Ren'Py - Golden Mean [v0.5] [DrMolly]

TL;DR: A good game (4, maybe even 5 stars), held back by awful pacing due to way too much grind. Optional sharing/harem route is a plus. Graphic is good, except too large boobs on some characters.

[review of v0.5, harem/sharing (non-cuck) route]

The GOOD
- Kinks/Routes are optional. Harem, Sharing, Smegma, Rimming, Squirting, etc. - Easily turned off or on.
- Sharing (Netorase). Especially in family games I like the option of all people sharing the fun. Sharing is caring.
- The graphics are good. (See the BAD below for body proportions)


The NEUTRAL
- The story. So far alright, not too overly complex, not too stupid, easy to follow. Not a big fan of religious themes, which is the main background story, else I'd maybe like the story better.
- The music. Doesn't get in the way. Not too annoying.


THE BAD
- Boob sizes. I exclude Dottie from this, because - although I don't like her enormous udders, they are well explained story-wise and make sense for the character. Mom and older sister, however, could use a cup size reduction. The proportions are just off, unfortunately.
- I mentioned the sharing as GOOD - which I stand by - but so far it's not varied enough. During group scenes MC is focused on the mom character, while the younger sister is focused on dad. I wouldn't mind that being switched sometimes, purely for personal reasons. I enjoy brother/sister dynamics much more than mom/son.
- Hints. There are some. They are inconsistent though. Even in the memories some of the unseen ones have a hover text on how to get them, others do not. There is much potential in this, and if the game had an actual, detailed, in-game hint system I'd rate it .5-1 stars higher.
- The grind. The age of "repeat action X ten times to advance" should be over by now. There are some cheats the dev implemented to reduce the grind, but it still is far too much. I am actually a fan of a bit of grind, but not like this. An easy solution would be to cut the number of repetitions needed by 90%. Or better yet, cut the repetitions. In my opinion you should never have to repeat an action without there being a slight change/advancement.
This, unfortunately, leads to a rather tiresome, repetitve experience and a bad pacing, and is effectively what leads to me only giving the game three out of five stars.

Without the grind and with an actual hint system I'd rate it 4/5 as is, with potential for 5/5 in the future.

Love it! The dark path is just awesome. By the way, there is no NTR in the game, only sharing.

Pros:
- DARK PATH !!!
- awesome renders
- hot females
- really kinky
- not vanilla <3

Cons:
- English is not always great, especially at the beginning
- not a fan of Dottie but that's subjective

I really recommend this game, I was really surprised a gem like that exists

This is a great game with fine story and good quality renders, the girls and sex scene are hot, especially Amelia. I think Dr.Molly should focus on main story instead of Dottie. It would be better if dev add sound to sex animation

This game have some of the best renders and character interaction for a corruption game, though by best I mean dialogues written with porn logic ......... There is noi shred of realism here so don't try to find it here.

I have 2 major issues with the game:
The grinding nature of dating sim game, is annoying, and I prefer that such task could have been reduced especially since same dialogue gets repeated it kills all the mood.
This is a big issue, the whole incubus thing and supernatural element becomes moot after summoning oif demon, it all whittle downs to nothing, whcih is a mjor turn off for mwe, because of the promise, If the game have been marketed as simple incest game withs oem side chicks, I would give it 10/10 even with its grinding elemetnets just for everything that this game does right.
But as of now in its incomplete state and the the way game have firmly abandoned the supernatural elemet I can't give it anything more than 8.9/10.

Play this game if you like high quality renders of Li , I am not particularly fan of its sharing route especailly since it is such a big chunk of the AVN, but everyone have their own preference and I am not going to judge anyone regarding that, I just hoped that game was not heavily stavked twds shared route.
I am not going to deduct that from the game, because the game explicitly warns you about it, but remember you will be playinga heavily truncated game, with very limited choices.

★ Great renders and models, one of the best honestly
★ Good animations, not the best, but pretty solid
★ For effort, which clearly is put into this game
✩ Heavily focused on NTR, so much precious time in development goes into NTR, feels like even more than into MC/LI or harem route. Yeah I hate NTR sorry, not sorry. Also no sex with any of main LIs as of v0.5
✩ 1/2 I enjoy fantasy, but this one is written in such a strange way, you are also thrown into it head first without much explaining, overall writting isn't bad, it's just average.
2/2 MC haircut, just terrible. Don't have anything against males having longer hair, but this sissy hairstyle? cmon...

It's pretty good both in terms of rendering and story, from the most recent games I've found and I'm already a fan of it, one of the few NTR games that exist so far that have known how to carry the story.

I gave this game 4 stars for a few reasons. Let's start with the Pros:

- Awesome models
- Good pacing
- Good Animations.
- Background music and some sound affects
- Kinks with optional ways to avoid them
- Cheats

Cons:

- Grindy and repetitive even with cheats
- Not much actual sex unless you've invested a lot of time

Overall it's a nice game.

