VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Cutie & Her Uncle [v1.1.0] [Freakbunny]

Cute game all in all. Very short, and mildly meta. Meta aspects only work 'okay' as you need relatively strong investment in surface layer for those tricks to work, and this VN is too short for that. Visuals are solid, pacing is a bit odd but I enjoyed the scattered approach.

The description page unfortunately should be considered part of the work itself.

Version: 1.1.0

This is a narrative game rather than porn.

Writing

• the writing is crafty in that it will take you on a ride of different genres: drama/realism, psychological, horror, satire
  • i say crafty because to enjoy the game is to welcome it's meta writing - what you expected from the description and what you actually get. so don't expect your corruption/rape fetish to be scratched the way you like it to, lol
    • it's more interested in it's writing dynamics - most writers don't try to play their audience, it's experimental so will be a hit or miss.
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• that being said; the narration is vivid/descriptive and poetic at times, with a slice of intentional irony
  • but it didn't match the MC's character that was presented
    • this opinion is more up for argument though, maybe there's an angle i'm missing. MC just came off a gag character, purely by (trope) design, to take him seriously
• the horror was well done until the ending
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• characterisation of Shannie captured a still maturing adolescent, linguistically and theatrically.
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Sound and Visuals

• music and sound were on point when used
• renders looked okay
  • except for those horrible HoneySelect highly saturated furniture
    • this colouration was toned down in Shannie's room which looked way better as a grading for the standard
  • basement scene's lighting added a lot to it
• model for Shannie looked attractive, the hint of dorkiness was a good touch to her sex appeal
  • though wearing the same clothing each visit, not the overalls as those may be reused but her undershirts, as far as i remember looked the same - isn't enjoyable for continuity reading
• not gonna talk about the ugly old bastard design
• the game overall lacked images. it needed more over each sequence as there is an intermediate amount of dialogue. maybe it was a limitation at the time of developing but it could have been way better if done.
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Gameplay

• not a lot of options which is fine given how short the game is but opposite to what i read the choices did lead to as much of a difference as i would expect; minor narrative outcomes just nothing consequential to change its direction - didn't feel like an issue as the game played itself within reason back into the kinetic story
• i like that there is an option of if you want to continue the escalating acts in the basement but there could have been an option given after fingering her if to continue
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H content

• what's there was good but overall needed more
  • it worked for it narratively though, made it feel more real
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Coming with your expectations is sorta the aim of the game and also the mistake you put yourself in - not for the guy with an entitled dick in his hand ready to "muh fetish" one out. I liked the story and it has great potential for a longer narrative thanks to the writing capabilities of dev. Didn't like the jumpscares. Cute model deserves a return as well.

Big clickbait, don't bother.
Sounds and looks like another game where you play an uncle that "cohabits" with his niece, but that's as far as it goes.
There is no corruption (rape is not corruption) and there is no meaningful choices (small line changes and you can miss a scene on one occasion).

If you are coming here, looking for another Cohabitation, uncle corrupting their niece into a fuckpet, then run away. If you are here to experience 1 okay sex scene and half of a good blowjob scene, and then have psychological mind fuckery thrown at you, then this might be the game for you? Developer claims meaningful choices; Nothing outside of changing a few lines of dialogue or missing out on the only penetrative sex scene. Developer suggests a corruption arc that turns your niece into some sort of sex slave; not present, the developers definition of corruption is more of sullying something that is pure. The only thing that keeps this from being a troll game in my eyes is the obvious time and effort in creating these models and renders.
As far as the substance of the piece itself: The dialogue between the brothers doesn't feel like how people, especially siblings, talk to each other. I found the nieces dialogue pretty good. A little stereotypical teenage girl, but the big scene with her dad was well written. The renders are gorgeous, and while the character models might not be everyone's cup of tea, they are masterfully created. The animations are smooth and feel like they are meant to be there, instead of hodge-podged in at the last minute. And the absolute piece-de-resistance of this is the sound design. If the game was presented as what is actually was, I would probably give this 4 stars, but the bait-and-switch that I felt makes this a 1-star.