Review of 0.1.7b
Babysitter is a splendid pornographic visual novel, one of the best I've played at this point in time. It has a number of choices with significant consequences.
The writing is quite good and improves as the story goes on. The most recent writing has been exceptional, most notably the scenes at the karaoke bar and the spa both of which were highly romantic, erotic and entertaining.
The models are generally quite good and you can get most of what you need to know about this from screenshots. Personally, I find Christine's face a little less pretty than I'd like at times. Jessica is gorgeous. Sonya vascillates between the two depending on outfit/makeup/lighting. Also, I believe there was some improvement from early to recent renders. In the most recent content there are also some very impressive animations.
Perhaps the most important thing to know about this game is that its story focus is as much about competing with specific other males for the girls' affections as anything else. While NTR is completely avoidable, you cannot avoid a heavy amount of interaction with these other suitors as well as scenes were you get to experience their private efforts while the MC is not present. I can't say I really enjoy this, especially because I find it frustrating that the girls are so utterly unaware of how vile these people seem to be (admittedly the MC might not be much better) but it's worth tolerating.
I also slightly dislike how the MC's inner dialogue paints him in a somewhat negative light rather untroubled with his potential polyamoury or at least how it affects others. I'm a little unclear how to describe this but there are other games that let me be a creep without feeling like a creep, if you take my meaning.
He also could mitigate the effects of this with better communication with the ladies, but generally he just seems to hope for the best instead.
Like many VNs, this game also suffers from that curse of requiring nearly perfect play to maximize the content seen and the best responses. I know this is appealing to many, promoting replayability and challenge, but I dislike it and find the only way I can really enjoy them is to use a walkthrough, even though that's not something I care for doing with any other genre.
Regardless, this is a wonderful game and I'm very much looking forward to the addition of more content, especially if it lets me curb stomp Robert!