Possibly the best sandbox game out there. The models look unique and detailed. None of them has the cheap doll looks. The mature women actually look mature with wrinkels. The stoty is quite nice for a porn game and how could i forget the animations. They are great and numerous. I hope it will thrive and not be abadoned. Good luck for the devs!

I like this game very much!
- Amazing models.
- Good pacing
- Superb Animations.
- Music is also very relaxing and nice.
- Not grindy, easy to achieve your goals.
- Different routs: Vanilla, NTR, Harem, nice replayability.
DrMolly and Redoxa - THE BEST!

Great writing, models look great, one of the best pieces of adult media ever created. I can not wait to see what the future holds for this game and any future projects the developer may pursue. Give this game a shot and see for yourself just how great it is

Great game. It’s good that I didn’t read or even see the reviews before playing through - I was convinced that the game only had 4 positive ones and that’s it. No expectations and the game is great. Something like the future MP, longtime construction, but we will wait for it, add just a great picture, where every woman is licked in the images,
Seriously, for the first time, even the old ladies here with giant tits are poisoning me (except for the first one, Dottie, she’s built to repel. But by the time I'll get my hands on her, she’ll go for the first class + the achievements were created for her, a little humiliating, just for the normie that she is).
And what a hit of the image of a slut doctor! She is all so indifferent and all such a slut, chic. Although it would seem like a cliché of some type and boring, but only until she blows you for a dime. The only problem is that the whole family is red-haired here, I don’t like shoving redheads everywhere, in every game ever. But that’s the case when it’s not annoying at all. Gorgeous graphics, by the way,
excellent animations without bugs. I never tried to look for animations in games, but they are excellent here. One of the advantages is the game story. It seems like nothing special, but it seems like every detail is so polished, so “realistically” presented that it’s gorgeous

v0.5
ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING GAMES ON THE FORUM
The story is average, but very entertaining; you are an incubus pursued by a secret sect, you have your objectives to fulfill which you can develop through 2 paths (love or NTR). At the moment the most developed routes are those of corruption and their development seemed interesting to me. The NTR, as well as many other fetishes, are avoidable and even deactivatable, for those who do not like the NTR can rest assured since both routes are independent of each other (there is always a variant for the love route and another for the corruption route, both routes also have exclusive scenes). We have to wait to see if the love routes will be at the same level.
Among the points to highlight:
1.- If you make a certain character's tits grow, she will change her poses, and the change will be visible. You can also change her clothes and these do change the scenes.
2.- The scenes evolve as you repeat them or under certain parameters, I like this because it gives a sense of reward. However, the grinding is exaggerated in this same aspect, there are scenes that only appear after masturbating 20 times, the developer should analyze this because although it is intelligent that a scene progresses gradually, repetition can make the game become just a routine. However, it is nothing that cannot be solved with cheats, I skipped these processes with the Universal Ren'Py Mod (0x52_URM), but this is a tool that I assume everyone on this forum already knows.
3.- The updates seem to be somewhat slow, however the quality of the scenes is exceptional, there is a lot of detail in the animation, it even incorporates female body fluids, something that few games do, it is appreciated that it includes body and clothing variations, this reflects that the wait of 8 to 9 is justified. It's just starting, so I assume that it doesn't live off the development of this game, so it's appreciated that it continues to give us updates.
4.- Although the characters have cliché personalities, these are very marked and aesthetically cover any type of taste.
5.- The scenes are very hot, currently you can only have vaginal and anal intercourse with one character, but even the provocations of the other characters are very well done.
6.- Apparently it is focusing on developing the most relevant characters instead of adding an army of girls like in other games that are not worth mentioning.

In summary:
A GAME WHICH IS WORTH SUPPORTING, I see good potential, I hope that at some point it has enough subscribers that allow it to dedicate itself full time.

Glad to have found this one.
Interesting characters, good plot.
I have fun corrupting Diane and blackmailing Dolli! They are really hot MILF!

The quality of the renders is very good.

On the negative side, there is too much grinding for my taste. I also regret the disappearance of certain characters such as the woman from the inquisition, Ralph's mother who I'd love to corrupt, Ralph who is supposed to be the best friend disappears completely, etc...

I expect alot from this game. Can't wait to see more!

Keep the good job! I even consider to pledge on patreon...

One of the best games in its genre. If not the best. Convenient and well-designed interface. The perfect balance of grind and content. Plot, animation, dialogue, characters, MILKING! Everything is top notch.

I really liked this game, all the routes with the characters are very good but what I loved the most was Dottie's route, you could say that I have fetish for MILFs and big tits so it was perfect. It is also a game with an interesting story that will not bore you.

v0.5

When I started playing I was sure it's 5 stars game, but when I finished current content I wasn't so sure anymore.

