VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Family Matters [Ep. 1-13] [Perv2k16]

Okay, let me get this straight: I've dropped this "VN" not too far into the story, and here's why.

The writing looks terrible. Dev's obsession with periods and inconsistent spacing makes the text look disgusting, and it almost literally hurts my eyes. I hit the red X when I saw "))" in the character's speech. This is all simply too strong for me, but I guess it should be alright for people who don't read this crap.
Also I do dislike edgy main characters. Maybe MC gets his development in the future, sure, but once again, how can I know when I can't read that, right?
In that short while I've got to experience the game's mechanics, like helping a woman collect the scattered stuff from her bag. And it shouldn't require that many clicks on each as it does now, because making an action require more clicks doesn't make the game more fun. At least for me.
However, the visuals are good, so again, if you don't look at the text at all, the game might be fun. Can't say for sure, since I prefer the "novel" part in the "VN".

We are at episode 8 and so far I have seen 3 handjobs and 2 blowjobs scenes. I'm all for build up but at some point something has to happen! One of the character is a whore so why can't he fuck her at least?

The game is extremely linear. Only 2 or 3 choices actually matter. I would prefer more meaningful choices but that can excused if the story is good. What annoys me are the non-choice, the dev put a single clickable choice to make you feel it's a game but it's just irritating. The flow of the game is stopped just so you can click 'Continue' without any other choices. What's the point?

And when is the mother appearing? I changed the name 'Landlady' to 'Mother' at the start of the game but I still haven't seen her.

I like the renders on this game; the girls look wise like all of them (Julie and Vicky are the best in this category for me), background music is always welcome.
I enjoy the mafia story, not sure what is next.

However hate Julia and Scarlett's attitude, they are two f*ing whores, they must try to get into every single girl's pants. I hope they split and Scarlett can go away.
I much prefer Vicky, the actual hooker, to both on them. (she is my fav)

I get the cliffhangers at the final of the episode, but what happens is no pay off of it on the next episode.

Male dom fans rejoice!

Story: Overall plot is pretty good. Not the most intricate of plots, but there is some mystery and sense of danger. There is a you against the world type of thing going on. Something like Borne series.

Renders/Models: Oh yea. This is really great stuff. Not the most incredible scene compositions, but its very solidly above average. Lighting is good. Renders are crisp. Models are sexy as hell. These models are not all that unique though. We've seen all of them in other games. Still, they are gorgeous to look at.

Characters: I like the MC. He is pretty badass in a do what I gotta do and take care of business type of way. Not the roid raging asshole kind of badass. Sis is pretty cute and getting infatuated with the MC. The prostitute companion has some depth to her. Other side chicks not so much yet. Not the most memorable cast you will see, but not bad.

Writing: Overall, its quite good. There is a bit of Engrish here, but its not as bad as others. It's quite good in fact. It's enough to get all the meaning across and manages to not sound stilted most of the time. Maybe slightly lacking in versatility to really bring out a character's uniqueness, but it makes a good attempt. The pacing is alright I think. It's pretty unfortunate that there is no penetrative sex yet, because I mean... the first girl introduced is a literal prostitute. Could have shown some sex at the beginning and throughout for this character. But overall, I don't feel like the pacing of the story as it is now is too bad. There are still a lot of erotic scenes throughout. And the main plotline develops at a reasonable rate. Now the problem seems to be the time between updates and the regularity of it. With that in mind, maybe a slowly unraveling plot and slow burn build up might seem like a problem and I will concede that point.

Sex Scenes: Yes, there is no actual sex at this point as far as I know. The things that are already here are very very hot though. There is lots of teasing and build up. There are blowjobs that leaves the girl's mascara running. There is a spanking scene that turns the ass red. There are some decent dream sequences. All of this is accompanied by very sexy male dom dialogue. If lovey dovey sex is boring and you want to call some girls sluts while you face fuck them with your magnum dong, the scenes in this game will work for you. Things can only get spicier from here.

Gameplay: Just your run of the mill VN.

Guess thats about it. It's a very soild VN that could be 5* with some proofreading and consistent updates.

Art is awesome and the story is good so far. Renders at this level are hard to come by and the character design is good as well. One thing I do have to touch on is the fact that the faces for the characters look very similar.

I will second Amedore's Review:
According the patreon of the dev, "realism and life-like situations is a feature of the game. I will try to stick with it as much as possible." Great premise, true?

