Ren'Py - Completed - Babysitter [Final v0.2.2b] [T4bbo]

I quit playing right at the start of the second day. The walkthrough said to go to the bathroom and use the toilet and I spent about a minute clicking around just trying to figure out where it was. The actual game didn't give any indication as to what I was supposed to do. I'm somewhat interested to see where the story goes, but I just can't deal with the awful user experience.

Pros:

The English is competent. I didn't see any spelling or grammar errors.

The textbox is custom and looks nice. It scales to the height of the text too which is cool and I haven't seen it before. One minor gripe is it is only a tiny bit smaller at one line than at two, so it can be a little annoying if you read as fast as I do with the top of the box constantly jumping up and down. Better in my opinion would be to make the minimum box size equal to two lines of text so it only rescales for three or more. It's very small anyway even at two lines.

Meh:

The renders are nothing special and somewhat low-res, but not ugly.


Cons

The intro background story has about a page worth of flying text you have to read as it moves by without the option to pause. You know, Ren'Py has this built-in system for text which allow the reader to read at their own pace. Why would you think it's a good idea to introduce your game this way? I almost stopped literally 20 seconds in.

The navigation system is awful and moving around is an unintuitive nightmare. It's the worst I've ever seen, hands down. A system like this is unnecessary in the first place but if you insist on it, at least provide a menu to make navigation reasonable and give text popups when you mouse-over doors, etc. It probably took me on average about 15 clicks to get from one place to another because the layout makes no sense and there's almost zero guidance.

You are just left to wander around with little or no indication what you should be doing. Good luck figuring it out without a walkthrough. And the developer apparently disabled the text history (it's not in the menu anyway) which makes it worse once you've starting moving around the house and can't figure out what it is you're looking for.

There are a lot of text buttons you have to click on for no reason. IE, not an actual choice, just something that makes me take my hand off the enter key, move the mouse, and click so I can go back to reading. It's a pointless chore.

Whether you like incest and/or NTR there's a ton of good content here.

I'll get my 2 cons out of the way first.
The biggest one is how reliant on a walkthrough you'll be. I'm much more a fan of having key decisions effect the course of events rather than the kinda of "oh you don't have enough of these points so this is going to happen rather than the thing you wanted" style... navigating even just your apartment each day is a bit of a chore, oh you've woken up well click to turn around, click the wardrobe, put on trousers, click to the next room - and the layout is super annoying until you get used to it ... basically I think it would have been better as more of a true visual novel and then maybe you'd be less reliant on having to use a walkthrough to be looking at erotic games or spying on people at the right times and stuff ... basically, playing the game is no fun and a chore, but the story and content do make it worthwhile, but that aspect still left me feeling grumpy... I sort of feel if you ever really need a walkthrough to see the content you want to see then a game has been poorly designed.
The second much lesser complaint is just that it gets a bit buggy near the end of the current content, it didn't cause me any major issues you can just "ignore" your way through it and I think it's mainly just due to missing images from the scenes but it happened on each playthrough I tried with various routes (to greater/lesser degrees) so is probably worth mentioning - but I'm sure will be fixed in future updates.

But the pros are strong.
The plot and writing are great, I loved the corruption of your niece, not so slow as to be boring, but slow enough to let things nicely cook... though thinking about it I've got no idea why the game is called the babysitter, sure I used a mod to restore being the uncle, but even if I wasn't there's no baby for her to possibly sit and she gets 1 of 2 jobs pretty much straight away anyway.
The renders and animations and everything are solid no complaints there.
There's a ton of content, as it's only 0.2 I didn't expect it to go on for nearly as long as it did (I should have learned by now to not pay attention to version numbers), I got to what I thought would be the end of the game and it kept going, haha.
There's some different branches too. The 2 main paths involve her having a completely different daytime life, then in each you can try to get her, or someone else might and then there's other characters to maybe throw in the mix... personally I think if you're after NTR the corporate route probably pulls it off better, and if you're not then I liked her going to work with her friend as those 2 dressing up and stuff was nice to see and was ultimately better for my tastes.

