VN - Ren'Py - Completed - City of Broken Dreamers [v1.15.0 Ch. 15] [PhillyGames]

I'm still genuinely surprised that after all this time, this game is still not that high in terms of view count compared to the other games in the top 10-20. This should be top5-10 in anyone's list. Why?

- Amazing, engaging story
- Beautiful girls with different, fleshed-out personalities
- Some of the, if not the best looking/ game on this site, period. Renders, music, ambience, all of it works perfectly.

5/5 no questions asked, please play this game if you haven't. It should be one of your first when coming to F95.

At all levels this game is five stars. The story is very well done. In particular the world building the developer has done rivals AAA games. This feels like a "real" game, with the depth presented. Sounds and music are also great, and one of the few games I've not muted the sounds and music on. The renders are top notch, with some genuinely attractive women to play with. Seriously, I can't come up with a negative for this game other than it's not complete yet!

Absolutely amazing story. A story that makes you care about the characters and the world they are in. Exceptionally well-written and easy to read. Beautiful and unique characters. Fantastic soundtrack. Incredible animations and cut scenes. Hours and hours of content, all high quality. Truly a fantastic game.

Pleasantly surprised; very quality for a game like this and the dialogue isn't painful to read. Some bonus animations that don't need to be there are nice touches. Feels like I'm playing an x-rated game in the Altered Carbon universe.

Great storyline and atmosphere, love the characters, animations are getting better and better. The author has a real sense of graphic and cinematiic composition.... Of course, needless to say, the characters are really hot... but, more importantly, they are well thought and credible. I had great fun, this is prime work.

An excellent game, again made by Phylligames u can't go wrong when chosing to play one of his game. Beautiful models and even better story to top it. U can chose it only for a fap but that would be wasting the very well made story philly is giving us

Best animations and character designes i've ever seen in adult visual novel category. Visual quality is just perfect. His renders and the way he write dialogs is also very good. He is very professional and passionate with what he is doing i like that a lot. He is also letting people know what he is doing weekly and give informations about game development which is something i really like. Animations just mouth watering and i cant wait to see more of his works in the future.

Outstanding storytelling, sound design, and rendering. It's the kind of game you're willing to play for the plot alone. Major 'The Mandalorian' vibes. This dev really cares about the project, and that passion shines through in every aspect of the game. Would even go so far as to say this is the best game of its genre. It's certainly within the top three. Could not recommend more.

Version Played: v1.08.1

Time to Complete: 8 hours.

TL;DR: A top tier game with great story and incredible renders with cinematics to pair with it.

[5/5] Story: This game has an incredible story, easily ranking this game as "top tier." The characters seem very real and you get quite attached to some, strengthening the rollercoaster of emotions this game puts you through.

[5/5] Renders: As breathtaking as Keanu himself. All aspects of all renders are incredible and I have not noticed a single issue with any of them. Everything from the characters, background, and post processing are all done incredibly well.

[+10] Animations and Cinematics: Personally, I normally think that animations are considered a bonus to add on top of good renders, but this game raises fully animated cinematics, taking this game from already great to the "top tier."

[+5] Music: There is background music at all times and it always fits the scene perfectly, very effectively steering your emotions. I've also never heard any of the music played before anywhere else.

This game is incredibly well done and executed! It is better than many AAA games out there.

Pros

• Excellent game setting
• Excellent and compelling story
• Excellent writing
• Great and interesting characters
• Excellent graphics and renders
• Excellent sex scenes
• Plentiful sex scenes and events
• Excellent animations
• Long and engaging story - very deep and meaningful
• Professional level game and gaming experience
• Highly polished game - a masterpiece

Cons

• It isn't finished
• I haven't seen much development progress for a while
• The sex comes a bit too easily for the player. Females in the game pretty much throw themselves at the player all the time with a few exceptions.
• The MC's personality is largely chosen for you and you just play along and watch. I wish there were more personality choices in the game and more focus on unique paths the player can take.

The good things about this game far outshadow the negatives.

This game is a real masterpiece and one of the top 5 games on this site!

I highly encourage everyone to give this game a try!

So Just started playing this.

The Renders are Beautiful, the animations smooth. Absolutely gorgeous looking game.

The Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk take is very nice as well, not many Pron VN's out there.

Unfortunately the story didn't grab me. I found it plodding along and I quickly became confused, probably because I wasn't following properly as I just wasn't invested.

That is the only reason for 4 stars. Story didn't grab me, wish it could, but no. I would recommend giving it a try though. Because it is very beutiful.

This is a masterpiece.The setting, the story, the models are perfect. Too bad it's only a half game. Just when the story gets interesting it cut you off. Good replay value even like this. Hope someday it gets complete?

