VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Confusion [v1.0.1] [AVNSnax]

So this game satisfies a lot of kinks in a mediocre way. There is better porn for pregnancy (The visit), better incest porn (last hope) and more interesting futa protagonists (futa world of ntr). Everyone in the story acts like a caricature imo. Animations don't have sex sounds and most of the female models were pretty boring. I recommend Futa's world of ntr full gyaru route, that game has extremely hot female models that has a really good story as well as amazing porn. This game's story takes itself way too seriously in comparison and fails to be good porn.

Confusion is an apt title for this VN. What started off strong tilted fully into a mess of the sexless and aimless kind. Your MC is barely sympathetic and the excuse is being trans. Everyone is desperate to fuck them. All of the male characters are stereotypes. The rape fetish is turned on high for this one. How does the worst female character get hers? Rape. How were they planning to get rid of the bully? False accusation of rape that turns into literal rape....Also the ending lacks any real punch and seems rather short with a whole lot of filler. Also there really isnt any confusion.....the MC knows they are trans. Theres very little journey to that here.

Where, oh where, to begin. First things first, this review is of the full release of the game (subscriber here). I get that this isn't your usual AVN, and that it attempts to shine a light on real problems faced by the trans community. That's actually a really good idea for such a game. So why the two star review? Because Murphy's law had its way with this game in the worst way possible.

The first few chapters are honestly pretty good. It definitely nails the promise of the story, even if some of the characters are a little too extreme. But the further it goes, the worse it gets. That interesting story idea? Out the window in favor of drama for drama's sake. None of the characters act in a remotely believable way by the second half of the game, with the several antagonists getting the worst of it. I'd say they are Saturday morning cartoon caricatures, but those would at least be entertaining. And almost realistic compared to these characters. What little plot there is left doesn't fare much better. It centers on a plot to take down the main antagonist after he, another friend turned enemy turned ally, and protagonist Alex's older foster sister conspire to drug, kidnap, strip, and molest Alex. Simple enough. So where does it go wrong? Everywhere.

All but one of the female characters turn into horndogs who are just desperate to get in Alex's pants. All but one of the male characters are as over the top stereotyped cliches as you can get, in the worst ways possible. The dev has an odd, and off putting obsession with rape (and oh boy, it will really rear it's ugly head soon enough), even using it to try and make one of the most evil characters in the game sympathetic
But the worst part is, the writing. It starts off so good. It goes into a lot of details about just what it is to be trans, the kind of bigotry trans people face, some of the treatments and therapy they get, and wraps it all up in introducing the protagonist, Alex, and her foster family. But by the time of the big drug and molest scene, all of that goes out the window, and the rest of the game boils down to a mix of your usual AVN sex-fest (treating the scenes less like organic romance/sexual encounters and more like a checklist) and a "how bad can we pile on the Alex drama this episode" game. The worst part is, none of the main "bring down the bad guy" plot line even works in the first place. It hinges entirely on a level of police corruption that even a detective noir author would call excessive. The entire plot line hinges on you not just suspending your disbelief, but taking it out back with the shotgun.

But still, there's some good to be had, mainly the growing relationship between Alex and her totally-not-twin-sister, foster sister Chris. And the graphics improved big time, with even chapter ten impressing me at times. That was enough to keep me interested to see how it all ended, and that... Oh boy, that leads me to the big spoiler section, the finale.



Honestly, playing through the final chapter gave me one very big, very hard to ignore impression. That the dev had no real plan in mind for the endgame, and just got burnt out, checked a few boxes, got up on a soapbox for a growing older rant, and called it a day. Which is a travesty, because we NEED actual games like this, perhaps not in the incest AVN genre, but still. We need more games that actually show that trans people are just that. People. Humans like you and me. Instead, we got whatever fever dream this ended up being.

This is one of the most disturbingly beautiful VNs I have ever gone through. It's something new that you don't see a whole lot of and really brings to light the issues that a lot of the trans community goes through. I played 1.0 already because I am subscribed to AVNSnax patreon.
If you are not a biggot or a homophobe chances are you will absolutely love this story all the way to it's conclusion.

I'm not one that would necessarily consider myself an "ally" but I would also step in to defend a trans man/woman in heart beat. I would hope that many other people would as well but I guess that's not how the world works beyond keyboards nowadays. Do better.

A super engaging story. I don't like to talk about technical things and whether I liked the animations or not. I like to talk about the emotions I felt. And this game gave me many many emotions. Very strong ones. For me this is a must-read game. Don't go looking for the erotic content. Just read. Understand. Listen. And let the story overwhelm you.

