Ren'Py - Abandoned - Apartment #69 [v0.07] [Luxee]

I'm usually not a fan of Sandboxes but with this latest update the UI seems to be where it should be.
One click on the map shows you if there is anything to do and where at the current time of day, so good job there.

All the good kinks are there
Incest
Harem
Virgins
Loli
and knowing Luxee surely pregnancy in the future too.

Can't wait for more cute loli scenes (Millie is really adorable) and a happy end for Nea

Tbh. Eve, Millie and Yui would be worth 5 stars on their own even of the rest sucked, luckily it doesn't^^

4.5 out of 5 stars, rounded up

PROS: consistently great models and graphics; breaks practically every major taboo (inter-racial, incest, trans, loli); a wide variety of character types, from innocent learners, to those repressing their urges and in denial about them, to a mom actively seeking to corrupt her family, to interracial and trans characters you get to play white knight for, etc. The game has probably what is by far the most sensitive and realistic depictions of a (mtf) trans character, as friend and potential LI, that I've seen in any game. (And yes, if you're not interested in that it's completely avoidable, but the storyline itself is worth reading.); really hot sexual scenes with a good mix of story, teasing, slow burn, and sex, with all scenes developed in as realistic a way as games like this allow.

CONS: essentially it's a sandbox, which makes telling a a multi-thread story like this and delivering user desired content easier, but breaks immersion. There is an in-game guide for what to do next though so you're not just lost. I don't recall any fem on fem content if you're into that, but there may be a small amount, and the story is very much setup to allow it in the future if the creator wants.

TL;DR:

• v0.03
• Very nice renders and Animations
• Highly likable Characters
• Nice story developement
• very little porn content
• Quite ambitios regarding the kinks it's trying to adress

I liked this very much. And I like this dev very much.
The way he tells those stories is quite believable and consistent. It's sandbox, but very easy to navigate (simply check the map. If an Event is ready, the location will be marked with an icon) so you never have to search for the next Location. The dev tries to make the event take place in a fitting order (although that could use some more work), so the individual storylines don't contradict each other. Sadly, this way you can not just ignore characters you have no interest in.

All in all, it looks like this game is going to adress pretty much every popular kink there is (except for straight up gay content). And I'm afraid he's doing that quite good. I, personally, have absolutely no interest in Trans-Characters. But that Nea-Chick is simply lovable.

Now, for a four-month long developement time (for the last update), there was very little content included. And there is only one actual porn-scene that shows the teacher. I'd have liked to explore that character further, but aparently the dev goes exclusively by the polls on his patreon, and they were more interested in other characters.

But that's also what the dev does right. This is not a milking-project like so many others. This dev doesn't charge per month, but per "major" game updates. So the dev has an actual interest in further developing it, and I look very much forward to what is to come next.

Maybe scenes are missing and a better development of the story but in general terms it is very good, obviously more content good game and let's not forget a development for mobile phones that there are many players from there

First thing about the game is that using the incest/loli patch does the job if you believe the setting the patch sets up, but if you are a little picky, you kind of need to ignore stuff that doesnt exactly work as it should.

Regarding the amount of meaningful character development i dont think it has progressed much since the release. Bascially the "young sister" is curious, the "older sister" is jealous, and the mother depraved as hell.
There is not much content if you are a straight male, i think Noa gets the bigger amount of content, he las like 10 events.

The thing that you need to progress others events (maybe from characters and/or kinks you dont like) can be off putting, and if you add the fact that you need to search the places to find them, you have an antifap combo.
For being sandboxy, navigation is little to no convenient.

The good aspect the game has is the renders. Character "design" could definetly be better. I would say Millie is decent. Evelyn looks like a cute version of Greta Thumberg, i like what she represents in the setting, but i dont like her design.

"Sex" scenes and dialogues are not impressive, it feels average. Every scene needs at least 3 more renders. Others like the french kisses would need different renders with actual french kisses, and not that. Just a couple of examples.

This is the second time I played it since the release, and I liked it then, having in mind the future, but after some months the future looks still quite far.

