VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Dark Neighborhood [Ch. 8 v1.0 Super Gamer] [Psychodelusional]

Either this game is a satire of an adult game and a perfect troll or it's just the worst I've played yet. Terrible, unless you're into cutting your dick off. All has been said before, just look for the one star reviews.

The best game I have ever played in my life. I love history and I love female characters, especially the mother, she is beautiful. I'm totally in love with her. hahaha ... I wish I had a mother like that. I require a version 2.0

For the good part, i see much good effort and passion in the making of this game. The dev did clearly his best to make it something a bit different, with more attention to the gameplay expect.

Unfortunately i didn't go much far into the story because i really don't like this game, so it wouldn't have been fair to give anything less then 3 stars (and probably the game doesn't deserve less then that).

What didn't work for me?

Well, the puny momma boy obsessed with bannging her mom... i really don't get how anyone could identify with that, even in a incest fetish game. But i see this come out OVER and OVER among this games, so the topic seems too be oddly popular.

But this is not a problem per se. It's just not my pair of shoes. And if the mother-son incest is optional (i don't know, i didn't play through, but it's quite heavely laid on on the early story) i can live with avoiding that.

What put me off the most is how ugly and grotesquely disproportionate every model in this game is. Oh, com'on, i understand that big boobs and big areses are popular, but going as far as sheer deformities is in no way good or appealling.

I mean, look at the mother's model! She looks like a head shaped little balloon sticked on the mass of a pink hippopotamus. And we are supposed to want to see scenes with this blatant kaiju?

In this cases i just ignore the monster cow and go for other LIs in the game, but the older syster is not any better and the young one is pretty hugly as well.

Upon all, the story, of which i've seen very little, so i can't tell much, didn't catch me at all.

Too bad. I see the dev is working on another game. I wish him/her to came out with a better product. Passion deserve results.

The game features HEAVY Incest without any patches. So, I need to warn you if you aren't interested. (I had to learn that the hard way) The shared screen captures are somewhat misleading, I had much higher expectations diving into the game because of those screenshots. (It's not any better within the game)

About the character designs,

• The MILF character is quite well made (the dev totally nailed that realistic busty look, along with the face animations)
• When I first saw the youngest character on a screenshot, I expected that was a neighbour type character but it isn't, nonetheless it's made decently.
• And the elder sister character is nothing but mediocre.

About the story,

• The MILF storyline is actually quite interesting (again, if you are interested in heavy incest) and features..
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• The elder sister leads to a dom storyline which would have been better if the character was designed better.
• Youngest character is a typical friendly Virgin character which you have to ask nicely. (I personally am tired of that shit)

What I love about the game is that,

• The game features amazing music.
• It's given a much darker tone (which makes it quite unique from most similar games)
• And aesthetic of the graphics just thrilled me.

Would have enjoyed it more if there was an off switch for incest. (but if that's your thing you'll absolutely love this)

What the actual nut did I just play!!!

Okay so I think that the art style is actually really good the colors are vibrant and the girls COULD be beautiful. I am not saying they are because in this game I actually think they are really ugly. I mean from the neck up. But, from the neck down I think they actually look pretty good and have really good skin tone. Just whoever picked what the girls should look like on the neck up definitely has a weird taste for woman.

The story idea is actually really good. I won't say it was executed horribly. It was just executed poorly and makes the game seem like a horrible joke. The random fart jokes don't help either. Also I want to take away a star just for the broken dick which probably made almost everyone cringe (No, I didn't minus a star for it but I want to).

To be honest I gave the 3 stars rather then lower because I do think that the dev did a pretty good job and I do think that this will appeal to certain audiences. Its not a bad game if "this" is what you are into. The girls are probably beautiful to some people and I assume the jokes are intentional so I assume it was meant to be weird and funny. I do wish that the story was taken more seriously and that the girls were more to my taste though.

So 2.5 stars (3) because I think it can be a great game for some but not my taste.

Not a fan of the girls
The art direction looks a bit weird, or maybe it's just me. I don't really like this game. Not a lot of anything going on, the scenes are meh. This game will not leave you satisfied, that's for sure. It's a good start though, seeing that the developer is kinda new. Looking forward to their new games!

