Ren'Py - Onhold - Gordon [v1.9.7] [JTStudio]

This game is just something beyond all boundaries of good and evil.
I'll tell you right away that I didn't have the strength to play the published part of the game to the end, but the shock I experienced is hard to compare to anything else.
1. Ragged narration, which scatters attention and does not give an idea of what is actually happening on the screen.
2. Characters that do not evoke the slightest sympathy (rather the opposite).
3. Terrifying graphics, caricatured types, gentlemen, well, I have not met such a "circus of freaks" in my life. The sight of characters particularly impressionable people can bring to a heart attack or stroke.
4. One of the few pluses - a clear user interface.
5. Due to the specific appearance of characters no desire to follow their adventures. Just as it is impossible to talk about immersion.
6. From time to time Russian titles pop out from under the English ones.
It's a pity that you can't give a rating of 0 points out of 5, you have to be satisfied with 1 point.
If you are not alien to aesthetics and sense of beauty, never, I repeat, never touch this project.

UX in a game is terrible (user interface), it's absolutely unplayable. It's very hard to navigate though the game, actually, it's almost impossible.

Writing is very very bad. I get it that english is not his native, but there are plenty of games where developers are not EN native and those games don't have problems with texts. I mean even Google Translator could have done it better.

Last and not least: characters are unlikable, and I am not talking about their looks.

From the title image,Mrs parker should be an important charactor,but her content is only a little.
Also, she should have date with MC, not just get fucked by others.Our MC should get her by raising himself up,not just making her down to be a whore.
Mrs parker is the most attratice charactor,but her level is too low just 14 at the end,whereas others have 30,that's not good.
Hoping more Mrs parker story,like some love romance,not just making her a whore.
Also,the content of bum is not that much interesting,should be less.
Just focus on Mrs parker,like more poses,more clothes,more scenes like kitchen,bathroom,table,car,sports,cinemra,bed when Mr parker sleeping,that will be better.
Mrs parker's story can be extended like her past,her children,and more.

excellent game, big asses, nice scenes, ass gapes, anal, nice curves, and much more .....

art style is fantastic, game play is smooth, help section is quit handy,

one short critism: I would like to have stats of each person, and also having the stats requirement in help section for each event.

one of the best games that I have played,love the models,story and everything .I had some problems with navigation because its not always clear that you have maybe one more dialog before you go to next story and keeping the karma up.
but overall great game with humor and everything.
love this bimbo fetish art how i call it.

Sometimes you wanna see different type of women and some weird stuff and find this. Great! But as soon as you start the game you realize how bad it's done. How can one fuck-up UI with Ren'Py is beyond me. This game is absolutely unplayable
1. Whenever you click something you shouldn't there's pathetic animation of MC with some message like "can't do yet". Just show it without the stupid animation.
2. Engrish is pretty bad. Just use google translate if you don't know the language nobody is gonna judge.
3. Navigation is pretty fucked up.
4. Every button is flying and asking for attention. They look like were made by a 5 year old. Seriously this is the worst UI I've ever seen period.

The game is great! I get tired of the same style women in all these games super hot and super sexy! It's nice to see different style women. The game is a bit grindy and the animations could use some more fluidity but let's be honest that's easier said than done. I'd like to see a gallery for some of the earlier animations that are no longer viewable ( Karen bathroom, and blackmail in bedroom for example). The game has quite a bit of content and a hint menu to help out. Compared to many other games it's unique and deserves more support!!!

The game is very funny and it has a very hot content, the renders have good quality, and the characters are very interesting. The story is not the best, but it is very enjoyable. It is the first NTR game that I liked, because it is very funny. Gordon is a unique character.

Loved this game, played it for the first time today and couldn’t stop playing . Loved the art, models and the ntr stuff . Love the pace of the frequent updates to the game as well Keep up the good work, hope to play the next update soon.

The game does have amazing potential and the models and looks of the ladies are unique, even the less attractive women. The issues lie in the structure of the game. It's grindy and gives little to no clear hits or clear path to start in general. Another issue is the scenes since the game is linar which means you have to create saves to reward them again so a gallery is sorely needed in the game.

Overall this game could be a 4.5 with the story and models being this good but the aforementioned flaws keeps it down to a 3 star game for now.

