Ren'Py - Fashion Business [Ep.4 v6.00 Extra] [DecentMonkey]

I played this for about an hour before calling it quits, it takes some real talent and hardwork to make navigation in a ren'py game as painful and as tedious as this. Absolutely nothing in this game made it worth my time, story is as basic as it gets, all the characters were annoying, etc. People keep praising the renders and scenes but ive only managed to see 3 scenes(none involving the main character) with all of them being so awfully boring and bland.
If you have the patience of a monk then by all means play this game, I definitely won't though.

This game used to be good but became more and more diluted with boring and frivolous story content of annoying characters. The game navigation is below average and slow with annoying fade transitions and unnecessary (and fake) menu choices. The story progress is slow confusing. Also the sex-scene to blabla ratio is very; VERY low. This is sad since I liked the original story setup. I quit playing.

Well the game has lots of good points mainly the main character and Melanie that are something else so amusing. The game can become addictive making you want to see more and more.

However why they thought having to click constantly is a good thing? Walls of text that is unskippable if you haven't seen them. And often making you replay scenes and lines you already saw dozens of times cause you reload the game in another day and didn't go to certain parts of the map in a while. There are lots of text that could just not have been there. Or they should have a skip even unseen stuff, is easy to spot when there will be only talk for quite a while.
It becomes so ridiculously long it is easier to speed click the left button make the wall of text pass than go to History to see if you miss anything that important

The second thing that annoys me is the micromanaging. going to kitchen to eat, bath and toilet there should be a way to skip the animation ahead after the first couple of times. but for me the worse is clothing, why it asks to change in certain places and others forces you to waste time going back to change clothes, I can't understand. For example why needing to go all way back to your house or apartment to put dress or whore custom when it could just skip that like in other times, I know some are part of "punishment like those when you are a maid but the other make not much sense when you get the apartment

TL.DR:
The game is amusing, but if you don't want to spend hours clicking like an idiot and do some silly micromanagement cause you get bored easily, than skip this one ahead or try just a way to check the gallery or something. The tedious parts of text and grinding are the ones lowering my note to this game

if this had just a "skip unseen" and automatically do some of those microactions it would remove the tedious parts by a lot

Beside the animations and high quality renders, there's nothing else good about this game.
1- Terrible story, a woman who was rich and out of sudden she became poor that she even had to work as a maid because she didn't have legal documents? In which country does this happen exactly?
2- The engine is supposed to be Renpy, however it works like something from the 90s! The game is always slow and always bugged with lots of glitches
3- Overused blackmail with no story progress, you literally humiliated Monica in every way possible but somehow, we still get more blackmailing content.

Disgusting characters in a joke of a story which is not only horrible but also is so stupid, I'm sure it'll lower your IQ by several points. Completely linear story progression. Sluggish and terribly designed interface preventing autosaves or going back like we have in other Ren'py games. Pointless animations showing the same scene multiple times from different angles, as if we're supposed to enjoy watching a bunch of animated Daz characters. Very grindy game play which is required to make money and also progress in the story. I honestly can't think of anything good to say about this game. Quite possibly the most annoying game (besides a few mini-games, it's more like a grindy VN) I've ever played on this site. Most definitely not worth downloading 20GB for two "episodes", wouldn't have bothered if I knew it was this bad.

By the way, the so called "story" is basically comprised of a bunch of rape, humiliation and torment scenes mainly focusing on the main character and are connected by a constant chain of blackmail towards the MC and the other relatively "good" characters, by the ones who somehow seem to know everyone and hear everything happening in the city. Even though the MC is presented as a shrewd, ruthless businesswoman, the story doesn't allow her to blackmail anyone, despite presenting numerous opportunities for her to do so throughout the story. The way the game presents the MC as a "bitch who needs punishment" starts to make less and less sense as you meet the other characters in the game world who are much worse, which also makes the torment she has to go through completely unjustifiable. What makes this game even more annoying is that some of the characters seem to have plot armor, they are all inexplicably omniscience for no reason other than to irritate the player. You might find the occasional childish humor funny, but overall, the story is stupid, obnoxious, annoying, depressing and seriously disturbing.

False and misleading tags: sandbox, corruption.

No sandbox: This is by no means a sandbox game as there's no game play involving player creativity or choice. You simply follow through a specific story line and are only given a "do or don't" choice and by declining, you are stuck in a story that doesn't progress and there's no game play there to entertain you.

No corruption: Even though the game seems to track a "corruption" score, it's not used in any way that affects the MC's personality. The MC remains the same as who she was at the beginning, so there's no "corruption" to talk about.

