VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Estate : Dominate [v0.36.1] [Henissart]

This VN captures the complex emotional sides of bondage and submission. I am exceedingly pleased with the depth that the different mistresses and submissives' display! This is not just another "femdom" title with a physically abusive bitch who denies the MC and slaps him in a cocklock. Definitely not a source for some quick and dirty fap material. If you have any positive memories that involve B&D or are ever wondering, "why would anyone be in to that?" this would be a good fit.

Brilliant game so far, I really liked it ! The renders are great and the story is very original. I would have made the MC's outfit a little bit different, but beside that, this game has a really good start and a great potential !

I'm looking forward for future updates.

Good job guys ! Keep up the good work !

5/5

Came for the renders, stayed hypnotized for the psycho thriller vibe, superb dialogue & characters, the tension... High stakes sex scenes. Lots of psychological violence, be warned.

Try "chapter 1". You'll be surprised. There is nothing like this.

Promising story, a bit slow build up, beautiful females, uncommon characters , strong and unique personality's , for the luck of animation -1 star.
I'm sure with some more effort and few more add-ons, it can climb up, especially if they add animations.

Three updates in and this game seems to manage something very difficult. It is a sexual game, without that many sex scenes yet, something that many other games have failed at.

As its title, suggests, this game has a lot of femdom in it. MC and Heather find themselves in a seemingly inescapable situation and they have to make do to the best of their ability. That doesn't mean MC doesn't get his chances to challenge authority, but the payoff seems distant at this point. It's safe to say that if one enjoys games with an alpha MC ,dominating everything via big dick magic, they won't like this one. The setting itself requires a far more subtle approach from the MC if he wishes to get the upper hand somehow. And even when he seemingly acts dominant, he might be still playing the game the ladies want him to play.

It's pretty apparent that the game has strong influences from Starless, a Japanese femdom game that's often considered among the best VNs. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to go to the extremes Starless went with its scenes although it still maintains its own brand of subtle darkness. What they have in common (beside cruel hotties) is very good writing and characterization, something rarely seen in porn games.

And writing brings me to the main feature of this game. While you won't see it in the tags(corruption instead), this game is all about mind control. But not the silly type we often see in these games, with their potions and spells and spirals. But a more insidious type that's so realistic it gets a bit creepy. Both MC and Heather are being manipulated/conditioned to act in ways they normally wouldn't. This is achieved by putting them in stressful/uncomfortable situations that open them up for suggestions or outright orders. The ladies of the house seem very skilled in exploring weaknesses and taboos to push the right buttons and "mold" the two protags. Especially Elizabeth seems to have a hypnotic quality in the way she manipulates them.

The writing is so good that makes this an afterthought, but make no mistake, this game has some of the best renders around. The girls look gorgeous.

I only have two gripes with the game. One is more like a worry. I'm not sure how the dev will construct the paths to have a MC with enough agency without being a dick to Heather (and sometimes Anja). If you go all out in a dominant route, you act like a supreme douche to the people who deserve it the least. And of course, the other way has you being as beta and subservient as it gets. There seem to be some "middle ground" choices but not sure how the game will track them to make for an actual route with enough scenes. Also not sure how it works if you decide differently, case by case, instead of strictly following a dom/sub route. The second is the length of the updates. With a good amount of time between them, they seem a bit short. Although their quality kinda makes up for it.


Update 9/21 : Sadly I'm forced to adjust the rating of what's a 5star game to me. But since I always take dev practices into consideration, I can't ignore what this has turned into. One update a year, with maybe a couple wallpapers offered to engage Patreons. It's easy to tell when a dev is really committed to a project and that doesn't seem to be the case with this one. And in my view, uncommitted hobbyists shouldn't attach crowdfunding accounts to their project. I wouldn't be surprised if this gets the abandoned tag soon.

Terrible game, that is borderline NTR, with no warning that the game has NTR'ish elements.

This game is also abusive, again with no real prior warning.

