VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Bare Witness [Ch. 5] [AlterWorlds]

I loved this game when I started playing it, but the end was a bit underwhelming for me.

So let's start with the good.
Girls are pretty and interesting.
The girls are somewhat varied.
Sex scenes are hot and often
The story is somewhat interesting.

So what was wrong?
Maybe I'm starting to realize that I do not like harem games.
It's not the idea of ending up with multiple girls that is the issue. It's the total implausibility of how it appears.

I get that people say that it's a fantasy, but I still likes my fantasies to be grounded in reality.


A few years ago, I would have given this 5 stars, but the quality of stories in some VN have just raised my expectations. This one starts out interesting, but ends a bit flat.

Story:
Don't expect something that moves you or makes you think about later on, it's just a frame to connect and generate a flow. It's not bad or just plain stupid, so i end up with a 3/5, solid, does the job.
Characters and paths:
The Characters show some quirks and habits but differ at how "deep" you dive depending on the path you choose. The more you "gather" the more shallow you get. As of the replayablitiy, you are limited, you won't gather all so there is the option to follow other decisions, i'd go that far to say the variation is enough to peek into them. That leaves me with a low 4 of 5.
Visuals and audio:
It doesn't hit the "top" for visuals nor audio, but at least for the visuals it gets close. The character models don't feel similar (as far as they are all quite the eye candy). The "audio" (music in this case) is good, rare moments where i'd expected something else but, and that's way more important, not annoying or distracting, like the story the music keeps the flow, a good 4/5.

It is finished! Not unnecessarily stretched to more chapters, not endings that feel rushed (like noted before, the "collection path" could've get a bit more "depth"). Rating +1

Thanks for your work

It's extremely rare that I play a game on this site that makes me go out and pay full price for the legit version but here we are.

The art is extremely well done, every time I had to turn down a girl it hurt because they all have a lot of appeal and every girl I say yes to I knew I was in for a treat.

The writing is the surprising part of this game as every girl feels unqiue like they are an actual fully fleshed out character.

I look forward to seeing more content from this dev and perhaps if they remain consistent in delivering complete products I may be driven to support them more directly.

This was spectacular. Too many best girls in there. I like Mora but more as a solo route. This game has the best throuple even though both the Athena and Heidi solo ends were good. Mora pretending she didnt want to try anal while everyone was there was adorable. Valerie is hot. Sadie is of course just hot. All the cousin talk usually wouldn't do it for me but here I am. Also that Anal seen. Yes. just yes. Heidi gets best overall character though. She is the cuck queen lol. I'm just surprised shes the one who is 100% no buttstuff.

All that aside the story is great. The side characters good. Also though I'll always want more of these girls. The game actually wrapped itself up neatly in 5 chapters and its good. Most games would drag on but this isnt overstaying its welcome and thats good. I've seen a couple reviews that are....exaggerating certain moments that can be a drag if you aren't invested. I mean people complaining an older woman is aggressively hitting on MC in a Adult VN is a little.....eh its a strange complaint. Oh well, I loved it and cant wait for more from this dev.

The game is definitely elevated by good renders, good sex scenes, and the fact that it has been completed, but it's brought down again by pacing and characters.

To quickly praise the sex scenes, the girls cum A LOT, even squirting on a bunch of occasions, which imo is fucking magnificent since there's no worse game than one where the sex scenes just involve the dude pumping until he cums for the money shot with no word on how the girl enjoyed the experience.

That being said, I think only one girl got anal in her route? The anal scene was great, it's a shame there weren't a lot more.

As for the pacing bringing everything down: the MC shows up, and despite the creators' attempts to make the game feel more grounded he gets told by his second day in the flat that one of the girls wants his dick real bad. By the end of the first week, several characters are madly in love with him, and soon thereafter the game jumps forward in time by 7 weeks to try to retroactively pad out these lightspeed events.

Speaking of the characters, four of the six routes just didn't do it at all for me:
-One was a 42-year old woman who creeps on you really aggressively in a way that would have gotten her instantly kicked out of the bar if she had been of the opposite gender
-Two girls in a relationship who 100% assume that living with them and being subjected to their complete lack of decorum and basic decency would be anything but a fucking nightmare
-A girl with a superiority complex? Sorry, I never finished this route because her design didn't do it for me

As for the MC, I just didn't like him. Yes, he's a well-written young man of 21 who's freaking out all the time about the bad things that could happen, but just because it's well-written doesn't mean that it's fun to read. When he's not afraid of the mob coming after him, he's a complete chick magnet who always knows the right thing to say to get in bed with the girls he hangs out with (There are no male friends in this game to change up the interactions a little). When it comes to plot decisions, he's a complete idiot.

Speaking of the plot, it inevitably deals a lot with the Mafia, which is often the silliest and most ridiculous subplot in Western VNs - except here, it's the main plot. Its resolution is sudden and laughable.