The only good thing about this game is the model of the mother. Everyone else is ugly as renders go, the story is boring and the writing is immature. The sex scenes just happen, there's no build up, no character growth, just sex and that's it. this is an example as to how visual novels shouldn't be done.

If you like raunchy fart jokes with your pornography, then this is for you.

To be fair, most of the scenes that everyone hated are in CHAPTER 2, skip it entirely and the game would come off as being better.

I'm Big fan of incest game. Incest game is my favorite genre.
But it's really really hard to find at least decent incest game.
So, I've been through hard time enjoying my adult gaming life.
That's why I'm looking for incest game everyday.
However... This game. Dark Neighborhood. This is great incest game!
Easily belongs to My Top 10 incest games. I'm really enjoyed this game.
The visual, plot, dialogue, character, ending, mostly I loved it!
Of course, it's not perfect obviously. But only one major flaw that is.
There are NO female voice acting!!! It must be made game perfect.

The premise sounded interesting but the execution is poor. The characters are thoroughly one dimensional, and the writing is forced. The visuals are also poor with flat background and over-proportioned blow-up dolls for women.

Disgusting at times, boring VN with generic story brought to absurd, really tidious gameplay (door opening simulator), overwhelming amounts of text and one nice curvy model. Generic story (young guy lives in a house with women cliche), really tiring gameplay (walks around this architecturally challenged house to get some sort of scene), that tests your patience (most scenes are about him whining and complaining from aching cock.) People are constantly flashing each others, keep whining about it, then get lost in thoughts and conduct internal monologues during those activities ("Wonder Years" type of monologues) and when they've done flashing they fall out the window. There's lots of menstruation blood, plucking hairs from hairy buttholes and a broken cock. What more could you want.

It's one of the worst games I've played lately.
The weakest side of the game is the story. It's absolutely awful. It seems like the author tries to be funny but fails miserably.
Another weakness is models. They have unrealistic look, oversized boobs and ass. Even their faces are far from beautiful.
I didn't have high expectations for this game, but still it managed to disappoint me.

Developing a plot that is very simple to just give some context to the fuckery is one thing, but developing a very poor plot with scenes that makes you cringe is another matter entirely. The situations that the protagonist finds himself in are not funny, they are just stupid (like giving your mother a thigh job to escape a car accident - yeah, you read that right). Worse than that, the game has a somewhat slow build-up, with the protagonist taking his time in those stupid situations while whining about he doesn't want to fuck his family, but have to because of an evil lustful demon that put a curse on him.

And no, the sex scenes don't pay off in the end. It has some stuff that not everyone likes as well, like lactation and gender bender elements with the protagonist getting a woman's butt (because why not, right?). Many grammatical errors, but who am I to judge.

Unfortunately, I don't recommend this game.

This was quite a unique game. It was often melodramatic, but that's understandable given the plot. Some people have complained about the art design, but I liked it. However, I do agree that the characters looked weird at times, but not enough to not enjoy. Overall, it's a good game. A gallery section would have been a nice addition to easily replay scenes.

I thought I reviewed this game...guess not.

---CONS---
The first half of this game is terrible and I mean TERRIBLE!!! As mentioned in other reviews there is menstruation, hairy buttholes, BRAP, and a broken cock but that's not even what makes it terrible in the first half. It's the main character is sooooo horribly written initially. All he does is whine and complain like a pubescent 13 year old girl. "Stop making me horny waaa" "My Mom is smoking hot waaa" "My neighbor wants to bang me waaa" CTRL Skip!!! Goes on for 6 Chapters...

The antagonist, if you want to call it that, or should I say deity or entity then gives the MC a quasi sex change with a womans butt. Yes there some gender bender elements for some reason. I guess to tickle the futa crowd. If you read into this game on a psychological Alice in Wonderland level there is a lot of symbolism and freudisms but they are terribly done and quite frankly distracting. The writers then try to pass everything off as satire with humor which falls terribly flat. Now I see why the devs named themselves Psycho Delusional. First half is a prime example of what everyone hates in a MC its also a blueprint of what happens when a porn game tries to take itself too seriously and falls flat.