So yeah, good story, well written, good characters, mega hot, buuuut a bit annoying to play and you should definitely look at the walkthrough to get your desired outcomes... I'll definitely play a full release of it and hopefully someone would make a walkthrough mod to go with it then as constantly flicking out of the game does ruin things a little.

I don't know... i have no hate of the game. Actually i loved it. NTR does bothers me a lot so i played "good uncle and corrupting uncle" routes.
In my eyes Christine character is adorable , her naivety and shyness were very charming. Yes she did appear to have some slutty tendencies but her persona seems to be emanating faithfulness, the way she struggles with her jealousy but still keeping it in check by staying loyal and trying to see (find/fix/) mistakes says a lot about her persona, which i have appreciation for. She was using words "i love y.." "always yours" are really fitting her. I hope to see more of the same.

Jessica on the other hand.. her brain screams "love me!" not "whore me" despite what others seem to want or see in her. She longs for being wanted, belonging to someone and not to be tossed from one to another like rag doll. She is very envious about Christine relationship with her uncle ,on subconscious level and wan't what she has.And she is definitely in love with uncle and Christine, she just cant understand whats happening. Her ending up with Christine and uncle in love triangle only seem right fitting , after a lot of crying and her opening to them and realizing her real desires with help from "uncle" who would bring her to the ground and kinda adopt her (knowing that he is more mature with his thinking and has insight into her feelings and persona) , but seems like he might need some help.. which is where "mom" jumps in..

Mom.. i dont know plans , but i do have feeling that after "taking in" situation and realizing her daughter feelings and knowing that it would simply be devastating if she goes against whats happening , (knowing that she already supported her and accepting when she thought that Christine was lesbian) in fact i think it would be liberating to find out about the "love triangle" and not only lesbian
And as most "emphases on most" mothers do... They HELP.. so . she could be the real game changer for Jessica and help her ground down and make her understand that she can be loved and accepted by uncle and Christine

One of the best games out there, many paths, many endings. Great renders, great animation, great story. A must play, Most likely takes a hit like most ntc games just because of those so few saint wannabees. This is one of the few that is a must play , your missing out if you havnt played it.

I would say this game is a bit controversial, it has ok point-n-click gameplay, it has a somewhat ok story, it has a somewhat ok development. But how so? the development of corruption is good at a certain point because progress is slow and for me I could have explored certain things a little more. The story unfortunately ended up deviating from this progression and ended up confusing certain things, which resulted in an ending that I didn't like. There are some things in the game that are irritating, some mechanics that I found annoying and confusing that seem like only the developer knew what the massages were and where you have to click to make the right progress. Overall I think the game is good but it's far from being my favorite.

I am giving this vote as excellent because the game has good history, and good exploration content, it is worth the incentive for the developer.
Already detailed certain things about texture with the developer who needs to fix but other than that, history, sounds, events became worthy.

The game has well-written dialogue and character interactions with choices though not the most exciting but good story with various multiple choices on how to progress the story. It also features plenty of sex scenes both with main and minor characters as well as an NTR route if you choose to. The renders and visuals, in general, are ranging from good to excellent with some very good looking character models and well made intimate scenes.

Overall a well-made adult-themed VN, with plenty of said content and a simple but engaging enough story with multiple ways to progress it and different endings.

ok first think this game is probably is very interesting, espesialy for the art and 3dcg pic that so awesome, so maybe my reaction is
-firstly is the art 2dcg : for me the art is fine for every chara, but i have some at first time the MC meet chara Sonya maybe she is very different when she not use her eyeglass, so maybe that the point for pretty stuff in game
-art 3dcg : is awesome , moreover when scene blowjob and sex scene
-display menu : my opinion is the menu display is little bit difficult
-story line : is kinda boring because the text is too long, maybe cn shortert with adding a scene or any stuff, like the MC cn command girl to use another cloth

yeah bad english

Version Reviewed: 0.1.9b

This is a fairly run of the mill sisterfucker type VN. It has the usual elements of slow corruption and pulling in their friends. If I had discovered this game a couple of years ago I would probably rate it higher, but it has a lot of the features I've grown to dislike after playing several of these games.

