VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Broken Hearts Club [Ep. 1-2 v0.2.1] [PsychIntent]

Review of Episode 2 version 0.2.1

If you like virtue signaling in your porn, then this is the game for you. This game is heavy on the political messaging but we'll get to that soon enough.

You play Jesse Eisenberg as he runs around town in a bard costume despite the fact that no LARPers are anywhere to be found. He has recently moved to a new town and is introduced to his new neighbors (or estranged ex-wife and daughter, if you deploy the incest option) Ellen and Sandi. After some initial pleasantries, Sandi calls for help after being roofied and date-raped at a party. Along with this wonderfully pleasant main narrative, there is also another plotline featuring other neighbors (or nieces) that features a negotiation over rules of engagement for fucking a horrifically ugly piece of jailbait.

The models are not very appealing and generally boner-deflating. The renders are small in number too, so much of the action gets described over static images of the characters standing as opposed to actually seeing it. There is one animation of sex and one animation of someone getting awkwardly kicked in the knee.

The main drawback in this game is the writing. The MC comes off as a lecturing father-figure bore who tenderly white knights his way into rationalizing a consensual "neighbor/niece with benefits" arrangement with the horrifically ugly jailbait. Just to prove what a stand-up guy the MC is, he actually declines to move forward with the arrangement. (But we all know he'll get there eventually.)

Worse yet, there is a set of contrived circumstances in which it is surmised that the date-rapist will escape justice because of class warfare and lazy cops, so the horrifically ugly jailbait devises a plan to exact revenge on behalf of her friend/cousin by deploying the power of #MeToo on social media with anonymous allegations of assaults. I tell ya, my nut cannon is ready to fire at any moment! Nothing gets me harder than political messaging and since rubbing one out to Wolf Blitzer doesn't do it for me anymore (sorry, I'm a centrist) I'm happy this game is filling the void.

Hopefully, the MC will never ask an intersectional feminist their thoughts on incest or the power disparity of a middle-aged man seducing/exploiting a recently date-raped high school girl through the power of white knighting. Once they get through with him, he won't be able to swallow that red pill quickly enough and declare himself a member of the incel community.

Make sure you hang around for the post-credits lecture easter egg about domestic violence.

Not recommended, unless you're part of Antifa

This is not your typical incest heavy adult game and it's not for everybody. It features an mc who is not an all-around horn dog who will fuck anything that resembles like a girl. Although I admit, I would love to see some flaws in him as currently, he seems like a perfect guy.
Renders are not the best but I didn't care as the writing quality and story is what matters to me more(Some of my fav VNs are those extremely long jap ones). And it does contain a decent amount of content for a second release and I am looking forward to seeing how the rest of the story turns out. I will update the review as more version comes out.

I find the dialogues actually pretty smart and well written. It's a bit psychology 101 style, but still well done. The characters are refreshingly non-standard, although you have to grow a bit into them to like them. What I'd like to see more is change of facial expression and body stature. particularly in longer dialogues small changes would make the story more interesting to follow.
There's also a lack of choices so far. I'd like to see more branches, even if they'd be just small.
All in all the game is a bit underrated though and has good potential. Thanks to the developer!

I wish the Dev the best, and hope they continue to improve their efforts as time goes on. Before I get to the crunchy and unpleasant bits, I'd like to say that the animations were actually halfway decent. As I understand it, the Dev is VERY new to DAZ, and animating in it is no picnic (unless he simply used someone else's hard work and didn't credit them). Of course, there were only two animations that I remember (one in each episode), and the first had some very off-putting "genital phasing through flesh" action happening.

Drama and porn just have never mixed well for me. I actually have a bit of the wholesome fetish, and enjoy somechivalry and hand-holding in my erotica. However, this MC just seems like some sheltered 13 year old girl's idea of the "Perfect Man", and he would likely bore most girls of any age to death before they got through their first date together. I mean, kudos for not going the same sex-crazed route most MCs seem to be, but at least they keep things exciting. Being "the good guy" when, and therefore because, you have no other choice is just boring and feels to me like the writer is being a condescending douche to his horny audience.

