VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Game Of Trust [v0.2] [Sugarrushgames]

Review (v0.2) "Great Start"

PROS:
+ The models are great and look unique to any other game I've played on the site. Especially Rose (the maid) is to my liking. Characters and their dispositions and behavior are also pretty well defined at this point and each girl has her own quirks and hangups that make them interesting.
+ The story develops quickly but remains pretty realistic. I would also suggest adding a female domination (femdom) tag. I really like the idea of the MC being dominated and it fits perfectly in this game.
+ The English is very good and makes storytelling a lot easier to understand.

CONS:
- too short for now, game also ends when it really starts to become interesting...
- not that much options

CONCLUSION:
I truly have high expectations for this game and so I hope the developer truly makes this game amazing. For now I'd give 7/10 but if it continues like that maybe 10/10 one day.

Not much here right now, and what there is isn't very good.

Lets start with the positive. Some of the character models are good looking, excluding some of the faces. The maid and gf have quite sunken eyes that when combined with the flat lighting look really depressing. And the adoptive sister pulls some odd expressions.

But every other element is flat. Flat matte backgrounds. Flat matte lighting. Flat straight on camera angles. Its extremely boring to look at. Some of the images have just a black background, for seemingly no reason.

Then we have looping animations that can't be skipped. Theyre bad, not two frames bad, but bad. Even worse are the 15 second long tilts up or down still character images. They can't be skipped. And there are several in the demo.


But the big issue is the story. So far so generic, with a good sprinkling of spelling and grammar errors to boot. But the big issue is it opens with a cardinal sin. Having the MC's actions and feelings being all based on a prior event that the game never shows us. That's how the shittest of writers build suspense and intrigue. In a tv show or book its awful. In a game where you have to make decisions in character its fucking inexcusable.

Then theres the fact that you are railroaded into everything. You have a gf, but are forced onto your adoptive sister immediately. Then you kiss her while putting her to bed drunk, the maid sees and literally 20 seconds later just says "I want you to be my sex slave". And the MC is on board instantly. It's really fucking weird.

Overall, there is a chance this becomes decent, but it would requite dramatic changes to the story, characters, structure, and art style. Which is like 90% of what a game is. I mean, it's at least functional and some characters look hot, but thats really about it.

Wait a few months and see if its still around and being updated before picking it up.