So yeah, very subjective points all around, but it is what it is. Definitely a 3-star game for me, but the sex scenes are just too good not to reward them with that extra star.

(1.0)

A great AVN that ends in 5 episodes. It's very rare to see a game end on a good note these days.

Animations and renderings are great. H scenes are really good. The models are quite beautiful.

MC is a very standard person. And that's a perfectly good thing. It's become difficult to even play with a likable MC these days.

Each LI has a different beauty. A game that I have a hard time choosing is a good game for me. There's something for everyone.

As for the endings, It is the first time the poly ending is the least I like. Im very much a Harem enjoyer, but in this game, Solo endings are much more though out, emotional and deep. When you are ending the game with one of the LI's, (or more) you want it to be more meaning and seriousness and less sex, because you sexed too many times already at that point, and you are at the end of the road, so you want passion and emotion to prevail.(at least thats what I want). And of course, the perfect endings is where you impregnate your love at the end. Therefore, solo endings are slightly more good for me. Especially Val's. She really shows everytime how much she loves us. And Zenda's. She could do anything for us, and she mean it. And I love both of them. I wish there is a path that involves both of them, but well...


This is a very good game. I congratulate the devs for finishing this beautiful game and very much looking forward to their new project.

+ amazing soundtrack, music are really top notch and suits perfectly most of the scenes
+ renders & animations
+ squirting
+ amazing 5some in chapter 5
+ lewd content is well done, mc know his stuff and girls don't have to tell him what to do.. like in some fucking tutorial
+ most of endings are satisfying, some of them are rly emotional
+ likable mc, just a normal guy. He is not a typical to this genre pathetic wimp
+ avn without deep story. Game is mostly focused on girls & relationship development
+ funny moments
+ beautiful & likable girls, they genuinely love and care about MC
+ game is completed
+ a lot of choices & routes if you are fan of them
+ mini-harem route


- 5some in chapter 4 is too chaotic
- you need to repeat game a lot of times to see all the content, it quickly become monotonous

I really enjoyed this avn.. unfortunately, this journey came to an end. 5 stars from me

Boring unbeliveble fuckfest story with almost no worldbuildng and generic daz renders of plastic bimbos. And not even all girls got anal scene, despite having personalities of sex dolls. You probably already played this game 100 times and will experience nothing new, good enough for quick fap maybe.

After seeing Athena make a cameo appearance in Come Home I knew this would be my next stop and I gotta say I've no regrets about it.

The writing and overall narrative is pretty good thus far, though it kinda plays second fiddle to the interpersonal relationships of the characters and a whole lotta fuckin'. Though the cliffhanger ending of the last chapter gives me some hope that things will get back on track.

That said as good as the writing is I was irked by some perceived inconsistencies. For instance MC is seemingly known to be a bit of a gamer and early on gets roped into playing an MMORPG with Athena. Later another girl asks him to play an RPG.

Now if she specified a TTRPG right off the bat maybe MCs confusion would be justified. But she just says RPG and doesn't elaborate until further in the conversation. He should, gamer that he is, at LEAST know that little three letter abbreviation. He should NOT be unironically guessing that she's talking about rocket propelled grenades.

Also there's a point where MC talks about that ginger chick being the only Uber driver in town pretty much right after being driven into town by someone else. If he was meant to be joking or exaggerating it didn't come across that way in the writing.

There could well be more examples but those are the only two that jumped out at me as feeling especially wrong. Anyway..l

The renders are great and the animations largely satisfactory.

Perhaps the biggest compliment I have for the game is that I didn't wind up muting the music as I often do. I don't know if I could go as far as saying that it actively enriched my experience, but it wasn't obnoxiously out of place or overly grating. Can't really ask for more than that.

Anyhoo - great stuff, well worth a gander.

[Reviewed 0.4b]

For a game first posted exactly 3 years ago, it still holds up well with high production values and a compelling story. It is undeniably inspired by that massively-popular, college-bro, multiple love interest other title and it doesn't quite measure up in overall quality, but there's not much wrong with this one.

Premise: A young man is off to college with a new identity as part of a witness protection program after watching a grisly murder -- but can't shake his past while pursuing new relationships.

The Good ()

• Really high production value -- the game just looks great
• Gorgeous models and renders
• A diversity of love interests with different personalities, ages, body types and kinks
• You can pursue multiple love interests and form a poly- / harem relationship if interested
• Well-executed cinematography and visual storytelling
• An original story that has familiar elements / setting but still feels fresh
• Characters are generally sweet, good-natured and easy to root for
• Hours and hours of content
• Charged, erotic H-scenes with smooth, seamless animation

The Not-So-Good ()

• Hasn't been updated since Dec 2022 - dev's Patreon suggests something is around the corner, but with 4 chapters in 3 years, don't expect anything after the next update until 2025.
• It's possible to close off certain LI paths early in the story in ways I didn't realize were happening in the moment
• Some aspects of the story aren't super realistic and the main LIs quickly come around on the idea of a harem-type arrangement

Overall, an outstanding title with a lot of content and beautiful character models. Can't go wrong.