---PROS---
This game is still one of the best games ever on this site. How could I say that after all these flaws? Because the game totally redeems itself. Once the MC stops whining and they fix his penis he has a physical, emotional, and philosophical change. He literally grows a pair and bangs all the hot chicks he can unapologetically which this is a porn game and that's how it should be in the first place. Nothing wrong with moral conflict and internal conflict with a MC but that should be done the prologue not 6 WHOLE FRICKIN CHAPTERS!! The first half is obvious 2017-esqe dev milking and padding the story for the bangfest.

Given the reward we finally get in the end I'd say it was well worth the wait. If this was remade for modern day it probably would not survive because so many games used to follow the recipe of milking to the end for the payoff that patrons and WEG lovers like myself will see in a game at stage .01 from a mile away. I personally have been traumatized by bad games enough times to check to see if there is any meat or sexual content and if there isnt periodically read the threads and wait until its complete. Games like this which are relics of the WEG past got away with this because it was a relatively fresh scene. Not anymore

DMD had a jump in fan base towards the end of Chapter 2 for example because during its development other games started delivering the goods at a faster rate with less quality but better quantity so the dev took note and stopped with the blue balls. I would have been pissed if I were following this game during development.

The tail end of this game is a masterpiece. You get to cuck anyone in the game who mistreats the MC and I mean ANYONE!!! The padding I mentioned before makes you actually care because by the end even if you skipped you would have been annoyed by some of the characters. The pacing is absolutely perfect as there is now an incentive to the main plot and time is of the essence. This game is all incest but you're probably aware by now which if the MILF and the characters are hot I can dig it. Its kinky because its not real.

---SUMMARY---
Game is initially a blueprint for how to write an annoying MC with terrible elements and ridiculous events. Last 2/3rds of the game becomes a masterpiece with some of the hottest most memorable scenes EVER in a porn game. So hot I give it a perfect score. So hot the MC could have been Hitler or a cuck and the last bit still would have redeemed the game. Definitely worth your time and this game is in my all time collection of greats.

Perfect fantasy fap material..The characters are amazing especially the mom.I loved this game's different approach.I have played it numerous times and every time it gets the job done Big fan .looking forward to your other ventures..
P.S. Thank you for completing the game unlike other devs who just keep it unfinished.

VERSION: 1.0 (Chapter I through VIII)

Dark Neighborhood introduces the player to a quaint, suburban avenue and its inhabitants via the internal monologue of a starving deity on the prowl; it craves the sensual energy that bleeds from the wanton coupling of the sexually depraved. An interesting premise to be sure and, sadly, completely squandered in this inadvertent satire of erotic visual novels.

The script from which Dark Neighborhood takes its cues is, indisputably, the most amateur-tier writing imaginable, gleefully employing every grammatical and typographical error imaginable. It manages this, however, with such wilful disregard as to impart some humor to the entire affair. Indeed, as the game progressed and I discovered that not one line managed to eke by without an error, I couldn't help but chuckle. As in film, I began to believe that this, surely, was a game that had achieved the lofty ideal of being so-bad-it's-good.

Take any of the following, for instance, copied verbatim...


Apart from the classic there/their/they're errors, which appear with such frequency as to be mundane, Dark Neighborhood continually astonishes with the sheer variety of its flaws. Admittedly, some of the writing is so poorly articulated as to be somewhat off putting.


There's also the equally disgusting motivations of our protagonist: whilst dreaming, the young man literally describes why he desires so earnestly to sleep with his family members. When speaking of his mother, he notes how she needs to feel desirable. His younger sister should be open to new experiences. His elder sister, well, "for all the shit she has put me through in my life." He closes this charming monologue with "I really do care for them..."

Fortunately, that very introductory sequence also provides adequate distraction via one of its many illogical scenes.

The deity, which is also intermittently referred to as a demon, enters the elder sister's room to find her in a face down, ass up position, supporting herself on the side of her head, elbows and knees alone. A very provocative stance, particularly from a man's perspective, but far from comfortable. Imagine, then, the absolute hilarity of it all as the demon declares that she is asleep! As if anyone could ever fall asleep like that, much less wake from it without finding their back in knots, neck horribly out of alignment and their entire body numb from the waist down.

