VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Faded Bonds [v0.3] [Whispering Studios]

VERSION: 0.3
SUMMARY: Vanilla family relationship game, with basic visuals and story.

PROS:

1. Nice looking models
2. Story is simple and starts off with a slow burn but pace expected for a "family" relationship game.
3. Writing, structure and grammar or not bad, some errors here and there but honestly not horribly bad from what I could tell.

CONS:

1. Vanilla, pretty boring for me, does have a more wholesome vibe to it albeit "family" relationships being frowned on (IRL)
2. Visuals are pretty basic for a game of 2024 TBH, animations are at least not stills but its still all at best average quality.
3. Audio is non-existent and while this is not a deal breaker, sound done well (not talking music) can make a game much more immersive.
4. Would prefer a little more than skin and bones on the younger love interested but they are suppose to look young so its ok, still
5. The entire incest thing is a bit forced, not EXTREMELY but enough to throw the player off a bit. Lets just say things escalate suddenly, but not entirely expectantly either (if that makes sense)
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6. Also, game could use a gallery option...

TLDR: Basic family affair story, not exceptional or very interesting with basic visual and dialogue. Not bad, but I consider this a "filler" kind of game while I wait for updates on games I primarily take interest in.
I'd give it 2.5 stars but its closer to 2 than 3 TBH.

Man, I really really want to like this game it has everything I like.

The setting is hardly original but I'm a sucker for it.

The girls are pretty, there's even a pretty milf in it.

The renders are ok, good enough for me, but they are not state of the art for 2024

The animations are weak, but I really don't care much for them anyway.

The writing however is bad. I will forgive an author for not being a native English speaker, but this is just not very good at all.

The most frustating thing though is that scenes just happen out of the blue, no build-up, just BAM! we have a scene. Sure you do get a choice to watch it or not, but come on, I want to at least have an inkling of what's going on.

So all in all only 2 stars even though there's things I like about it.

This visual novel tells the story of a man who, after his father's death, was placed in an orphanage along with his sister. He earned a college scholarship and achieved success with his company, becoming very wealthy. Simultaneously, he had a failed marriage with a gold-digging woman and had three daughters. They decided not to officially separate, but agreed that she would move out and take the daughters with her. Meanwhile, he turned to alcohol until one day he woke up in a hospital bed, with the doctor giving him little time to live.

The above account is a summary of the main character's (MC) story before the game begins. The game actually starts when the three daughters unexpectedly show up at his house, following the cliché common to many visual novels.

Of course, we have a daughter who is in love with her father and another who hates him. We spend the game trying to win the girls' love or corrupt them.

I found the game quite average , neither bad nor good. Not much happened, and in the final part, it seems everything was done in a hurry, as scenes from one interaction are abruptly cut to another.

v0.3 Review - It's a poorly written story about a rich guy with a huge dick who is reunited with his estranged teenage daughters and proceeds to bang them. Sounds average to me. 2.5 stars.

Broken English, grainy renders, low key animations and choices that didn't seem to effect the so called story at all.

The game seemed good at a short glance but fell short so unfortunately this is just one of those games you soon forget.

Story 4/5
Story is MC has split up with hes wife and for some reason they are still married even though they dont live together and the wife has boyfriends so that part dident make to much sense, but in any case the wife drops the 3 kids off at MCs house to let him take care of them, so pretty classic incest story.
The other part is about MC owning a company and sinces hes sick he needs to find someone to take it over so it dosent fall into the worng hands, so it will have to pick one of the daughters.

Its a pretty decent story really, it does lack in H-scenes so expect it to be a bit of a slow burn.

Theres alot of spelling issue like words in the worng place and if you rename the girls it gets really weird, i renamed them all and did stick with Lucy on one of them, at one point text box said Lucy and dialog was "you really shouldent be so mad at Lucy" something like that, 2 seconds later Sophia or whatever sits at pool and i renamed her to Zoe but MC text shows Sophia, it happens to much that your better off to not change the names or it gets really annoying, so there is quite a bit to rework in this reworked edition a proofreader would be a good start.

Girls 4/5
I liked all of them, not much in diversity but thats fine with me since i like smols so it suited me just fine.

Animations 2/5
Yeah they need work, they are short and quality is nowhere near what it could be to day.

Music 0/5
Well cant rate something that arent there.

Content 1?/5
Yeah i really dont get the content in this one, i expected ALOT more, its 2.6 GB it has 0 music and 2 very low quality H-scenes, so i have absolutly no clue why its this big, it really feels more like a 400mb demo then anything else.
My guess is that its due to being a rework so they are using old files from a point where there was alot more content, which has been removed from the game, its the only thing that would make sense to me.