A mediocre game that all around fails to entertain. The models are largely ugly, the characters are a bunch of shallow caricatures, and the few sex scenes invoke very little if anything in the player. As to the overall story, I don't think misery porn makes for great actual porn. Perhaps in a BDSM setting? I've never really seen it before.

Confusion v0.9

I'm not a big fan of futa protagonist or female protagonist games but decided to try this. I enjoyed this one cause it's mostly lesbian focused not about guys corrupting girls. Enjoyed the MC's transition she was very uncomfortable then after a series of events she decided to change her life. I enjoyed the plot and pace of the game.

+ Dominant mc
+ Lesbian focused

Seems like next chapter gonna be the finale of this one. Keep up the good work dev looking forward to the final chapter

The story is very well written. There are few games where I get connected to a character as I did in this game. Like if something bad happens you genuinely feel angry or upset,and same goes for good/happy. (Without spoiling) I'll admit I found the very beginning a little annoying, until you actually delve deeper into the characters past then the MC development makes sense. Fantastic story aside, renders and animations are very good. But unlike most thrown together AVN's it's a great story first-then animations. So if your just expecting non stop sex, this is not a game for you.

I really tried to give this a chance, but the dev seems as confused as the MC because the branching seems like only one meaningful choice (good job actually telling us to save there) somewhere midway through content.

Most other "choices" are superficial dialogue differences with the same outcome. So try if dickgirl wincesting other girls is your kink; skip this otherwise.

I was more confused than the hermaphrodite/futanari protagonist...I didn't feel I was in control...the 'date' with the young boy should have been player choice...and not forced upon you. Personally, as a male, I have no distinct thoughts about 'transgenderism', however, I am open to thoughts, opinions and information. This 'transgender' vision might work in a 'bubble'...but in the real world she would be ostracized and demonized.

Excellent Visual Novel, one that isn't afraid to tackle a more realistic view of transgenderism and what it can be like for someone growing up knowing they are trans. It's a little heavier than your standard porn game, but that makes the emotion hit a lot harder, and you care for the 'good' characters all that more.

The game gives a good choice of what you do and don't want to see, though it isn't always clear on what points are needed or which choices add up to unlock paths later on, but you'll end up seeing most of what you want to see by making the choices you think are best. It could probably do with one or two more helpful or supportive characters, but every character included has a reasonably significant role to play in the story, no one is there to just make up the numbers.

The H scenes are well worth the wait, but if that's all your here for it may not be the best game for you. It's well worth a pick up if you're into a good story and believable characters. I can't wait to see what else the dev has in store for the rest of this game and beyond.

Fantastic visual novel.
This story is a roller coaster of emotional content. One minute you'll feel compassion for Alex, empathy for Chris, and hatred for Kevin.
Then the next minute you'll be smiling from the warmth the sisters share.
While it may be a fictionalized story, much of the real life struggle, and a heartwarming show of overcoming hardship, that people who are transgender can go through is found within.
With excellent writing, engaging visuals, interesting characters, and an intriguing storyline that runs the gambit, you'll be glad you took the time to explore Confusion.

the story is ok, the interactions between characters are pretty believable. the major turn off for me in this game are models actually and in particular - their face expressions - they are too often plain ugly. and the bodies are quite nice at the same time. wierd feeling overall about the whole thing, but can see where it all goes in the end - out of curiousity at least)

Dear lord what a mess. This might honestly be the worst story for a hentai game I've ever played on this site. I'm not entirely sure how to organize my thoughts on it so this will be rambly, just skip to the dash if you want an art/content review.

It starts out seeming like it's going to be a really personal and intimate story about the challenges of growing up trans, which hey, I may think is a bit heavy for a porn game to tackle and will probably find myself strongly disagreeing with the dev on some stances involving children, but I'm willing to hear your tale and experience a new perspective. That lasts for about one chapter until the game just devolves into a skitzo mess.

How much of a skitzo mess? After the entire intro that goes into great lengths about how asexual and repressed you are having only two erections your entire life, the game gives you an option to find a female friend attractive or not. Even if you pick not attracted, the game responds like you are, but ok.. an awkward setup but maybe there's a good romance to come, right? .. Well with no other interactions than that, this friend character progresses to absolutely loose their mind with lust over the next few days and attempts to rape you. You freak out and say you never want to speak to them again. Later on when she breaks down crying and apologizing asking for forgiveness, the MC ponders on how to make her a sex slave... what.

The older sister character hates your guts because.. get this, your father sexually molested her. She loved it however, so she hates you because your trans healthcare took too much of dad's attention from molesting her. She then conspires to have you get abducted and sexually assaulted because of it.