Well then, the game starts, and the main feminine character so far, the angel-like teenager sister results to be a lesbian with uterine rage that tries to fuck the girlfriend of her own brother in a dressing room of a shop after knowing her for mere minutes. And then, appears the girlfriend of the sister... that is even a bigger whore!!!

It is a waste to have such great art accompanied by all the nonsensical writing.

Finally sat down and played this one. (ep7) So far I like it, the woman are attractive and the overall story is good. The renders are very good as is the lighting. They are not Philly Games quality but on par or above what is expected these days.
I do have a couple of critiques.
1) If the only option is to answer the phone, why make it an option? Too many unnecessary clicks to give it the illusion of gameplay. Unless additional choices will be offered in future updates its a waste of time.
2) Another Robo- Horse cock MC
3) Woman are hot but all too easy to attain undying affection from. Unless this leads to consequences later on, hopefully.
4) While the Engrish is not as bad as other games, a proofreader would elevate the overall story.

Overall a good story, hot women, and a bit of suspense thrown in. It just needs abit more care in the choices available and basic English grammar to push it into the four to five star category.

Models 10/10. Only a few games on this site have amazing models like this game. Really well made. Of course they are models, so not a reflection of rl

Story 10/10. Story so far has been thrilling. So much can still happen, which makes you want more updates. You play a bad ass, who doesnt want that.

Content 7/10. Content is top nodge, though very slow. Not much when updates are released, when compared to other creators/games.

Cons:
Not a native English speaker and you can see that in the text. I dont really mind it, cause of the pro's above. But it can be annoying if you are a grammar ****. Though I have seen worse translations

I just hope the creator keeps updating this game. Cause it was abandoned once.

I could safely say that this is one of the best adult games I played so far.

Renders:
Amazing and beautiful. Definitely top tier quality.

Characters:
I love their design. Girls look amazing, hot and beautiful...but I think Scarlet should get another hairstyle.

Story:
I find it interesting and I'm intrigued by it. The MC is a badass so it is a plus for me.

Lewd scenes:
Okay, there's no actual sex yet but dem they were hot! The scenes were very detailed!?! lol...Close-up shots on the genitals are a plus.

Dialogue:
The housemate and landlady dialogues should be fixed if you knnow what I mean.
I'm mostly fast reading the story so I dunno about the grammar lol. I think it's alright. I love the dirty talking part...really dirty! It helped a lot.

I've encountered no bugs.

So the game is harem, another plus for me. I just hope there's no NTR in the future updates. Well Vicky is an "escort" but I think she is someone else like a secret agent...oooohh

I just hope the game will only get better but most importantly, will be continued and finished because it is a gem.

The graphics and rendering are really good. From the best I've seen insofar.
However, I'm honestly charitable with 3/5 due to how bad the english translation is. Also the text progression seems awkward. That's sad, cause otherwise the story seems promising and the game misses alot from this.

The art looks great, and the women are drop dead gorgeous, but the gameplay is hampered by odd mechanics and inconsistent characters.

There are a couple of scenes where you have to click a certain part of the screen to progress, and it's not really obvious where you are expected to click. There's a scene where you have to type a password, but the password isn't given. The password is implied to be a company name, but it's actually the company initials (CW). I only figured that out after looking it up online, and people in the comments section are still having trouble with it to this day.

It isn't clear what the main plot of the game is yet, so there isn't much to say about that yet. You work for a mysterious organization, deliver a mysterious suitcase that contains a mysterious item. It's all rather vague at this point.

The main character has multiple dialogue options in the first part of the game, which is great because players can shape their characters. Unfortunately, these choices are far fewer in the latest chapter. The game has lost a lot of it's appeal now that I don't have any significant control over the main character.

I really liked the game at first, but these last updates have been disappointing. I still think the game has a ton of potential, and could be great with only a few minor changes.

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The new update (v1.7) removed all hope I had for this game.

A great start, reminds me of Depraved Awakening in plot/themes/characters and sex scenes.
I love the characters so far, especially Vicky and Scarlett who are the perfect mix of slut/submissive/perfect girlfriend.
This game has lots of lovely dirty talk.

I see a lot of potential in this game and I eagerly await its next update.

All the girls are gorgeous, the story is interesting for now, I like the mystery of deciding to confess to Vicky or not.
The narration is great (not too boring and not tot concise).
The only donwside (and it's a very small downside) is the presence of those single choices (especially in the dialogue with Vicky after the police questioning). I don't get their purpose other than breaking the immersion.
I don't know if there are multiple endings and how much certain choices affect the game, but a walkthrough would be great.