I would give an extra star for effort, but the girls are, forgive my bluntness, deformed and repulsive. I know it isn't great to hear that kind of feedback, but I really feel like you need to hear this. DAZ is popular because the models are done by people who actually understand anatomy and beauty, and you can't just move around some random dials and keep that status.

There is next to zero character development, and the story is as flat as the daughter's missing forehead and chin. I powered myself through the second chapter to the end, but it took genuine effort from me. The same sprites and facial expressions through an entire conversation doesn't help matters. Suddenly disappearing running mascara is just immersion breaking and lazy, and Sandy has apparently been wearing eye makeup since elementary school.

TL,DR; Don't waste you time on this one.

My Rating of this Game (EP. 1-2) is:

Pros:
-Nice Renders
-Nice Story
-Nice Sex Positions

Cons:
-Not many renders per chapter
-Lots of reading

Total Rating so far:
It seems chapters are too short,and I like to read,but here,the reading is so much that it starts to get boring.
I also like the animation in the Game especially the side fuck on the bed
in nieces dream,great view and scene,that is the highlight of this game in my Opinion.
will update the Ratings as the story progresses.
its worth the download.

Good intro with believably mature characters and situations. CGs are unique and solid animation in intimate scene so far. Decent round of characters to interact with albeit content is a work in progress as is usual for an alpha. Plenty of room to grow and definitely worth checking out.

it may come off as harsh to criticize a game after its first release but boy is this thing terrible! this is hands down the single worst adult "game" i have "played" in the 1.5 years since i have discovered this site. visually it's a mess, including some of the ugliest women you could ever see in any kind of computer game. i understand they were actually meant to be attractive too (at some point there is talk of clara being beautiful..wow!). there are too few renders in the midst of too much talk between characters, which doesn't do wonders for smoothness or immersion. then again, maybe given the overall visual quality that might even be a good thing.. the dialogs are lame, boring, didactic and cliche. some failed attempts at humor are dispersed in between.. the MC is a self-righteous, hypocritical, goody two shoes prick. he is anything but likeable or interesting. to top everything off, in the end the dev decides to raise our consciousness and awareness level and we are being fed some ambiguous statistics about domestic violence, info about where to apply, what to do in case etc... that is certainly one of the most ridiculously out of place things you could ever encounter going through this kind of game. this "little piece of experience" (for lack of a better definition) once again made me think that some people are just not meant to be involved in some things and that obviously includes some people and creating adult games too.

I'm sorry, this one simply doesn't do it for me. The artwork is almost painful to look at for my taste, with really only one character having a pleasing and sexy appearance. Several of the other characters are either weird looking or downright ugly.
The script reads something between a psychology lecture or public service announcement in many places. Coupled with the painful looking women, I had a hard time getting more than about 20 minutes into the game before deleting, despite liking the overall premise.

A very realistic portrayal of how some people view the world...sadly
If you're looking for a good story...nope
If you're looking for a propaganda piece that calls itself a adult entertainment... well the adult part might be right but entertaining it is not.
The MC is a pompous self important morally superior piece of bathroom tissue paper that comes on a role. The MC clearly has good intentions and thinks he's doing what is best for everybody, but that is just it. I could call him many more accurate things, but that would only happen if I forgot my sense of tact.
If the author wants to write a compelling VN, then drop the politically correct spiel, and remember that your characters are supposed to be people and that life isn't fair or just or politically correct, but it doesn't have to be a toilet of humanity either. A persons life is what they make of it. This VN looks at the events of the story from what I consider to be a horribly tragic and messed up point of view. To be clear... I never write reviews, but this had to be said. If only for the authors benefit. Mistakes are there to be learned from, and tragedy isn't a license to curl up, cry, and take pity on yourself. Pride and self pity are the two single most destructive forces in society today, and I would never knowingly let someone I know inflict that on themselves or anyone else.

it looks good, need some polishing but looking foward when its complete. I am happy to see some Neighbor game, rather than more of mother or sister fucking, too many games like that allready lol, but worth checking out and give it a try.