VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Bare Witness [Steam Build] [AlterWorlds]

Come for the renders, stay for the writing

Our MC begins this journey on a train headed to the new home he’ll be staying in (with a couple lovely roommates). Shortly after you begin, you get a call from your dad asking how your trip is going (any hotties?). After you get off the phone with your dad you’ll meet your first Love Interest Zenda, a dark skinned lovely lady from London (Or you can ignore her, it’s up to you). You’ll start to notice some weird dialogue by the MC during his conversation with Zenda (like he’s trying to hide something, more on this later). By this point you’ll have gotten a good idea of the quality of the writing in Bare Witness (Hint: it’s fantastic).

After exchanging numbers with Zenda and parting ways, you’ll get picked up by Mora, a red-headed, freckled Uber driver and your second potential Love Interest. Mora and MC will talk about gaming and a bit about Athena and Heidi. The dialogue between them is again great and you have the option of getting her number when she drops you off. Once inside you’ll meet Heidi, your blonde-haired roommate. She has a playful attitude and enjoys messing with the MC. Their interactions during the tour of the house are fun and it’s easy to fall for Heidi pretty quick. Once Athena gets home from her bartending job, you'll get to meet this dark-haired, tattooed beauty. Late that night you'll have a chance to see just how close Heidi and Athena are (don't worry, they'll make room for you if you pursue them)

The next you'll have a chance to meet the 5th main Love Interest Valeria, a 42 year old Hispanic woman who some may call a cougar. She comes on heavy and if you're smart you'll end up back at her place. Valeria is a woman who is full of surprises and the more time you spend with her the more you'll love her.

Last but certainly not least is Sadie, she's a thicc girl from MC's past and that makes him worried (for reasons you'll have to find out while playing). Sadie is just a lovely girl who you can tell really loves the MC. You can agree to help her on her quest to lose some weight (hopefully not too much).

Throughout the game you'll build up relationships with any of these girls you choose. Keep in mind that you will need to play through multiple times to see everything. I'd recommend at least one save with a focus on Val and Zenda and one save for the coveted HAM sandwich for now (could change with future chapters). While building his relationships with the love interests, MC will also be dealing with the events from his and his father's past.

TLDR:

• Fantastic writing, each character feels real and all of interactions are meaningful and joy to experience. This isn't a VN where you'll be skipping dialogue to get to the boobies, you'll want to read every word.
• Renders and animations are top notch and get better as the game progresses.
• Beautiful Love Interests with great personalities. Each girl has her own unique look and personality and MC can connect with each on a deep level.
• MC looks good and has a likable personality, games can be ruined by a bad MC, but you have nothing to worry about here.
• There is a path that's very easy to miss and not even know it exists. I wouldn't have known about it if it wasn't for checking comments here and on the dev's Discord.
• Story surrounding MC's past is interesting and seeing new events unfold keep it fresh.

Bare Witness is a Very promising AVN

+ Excellent Renders
+ Really Interesting Story
+ Realistic Characters


3 Chapters in, it has a decent length and a really well written story, I love the cameo in the latest episode too.

Give it a go.

Thoughts so far, through Ch 3…

The writing in this game is comedy gold. Such a breath of fresh air, getting to literally LOL instead of rolling my eyes and fervently - almost with masturbatory vigor – pressing SPACE until something seems eye-catching to read or see.

Even though it’s the whole “new kid at school/college” theme, I like the story. I am really enjoying the pace as well; it’s not a super-slow burner nor a complete fuckfest from the get-go. Models are decent, obviously I’m favoring Athena as the most aesthetically pleasing (so far, anyway). *Austin Powers accent* Having said that, I do have some thoughts…

Heidi has something going on with her arms and knees that ages her in an unflattering way. (See: ).

I genuinely appreciate the work put into proofreading. Haven’t noticed any distracting grammar/spelling issues.

Also appreciate that the dialog is actually relatable in terms of the vernacular; too many VNs have characters in their teens sounding more sophisticated and witty than Morgan Freeman. This seems to find a balance between satisfying my subliminal need for the MC to be a perv and still communicating like a person and not a caveman.

Sadie is a fucking hottie.

The shower/self pep-talk scene after MC meets Adrian
Please tell me there will be Rocky jokes added later.

I have a rule, never to write a review before I've witnessed (pun intended) at least one upgrade*. So, as I've played Chapter 2 before, this was an upgrade and here comes my review.

Love the story, not a conventional one, and it is like life with both up and downs. The girls are lovely , but I've already turned down 2. Too(!) many good ones too choose from. Even if I'm a harem guy, I have my limits.

The renders are good and the lewd scenes are great and with some variations. Well, MC has a big one and that's very conventional. Only "bad" thing.

Now I have over 200 characters, so it's all ok. My last review was considered inappropiate. It had only 197!

Keep up the good work Devs!

*If it is a complete game, of course I write a review before getting any new upgrade.

Very cool game, unique characters and beautiful story telling mixed with the visuals make for an extremely good game. I haven't seen many games that can pull this off so effectively. Well done Slockie and Storm.

Game is not bad its between good and bad
My problem is there so many choiches that give you different scenes
I normally would save and load and pick the other choice later
But there so many moments where you need to choose And i don't want to end up with to many saves files I don't mind games with multiple paths but there to much choiches in this game that give different scenes

Renders are good
Lewd scenes are good
No bugs

Bare witness quickly became such a awsome game, it has great characters, Gorgeous Renders & great soundtracks. While all the main love interests do look awsome in their own way there is one i cannot help but Adore & easily became my top favorite in the game, Athena is Adorable, Totaly Gorgeous, totaly Sweet & to top it off shes a game nerd, in my opinion thats the perfect girl right there.