The rating of 'Poor' is based on the overall gameplay experience. You see, while the graphics and renders are pretty good, these are massively undermined by the poor writing (mild but constant Engrish), poor choices over interface interaction (in several scenes you end up randomly clicking all over the screen to find invisible hot-points that add NOTHING to the experience or pace of the story, just because the dev has seen clickables in other games and wanted to include them, but without context, design or purpose. The game also requires extra clicks to transition scenes, making it just constantly annoying. It's like the guy has shares in Logitech and wants to wear out the lifespan of your mouse faster without caring that it makes the gameplay experience very poor indeed. Some of the minigames can thankfully be skipped - and trust me, you'll want to because there's no pleasure or point to the minigames which are largely "guess randomly where to click next" disasters.

The game could have some serious potential, but to reach it there needs to be a major change in focus. For the interface to be this clunky and unpolished after 6 episodes just tells you the dev doesn't care much for either quality of his product, or the level of experience provided.

According the patreon of the dev, "realism and life-like situations is a feature of the game. I will try to stick with it as much as possible." Great premise, true?

Well then, the game starts, and the main feminine character so far, the angel-like teenager sister results to be a lesbian with uterine rage that tries to fuck the girlfriend of her own brother in a dressing room of a shop after knowing her for mere minutes. And then, appears the girlfriend of the sister... that is even a bigger whore!!!

The initial premise is good: a young guy into a criminal organization trying to keep this part of his life in secret in order of keeping his family and friends safe, and at the same time, trying to live a normal life... But the game pretty soon becomes a generic soulless stupidity.

3D renders are OK (except the ridiculous crack whore makeup of the girlfriend of the lesbian sister ); not great since the characters look to generic, but OK. As well as the game mechanics (except the minigames of looking for something hidden to click into the scenes, that are annoying, as 90% of minigames in porn or erotic games). Most of the characters are OK too. The escort girl and the lady next door are pretty much generic, but are not specially bad characters compared with the ones of other games. But the character of the sister and her girlfriend are killing the game. Too lesbian, too slut and too brat the both of them, even in a porn game, to bond with. Specially in a game in which "realism and life-like situations is a feature". Yes, a feature in a psychiatric sanatorium for the cure of nymphomania in teenagers

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."

I really enjoyed the overarching plot and twists in this game, as it encompasses all the classic elements of a good story. Although the standalone routes weren’t by any means remarkable, they were great at building suspense and a sense of urgency to figure out the pieces of the puzzle in order to solve the mystery. The universe of this games grows increasingly more complex and interesting the further you delve into the storyline. This demonstrates solid world-building and good storyline pacing by the writers.

Positives: Interesting story (being a criminal is a bit different in a good way), good renders and beautiful models. Also great that it's fast paced and no need to grind in order to advance the story line or get to the sexy parts. From what I've seen, the character build seems interesting.

Negatives: Language needs an overhaul, both grammer and spelling. Also, the progress with the sister is perhaps a bit fast? Finally, sex scenes within dream sequences are, imho, a waste of sex scenes that could be better applied as part of the actual game. The point of the game is to get the girl, not dream about getting the girl, right?

Hopes for the future: That choices matter in the sense that they (at least sometimes) create alternative outcommes, not just rewards for choosing "right" and punishment for choosing "wrong".

Replayed.
The most exciting situation hampered by the phone? It could have been at least after the confrontation. Where Mc would still have no idea then the phone. This point is disappointing.
Again, the game that challenges your curiosity. Another brilliant piece of its kind. The story really absorbed me and the continuity of the scenes is great. 10/10. There is nothing I can say. Tension, plot, and especially temptation where the player can go according to his taste. What more to expect from the game. More is not done, everything is here and elaborately processed.
The game is just exciting. Knuckle down to developer.

My views so far.

First of, the story excluding the adult content is very compelling and keeps you on the edge. Loved it.

The models are beautifully rendered and very pretty.
Loved the characters we have met so far. Chemistry feels real and good.

There was one instance where the sister was maybe a bit more aggressive then I though she would be. But maybe that is her personality.

In the last encounter with Nicole was a bit out of character for the MC in my opinion. It's barely noticeable and id not change my emergence for the game.

Update 2020/02/10
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Downgraded to four stars. The last few updates for me is changing some of the character's personalities. It's not bad yet, but the characters is a bit inconsistent for me. The sister being my biggest worry, Still like the game, still look forward to new updates, but it's not a masterpiece.

It really is a great game, the characters are very beautiful (especially the neighbor) and well rendered , the dialogues are very good, the story so far is wonderful and I am looking forward to the new updates