RPGM - Bones' Tales: The Manor [v0.30.3 Hotfix] [Dr Bones]

Finished 0.30.3

This is a really good game, absolutely enjoyable, but a ruined by slow updates. That's the better resume I can do.

The story isn't something great, but works for the game. The scenes (at least the reworked ones, which are the majority) are really good, and the game has a good variety of positions and/or circumstances of them. The characters, in personality, are so good, and physical, they're greta. Despite having four girls, they're enough diverse and unique tbh. The rythm you get h-scenes during gameplay it's very balanced (not a grinding game but neither a practically sex gallery), I would say it's the best time-sexscenes rythm I've experienced. A consistent and well done game.

BUT... as I said, it's greater weakness (and, a titanic one) is the long time the developer(s) takes to update the game. This game it's one of the most famous of this kind of games (even when I hadn't joined f95zone, and just knew a couple of games by tiktok, I had heard of this game A LOT. It has the attention, it has the quality... but what kills it's the almost abandoned- like rythm of developing (in fact, I've seen this game with "Abandoned" tag a few times).

I can't judge or know the process behind this game, or the things the people that do this game have to do in their lifes, but, whatever the case, that's the true about this game. Honestly, if we would have frequent updates, I wouldn't care to spend a couple hundred of dollars on this, and probably it's the only game I would do it, but, for the actual update rythm, I wouldn't even spend 5 dollars, believeing this project could get abandoned again at any time.

If you know it is an unfinished game (with lots of potential) and you don't have a problem knowing both things and knowing it could be abandoned any time, then, I absolutely recommend it to you, cause it worths it. And, I really hope to be wrong and soon be seen as a stupid guy for saying what I said about updates, and having frequent updates, because, seriously, the game it's great and has probably the biggest potential i've seen in this platform. I absolutely would rather to be seen as an idiot hate yeller than have this game abadoned.

Bones' Tales: The Manor [v0.30.3 ]

really good game with some annoying parts

art 5/5
story 3.5/5
character/design 4.5/5
sex scene 4/5
sound 3.5/5
vibe 4.5/5
overall 4.2/5

art i like 2d art so much more than 3d and this game art is naild good art for a porn game

story your avg dad left now i fuck everyone in house typa story but it got interesting happing too not only brainless fucking

character/design really good every character has there own perks and they look good
sex scene has some good scene but at same time some unfinished and placeholders too

sound good with music and some sound effect but mostly unfinished specially that fuck ass clock sound (i mute the game sound at some point)

vibe its good and not annoying to play but some small things are bad like beastly stuff im ok if it was only with vera (black hair girl) and that fuck ass repeating clock sound

Abandonware
If you are a patreon of this dude. get out. it is no getting more contentec. infact this dude its doing a yandere dev 2.0 (milking patreion money for Y-E-A-R-S and delivering guess what? nothing

One of the best games ive ever played. Development is slow but that is to be expected from games like these.
When it comes to games like these, you either love it or hate it. There isnt many like this one out there so I consider it a hidden diamond!

first of all lazy scammer dev.......

On top of that the game plot went down so far, its been almost 7 years and the progress is been too slow

It could have been much better than this, but he focused too much into the animals, to a point than they got more pussy than the MC


So if you like your MC getting cucked by literal animals, then this your game, if not, then play better options like Demon Deals or Never saint, even if the last one is pretty bad too

Unga Bunga

Translation:
"It's not terrible but I just can't get over that artwork and the grind.

- Gameplay
Fairly easy to grasp. RPGM elements but isn't the typical run of the mill stuff either. Little annoying controls but otherwise nothing I'd lose my mind over.

- Storyline
You play the "adult" character who is staying with his mom and sisters for the summer. Your deviancy is starting to get larger every day you spend there and soon the others join to. It's a corruption harem story similar to Zombie's Retreat.

- Artwork
When I first saw the images I thought it didn't look bad. Actually playing the game and watching the scenes just hit me like a freight train. It's not terrible like some of the other styles I've seen, however the way this style works best is in standing images and pinups. The animated scenes just look janky and feel off.

