Unity - Completed - Hack'n Stalk 2.0 [v1.0] [The Architect]

- Decent visuals and animations for its age.
- Fun gameplay, good job to not make it grindy or boring or buggy which is what we usually get and which is why AVN fans usually hate minigames. This is the way it should be.
- 3 Characters that are diverse in personality and body. 1 milf and 2 teens, something for everyone.
-Endings are not rushed and somewhat definitive. Although, I do believe he could've done more with the characters/settings. I really really like the ending editor as it shows you endings without replaying again.

CONS
- Phoebe is the main girl, she has more H scenes than all other characters combined. Even Phoebe's ending seems canon and ties in with HnS 1. So you kinda have to like the tsundere Phoebe as thats who most of the content is based on.
- I like short games as there are many ongoing games that are 5x as big as this with no end in sight. I'm willing to bet most people prefer a complete short game than a dead big game. But this was a bit too short, IMHO. Jennifer has 2 scenes with the MC and the mom a depressing 1 scene only. Big oof for milf fans. I very much would like to see a more ambitious project where the dev has more time to cook with all the characters and gives them their deserved screen time!

Oh man this is a fun sweet game.
First of all, it is short. The setup took almost a forth of the game until i was really immersed. The game play is cool, creative enough, and the main scenes with Phoebe are good. The mini games and all the different routes give this a gold medal on the academy's short film category (yeah yeah, you get it).

Overall a 5/5 short game that doesn't overstay its welcome.

Awesome game with much interactivity and many different paths and endings. And it's not just a boring "visual novel". You have so many choices to influence the story und characters. The replayability is exceptionally high. The art-style is one of the things I personally like very much - no 3D necessary.
One of the best games I've ever played.

Story : 10/10
Originality : 10/10
Renders/Art : 7.5/10
Sound :10/10
Playability : 10/10
Performance : 10/10
Bugs : some visual bugs if you rush too much
Animations : 8/10
Voice Acting : none
Grammar : nothing to say.
Amount of content : completed game with a lot of content, multiple fap sessions.

Another masterpiece by The_architect, lots of paths/outcomes and very nice game to play, the story is presented in such a way you won't find the need to skip/rush for the sex scenes, feels a bit rushed by the end but not that much. Would recommend.

[After playing v.1.0]

This is the only Hack'n Stalk truly enjoyable (at least for me) and has no continuity issues as each one is independent, so my suggestion would be if you only play one, let it be this one. Best story, gameplay, characters, visuals... everything works quite nice and is enjoyable. A bit short, has some room for replay.

The story was interesting but as far as a porn game goes, not very good. The actual scenes were a bit too few and far apart, and once you did get to them, it wasnt all that impressive. I gave it a three solely on the story and choices.

This sequel to the game is much better than the previous game. the animations are much more defined. I love how the previous game has an influence on this game and is tied to each other and in one of the endings, we can see the previous game's characters. there are multiple endings as well just like in the previous game. a very good game indeed.

Reviewing v1.0

I put off this game for a while but saved this game for later because of the reviews, I got turned off from the screenshots but boy it doesn't do it justice. This became one of my favorite corruption games by far.

Story: 9/10
There's really not a whole lot to remember especially when your dick does all the thinking for you, but when you do the love path, it really immersed me with the MC's and Phoebe's story. I really connected with her and I hope Phoebe's love path is canon to this series.

Visuals: 8/10
This is mainly the reason I put off this game for a long time, it reminded me of the old 3DCG porn that has been circulating since the 2000s, but once you get into the game, I'd say it's pretty good, the visuals is an acquired taste. Some may and some may not like it.

Gameplay: 9/10
I really like point & click games, this game is specifically one of my favorites because it doesn't involve a lot of grinding, but needs careful planning if you want to make the most out of your run (with the DICK system and all, plus the love/corruption system too) overall I really like this type of gameplay, a visual novel focused game turns me off so much I skip most of the content.

Overall I'd give this game 9/10, this is by far my favorite from The Architect's works, if you came from Goons Raid Her or Lust is Stranger and aching for more of The Architect's content, give this a try.

