VN - Ren'Py - Couples: Lustbound [v0.1.0] [LustlyNovels]

I tried it and it was good. I've been reading the comments on the thread and I agree, but I also understand the dev saying he's new at this. So, for a new dev, I would say it's a great start.


Hot girls everywhere.


The decision-making feels kind of weird because there are no routes, but I already saw that they are going to be added in updates, so I'm really hoping to see that.

I had good impressions of this game, then, after playing, a total disappointment, I don't save anything from the project, the graphics have many drawing errors, some images are poorly drawn, especially the facial expressions, and even some bodies, characters, without a soul, terrible audio, the game options are ridiculously few and in some cases, useless, then, the plot, horrendous, you have no sense of the story and the characters, Mc and MCM fall at the first opportunity, and in favor of the usual BBC, too many clichés gentlemen.

Version reviewed 0.1.0

Couples looks like it will be a cuckhold/ wife swapping story. Unfortunately it's quite a mess and unless a number of things are fixed it will remain a sub par game.

Pros:

1- Some nice renders and character outfits.

2- Good looking characters, especially the woman.

Cons:

1- Very ho hum story, nothing unique about it at all.

2- The writing & dialogue is atrocious. Numerous grammatical errors and poorly written sentences. I hope this is a machine translation, otherwise there is no excuse for the condition it is in.

3- For some unknown reason the word "Narrator" pops up many times with no dialogue. Very distracting.

Final thoughts-

Nothing much going on in this version. The story is rather bland and the poorly written dialogue is a real distraction.

At this stage the only thing going for it are the hot females, especially Katy. If the dev wants to improve this game I would suggest getting someone to re-write the dialogue.

Good luck.

It's a pretty good game, nice renders and women in this game are hot. The story is nice and its straight to the point. I love games that are straight to the point with no slow burning stuff cause we are already have enough of those. Also a lot of people are bashing the dev, everyone has a learning I am pretty sure the dev will pick it up and good luck to the dev!

The story is good. It feels like it has potential and the girls are hot. Yes, it has some weak points, but for a first-time dev I would say it’s pretty good. I’m looking forward to more. I don’t know why people are calling it forced sex when the only scene was based on what the black dude and his girl felt from corrupting the main characters.

VERSION: 0.1.0
SUMMARY: Average at best with beta MCs and unavoidable NTR and related type kinks with little to no agency for the player.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point.

1. Model Visuals..................... : ⭐⭐⭐
2. General Visuals................... : ⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality................. : ⭐
4. Character (Persona)............... : ⭐⭐
5. Story Quality & Pacing............ : ⭐⭐
6. Writing Quality & Dialogue........ : ⭐⭐
7. UI & Game-play Mechanics...........: ⭐⭐⭐
8. Playtime & General Quality.........: ⭐⭐⭐
9. Sounds & Music.....................: ⭐⭐
10. H-Content & Fetishes.............. : ⭐⭐

Average: 24 of 50 possible points giving a 48% rating i.e. 2-3 stars.

PROS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Good looking models.
2. Fleshed out world, at least in terms of the environment seems relatively detailed, albeit renders being lower quality.

CONS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Generally renders are not really great, mostly inconsistent, often grainy and other times good.
2. Animations are non-existent and mostly stills.
3. No lewd sounds or sounds at all apart from menu music.
4. Writing is generally poor, grammar is bad, and senescence are sometimes really poorly strung together.
5. Story itself is very shallow and has more porn logic to it driving it than anything else,
6. The MMC is a beta and the FMM is a bimbo which leaves the player with little if any agency in this VN to do much save follow the swinging, cuck, NTR etc route.
7. Lack of dialogue settings leave the UX somewhat lacking.
8. Scenes often have issues with dialogue, Narrator prompts come up and disappear, some scenes run automatically etc.
9. Not much content and then the dev has cheek to also add a code for more content...yeah...hah

OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't)

• Characters are fairly shallow and everything about them is easily predictable.
• The same as above, so the story is also predicable and there is nothing here save porn logic to drive the VN forward.
• Per above, the quality of renders and animations or rather lack thereof makes that even driving the porn logic agenda falls flat.
• This is also compounded by lack of lewd sounds and other ambient sounds.
• While models look good, the lighting and lack of professionalism is fairly apparent, which is a bit disappointing considering, as I said the visuals of the models being fairly decent.

TLDR:

Nothing new here, its all pretty mediocre at best, inconsistent visual quality, but nice looking models. Sadly that doesn't save it from atrocious writing and grammatical issues followed by shallow characters and equally shallow plot.