The renders in the promo material caught my eye, and the scene on the train, where you start, looks ok too. But everything after the initial part looks horrible.
The story is ok so you can get through quite a bit without getting bored too much.
The renders get much better in the later chapters, just a pity you have so suffer through some bad stuff before getting to some acceptable level of renders.
The music is ok, not great, Sometimes it feels a bit easy sleeping with women

nice girls, with good written characters. Also really nice written Storyline.
Real benefit of this game are the details: like little movement in the background in each scene, which makes the game sless static (except the shower scene...). The Dev really put some effort in it, you don't see it in many games.

Far too few games have a proper polycule rather than a bland MF-only harem. This game does it very very well.

Can't comment about the other side characters who aren't part of the polycule because I didn't play their routes, heh.

If it was for the looks alone, id give it 6/5 stars, especialyl the girls are damn good.

My biggest problem is i devolves from a run of the mill story into "fuck anyone, everywhere, all at once (literally)". The last chapter basically skips anything coming close to story and goes through some events fucking around without any real choices.

It is a ok play and honestly miles above 99% of most other games, but nothing to write home about.

PS ... stayed for Heidi and was not disappointed.

Starts strong and manages to get better with every update in quality and plot. The girls are all beautiful and every aspect is made sure to be paid attention to and doesn't detract from the overall quality.

Recommend this game to fans of other high-quality AVNs and am ranking this among them, as well as adding it to my watchlist for the final episode to see how it ends!

Wow. Just wow. This is hands down the best AVN I have ever played. I'm extremely sad I've finished what is currently available. I'm not super active on forums, I don't really post things or rate things, but this game is that good, I had to give some love. Let's break it down:

Writing 5/5:
This game hits so many beats. I felt all of the feelings (the music helped, see the music section). I was so invested in all the characters, and genuinely liked the MC, which is rare for me. The main story is compelling, and all the LIs are unique and have their own voice.

Music 5/5:
I had to lead with the first two categories that I think are the best. The music really takes this game to another level. No exaggeration, no figure of speech, this game has the best soundtrack of any AVN that I've ever played. I cried both happy, sad, and laughing tears from the combination of the writing and music.

Renders & Animations 4/5:
Now this is very much my own personal preference here. I docked a point just because there are some angles that I'm not a fan of, and moments where there is some sexy talk that I'd like to see over an active animation rather than a still image. Quality wise, everything is top notch.

General/Personal Notes: Just gonna put it all in a spoiler tag to be safe.

Story: ★★★
Dialogue: ★★★
3D Models: ★★★★
Sex scenes: ★★★★

Additional Comments: The music is 50/50 meaning some of
the music I really liked and some of it I'd mute. The models have
a more realistic look, and even if a woman in the game does
have large breast they are not the typical ginormous goofy
breasts often seen in porn games. The game does have sex
scene animation which I liked.

Some of the best scenes in the game were the snow
event with Athena, music fit perfectly for the scene.
Also the event where MC and Mora meet with her ex-bf
and the event reminded me of something from a soap
opera episode and the music fit perfectly. I can tell
that the developer put in a lot of work on the game.

Not good and not bad, but a masterpiece compared to 99% of DAZ VNs.

Writing is competent. I didn't notice any dodgy spelling or grammar. The story is boring. The characters are bland.

Renders are fine. There's a slight bump in quality from chapter 3.

3.5/5.0

Great graphics and great stories. First time i played, i was totally into the story. I just can't believe it the devs' first game.
They kept improving release after release and are active on their Discord
Keep going gents

Review of version 0.4

I have rather mixed feelings.

Choices - Only when it comes to girls/relationships, although with one girl the dev heavily ignores our choices, which leads to pointless consequences that I as a player eliminated (explanation in the spoiler section).

Story - Basically there is none here, we get some information about the MC's past and that's pretty much it, then we jump around events because the girls keep inviting us somewhere, you can refuse invitations, then we get a black screen with the day and the fact that I have nothing to do, then we wake up the next day.

Characters - They basically fall in love or want to seduce us the moment we meet them. We can meet several, but at some point we have to choose one.

Graphics - Very good.

Music - Very fitting.

MC - A cool guy, nothing to complain about, the big drawback is that the developer did not come up with the idea to give us the option to choose our last name, and we play our name Beck.... I had to dig through the code to name myself appropriately.

Choices that dev ignores which leads to consequences that I predicted, but happened anyway.
Spoiler alert.