VN - Ren'Py - Darker [Ch. 1 Part 4] [Director Unknown]

I''ll give it props for being shinier than a lot of its contemporaries, 'tis above average in terms of production values. Unfortunately there is no amount of gloss and glitter that'll make up for what is, in my view, substandard writing.

This game bored me out of my mind.

I'm giving it 3 stars because it looks like there's a decent amount of work in it.

I'm not feeling any connection to the characters or the story. It takes a long time into the game for any choices to pop up.

I ended hitting the skip button, (and from the reviews I can sense I'm not the only one), waiting for anything meaningful to happen.

It wasn't worth the time in the end. So 3 stars for a working product, with lots of scenes, but that don't spark any interest in me

Promising start, and a well implemented VN. If you expected the choices to matter, I can say they don't do much at this point.

On the bright side, dev has made the skipping slow enough to read so you can blast through the current content in no time.

Story and lighting need some work though, as MC is sometimes pale as vampire.

Absolutely gorgeous renders.
The story and writing are pretty good for a porn game and I haven't noticed any grammar issues or weird phrasing.
Not a big fan of female mc games, but this one is working for me.
-1 star for making skipping so insanely slow that I had to look up how to fix it.

Another game with a weak protagonist and a whore girlfriend who sleeps with everyone, visually it's fine but the writing and development of the story leaves a lot to be desired.

Recommended only if you like NTR and are not looking for a story that makes a lot of sense (yes, it has ntr, why isn't the tag there? because the moderators don't want to put it in, it's that simple).

I came in not knowing what to expect but it's one of the best games I've played on here. The art and models look good and it has a good flow to the story. It's a great start with the slow corruption but still having plenty of content that doesn't feel forced in or out of place.

Too bad, I was thinking of a game made with a finally strong and vengeful MC, but as you progress through the game you realize that the game already has something seen and revised, useless, this is now the trend, the majority of players love these versions of games with a weak MC, a slutty wife, and a strong and gifted enemy, graphically it has a lot to give, even in terms of sound, but the original plot is missing, the scenes to follow are obvious, with very few choice options, a porn film I would say , not a Game.

Nice and engaging. has elements to satisfy all.. will wait and see how it goes from here on. Hopefully it keeps the same tone.....of Dominant husband with a faithful wife corruption...and also looking to see how some choices in initial parts affect later

Would love to give this game a higher rating, but I simply can't. Renders are nice, story somewhat promising, characters decent for the most part.

But the writing...It's just bad. This game needs a mature writer. Some of the dialogue is so cringe and straight up dumb that it almost made me want to quit. One example; Pretty much at the beginning of the game, when Oliver and Ryan start drinking, Oliver keeps calling Grace a slut for the accidental towel malfunction earlier. Ryan, her husband, is completely unphased by it, acting like it's the most normal thing in the world to call his wife a slut. Ryan and Olliver met for the first time, mind you. The entire discussion and both character's behavior is just stupid beyond belief, and there are several scenes which had me left thinking "What the actual fuck?!".

My recommendation: English (fluent) writer would elevate the game to be easy 4 stars. Right now, the writing makes it borderline unenjoyable for me. 2/5.

Best of luck!

Oh my! A new favorite! Deliciously vulgar (always a fave), lot of dark things happen and much darker promise to happen (delicious), a promising dark storyline and events, descent artwork, lots of sexual situations and sexy clothes, but most of all the build up of anticip- ... ation. Oh I so can't wait for chapters 3 and 4, I am Here for it.

My only bits of 'hm..' is that it is hinting it might become one of those 'terrible things happen to the heroine and she discovers she likes all of them' which is always a bit weird to me if no mind-control is involved.. but it sounds like chapter 3 won't do that? (hope) Also there's certainly very few choices / feeling of control. It helps that you can go through the phone whenever (and there are some funny things in there) and the choices you do have promise to be somewhat meaningful (though really, we're all gonna pick the same ones, I'm pretty sure. But is what it is, some games are just more linear / illustrated stories then others.

just ended the game and its up to be one of the best of this dark genre, the art is great, the music is good, the writing works and the overall felling in the game is really enjoyable if u are ofc into these flavors, that atm ofc are soft for what the dev clearly tell you is coming, game isnt called "lighter" lol the ui is clean too, for me a 5/5 for sure, hope to see more soon

A honest review... I always try to give one, but i also give my 2 cents. A review should be mostly technical, but i'm sure no professional writer or critic. So in the end i'll give my opinion.

Now, i wanted to leave 3 stars, and i'll get into it, but i can see, behind this project, a genuine big load of good will and effort. It shows on the technical quality of the product, which is, by all means, high.

Yet the story is... weird. Hard to pin point why, apart from the questionable writing for the dialogues, but both the characters and the plot feel odd and unlikely and hard to believe.

Maybe it's just not my kind of story.

Sure the gameplay didn't help. You have rare options to choose and when you do, in some of them, you get the very same scenes, in a different order.

It feels like the project is more akin to a web comic or a cinetic novel then to a game.

By the way it's still a good project and i'll see to play it through when all releases are out.

It is good, but I think, it will be more appealing if you corrupt the girl slowly. "the naked in the house" scenes it is much for beginning. the girl is not nympromaniac yet. She must be broken slowly

Another VN well done with this start. I hope story will develop good. It seems that MC this time starts not so innocent as usual in this kind of genre and she will eventually take the lead of the situation even if she'll fall into corruption.

Pros
- Very good renders
- Amazing MC
- Setting well set with some backstories for all actors
- As far not the usual blackmail stuff as starter

Cons
- maybe males are too canonical (in any sense)

Very good game. Chapter 1 is enjoyable and i hope the others two will come soon. If you think that because is only chapter 1 there is only an intro with no sex scene you are wrong. Waiting for the next update hoping will be as good as chapter 1

Darker is definitely netorase, husband knows, wife knows , both are ok, husband agreed to share...
there are some problem with this game ntrs fan may won't like, too much corruption , husband act and decide in most weird way, too far from realistic , weak relationship between husband and wife(almost no love!)

This is a great game . Please go ahead on the path what you have thought for this game. From the ending notes of the game, it seemed to me that you have well planned of the entire story and it's releases end-to-end. You have the required clarity on how you want to proceed with the story and it's part-by-part releases. So, please stick to it.

Just one request to @Director Unknown will be, to kindly stick to timelines set by yourself. None can deny that the game and its story has a lot of potential. So, if you stick to timely updates, I believe you will gain more and more followers down the line. Please keep up with your good work. All the best from my end. Thank you.

great start. production quality is amazing and most importantly sound designing is on point. writing is good just need to deeper connect with audience. Oliver story was great considering his traumatic past the player can resonant more. overall 5 star must try game and most importantly if you're woke and snowflake you might find it dark.

All aspects of the game like premise, art and animations are fantastic. The only weak element is the writing but it usually gets better with time anyway. The dev is clear of his intentions with the game and his passion shows in the project. He even revealed the entire planned route of the game and if all goes well this is going to be a top-tier game in this genre. I am already looking forward to chapter 3.

Wow, you can tell this dev clearly has a lot of passion for this game.
This was a 1st release and it was loaded with lots. I'm really looking forward to the next updates, let the corruption of the wife begin!