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

Such an awesome story
The best animations (not only in sex scenes, but also in the storyline) which I seen in these games
Graphics are stunning with High Definition Texture

Really recommend to give it a try

The more I play, the more I like it. Interesting story, intresting character and the concept of lust and score points. So far I'm impressed with everything in it. Looking forward to the new updates and chapters and I'm sure this is gonna be the next big thing.

As someone who loved Depraved Awakening it's hard for me to rate this game. In some ways it's excellent, striving for a story-focused game that encourages you to pay attention, and it mostly succeeds at this aspect. In other ways it falls short of other AVNs I've tried and I'll explain why.

I can't deny the ambition of the developer. This world is based on the Cyberpunk genre, but it has its own established lore. Additional world building is what this game does really well. I just wish there was more of it. The story starts off really open ended and I really felt it could go anywhere, but as it progresses the story goes into very narrow territory. My main gripe is that some of the plot lines are overly slow and take too much time to properly resolve. Because of this the main plot suffers from being dragged on for too long. Don't get me wrong. It isn't the length of the game I have problems with, but I was hoping that after 9 chapters that the story would have evolved a bit more.

I also have a hard time to feel invested at times. The game wants you to feel that the stakes are high and that our characters are in danger, but I don't feel that way. Not only do we have a very competent main character that seem to escape pretty much any situation without serious harm, but the threat vs the main cast doesn't reflect what the story wants you to think. I think the lack of a proper antagonist hurts the game, but that's just me. The game takes itself way too seriously, and that's not a bad thing, but with the context of what I have written previously it does at times break immersion. The humor is rare, but usually falls flat for me.

I do like the main cast. The girls are interesting and very hot, although some of the faces look odd at certain angles. There is a lot of sex in this game, like it should be, but I feel like at times there is little breathing room between the sex scenes and that makes some of them very unmemorable.

I love that there are choices in the game and that you can choose not to be a total manhoe, but if you're not you miss out on a lot of content. As I've only played the game once I can't say for sure how the consequences of your choices play out, but I hope that there will be vastly different endings to the game based on paths taken.

The animations are good, some of the best in business and I really like that animations are used outside the sex scenes to show us more of the city and in driving sequences. There is no grind in the game, and no overly long free-roam sections that break the flow. The hidden photos are easy to find, but they add a nice touch. The music is okay, but I wish it had more tracks as it can get very repetitive at times.

All in all I did enjoy myself, but I can't give this game more than 4 stars based on my previous gripes. The game is not finished, but it's very ambitious. It suffers from not living up to its enormous potential and that hurts the overall experience. I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys AVNs and the things this game does well it does really well. Great girls, a MC that's not annoying or a douche and a very good setting. Overall it's a good AVN, but it lacks that extra touch to make it a true great. My hope is that the final release will alleviate most of my gripes.

Compelling storyline?: Excellent. If you pay close enough attention, yes. It actually has a world a history and a background.
Characters?: Good/Interesting, not all exactly the same, reliable personality quirks, they seem to stay in character.
Play quality: Good, no excessively difficult puzzles to solve. Choices tend to be easy to make, and have different results, based on your choices. You can actually play it multiple times.

It's been a while I played this and I should have left a review right away as this is one of the best VNs on the site.

Interesting premise and characters, amazing cyberpunk feel when it comes to worldbuilding, sexy sexy girls (I'm looking at you Chandra and Victoria ) that have different personalities and values, slick animations, all this makes for a great game.

The game has not yet been finished and I haven't replayed it so I'm not sure about reactivity but I'm optimistic that the game's choices have and will have consequences juding by the previous game of this developer (Depraved Awakenings).

All in all 5/5, go play it!

Visually speaking, this is possibly the best game on this site with consistent progress. The story line is ambitious but the dev manages to pull it off. Easily top 3 games on this site. This is a review of chapter 9

Just a disclaimer, I've supported Philly for about a year now.

CBD is the most polished game, by far, that I've played on here. The renders and animations are excellent. Lighting really well done! It's a beautiful game to look at.

The characters are all pretty interesting, and they're built up well inside a fairly interesting story. There is some good humor and some serious and sad moments, and with the writing being so good those moments hit home.

