VN - Ren'Py - Corporate Culture [v0.7] [sqwl]

Yesterday I had the chance to get acquainted with this project for the first time. And it turned out to be one of the few that I actually read,
humor is also present, keep it up. I hope the ending will be memorable.

Story: 10/10
Renders: 8/10
Animation: 0/10
Sound: 6/10
Characters: 9/10

This game is really well written. It has an amazing story, dialogue, and narrative. The characters are also very interesting. I like the whole corporate theme and drama.
Some other things about this game are that it doesn't have any animations. Some characters are just so dumb it feels infuriating sometimes. I also didn't like MC's obsession with one girl, but I guess that is just part of the story
Also, This game has very little content considering it's been there for quite a long time. It is very unlikely if this is ever going to get completed
I would really like to see if this game goes full-on into office politics. I am not sure if dev is going to add animations, but a little more music and sound can certainly make this game better.
Overall, This is a must-play game.

This game is fantastic and features the strongest dialogue of any AVN on the market. sqwl takes scenarios that I wouldn't think I would be interested in and stuffs them full of so much meaning, conflict, and engagment that I don't want them to end. The journey of character growth being explored here is compelling, as is the cryptically motivated relationship Elsa has forged with the MC. It is a shame that such a well-constructed story is so underappreciated by the AVN community. We should be clamoring for these types of games.

Story is good really like it
Feel like reading real novel or anime
It sensible story

and character design is beautiful with unique beauty faces not slut faces

figure body is fine one not slut type

Downloaded after reading the overview. That being said, the dialogues are hilarious. The characters are well made. Cant wait to see this completed. Hopefully it is not milked just for the money in the end.

After reading that overview, I launched the AVN without much hope tbh, but boy, after reading for a while a song started playing in the back of my mind: When an irresistible force such as you, Meets an old immovable object like me, You can bet just as sure as you live... Something's gotta give.

Story: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
Corporate Culture presents a simple premise, the everyday life of a normal guy (stagnated in his life) like any of us, yet complex enough to make it interesting at the same time, achieving that requires a lot of talent, well done dev.
This is a novel on all its splendor, so I understand if you dont like slow-burns, but If you came here expecting a carnival of flesh you will leave disappointed.

Characters: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
The heroines look good and somewhat realistic, very appropriate for the corpo setting, known for being highly superficial, but they are well written too, Elsa particularly: Last time I've seen a char that well written was Morrigan from DAO, she's beatiful, she has that sarcastic and acidic humor, yet she's helpful and don't sugar-coat truth for our MC every time he's being too naive for his own good.
Speaking of the devil, our MC, Edward, is not your typical MC that has everyting served on a plate, He's in the slums of life, completely stuck and wallowing in his own misery...And I love it.
I understand how fun power fantasy is, but having a more "earthly" character is a breath of fresh air, and gives room for a clear character development, and it works for the setting.

Mechanics: 3 Almost-Hard Bananas out of 5
No puzzles or minigames *chef kiss*
No in-game gallery *sadge* but there's not enough content to display on it anyway.
There's some decisions to make, but they dont seem to be relevant enough for the plot at the moment.

Content: 1 Sleeping Banana out of 5
This is a slow-burn so the adult content doesn't seems to be dev's priority.
There's one scene, but since I live by the "don't shit where you eat" motto, Wasn't interested in it to happen.
Other scenes happen on a flashback but they serve as plot devices, but at the moment and completely according to the plot, there's not enough adult content.

Ending: *404*
Pending of rating, since there's no ending yet.

Corporate Culture presents a depressing but very real premise, with a main character that is really easy to empathize with due to his problems and desires in a slow story that may not be for everyone, but if you like to read, I can't recommend it enough.
Can't wait to see where the plot is going, but for now. well done Dev.

I usually dont rate games but this is a masterpiece. Not because of the images nice quality but the plot is by far the best Ι have ever played. It has deep philosophical ideas and will certainly make you think. The character engagement and development is also a masterpiece. Its not just another adult game to fap. Ill definetly become a patreon

Really enjoyed the writing in this. The non MC characters are fleshed out and somewhat ambiguous in their intentions. I'm 99% sure Vicky is a plant and playing everyone for fools but I can't help still being nice to her. Very curious how the Elsa character develops as I've no idea what she's getting from the relationship.

