VN - Ren'Py - Exploring the Big Apple [Ep. 5] [Dimajio333]

The FMC is depicted as someone who cheats over trivial reasons , which makes her actions feel unconvincing and lack depth. The game overall doesn’t deliver a strong experience. The sex scenes are brief, often just a few images, and don’t add much to the story or the overall gameplay.
The pacing is another issue, things move too quickly without allowing for proper character development or slowing down to build a more engaging story. Some situations also feel unrealistic, like a married couple being comfortable sleeping next to a stranger. The animations and poses feel stiff, and the characters’ expressions could be more dynamic. The game feels underdeveloped and could benefit from more thought and refinement in various areas.

An excellent improvement on models from previous games fram same creator. Interesting story and although currently miniscule the difference in branches gives a good replay value. Slight continuity errors in parts of the game when taking a route the creator does not recommend but otherwise mostly error free and rather well written. Looking forward to where the story goes and recommend supporting the creator.

I just HAVE to start by saying that Dimajio has absolutely perfected his female character designs. I can confidently say that I've never seen any porn game character quite as dropdead gorgeous as Emma. I hope she'll keep getting dressed up in fun new outfits (the secretary look is just amazing).
The male characters range from good to okay. The MC has a bit of a weird face, and especially in an early scene (the one where you eat out Emma for the first time) he looks kinda goofy. Martin and the professor both look good.

One note about Martin: He starts off REALLY weird, and I think he didn't need to be. The protagonists ignore that fact, it's never an issue, so I think he could be less of a creep and that would make sharing Emma with him even hotter (since personally, I don't enjoy thinking of my S/O in danger).

-The story: A Dimajio classic. So far, I'm loving the lack of characters pretending to be asleep or refusing to talk to each other for (IMO, cheap) tension. Emma and the MC are very open to each other (except on the cheating path, which is to be expected).
The sharing path is basically the standard story. It's pretty good, everyone is quite happy.
The cheating path has some very hot scenes, but it's definitely not for me. Emma goes from 0 to serial cheater in two scenes.
The vanilla path is wholesome, but nothing happens. Understandable, it's a porn game after all!
The cuck path (I don't know what else to call it) is my favorite. The scenes are just as hot as in the cheating path, but with the wholesomeness of the sharing path. The MC doesn't get involved, but Emma still consults him and it's clear that they care for each other. It's great.

Honestly, so far, this might rival my other favorite Dimajio game, Lost In Paradise. I look forward to the new updates and I absolutely recommend this game to anyone that likes NTR/NTS/other games from this dev.

This dev is so damn good.
Definitely one of his best efforts after PE,.
The model is pretty, scenes are fine and the story follows the same plot line as his previous games but I still wait for new updates.
I'd give 3 star to the game as this does follows very similar path and if you have played this dev's previous games you might find things repetitive but still somehow dev makes the game worth waiting for, remaining 2 stars to the dev, making it a total of 5 star game (for me).

Love this game and all the routes. The updates are frequent and the lead is really good looking and the sex scenes are good.
Only one small thing lacking are the options as collective make sense with very few options can change the path but that is actually not a big deal for me, that's why a perfect 5 start game. Brilliant. Waiting for next updates.

None of this makes any sense. Seriously, a young married couple would never sleep next to a lecherous photographer they don't even know. I realize that realism isn't necessarily predictable, but why does it have to be so awkward? I don't like that style at all.

I kept putting off writing a review because I believed it wasn't right to post one too early before the game had progressed to a certain point, but now I think I've played enough.

I believe the author has done a fantastic job of capturing the thoughts, words, and actions of people who may be unaware that they are cuckolds. I particularly admire the author's ability to describe the protagonist's perspective and feelings as he observes the situation.

While I feel that other characters in this work might be a bit too intrusive compared to previous works, there are many other strengths to this game that make it worth overlooking that minor point.

Name is really misleading they barely explore anything in the big apple.

Jokes aside the rest of the game is ok, but like a lot of these games it has phasing issues, i do like the general idea of the game/mechanics.

Renders are nice and although i like that the game focuses on one certain story it does make it advance too fast without any alternative characters to slow down the advancement a bit.

Really enjoying the game. I have played all of the other games by the same creator. Satisfied with the ending of those games. The creator has a track record to finish the game, so it can be said that this one too will not be abandoned.

Consistent character art and good animation.

The other games were a bit short. Hoping this one would have a bit more story.

EP4.

I'm a big fan of NTR/Corruption/Sharing/Cuckold stories. And this Dev is really talented with his stories and games. I loved 'Pineapple Express' and 'Exploring The Big Apple' might even be on course to top that.

Nice renders. Hot female MC. Really good writing. And I love the two character perspective of the same day.

All 3 branches(Cuckold, Sharing and Cheating) although quite similar and repetitive in some aspects, are really beginning to branch out into their own excellent and hot storylines now in Episode 4. So I can't wait for Ep5 and beyond, and will be keeping my eye on all this talented Devs future projects.