TLDR: if you like renders, lower your expectations, otherwise don't with it.
So, I'm pretty tolerant of bad games, and quite often I can endure bad gameplay for good images or stories. However, this is the worst sandbox I've ever seen. I'm used to linear stories mimicking the open world, or to unnecessary grind, or hunting for events across the map - the usual stuff. But Gordon manages to find a new low - it has a linear chain of events, but the only way to find them is to use the in-game hint system, where all the information is piled up in an unreadable way. You can just wander around the map and with good luck, you might find something, but many events have a day-of-week condition, which makes chances of accidentally finding an event extremely low. Basically, this is a VN with a handicapped way of moving the story forward.
Obviously, renders carry this game, and also quite unusual tags and themes. There are animations, which are not good, and I wish faces were a bit more attractive, but overall this is the main selling point. I'd give it 3 stars even with the horrendous game design, but...
There are also a lot of minor issues. Shaky screen, grammar (if you think it's a bad translation, there are heaps of errors in Russian as well, so the dev just doesn't care), 9 GB download size with no reason and so on, which makes the whole experience rather.. disappointing. What a game this could be.

That's just horrendous. Lots of untranslated texts. Text and camera keep shaking.
UI is all over the place.
Characters have no appeal (that point may be up to discussion, since its more of a personal taste) and mostly just look ugly.

- Painfully grindy
- Mediocre but unique renders
- Some in game hints are misleading so you can get stuck easily without the wt

I literally stopped playing the moment I've seen in a WT that I have to do the same exact sequence of things 8 times in a row but choose a different dialog each time. (They result in small dialog difference).

Sounds like 1* but for unique renders and a story that I generally like I give it 3*

Review based on v1.9.5:

Synopsis:
Some crazy adventures of a guy living in a small town where the temptation of big booties is high. Will he be able to find himself a girlfriend and be faithful to her or will the temptations win and he'll become a booty chaser?

The Good:
+ The art style - most of the women models look nice - you've got plenty of big booties, hot MILFs and in general quite slutty girls who are willing to get down to business with the MC. Yes, the body proportions are a little exaggerated and so are some of their facial looks, but I consider it to be part of the game's unique art style.
+ The variety of characters and content - there are quite a lot of them and plenty of content to play through.
The Neutral:
= No real storyline - while there are story elements driven by quests, overall it's just another 'harem story' masquerading as various free-roam scenes.
= The dialogues are average - it's noticeable that they're translated from russian and some parts aren't translated at all even when playing the English version. While there are some funny scenes, overall the writing is pretty simplistic and juvenile.
= The art quality and animations - it's noticeable that some of the early game art is of worse quality, but it has improved in later versions. The animations are basically a loop of 2-3 images, so nothing spectacular.
= Guy models look like creepers, but I suppose it's part of the comedic element this game is trying to utilize, which works in most cases.
= The UI is clunky - thankfully there are ways to fast travel to places, but still it's a lot of clicking to move around and do things.
The Bad:
- Game mechanics - it's never explained to the player how Karma mechanics work so it's pretty much a guess-work to figure out its purpose and how to increase it.
- Game size - even given the amount of current content, it doesn't justify the size of 8+ GB. Converting images to WebP format would significantly reduce the size and won't affect the picture quality.
- The sandbox - if it would only be about point&clicking for completing the quests, it wouldn't be so bad, but the MC needs to do a shop mini-game over and over again to earn money to be able to move around the city and buy stuff for some quests, and the repetition of this cycle sucks all the fun out of the game.
- The quests - the weakest part of this game. Poor quest explanations, "incorrect" quest completion sequence breaking some quests altogether, hidden trigger stats that aren't explained anywhere and excessive skipping of game time to meet the quest trigger requirements. Some quests are needlessly complex and without a proper quest description are borderline impossible to complete unless you're willing to dive into the game code.

The Verdict:
The game has potential and I like the art style. I could also overlook the fact that it's just a typical 'harem story' where MC is trying to bang everyone in his town and the lacking story is simply driven by quests. However, the quest system is actually the part that breaks this game and needs some serious re-work. In some cases quest explanations are too vague and the player needs to delve into some trial-n-error approach to figure out how to trigger them. I'm not opposed to some point&clicking and figuring out puzzles, but the incessant clicking for skipping time and doing mini-games can be hardly considered interesting. Needless to say that after a while this becomes a tedious endeavor and seriously drags down the enjoyment of the game, which is disappointing.
In its current state I'd rate it with 3* (or 6/10) and if the quest issues would be fixed it can be bumped higher.
If you find the art style pleasing then I recommend checking it out, however, be aware that after a while the quest completion might become infuriating.

