Well well, what can i say about this Game? Fantastic!
This is a Review for version 0.5.1 of City of Broken Dreamers.
If you don't want to read too much, just skip to the end.
There are many Adult games out there, many of them are good.
Some even really good but i can only think of a few that actually give you more than just good looking Renders/Animations with hot Girls for you to drool over.
This Game is one of those few Games.
City of Broken Dreamers is actually trying to tell you a Story, to build a World with a past, present and future. This game tries to present you with fleshed out Characters that actually have a purpose and aren't just there to bend over and say "Yes Master".
I can say that in my opinion, the Game achieves in all of the points i mentioned. This game is still "just" at version 0.5.1, so the most i can do is give a "first impression" review of the Game.
Characters: I was very happy to see that the MC in this game isn't a huge prick. He is an Adult male that, yes, works in a shady World and has certainly done a few bad things, but you actually get the feel that he is now trying to do better things or at least trying to stay away from big trouble.
The other Characters that surround him have their own personalities and are, more or less likeable. They have their own backstory wich i find nice, but as i mentioned, it's version 0.5.1 so it's normal that they need to fleshed out a bit more.
Renders/Animations: This will be short: Excellent! This game has high quality Renders and Animations, it really is a pleasure to look at the screen, i can't think of anything negative in this department. Quality and Quantity is absolutely satisfactory!
Gameplay: I found no Bugs in my playthrough, it was a very fluid and direct experience. There are no annoying mini-games, wich is a clear + point for me. There is 1 mini-game where you need to find hidden images, but it isn't hard and you get some hot Renders as compensation, totally worth it.
Something that left a very good impression on me was the Glossary. During the game you will come cross certain names, organisations, projects etc. all related to the story, over time you will receive updates to your Glossary where you can read about all those things that were mentioned. It really helps in the process of "World building".
Story: This is what makes this game stand out. There are other games with high quality renders and animations but i can't think of many that can compete in terms of Story. In fact, i can only think of 2 and one of those is the previous game from Phillygames.
This game has such an interesting Story, that i actually skiped Sex scenes, because i didn't want to interrupt the flow of the Story.
I wanted to know what happened, how the characters are doing. I want to know what happened in MC's past, why didn't it workout between him and his ex?
Where does Victoria come from and why is she tied to Meredith and Baynard?
What happened that Kate was forced out and has to work with GDS people?
This game actually made me ask questions based on the Storyline and not "how do i get the next lewd scene with this girl?" or "When is the next sex scene? Too much text ffs".
To finish this off, i can only recomend this game. If Philly sticks to his way of making games, this will be another Homerun. This game is visually very appealing, has a great, interesting Story with great Characters and the Gameplay is fluid without any annoying mini-games or other Filler content.
Great Job by Philly and worth of my Gratitude!