We are also treated, within the first chapter, to a scene in which the protagonist and his younger sister are facing each other, on an even surface, in profile. The image clearly portrays the male as scarcely taller than his sister, yet she notes that "at least your 6 inches taller than me." The obvious typo notwithstanding, the odd assertion that this kid is even six centimeters, much less 6 inches, taller than her is hilariously unfounded.

Still, the illogicality of contrived scenarios thunders on: the game quite literally begins with our protagonist waking in bed to a gloriously sunny day, having overslept. He remarks that it's a shame and he'll likely be in trouble, given that he missed the opportunity to go job hunting. After wandering throughout the house, the protagonist is eventually forced to click the last remaining area and proceed toward the front door. There, the player meets the mother and two sisters, all of whom are furious at the protagonist for not having responded earlier. They claim to have been stuck outside for "20 minutes" in the blazing heat, attempting to force their way through the screen door in the back and knocking for his attention. He, they claim, locked them out. Three grown women left the house, somehow locked the door behind themselves, ventured off into the world and returned to find, lo and behold, the door remained locked. This, somehow, is the protagonist's fault? The mother then proceeds to berate her son after he confesses to sleeping in, missing the opportunity for some job hunting... which, obviously, would have precluded him from being there to unlock the door. Ergo, if he had been awake and job hunting, he wouldn't have been present, the door would remain locked and... somehow it's his fault?

Less than fifteen minutes into the game and I was genuinely struggling to determine if this was an intentionally crafted disaster, crafted by some mad genius, or the result of such sheer incompetence it could only have arisen from the mind of a madman.

Take, for example, a scene that occurs at the neighbor's home. While still wearing the same pair of shorts through which his erection has literally burst twice on that very day, the protagonist experiences another erection in the car with his mother. This is, as the images convey, a direct result of her skirt being torn off entirely by a nail in their fence, exposing her low-cut panties. She, naturally, opts to continue in this state of undress and, on seeing the "pain" he's experiencing, rushes them, barely clad and with his penis exposed, across the street and to the neighbor's home.

With a flying kick the mother bursts through the door, adding breaking and entering to the charge of public indecency, to discover their neighbor in her underwear. The svelte woman in her bra and panties, no doubt aided by the slack-jawed expression on her face, causes the protagonist to "overheat at the site," falling to his knees to "scream in anguish."

I'll admit: I laughed. Aloud. For a good two or three seconds.
But the game didn't quit. Determined to push the dial to eleven, it continued.

The image cuts to a wide-eyed shot of the mother who remarks about her son's exposed rear end as, after all, what choice did he have when dropping to the ground but to tear off his ruined shorts? Line by line, precisely as seen below, she thinks...


Oh, sure, he has a 10-inch erection that's been flailing about for the past few minutes, but have you seen his butt?

Also, I've never witnessed a writer use the term "motherly" quite so often nor in so many unique fashions. Her giant motherly booty. Motherly breasts. Motherly emotions. Filled with motherly thoughts. My favorite, however, typo included, was the "smell of a swollen, motherly bossom."

All within the same scene.

Lest I neglect to mention it, the cast is also quite susceptible to the notion that any swelling of the protagonist's penis may cause irreparable harm. Grown women, a nurse and mother included, all earnest in their concern that: "Prolonged erections can either cause permanent damage or n some cases, may be fatal." The protagonist also alludes to this, mentioning repeatedly how he feels the blood flowing out of his brain. Indeed, his mother is absolutely horrified at the sight when it occurs in her bedroom, aghast that his member may literally explode... and yet, should you select the option to "show me just a little more of your sexy skin ma.." she will immediately frown, shed any semblance of concern and request that you leave immediately. So much for that explosion, huh?

Choices throughout the game adhere to this same pattern, being either binary win/lose outcomes or entirely false, with either having the exact same effect. Approach the neighbor's door, for instance, and you'll be presented the option to "Knock" or "Leave." Hit the latter and the sound of knocking occurs as the player bemoans her loud music that prevents it from being heard. Enter the kitchen before speaking to your siblings and you'll be faced with your mother, questioning whether you're ready to go shopping. "No" is your only possible response. The entire introduction prompts you, repeatedly, to click the one and only option available in order to progress the story. As opposed to what you've already been doing: clicking the screen to progress the story.

