Ren'Py - Apartment #69 [v0.08] [Luxee]

3.5 stars before you get to the trans characters story conclusion for v0.06 and drops to a 1.5 stars after if you don't like trans content.
Its a decent game with one really big issue for me which I think should be known before starting the game(It pretty much guilt trips you into seeing trans content), I'm not a fan of futa/trans characters and the character with the most content is trans, I actually really like them and wouldn't have minded just being friends with them which is an option initially, it later gives you the option to do the deed but spoiler: not wanting to do it gives you a dark conclusion to that characters story arc" a likable character", it pretty much says its too dark for the game and doesn't show what happens but if you check the answer where you accept them its pretty obvious what happens. so not wanting to see the trans scenes makes you feel like a pretty bad person.
also the trans characters scenes are very important plot wise and I'd say not being friends with them which skips all scenes with them would make the game plot wise rather unplayable since many characters are introduced in those cutscenes.
It would have been great if their was an option so just stay friends or switch out their equipment when their scenes come even if it doesn't make sense plot wise.

Version 0,06 of Apartment #69:

Story: The overarching Story is a very simple one: Big brother buys a flat and moves out while starting college. In that context, the MC interacts with multiple characters all with their own story - and some overlapping others. That overlapping is a big plus, and I hope as the author continues working on this game, he will enhance this mechanic.
I enjoyed most stories thoroughly, with one exception:

Mechanics: first and foremost, I enjoy the mechanic of setting the default age after the game started with everyone nicely above 18. It makes it clear what the author's intention is with this game.
Then there is the sandbox and memory mechanic. There is potential to do something with this. However, now it does feel like a VN with extra steps. I know it's not exactly that as you can choose the order of memories. But I haven't had much the impression that this order had much influence on the game (with the exception of NEA). However, as I said, it has potential.

Interface: The interface reaaaally needs work. I won't go into all the details, other review already did that. But I'm assuming you're aware of this.

Characterization: There are multiple characters, and most of them are clear, enjoyable and consistent with a couple of exceptions:
So in short, I enjoy most characters but it perhaps is not a bad idea to do maybe some editing in certain plots and conversations to make it consistent.

Art: Art is certainly above average. Enjoyed it all. Always room for improvement, but honestly, there's no need for that.

Verdict: 4/5, There are some weird characterizations and at certain points the story is wonky. It would definitely improve with maybe an extra script read. My advise is to stay original and quirky, give every character their own unique path and sensuality, and see how to overlap multiple stories. and be very attention with what you do with the Asian's little sister. a lot of potential there.

Apartment #69 [v0.06] [Luxee]

"Apartment #69" is a game that left me with a mix of emotions and thoughts. While it had its moments of intrigue and engagement, there were aspects of the game that, in my opinion, left much to be desired.

One of the most noticeable issues I encountered was with the game's navigation system. It often felt like I was fumbling around, clicking aimlessly to find the rooms and events necessary to advance the story. This sense of aimlessness gave the game a somewhat disappointing feeling of emptiness, which was quite surprising given the limited number of locations available within the apartment complex.

As for the story itself, it didn't quite meet my expectations. Unlike its predecessor, it lacked the initial wild excitement that had drawn me in previously. Instead, it started on a rather subdued note, which left me craving more intensity and engagement. The pacing of events further added to my frustration, as they frequently felt disjointed and failed to flow smoothly. To keep the story moving, I often found myself clicking on rooms and engaging with characters in a seemingly random order, which disrupted the narrative's coherence.

Speaking of characters, they were a mixed bag. While some were intriguing and well-developed, others felt underdeveloped and were introduced abruptly. Cha'relle stood out as a character I genuinely liked, both in terms of her aesthetics and her personality. However, I found her dialogue regarding the main character dating other girls to be out of character and superficial, which was disappointing.

Visual and character design also raised concerns for me. Some character models, particularly Seki, were off-putting, and the appearance of the main character didn't fare much better. The overuse of flash-bang lighting in certain scenes felt excessive and detracted from my ability to fully appreciate those moments.

One recurring theme throughout the game that bothered me was the constant emphasis on Nea's victimization and the main character's unwavering support. While I acknowledge the intention of highlighting important social issues, the execution felt heavy-handed and forced. It often detracted from my overall enjoyment of the game, making it seem preachy and less immersive.

In summary, "Apartment #69" has its strengths and weaknesses. The navigation issues and the feeling of emptiness within the game world can be quite frustrating. The story's pacing and character development could certainly benefit from improvement, and the visuals left something to be desired. Additionally, the heavy-handed approach to certain themes may not resonate with all players.

That said, it's crucial to remember that personal preferences vary widely, and what didn't resonate with me might appeal to others. "Apartment #69" might find its audience among those who appreciate this specific style of visual novel, but it may not be everyone's cup of tea. Ultimately, while it had its flaws, the game also had moments of intrigue, and I believe it has the potential to shine with some refinements in future iterations or projects.

