VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Boho [v1.0] [CabalZ]

this short review refers to Boho version 1.0 (the complete version)

I guess Boho’s strongest merit lies on its authenticity. It's essentially a linear novel with few choices (most of them leading only to scenes’ jumping) describing what seems to be an actual and personal experience.
In such sense, the plot evolves rather naturally — even though a bit too “anxious” (too fast) for my taste —, with credible character interactions and dialogues. Further: Boho is a porn novel, thus one shouldn’t expect it to be a (theatre or screen) play. There are also some [storylines’] twists that grab the player’s attention.

There’s a bit of a logical circularity when the Writer/Dev decides to write and release Boho inside the game itself; yet, s/he/they do/es it fairly well by keeping both universes distinct and barely breaking the 4th-Wall.

The graphics overall are fine; yet, I do find the space to be a bit too empty (decors’ subtilization) and the renderings’ luminosity could be improved at some points.

There’s always room for amelioration; yet, I deem Boho as an honest project that delivers a nice experience for those who play it.

Good job, CabalZ.

Decent mid length visual novel. Nearly kinetic but there were some yes/no options here and there.

Story: 2/5
Not much of a story realy. Some effort was put in but that is about it.

Writing: 4/5
It is written in english without much error and well enough dialogue to be somewhat believable.

Art: 4/5
With the tools used, it was well made. A little on the darker side of color/lighting.

Models: 3/5
Main issues for me were how the mom and aunt bodies were like a teenagers while their faces were older looking. very odd.
The only other gripe I have is the Lola girl going from looking 5 to like 14 or so. If she had the same model both times (either one) I'd have not found it so jarring.

Characters: 3/5
They feel kinda samey to me. The cousin had some life to her but the rest felt bland to me.

Enjoyment: 4/5
I liked it. Fix the models and maybe develop a better ending, or add to the ending like a time skip or something and it would have felt like a better experience overall.

This wasn't quite the straight forward story line I first thought. It was surprisingly enjoyable.

I like that the models were made with realistic proportions. If the loli tag referred to Riley I don't really consider her a loli, just petite which is fine, I'm not big on lolis anyway.

The main critique I have was with some of the writing. The Dev (assuming he did the writing) was awful big on characters replying with "K". That got old quickly. The writer should have mixed it up some with other replies not just "K" constantly.

Also the constant baby boy, big boy, good boy, etc. would get on my nerves. The MC was also a bit old to call mom, mommy. It sounded unnatural.

All in all, not bad.

Short But Sweet.
renders - 3.5/5
story - 4/5
Engagement with character is pretty good.
Nice job writer and developers .. .. Ending can be improved. if rework on ending it will be pretty good.

I love it. It may have some "bad" dialogue, but I love the self-referential material of the game. It references watching a Ren'Py game as well as creating one. I mean the MC creates a game called Boho and explains the meaning of the title.

I don't think I have seen a self-referential game like this. I have seen a game where the MC talks to the game creators or the game creators interrupt the MC, but that was actually in a deliberately satirical game. This does not seem to be satirical, just self-referential.

But I am looking forward to a revisit with Lola. And I will make a contribution to the author.

I am loving the start to this game, it has a lot of good sex scenes and the in word justification to why the MC was able to convince everyone was pretty new and I enjoyed it. I cannot wait to see where this game goes in the future and I even subscribed to your ich.io to get the most recent version. Good Luck!

Game Version: 0.6

Oh Boy, this had could be the perfect combination of Family Incest AND Loli.
Something rare.

This game is different, it actually has a comfortable length for a porn game until you get to the appropriate scenes between the characters.

The story started out promising.
The incest taboo was presented in a comprehensible way.

You could say that there is not much on relationship building, but firstly it is a porn game and secondly I find it strange in some games, the blowjob, licking, french kissing etc. is absolutely no problem but as soon as it comes to the actual act it suddenly happens is a taboo.

Especially since in this game at the beginning it actually seemed real that a mistake was made that was immediately regretted.
In other games, on the other hand, it says 6.7 times it was a mistake until sex and then suddenly everything is clear and deep love ensues.
That's why the Taboo story is more believable here, at least in the beginning.

Then the protagonist meets the classic loli from other games.
A rather strange but entertaining encounter and the second part of the story begins, the usual, depending on whether you like it or not you then add aunt and cousin to the harem.

But then it seems to me at least as if there was no longer any interest in what happened to the story.

Wasn't there really a better damn reason than a virus outbreak for the protagonist to be home again? come on.

Then comes what destroys the loli tag for me. If censorship is the reason why not just cut out the loli part and that moronic virus outbreak.
Lola is suddenly bald and has aged a few years ..... let me guess the virus is to blame *facepalm*
She can be included in the harem and the game ends at V 6.0

Why I am writing this in such detail is that it is simply wasted potential, it could have been a small but very good game that serves both tags.

