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

An interesting game with beautiful renders. A lot of work seems to have gone into the story. The dynamic between Edward's obsession with Alice and Elsa's cunning intellect quietly propelling Edward upwards is something I would expect to see in a well-written novel, not an h-game.

Still, in my opinion the dialogue and the protagonist's thoughts both have a tendency to ramble. It's witty, intellectual, and sometimes funny but so much of it turns into psychotherapy and tangents. Considering Elsa's personality and the way Edward thinks, that's not surprising but it began to lose me after a while. The flashback sequence with the couch was especially boring, which may have been the point but it felt weirdly paced compared to the everything up until then.
Corporate politics don't really interest me either but I still think the world building is interesting enough.

The renders are really well done but I feel like some animation would make them even better. The focus on legs and feet is very nice. To me, there's a bit too much of an emphasis on narrative instead of sex. I was really hoping for something more with Elsa, or at least scenes with someone else besides just Lucy.

Very good overall but short of being one of the best.

i was baited into playing by renders suspiciously focused on feet and legs. ended up skipping through the game, but can still recommend it if you like those two body parts in particular. there is no sexual feet content, but the game does come with a number of renders showing feet and legs. some are very much focused on them as well, some have this femdom vibe too which is nice and like 95% of those few renders iniclude high heels which is cool. imo it's a bit suspicious how subtle they can get, almost as if the author himself was a fan too, but decided ro be very cautious in how far can he go in order to keep the game SFW.
still much better than many games that just ignore that stuff completely. worth to check out just because of that imo.

Story is absolutely fantastic. A bit dark but very entertaining.
I'd deals with a lot of darker part of life like self isolation but dose so in a way that keeps you entertained.

The relationships between the people in the story is done in a very believable way where no one feels like their part in the story is just to be there, but serve a purpose, to drive the story forward.
Also, the actions the MC makes in the story feels like they truly are affecting the world around him. It turns characters in the story from someone that is just black or white to someone that had ulterior motives or underlying feelings that was not made clear from the start.

Very happy to have stumbled upon this avn and I'm looking forward to seeing this story progress

This game is an adventure. It's one of the very few AVN, for which I have no idea how the story will unfold. Great dialogues, unique characters, good renders (and improving with every next episode) and interesting story. The only downside of this game is the development speed. All together - it is one of my most favourite AVNs

This has been out for 4 years, but there are still spelling mistakes in the opening scenes. The MC is a psycho who immediately fawns/obsesses over meeting a character in a brief acquittance situation, the MC is practically the guy in the show You.

There is a couple hours of content total, which is a small amount of content relative to how long its been in development and especially given that there are no animated scenes. Story feels like it just left the intro at the end of the last chapter.

Would give 2.5 stars, but factoring in development speed and this one isn't getting finished.

I've been considering giving this 4 stars, but ultimately I felt that it would not be fair to do so. It is objectively speaking an excellent game. Why the indecision, might you ask? It's because it lacks any eroticism or even romance in the main story.

That is not to say that there is no lewd content, there is, albeit with a peripheral character that (so far) does not influence the main story.

As you probably guessed, this is not a game you load up for a quick wank. Its main strength is the writing, perhaps the best I've seen in any game.

The MC starts cringe as fuck, but he does change over time. This is the main theme of the game, the MC's... development and his climb on the corporate ladder. Whether that will be an improvement or not, that's for everyone to decide, I guess.

The undeniable star of this game is not the MC, though, but the character called Elsa. Some will like her, some may not, but she easily carries this game through the more boring phases.

I guess all I can say is that everyone should give it a try, and see if they like it or not. There is a lot of content out that will keep you busy for a few hours if you do decide this game is your cup of tea.

Keep up the good work, dev!

Picture your favorite food. Then, imagine what it would be like if it kept getting better the more you ate.

That's my experience with Corporate Culture.

Some say it's boring, I think it's exhilarating. Most of the time there isn't much happening, but every scene is important and full of meaning.

If you know what you like, you'll probably figure out if this is for you after 30 minutes. If you don't know what you like, this is the perfect game to figure that out.

A lot of people have said that this is an intelligently written game, and it is. The dialogue is good, the story makes sense and isn't infantile, the characters each have distinct and identifiable personalities, which is great. The artwork is ok, not great but decent.

There are issues, however. The main characters are all unlikeable except for Alice. The MC, Elsa, the coworkers, MC's friend etc are all people you would avoid at a party given the opportunity. The story summaray indicates that the MC is just an ordinary guy at an ordinary job but he's not. He is both mentally and emotionally unbalanced to a certain degree and while this is an integral part of the story it makes him deeply unlikeable. What can be said is that he is going through a process of self discovery and change, much of which is being thrust upon him despite himself.

Another issue is the pacing of the story. It's glacially slow, and mostly lacking in humor. This makes it a bit of a slog going through, although there's no grinding. You can see where it's going and you can see the progress being made to get there, but you just want to kick everyone to make it go faster. As I mentioned before, the writing is very good and there's lots of character development, so that's where we got all the story depth from, but it's still a bit much. At the current pace it will be a long time getting where t needs to go.

So, overall the game is interesting. It's not fun or funny, but its a neat character study. If you have the patience to go through the initial part then you can see that there will be a reward for you as you go along, but you're going to have to invest yourself to get there. The game is very cynical, and a bit clinical, but also nuanced and rich. Definitely not going to be for everyone and it will not be for anyone who is lewd driven. This is 100% for people that are story driven. I don't even want to say slow burn, because that's not right. Despite the premise of the story it's less sex driven than it is about the MC's personal evolution. Blue ball alert for the lewd seekers.