It does have a chance at becoming a great game but as it is right now (v.0.2) its a bit unreal how many 5 star reviews it has recived, it really isent anywhere near 5 stars yet.

I will revisit this once it gets some more content and change my review then, but for now its really only a 2 star game even with a good story, quality is just lacking in to many other areas like the poor writting with to many mistakes, renaming girls which dosent work, to low quality with animations, no music and so on you get the picture and if you dont mind that stuff then go for it, story does make it worth playing.

Can't wait for the story to continue. I tend to love these stories of single guys and their daughters coming to visit after 15 years. Entirely unrealistic, but good fantasy material. The models are good in this one, and I will definitely get the next version when released. The download needs to be compressed because its crazy.

The best thing about this game are the designs, there is no doubt, but I still think that it can be improved more, especially in the animations.

The weakest part of the game is the grammar and the story, I would have preferred that the progress of the game is a little slower to get to know the girls a little more but I guess that can be improved in the future.

I'll keep an eye out for future updates

Hot models, and it's a decent father-daughter fantasy.
The writing contains quite a number of issues, mostly in grammar, but also in quality. It would probably be better with a slightly slower burn in the beginning, but it works fine if you just want to rub one out.

All in all, with a bit more updates, this can be a pretty decent wank, but not really up there with the memorable games.

Version 0.2 reworked was done much better. All the girls at home are beautiful especially Avery. Really enjoyed the story much more. The game Dev's listened to most of the positive suggestions in this thread. The writing and pacing of the story has improved,allowing us to see more of the girl's personalities. There are still a few mistakes with words used in a few instances but easily understandable. If the story continues to unfold slowly so we're getting to know and feel more about the characters this will help keep the romantic options believable. Wish them luck.

The Dev has released 2 games in the last 5 months with only 1 of them receiving 1 update. I'm not sure what that suggests about the future but it's something to think about, especially since they said they are going to try to update monthly.

As others have mentioned, the White lettering on the White background really detracts from the story as you have to stop and kind of guess what the Dev means.

Again, the spelling and grammar need to be checked over. Hopefully that will come sooner rather than later.

The story has been done multiple times on F95 so is not groundbreaking but that's ok. It's not very good in this instance yet. Maybe in the future it will improve.

Graphics aren't very good. The characters are cute that's for sure but have really dumb static expressions on their faces such as when the MC's sister is having sex w her dad. He looks like he hates every bit of it and only has 1 expression.

MC is weak, things happen too quickly and in a very unrealistic fashion, also the supporting characters are really boring.

Maybe one of their games will improve with updates and experience. Might be better off waiting to see just what this Developer delivers.

I like the premise as a nice way to introduce a nice leverage for someone who wants to play the corruption route. Nice start to lewds on the corruption path. The romance end happens basically at a point of convergence for those who might want to take the sister's advice in this demo. It's far too early for anything to happen aside from letting your daughters know that you won't play favorites (even if they might want you to). For those who might have an issue with it, one LI does have sex with someone LONG before you even considered doing anything with them (in canon).
The models are pretty good and the animations are pretty standard but at least they are animated. The daughters look fairly young though the nieces are definitely loli IMO.
English is a little rough but nothing egregiously so.
Honestly a nice solid demo of a project that sets a fun premise. That being said it could go off the rails (from what I might prefer) depending on evolving tags but it looks pretty solid. Nice to have a nice carrot for possible debauchery LOL

Amazing game. Many people are saying the premise sucks, but this is more realistic than your daughter falling in love with your beer belly. The models are hot and the situations are hot, very excited to see where this goes. Great pilot, don't listen to the haters dev

(0.1)

Lot of reviews right now boil down to people not liking the premise, which isn't really fair.

That said, the game isn't very good at this point. It's too rushed, for one thing, with no buildup whatsoever before MC's daughters start trying to jump his bones. None of the characters display any real personality to care about, and what they do show doesn't make them very likable. The conflict set up so far makes little sense- there's no reason why the MC should be forced to give everything to one daughter and leave the others with nothing. And the writing mostly consists of short awkward sentences of the MC's internal narration, which isn't very gripping.

Most of that can be fixed with relative ease, but the central premise of "your daughters want your company and are willing to earn it on their backs" needs reworking. It's not actually a bad premise, in that it's fairly original and gives a unique narrative reason (beyond 'penis big') why all these girls might be willing to sleep with their father. But the author needs to do more to justify why it would even be necessary.

The Dev made story changes since my review so I upped my rating for this VN. The story was greatly improved. The writing still needs more proofreading but that in itself is a relatively easy fix.

The flashback scene with the sister was removed but it really didn't bother me to begin with, I think some way over reacted to that one. As I said before, the models look great but their characters are much better, I look forward to seeing where this goes now. Well done on the changes.
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I think I can see where the Dev is trying to go with this V/N but there are some issues.

