VN - Ren'Py - Black Rose -A Netori Story- [v0.4] [WinteryEdge]

Rating as of v0.4

This is pretty good, I do like that the MC really is having a moral dilemma and the dialogue for it is pretty good. I was annoyed by the MC's meek attitude but I was hopeful it was a meek to dominant approach so I went through it and looks like it is leading to that which is nice. I'll look forward to how the MC develops. I feel like the animations could use work though. Like when the text mentions the MC is fucking an Li hard but the animation is pretty slow. Makes it a bit disappointing that it doesn't match the intensity that the text is telling us it is. I'd give it about a 3/5 for now.

This is a really interesting read. The girls are pretty. animations are okay(could use some more animated movement instead of the same few second loop) and i like the dark atmosphere of it all. Good luck with the game.

Starts out good, somewhat like in the description.
Then forces you either into a blackmail story arch with one of the dumbest reason I ever encountered, or you get a game over.

I have no clue why the dev decided to ruin the game like this. It was really interesting to learn slowly about all 4 characters, getting to know them.

The MC seems somewhat passive and introvert, but overall a good guy. The base line seems to be a quite close friendship with his friends. He seems the most hesitant part of the arrangement. Typical big anime dick, but still somewhat believable.

His friend is also a nice guy, as far as I could tell. Some hints of dominant behaviour against his wife, but nothing violent or malice.

The wife of the MC was a little strange. Would've liked to learn nore about her personality and reasoning, but there wasn't much until the BM ark began.

Sachie, the friends wife, seems to be a real sweetheart. Housewife, submissive, very caring. You can already learn a lot about her in the first sex encounter, as well as about her relationship with her husband.

The story starts very relatable. Both couples have the desire to have a child, both have one partner who isn't able to. The solution comes from two of the couples, and the other two are somewhat convinced soon as well.
It feels a little bit rushed, but the sex scene makes up for it in my opinion.

Shortly after you learn about another couple that has seemingly problems, and I started to suspect a bigger story line unfolding. Great!

Then hard cut to a blackmail trope. The reason: you slept with the wife of your friend...
From there on out you either play out this ridiculous crap, or you get a very rushed and bad written game over.

It is early in development, so maybe the dev comes to their senses and gets back to the awesome Netori story, removing all BM content or makes it actually optional. Otherwise I see a big "abandoned" tag on the near future.