VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Blacked or Bleached [v0.3] [Pallidus Nox]

No branching paths like it used to have.
Just another game with a different game.
No gooning content from best friend character.
I have no idea why there isn't more of the last one because it was the only cool part of the original game and the thing it set it apart for me because it was surprisingly pleasant compared to the rest of it.
But was completely removed on the remake which you also abandoned.

This game is boring and so narrow minded. The gameplay is depressing and full meaninglessly compiled pictures. Copying and adding a lot of pictures from pron sites does not make a great game. The lack of creativity is disapointing.

So far just a horrible grind fest with barely any scenes and not much is explained at all. Also seems like i'm forced into NTR route even though i'm only picking DOM choices or whatever.

As of v0.2.1 not even close to being worth reading through.

An improvement on the original! But I have to say the original Blacked or Whited had a couple great gay scenes where you were gooning with one of your bully's sissies. Would love for a couple scenes like this to come into play.

I like the game so far. Great game, but it's just beginning of it, I do really hope it will develop well!
Looking forward for girls way to try it out. Will be something new and I hope it will be different than boys way.

The plot is barebones, the writing is terrible, and even without the racially charged language which I just attribute to the whole fantasy/fetishization, the dialogue can be so bad that it takes away from the experience. It basically made me laugh when Cecilia Lion had a line stating, "Research shows that there is a rise of racism against Black men". Nah, really?

Each route is copy and paste of one another with even the default names being recycled for the MC and the antagonist dependent on race (Brad and Tyrese interchangeably). The only thing different are the guys as mentioned before, the girls and the scenes you can see. Everything else is basically the same.

The game mechanics is barely expanded upon from the multitudes of other similar games in its vein. Just that instead of being in Twine or other interactive fiction formats, it's in Renpy. Seeing it using images from Blacked or Deeper on its banner kinda baits you into thinking that at least the clips would be good but no, they're not. Does this have some potential? Of course, but it will need a LOT of work on its scripts, clips and even its interactivity.

this game has a long way to go. I like the beginning. but there's a dearth in content and the bugs... there's too many. This is 0.2, so don't expect much. will update accordingly.

best of luck to the dev.

To be honest i never cared for Rules and i speak my opinion as it is.
I apologize in advance!
The game feels amazing!
The core concept is not unique but the way it was made makes it feel better and fresh!
Sadly this is just a 0.2v and has much to grow before it becomes a game that i will be willing to give 5 stars.
As for the gameplay i am satisfied atm.
Keep up the good work and never forget your roots!

This review is written for version 0.1.

Starting with the good, Blacked or Bleached uses some beautiful models for its visuals--including reddit's teeny_ginger_18. The layout is nicely nostalgic of old school html games while still having the superior functionality and formatting of renpy.

The place where this game loses me is the writing. There are typos--which are to be expected in a demo. However, first of all, the pace is brutal. You're going to be holding control to skip through a LOT of repeated scenes. You're going to be clicking through about 8 different options, every fucking day, even though you always do the same thing. You're also going to be skimming a lot of dialogue that doesn't progress the plot but is meant to accomplish... humour? setting? Whatever it's trying, it's not doing it well--More on that in the content section. In summary, 90% of your time in this game will be spent grinding and reading the same stuff.

Second, the story has no depth. You're a guy with some very strong incel vibes who's surrounded by two types of characters: 1) attractive women who exist only to be your love interests and 2) a ridiculously small number of men of colour who exist only to try to fuck the women if you won't. The main character’s unspoken motivation in the story, I can only assume, is to “charm” the women before they throw themselves on other dicks. That’s all there is to the story, unless you want to read into the social commentary. Speaking of which…

My third issue with the writing is the actual content. As you’re probably picking up by now, the story has some very limited ideas of gender and race roles. The professor character is used as an Aunt Sally/straw man to ridicule feminism and higher education. The only black characters are football players and a dealer who aggressively mistreats the protagonist unprovoked. Your sexual milestones with your girlfriend are measured in “corruption.” Games that focus on interracial themes are notorious for treading on the line of some toxic ideas in the name of kink, but Blacked or Bleached has no time for such nuance and gets downright political. It’s kind of a boner killer.

