some interesting branching choices accompanied by a stats system that rewards replay, and a lot more content being teased..this is one to try and keep an eye on.