Ren'Py - Bad Memories [v0.9.5.2] [recreation]

Animations 5/5
Story 4/5
Characters 5/5

Incest aside, this is a solid game, and one of two games that I ignore said tag and keep playing; Bone Tales The Manor is the other game. The story is decent and does a good job of hooking the player, my opinion. The characters are interesting, likeable, and well written. The animations are very smooth and fluid with just the right angles. The MC can be a bit annoying at times, but that doesn't hurt the rating in the least.

Fun game, worth a playthrough.

Review is based on 4.1, haven't played in a couple of updates, but will be playing the recent 0.6.

Absolutely amazing!
Intriguing story, interesting characters, perfect rhythm, great visuals, thoughtful and funny interactions...
Ellie is the sexiest and loveliest being I can imagine, and the other girls are super hot too.
Thank you so much for this masterpiece, my dude! Keep up the great work!

This is a really good and cute game. Story is fit for the plot. Renders and girls are beautiful. Sandbox part of the game is comfortable. Seems like choices are matters. Lewd scenes are hot and arousing.

This is a legit review. Please don't false flag!

This game is an odd one, on one hand it has a relatable protagonist with family strife with his not mother (Racheal) on the other hand it has some of the worst supproting characters I have ever seen in one of these games, from the weird mute Chucky looking girl. (I do mean girl, she looks like she is 14 years old tops, Its creepy) to the most unlikable character of all her b!tchy tutor, who is just permanently on the rag & you're supposed to want to do this awful woman, with her resting b!tch face?

Crazy thing is I find myself drawn into the story with the Racheal character, she seems more layered than the rest, obviously she's more interesting than the jailbait mute living with you, but she actually has a lot of character depth compared to all of them even the protagonist himself.

Pros
-Great animations (At least for the Racheal character anyway)
-Good Story
-Protagonist has depth

Cons
-Bulk of the supporting NPC's are unlikable save for 2 (Protag & Racheal)
-TOO MUCH emphasis is placed on Ellie & her creepy dead eyes lusting for the protagonist
-There is some borderline assault scenes in the game that ain't my cup of tea

One of the most interesting stories I've seen in any of these games! The reluctant prodigal return, the slow unveiling of the story behind it, the trauma of his, well, what is she? still to be determined, the slow build of lust, trust, the ravages of desire withheld & the attendant anticipation, the promises of action beyond the original intimate group, but I will come back to the most important factor, the story, character building & development, always a mystery in the background waiting to be discovered. Uncompleted it is too short, but I suspect that even the full game will leave its advocates panting for more.

Bad Memmories is absolutely one of my favorite games I have found via f95zone, I have been both playing and backing this title since it first dropped. Its odd that I have not until now reviewed the title, or is it? In fact I only just figured out how to review titles on f95 so there is that.

Anyway Rec has created a fantastic story here, the game mixes well Narrative and Sandbox aspects. With stunning renders done in Daz studio, with lots of custom hand made content.



Game Play:

Really good, as said above the game mixes narrative driven and sandbox play in a nice way. The Sandbox aspect never leaves you feeling lost but also doesn’t feel like your choices in sandbox really drive anything so its more an illusion of control. for the most part the game feels like an interactive story game with Sandboxy elements.

Story:

The story is both original and compelling. With the characters being interesting, and the plot has me waiting for each new release to find out what’s going to happen next. So far there are a lot of unanswered questions, and many questions with their answers only hinted at.

Renders;

A++ Rec’s girls are lovely and beautify lit, and range from slightly loli to milf. Scene framing is excellent. Animated segments are outstanding, however there are no secondary animations during dialog

H Scenes:

Are for the most apart non-interactive, but hot and stunningly rendered. The Characters and story really push my buttons.

Backing:

Ok I have been backing this one since it began, it’s the only title I have done so for. Though Rec’s release rate is sometimes slow and or chaotic. When rec drops, it’s usually it has been worth the wait.

Disclaimer: This review is opinion-based and not a technical review.
This game is awesome, the story so far is really great, the characters are fun, the renders are amazing, the only bad thing is that the Dev can't become 4 people and have 4 supercomputers to make both their games faster, but for real Rec, so far this game is really good, I do have some questions that maybe will change this rating in the future, but so far this is one of my favorites, and I'll be following its progress.

I've played a few versions of this game and am disappointed in the overall direction the game and writing are going. There's no build up of relationship with the younger sister and goes straight to a sexual relationship with her. The "mom" is basically a drug addict that likes to lie and keep secrets from the "MC". The models used are actually pretty good compared to a lot of games that I've played, but the overall dynamics of the game are flat.

The dev tries to pull you in with the cute models and sex, but that's it. The storyline is the same as 90% of the "family" games out there that doesn't really make it stand out. Overall progression of the game seems to be drawn out and stagnant over the last 6 months or more since I started playing it.

I know it's a porn game and players are expecting to see the sex, but with no development of characters it seems that's just it. If I was looking for straight up adult material I could find it on quite a few adult sites online. Another game on here that I won't mention because of the rules makes you get drawn into the game and actually care about the characters. The sex part is a secondary part of the game that comes after the development of the storyline and characters.

This game could have a lot of potential with a major overhaul of the storyline and character behavior. Making a connection with the characters is almost more important to me than the "adult" stuff.

Excellent game. Interesting characters. The story is good enough to follow. Render quality is exceptional as well.

We can choose to play as male or female protagonist. Not many game have this option. So, this is an interesting features as well.

From reading the thread.. it is clear that players have their own favorites. Some like Rachel, some like Katherine, some like Ellie, Jada, Hanna etc. This is a proof that the game has many interesting characters. And this is good.

