VN - Ren'Py - Defending Lydia Collier [v0.17 Beta 1.3] [White Phantom Games]

An absolute must play! The game not only offers 3 different Love Interessts (ignoring side chicks) with their own interests, personalities and kinks, but also an interesting storyline that keeps you on your toes.
As a lawyer in London, the main character is assigned to a case whose solution drives the story forward.
What sets this game apart from others, however, is on the one hand the depth of the story, which is brought closer to the player through quite a few "newspaper articles", and on the other hand the credibility of the location (London feels like london) and the credibility of the MC's actions (I actually learned something about the british common law while playing the game).

I must say, this game has blew my mind. I honestly thought I've played every good erotic game on this site but this one is beyond words. The main advantage it has over dozens of other titles is that it offers not only vanilla sex but also something more kinky, sometimes even hardcore stuff and it does so with taste. Some games are way too agressive on hardcore stuff, often they're way too disgusting and one must skip too much to enjoy it (IMO of course) but this game caters to people looking for something more unique while at the same time it does so with proper refinement.

Edit: It was a good VN, while a bit aggressive, never stepped into anyone's toes. Nowadays the dev is stalling, adding controversial content out of nowhere. I can't recommend it in the current state.

Plethora of girls with distinct personalities, renders are great, lots of kinky sex, rock solid story. No annoying grind, gameplay loop is fun and chance to make meaningful choices with branching routes that will satisfy any kind of player.
A very strong 5 star. If you're looking to financially support a dev, do it with this one.

Defending Lydia Collier is one of the best games I have played in the AVN world. Given that it's the first attempt at someone who is in university himself, he's doing a SOLID SOLID job in the game so far.

The renders are amazing, storyline is solid, girls are EXCEPTIONALLY well written and the music is great!

Really looking forward to seeing more from the developer as he makes more games.

P.S, Stephanie's depraved path is the best in the business. No other dev has found the balance of wholesome+depravity. But white phantom games has found it.

Really well done. Thoughtful, well-designed, with good renders. It's a real story with sex rather than a sex game with story.

Overall, super high quality gamed. Looking foward the next installments.

I'm starting to regret ever playing this fucking game.
It was so good that most of the other ones just appear blank and hollow in comparison.

No stupid dialogues, no panty sniffing, no goblin fucking, just a great storytelling and amazing attention to details, that's just so uncommon these days. I am genuinely enchanted.

If you enjoy plot-driven VNs, check it out, it's definitely worth the time!

Absolute gem of a VN. The dev has put so much effort into this and you can tell. The storyline is extremely gripping as you try to unveil a conspiracy by powerful enemies, all while trying to defend your client on a murder charge.

There's lots of info and background via newspapers and tv news updates, adding to the atmosphere. The women are pretty nice for the most, Steph is hot and a total kinky bitch and her gf route is really well done and rewarding, you can shape what kind of gf she becomes...want a submissisive cumslut? or more romantic type? you can even get her a tit job...
I find her the most stunning...literally supermodel looks.

The DCI is pretty nice too, while Ellie is cute, but not a patch on Steph in hotness.

All the characters have distinct personalities and are really believable.
The dialogue is top notch in how natural they are.

Renders are fairly good mostly and add enough to the overall atmosphere.

This is not just a lewd game but feels more like a detective style game and it works great.

It really stands head and shoulders over most of the vn's on here, as it has plenty of lewdness with a great story.

P.S. Did I mention how hot Steph is...

5 stars par excellence.

Defending Lydia Collier (0.12 beta version) is actually a pretty interesting, albeit irregular, game. At first it does give some very good lawyer vibes and scenes but that eventually gets set aside as the story evolves in other directions (won't say so no spoilers here). It's an interesting turn for sure, but one that I think includes a lot of irregular scenes that actually have less interest together with the interesting ones. It's also a more narrative game than usual games you find in this site, so there is less sex and more plot, and some sex scenes do feel a bit forced (the whole relationship with Stephie specially).

Render quality is pretty high, that is undoubtable, but sex scenes are a tad meh (never liked POV too much) and game has very few animations. I haven't run into problems and have played without sound (don't remember if it is because the game has no sound or I turned it off).

All in all, its an interesting game, which can go up or down in my rating as it continues to develop.

Incredible number of kinks inside a well written story. Game mechanics are getting implemented and its going to be a hell of a ride.

Not the best graphics but all the rest more than makes up for it.

Truthfully the over-all story does not do a lot for me, but if you enter into a relationship with Steph the cop, you will be treated to a plethora of fetishes you can explore with her (dirty ass to mouth, daddy-daughter roleplay, watersports, facefucking and more). The relationship develops in a way I did not see coming and the dirty sex is bundled in with sweet loveydovy boyfriend/girlfriend stuff which I think is awesome. So few games has kinky sex to this degree in what I would consider a healthy and loving relationship (usually the protagonist treats the girl like shit outside of the bedroom which I find repulsive, you can have hot depraved sex without being a douche to your girl).

Just concentrating on that part of the game for me, makes this a 5/5.

Renders are poor quality. Lewd scenes are pretty terrible - it's just static images. Sadly, there's no improvement in the render quality at all and it looks to be stuck that way for the rest of its development.

There's really basic User Interface with an in-game mobile phone, that let's you text messages, etc.

It tries to make up for this with all the writing in-game and reading you can do. Story is set in England, which is a rarity.

One of the very best games I have played. Great choice affecting story and how the characters change. Beautiful art work. And the Steph character is such a fantasy. Really really fun. Definitely try it out.