Why, a thoughtful player might inquire, offer a choice when there isn't one to be made?

The writing is atrocious, even by fan fiction standards, the gameplay is nonexistent and, unfortunately, even the graphics disappoint. Dated, low-resolution textures and equally low poly-count models combine to create a series of poorly arranged static images that feature obvious clipping and rendering or compression artifacts. There are no animations to be found, nor even the barest semblance of artistic framing.

Of course, even in this respect the game inadvertently interjects some humor. At times the protagonist has white, skunk-like streaks in his otherwise dark hair. In others it is pure black, or gray, yet in the sunlight it shines like burnished steel. Lighting, across the board, is poor, either washing out scenes or illuminating items so brightly they appear metallic. Worse yet, entire sequences are text-only, stark white letters over a pure black background; one line at a time. In a "visual novel," the visual element should never be neglected.

It was, however, a scene at the pool which convinced me to prematurely cease playing. I knew there was no progressing beyond that point, no way I could make it through with my sanity intact: the protagonist stumbles into the backyard and hears "a strange splashing sound" emanating from the pool. The player knows it's a person, but our intrepid hero is shocked to find his elder sister in the pool. Topless. She immediately accuses the protagonist of peeping and desiring to touch her "giant E sized breasts...!"

Leaping forward, she attempts to smother the protagonist, momentarily pinning him with her vastly superior strength. Here, the player is provided an opportunity to "overpower her!" Choosing that option, the protagonist manages to position her in a "strange hold" now sitting atop her breasts with knees pointed at her head. It is at this point he swears not to hurt her, but to cause her pain...


Literally screaming "GAAAAAAAAAA!" and "GRRRRRRR!" the protagonist expels "one fart after the other, directly into your sister's face, and her nostrils." It is then that "in a trance, you continue to explode on your sister."

I completely lost it.

Inadvertently clicking the screen to continue, my entire body shaking with scarcely restrained laughter and eyes tearing over at the sheer, unabashed travesty this game had become, I could make out one final line of dialogue before I hit the exit button: "I am the man of the house now."


GRAPHICS --------------------------------------------------- 4 / 10
+ Consistent style. Few cases of any blatant disparity in the quality of its assets.
+ Use of the font from Diablo was an interesting choice for the demon.
- Low quality models with poor textures, particularly when compared against its contemporaries, often employing odd framing and unattractive facial expressions.
- Poor renders. Low-resolution and prone to lighting-based flaws.
- Compression and rendering artifacts are abundant.
- No animated sequences.
DIALOGUE --------------------------------------------------- 0 / 10
- Every conceivable typographical or grammatical error.
- Borderline nonsensical writing with all manner of logical inconsistencies and contrivances that are discarded the moment they no longer serve a narrative purpose.
- Terrible characterization and a thoroughly unlikable cast.
- The script contradicts itself, including dialogue sequences that make explicitly false assertions.
- Onomatopoeia is frequently, yet improperly, used throughout and contributes to the inadvertent humor.
GAMEPLAY -------------------------------------------------- 2 / 10
- No sense of genuine player-agency. Many choices are false, with binary outcomes, others offer no choice whatsoever.
- Navigation is burdensome.
- GUI is poorly designed, obscuring elements and requiring excessive mouse-movement. No quick navigation options, character tracking or environmental interaction.
INNOVATION ----------------------------------------------- 1 / 10
+ Interesting overarching concept; possession by a lustful demon that bestows powers upon its host is bursting with potential.
- Concept is poorly utilized and contributes nothing to the actual gameplay.
- Hollow mass of genre-specific tropes, devoid of novel perspectives or lampshading.