I am a player who kinda like the slow play in games, where it takes time to get to the sex with characters, to build actual relationships with them. Philly does a nice job of mixing that up. With some characters, most I guess, whom you can just hop right in bed with, and others who are much slower and feel a little more natural.

It's a game that is definitely on the must play list on this site. Even if a heavy story isn't your thing, you should play this game just based on how nice it looks, and how hot some of the scenes are!

I wouldn't be surprised if a huge media corp like Netflix or HBO straight up signed a million dollar contract to use this game as the flagship to its new Adult-Games branch. It has that Triple-AAA-production-value vibes.

Probably the most top tier adult game I've played in quite a while. Everything about this is Quality Stuff, including the Plot, Characters, Animations, Graphics, Choices that lead to different paths, etc. Brilliant work , Absolutely Excellent.

A great follow up on Depraved Awakening, which was already incredible in its story and graphics. Now this game took it a step further.

The models, from Victoria to Katie to Gloria are just so damn sexy! Victoria is easily in the top 5 of female characters I've encountered in my AVN history.

This time I'm also glad the story is being more clear and easy to follow. While Depraved Awakening was sometimes hard to understand as to why exactly we took that role, in CoBD it's easier to understand the purpose of our character's role and thus makes it more enjoyable.

The only things I don't really understand are if Kay is human or an A.I. and if Vitoria is a robot. It's been very confusing and the glossary wasn't clear enough for me, since English is only my third language.

Either way I've enjoyed playing the game and am excited to see what the future updates will bring.

I made the choice of romance approaches on Katie, Victoria and Ellen, so I'm really curious about what's going to come at me, since I also want to see some action with Gloria - aside from those dreams.

10/10 game.

Another masterpiece from PhillyGames after DA and although the story is still ongoing in this game the quality is even better than DA. And I am positive that the next one would be even more gorgeous. I would await the completion of the game so that I could play it again to the end.

Not for me, none of the girls are attractive (especially the faces) and the story is boring. The implementation of the routes is mostly bad as it is designed to make you miss things, not make actual choices (with a few exceptions).

Definitely in the top 3 of best games on this site! The game does everything extremely well from the renders, to the story, to the writing, etc. The game has excellent character development and you really connect to the various personalities in the game.

The game is a masterpiece in virtually every way! I don't give out this type of praise very often. This game sets the bar so high that few games on this site can match the quality.

The game has a good blend of story and sexual content. Usually stories this good lack sex content but this game has both.

I highly recommend the game and strongly encourage others to give it a try!

Awesome visual novel with good story and some thought provoking elements not to forget the awesome h scenes the content thus far is quite full of quality dev shows so much improvement compare to his previous game all in all this is a fantastic visual novel. ps i am rooting for a harem ending lol

This game/vn has hella sci-fi vibes and i love it. The character work and writing is top notch... Sexy girls with actual personality in turn makes replaying it NOT feel like a chore. A+ BEAUTIFUL renders. Also the soundtrack is A+ adding to that awesome sci-fi feel. Give this one a try you wont regret it.

Stunning visually, aurally, thematically and in terms of its storyline which is fully engrossing. The atmosphere resembles the futuristic, dystopian world of the original Blade Runner. This is, for me, the best visual novel currently out there. It sets the benchmark for this whole genre. More story than sex which is sexier than "more sex than story" from my perspective. Without any sex, this would still be an excellent adventure (NOT a reference to Bill and Ted!!!).

This is the first time I don't care about paths or how choices matter.
The story is so damn good. Like a bestseller scifi novel.
Renderers and musics add to the atmosphere well.
There are some nice animated scenes too.
Great job, like a pro games studio maker.

One of the best visual novels

Models of the characters are high quality
Renders are gorgeous
Animations are amazing
Music is good
Story is well written and very intriguing
Choices actually matter which adds replayability

This game is one of my favorites so far, basically futuristic Sci-fi and everything with it we wish for, thriller, action, and no less important sex ,a lot of it, sorry for mistakes i'm not native english speaker but i can read and appreciate one excellent novel. Nice work Dev!