Gordon v1.9.5 Beta

I like the characters mostly and I like the brassy in your face Bimbo's but and it's a big Butt. lol
I am never playing this game again. It is without doubt the most dreary, mind numbing piece of sh....work I have ever had the misfortune to endure. I used a walk through and the hint system to navigate through most of it. When I arrived at a point in the W/T that said do X 5 times, Z 5 times and so on and on and on....I almost lost the will to live. Never again NEVER.

I have been playing this game for quite some time , i gotta say it really has some nice renders and scenes now that some of the scenes are being
reworked. Some of the models may look odd to you but there are handful that are hot with nice scenes for example like Mrs.Torres,Mary etc .But god help me , getting to those scenes is a chore !

Also some scenes you need karma for it which you gotta grind.. And if you hate sandbox,you going to hate this even more , this the worse sandbox i have ever seen in my entire time playing this kind of games for 5 years or more.The hint system doesnt really help that much and it doesnt really tell you what you need to progress.Some path are locked by other characters path , so if you cant progress this path because you're stuck, welp hope to god some people in this thread can try help you if you lucky .

I'd rate higher if the dev can rework the sandbox system instead of earlier scenes,because thats what holding this game back...

edit : i forgot to mention about the drunk happy system,its one of those chores just to get some scenes with the girls .Thats the dumbest thing ive seen,by the time you finish them,you already have no interest in those scenes.Because you would be cursing and swearing on why this dev think it would be a good idea to implement it in the first place.

Renders medium most of the characters are ugly
The Animation medium sometimes are pretty bad
Medium story poor spelling
You can't feel any connection with the main character or other characters
The majority of the Characters are rude
and bossing mc to do something
But it is part of the story But mc character does not develop
MC unlikeable Always wears pajamas
He looks so small his classmates seem much older than him especially girls(Fiona)
And he has teeny-tiny dick
first conversation with Karen laughing at
His dick size (I laughed a lot too)
Even with the blackmail still the characters laughing at his dicksize
while everyone has a horsedick
the grind is very bad Some missions are reduce karma And to raise karma very hard
doing many things at specific times and on specific days
Going to your room and back again
to complete missions This takes a lot of time
I mean a lot of time The game is not worth it
But The game has some comedy
And The game is full of bugs
I was going to give her more but gordon
I'm with the game characters Even I don't want to be in gordon life

In the beginning, I really liked this game. This is a great porn game, the author is not afraid to create non-typical female character models and add fetishes.
The sandbox is simple, step by step hints with each character. Even the dependence of some storylines on others does not interfere much because the content goes through quickly enough.
And then the grind ruins all the fun of this game. At the moment this is the content of the latest updates and I VERY hope that the author will redo it - because now you need to click the mouse, click the mouse a lot, repeat the same actions over and over again to get one! scene, one piece of story, after which you need to click all the same again. At some point, this game begins to resemble some kind of punishment for sinners in hell, an endless cycle of performing the same mechanical work without any apparent meaning.

Gordon is not a perfect game. Despite me giving it 5 stars, I understand that. There is A lot of Grinding, English is rough, and it can be very confusing to figure out how to trigger some events. All of this is unquestionably true. However, Gordon does Many things I have never seen in any other game. Women are Thicc and are constantly being improved upon. When grinding in Gordon, you really understand the character's feeling trying his damndest to get the ladies. Things don't always go Gordon's way, adding a sense of reality to the game, unlike many others. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like that the world does not revolve around Gordon. You must understand this to give the game a fair shake. So, if you like thicc women, an exciting world full of evolving characters, don't mind grinding and sex too, of course, then Gordon is for you.

Great game, very fun, surprising amount of content, but totally ruined by posssibly the worst sandbox I've ever seen. I mean, choices you made 6 updates ago can COMPLETELY LOCK YOU OUT OF A PATH IN THE NEXT UPDATE. Imagine that...Yes, it's your typical russian sandbox, but to make things extra complicated there's about 18 storylines and each storyline has a condition to be met from OTHER storylines before you can progress. So you have to progress with X in order to get to Y which gets you to Z which finally unlocks A or B. And the "help" system refers to what you need to achieve by "levels" which further complicates stuff. Then, to make that worse, checking certain things costs money since you have to use the taxi, which means you have to grind money to check IF you've fulfilled the conditions. Worth a try, for sure, but only if you're prepared to get very annoyed.

Actually, here's all you need to know - you know that trope of russian sandboxes where you grind money REALLY slow Yeh this game has that too. Except, just for fun, there's a totally random event where you lose your money! Yep. That should tell youu what this game is.