Gameplay: This is a visual novel, so you're railroaded through the game making choices that can affect hidden stats on the various people. However, this has the annoying feature where if you don't play the game exactly right you can fail to increase stats at specific times and be locked out of the steamy content. Worse, it doesn't even make it apparent in many places if you've chosen the correct path or not, the end result is maybe a slight change in the dialog afterward and then a continuation of the same story either way. Some major game altering choices are presented with no warning or clue as to what they will create. The end result is if you want to see the good stuff you need to play with the walkthrough open. I'm also knocking off half a point because it has mutually exclusive branches so you have to play it all the way through multiple times to see the content, even with the generous rollback feature.

Characters: This is where the game loses a point for me. The MC and his goddaughter/niece are such sticks in the mud for so long that it gets really frustrating to watch them shoot down every fun idea. Worse, the correct choice in most instances is the most boring one. This leads to endless reading of trite dialog and never making it to the fireworks factory. There's a lot of text to read too. This dev takes the "novel" part of VN seriously.

Plot: It's nothing special. The MC has business trouble but is doing ok. Your niece is trying to make it in the city. Stuff you've read a hundred times in these games already.

Graphics: Would have been a 5 star rating a few years ago, but the other devs have really stepped up their game and this one has fallen back into the adequate region. There are some animations, but they're the old school 5 frame loops.

Sound: I turned it off.

Verdict: It's such a slow burn that it gets rather boring after awhile. The graphics are decent, the characters are realistically proportioned (good job on no titmonsters). If this was the first pornogame I played I'd probably give it 5 stars, but it is stuck with some of the braindamage that was common with the older games that drags it down. I'm also knocking half a star off for not enabling Linux support, even though that's trivial with Ren'Py.

A deep slice of life story

A solid game that will interest you for a good bunch of hours. For a Visual Novel kind, the gameplay is better and the choices are higher than your average VN. The renders and animations are not the best you can find, but good enough to enjoy the classic story of hardships of life.

--- Character Design :
The renders are getting better during the game. The girls are too tanned for some reason, and the color so unnatural. Sometimes the faces are meh, sometimes extremely cute (for a same character), so the quality is a bit inegal. Otherwise their body are really sexy overall.
Personality wise, it is pretty interesting to see how Christine (the main girl) progress in her discovery of the adult world. Also the girls are more clever and unpredictable than your average game, a good point. The MC makes sense. The other guys are not really likeable, but probably not the goal intended.

--- Story/Background :
I don't really know what to think. The dialogues are well written except some typos, but overall it is a very common story. Not saying it is uninteresting, because sometimes it portrays some realistic points and aspect of life that are worth knowing, but some other time it is a little absurd, but well it is a game. I still have a feeling that the author don't really know where to go with that plot : the shaddy deal is really vague and the fiesta in the boat quite absurd. Despite that, you still kinda want to follow the story, so it's not that bad

--- Sex/Animations :
I find the animations to be the weak point of the game. It would have been good 2 or 3 years ago, but now we easily find much better than a 2 renders loop animation. Now the renders are nice, and usually quite erotic.
Edit : The last scenes are a bit better, so I'm increasing the mark

--- Gameplay/Content :
One can think it is just standard VN, but at the end it is a bit more complex than that and there are a lot of factors and choices to make, that do change the story and the relationship quite a lot. Overall I think the dev has found a quite good compromise between simplicity and complexity.
The contents are bigger than I thought at first, you won't do that game in one night (except if you skip all dialogues)

In terms of character and plot development, this one is way up there. I wasn't expecting a game so full of content with the genre of a rated R action/spy film.