You are given the illusion of choice when you have none.

It's a really pretty game and I like the story so far. I like how there are different results from choices too. The only things I don't like so much are how some of the characters look. Not the renders as they are great, just their looks. I think the main guy looks ok, but he's not super hot just decent. I want to see more of his body and especially his package.

I think the older sister doesn't look that great but I think she will be my favorite character. Isabella looks very attractive and when I see Heather, I think she is pretty ugly but I legitimately think chubby people are not attractive so I admit I am harsh on this one and I know she is supposed to be a little fatter for the story.

The third update really was a letdown because this time the slow burn really didn't build up good psychological pressure at all...

Edit: I had to change my review after the 0.6 release, because it's my favorite one after 0.2, which I still think was the best. I also now understand the difficulty of writing and rendering a femdom game and his art is so damn good!!!

I think the game is one of the top games here at F95 !

Oh my... the Dev really know the twisted dynamic in a femdom relationship. It's a mature story with an great immersion boost . I can literally smell the danger is coming from the mistresses. This is so hot guys, i can tell. My hands were shiver at the "teetime" scene. Hope the Dev will
follow this dark path in future too. perhaps next time with "cookies" to the tee *Smiles*

The renders are supreme too.

+ slow game, but good slow
+ great images
+ good characters + writing
+ good music
+ nice fetishes ( tea scene )

- still short because its new

Great start and potential. Can become one of the best on the site.

Great start nice slow erotic burn, this has the prospect of becoming a really great story/game.

Interesting focus on emotional responses from the characters , certainly intensifies humiliation and submission elements of the story. The righting is stronger then you would usually expect. I am looking forward to where they take it next.

This is a pretty decent VN, good characters and kinks, it appeals to my personal interests

It has rather an excess of internal monologuing though. Theres a lot of situations where the main character will go on for several minutes imagining things, while nothing is actually happening in the story, and i find myself frantically clicking through those to get back to reality. At one point he sits and imagines another character's whole backstory based on nothing, when he could just as easily be asking her for the actual story.

the setting and atmosphere are great, but wierdly psychological. The mansion is clean and pretty with the right sort of oppressive air about it
A lot of time is spent examining minute reactions and expressions (often accompanied by the MC monologuing about what he thinks they mean.) It almost reminds me of anime, in the way that a person does one tiny thing, and then we spend the next few minutes looking at how everyone reacted to it. In general the story overanalyses things too much and this drags down the pace.

Finally, there's the choices. There are a loot of choices, but they don't seem to matter all that much. Usually its a matter of choosing how the MC feels about a situation, rather than choosing what he'll actually do. This can be irritating sometimes, as he repeatedly flaunts the rules of the mansion despite my best efforts to follow them. Whether i like it or not, he's gonna do something he shouldn't, and the only choice I get is how he justifies it to himself. This creates a rather frustrating lack of control. Being passive is normal for VNs anyways, but its wierd to be asked to choose despite it not changing things.

I can't fault the story or characters, but the writing style feels like it focuses too much on thoughts rather than actions, and the result feels a bit padded out. You'll look up from playing for an hour and realise that not much has actually -happened- during that time. I'd like to see the characters think less and do more. Which is an odd criticism i know.

Overall, i'm intrigued and following this. Its flawed but has good potential, ill try to update this review again after future chapters

Personally, I really like the themes, the concept of the game, it's how I think a game like that should be done. With one exception: the choices in the game have no affect whatsoever. The most evident proof being when you're asked if you like shaved or bush, but whatever you say end up in the same result. That was a deal breaker for me, as I figured I didn't have mutch control in the game as I would like to

Some solid development happening in this game, could see raising it's rating in a few more versions if it keeps at this pace. The only con that could detract from it, the path choices aren't as intuitive as they should be, this game will either need a walkthrough, a mod, or clearer wording to avoid needless playbacks or excess old saves.