I don't have a *ton* to say about this game. It does what it sets out to do very well, I think. Perhaps the corruption (at least, up to 2.1) is less so corruption than it is someone just doing things out of necessity. I guess it's debatable, but regardless, the whiplash from high status living to very, very low is really well done. The scenes feel maybe a bit too far and few between, but once you reach a certain point after a couple hours they are easily accessible.

The one thing that sticks out most to me is the writing. It is tolerable, but I don't think english is the author's first language, so a lot of dialogue/monologue sounds like anime villains, as they describe things that don't need to be said aloud. It's not the worst, but it is kind of annoying to me personally.

Overall, I think it's worth your time if you're as drawn to corruption tags as I am.

-Sometimes getting into single interaction requires shit ton of work.
-Things develop slowly (altho its not a problem for me, but i still wanted to imply it for the sake of being objective)
-Game is kinda heavy, memory wise, i think. I had crashes every four or five hours of gameplay.
-Some missions could've handled better.

Welp, those are the main bad things about the game. If you can tolerate these the rest of the game is perfect. This game is my 4th favourite on the forum and i played shit ton of games here trust me.

I actually wanted to give it something like 4.5/5 rating but its not possible and i saw people in reviews section said unfair things about the game. This game is not a "VN" its a "Game" if you cant tolerate clicking here and there then check the title first if it has VN tag on it then play it.

10/10 renders and story progress is something of an exotic art. DecentMonkey has been releasing constant updates and I have found no major problems with the game so far. If you like a good story and character progress then this is the game for you, don't know how many people the dev has working on this but the amount of work put into creating this is extraordinary.
One happy gamer.

I never reviewed anything cause didnt really saw a point in it. Here i can see it. If my post will save just one innocent soul or at least help you prepare for whats to come ill be happy.
Im not going to ignore the obvious - the models, art and renders are beautiful, MC is gorgeous, but thats it really.
I didnt have much problem with the grind everyone talks about, i just didnt really even get to this point. My main problem with this game is its plot, its story. And thats the reason im writing this at all really. Out of nowhere the story gets dark. Oh, boy, it does. Dark and ridiculous. im talking about the prison subplot. Before that everything is fine, kinda stupid but its a porn game, i can live with that. Author trying his best to show us that MC is a bitch, but she's not really, she's just a spoiled child, who doesnt know that her actions can have negative consequences. I'd say she's not evil, just so naive that she lives in her own world. And because of that this sudden deep dark shit is just depressing. You dont have a feeling that "she gets what she deserves", you just feel sorry for her and want to stop her suffering. So, the prison. It was a "make or break" moment in the whole story really, cause its the first time when MC faces the fact that she's not invincible. It was the perfect moment when MC could grow as a person, start to see right from wrong. It was so promising and i thout thats what will happen. It would have been good story even if you take all the porn out of it. But no. Oh, no no no, author have different plans for her. In the "make it or breake it" moment story didnt just broke, it shattered. This whole prison plot gets so ridiculous that i wouldnt be surprised if at some point aliens would come in and start singing about Santa Claus, it makes no sense. And it gets so dark that its no longer a humiliation, its a damn torture. And then all the Marcus and 'farm' shit comes out and thats like... its like Goblin Slayer meets Berserk kind of dark shit out of nowhere casually thrown at your face, except Slayer or Guts will not come to save you. Its just painful to see really. If you dont like to see people suffer better dont try it, i'd say. Im not talking about 'haha i suffer, punish me daddy' shit, its like a real torture, and if youre the kind of person who easily gets immersed in the story like me, you will be tortured with the MC and thats just brutal.

I usually never write reviews but this game deserves one. Haven't even finished it but so far I find it highly entertaining! Well done to the DEV and thanks for putting in so much effort into it! One can clearly see that a lot of thought has been put into this game with love for each plot and the scenes.

Episode 1 is really only the intro and the game starts properly in Episode 2. I really 'hated' (in a good way) the MC in Episode 1 and then started to feel sorry for her in Episode 2 which shows that a character can be well developed over time and doesn't need to be so shallow as is the case in most other games unfortunately.

Yes there are occasional stereotype plots and characters in the game and there is a lot of demeaning behavior from some of the NPCs but it fits so well in this game that I find it never annoying. But then you will find friends in unexpected places. It creates a balance and is relatable given the context of the game. That's how a story should be implemented.

There is an aspect of 'hunger' in the game that I find well implemented. You can turn it off in the menu if you like. It is so well done though when you end up with no cash and need to eat and have to make ends meet no matter what. It literally creates the surroundings and build up in this story organically as a side note. This is much better than most games where some form of background feels forced.

Everything looks and feels HIGH QUALITY!

Sometimes the wait time between screens can be more than in other games but not annoyingly so. Maybe that is a RenPy issue. I like the free roam options that really come into play from Episode 2 as well as the sporadic change of controlling another character in the game. Well done!

