So proper review time i think, because i cant see any future patch improving my opinion on the game.
The good:
Interesting style of progression and one i have not seen before(executed in the way it is). You play through go back to the start, and unlock new choices/can play a different path. As the game is "short" linearly this does not take much time to try something "new"
The art is solid, easily its best feature
Not actually NTR(good or bad or neutral depending on your viewpoint)
The bad:
sex scenes are not long/interesting
animations are pretty janky
doesnt allow skipping to the "point" in the story you are trying to unlock (auto clicker helps, but even then its not great)
"choices" dont affect anything other than if you see certain sex scenes or not(but they still happen near as i can tell)
Not actually NTR(good or bad or neutral depending on your viewpoint)
The UGLY:
The "plot" is flat out retarded even by porn(any format) standards.
The "plot" is flat out retarded even by porn(any format) standards.
The "plot" is flat out retarded even by porn(any format) standards.
It needed repeating. read the "book" im about to write if you want to know why
Over all rating: 2.5/5 1 star for the art 1 star for the new style of progression .5 because even its other "problem" areas ive seen worse examples of(such as sex scenes) with arguably the exception of plot, no points on it.
So the writeup:
Lets start with the NTR tag, because arguably the whole story is based NOT around it. You have a mom, she is single, you have not shown any romantic or sexual interest in her at the start of the story. Even if you DID...its an unrequited love. Which means this is not NTR, there is no "cheating" going on. Just because you have a "crush" on someone and they go off and start a relationship(ill advised though it may be) does not make it NTR. Especially when you are not even shown to have a crush! By this games "NTR" tag standards, literally every relationship ever is NTR because someone else at some point has had interest in the person you are with. What we have over all, is an MC who is somewhat getting off on watching his mom being raped/having sex. That is voyeurism.
So plot, oh man the plot. You are an adult male, living with your adult female mother(would be odd if she was not an adult i know). You get beaten and robbed by a thug. Or in the games terms.."your bully attacked you and stole your money". Ummm that is not bullying, it is what i described it as. So does mommy help you call the cops? because we know as a grown ass MAN(20+ year old adult) you couldnt possibly do that on your own... no. Instead she decides she will go visit your "bully"(felon) and try to talk him into not "bullying" you anymore. Obviously the mom has to get drunk at his place with him, raped(by anyone's standards but the Japanese
), recorded(non consensually again) and mom does....nothing but continuing to have sex with him. Because why would she go to the police over being raped and filmed non consensually while her son has been beaten and robbed by the same guy. Dont worry though, mommy announces to you that he has agreed to stop bullying you and she wants you to be friends! As bad as it starts...it just does not get better.
Which brings us to the lack of actual meaningful choice. You have the choice of watching on the phone your mother getting raped...or not(the rapist sends it to her phone). She will still "date" your bully. You can watch her have bathroom sex with him or not...he still does it. Basically the only choice you have is "do i watch the sex scene?". which means your character has no agency...i mean i guess at least THAT fits the "plot". Which makes for a very dull story over all, even IF the plot was not utter garbage.
Oh no we have to return to the plot, we did a regression back to the start! So this time you look through mommies phone after she gets back from the "bullies" place and you watch the video of her being raped and recorded. (remember it still happened even if you didnt "know" about it, so this is now officially you finding out) Does the son finally grow even the tinest pair of testies and say no enough is enough. It was bad enough when you were committing felony assault and robbery on ME but now you have RAPED my mom, time to go to the police WITH evidence! Hahahaha of course not. You are for lack of a better word, a tool. both in the old school 90s insult sense as well as in the sense that you are a "plot" tool or plot device if you prefer, to PASSIVELY notice, or not notice all the horrid things being done to your mom. Dont worry we have more regressions to go, but i will only touch on this bad plot once more so im not critiquing every single part of the "story". Only reason im going this far is...its THAT bad. Each section of story is more retarded than the last.
The over all sex scenes are single position, over all not much shown(short in length), only from one angle(which hand drawn, fair enough) and incredibly stilted. that is to say the same motion, which is unnatural on its own, is repeated multiple times. no other "motion" that is not present at the start of the scene is added or changed too, which means relatively unfapable material overall. The overall art style while not my favorite, is unique and well done. Indeed if there were anything to TRULY praise in this game its the art. If this continued to be true in the sex scenes im guessing this game would be much better received, even with the horrid plot. I know for me, the first sex scene was a major let down primarily because of the fact that here is this great art..and its animated to be just...bad. Its like you have this amazing looking chocolate cupcake, and when you bite into it you find out that is not chocolate but dirt. sure the frosting was and is still tasty, but its still a massive disappointment.
Crap its plot time again! RUN! So MC goes back to the start, you chose to go down the "i know" route and repeat all the same scenes from before(that are not skippable) till you get to a scene you have not seen this time, such as your "bully" demanding money from your mom or he will stop fucking her AND "bully" her son again(cant remember now if it was two different scenes for that or one, i think its one)..and she ofc agrees wholeheartedly, how could she not? Its not like either way that its not "bad" writing. Ok horrid writing. Still here we are. This is the continuing plot of this game, "bully" does things that jeopardize your and your moms safety, sanity, career, money,etc and BOTH of you just go "yeah ok thats fine". It is painfully dumb.
So yeah, i guess that is about it. I could continue on with some nitpick type stuff, but i think ive highlighted the overall issues i have with the game, and why my score is as low as it is. IMO this is one to hard pass on, but the file size is low, and as of this writing the content is "short" enough that you can get through it all within an hour or two, but its probably not going to lead to a "good" fap for 95% of people.
Final note: i did not know how the review system here worked, hence why this review is also in thread. whoops.
edit: version .4 of game fully played through