Interesting story and dialogue that for once I don't just skip to get to the sex scene.
Same goes for the characters, I love Alice and Elsa, Vicky, even Emma I hope there are different path for all of them.

I was disappointed because after spending a few hours right now there is no sex scene except for the neighbor.
There should be at least something for Elsa or Alice path either in a dream or a little handjob because it's a lot of reading for nothing at the moment.
The issue is for the dev that you are setting up us to have high expectation after all those hours spend the sex scene that will come up eventually are better be perfect or else it's going to be a huge disappointment, that's why I think you should add little something here and there to manage that expectation from the player.

So that's a really promising game, one thing that you also should add is allowing us to rename the MC, I don't get why we can't.

Excellent game.
Intelligent, meaningful dialogue. Well-defined characters with believable behaviors. Credible goals.
I really like this title, finally a game for those over 18s.
I look forward to the update, sincere congratulations to the creator!

V0.6

As already mentioned, the art is fairly good and the characters/dialogue is well written. all round this is well constructed.

Unfortunately it is like one of those Novels you would return to the shop and demand your money back for. it is dull.
there is no real plot so it is just wallpaper. it really is just the humdrum of an office put into VN form. a couple of the females caught my eye and one has decent dialogue but is just not enough to break the mediocrity for me.
i found myself yawning a bit too much.
i guess the developer was aiming for subtle but overshot and landed in boring instead.

i gave this a middling rating as honestly, the developer has got some great qualities. just a shame they chose to showcase them in a bland way.
easily forgettable

This is probably the smartest, most intelligently written game here. It's also about people and interactions, it's not about porn. This alone makes this really rare.

Take your time if you try it. Read it, don't skip. It's so great to have characters that feel like actual people for once.

What a lovely story.

This game is simply unique .For one mc is just a simple guy not some horny/creepy guy lusting after every women that moves .Dude has his goal straight his dream girl alice and is ready to go beyond his comfort zone to be worthy of her.His alter ego and monologue plus the presence of elsa makes the game fun and interesting The story is simple and might not seem special but is immersive .It doesn't have much sex scene but you would not get bored instead will keep yearning for more of the story because you will find it ending tooo soon.Go for it if you want an adult game where sex is driven by plot not vice versa.If you are just for FAP,better avoid it now.

The game itself is really a lackluster story. The MC to me is very unlikable, he is also PINING after a girl who he seen once. ONCE. The only saving grace for me on this game is the the MC befriends a new friend to help pursue Alice (I honestly forgot her name except ALICE due to how hard he is simping over her). There was a few times at which I was thinking, "wow, maybe now he can now get over her." Nope. I was a little saddened by the red head not being a part of the story so far, even when it definitely seemed like she wanted to know the MC.


Final thoughts: The game is quite boring, reading heavy, somewhat cringy, and really lacking on sexual content as of v.06.

PS: The MC literally stalks Alice's social media at ALL TIMES.
PSS: Really wanted that redhead to be involved from what the scenes shown that she was really trying to reach out to MC.

Quality writing. Doesn't fall for the common writing pitfall involving instant gratification. Instead is spends alot of time building up the characters and making sure their interactions are believable. Also office environments are always a plus.

PROS
- I guess the renders are decent. My expectations are, if they are not grainy, then its fine. And this passes my (very low) standards.
- Its somewhat non-linear.

CONS
- Quite Boring. There is nothing to hook you or engage you into the story. Nothing that makes you go "Oh wow! I wonder whats gonna happen next episode". It revels in mediocrity.
- Very low on sexual content. I usually don't talk about this if its a story-based or plot heavy game but the story here is just poor. Especially when there are so many more sex-heavy games with a much much better story.
- A lot of filler dialogue. You'll need to resist the urge to ctrl skip all the text cause so much text is just not noteworthy or doesn't really lead to anything.
- There is the stoic Elsa who likes mindgames and playing hard to get. This was interesting in the beginning but she kinda has nothing else going for her, particular in terms of character development. Then you have the classic good girl Alice which the MC is apparently obsessed with for absolutely no reason, Emma the asshole antagonist character, and then the big-titted fanservice girl Lucy with (almost) all the sex scenes so the porn people don't complain about no sex. That pretty much sums up the main LI cast for this game.

Take time and play through it, excellent virtual novel game. This is the only game i care about the story ,and the female characters are attractive yet have different characteristics & uniqueness . Well deserved of 5 stars

Quite possibly the most boring AVN I have ever read. And the worst part it is, it has nothing to do with a lack of grammatical or literacy skills. It's literally just because the story is intensely uninteresting. There is nothing to hook you in. There is no real sexual content. There is NOTHING! It is like watching a two hour movie and it's just watching a dude do his taxes!

Have to say i like the overveiw: "It's a story about an ordinary guy and his ordinary life. He works at an ordinary office, and his future does not offer any hope. Sad."

It's a true description but behind those words there is av very good, funny and promising story.
Have a good night!

so much mumbo jumbo, not many scenes. is that a adult game or what? bro i can safely send this game to my 12 old brother, this is how bad it is.

i ll rate 4/5 if we getting start to stretch some asses in next update, if not i ll edit my overrated 2/5 to 1/5

btw this is extra light copy version of "The Roommate" if you dont know.

edit 0.6: expected update, almost 1 year update this is without ANY scene. i wont follow this anymore, not only the scenes but its boring man. Dev locking 1 render and writing at least 500 word is cheap and boring. If you like this goodluck bc im out