Really loved the game, gave 5* cos this is one of the very few games i didnt use ctrl atal to skip dialogs.

But one major drawback is the adult content,

in most games we get the to proceed with the first, second or even 3rd Base in atleast few of the maincharacters of the game.

this one in v0.7 but there is low adult content.

I still love the game and would recommend to play if u got time.

IF u dont have time and just gonna press ctrl for most of the time with walkthrough mod for help with choices to get to Adult content, this game isnt for u, since the adult content is minimal.

Keep up the good work dev.

The game has got not a lot of adult content but the overall image quality is very high. Writing is excellent with a good sense of humor and the story is engaging if one can relate to it.


I would play/read the game even without explicit images/text.

Version 0.7

I really wanted to like this VN. Most of the LIs are hot. The writing is for the most part grammatically correct. No exceptions or bugs encountered during play. Visually pretty good.. The storyline is different and generally engaging. All in all, under what we consider normal circumstances on F95 this should be a winner. But as it turns out this misses the winner category by miles.

The problems are simple a pedantically unlikable MC, way way way to little “adult content”, and a glacially paced ever more boring story. I understand that the dev wants to tell a tale with only modest amounts of adult content. But dangling all these hot LIs in front of us and the only scenes are with the by far least attractive neighbor is ridiculous. I don’t mind a “slow burn” but this is a no burn.

There are many reviews that describe Edward’s interactions as believable in the corporate world. Yeah not so much. Having spent more than five decades consulting to corporations reporting to the executive levels, I can tell you that the various office fencing matches presented here are so rare in the modern world as to be a complete flight of fancy. That’s not to say that sharp shooters and lying scumbags don’t exist, but the clown show presented here would not be allowed to flourish. The behavior of Edward’s direct reports would be tolerated for about a week or two. At which point two would be on a 90 day plan coordinated with HR with weekly measurements, and the third would be offered the chance to return to her previous productivity or be placed on a plan as well. A bunch of employees can’t decide to openly slow walk their boss and get away with it. Ridiculous.

The corporation probably wouldn’t care about Emma taking credit for Edward’s independent work ( the independent part is key) as long as it didn’t become public within the corporation. At that point Emma would get slammed, if only because she failed to keep her behavior under wraps. You can’t become an embarrassment to senior management and not pay a heavy price.

So we’re left with a slow moving boring story of an off putting MC with little adult content from a dev who teases us with unattainable LIs. Not a path to success.

Excellent!! For adult only. Not for kids who don't know what the world is like , great story, Good character design, a different proposal from many games around here. I recommend it for those who want a story that goes from less to more

I don't get the point of this game, it's supposed to be thought-provoking, and single-minded in your goal to bed a woman you saw in passing. Except you barely interact with said woman. instead, you interact with Elsa, who for some reason, takes Edward the MC under her wing, let's talk about Edward.

Edward is an annoying narcissistic power-hungry wannabe who frankly, is annoying still to the current update. There is no character growth. He learns lessons, adjusts his approach, then in the next update he makes the same mistakes and Elsa, the wise blonde sage, has to come in and tell him how much of an idiot he is.

The sexual content in this game is lacking, the MC is lacking, the overall plot I think is lacking because of those two things, so why is this 2 stars instead of 1. Effort.

The author has a vision for this game, and they're telling a story, and I dislike the story, but god damn do I respect the effort put into this game, I think the characterization is good, I think the models are good, the writing is good, I just hate playing as the MC so much. I can't take anymore man. 7 chapters and he is still whiny. This is why I dislike kinetic novels over visual novels, Edward fucking sucks man and I would prefer to make him not suck, please. Thank you.

Absolutely brutal take on the daily grind of an average guy in his 30s. I didn’t expect this kind of storytelling or such an accurate portrayal of the theme in an 'adult' visual novel. It’s a real treat if you enjoy stories with some adult content sprinkled in just enough to keep things interesting. You’ll find the adult scenes are almost negligible, and you can totally skip them if you want—there are choices, with or without consequences. But the consequences aren’t about missing out on another sex scene; they actually impact the story, and it’s done brilliantly.

