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Review as of v0.8)
How Long To Beat: 8+ hours (depending on reading speed)
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This review is based on playing the game with incest turned on and with the multi-mod installed.)
This is a top-tier slow-burn incest visual novel. GOAT MILF award goes to Elisabeth.
The story centers on a love/lust triangle between Elisabeth (mom), Juliet (twin sister to MC) and the main character (male twin). They are six-ish years into a zombie apocalypse and they are (seemingly) the only survivors. Romantic and sexual tension grows between each of the family members, despite all their attempts to maintain a normal traditional family life.
Gameplay: The story is mostly a kinetic visual novel. There are quick time events, there are choice-based situations that can end in game-over, and there are choice-based decisions that dictate the sexual escapades in the game. Beyond these choices, this is a character-based narrative-focused experience.
What Makes The Game So Good?: This is not a quick pump-and-dump game. If you're in the mood for a game that's quick to the sexual content and has guaranteed fucking every fifteen minutes, this game will disappoint. To be clear, there's plenty of sexual content, but the game is focused on sexy situations and the growing tension of the characters. This is a love triangle story focused on a mother, daughter and son (who are twins). They have experienced trauma and loss in their survival. Elisabeth, the mother, wants to give her (adult) children a normal life. This becomes immediately complicated as the twins start growing (and feeding) their sexual desires and lust. MC and Juliet are eighteen and in the thralls of pubescent horniness, but with no healthy outlet. They each individually start lusting for each other and their mother. Elisabeth is insistant on maintaining a traditional, healthy family, but each of her children's advances towards her and her growing lonely dissatisfaction starts breaking down these barriers. This means the sexual escapades have a reluctant "will-they/won't-they give into these desires" tension based on emotional, psychological and familial conflicts. It is (with some exceptions) thoughtful and well-written. The lesbian/bisexual relationship between Elisabeth and Juliet are especially sexy, with Juliet leaning into her sexual naivety to physically engage her mother in sexual "lessons" and Elisabeth fighting between a need to help her daughter, a belief in maintaining boundaries, and the excitement of their sexual chemistry.
I do think it's a fair warning that despite 8+ hours of gameplay, there isn't vaginal sex between MC + Elisabeth and MC + Juliet
yet. Because they are worried about pregnancy, there is only anal sex scenes, which are both incredibly hot.
NTR: The game has a loose (or strict?) definition of NTR. Anything outside of the MC's relationship with the love interests are considered NTR. So Elisabeth and Juliet's lesbian relationship is considered NTR. Every NTR scene comes with an option to cater to the player's taste. So, for instance, if the player doesn't want to see Elisabeth and Juliet having sexual relationships, they can choose to avoid it. Or they can see some of the scene and then opt out before it gets too much. There are actual NTR scenes with Elisabeth and other (non-family) characters, told as flashbacks. You can choose to avoid them altogether, you can choose for Elisabeth to be a voyeur, you can choose Elisabeth to play with another woman only, or you can choose for Elisabeth to engage with a man and a woman at the same time. These scenes worked within the context of the story, and I was happy to have the choice for Elisabeth to have lesbian experiences that made sense for the character (but not with a man). Personally, I think Elisabeth and Juliet's sexual relationship is core to the experience and story, but I guess it's nice that it's an option for others.
Zombies!: The zombies in this game are modern traditional like Dawn of the Dead (2004), 28 Days Later, and Left 4 Dead. The zombies are fast, they are flesh-eating monsters, they communicate infection through bites, they must be killed by destroying the brain. There are also "specials" which are zombies that have mutated to have super qualities. The zombies are non-sexual creatures and aren't sexualized (outside of the occasional topless women zombies). They are a looming threat to the protagonists and there is zombie-killing action. The game has violence but isn't gory. I think it's the perfect mix.
Characters:
Elisabeth: I said it at the start of this review, Elisabeth is a GOAT MILF. She is in her late 30's. She is a dedicated mother. She is a widow, having lost her husband in the outbreak. She has become a bad-ass survival expert and is the main provider of the family. She is overly protective of MC and Juliet, refusing to let them help her go out on supply runs. She is a former teacher and is intelligent. She has soft features, blue eyes and a lovely face. She is tall and athletic, with perfect torpedo tits and a juicy ass. I love Elisabeth's breasts. They are proportionally large without being ridiculous, they have a natural perky sag (which more games need, in my opinion), and they get great animation during sexual scenes. Her internal battle of sexual reluctance, motherly love, lonely lust, strict parental boundaries and a secret naughty side make her one of the most compelling mothers in adult visual novels.
Juliet: The MC's twin sister. She's bisexual, in that she has romantic feelings for her brother, but shows more sexual interests towards women, especially her mother. She's athletic, trained in martial arts, and is headstrong to the point of obstinance. She playfully bullies her brother, especially about his perverted proclivities. She is the more daring, outgoing and confident of the siblings. She has small perky tits and a cute round ass. She is sexually dominant towards her brother, often pushing him further while teasing him, but sexually submissive to her mother (although she grows more assertive as she confronts her mother's reluctance).
MC: An intelligent, introverted bookworm plagued with the most trauma of the family. He has psychological scars that immobolize him with fear, which makes him a liability rather than asset when it comes to the zombies. As the story progresses, his confidence and abilities grow. While he's often passive to his family's demands, he becomes more assertive and confident in his abilities to provide for his family. He is thoughtful and diffident to his family. This isn't a game where MC becomes a corrupting force; all of the sexual advances are organic. Despite starting the story as a bit of a wimp, there are implications that he has potential to become a powerful force in the apocalypse.
Pacing: Remarkably great. While there are some redundancies and some weird contradictory dialogue (specifically in the later game, where characters have had sexual encounters but seemingly forget some of the details, ie, "This is the first time giving MC a blowjob" even though it's the second time), I very rarely found myself clicking through dialogue to progress the story. The balance between story, character interactions and then sexual content is great. While the game is slow-burn, I think a better term is methodical. There are many moments in the 2nd half of the game where you may get three sex scenes in a row, but there are also times where you may have thirty minutes of story.
Sound Design: Great. Play it with headphones, especially during the sex scenes.
Animation: Varies from Great to Awesome, especially as the game progresses. There are late-game sexual animations that are some of my favorites from adult gaming.
Overall: This is a well-written, aesthetically pleasing, well-animated visual novel with a top-tier incest story. If you like incest games, this is essential.
Highly Recommended in general, a
Must Play for Incest Fans. I give it a 4.5 out of 5, and round it up to be generous.
The game is currently unfinished and ends on a cliffhanger with seemingly large implications. I anxiously await the next part of the story, but who knows if it will maintain it's quality and charm as it progesses.