Occasionally you have to click 1 or 2 more times to get to a certain location (mostly in MC's house in the basement to change clothes) but I was never annoyed by it. It always makes sense. I think this game is not meant to be rushed through but taking time with it and exploring the various options slowly. The amount of different scenes you can do (e.g. in the 'red light' district) while still exploring other story elements is brilliant!

Yes the story is mostly linear but at the same time you have so many paths to explore and can skip some if you wish. I think it fits and makes perfect sense. The amount of content is INSANE! Really really well done. Some of the NPCs look super ugly but in a good way! It adds so much to the game and makes it much more realistic. Don't worry, there are still more than enough really hot characters. All with their own agendas and schemes. Perfect!

Top implementation. If I could give 10 stars I would. That is why I don't understand some of the low ratings here at all. DEV --> if you are reading this: don't listen to any negative reviews here. None of them are justified in my opinion. Keep going with this great work!

As a tip for players and no spoiler: I would recommend being the biggest b*tch in Episode 1 you can, because it adds so much more depth in Episode 2. Maybe making it slightly harder but also so much more fun! Try this game now. You won't regret it!

EDIT: After some continuation I wanted to add a few more things here for anyone interested: The story does go quite dark (and I am still not even at the end). Most of the humiliation and extreme corruption can be avoided but not all of it. Some of that really isn't my cup of tea because it is just too demeaning and hard to watch if you care about the MC . It goes way beyond sex I guess and includes harsh punishments and exploitation .

Some of the NPCs are seriously cruel and vile in their behavior. Makes you wonder if (and that is probably and unfortunately a 'yes') that stuff happens in the real world. How sad.

Again, this isn't my thing. Some people might be into that sort of stuff (as long as it is just game fantasy and not in reality!!).

However for the evident effort and hard work on this game I am still sticking with 5*, giving the DEV credit for the work done and achieving a very solid sandbox game with many subplots and beautiful renders. This is unlike most other games in this genre as there really is a ton of content here to explore.

The graphics used are truly excellent. They are doing a very good work. The plot is intense right from the start. The characters well characterized. But it's really repetitive, to unlock something new you have to do the same actions 40 times and size starts to be a problem.

Requires way too many clicks for a simple interaction, turns into a grindfest real quick because you end up just trying to click through as many menus and submenus as possible. The dialogue is also incredibly stupid, and nothing about it makes sense.

This is the game to play when you hate the world and want to see everyone punished, yourself included. There are no likable characters, if they aren't evil predators they are pawns in service of such. Story choices determine if you have a bad ending, or suffer humiliation on the way to that bad ending. The map is pointless since the story is linear. Much of the story hinges on MC's vanity, most other character renders are plastic surgery disasters with oddly angular heads. That said, it's fun to watch bad things happen to bad people and this game lets you do just that.

This game is something of a mix, with much that is unique. It has an assertive, interesting female protagonist, which most games here lack. It has top notch graphics in unanimated scenes. It has a far more interesting plot than most games here, and more interesting characters. The developer has probably the best schedule and productivity in this business.

This is somewhat counterbalanced by some factors. The unanimated scenes are much more sexy than most of the animated ones. Much of the sex may feel bad if you want both parties to enjoy it. Considerable repetition of routine scenes is required to complete much of the plot. This latter problem could be solved by adding more spontaneity and randomness in the events, but the RenPy medium makes that very difficult to do.

This game is worst vn on this site why you say simple the grind, you have 2 meters that you have to fill a corrupted and a bitchiness meter the bitchiness meter when it's fill means you will not see any sex scenes in the game which is why is that even a thing the other is corruption meter the grind for the first couple of hours is the worst of any bad korron mmo i have played to get the meter filled a bit in the began of the game you have to go to the food guy our do be a maid in clean our you can steel the problem is that you get like 1 point in there is about i think 1000 points you have to get earn and that's not even the worst part of the game the characters and story is know it's a porn game but man do the characters suck the main character is meh and the other characters are the worst julla started out ok but once you go out with her she does a 180 in turns in to all the other peves and rapist in the game the models and the sex sncess are ok it's clear the dev puts alot time into them they get better with each update still there not the best I every seen but there ok the models are ok to but alot of the characters have this wired laugh that they do which makes the models look bad. the writing for this game is very laughable she was a rich bitch that had a empire would have been great to have her do what she wanted to other chartartes but nope you get blackmailed and raped by all the characters the only way to play this game is with the gallay mod that makes you skip all the lame grind of this game I would stay fall away from this game if you tell the dev game is to grindly you get called a troll and he reports you he kind of sniffs her own farts the game has a lot of bugs which is casued by the sand box there is 0 resson for this game to be sand box out side of the dev makeing the play time even lonnger but hs would get a 0/10 from me

Everything I'm looking for in a nsfw game! It's just perfect. It's so fun to be a bitchy boss and so hot to watch her fall and become more and more corrupted. I especially love the Office and Falling stoylines. Really looking forward to future updates!