This game has so much potential and if feels like there's so much story dev still wants to tell i just can't help but get excited to see whats coming our way every update. The characters are likeable, the models are gorgeous, the story is good, and the renders are beautiful! What is not like about this game?! Just give it a try. Now!

As a lurker I try to never engage in any type of communication with other humans, even on the internet. However, this game is just too good not to review.

Best/Unique things: Female protagonist, characters are extremely interesting and relatively complex, renders are incredible, naughty scenes are fantastic, story for the most part actually makes sense, Ellie, and... and... well overall it's just so good.

Just forgot to rate the game ,the game is about the mc and his difficult childhood. During the early releases it was only available as a male but now there are 2 options. The plot is intresting the renders are good and the dilemma whether she is our sister or not is also very interesting.
A solid 10/10
Edit 0.6 v
So the game did progressed more than what i thought from last time katie, elle, rachel all got some of their back story and the cliffhanger that elle is normal in last that katie told is also there. So far i m satisfied by the story only part missing is Rachel's part like not a significant content in her storyline or it seems for me only i guess nonetheless rating remains same

The story is compelling, character design is beautifully done, the lighting quality is great, the fact that one can choose the sex of the protagonist is an awesome feature, in my opinion. This has got to be my favorite at the moment. I recommend anybody to at least try it out, should they stumble upon it (as have I nearly a year ago).

[As of v0.6]

The Good:
- Great Girls.
- Great Lewd scenes.
- Good Graphics.
- Could play in Female perspective, that's a new one~, ain't my thing but i don't mind.
- Story is OK, a bit cliché, nothing really stand out so far.

Conclusion:
Not a bad game in general. Worth downloading and have some fun.
4/5.

Art, style, script, backgrounds, character models, and sex scenes are excellent.

Animations, story, personalities, and mannerisms are very good.

Could use more variations in body types. Hopefully precious will be either a big woman or at least well endowed.

I love the different extreme personalities, but maybe you could throw in one that is at least pretending to be normal/main stream. I guess the coffee girl could be normal, just dealing with a crush at the moment. Maybe someone from his work we havent met yet?

I am using the mod, so I dont know how much the choices matter, but I like where the mod is taking me.

One point of contention; If someone figures out, or even suspects that someone in an authority role is able to be manipulated with drugs, that will take precedence in all decision making, even sex. Especially if that figurehead person brings up feelings of revenge or long seeded prejudice. I just think it is amazing it took so long for the MC to "get around" to manipulating that person, maybe I am just weird.

I like the fact you can get rid of the text background, thank you.

The sex scenes are well thought out and original, not just recreations of the same scenes with just different characters like many other games. They arent that long, but it just goes to show that a short to medium length well thought out scene is way better than the mechanical crap, every position, repeating, long scenes in other games.

The story so far at 0.5.2 is good, The major plots havent been reached yet, so it can still suck if for some reason things change, but so far so good. I dont see alot of tie ins between memories and actions, but that could be because I am not reading between the lines well enough.

Thank you for sharing your hard work, I cant wait to see what happens next.

I love this, while its a bit short at the moment, the story and characters are intriguing. The hidden past of the characters and their relationship is quite fascinating a left me want to know more. Unfortunately, like i said, its pretty short at the moment, so almost none of your answers will be answered, i hope this one gets finished as soon as possible.
The presentation is great, the character models look great, the animations are very good, simple loops but it has some good details both in facial and body animations, though some of them dont loop perfectly.
Its an absolute recommend, cant wait for it to be finished.

I'd love to make a marvelous and long, shinning review.
But alas, I can not not.

Why?
Well, read the 100 reviews before this one, what's left to be said?

At this point, I can only give it the max score, and just hope I've written enough here so I can push "submit rating".

One of the gems of this site.

In Bad Memories you play as Jill (or her male counterpart) who comes back to her hometown after one very lucrative job offer but end up having to face old painfull memories when she meets her old family back: her silent sister Ellie and Rachel the woman who verbally abused her.
Will she make amends with someone she used to hate or not?

The story is quite good and the characters are really well done. You can almost feel like Rachel is trully trying to repair her relationship with Jill, that Ellie and Jada are two mischievous girls (hehe) and that behind her dirty mouth and bottom bitch act Kat used to like Jill (and maybe still does).

The renders are also of high quality, being between the best VN with 3D models around this site.
Add to that the really hot lesbian sex scenes (i haven't played much with male counterpart) and this game is a definitive recommendation.

Great game to ... Recreate the fuzzy feeling of belonging, moving in to a new place, new family, open arms ready to close any gaps MC has in the humanity department.
Kinks are there, nice mischief .. if you want to ... cute babes come to cuddle.

There is stern MC extravaganza, quips, nice enough short witty remarks, MC is no push over, provided players keep their cool and are discreete.

Play, have fun, lose yourselves in this fairy tale with bubbly - naughty gamer bombshells!

A rare game in the field of "porn" games. Its is a story driven erotic novel that actually engages the player with not only a back ground story, but one that effects the way the player and NPCs react to one another.

True, other games are based on similar story sets, but most forget them to get right to "the Action." This one expects you as the player to confront ones past and demons before getting even a real whiff of the love interests.

As for graphics and characterizations, it is spot on for a realistic game. The characters are breath taking, but more than that they have stories to equal them. DAZ provides many heart stopping visuals but with out story, proper scene blocking, and pacing adult games can easily become cheap and tawdry.

This game avoids that, and it only makes the visuals more incredible.

All in all a fine play worth 5 stars, popcorn bags, or a simple two thumbs up.