I love this one. It ticks all my boxes: Incest, Loli, School Setting, relatively slow burn, and the MC is NOT a rapist. Will be subscribing to this one and playing it again once it is complete. I'm not a huge fan of Parental Love (it was okay) so this one really took me by surprise.

There is a lack of content at the moment, but obviously more will be added so that's not a con. The characters are actually well thought out and not just fleshbags with vaginas and no willpower. There is a variety of body types and personalities which is a welcome change from most games where every female character looks and acts the exact same. I was never even tempted to speed through the dialogue, which is a high compliment.

If I have one criticism, it's that the internalized transphobia is a bit much. Characters like Eric and Heather, I get - they're assholes and it's okay for them to be such. But the MC, even after the player has chosen the option saying that they are cool with trans content, still spends way too much time agonizing over their feelings for the trans character. It's fine for MC to have doubts or even question their own sexuality, but I do think there's just a few too many scenes of this.

One of my new favorites!

I had a great time with this game from the start to the end.

+ The MC is actually an interesting dude - he's pervy but not too much. and he's a good guy who loves his family and the people around him.
+ The story is pretty simple and open-ended but it works for this game.
+ the gameplay and UI is pretty nice and I don't really have any complaint about it.
+ the Incest and lolis are top-notch, it's almost the best. they didn't half-ass the incest for the rear of Patreon issues.
+ the models and renders are amazing.
+ the characters have proper depth and development.
+ amazing trans content, I like futa/shemale in these games and this one has THE BEST one.
+ the dev and writer take their time developing leads and don't force anything just for the sake of having more sex scenes, which really helps me stay immersed in the story and invested in the characters.
+ the dialogues are great and feel like real conversations.
+ the interactions between the MC and his mom and sisters feels like they're a real family. I just wish there was more.


- the game is pretty short considering it's been developing since 2018.
- I wish there was some music in the game.
- The animations are pretty simplistic.


Overall, I'll be waiting very eagerly for this game's updates.

Quite good. Characters are very likeable and all of them look good, the story is ok as well, but the UI is just terrible, but it has some good ideas. I really like the turntables for the characters.
There is not a lot of content in it, i mean there is but not really, you spend a lot of time with the characters getting to know them, which is nice, but not much else unfortunately. For a game that has been in development for 3 years it feels like it should have a lot more stuff in it. Also choices are not really a major thing here, things happen and thats it. There are a few ones at the beginning that actually change the dynamic of the following scenes but thats about it, the further you get in the game the more absent they become.
Overall its pretty good, it needs a better user interface, but its still worth trying out.

While the animations are good & the story is interesting, There is very little content in the game on the whole & what content there is, is either censored from the game entirely, I even tried it with the Walkthrough mod & it AUTOMATICALLY skips entire scenes & that makes it a poor, short game, I have never seen a game where the devs PURPOSELY remove scenes it seems kind of shady to me. Which is a shame because the game showed promise early on but when there are full scenes missing from the game then it kind of ruins any story building for characters

I want to like this game more. I expected more from the dev, Luxee. But after PL, this is just a big disappointment.

First off, the UI is hideous. I can' t be the only one who thinks this? The fonts, highlighted objects, and map system is so clunky and ugly. He could have used the same boring Renpy stock format hundreds of other games use, and it would be an improvement.

Second, it's a sandbox-style game that forces itself to be a virtual novel. Like others have said, the progression is linear, thereby making the open world completely useless and purposely irritating. Why do sandbox, when you have to methodically go through characters you don't want to interact with, to progress through the characters you do? I'm forced to go through story and characters I have no interest in. Like, just give us the story you want us to experience. I'd be fine hopping through them all (reading it like a proper VN) if I wasn't given the false choice.

Now not to be a total sourpuss, the game isn't terrible. The renders are good, the English/grammar is good and understandable, and I suppose the story is fine if not eye-rollingly cheesy at points. Not super original, but not exactly cookie cutter either. I like that there is music, even though I get sick of it after a while.

I know it's still early in development, but I'm not sure what improvements can be made at this point to make this game easier to enjoy. I mean, for me personally, it would mean foregoing the story for the smut. But it looks like the dev is committed to this style and storytelling, so the best I can hope for is a deep dive into kink and lots of sex.

Another AWESOME GAME Luxee...Congrats

your sense to understand the different "fetishes" is from another world ...

keep up the good work developing this game, it has very good things 10/10.

nea is an endearing character, and the family's lust, impressive ...

(i recommend the taboo patch to play this game)

I have tears in my eyes as I type this. I have a friend that is basically Nea. She realized very early, like at age 11, that she is not a boy. Watching her deal with the garbage attitudes people threw at her just to be herself broke my heart but she is such a sweet soul and I was happy to be a friend. This game captures some of that heartache. The renders are great, especially the sweet faces, and the story is fun. I really like playing this game if only to see where the story goes and hope it rewards kindness.

