Others - Abandoned - Chloe 18 Fake Family [v0.69.2.01] [GDS]

First of all, this is a definite 5-star game.
I'd still only give it 4 stars until it's finished.
But since I'm not a picky person, credit where credit is due.

Bella, the model who also contributed her own photos, and the story and GDS, who developed the game, are just incredibly likeable.

I hadn't heard of this kind of game before, but that's precisely why the narrative is a bit more refreshing.

Yes, this game, and apparently the series in general, shouldn't be taken seriously. It's packed with absurd humor, but that's what makes it so good: the attention to detail.
It starts with the music, which is top-notch, and continues with minigames, heists told with a meme dawg, etc.

What unfortunately needs to be made clear right away is that it's a godless grindfest, but this criticism isn't enough to give the game a lower rating.
The characters are incredibly hot, and the scenes are well-animated.

Let's get to the elephant in the room, which is why I would only give it 4 stars.
The game was last updated on March 24, 2023, if I understand correctly.
It's listed as abandoned, but it's noted that GDS/Bella intend to continue supporting the game.

Of all things, the smol 18+ (^^) girls have the next update, which of course sounds like a bait at first and led me to watch the sequel, which was also completed.
However, it picks up exactly where Fake Family leaves off.
I honestly don't understand why they didn't incorporate it into the main game, but with the sequel, Dating Amy, all the gaps are filled and presented in the same top-notch manner, without any grinding.

However, you're missing the hidden pictures of Bella.

Still, the game contains so many scenes with so many girls and a playtime of 10-20 hours that you can't really complain.

Pros:
- has many of the hottest characters I know
- completely animated
- music choice is goldike
- great Humor
- a female game creator
- minigames

Neutral:
- grindfest

Bad: Seems abandoned

Still worth playing!

cheers

bodies are not over unnatural, overly big boobs etc, interecting is good, if completed it will be way better. but for me even now deserves a 5 stars. hope they will complete story and fix all the bugs

i wish there was a option to go back so u can get all the scenes without doing everything again on the next week
but other than that the story is really good i do think each char has there own way of content and it is so much fun trying to figure out what to do next (although would love a guide as some are abit to hard to do and guides seem to be either outdated sometimes or just not working) (also the pumpkings was a nightmare i am stuck at 3 but unlocked all scenes but 2 and unlocked all items idk where to go from there

jank, grindy, and above all, cringe.
The first 2 are common among most adult games, so maybe we can look over that. But jesus, the cringe kills my boner.
The exaggeration, the weird and loud music cues, retarded dialogues, you name it. It's the collection of them all.
Progression is not clear, and the reward is also very unsatisfying.
Not worth the time.

The models are excellent and the writing is extremely dumb but comedic in a way that I can appreciate, but those are really the only qualities that recommend this game, in my opinion. It's unbelievably repetitive and grindy, to the point where cheating or editing your saves doesn't begin to make it approach a reasonable level of grind. And then once you do unlock animations, they're almost never worth all the effort because they're just slow, simple one-thrust loops. Definitely a shame because some of the characters truly are hot.

I don't understand this game.

I've tried multiple times over the years to look for what people find appealing about it. I imagine it's the renders because some are pretty good and I'm into petite girls as much as anyone, but the game surrounding it is beyond saving, and the updates over time have shown the dev(s) have no desire to fix the fundamentally broken design.

I gave it a 2 rather than a 1 because clearly there's a lot of effort here, but that effort is buried in nonsense. The pacing, the mechanics, the dialogue. It's like a fever dream of an alien who learned game design (and English) by playing only bad porn games. Other games in the series are equally terrible but this one for some reason is put on a pedestal.

How it is permanently on the trending page is beyond me. I don't understand its high rating or popularity. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Pros:
- The renders are good I guess, same problems as usual with the engine (uncanny faces)

Cons:
- Dialogue often illegible and along with the plot is utter nonsense
- The UI is sloppy and ugly
- Gameplay is grindy with very little early sexual payoff or motivation
- Progression is locked behind guessing wtf is happening on the screen or in the game at all

If you're into it, all the power to you, but this is just a massive shrug.