- Overall
I'd like to see more work done on the art but overall it's got a decent amount of content and variety so far. I did appreciate the beasty toggle at the start of the game, and think that's something that should be incorporated in more games but not just for that fetish so kudos for that."

The GOOD

The art where it is animated is absolutely amazing. It's what you'd hope every visual novel is like.

If I were to rate the game solely on the quality of the art and animation it would be at the very least 3 stars as of [v0.30.3 Hotfix], perhaps 4 or 5 by the time everything is properly "replaced" and "reworked," but quantity must meet quantity and I will explain my meaning.

The BAD

The scene transitions and dialogue boxes lasting longer than a microsecond is absolute cancer when the main game-play loop consists of traversing massive amounts of dialogue.

Imagine:

You've read the same dialogue with "...again." concatenated to it, perhaps with a preceding triple dialogue box with "." followed by ".." followed by "...", all of which needs a confirmation from the player to advance through and all delayed purposely but not purposefully by seconds in between each one; an eternity when you're trying to advance a variant of a scene you've already seen once. By the third or fourth time, finally getting to the variant of the scene you've been wanting to discover, you begin to feel that this entire game is ...

Absolute.
Fucking.
Cancer.
...

The UGLY

It just feels like the creator never tried to play his game. The second time I'm helping mom in the basement, why am I going to the cat first, again? The slight changes in dialogue by tacking on "...again." does not make the characters feel alive; to the contrary, it breaks immersion. Why does the game FORCE me into that ridiculous 10 minute cop and robber event, TWICE?

The biggest question, however, is why are there no classic visual novel features for an RPGM Visual Novel?

Why not just throw a gallery on the main menu? (I don't know the limitations of the engine, but you animated the hell out of those scenes)

The skip button does not skip the delays that have been baked into the dialogue boxes; give us the option to adjust the text delay so it at least feels like I'm skipping some of it.

The skip button does not skip the down-arrows that indicate the RPGM "confirm to advance" crap so that I have to alternate skip and confirm to get through that painful dialogue.

Also, those confirmation down-arrows that are delayed in the H-Scenes need to be removed; don't force me to watch that fucking dog to thrust the third time but especially let me skip it if I've seen the scene before.

Finally, and this is all over the place, you need to allow me to back out of ALL dialogue choice-menus with the RPGM back button. It is irritating to hit X (BACK BUTTON) and for nothing to happen and to realize I need to navigate my selection box to the "Back" choice in the menu and to then hit Z (CONFIRM) to go back to the previous choice-menu. The only time you can hit X to actually back out is when hitting X returns you to map control.

Also, you can hit X during scenes and it will pause your game at weird moments once the engine gives focus/control/whatever back to the player; Leave room naked and hit X, the game will pause when the scene transitions to the stairs just before they collide.

These things I have mentioned have brought your game from a minimum of 3 stars based on current art and animation down to a 1 because of the horrendous grind and obtuseness that is here, to say nothing of the cringy jokes I desperately try to skip through.

The game would be better as a scene viewer.

You killed my boner.

Edit: I realized I never made a point; This game is a visual novel with no RPG elements whatsoever. There are "points" and thresholds and that is the only dynamic in the game. There is no reason to have anyone running around a mansion in the RPGM engine; clicking on scenery changes in renpy is better. The animations are the only thing worth it here, and if you haven't played it yet then you can consider my rating a 3; it's worth the torture the first time.

Maybe the only 5 star rating I've ever given, this is truly one of my favorites and among the best Ive seen on this site. the Story is great and the art style is top notch. Minimal grinding and engaging characters set it apart from the rest, a really great game
Keep up the good work

The game is one of my favorites i love the story I love animals i love the characters they are all well drawn and the game works pretty well. The sex scenes are interesting and character development is good. The slowly falling for the main protagonist is well played and the different personalities is great as well.