Personally I would just cut the virus part completely and try to restore the initial credibility and add a little more depth instead, at least with the mother and give Lola her old model back or cut her out entirely, this middle thing is awful.

Despite everything, I can recommend this game.

Cheers

I actually played the dev's previous game and while it wasn't perfect there were definitely some good ideas there, so I was quite excited to see what this new game had to offer. Unfortunately it's just not good, and I find it to actually be a step backwards in terms of the quality of storytelling.

The pacing is borderline light-speed, no different from the previous title, but the plot now is your generic incest shenanigans where every girl throws themselves at the MC because reasons. There's mention of him being a good guy and all that but the pacing is so fast that you never see any of it. There are no character-building moments, nothing to connect the plot beats and sex, which makes this game play like mindless fap material (which is not what I look for in VNs, adult or not).

The way the characters talk is downright childish, with "my kitty" this and "your thingy" that. Not just the younger characters mind you, but even the two mature women on the banner, who have children and full-fledged careers. The numerous grammar errors don't help in making the dialogue any less annoying either.

The writing tries to come across as mature and introspective, but its attempts to be deep and meaningful remind me of those cringe-inducing internet quotes teenagers post on Instagram when they think they've got the whole world figured out.

The renders are decent, some scenes are way too dark and the characters' shocked or angry expressions are still goofy as hell, but there's nothing egregious on that department.

The animations I actually found pretty good, especially considering the dev's previous game didn't even have animations (I think). They weren't as fluid as some of the more professional-looking stuff out there but there was definitely more effort put in than simply making a gif of two models moving.

So yeah, there's no real depth here, the story's boring and the characters are one dimensional. I don't think it's worth your time when nearly identical premises have been done better over the years.

It does whats supposed to be done. Sexual encounters with no bullshit task lists or routines to keep track of. Sex scene could do with some more interactivity and more diversity but the game is in its initial launch. More of this kind of games please.

Huge bravo for the active story telling that draws the MC from one interaction to another. Your setups for inclusion and exclusion are well thought out and actually realistic.

I normally don't like MILF characters (they are so over done, over the top, and over sized) but yours are both interesting and engaging.

Your handle of emotional ques from past events is spot on and makes for great ammunition when setting up your future scenarios (like the revenge on the cheerleaders scene).

You dance a fine line between fantasy writing and realistic plot twists and you do it marvelously.

Also the way in which you effortlessly bring the MC around to "Daddy" role is striking and deserves it's own sentence of merit.

Perhaps at some point there could be a "loli patch" to revert the original Lola girl back. It appears as if 5 or more years passed between the first meeting and the second, but I understand the reasons for these changes.

Keep up the great work sir I am a fan of all your work and I hope your intellectual fire keeps burning through these works.

Great Job all around!

Review for 0.6
No real story
Everyone jumps on mc his dick
Only thing good are renders
usual incest game where everyone has sex with mc
No bugs
Don't play with sound
Don't understand why there is a cousin but no sister
Good for a quick fap

Not without faults but a surprisingly comfy game despite feeling rushed and having hilariously bad pouty/angry faces at times. I would suggest waiting until he goes to his aunts house before making a serious judgement as imo it improves drastically after that in terms of dialogue, characters and rendering quality. Riley is a real treat, one of my favorite characters in a while... Hope to see more

I loved this novel. The dialog around crossing the incest taboo was realistic enough that I thoroughly enjoyed the result. I hope I get to enjoy more incest as well as loli content from this creator. Truly talented writing.

Boho has me torn between loving it or hating it. The game has elements I personally really like in it but are executed not very well. (SPOILERS kind of)
Pacing - It's paced at light speed which doesn't bother me all that much, but I know a lot of people have problems with it and for good reason, but sometimes I don't want to play for 2 hours to get the first scene.
Writing - Kind of atrocious. Uses 'K' more times than I can count. If the character's dialogue was better, I would've given it 4 stars because this is easy to fix and I know the Dev can do it if they tried a little harder.
Story - Pretty decent concept, but the MC never actually cleans which is why he's at the house. One scene of him cleaning would fix this. I liked the fact that the MC is making Boho, I thought it was kinda funny and is pretty much the reason I'm leaving a review.
Scenes - For some weird reason most of the scenes start off really dark and hard to see what's going on but thankfully a few frames later the dev adds in lighting so we can actually see. They are animated but nothing to write home about as they are as basic as basic gets but at least it's there.
Verdict: I like the game but it could be a lot better. Fix the writing and you got yourself a pretty decent game. Looking forward to the next update!