Cant wait for more future updates & as alwayse, a BIG thank you to Slockie & Storm for making such a awsome game.

ok, i had this game on my watchlist for a while and i thought today is a good time to start a run.
I have to say what I've seen / played so far was very pleasant.
likeable girls/milfs, MC is ok so far and story could be interesting in the further course.
there were grammatical slips here and there, but not that bad.
a little work on the transisitions between scenes couldn't hurt.
just a few little things that will definitely improve over time(i hope) and it can turn out to be a really good game.
thumbs up so far

This game is excellent, it really is. First of all, it looks great, the renders are gorgeous and the cast of potential LIs is packed with stunning women. It's also one of the better written VNs I've played, and the LIs feel like distinct and consistent characters. The game gives you some freedom to pursue multiple LIs, though certain routes will eventually force you to make choices. There are definitely ways to get multiple LIs without the guilt of cheating though, which I appreciate. The sex scenes look good and are animated, but even so they didn't do a ton for me. I kind of saw this more like an unconventional love story than any kind of porn, and really enjoyed it.

Game is very good. Great models, Interesting story. Only things personally I didn't liked, it was MC swearing in every two sentence. it feels very amateurish and mood killer. And he also gives very Beta & Cuck Vibe. Its as if all masculinity was drained from him.. Dude needs get some spine and act like man and not like "Fuck Yo slayy queen, "Insert Soyjak meme"".. I hope they will fix that but doubt it

I am genuinely surprised how awesome this game is, interesting story, with an intriguing plot & the characters are layered too, which is rare for a graphic novel, I will no doubt be contributing to this game on Patreon I want to see how this story plays out, the choices you make ACTUALLY matter in this game & you genuinely care for some characters more than others, hell even the Protagonist is likable & that is even rarer lol

How do I begin to talk about this excellent game... Let me preface this where I started playing tonight and was in a running commentary on Discord with the devs while I was playing it. THAT's how responsive they are! The renders are top notch, Heidi is, for anyone with a modicum of taste the best girl out there rivaling such gems as Melody, Avalon, Alexandra. The writing is well done and has a coherent plot. There are some twists I won't spoil for you. The Devs even had me fall for characters I wasn't initially attracted to based on looks, but the writing made the personalities shine through. If you do try it remember a HAM sandwich is great food! For those who are idiots that means: Heidi, Athena, Mora. Figure the rest out yourselves. This game rivals the great ones IMO Once in a Lifetime, LLTP, MBIML, Now and Then. I am left waiting with baited breath the next update and am an unabashed fanboy.

Great game! The characters feel very real. There's a lot of diversity in here from backstories, personalities, and bodies. If you're a fan of pretty girls, then why aren't you already playing? All of the girls are great to get to know, but I personally recommend Mora.

Monty Python and Firefly references?! I'm in!

Starting at the 2.2 update, how did I miss this one before? So far, turning out to be a very good story. Relationships and intimate encounters are moving a little faster than would be preferable, sometimes feeling rushed, but that isn't exactly a bad thing. Decent range of female characters, from young to cougar, from geeky to vixen, from petite to athletic - you get the point. Renders are great, and animations are above average. Looking forward to seeing this VN through.

Played this yesterday and absolutely fell in love with it. Especially Mora and Val. All of the girls are great and unique in their own way, but something about Val is very intriguing and Mora just seems so nice and innocent. The story is great so far, has some mystery to it and I can't wait to see where the witsec storyline takes us. Writing is terrific, renders are beautiful, and the sex scenes are wonderfully done. The animations could be a bit better, but still decent none the less. Theirs also a decent amount of content for 2 releases. Bravo Storm and Slockie

A refreshing VN
Very nice looking girls, lots of different morphotypes, and not straight out of the box. You can tell there are some hours of work on them.
Good renders
The plot is nice. Not the classical "landlady", too bad for the incest fans, although there is a cousin around.
Relationships in between MC and the girls are plausible and on a easygoing "friends with benefits" spirit.
And there is already a lot of contend, with very decent sex scenes, with just 2 releases as I'm writing.
Definitively worth a try

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique and I simply love it.

Valeria and Athena are such amazing characters, they both got their charm that make them irresistable. and when you play through the gameI'm sure youll feel the same as me

So far it´s kind of interesting, but not interesting enough. You dont get much story action, but i guess there are a couple of fanservice sex scenes out there that i rejected cause i really dont care about this meaningless sex, when i can clic "live sex cams" on the top of the screen and go to stripchat and have more options and quality.

The word that describes the game is average, and short, i think im being generous giving it 3 stars really, with the amont of content in chapter 2 so far there is nothing remnarkable to make it reach the average mark, so im putting some expectations into the rating.

Sex scenes are nothing fancy, average, short, and barely satisfying.

Great game guys. Outstanding Script and English 5/5, beautiful renders/artwork 5/5, nice animations 5/5. I like that the script is actually telling a story, rather than just being filler between sex scenes. One of the best virtual novels I have seen. Looking forward to your next update. Good luck

The reasons to love this game:

• Really beautiful girls.
• Inspiring sex scenes.
• Good renders.
• Nice music.
• Sweet story. (However the story is simple; some would say “porn-driven”. It's not bad though.)
• You choose to date or not to date this or that girl via direct choices (not some cryptic hidden conditions). Though there are hidden love points, it is very obvious how to get them.

Con:

• The developers don't plan to make it a long story.
• It's disappointing that a shy nice girl enjoys watching "Dexter" (really?) with her almost boyfriend. It's a shitty show, full of blood, dismemberment and cruelty. Unless you like all that, the scenario is mostly boring and ridiculous (only 3rd & 5th seasons are generally a bit better).

[Ch. 2a]