A fun romp of sex and smut. I wish there was more MFFFF, but beggars can't be choosers.

I really like the attention to detail and beautifully rendered stills/animations. Especially how muscular the female operatives are. It's small details like that that really sell it.

This is my first review and I will keep it simple.

Story 5/5 :- If you are sci-fi fan then this VN is for you even if you are not the fan of sci-fi genre you will still like it. For me this VN is like watching a movie. This VN has a great story and does not rely on fetish like incent, loli, etc.

Characters 5/5 :- Every character in this VN has different personality which seems quite realistic according to there dialogues. My personal favourite is Sonja I hope we will have a ending with her.

Graphics & animation 5/5 :- Graphics & animations are one of the best of all games in this site.

This games has managed to maintain quite good balance between good story and adult scene. This game is not just about adult scene, as you move forward you will connect with the characters in this game.

KUDOS TO PHILLY FOR SUCH A GREAT GAME

The setting is interesting, the renders are high-quality but the characters are all walking cliches (the writer even makes fun of this on numerous occasions) and the story is pretty cliche as well.

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The thing that really cemented this low rating was a certain scene where the protagonist is attempting to kidnap a girl and deal with her bodyguard. He knows the bodyguard is a professional soldier with sub-dermal armor and hundreds of kills yet the only weapon he takes is a tiny little SMG. He doesn't call for or wait for backup. He doesn't have any kind of tranq to help in kidnapping this girl. He could have used chemical attacks, some kind of sleeping agent in the air to knock them both out, he could have brought along a grenade launcher or drones to distract the bodyguard. Anything, really. We're talking about a commando hired by a corporation and given a blank check.

Nope, the protagonist, a normal human being, intentionally and knowlingly goes up against a supersoldier in what I can only call attempted suicide. And of course, the writer pulls a miracle out of his ass, which is the only reason the story continues past that point.

Keep in mind, this is after half the cast have ooh'd and aah'd about how much of a badass the protagonist is. The contrast between what people were saying about him and how utterly unprepared and incompetent he acted completely killed any interest I had in the story.
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The story is well written with an interesting MC. His past and present work together to give a great sense of his state of mind at all times. The renders are some of the best you'll find in any game. The world this story takes place in feels alive and consistent throughout. And ofcource the great looking girls and lots of actions with them make it fun and... useful for many purposes.

As i surf through this site finding boring after boring VN's i come across gems i forgot to review...

This is one...

I began Playing Philly Games first title Deprived Awakening when it released on Steam. It was a gritty dark VN with multiple routes, Engaging Characters and story. When i heard about City of Broken Dreamers Coming to Steam, I expected a similar adventure.. But WOW ... Philly Games has improved 100 fold.!!

City of Broken Dreamers tells a fantastic Sci fi / Blade runner style story with deep engaging Characters Beutifully Rendered and Animated, Deep story with multiple paths.. and i have only scratched the surface.

After a few hours of play I highly recommend this VN you will not be disappointed .

It would be hard to give a lower note because of the high quality of the graphics but i don't like this game. Its not ''fun''. Its like he's trying to tell a story...go here go there... but it doesnt make any sense and i never felt into it. sometimes it feel cool with the music and the atmosphere but these moments are really short. The only character that i liked was the doctor but i knew i could not go far with her just because i didn't have the perfect score points or whatever... all the other characters are boring and really bad... The robot prostitute at least is fun...thank god...

I thought DA was a hard act to follow... playing as far as v1.02 of this one proved just how wrong I was...

In terms of graphics, the game is pretty close to the top among its peers. In terms of story, it counts its peers in the single digits.

Review on v1.02

There's not much to add here that hasn't been said already many times over, so I'll keep it (relatively) short for once.


Basically, this is just fantastic. Easily one of the best adult VNs I've ever played. Everything is just on point here.

Visually, this game is already hard to beat. The renders are flawless with perfect lighting and skin details, basically the works. The models are gorgeous and unique, as are the backgrounds, the animations are great and smooth and not robotic at all, it's just a fantastically beautiful game.

The story then is really fascinating, keeps you in suspense and manages to chug along at a really good pace without overwhelming you with lore. The writing is simply without faults, no annoying typos or anything like that, the characters are all unique and complex and over-all very well written and interesting.

The choices you make have meaning to them and do impact the progression you make with characters without giving you the feeling that you're missing half the game no matter which route you're playing (looking at you, BAΔ).

The sex scenes are also just fantastically hot and occur very regularly so that there's plenty fap material without them feeling out of place or too fast.
Bonus points for not making the MC a disgusting, pervy, teenage creep.


All in all, I don't know what you're doing if you haven't played this game yet. If you're into adult VNs in any way, then this game is for you. So stop wasting time reading reviews, play it already!