I mainly enjoyed the story in the game. It's a bit grind wile playing Chloe and it activates my completionist mode, but still, was fun. Couldn't find some scenes, so I ended up using a full story saved to watch them.

Gameplay:
Quest-sandbox, catch-em all achievments, minigames
So, the game consist of weekly routines where you make the MC progress (raise stats, relations, etc.). Unlike typical VN where the story unfold and scenes are unlocked depending on your choices, here you have to earn them. So, prepare to repeat things over and over again.

Story:
Chloe-18 games are silly porn. Characters are silly, and everything is corrupted. The pitch here is a bit different as you play a male MC. Still, it's unrealistic and makes it very funny. It's enjoyable, but mind that everything is about how to unlock lewd scenes and grind. The author add also a medley of scenes/concepts from the other Chloe games.
So, think of it as a multitude of side-quest, as there is not really a main quest.

Graphics/Animation:
Renders and animations are well made. The style is very lolita (so, teenage characters mainly). Kudos for not giving every girl genetically-modified cow-breast size (but it goes with the lolita style).

Overall impression:
I like this kind of game. It's still felt a bit repetitive of the initial concept (Chloe18), because the mechanics and the characters are the same. But there are new things, and it's still funny and dumb-fucked.

At first glance Chloe 18 Fake Family looked fun, original, and had enough uniqueness to keep me interested for an hour or two. Unfortunately that came tumbling down when I realized how much of a grind it was. Once you reach the point where you can play Chloe as a second MC, the enormity of that grind made itself apparent.

Games are usually made to entertain, and/or to challenge. This one does neither well, as after 6-7 hours it felt more like work, and the repetition and required tasks just drove me to press quit out of disgust.

It looks good enough, animations are passable (though not great). Some mechanics are useful and immersive. But it just tries too damn hard to stretch what should be ~20-30 hours of content out over 50 or even 100+. If a game requires a walkthrough or tips to get players unstuck, or solve their confusion, then it wasn't made properly. If a game is more work than entertainment, it wasn't made properly. If you're seeing the same screens dozens or hundreds of times in one sitting, it wasn't made properly.

Triple the progression speed in the game and it might be enjoyable again (especially for things like Chloe earning money). Add in more clear direction (or hints) for parts of the game that are downright obscure now (missing tooltips everywhere is just one of those oversights), and it might be far less confusing.

At this stage, I'd rather re-play any of a dozen other AVNs that I've already enjoyed than try and finish Fake Family. Sad to have to say it, as I had high expectations after my first hour in the game. It just turned out to be a job more than a game.

Entertainment shouldn't need a cheat sheet, a manual, or enormous amounts of patience to work through.

One of the few 3d games I enjoy. There is so much scenes I still wasn't able to finish due to it's size. Although I know of original Chloe18 I wasn't ever too invested since it was a female protag and on top of that I don't find Chloe too appealing. So it's good we have this great project featuring a changed perspective. For me the strongest point of this game is the sheer amount of content. H scenes, music, mini games, decisions. This game has it all. Another great thing I really enjoyed are the hidden photos of Belle. They really keep the engagement high. The story and dialogues are absolutely apeshit insane at times, but at the same time they are so hilarious it's hard to concentrate.

Art 3.5/5
Story 5/5
Gameplay 4.5/5
Fapability 4.5/5
Originality 5/5

Chloe 18 Fake Family [v0.69.2.01] [GDS]

Pros:
Decent Character Models

Cons:
Boring Story
Very Grindy
Terrible UI
Dull Sex Scenes
Lag
Game Engine


I remember that I´ve played the chloe games years ago and revisited them recently, and ohh boy are they rough. You can´t say it aged terribly, because even back then it would´ve looked way too overcrowded with it´s bad user interface which is one of many problems in the Chloe series.
Probably the biggest problem is the grind, which is really tedious and sucks the fun out of this game. This is an issue you´ll see in many sandbox games and it´s just not worth the time to work through a boring story just to watch some lame scenes. Less is more would´ve been a much better path than spamming the game full of grind. Another thing that just boggles my mind is the game engine choice. The Chloe games can be very laggy, but there is nothing that couldn´t been done in Renpy really, and it would´ve run much better than Godot.
This game did nothing out of the potential it had and is just not worth the time.

