RPGM - Abandoned - Bones' Tales: The Manor [v0.20.0a] [Dr Bones]

I have a love hate relationship with this game. I've put a decent amount of time into it and played through a couple of times now. If I'd have written this a year and a half ago it would have gotten 4 or 5 stars from me. However, the time between updates has ballooned significantly over the last year and a half, to the point where I'm wondering if this will ever get finished. I understand that Dr. Bones encountered a few hurdles but it definitely feels as though the spark has gone from the development.

I'll keep watching this one for now, if it happens to interest you absolutely give it a go. Just don't expect much new content for a while. As it stands now though it is still a solid, though unfinished, game.

I recommend this game, its creator has put a lot of effort into it and even having the difficulties that it had, it continued with the project and I did not abandon it as they possibly would have done even though the updates are somewhat slow (which is understandable) when they always have quality content.

This game has some good musik and a nice sense of humour. It is not too grindy. Some scenes are repeatable until you get required points for new scenes. But overall it is a great alternative for a game, that is in development.

This is a great game. I didn't think I'd like it originally but wow it works. Can't wait for the next update.

This game has lots of nice incest and the game plays out like a normal visit with some ...surprising results.

you are the best my friend sapeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
we need more games like yours
Greetings from Mexico, your work is excellent
and the quality is spectacular, the plot, the animation, everything is great.

Have played this game from the first ver, love the art and the story is the best. This game is one of a kind and Dr.Bones is such a genius. Love the shit out of this game and always look forward to the update. The rework scenes made me feel really "boner" and yeah, despite taking a lot of time to wait for update, i'm still waiting for it. Love yah Dr.Bones.
From VN with love

This game is just soooooooooo good
The design, the pictures ... everything is just so good and btw i love the story and all the characters
all girls are beautifull
nothing to say more, it's just so perfect
oh yeah only onbe thing you should put something like hints for story progress TY love ya

Man,This game is great,I’m an assman lol,would it hurt to add some more ass or jiggle physics haha..oh and keep the updates coming I can’t wait until we see the ultimate finished product but don’t rush it,Five stars because I’ve been here for AWHILE,Like to see continuous growth

review of 16.1

The art is amazing and if the tags are of interest to you the scenes are top notch.

That said the quality of writing is all over the place, some scenes are well done, others are littered with grammar errors and typos. It is a real mixed bag, when its done well its superb but then there are sections of the game that are hard to read due to errors.

The other major issue is the amount of grind this game has... All RPGM games have grind, this has more than most and gives you basically no meaningful feedback on your progress. Each character has a stat you need to raise, but you have no way of knowing how many points you require to progress in the game. In order to view the scenes I did I ended up having to use a cracked save as I had no clue how to progress on my own.

I could also rant about using red and green circles to designate different things, but I can't tell what the difference would be, again this game has a massive player feedback problem.

This is a game I want to love for what it does well, but the grind and lack of feedback make it pretty much impossible.

the doc delivers a very unique and amazing. I can not wait until this game is finished! not only does add new content into each update but also works on updating the older scenes and art! I highly recommend this game to men and women of "culture"

Based on 0.15.2 -> 0.16,

1star because

• Lack of quest log & mouse support, RPGM VX ACE =>
• No story progression whatsoever
• Reworked ( Recycled ) graphics is not noticeable in 800x640 px windowed game (Full screen doesn't scale sprites & tileset).
  Except those tits
• Inconsistent update schedule , missed multiple self imposed deadline
• If anyone argues "but its hand drawn", I would recommend them to search for Tufos Comics collection(There are also english versions in unofficial websites).

Unless @Oseo Bones actually invests serious effort & stop pushing half assed, overhyped updates, in his own words he is "Digging his own grave".
It has gone from fun, lewd, a bit grindy, to full on scam title.
It doesn't deserve such high rating neither so many positive reviews, anymore.

Love it!!
I wish to see further developments. Please Don't abandon this game. I will be waiting for more updates
I like art, gameplay and how the event goes
and I need more Martha scenes.
Viva La Belarus

Reeealllly slow development. Not enough new content since a long time. Can't comment much about the story because there is no progression. Same goes for characters. Character sprites are good. There is a lot of hype around this game but so far I haven't really found anything unique apart from may be beastility but that isn't my cup of tea.

Look ima just be honest here, this game is extremely over rated, I mean yes the art and amazing but that's really the only plus for this game :/. The game is grindy as hell which usally isent bad but when grindyness meets a rpgm game, you can end up spending 20 minutes just for 1 character point.