004 dissapointing, nice dialogue with millie, but the rest is boring. Sex sceens still boring, attempts at animation....So so. Please redo the damn frech kisses, that is more like your grandma without teeth kisses. The less hot french kiss i have seen.

With al this on mind the game is boring.

I'm very impressed by this game, not too much content just yet but it's a very new game. The content that this does have however is of high quality render wise. The story is most definitely non-realistic, but feels smooth nontheless. It does not feel forced or too lenghty if you ask me.
This has been put on my -follow- list making sure I don't forget. (Yes, I have a file with all games I liked, doesn't everyone?)

FYI:
I Played through pretty much most content and found no errors at all. Using the patch + Mod.

As of version 0.03 it contains:
1. Unique and likable characters (including the MC).
2. Crisp and enticing renders.
3. Engaging and well paced story line.
Overall great game. Exited for future updates.

Since it is just v0.03 I'm gonna give one extra star, because I can see the developer is slowly changing things for better.
There are still some things that need change though, e.g. some in-game hints about what can I do and when, or some statistics in characters tab saying whether I finished chosen character's story already would be great.
Characters? I like Eve and her friend as characters and also as models. On the other hand, the older sister, mom or Charelle need some final touches to fit the game more i think. There were already some changes made to renders, scenes and models by the developer, so I'd be happy if they changed them to look more realistic and fitting each other.
Story? Can't probably expect any significant twists in the story, but still, for the kind of game that is based mostly on relationships, it is pretty good - luckily no horny guy trying to fuck everybody around is present.
I like the promising future concerning fetishes I deduced so far. Still, making them avoidable would be awesome.

The game is varied offering a nice amount of fetishes for every person. With good art work to match. The story is interesting and the gameplay is fun and easy to learn.

I highly suggest that anyone check out this game. Gaurenteed you will find something you like.

What i like most
-Great renders, but few scenes so far.
-It's RenPy.
-Trans Main character with great story.
-A good variety of fetishes.
-Good looking MC.

Ok, I think this is the first game that I stopped playing just because of the gameplay.

I like the tags and the setting. The renders are good and the story isn't extremely terrible either. So in potential this could be a 4 or even a 5 star game, but in its current form the game is simply unplayable!

Seriously, why the developer decided to make this a sandbox game is beyond me! You can only progress the story with a single character at a time, so the sandbox aspect is completely useless.

On top of that, you don't know with whom, where or at what time of the day you have to progress the story, so you're just randomly clicking all the different locations, progress time, and click all the locations again until you find a new event. At which point you get a scene that usually takes less than a minute, and you can start clicking again...

These games are supposed to be fun, but in this format it's just tedious and annoying. I'm honestly surprised the game got so many positive ratings. It really needs to be turned into a VN (or a 'real' sandbox with a clear Hint system) to become enjoyable.

Gameplay: 3
Writing: 2
Story: 2
Realism: -1
Art / Assets / Renders: 3
Sex: 4
Fucking amaizng fetish insanity: ∞

I can't even describe exactly what happens in the game, for reasons out of my control. But patch it, play it.

The older landlady is an insane sex maniac with no boundries that would do anything to get off, she insane, and I Love her.

It's not the most amazing game ever. Everything that makes it "not a visual novel" is rushed and bad. This would be an amazing visual novel, but the sandbox - while completely pointless - is not tedious.

The story is not amaizng.

But the fetish / sexy things - are just worth experiencing.

TL;DR: Like the tags? Download it. Don't? Don't.

Pros:

Great story
Nea
Loli
Incest
Mature Mc

Cons:

Too short
Mc looks like a Twilght vampire
Not enough lolis

I absolutely love this game and is excited about the future updates. Evelyn is my best girl followed by Nea, scratch that Nea is the best girl followed by Evelyn.... I'm torn I can't choose.

So far as of .02 I'm really enjoying this game. Humor has been right up my alley and while I'm not a fan of the sandbox aspect of it, so far it has not been difficult to find the quest thanks to the hint system and there has been no grind.