SCORE ==================== 7 / 40
SO-BAD-IT'S-GOOD STILL MEANS THAT IT'S BAD
As a grotesque parody of the genre Dark Neighbourhood is flawless, satirizing so many of the common visual novel tropes from incest-centric relationships to scantily clad women, well-endowed protagonists to lackluster mechanics; unfortunately, the intent behind its development appears to be sincere and, in that respect, the game is a shambling, incoherent, artistically bankrupt production. Try it if you need a laugh, but be warned, as the name implies: this is a bad neighborhood.

really really really great game ! animation is really good, story exelent and navigation in game is simply ! i recommend it if you whant to play a fucking good story, would be good to have a fallow ( like in other family )

This is disgusting, amateurish, and a wasted opportunity.

It's disgusting because half the shots are off a dorky 11-year-old looking kid with half a steel-belted radial sticking out his pants... I mean, literally sticking right through his pants... this thing is shaped like a boomerang... and the size of half a truck tire. This spends WAY too much time looking at this kid and his grotesquely freakish thing. And the female models are just flat out unattractive... but the lighting really doesn't help that either.

It's disgusting because it has you picking hairs out of ass holes, farting in a girl's face repeatedly, cleaning up menstruation, and an overdose of infantile boob sucking fetish... complete with spontaneous lactation. The way she talks about his juvenile body and the way he looks, and the obsession... do people really get off on this? To me, it was always the taboo of incest that made the situation hot... society says I can't do this one thing, well now I want to do it even more... but I don't want to actually regress and crawl back into my mother's vag in some Freudian head trip.

But mostly it's disgusting because of the way his schlong swells and hurts when he is aroused, and his depiction of that pain. Most men know that any reference to a dick will immediately make them empathically consider their own dick. When you see a man getting kicked in the balls, you actually feel it. Almost. When he gets an erection and writhes in pain, it comes across like that... not as arousing, but as wince inducing. This isn't hot at all... it's torture.

It's amateurish because half the shots are done with a fish-eye perspective focusing on an extreme closeup of a face or some physics defying position, in entirely inconsistent lighting from shot to shot. And the camera angles are all over the place at jarring angles and in random spots from shot to shot. There is no immersion here. It's like a bad acid trip.

It's a horrendous visual experience and the writing does absolutely nothing to help that deficit.

It's amateurish because it's use of tropes. Girls trip and their panties fly off... girls walk by things and their skirts rip off... but the worst possible offender in the history of this laziness, in one instance you get in a car wreck where both you and your mother are thrown from the car, with all your clothes being ripped off in the accident, and you land directly on top of each other in a pre-made sexual position. It's ridiculous.

But worst of all, it's a wasted opportunity because of the premise itself. The idea of a demon floating around feeding off our lust is a good one and to me served as a metaphor for the player in these games. You take a character who has never done something taboo prior and along comes this third party, the demon/player, to push them into places that maybe they didn't want to go... while they still have their own thoughts of repulsion by what they are somehow compelled to do... or maybe they did want to go there and the player gave them that nudge... it's a good metaphor for this entire experience.

But it's wasted because as much as this main character denies his lustful and taboo thoughts, he still can't take his eyes off everyone... he still doesn't do anything to stop feeding his own supposedly unwanted arousal. This would have been much better if the main character resisted more... or frankly didn't resist at all. The whole "I don't want to... but I'll look anyway" shtick just doesn't work... it's disingenuous.

And frankly the writing is too immature even for a porn game. This is not a slow burn. On day one you've jizzed on one sister and been sucked off by your neighbor with your mom sitting right beside her. And there is no reservation in anyone's thoughts that says they aren't ready to jump their barely pubescent looking family member.

I did not last long in this. Everything was a turn-off.

The characters look great, their situations and dialogues are fun. Although you get sneak peeks and accidental teases they don't put out instantly. Buttering the bread first like that builds anticipation. It makes it feel more personal and real even though...

The story is absurd. You could describe it as a comic-book drama. You play this boy who has an upper-arm sized dong. He doesn't wanna boink his loved ones. That's twisted and wrong. But sometimes in life you must embrace a lesser evil.

The sex scenes were really well made, in my opinion. A certain dread and taboo hits the right note and heightens the excitement. Generally the smut, world-building, fun-loving personas and music combine well together.


A wacky game; perhaps that's why this sits comfortably among my favorites as few entertained me more. Definitely a recommendation!