VN - Ren'Py - Confusion - Chapter 9 [v0.9] [AVNSnax]

A great start so far, with some very attractive renders. The story is very interesting and kinky wether you install the taboo patch or not (although the taboo makes it better). While there's no option to turn down the guy yet, it completely makes sense why there isn't.

Renders are quite good and the spelling and grammar have no obvious errors.

[ v0.3 ] 5 STARS. Very promising game. The MC is very likeable and pretty. I like the development of the characters. This game tackles some mature themes and scenarios. So far the trans protagonist has only shown interest in women, which is the kind of content I want to see (or trans on trans). Love the relationship between the MC and her "lookalike foster-"sister. So far there is very little sexual content, but at this early stage it's totally understandable. The pacing is pretty good right now. I'm very excited to see how the game develops further. Can't wait to see more!

[v0.9] UPDATED. 3 STARS. Unfortunately my opinion of this title has changed for the worse. The biggest reason is because of the tone of the game. It's a little too serious for what I'm looking for (an innocent fap session). To some this is probably a selling point, but personally I don't like how sad a lot of the game is. The MC is constantly abused and crying, there are several characters that exist purely to gender-bash and assault the MC, including her own family. There is a clear emphasis on exploring how trans people have to deal with bullying and discrimination. It's all too heavy for me when I just want to escape reality and enjoy a story about a trans girl loving on her twin sister. And that all said, the game's handling of incest (optional I suppose) is rather flippant. It doesn't take much for the whole family (minus a bully sister) to get on their knees and share the MC's cock. I personally don't mind this too much, but it conflicts with the grounded and serious tone the rest of the story is going for.

The other thing that bothered me is the design of the game itself. Like an RPG straight out of the 2000s, there is a morality system for the MC. You either make 'good' and forgiving choices, or 'rude' and dominating choices. The problem is that choosing one route or the other early on locks you in and there is no way to make different decisions later on. You can only play one route in a single play through because you lack points to unlock other choices. I hate having content locked off behind multiple playthroughs and not being able to shape a character as the story goes. For a game that focuses so hard on being realistic and serious, you would think it would also treat the MC as a character that can change over time or behave differently depending on individual situations. It doesn't help that most of the more perverted and sexy options are locked behind the 'asshole' variant of the MC, so being nice to people and being a sexy pervert are apparently contradictory behaviors.

The MC begins to come off overly confident and borderline rude as the story goes on (which makes sense from overcoming the bullying), regardless of choices made by the player. Needless to say, the kind and innocent version of the MC you are introduced to in the beginning is gone deeper into the game. Combine this with the awful haircut she gets and I just don't like the MC anymore.

A shame this game didn't go the direction I initially hoped.

Review v0.3a:

It's clear that the MC is a deeply troubled person.

I think that this is exceptionally well portrayed in the game. Not only the MC, but nearly all characters are feeling very deep and well developed. One exception being the archetypical bully asshole Kevin, but there is something more going on there. I'm looking forward of seeing more of the MC's older sister Ellie and delving deeper into her reasons for treating the MC as poorly as she does.

I haven't played all paths, but it seems there are a few options. I followed a "lesbian" path and was not confronted with other dicks besides my own (so far) and I also didn't feel like I was dodging bullets all the time. Instead, the path I followed was mostly romantic and loving. In any case, and contrary to many other trans games, there is nothing forced on the player / MC. Without spoiling things, some (very) negative things happen for sure, but the MC / player has the agency to deal with these things.

The only thing I found a bit weak about the story is that while, for some reason, the MC only had a hard-on for two (!) times before the start of the story, she's starting to behave like a typical horny teenager, getting hard-ons for her twin's friend/lover, her mother and her twin sister. That's fine but I think the problem is with the back story. If there is some techical reason for her being mostly asexual while growing up, e.g. due to her transitioning, it's not stated in the game. Otherwise it's a bit unbelievable. Also the twin sister seems to be in a relationship with Zoey and with Izzy at the same time. I found this also a bit confusing and unneccesarily complicated.

Graphics, for the most parts it's fine. It's not breathtakingly beautiful but it's fine. Emotions are shown well, which is rather important for this game. Some outdoor scenes are rather poor but it's not a big deal.

Lewd content, well, there is some, but for this version 0.3a, not that much. It's clearly not a fap game and also clearly a slow burn. Which is completely fine by me.

Edit version 0.4: the story is starting to annoy me a bit to be honest. The MC is constantly crying, the mom is going overboard with her woke bullshit.

Verdict: 3 / 5 due to some plot holes, less-then-stellar graphics and annoying woke overtones.

Wow. Incredibly well written and erotic. The characters have depth and the while the family drama is pretty heavy, with topics like these you should expect that. Really looking forward to see more.

Dont usually go for these types of genre but what played so far was very erotic, which was quite suprising so looking forward to any more updates. Models look pretty good, the writing is very erotic and the scenarios quite erotic with a lot of potential.

The review below by SixtyNineGaming pretty much sums up my thoughts. It's nice seeing a serious take on issues that the trans community has to deal with. But aside from that, the story looks promising, and I like that its a bit of a slow build. It would cheapen the game showing more at this point.

The graphics are ok, no issues there.

The dialog is realistic, with no spelling or grammar issues that I noticed.

No issues with any of the coding, everything worked perfectly.

I would have given four stars as that's what I hand out for games I consider pretty good, but the fact that I'm also able to learn about someone's world that is in no way relatable to my own earned it an extra star.

Best of luck with the game, and I look forward to the updates.

This is the first game on the site that actually shows you the trans and transition experience. Almost every VN has trans people as a fetish (which I am not against), but this one actually what it is like to be a trans person. The constant ridicule and exclusion, the uncertianity and doubt, all these make life hard for trans people and this VN showed those things.

This is still an initial release/demo, so there isn't much content, but I love what's here and I'm looking for to more with interest.