Game version: [v0.11.3]

One of the very few games that manages to do realism right, while still having an exciting narrative. The setting is (mostly) grounded, the characters are believable and fleshed out. The love interests are actually quite different from each other and not just interchangeable sets of holes to add to a harem.

The sex starts off fairly tame and even safe (been a while since I've seen condom use in a game) but it can escalate into very kinky and rough stuff pretty quickly, especially with Steph (the blonde.) Now, nobody fantasizes about safe sex (at least I hope you don't,) but it's an excellent way to make the characters seem more like real people. It also leads to one of the hottest sex scenes in the entire game when a lack of condoms leads to surprise butt sex. Complete with dirty ATM, if you so choose (and aren't a square.) This game actually dares to go places when it comes to kink that you rarely even see in more "porny" games.

One of the problems the game has is that the different LI routes are somewhat unequal in terms of content. It's pretty much the Steph show so far, but the dev has acknowledged this and is giving the other characters more focus going forward. I'm kind of disappointed that Lydia herself apparently isn't considered an actual LI, she's the one I'm most interested in after Steph.

Renders are only decent, but the writing and worldbuilding is what really makes this game. The dialogue flows naturally, there's news websites to read and fake social media to stalk. The most recent update added a great soundtrack and even things like custom recorded in-universe radio segments. The dev is really going the extra mile with this game and it results in something that is the equivalent of "must watch television."

Renders are quite impressive.
I also like the Branching of the story.
Expressions of models in the game are precisely made.
I love this VN.
I am giving this VN 4 star because there's always room for improvement though it is quite good.
I like it because it has some parts of mystery element to it.

I love this game, definitely one of my favourites. It's far from perfect, graphically the author is improving but it's not great, anyway it's still good enough for me. The writing is pleasent and the story is grounded, I really liked that, characters are believable and I find myself replaying the game just to get the exciting vibes I get from the interaction with one of the lovely crazy and damaged LI. Play this game right now unless you're one for incest and over the top harem games.

This review is for v0.10.2

This really is a great find IMHO. Story is really interesting. I do love the fact that the person you're dating can affect other parts of the game. So it really feels like your choices do matter.

For me the strength of this game lies within the storytelling. Fappability is low because animations are very minimal and static images consists of very few frames and then the sex scene is over. There's literally one image of putting it in then, the next one is you orgasming. User interface's one huge problem is the scroll back feature that often snaps you back 20 clicks instead of just scrolling back one page.

Overall I'm looking forward for the development of this game seeing as the story is solid. For now 4/5 stars.

Fappability - 5/10
Story - 8/10
User Interface - 5/10

Pretty good game.



Im curious what will be next..



From character development , all the way up to story. So good game I haven't played in a while and trust me I have played many games but this one is just really good I hope the developer will continue because the game is really good.

characters are 9 out of 10

story is 10 out of 10

scenes are 8,5 out of 10 (I hope in future update's will be more spicier scenes if you know what I mean)

Overal I will rate this game 9,5 out of 10 (I never rate anything with number 10 because nothing is perfect so my highest score is really 9,5 out of 10)

I hope developer will continue on this amazing game.

Truly amazing game.

After playing v0.10.1, here's what I like and didn't like about the game.

I like:
- great and engaging story, I really enjoyed the action thriller theme. It is one of those well written stories that you rarely find from these games
- hot sex scenes
- nice renders
- the player can choose whether to pursue a relationship with other characters or not

I did not like:
- the sex scenes would be better with more animations and POV shots
- not much sex scenes with Ellie yet and I hope that there will be more in the future updates
- it seems that Connie Frankland is not one of the love interests, shame, I really like her especially with blonde hair

All in all, it's a great game with a great story and lots of sex with hot women so it's a 5 star for me.

Interesting Story, which engages to read it, not just skip. Interesting tidbits in local newspapers and a betting minigame.
Three love interests, with different personalities and kinks, whereas one is splitted into different paths with Trophy Wife being my favourite.
Good renders of scenes.

I must say, this game has blew my mind. I honestly thought I've played every good erotic game on this site but this one is beyond words . The main advantage it has over dozens of other titles is that it offers not only vanilla sex but also something more kinky, sometimes even hardcore stuff and it does so with taste. Games like Starless are too much for me, often they're way too disgusting and one must skip too much to enjoy it (IMO of course) but this game caters to people looking for something more unique while at the same time it does so with proper refinement.

Pros:
+ Very good dialogues and story, writing here is in the top 5% of all erotic games I know. It has interesting twists and turns but still remains realistic enough.

+ Characters are varied and extremely well-written. They react to our disposition and responses accordingly, there is no randomness here and they behave in character. Their development and development of the potential relationship is also great, well-paced, logical and intriguing.

+ Multiple paths and women to pursue, with meaningful choices and non-obvious conclusions. Even decisions that don't reward us with sex scenes are extremely interesting (I don't want to spoil too much but MC has quite a lot of room to operate and we have a lot of freedom for a VN).

+ Many exquisite sex scenes, I was surprised how much content this game has. If you will play it be sure to make different decisions during replay because it offers much more than one would think.

+ High replayability, even if we would focus on the same woman we can develop our relationship with her differently depending on our choices. It's nothing game changing (some slightly different scenes) but it is above other erotic games that lack such subtlety.

Cons:
Can't think of anything meaningful but if I had to point something out is that it lacks sound (I don't care about music, maybe sounds during sex scenes could be added but I'm not sure even since this doesn't diminish the enjoyment I have when playing this game).

All in all I rate it 10/10 and ultra-rare Sunabozu's seal of approval.