Overall I cant wait for more updates to come.

If this is a "proof of concept" thing I fear the developer has completely missed the mark with it.
There is no significant narrative. The player is thrown headlong into a pretty badly looking sandbox game without any hint about what he should be doing. The only option to get any hints is to read the minimalistic walkthrough that leaves a lot to be desired.
Most of the renders are pretty mediocre and the game UI is horrifyingly unintuitive and user-unfriendly.
In my opinion, posting this "proof of concept" was most definitely premature and probably detrimental to what the person who posted it wanted to achieve. Instead of actually giving credit to the developer, this "proof of concept" serves as huge disfavor and portraits this developer as very incompetent.

Very nice, seriously hope the developer picks this up again, especially with more focus on Nea, that relationship deserves both to be devolped and have a romantic ending. On my wishlist apart from that: pregnancy options with all the family members. What a harem that would be. Then I could die a happy man

This game has great potential i really loved the story i hope it gets more updates soon because i am so interested in this game. There are not many Trap/Shemale games with great stories and nice renders, this is a GEM.

A brilliant start to another game from a pretty radical dev in Luxee. This is the second game from Luxee I've played and I'm yet to be disappointed.
Despite the game being pretty bare bones at time of writing you can see things taking shape and towards some pretty edgy territory.
It's brave but it's exciting. Looking forward to future of this game for sure.

Time of release is .01
Pros
-Humor (jeb bush painting, sis saying she likes guys who are like game characters being controlled, TV)
-I hope the characters remain optional as the game progresses
-Cool intro
Cons
-Trap and little sis best renders, others mediocre
-Poor writing
-UI and nav feels absolutely terrible.
-lack of instruction (where do I go??? When should I go there???)
-Exceptionally anime-esque in tropes for characters (tsundere sis, oblivious mc, trap, etc.)
Neutral comment
-Not gonna dock points for this, but some of fetishes that seem to be included are def not for me.

Overall I'd say the writing, renders, etc are generally below average from what I've seen here. I'm not going to give this a pass. I'm surprised people are praising the writing. The sis saying "It's not like I l-like you or anything" is a done to death trope. I thought he was just doing some lazy humor there but he kept doing it, and the mc being so utterly oblivious to it is just silly. Long scenes with potential are thrown in the trash and replaced with "they talked a few hours." Take the sis bar scene. Let them talk about old times, when they were closer. Let the mc interact by player controlled choices. Don't just timeskip it. The main character appears to be a flat gary sue, clearly handsome and popular with the girls. The intro had some respectable writing, sure but after that it mostly just did a free-fall. However based on Luxees other work I know he can definitely improve this to an exceptionally good game.

I initially thought I wouldn't like this due to the trap elements, but Nea is actually a really cool character that you can get along with just as friends. I'm actually looking forward to the story now, after PL is finished of course.

Great concept piece, but it needs a lot of work and polish.

The event progression system is crude, the green and purple font is horrendous and the navigation needs a massive overhaul. That map needs to be destroyed entirely.

That said, the characters and topics discussed are actually great, especially if the relationship between the MC and Nea can be chosen to remain friends or move on to more.

Which brings me to my next point. I really hope when Luxee gets done with PL, he'll be able to put more time into making this one more choice based instead of the current "Linear Events". The MC is a little too reluctant in some choices, and some decision making by the player would help move the story better. Obviously he's always going to be a little apprehensive about the little sister, but he is just BLIND and OBLIVIOUS about Tess, and it's annoying.

The events could be a little longer, and less "And then they did this for a few hours" moments. Conversations should last a while, text based choices so you can talk to the characters more. There has got to be at least a few questions for Nea that the MC would want to ask.

The MC is also a little too Beta for how he's designed physically. Another reason why choices would be a good thing.

Concentrate more on the characters, get rid of the current nav/color schemes and take a look at other games like Becoming a Rockstar and see how they did their nav and progression system.

PL is amazing, so I know you can improve this one too.