One of the best game I have played so far.
Really nice renders, I like when the plot is slow and its well driven here.
Maybe introduce some blonde character in the futur ? Please keep it slow
Good job

Review Version : Ep. 4

For a NTR / sharing game this game impressed me and was more enjoyable than things I did not like but I do have some mixed feeling on this game at the same time

The Good

The relationship between the MC and his wife

The branching - This game has pretty good branching for a NTR / sharing focus game. The NTR has 3 separate subs paths depending on your choices. Cuckhold , sharing but slowly together as a team / with consent , full on sharing ( tho this path can also be considered cheating to some)

The context of the scenes I find kind of hot even if the scene themself it's all that hot but this dev does a good job building it up through context.


The Bad

While you are given the option 1 or 2 MC point of view. I find the 2 MC point of view a bit to repetitive.

So far the game kind of feels empty it mostly revolves around 3 characters but I assume that is going to change in the next few updates

The cheating options. The 2 scenes I consider cheating it kind of just happens and I did not expect those choices to lead to it. Would be better if scenes that could be considered cheating made a bit more clear. One was easily able to backtrack and pick the other choice the other the choices was alot further back.

The Okay

This isn't bad for me personally as I really like it but it can be depending on the person. But right now most of the NTR scenes are long distance which I find kind of hot if im being honest. Since the wife does tell the MC about them. But if you want or need the MC to be involved it might be bad for you

Overall a really good sharing game so far and can't wait for more it is alomost on the same level as my favorites within this genre but a little improvements here and there could be one of my favorites.

I feel compelled to write this now after a new release just occurred, with a few other reviewers being critical.

I very much enjoyed the latest release, and am surprised to see cold reactions.

Artwork: Best it's ever been in this dev's history. Skilled use of DoF is starting to become a regular thing, most renders are pretty to look at, and the wife's model is quite attractive.

GUI/UX: Standard renpy experience, nothing special but nothing bad - has clear indicators for things like corruption level. I enjoyed the inclusion of the spy pictures on the laptop, something players looking for an "in the dark" mc playthrough will like even more.

Music: Good, stays consistent with this dev's past habits of emotional piano bgm and occassional sound effects for interjections or lewd scenes.

Dialogue/story: While the initial premise setup may cause a few raised eyebrows, it's certainly not outside of what's reasonable for the porn game world; believable enough in its own right. Past that, I thought the writing was solid, there's no engrish, it's all very clear to understand. The wife's narrations were also well done, and didn't feel cheeky or tropey to me.

Mechanics: This is where the game really shines IMO. At the time of writing, there are four fully fleshed-out paths, all with subvariants all containing unique dialogue and renders. Rarely do we see games with multiple paths appealing to often divergent interests all get equal attention.

The only kind of player I wouldn't recommend this to is someone sensitive towards a roommate male hitting on their wife (but nothing more). For anyone else, I would strongly recommend playing it.

As artwork and game mechanics are by far the two most important aspects of a daz renpy game, 5 stars from me.

It started promising and it rapidly going down the hill.

The characters are well described and the art is fine quality.

The plot is ok, nothing crazy sophisticated but credible.

What is wrong?!? Well the thing that almost all those adult games developers get wrong. The sex.

Sex scene introduced so far are one ok (just ok) and the other sex scene is merely a checkbox exercise. Filling the games with sex scenes that last 5 images is really poor delivery and it doesn't dignify the concept of adult game.

Lisa game for example nailed what sex scene should look like. That is the standard I look as comparison

Here's an example how to not make a porn game. Plot is utterly ridiculous, dialogues are awful and renders while decent on the surface are mediocre at best due to bad posing and lack of animations. It seems like we're watching some mannequins having sex. The corruption is also done amateurishly, with no believability. Very low effort game.

a bad copy of many games produced by this DEV, the characters always act in a very boring way, poor visual expressions of the faces, without interest, bare and basic graphics, an announced corruption, a porn video in the form of a comic. no real point of novelty or change of pace.

Played a bit but....

None of this makes any sense at all. Seriously, a young married couple would never sleep next to a lecherous photographer they don't even know. I realize that realism is not necessarily to be expected, but why does it have to be so clumsy? I don't like that kind of style at all.

Just finished playing this, really enjoyed it. Lovely renders with none of that annoying animation, where the characters look odd during sex. A simple story told well, with nice pacing/development. Gave me "dry throat" a few times, which is always the sign of great work. The young couple/older man dynamic is done well in this, in that is doesn't do it at the expense of another man. This is about a couple exploring their emotional capacity to handle sexual taboo, which clearly interests them both. It's a big thumbs up from me.

Well, what can I say - this is a homer....out of the park, if you're an NTR lover.
I know a lot of you are not, so please don't diss this if NTR is not your vibe, just move on.
For those of you who like this genre, then this is a great story of wife slowly corrupted into a horny slut. What more can I say?
The renders are great.
The story is really good (and from an obviously native english speaker)
No really good animation, but nevertheless, the mostly "stills" does a great job of visualizing the story.
The dual perspective, is a nice feature which stretches out the story, but mostly in a good way (with minimal dialogue skipping).

All in all - a solid 5 of 5!!