While this game is incredibly unfinished, ver 0.05, it has lots of potential. At the moment, there is relatively limited explicit content in the game and the mod definetely improves the game substancially so install the walkthrough mod (and maybe the patch if you're nasty). The highlight of the game, in its current state, is Nea. Nea is by far the most interesting character, however their story likely isn't for everyone. You're given a choice of whether you'd like to see it or not, but I would advise it. At the moment there isn't much sexual content for Nea, but at the moment its surprisingly well written and wholesome. So, go give this one a shot but expect to not be playing for very long. The game is a few hours long right now, I finished it in a single sitting, but I would reccomend based on how enjoyable I've found Nea's story despite how limited it is at the moment

The story begins when our protagonist leaves his family to go live in his apartment 69, from there, the game starts directly in sandbox, let's be clear I'm not against sandbox when it is well used, so my first reaction was "Great, the game will allow us to make the relationships/events that we want.".

I'm far from it... The story is linear, the characters are linear, the events are linear... so I have a question, why put sandbox when everything is linear and you have to make a certain order to make the characters?

Other thing that annoys Nea and Evelyn, Nea is a transgender who is linked to a lot of characters, so if you want to advance story for certain characters you are Forced to go on Nea, the possibility to skip is present, but you are still Forced to go see Nea to activate a skip each time. Which here, no longer makes sense, the conversations could very well have adapted to someone you want to help without being in an intimate relationship, instead of making a skip that demolishes a big part of the story.

On censorship side, it's pretty much the same thing, if you want to advance the story on family side you have to go on Evelyn. If you don't like Evelyn, you should do with it, if you don't like loli content, you should do with it, do you want to advance on Jamie or Tess? You have to go on Evelyn.

Apartment #69 could be interesting but sandbox is useless, the choices do not exist, the forced characters, the whole game is thought as a harem while yet there any mention of it, to be brief, there is too much inconsistency. Shame. 2/5

Good story so far, renders are very nice

Characters are so far interesting. Especially Nea. she is just an adorable girl who you cant help but want to protect (which is good that the story has the MC doing just that) from all the shit life throws at her.

Both sisters are interesting so far, though the older one hasnt had much development for a few updates. The Mother needs quite a bit more development at this point, the story has been very focused on Nea and the younger sister.

Main thing that keeps this from being 5 stars is the pace of updates and the size, I dont pretend to know much about developing these games, but based on other titles, the pace seems a bit heavy for the light amount of content each update brings. I feel at times like im being teased more by the story than drawn in.

One thing I really don't want to see if a patch like PL got that forced underage content to be attached to other content in the patch, that basically kept me from playing PL, the fact that a chunk of the content was cut out and locked into a patch forcing the ages of some of the characters into territory im not comfortable with but gave me no option to alter the ages kept me from playing that game all the way through.

Really good, all the characters are suuper enjoyable especially nea. Almost zero drama and i love that. Models are interesting and the blushes are soul crushing. I hope i can see more and a end to nea route, 9/10.

0.04

There are a couple of good things that carry over from PL to this one, like the renders and the (generally speaking) good readable English. Unfortunately, there are two things that I find annoying, the first one being that we have the one-dimensional male bullies again for the umpteenth time (the how-millionth fist fight did we have here?), the second one is the unnecessary sandbox concept with its UI that still constantly gets in my way, even though this has been worked upon according to the changelog. The trans-pal is a nice touch for once, though not too redeeming for my taste. Some things are funny in a strange way in this game, like the mother's eagerness in trying to help with the relationships with your sisters. Also even if you are usually into this thing, little sister so readily and quick being all over you can feel uncomfortable. After a while I also thought that this game is not a monster regarding depth, but this might still change and we are at least not tortured with endless internal monologues and other things that pointlessly drag on. As for the two things I mentioned that I find annoying, I think the die has already been cast, so too bad for me then.

Surprisingly I found this good: While the story contains a sister LI who looks and acts like, I don't know, 12; which I would usually find extremely off-putting, here this is pulled off in a strangely endearing and warmhearted way. The MC and most LIs are relatable and likeable (unfortunately there is the usual lack of non-moronic males). Graphics are good, writing is fine. Gameplay can be a bit annoying doe to the sandbox mechanic which I do not like too much.

Great game with interesting story and trans friendly writing. This game has a lot of heart while remaining fun an easy to play unlike other sandbox style games. I always play the newest updates as soon as they’re released and I’ve not been disappointed.

The 3d models in the game are actually quite nice. Usually I find the 'realistic' style 3d models ugly or even nightmarish, but here the cute characters are actually cute, the sexy characters sexy.

The content is also pretty good, I especially enjoyed because it felt very natural, not crazy only happens in ero games kinda thing.

It's still in pretty early development as there isn't a lot of content. Also I clicked on skip the futa content and almost half the game is missing and the story references events I haven't seen.
It would be nice if it was less linear and if there were more actual choices involved. I wouldn't mind non H scenes with Nea, but this kink does not interest me.

This game is all over the place, it seems like a not so elaborate way to get all of these fetishes in one story, it does not try to justify things too much and once or twice stuff goes from 0 to 100 from one scene to the next.

It is incredibly progressive (for a porn a game) in the way that it treats its futa character, but also incredibly shameless with its loli characters.

At the end I felt that the game does things just to do what other games can't or won't because of one reason or the other.