The corporate world is a mystery to many—some fear it, some get passionate about it, and some just don’t care. That’s why, for someone who’s not in that world, this can be a cool way to experience it, even just a bit. The dev has captured the reasoning behind human emotions beautifully. Not many can pull that off with this much effortless grace, especially that scene with the MC’s past pathetic life symbolized by the sofa—pure brilliance!

Oh, and one last thing—the ice queen has become one of my all-time favorite LIs. You might say the rich barbie inspires the MC, but the ice queen? She’s the one who inspires me. Best of luck to the dev!

Profoundly Deep & Absolutely Unique.

This is Exactly what I was looking for, and I couldn't have been more happy to find something like Corporate culture to meet that need.
This is NOT a sex game, at All. Infact its one of those narratively rich games that even if you removed all the sexual parts from, would still retain almost all the depth to it. If you are looking for a game for a quick fix, this ain't it Chief.
What it is though, is a very personal relatable story about Growth, Ambition, Morality, Understanding and Change. The Protagonist isn't some gifted god sent savior that makes everyone fall in love in one glance, in fact, this is the very opposite of that.
Everything takes time, has weight to it, just like real life, that is why it is one of the most immersive experiences I've had in any game, not just adult. In a way, it is adult and mature in its themes for makes you ponder and contemplate and think about your own future and life ahead.
The Dialogue is spectacular, witty, snappy and just perfect. The Characters are few and have depth instead of having 20 cardboard cutouts, and the overall pacing suits the style of the experience.

This is a kind of a story driven narrative I would play just for the story and themes, and it is way beyond just the sexual part, although ofcourse that means its not for everyone, and kudos for the dev for taking the plunge in making something different and sticking with it throughout.
Wholeheartedly recommend this, but not as a typical adult game, but as a story a lot many guys can relate to. A Gem.

Boring game, Unlikeable characters, pointless story. The main character is spineless, and all the choices give in dialog amount to the same thing, so the choices just seem like a time waste. This is a kinetic novel with added fake choices.

Corporate Culture is a visual novel that isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. The mc is flawed, and the world doesn't revolve around him. Thus making the game already miles above most of its peers.

But it goes further beyond. Be it the dialogs or the renders, there's meticulous planning involved in every aspect of CC.

Overall, (with an exception of some minor misses here and there,) almost everything about this VN works really well.

If "VNs with actual story" is something you like, then I highly recommend giving this a try.

This is the game that divides the forum. I don't really know how to put it into words, but you have to immerse yourself to truly appreciate this game, no girl is easy and will throw to you. And you won't either. The whole story is a chess game and every girl is really defined her personality. The game is on track but every interactions makes you feel on edge especially with Elsa, you literally can't see through her and this is what's make the game so alluring.

If you are here to play "skipping to a porn scene", go away and find some other game.

Really good game, I enjoyed it for the most part especially the writing. It was refreshing to play a real story that was well written. The character models look great as do the renders. Can't say much about animations because I didn't see any. There might be one with a LI I ended up turning down but I don't know.

- 1 star for not letting us rename the MC, you're stuck with "Edward". This is a basic function pretty much every beginner dev allows you to do. I used URM to change it but some people still call you "Eddie". Annoying.

-1 star for the ugly MC. I get he's supposed to be a loser but I'm pretty sure he's not supposed to stay that way and I don't see how you're going to make that happen using that character model.

All in all it's a good game if you play for the story, if you are looking for lewd content, there is none here. I didn't even see one tiddy throughout the whole game. I'm really tempted to reduce it by one more star due to this but the 2 stars wouldn't be doing it justice due to the good writing. If there isn't SOMETHING in the next update however, I'm going to have to take that star. These are supposed to be adult visual novels and I see no adult content here. You can let your children play this game.

Amazing story deep and thoughtful, nice characters and setting. The MC path is exciting as well. Only few stories here gave me the experience this one did. Amazing job looking forward for future updates