Graphics side is great, definitelly in the vanguard of all games I saw here. I also have no issues with the animations. They're nicely done, fluid and just well.. pleasant to watch. So far still 5/5.

Story premise is interesting. Honestly it's hard to tell more, since actual main storyline barely started, but what was shown so far definitely piqued my interest. So... everything's still great.

I guess part of m dissapointment is that the game shows it has the whole big structure ready - the opportunity of changing wardrobes for 6 different activities, girls' statistics about all types of sex, possibility of repetitive pregnancies and more, while... well the actuall content only scratched the surface of all those mechanics so far. Girls only have possibility of changing 1-2 outfits, and for some that was changed during the story, there is not even chance to change back. Like the younger Roommate swimwear. You had to buy her two different ones during events, yet you can only dress her in the second one, the previous ones vanishing? This was only example, there were other times this happened. Then why bother with giving access to wardrobe at all? And the only girl you can put your dick so far is Dottie. Also quite dissapointing, since she's the least interesting character in this game. Well there is also the donating sperm thing which recently progressed from BJ to vaginal sex in condom, but this is more like a chore to earn money than actual sex.
Yes, I do understand the game will be updated and (hopefully) nothing bad will happen, but still what we have now leaves me with feeling of insufficiency. Still, nothing too bad so far.

But what was quite 'meh', it's the fact that latest update was mainly centered about Dottie, and she was introduced as part of some kind of minotaur species. With all inclinations of her being a cow including physicial changes - her riddiculously big breast and weird asshole (which purpose I assume was also to make it look not so much as human's). Not really my thing, but just for this I wouldn't lower the score.

But then there is the sandbox part. I mean, sandbox itself isn't that big issue and this one is overal nicely done BUT. Repetitiveness. This is the core issue I have with this game. There are certain events that can be progressed further if you repeat them. Nothing wrong with the idea. What is however wrong, you have to repeat them in range between 5 and 20 times to fully progress the story. Yes, sometimes it's really that much. And you know what is even worse? Game does not tell you which events can be progressed. Someone put together the walkthrough to make it more clear, but average player experience is just repeating days endlessly to find out which one even can finally advance a bit.

And the dev went even futher there - the event about massaging Amelia has progress bar which cannot be filled up manually, you must run the massage and wait doing nothing more until it's filled to a certain percentage to progress further. And to fully pregress this whole event you need to do it 20 times. 20 TIMES of clicking once and just waiting, and waiting, and waiting more.

Also, you think this was the worst? With latest Dottie update there was event on similar principle, you had to start it and then wait doing nothing. Only that this one didn't even had the progress bar. Just animation and nothing else on the screen. FOR FUCKS SAKE WHY MUST YOU TORMENT PLAYERS WITH THINGS LIKE THIS?

So this just had to be the worst part of it, right? Yeah, still no. There is something called "Hot Day", which has 10% chance of happening from certain point of story. If it happens, you'll get even when you can also interact with your Landlords and Roommates. And you guessed it, there are two events there that also need to be repeated about 10-20 times to fully unlock, but the 'Hot Day' itself has counter of how many times can MC do those events during one visit. Luckily for us dev added possibility of removing this counter "in this version only", so I imagine all future players won't be so lucky anymore. Can you imagine? Random 10% chance of triggering 'Hot Day' and in there so many repetitions to do. Sheer number of wasted days just to do this normally would be astounding. This is the worst possible type of Sandbox.

Honestly I would be best if most of useless repeating of exactly the same events with exactly the same dialogue lines was entirely thrown out, and each repetition changed something noticeable. But the bare minimum to make it reasonable experience is to mark the events that still can be progressed on girls' daily schedules. We can see goal of what to do to progress "main story" of every girl, so why we can't have the same to know which sandbox repetitive events we can progress?

So yeah, this part is very bad. I am subtracting only one star so far considering overall quality of the game and let's see what the future updates will change.

1 of the best games I played. Dev should continue and sped up updates.
I like everything especially 3D models, facial expressions , the skin textures, tits, vagina and dicks are proper, mom char is aged not some 18years old look body, ...

I mean one of the best since I visited site first time 9 years ago.

I gave 5 stars but dev dont screw up updates and start to milk like many liars on this site cause u have a gem here.

Story is already seen about possessed powers etc but at least in this game is not rushed or overused !!!!

Rating: Golden Mean

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This is one of my favorite games for the family bonding content and the NTR content; both are absolutely great. I hope there’s more of it, especially with the dad and the daughters, as I really enjoy it. The character designs are great, and most of the content is really well done. I’m not interested in the secondary characters; the ones I want content for are those in the family.

So far the game is fantastic, it feels like the dev knows a thing or two about game design. The models are great, animations smooth, story well written and encapsulated with good pacing. Not much else to say except, Play it!