Great game. Very interesting approach to the game, playing as a guy. Though you can of course also play as Chloe. I really like this intention.

A large dose of humor, great scenes, graphics - all this makes this game unique.

Great game!! I tried it and enjoyed it. But I did not continue, I want to watch the whole game someday. Thanks again!!!
The only thing would be great to see really mature, hairy chicks! )
Good luck!!!

As some have said, this game is a huge grind. Girls are just honestly just meh. Story and progression pretty meh too. Just skip this one because I think you would be better off trying something else that works. I also had some weird crashing but Idk if it was the game or what.

Grind fest, the story and gameplay fit on a post-it note.
game lag, fps drop inteface suck.

Plot make no sens (I'm not sure I can even say that it has the merit to exist)
Progressing through the game unlocks the possibility of playing Chloe. a reward ? not quite, if the gamplay of the main game is already repetitive and generally bad, the gamplay of the Chloe phase is worse. Everything is done to lengthen the time necessary to advance to the next scene (very average by the way)

the girls are okish until the scene shows their sex. Hole are totaly wtf I can fit my head in without my ears touching the edge

I can't remember if I got the fact that the game is a grind fest....

TLDR
The grind in this game is over 9000.

I went from "woaw this game is really unique in it's own way" all the way to "this game is such a grind to get through, it's not really worth it".

It's different than the other VN's. But sometimes it's really not clear what you're supposed to do, so you're left to guess and click around.

The 2 second looped animations are not worth the grind. And no I will not be reading a walk through guide just so I can play this VN.

The character models are great, the platform and animation are great, and I like the interactive elements. The writing and dialogue are kind of lazy and troll-like. Makes it hard to get completely immersed in the story. Interactions seem rushed and unnatural, and you get no time to really understand the characters or their development before all sorts of unrealistic sexual encounters happen.

Overall I enjoyed it but the writing could really use some work.

2 stars I usually don't rewried games with male protagonist but I like Chloe as the only True Protagonist in this game. Without Chloe this game never ever existed. The male protagonist whetewere is name is, is tooo blank with no personality. Becouse in Chloe18 the first game when I tryed been a slut with him he didin't loocked at Chloe and never been an jerk molester for what I remeber never took advantage of girls seduction. But in this game he act like a prick every single seconds.

The choise here are clearly fake with no chance to keep his hand to himself and go straigt to next scene. He just need to fuck as much as possibile. In addiction if my memory don't put me in wrong he never acted as pervert befor. All choise to take another time don't count and they ain't selectable as action on Male MC. It kinda weird I don't find myself into him nor can't be act as gentleman.

As I heard her Female MC Chloe is playble only if you unlocked her. For me is an turn off. Why can't it be choose you gender insteed of forcefull Male MC with Female MC ulocuekd later on kind of game? Why can't it be more like these game where we can pick whitch we can play from? It really bad thing to put it in this way. It too stressfull to ulnlock Female MC aka Chloe to play with. Really unpleasant time with Male MC. I don't even know how to save the game, I can't even find out how to save.

Pros:
1) Chole is the true Main MC (I wish the dev make a gendre selector for thos who love Chloe as only one playble) my onest opnion
2) the grils are hot

Good:
1)The girls are stunning and an turn on

Bad:
1) Male MC it bad and blunk no prsonality at all (It too blank fro the other Chloe18's games)
2) Choise are almost all fake if you wanna act as jentlmane and wait for another time to fuck the girl there no way you can wait. All choice I can't even click if I want him to act as gentlman there no way I can do that. All choise are fake exept fuck the girl to advance trought the story (Sex scene are forcefull) and wait for another time there are in but not selectable (unplayble)

The game is way way overrated. Horrible coding. Laggy & glitchy. Too much clicking of useless menus. Story is poor. Progression is so grindy and terrible(you wont know how or where is what). Only good thing are the interactive h scene menus. And somewhat decent animations. Overall would be rated much higher if it was coded & constructed properly.

excellent game cant wait for the next updates
I just want to give 5 stars but don't know what to write honestly
I have been checking this game for months
I also like other chloe 18 games but this one is top notch