Nothing felt out of place or forced, contrary to what the other non-positive reviews say. Only thing that threw me off at first was the skin textures but that "problem" quickly subsided. Great visuals and H scenes but also not a game where you just sit back and relax. A lot of these choices do matter and effect later scenes and I'm willing to wait to see what the next update brings

Wrongfully judged as slow

Don't listen to the 1 or 2-star ratings, this game is superb and differs from the others with one cruxial and unique feature: Realism

In contrast to other cheap "jerk off" titles where you get the first H scenes after a couple of slides and every woman is eager to jump on you, this game is challenging in that you have to carefully observe and choose your actions as you go along the story. Being too greedy let's you loose early.

This coupled with the patience that is expected of you gives this story a whole new level of immersion as like in real life an incestious relationship doesn't just appear like that but slowly introduces itself through small signals and actions.

The result is extremely awarding because you value every H approach in the game much more than you would in a game where everything is easily handed over to you.

If you can forgive slower updates than this is a game is a gem and also a classic on F95.

love the game! Super-high quality renders, great story progression, girls have believable backstories and character development. In addition, different paths, so you can enjoy the game multiple times.

One thing that almost got me to not play it was the skin color in some early renders which has an artificially brown tone for me (it gets much better later).

Lastly, for me this game hits the sweet spot between VN and sandbox, it is a sandbox (so you can choose a bit the sequence of events), but without any grind.

5 stars, Keep it up, please!!!!!

Engaging story, good visuals (though some characters are seen in other games), unique and developed characters, plenty of choices, many hot events, and tons of content.

Most of the niche fetishes (NTR etc) are easily-sidestepable. I definitely felt the need to pick and choose who to risk the storyline with. Took a few extra risks and am wondering if that'll come to bite me in the ass. Only updates time will tell.

Left me wanting more. In the good way.

It's 1 star for me.
The game started exceptionally well, with interesting characters, scenes/interactions, different paths, dialogues, story, art. THEN, for reasons unknown and while the game had exceptional support, the characters started to look more and more absurd and artificial, the story made less and less sense and for extended periods of time the game could end up not having a single interesting sexy scene in your playthrough or even worse something that could be described as fillers. To my surprise it also featured recycled images.
The NTR path I was following went to have an almost virginal character (the niece) to fisting for no reasons whatsoever (apparently there wasn't the skill or interest to add an interesting and reasonable path to that point, and the quality and quantity of art were below below standard).
For these reasons I'll never ever support this dev again.

i like the fact there other men trying to seduce the girls and if you aren't careful you'll be cucked. Unless that is what you want. The graphics in my opinion are perfect, among the top three porn games of all the games i have played so far

WOW!

At first i saw an incest game quite basic then the writing started to kick in and so much choices to make.

I'm pretty amazed by this game.
I don't generally replay a game but this one could make change my mind.

Great game!

Only downside, sometimes you wish you could stop the game because you missed something but for some events you skip a lot of "boring" things BUT sometimes that's not that boring (the super patreon thing for exemple i missed)

I really like this one.

Good writing with a lot of meaningful options, clever consequences, believable relationships, lovable heroines and hateful villains.

The NTR work prety well here, even if you hate it(like myself), the fear of letting Robert and Silver win the girls really ad to the gameplay.

Review based on v.0.1.9:

Another game I've been following since the second or third update, and I will continue doing so if the developer keeps up the top notch work.

The girls are top notch with each having their own personality that suites the model and, especially the main cast. The villains also have good thought out plot lines that has so far stood up to my expectations. Just an overall great plot with enough choices that actually go places. You have two main routes to follow, either LOVE or NTR. There is also some kind of LOVE/NTR route that makes the girls straight up sluts slowly over time (I am following this one) and having played trough the game a few times so can I safely say that you will not be forced into a NTR scene to achieve something (Scene or plot) if you don't want to. So all the NTR haters can stay calm.

Sum of it is that this game really delivers on all fronts and if you are new to the game, then you have a lot of content to enjoy. This is also one of the few games that does NTR correct.

A real surprise from the last time I played. Renders are great, and there's quite a lot of content The story is quite good, and the events themselves are well written . I like the characters and how they all have different expressions.