VN - Ren'Py - Drive to Nowhere [v1.6] [VisualNovels]

Story jumps around a lot, player choices are unclear in consequence (some making no sense) and lead to forced content. Not a lot of content so far, maybe 15 minutes, yet its over 3.5 gigs somehow. Pacing is too quick. But the bits and pieces could turn into a solid game, will need a lot of work and fixing.

nice game, really nice story and all only downside is some looks of the charakter and especially her body should be a little better quality and a little less hippie or a better looking hippie milf but i like it so far hope it goes well

The game is not bad, but it has one flaw. The problem is choice, or rather, the lack thereof. I play to see all the content, but the plot of these games doesn't allow me to enjoy all the scenes, forcing me to choose between them. The game concept is interesting, the scenes are good, even if not always complete, but there's a ton of pointless content that leads me to make the "wrong" choice, for some unknown reason. Lolis, MILFs, shotas—we want to experience them all through the scenes the game offers, and for that, we're grateful to the authors for their work. We don't come here to guess whether a good scene will happen or not, and certainly not to skip through a ton of pointless conversations from the main character about nothing in particular. Why do I need that? Why does the author need that? What's the point?

Story dident to much for me, its more weird then anything else.

You have MC and hes mother living together and for idiotic reasons shes also there when you fuck people which will never make any sense to me, atleast ask her to get out of the fucking room.

Which leads me to forced sex scenes, your pretty much forced to be a pornstar, you got 0 choices in that and who you fuck is just based on lust points nothing else.

And thats another issue that the forced sex scenes has nothing to do with story and add nothing to the game, its just there because of who knows what, feels like its rushed and its just added to purely to have a sex scene, or like someone else said just to be able to use the tags, i dunno its just a weird game, which reminds me of the werd random futa scene that came out of the blue? i was just thinking "wtf is going on"

The animations are below average by quite a bit and cam views are pretty much shit.

Theres a few girls i could like but the main girl or woman i should say with her ugly saggy tits would never be a LI i would go after.

I dont really see how anyone in their right mind can vote this 5 stars, that means it would be around the same level as the very top games which makes absolutly 0 sense to me.

i really like the raw atmosphere and vibe this game gives off. the taboo theme the grittiness all just makes it a very enjoyable experience, keep up the good work. best of luck with this / hoping for more frequent updates but i understand

Story was instantly engaging and the production values are top notch. Ambient sounds, music, sound effects. There are a handful of animations. The guy making this knows something about film-making based on some of the 'shots' in the game. I insta-subbed to his patreon after playing.

What stands out most are the realistic, deeply nuanced characters. Each one feels like they could step out of the screen and into reality, with motivations and personalities that go beyond the surface. The game’s attention to detail, from the expressive facial animations to the thoughtfully designed body language, creates characters that truly come to life, making their relationships and dynamics feel authentic and emotionally compelling.
The blend of eroticism and storytelling in this game is unlike anything I’ve played before. It doesn’t just rely on surface-level appeal; instead, it takes you on a journey that explores intimacy, connection, and passion in a way that feels fresh and authentically daring. The mature themes are explored in a thoughtful manner, adding to the overall complexity and depth of the experience.

v1.5 but has less content than some demos I've played. Game takes at most 15 minutes to read everything and complete it, this version ends on a cliffhanger, which is fine for a weekly tv show but for an h game feels like the developer intentionally blue balling - not into that, so 2 stars.

Looking back at this review I realized I forgot to mention that the angles on H scenes are atrocious, it's comparable to school fights recorded on a phone but the phone is pointed at the floor half the time.
1 star

Look very promising .
Renders and story on. All routes looks good and naughty, and it is good thing I waiting the futures updates.
Keep up the good work.
In 1.5 little bit short now, i hope more content coming.

Hello! I don't like shallow stuff, made to masturbate like a mindless horny dog. I had a very pleasant surprise after trying "Drive to nowhere", it seems like the kind of story made for guys who have at least two active brain cells. I congratulate the author for his attention to detail, the realistic atmosphere of the game, the way the women look, their facial expressions, and what they wear. Man, and the way the cocks and pussies look in this game really contributes to the realism. I hope this story has a long run, I give it 5 stars without hesitation. And I don't give 5 stars easily.

Version 1.3

Deep down we all know that realistic incest is not pretty. So to make a story realistic, you need somewhat darker take, like in this game. Story does happen in gritty world and at this point it does feel pretty realistic take on darker side of humanity.
Writing is good and creates interesting personalities for the characters. Like the mother, who clearly is a complex character. There is no long internal monologue or useless chit-chat. Story does move with good pace and keeps reader on toes. Every conversation feels meaningful.

Visually game has unique look that does support the overall style of the story. Graphics quality is not the best. Hard to say anything about the "sex scenes".
The mother looks like realistic take on a person with her past. Her looks does make it easier to take the selfish path. The game does make it clear with multiple ways that this is not the familiar "worship and be a white knight for your beautiful loving mother" -story. But there seems to be a path for being a decent human.