Also for a game that is 2 years old there is almost nothing for content, and what there is for content is just a scene you've already seen before but with a small bit more added to it each time

Would not recommend unless you are in love with the art style

The best lewd rpgm game ever, but the update is ridiculously slow. And bones keep giving false promise and end up like shit. I hope doc can make the update faster in the future. It is such a lost for this game not to be played because it is good. However, the repeated lie from doc. Bones is unacceptable.

This game feels well thought out and the interactions aren't made of just crazy random sex. It takes a bit of grinding but the ability to pump up stats by skipping the day instead of having the same scenes play over and over makes it feel stream lined.

This game is something differen't in Terms of story, but have a lot of Problems when it comes to the development . The last two Updates have a combine waiting of 8 months and was not very big . Other Dev released in the same time 6-8 Updates with a 4 time bigger value of Content. If the dev will contiune this time shedule de game will finish perhabs in 10 Years .

I have no Problem with dev thats take his time, but this is cow milking at it's best . When a dev get nearly 2300 $ every month and do nothing for it then that's is cowmilking. The last Update was over 4 month ago and he earned 9200$ for nothing.

In my opinion this dev must get his money over a trustee after every update and get a title (master of cowmilking) for this.

My 50 Cents on the 16.1 version :

After a developmet time of nearly 4 mounth this Update contains only reworked scenes and ´1 new mini Scene . Have expected more than this . Even with a Potato PC you can make more renders.

With that version you also get a lot of bugs , for example you cant dismiss Doyle anymore . IF the dev is too dumb to get his shit in the right then he must hire people, which are knowing what they do .

This update is not playable at the moment and a really bugfixed version will took a long time . I can't recommend that game to anyone anymore and i also not recommend to support him anymore . The acting of him in the past has show why.

This game is beyond of my expectations, very good work, Mr. Bones. The illustration is great and the animations is priceless. This is one of the greatest games of f95zone, for sure. I hope the new content come soon, cuz I see a lot of people here getting crazy about the waiting.

Extremely good art-style, typical but not disturbing story and a great potential. When it's development is finished, the author surely will have his recognition. I hope this game would be considered as a classic someday. Of course, writing is not ideal. Character specialisation surely is something that marks them, but Lucile is way too naive, Vera is too controversial. But again, the game is already deserves to be at the tops

An enjoyable experience, if a little generic.

The art style put me off for the longest time, but it grows on you. The characters look much better in their scenes than in their "VN poses". Diversity in body type and personality is nice, and the pursuit of the characters really makes them feel different from one another and not just "character A for fetishes 1, 2, 3, character B for fetishes 4, 5, 6, etc.:". The intro is one of the better I've seen. Characters that are supposed to know you actually acting like they know you is a plus. The writing is charming, the scenes have a nice variety, the music is nice when it plays, and the game offers content filters and text skipping in an RPGM package.

There are some things that hold it back from greatness though. The grind is slow, even with the +5 from spending the day with characters. I was working up the stats for everyone naturally, but when I realized I needed to get them all to 70, I had to break out the save editor. Additionally, since stats are not the only thing that unlocks scenes, there was a point I was unable to progress with Martha because I was missing a scene, and I spent maybe two hours trying to figure out what it was. The sound effects during sex scenes are robotic and hilarious, and pulled me out of the experience more than once. Doyle's ring is a godsend, but before you get it, going down to get Doyle every time is incredibly tedious. The animations that play between scenes (some time passes, etc.) are nice the first couple of times, but they're so slow that it severely exacerbates the slow pace of the grinding. The game also needs some proofreading; there's enough cases of double punctuation, incorrect homophones, etc., that the script would really benefit from a good once-over.

I also felt the paranormal element was heavily underutilized; remove Doyle from the game and hardly anything changes. It's appreciated that the game doesn't get bogged down in a pretentious narrative when the majority of players are not here for it, but a little extra integration would help the game with it's identity. Maybe some scenes that Doyle enables that require a paranormal element to make work (in the shower and ghost makes her chilly so xyz or something).

There's also some bugs, but there's always bugs.

Finally, some small things. I loved the opening credits, but maybe time them so they don't appear at the same time as a text box so I'm not trying to read two things at once. The game is also packaged as a collection of loose files, so I need to create a folder before extracting the download, which is kinda annoying.

The porn is probably a 4/5, and the gameplay is a 2-3/5, thus the rating. Eager to see where it goes from here.