Like... I've never really been one to harp on that you shouldn't include rape or molestation in your story without good reason, but this game really has me questioning that with how awfully I've seen it used here. And this isn't like pervy hentai game porn 'rape', these characters are having melodramatic emotional outbursts over this. It seems anytime the dev needs a crutch to add drama to a storyline, they throw rape at it, all while having an MC that's willing to trap straight men and to cum inside women who are explicitly not consenting to be inseminated and it's waved off with a hand.

And dear lord how do I even begin with Kevin and the other male characters. Kevin is perhaps the most extreme cartoon caricature of a transphobe jock guy I've ever read in my entire life that I don't even think 2014-era tumblr could have imagined it up, and of course he's secretly attracted to you because cliche. The other male, the cute shy Brad, proceeds to become a complete bait-and-switch as he gets one beer in him and turns into a rapey creep. I'm not sure if the author just actively hates men, has never met one, or just really thinks these are compelling characters, but it is comically bad. And because these characters and your evil sister form an axis of evil to try to make your life hell, you're forced to spend a ton of time with them as a reader experiencing their awful writing. Oh, and more rape.

Also, I hope you enjoy constant flashbacks to show you things you already know from the dialogue. The writer's adage is show don't tell, but I think both telling and showing may be a bit redundant.

Also, also, I mentioned it earlier, but yeah choices do not matter besides some minor dialogue variation. The only real effect they have is what choices you can select later, which also don't matter. Going kinetic is fine, but just don't give me choices, tell me they're super important, then actively ignore them by doing the opposite thing.

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But ok, I think the writing is awful, but how about the art? Can I hold ctrl and get to some steamy scenes at least? Well.. meh.. The renders are quite primitive in that mid-level Daz zone that makes everyone look like a plastic doll. The girls all have slightly tanned skin that makes their bright blonde hair and eyebrows look slightly neon and unnatural, every character's eye textures are incredibly bloodshot making them look like demons if they look to the side, and whenever characters cry or get angry their faces deform in the worst emotion morphs I've ever seen. The MC has a big breakdown halfway through the game and gets a makeover to become their beautiful bombshell self... which turns out to be a lesbian haircut and outfit that are actively uglier and less passing than what she started with. It's just... not the best assets and models all around.

As for the scenes themselves, the game has pretty much 3 proper sex scenes, all with the 2 good sisters because every other potential love interest gets sacrificed to the skitzo plot altar, and they are... serviceable I guess. You can get a fap out of them and they could probally work in a game that had dozens of them as at least quantity over quality, but it doesn't. They're nothing to write home about and definitely not enough to save the game.

In summary, I think there's two audiences this game could have been made for; trans people looking for a validating story that 'gets them', and more casual porn game fans who just want some steamy trap incest romance. I think it fails to offer a good experience to either. I have no idea what the 5 stars are seeing in it unless they didn't read past the first chapter or if this is literally the first fiction they've ever read, but aye, at least it's a story that resonates with someone, even if it's definitely not me.

This one's good. the renders have a lot of personality, the animations are k, and there isn't much sound, BUT the writing is good, realistic, and kinda dark but in a grounded way that really makes you empathize with the characters.

The characters are also highly complex if tropey, flipping back and forth between really complex emotions and beliefs, which feels really real if you've ever had these conversations or interactions with these archetypes of cis non-cis people. Despite that it's still very much a incest fantasy harem scenario, so it has a lot of appeal

good game!

I couldn't even jerk off, I sat in front of my screen and played the game until the sun came out (literally, it fucked up my sleep schedule).
I can't give a more detailed review, If this game peaks your interest even a little, give it a try, I think you won't regret it.

Really like this game, great story, great visuals, really felt for the MC when she was humiliated and photographed naked, reminds me how a lot of trans are not accepted, looking forward to the next installment.

This game displays a very good story with the sexuality coming progressively and a big focus on emotions and difficulties of being trans.

The characters are interesting with a non-binary personnality.

One of the really good VN's with a trans proyagonist.

I really like the story and how the flashbacks explain the characters over time. Like a big puzzle coming together with every scene. At the beginning you don´t know much, why every character acts like he / she is doing. But in the end you will know the motivations behind. Well done.

It's rare to find this level of maturity in an AVN game. It can get rather dark at times as it deals with the MC (a young trans woman) and various NPCs' past (and current) traumas, some involving sexual abuse. The sex scenes are OK but what I enjoy is the internal molologue, with the characters expressing their emotions and thoughts, during sex. The story is faily linear and choices matter in the development of the MC's personality and character rather than the progress of the narrative. One of a handful of games I would highly recommend.