I think this game has all the right pieces to be a great game.

This game is simply not good.

The story is pretty generic and makes no sense. Mom and son are on the road after leaving the dad/husband. They stop at a creepy motel with a perv front desk guy. The mom has a phone argument with some unknown person about something that has no context and no relevance to the story.

The renders are ok. They have a vintage filter and indy film frame on them that isn't my style. The animations are mediocre. The transition animations are like 2 frames per second, and the lewd animations are a little better, but not great. The lewd scenes are dropped in randomly, with no context, and no relevance to the story.

The models are weirdly proportioned, and the main LI is really homely and just not someone I'd pursue as the MC.

And the most egregious of all the game's fault... The dev basically crammed in as many little snippets of content as possible into a 4 minute game to be able to add some popular tags to clickbait players into trying it. There's a 2 frame sex scene by 2 randos, the gross motel guy and a young girl, so they could add the loli and vaginal sex tags, which was mostly removed in the second version so it's not even valid anymore. The gross motel guy watches them sleep on camera to get the voyeurism tag. There's a weird 2 frame futa scene out of nowhere. The mom gives some random, unexplained handjob to get the incest tag. It's a really low effort attempt to get clicks and downloads.

I tried this based on the high ratings and was extremely disappointed. It is bad looking. The tags are inaccurate. The plot makes no sense. There's surprise futa NTR in the game with no warning. If that's your thing, go for it, I guess.
But for everyone else, this is one you should definitely skip until it's accurately described with the tags and makes any kind of sense.
The 5-star ratings are shocking for something so basic and new, so I am trying to balance them out. Truly a road to nowhere.

VERSION:.1.2 RE-REVIEW: 1.3
SUMMARY: Starts off OK, but is and becomes more inconsistent as you play. Its setting and artwork primarily, and may appeal to the fans of darker elements of human nature.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context.

1. Model Visuals............................................. : 3
2. General Visuals.......................................... : 4
3. Animation Quality....................................... : 3
4. Character (Persona).................................... : 3
5. Story Quality & Pacing................................. : 2
6. Writing Quality & Dialogue........................... : 2
7. UI & Game-play Mechanics.......................... : 3
8. Content Amount & General Quality................ : 2
9. Sounds & Music.......................................... : 4
10. H-Content & Fetishes................................... : 3

Average: 29 of 50 possible points giving a 58% rating i.e. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

PROS:

1. Sounds effects are pretty decent, ambient is good, music fits the scene, conveying the emotion, even lewd sounds are good (where there are)
2. Models are done well, MC looks like an 18yo and "mother" fits the mature bill, tits are saggy and she has a slight stomach that goes with "having a kid". so works well and she isn't really pretty, just a plane Jane mom look, which actually works very well in terms of realism.
3. Game-play mechanics are decent, interacting with the environment but subtlety e.g. tapping the reception bell
4. The themes hint on darker elements of human nature, the motel clerk kid scene which may appeal to some.
5. Being able to set the age and relationship parameters are a nice feature.

CONS:

1. Style of the game feels like its from the 60s but they have wifi, tube tv with modern remote, land line telephone that is more modern than much of the other items around, making the game feel less consistent than i'd like.
2. Choices when there are none, while sometimes having interactions in the game world are nice, its stupid when the only option is that ONE option.
3. Other noticeable things are silly but apparent, like the MCs burger being some jumbo size thing the size of his head, but he eats it with one and like a lego character would...this again adds to the inconsistent impression and simply poor polishing of the VN...how hard is it to "shrink" a fucking burger render to be in proportion to a characters hand...why not eat the burger with two hands, too much effort to design that? Come on man...
4. The last 5min of the game become incredibly inconsistent, with the weird "dream" the MC has, to his "mother" jerking him off for really no reason apart from being a slut This is further compounded but the story she spun, it sounded like she lied to her son and told him that her sister screwed her husband and not the other way around. Then you add the poor dialogue and yeah...last 5min the quality just tanked...
5. Inconsistent tags like futa content in the MC "dream" is not mentioned, is this real, and something to expect in the future. What of other tags or missing ones
6. Short and has little to give it a decent review, however this game does poor enough to not warrant even this review IMO.
7. Quality has improved a little, or rather, its as good as the start of the game, before the weird shit with the futa dream. The 1.3 content however is only 2min worth of content and I honestly don't know why the dev bothers with this, spend time, make enough content to actually make the worth the effort to even download the update, this is a waste of time and NONE of the two options in this version have any content worth bothering with this "update"

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context which could be useful to the developer.