I really like the theme of the sexual content in the story so far. The Dom/sub theme is depicted really nicely and while it is NTR-ish, it isn't really NTR (the girl in question is a sister the protagonist just starts to notice as a being of the opposite sex, plus the antagonists are all females, so it doesn't qualify in my books).

The visuals are OK, for 3D renders. Have seen better, but also much worse. The overarching story itself is "meh", but not outlandishly terrible. It is a porn game and by that standart it is good enough.

Objectively the game (or rather kinetic visual novel) deserves three to four stars, but I personally find the realistic/plausible approach to the submission and humiliation theme very refreshing and hope to see more soon.

I have just found out about this gem today and am absolutely in love with it. Here are the postives:
- Gorgeous renders in 2560*1440 resolution nonetheless, amazing!
- Different body shapes and sizes for the girls
- Fantastic writing. Possibly some of the best I've seen around here
- incest implemented in an original way

Some criticism:

There seem to be different routes in the game (dominant and submissive I suppose?) but it is absolutely unclear to me which choices lead to which scenes. After finishing the game I checked the image folder and noticed there were several scenes I've missed. Some very hot ones too. So going back into the game it took me a lot of going back and forth to figure out how to get the other scenes I had missed.

I think the dev should make a walkthrough or ingame cheat option available that explains which choices lead to which scenes. As right now, it does not make sense to me.
As with all VN's, I wouldn't mind a scene gallery.

All in all a fantastic game that I can recommend to anyone who is into great renders, good story writing, incest, dom/sub and dubious consent.

You have earned yourself another patreon member and I hope you take my constructive criticism into consideration at the very least.

edit: changed my review from a 4 to a 4,5 star, which means it's now rounded out to a 5

This game is just plain hot and I'm not even into the dom/sub fantasies...or at least I didn't think I was before playing this game. The sexual tension is exquisite between the MC and Heather...for those that are into it, applying the incest patch is a must. The women are all beautiful in a lusciously different ways...nice to see such a variety. Very impressive renders. But it's the writing and direction that is the star of this show and I am anxiously awaiting the next update.

Wow! Just wow! This felt really artistic and the tension you feel in some of the situations is great! I can't really decide, if I want to go the submissiv route all the way or to stay a bit more dominant. Both directions have their appeal. I have to admit that I didn't though there would be a scene like the first one this early, but I was great! Heather is just amazing in her role and you see her slowly accepting it. Anja is still a little mistery in how silent she is, but in terms of looks she might be my second favorite after Heather (not totally sure!) Isabella grew a lot more on me this update! I mean I still want to bend her over the knees with her bitchyness, but I can't deny her slender petite body She definitly feels the most cruel at the moment, although I am not sure about that There was especially one scene, where the shine in her eyes was incredible! That image was actually my favorite in the whole game. Not too much to say about Mistress von Stern other that she has the most amazing looking calfs! Then there ist this new girl Elizabeth, the older sister of Bella. The first thing you think about her is that she is pretty innocent and a nice person, but somehow she feels a lot more sinister than Bella and I think she can be a bit more "crazy" in her way! I like her design a lot.

This game shows incredible promise. It is great to see a Ren'Py game which actually includes strong elements of Female Domination and seems to be setting up some Foot Domination scenes as well. Most foot content in these types of games is really tame, so I hope to see some genuine Femdom scenes. With this first installment, I can say with confidence that this game has a very bright future!

Guy and female friend work as servants under two dominant women.
I'm not overly into femdom, but still found this pretty hot. Enjoying the conversion of Heather. No sign of sissification so far, which is fine by me!
Graphics are nice.

One of the best 0.1 versions I have seen before. I am very much into the mental/psychological aspect of domination so this is probably something I will like if it goes that way. If the game progresses well by 0.3, I will definitely go on Patreon and support which is rare for me as I only support two games right now. (need to get that far to at least 0.3 to see both consistency/quality of updates matching 0.1 and the direction the story takes)