Game has been in development for so long it has become ancient and outdated.
Gameplay consist of doing the same lewd actions every day in hopes of seeing a new scene.
There's no plot, there's no quest log to guide you through, every day is the same.
If the progression was more streamlined you'd notice that in these 7 years of development, the amount of content you actually go through is still very small. You'll find more fan-made pictures in this thread than there are in the game. And to top it off there are still bugs that crash your game.

I'm done hoping, just bury it and start something new.

no update for months to years, still extremely buggy, okay at best writing, cringe jokes
sends his rabid simps to spam high reviews because he gets really mad at any kind of criticism, especially constructive ones
will make new excuses to not update the game for another year

This game is a absolute mastepiece, characters artwork is soooo good!! Hope, mr. Oseo Bones charged to work and dont let us wait so long as it be earlier. JUST DO IT!!! We waiting so long. Scenes of Martha and Doggo my fav, also Horse scenes. So i hope in future we can see not only Vera interact with Horse

The game was great but now it's as good as abandoned since it's barely worked on. It's years out of date so it feels clunky af to play, the CG and animation is dated (which is probably why the the is trying to remake the whole game), and my hope for this game is zero.

An excellent game with stunning graphics, smooth animations, and a deeply engaging story. The puzzles are clever and satisfying to solve, adding a great layer of challenge. The biggest downside is the long wait for new updates—once you're hooked, you'll crave more content. Despite that, it's a near-perfect game that keeps you coming back for more.

maybe this is the game that I've been waiting for, in terms of graphics and animation it's pretty good. and some of the puzzles and riddles are quite varied, although the map is quite small but very good. but it's a bit of a shame that the update is quite long to wait for, even waiting for years

The best RPGM game on this site by far, no joke, I've played it all. It's been such a long time, I thought this game had been abandoned forever, thank you developer, thank you a thousand times.


The art is excellent

The quests are cool

The tags are hot.



What more do the people want? Play!

porn-game's community standards are quite low, so i really don't understand why this game is receiving such low ratings recently. I know that a vast majority of people are angry towards the dev but that doesn't take away the fact that this is an amazing game and a classic in this site. In it's current state you can play and enjoy the game (i highly reccomend to skip the grinding with the "spend the day with..." option) it has some placeholders but the content is enough to give you a good time, there's also a walkthrough on the internet. Give this game an opportunity, hate the dev all you want, enjoy art and be happy.

Bones' Tales: The Manor is a great corruption game with unique art, good writing, and decent animations. The dialogue between characters is tasteful and the animations are better than most. Your time is respected here too, if you want scenes there is an option to progress characters quickly without feeling like a cheat.

It will be confusing trying to figure out how to progress since the game is littered with "NOT IMPLEMENTED" buttons that should have been removed a long time ago. As of right now, the game is actually really good, it has a good amount of content and all of it is great. This game has personality and a lot of potential which is why it is so controversial.

Edit: Update came out, great. Playing through it revealed a buggy mess due to many of the additions breaking the game. I like the new scenes, there are improvements that show fluidity and motion, but the dev continues his bad habits. Things I said above still apply to the game now, it is littered with useless buttons and the game still lacks rudimentary functions; mouse integration, resizable windows, etc. It took him two years to add a handful of scenes and reworks, but it all seems lackluster. Some of these additions are literally old scenes, and while the new stuff is cool, I can't believe it took years for it to get done.

The art style is good, the concept is promising. But without a guide, it's very hard or tedious to get many of the sex scenes to proc. I struggled with this for several hours, then found a guide, but found the instructions so complicated to follow that it killed any interest I had in this game.

For example, you have to find a character at a specific time of day (say afternoon), choose a specific dialogue option, then find them again at another time at a specific location (say bathroom evening), to have a new option available. Maybe you get a quick peek of their boobs. Then you have to repeat this all over but with slight variations, to unlock more and more options.

It is extremely tedious, and nothing in the UI prompts you what options to follow. You have to explore by trial and error, or find a walkthrough.

Great game.
Abandoned by creator even when he moved to Subscribestar.
Worth a play through but dont expect gameplay to always work, I've had a few playthroughs I've had to restart due to random glitches crashing/soft locking me.