FINAL REMARKS, OPINIONS & SUGGESTIONS:

• Not sure why some developers create VNs that look like they set in 60s or 80s but the technology is that of today. I understand if having graphic assets are hard to create or come by and there are abundant ones from 60s or older eras, but then keep the game in that timeline dont screw around like you have some artistic license to do anything. Some more examples, I mean the MC looks like JFK ffs, the whole motel scene is straight out that era of the move Psycho, the TV is tube and still has ancient dials, but wait, the MC has a remote! GTFO!!! oh and the boarder around the screen, like a film reel? So again...wifi (sign board)
• The motel clerk scene where the clerk is molesting his own kid, a kid that is at most 16yo? while this is probably true and happens/ed the dev should watch for trouble with underage suggestive content (just saying). The darker themes are not bad, if anything there it does pull a particular crowd, leans to more mature content which has some appeal.
• Choices when none are required or there is only one...This can and should be avoided by just having the next scene roll in and the VN continue normally. You are not bullshitting anyone creating "fake" interactions to make more a "VN" experience and less kinetic novel...
• As a side note and comment, this developer is infamous for their half baked and planned VNs. I am not surprised to see the same trend here, but I will be fair to say the level of VN has improved slowly but surely with each VN. It would be nice though if they would complete a VN before starting a new one and instead of churning them out like an assembly line, perhaps read comments and develop VNs accordingly? Just a thought...

TLDR:

Fairly decent game, with potential, but does feel inconsistent, as if the developer either got bored making it and started throwing random stuff in to make it work or was simply not bothered to follow through and create a well planned VN. Particularly when it comes to aesthetics and the setting of the game being from different technological and social time periods.

The VN feels incomplete and like something that was clobbered together and put out for people to try. This is typical of this developer IMO and the VN was fairly OK until the last 5min of version 1.2.

I gave it 3 stars, because it starts off reasonably fine and is in a way the best content this dev has delivered IMO. However 3 is gracious and I would lean toward 2 stars more. This is not a good VN, not in its state, but could be.

More like an experiment than a real game.

Code errors at lines 1420, 1424. Sloppy choice of music tracks (I'm pretty sure dev didn't pay Pink Floyd or Pat Ballard).

Images 4k on my 2k screen is a total waste of bandwidth (1.5 Gb for several minutes of gameplay???).

I don't know why they cut off that couple of "loli" images (especially having those selectable age & relationship), but now this game is even more flat & bland than it was at the Demo stage.

So the dev is experimenting, trying to make it more entertaining, but that just adds confusion. E.g., why would I have to click burgers at the diner (if I can't click tacos or anything else)?

Conclusion: it's some sloppy, poorly made stuff.

The only good thing is the story (namely, the dramatic situation), hence the 2nd star in my rating.

Even so, at the moment it's more promise of the story, which doesn't mean the story will be actually any good. And it's probably only for those who like son-mother incest. Not for me.

[v1.2]

ugly looking women/LI's are an immediate uninterest for me

MC looks like they're 12 in some shots especially slide where you enter age

motel clerk's wife's daughter looks pretty young

lewds are terrible

not much interest in this one IMO dev should be focused on their other works not creating another game

Review of [v1.2]

Pretty dark adventure horror game, looks VERY GOOD.

You're traveling with your Stepmom (you can edit the relationship), although it's not entirely clear to me why, and you're heading to some pretty shady places, like a seedy hotel and other places where things happen and you meet some pretty creepy people.

The game is quite well done in terms of detail, lighting, writing, and animations.

The only downside is that there's very little content since it came out a month ago...

PROS

• Interesting Dark Horror Adventure
• Good Writing
• Good Renders
• OK Animations with Audio

CONS

• Your sepmom is not very attractive
• Very Short

RATING :

Content: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sound: ⭐⭐⭐
Renders: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Animations:⭐⭐⭐

Final conclusion: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ DARK PORN HORROR ADVENTURE RECOMENDED

Extremely short. Very little content. Loli tag refers to a 6 second sex scene involving an old nasty clerk and his love interests yound daughter. Not even that got. Mc and female mc have no sex scene. Not even much sext views to be honest. Its a start but not really a good one. Not really enough content here to make a strong judgement from. Could be better Could be worse. Needs way more content to fet a better rating. Not bad looking characters but seeing no nudity from them its hard to rate their looks. What we did see was kind of nasty to be honest. The loli was not bad but the pig was disgusting. Who knows what her mom looks like as there was nothing to see. Not sure if this will actually be continued despite it being said it will be because that would possibly require some actual work to generate it. Maybe in a few years this might have enough there to be worthwhile. Looks like a money suck game novel to me. Pay for 10 minutes at a time. Hope I am proven wrong. The characters actually looked interesting.

It's a fairly short intro but packs quite a punch really. Seemingly setting up for a great story line and already has me drawn in wanting to read/discover more. Renders are quite good and best part apart about them is the character models and appearance all visually fit their roles quite nicely. Reiterating what was said by another reviewer, realistic looking. Also, as stated already, loving the in-game option to change relationships, names and ages.

Only potential negative - Game hints a bit at possible NTR paths, with the only erotic scene in first release not even involving the MC. However, I wouldn't judge too early. (NTR doesn't personally bother me but there seems to be a hate trend on F95 towards anything NTR)

Overall, definitely an excellent start and definitely looking forward to further releases. Not enough here and far too early for me to consider financial support but might be a good one for those that don't mind getting in and helping out early on a promising VN.