This is a demo so I'm sure some of these things will improve with new versions, but I doubt I'll be back to see it.

The main problem with the game is that there's hardly any content so far. It didn't feel like the very few decisions have any effect on the story, and it took over an hour to see a whole lot of nothing.

That said, the game has potential and might improve a lot with development. The girls are attractive and the writing is generally fine or good. The main issue is how clunky it is to play and how little there is to do in this very early version (v0.1) which is fairly labeled demo. But even a demo should have choices that effect the outcome. It's more of a framework with small bits and pieces filled in and some characters almost entirely neglected.

Very frustrating. There is no meaningful content on the "bleached" end of things, where you are assertive. You can make out with your extremely mediocre looking girlfriend until she gets 'corrupted' enough to let you suck her nipples, and that's *it*.

Now, that's not fair you might say. This is only 0.1. Fair enough.

The reason I'm giving it 2 stars is that the game lets you GRIND for a f'ing half an hour along that path, going back and forth to school and the same tired interactions with your teacher and drug dealer. Over, and over. Wake up > exercise > shower > go to school > click through shit > make out with your girlfriend > go home > occassionally be forced to wank. Repeat that exact sequence a dozen times. Nothing beyond a few wet dreams and promise of things to come, and only when you have fully corrupted your girlfriend, ready to finally be able to fuck SOMEONE, only then does the game deign to tell you "actually, there's no content here. No fucking for you." Absolutely infuriating.

I will revise my review score if the game actually adds in a warning that there is nothing meaningful to see on the assertive path.

This game has possible the greatest potential I have ever seen. I loved it. It's the perfect blend of funny and sexy at the same time. Or at least it was for me. I originally downloaded it because I have a thing for NTR but when I was that Dolly Little and Abbey Rain were in it I just couldn't look away. I can't wait to see where this game goes!

Great game with lot's of pottential, i'll be waiting with a lot of hope in the developer to deliver. But so far so good, if you enjoy this type of content support the game. For those looking for interracial content this game it's very promising. It's only a demo, but let's hope it goes up from here on.

Wonderful! There's something there for both sides of the coin! Glad to see someone taking up the mantle! This is a genre that is over-inflated with a particular angle, and one that caters to both sides is a welcome addition.

Good start with same actors playing same characters which is the biggest bonus for me in real porn games. Hopefully this game gets enough support and we see more content Kinda didnt like why it had to be about skin colour but whatever.

This is a great remake of a pretty niche game Blacked and Whited. Not so long right now, but promising . Slow characters corruption, nice pictures and gifs. Will totally watch this.
Sorry 4 poor english. Not a native speaker

The game is very good, it's by far one of the best NTR I've played, one thing I think should change is the repetition in the girlfriend's corruption part because it got too repetitive. Apart from this detail, it's perfect. Keep up the good work and don't give up

the notification noise and animation every time you get a few points of something is unskipable.

every day in game you're going to run into some points multiple times, so even when you fast forward through the daily grind it stops abruptly and makes an annoying jingle to know you've got 5 fitness points or arousal etc. its awful. the game makes you grind then punishes you for wanting to grind faster, as if the grind is intentional , the game wants you to waste your time and feel it.

the visuals aren't bad but the game is a huge grind fest, just rinse and repeat every day the same four or so actions while a story slooooowly progresses.
Now the problem isn't having a slow story, just having to do the same things everyday rather pointlessly so you can level up attributes is the problem. its the kind of game where if you don't click on all the same things every day for two weeks then you miss a scene because your stats were too low.

i know its still a demo and the game is incomplete but you still have to grind a ton while nothing happens. Everything that comes after I expect will have an equal amount of grinding to scene ratio.