First and biggest one is none of the characters are likeable thus far, including the MC. His reaction when his daughters showed up can only be described as cold. He definitely isn't a simp, an often misused term but rather standoffish. He acted like they were a burden. He was more concerned with their mother spending money. Frankly at this point he deserves the girls treating him as they do.

At this point I wouldn't call any of the girls an LI as they aren't very loveable. The criticism towards the sister in the beginning is unwarranted however. They seem to have no real affection for dad but he also doesn't seem to have any for them either.

The MC is yet another one with a horse dick, a very overused and tired trope. Come on Devs, stop overcompensating. A normal sized penis is okay, dare to be different.

The writing needs some spit and polish, grammatical errors, mixed up pronouns, stiff sentences, etc. Also in places the text is almost impossible to read due to it blending in with the background.

About the plot, one thing that doesn't make sense is the whole one person takes everything. There is no law that says it has to be that way and is actually not done that way as a general rule or things could end up in court. Also in the case of the MC, he is still married to the girls' mother so she'll get at least half right off the top if anything were to happen to him, regardless of any will. Also leaving everything to just one daughter and you'll end up in probate court with the other two claiming a stake so I'm sure a lawyer and financial advisor would advise against that.

The visuals aren't bad and the models look pretty good. Kudos to the Dev for not giving all the females 3 XL boobs and butts.

There is a fair amount of potential here with some tweaks to character personalities. Make them more sympathetic and relatable.

Probably one of the worst games tagged as harem and incest that I played.

The only good thing this game has is some pretty models other than that is pure trash.

+ Some pretty models

- Simp Mc
- Mc daughters are just gold diggers for mc money, doing anything need to get the money
- Mc sister was fucking her and mc dad, the scenes of her fucking the dad are forced for you to see, read and so on
- Mc dad leaves everything he owns to mc sister because of course the dad was fucking her and leaves mc penniless, the sister after working hard with her pussy to get everything to herself didn't even care about her own brother
- Mc gets on track makes a fortune and then decides he want to get closer to his backstabbing hoe sister and like the simp he is he accepts everything and you are forced in a relationship with her
- Mc wife is doing luxurious trips alone leaving the mc and her daughters at home while she enjoy the rich life probably banging every dick she sees while mc is paying for everything
- MC partner in the firm is a asshole and wants to get mc shares of the company, then the asshole presents a new secretary for the mc and like the simp that likes to get rekt by other's that the mc is he accepted her without any questions whatsoever.
- White text in white background
- Forced content
- Every LI is trash

Game has potential but needs spell correcting. Also needs to change the font color as it's unreadable at times. Just ignore the usual NTR comments as well. So yeah right now I'd say it's average but with improvement can be better.

Missed opportunity. The story should double down on its strength, not sitting on the fence. Well, fresh air is fresh air. The renders are decent with a reasonable amount of effort put into it. I hope the dev can step on the gas in the next update, no point of being mediocre around here.

First and foremost, FIX THE DIALOGUE BOX!

If you can't read what's going on, you don't really know what's happening. Outside of the women wanting to have sex with the MC to make sue they get the money and the others don't.

Summary
I would skip this one until there are several updates added. For the intro I'm getting the feeling that it's just women wanting to get the MC's money and nothing more.

So yes... this game.. is probably one of the worst made harem incest games. Women we cannot trust, even our own daughters, because they only want MC's money and they will do anything to inherit everything from MC.

At the beginning of the game, we are immediately shown a scene that should not be present in any harem incest game. Sister having sex with her father (yes, she is the future main Li, for sure).
We also have MC's wife, from whom MC now lives separately. She chose a luxurious life, expensive trips (she probably cheats on MC on these trips too) And who pays for all this? of course MC! Plus, they haven't divorced yet.

The daughters come suddenly, at first glance they seem sweet and innocent. But these are only appearances. They have only one goal, to get the MC's money by pretending to be daddy's dear little girls.

Sister inherited everything from dad, leaving MC with NOTHING. After years, MC suddenly wants to reconnect with her! During the conversation, we also learn from the sister that MC's father did not leave anything to MC in his will because.. he KNEW that MC would achieve success on his own in the future! what a good dad!
We also have a scene where the sister explains to MC her past with their dad. And OF COURSE, during this conversation, we are forced to look at the scene where the dev shows us how she had sex with her father, how it started, everything. Dev probably also wants to please a another audience. In a harem game!


So yeah.. for people who came here because they saw these good tags - incest, harem, you have nothing to look for here, because it's not worth it.
English in this game needs improvement, it is obvious that English is not the native language of this dev.
Animations are not that good in this game.

That's it from me.