I will start with the positives. The game is an alright corruption game with a female protagonist, who doesn't become a complete slut after sucking 2 dicks, so to some degree its a bit of a change from the usual. It makes the stuff she does carry a bit more weight and adds a bit to the humiliation. The art is good and so are the scenes although none of em really blew my mind.

As for the negatives...well everything else basically. One of my biggest gripes is that Monica is supposed to be this annoying rich bitch and you're kinda there to see her fall from grace and she's suffering because she's entitled etc., BUT every goddamn character in the game is the same or worse. Every character in the game will use even the slightest advantage/upper hand to blackmail for sexual gain without any consequence or remorse. Random people on the street will offer like 2 dollars to see your tits and any slight favor will warrant a blow job or something similar. This makes Monica completely normal for the world she lives in, so her being a spoiled rich bitch is completely pointless since everyone is a spoiled entitled asshole as well.

Second, i said Monica isn't the typical female protagonist, which is true, but that doesn't mean much. She does completely retarded stuff, the only difference is that she doesn't like it. Her internal monologue is always the same, shock, disgust then she does it, "what have i become" and then at the end she gets angry and promises revenge. Whatever.

Third, the gameplay is tedious as fuck. Its like the dev made it annoying on purpose. There's also no scene gallery, so you have to use a mod, which doesn't have all the scenes in, which again is annoying as fuck.

Forth, the story is just nonsense. I don't even understand why the game is called Fashion Business, since it has so little to do with it. I guess the idea started with the casting trope and a photo shoot, but that's about it. It really doesn't help that the game just doesn't take place in this reality. The characters are so unbelievable and the stuff happening to her are so dumb sometimes its really hard to suspend disbelief. I know its a porn game and we're all here to fap, but when i can show a guy my tits for like 2 dollars and then let him grope "me" for 5.... when Monica is supposed to be this hotshot boss, that should be at least a bit capable, you kinda go "yeah sure". Don't even get me started on the whole Marcus thing and some of the subplots go into insane directions.

Fifth and last, i don't understand why all the male's in this game (sans one) are so goddamn ugly. Is this a kink thing or what, but it made the game so much worse.

I think the nonsense story will just spiral more and more out of control as new updates get released.

The graphics are pretty good, everything else is horrible.
The game is slow as hell, you have to grind and grind again, the plot is lazy, and the UI is so bad.
Every little thing you have to do takes so much time because you have to wait a day in the week, but you have to eat, but you have to change your clothes, but you have to go to a precise location, but you have to go talk with another character before, but you don't have enough money, but you have to change your clothes again,...
And after you go through all of this trouble, the sex scenes you get once every 5 hours are boring.

Let me start with saying that I very rarely write any reviews, so this is only the second time I write a review of a game at all, of any sort. But I feel I have to, the game is so good and it has given me so much satisfaction… Of the 100+ adult games I have played hitherto, this certainly belongs to the top five, perhaps even in the very top. It has so many unexpected and quite extreme scenes that I much to my own surprise find very arousing. That is how good the game is.

So what is to like? A very beautiful, sexy, and very selfish female protagonist that thankfully is not that supersize breasted and superhorny stereotype that is so common in adult games. Her indifference or even aversion to sex is a real turn-on. The sometimes quite ugly guys just add to her humiliation, even though she herself doesn’t really care about guy’s looks, the are all ugly in her book.

The outstanding rendering of places and characters, the great animations, with such great detail. The scenes are extraordinary and the humiliation and difficult choises are very arousing, along with the music and sound effects. The photoshoots, danceshows, bar grouping, the extorsions by her ”best friend and Bardie, jail training…, just wow.

The gameplay is great, with very little grinding in my mind, and what I especially like is that one really doesn’t need a guide, the dialogues are in most cases entirely sufficient to guide you. It is just to play along. But nevetheless, there is a very good guide on DM’s homepage that one can check if stucked or to ensure that all scenes are covered. Surely, there are some (yet unfinished) forks, but there are clear warnings in the dialogue and with the proper saves that shouldn’t be an issue.

The story that takes so many unexpected, and very sexy, turns. It is a quite dark but very arouising world the developer has created to immerse in.

The developer show an extraordinary fast, productive and regular output, so...even though I know DM has left this site: thank you so much, for this amazing game, and please keep developing it for many years to come!