Hack'n Stalk 2.0 [v1.0] [The Architect]
I absolutely recommend the game.
Premise: To fully enjoy the game (not essential) I recommend playing the first game as well (bad game, but slightly improves the experience of this game).
A stratospheric improvement over the previous title, which had disappointed me a lot.
This is an amazing Game that may very well reach 4 stars, but for some personal taste I decided to put it at 3 stars but largely deserved.
All the defects of the former have been repaired.
More characters and more interactions with them. Images improved a lot, choices that are really choices and have more influence with the story.
Interesting story and very well characterized characters.
The thing that didn't make me crazy was the mask for the change of appearance, too out of place compared to the rest of the setting. Other than that I don't like having to take on the look of
another person in the scenes with the girls, sure, when I saw that it was possible to be yourself and not use the mask I was very happy. However, there are 2 scenes in which the change of appearance seems mandatory,
or the professor and the security guard, too bad. I don't know if it's possible to somehow be yourself, but even if it were, the game doesn't help to get there.
As said I recommend the game. As far as I'm concerned, one of the 3 most beautiful stars ever tried.

Very fun albeit short experience, around 2-3 hours. A welcome change from the usual Ren'Py fare.

Character models look really nice, I especially found Jennifer and Phoebe to be genuinely attractive. Phoebe looks like an angry Zooey Deschanel, while Jennifer is just very pretty. In Ren'Py games, a lot of the time one might encounter minor variations of same/similar character models across multiple games, and it was a nice break to not have that sense of deja vu here.

The puzzles are fine although I found the drone flying to be a bit tedious, however it was thankfully only present in a few brief sequences. In terms of UI, I miss the back button to try alternate choices I encountered just a moment ago, and had to depend on making frequent saves. To compound this issue, the save and autosave slots are limited to 5 which is too few. This makes it a bit frustrating when you just need to tweak one or two dialog choices to get requisite character points. I found this particularly infuriating as I missed appropriate dialog choices to get Jennifer's love points beyond 50 by a whisker in two successive pt attempts.

The other negative is the dialog that has many glaring grammatical and typographical errors but it didn't break the game for me as the rest is pretty good.

I did two playthroughs, an absolute corruption route for Phoebe followed by absolute love route for Phoebe, and it was a short but satisfying experience.

I also played Hack n Stalk 1.0 and it very much feels like a prototype for this sequel, so it is good to see the dev expanded on that game in very meaningful and successful ways.

3/5 - Decent waste of time
~ 2-3 hours long

Hack n' Stalk 2 is a proper sequel. The mechanics have properly evolved from the first game in an ambitious attempt to deliver a proper point and click adventure game. Unfortunately, the new mechanics don't work out too good.

While the original was more of a puzzle game, the sequel is a full adventure game. You have multiple locations to visit, quests to accomplish, and an inventory system. However, this has the downside of making the lack of choice and interactivity all the more apparent. The corners cut for development stick out like a sore thumb.
The game is not only bigger in the adventure aspect, but in the romantic one as well - there are now 3 girls to pursue. You can corrupt/romance each one, though not all in a single playthrough. Getting the girls is even harder than in the first game, but getting the girls is no longer the main quest of the game. Rather, your goal is just to film some pornos. It's incredibly easy; you'll win on the first time.

Storywise, the game is good. The girls and MC are well developed and interesting. That said, there are plenty of plot holes that The Architect attempts to wave away with awkward humour. I found the humour much more cringy and forced than in the first game, where I actually liked it.
One clear point of improvement in this sequel is with the sex scenes. The minigames during these scenes have been made much simpler so that you can comfortably jerk off while playing them. There are about 5 or so scenes in the game, though a few can be hard to unlock if you're not getting enough points. All scenes are animated, though the renders and animations are on the lower side of average. Descriptions are good.


+ Skip button was added to fast forward text... but still no back button
+ Multiple endings, with an ending editor so you can see all endings without having to replay game

- In addition to managing each girl's love + corruption stats, you also have to level up 3 stats for your character - Daring, Charisma, Intelligence. This is a needless complication that doesn't add anything besides an artificial difficulty.
- No hacking (in a game called Hack n' Stalk)

Psst, hey you, come here and let me show you this amazing corruption game. Why is it amazing you ask?

- Engine: if you have been around this forum, you know that 90% of the games around here that use Unity are clunky as hell and would actually be way better off if they just use Renpy. This game is also quite clunky tbh, but the way it utilizes the engine for gameplay and h-scenes deserves major props.
- Gameplay: in most adult games around here, the gameplay is often a major cockblock while not providing any entertainment value. This one however, has simple gameplay that also helps with immersion.
- Story: the game has an interesting setting. The story is a bit rushed (the game ends in 4 days), and the resolution is forceful. Also for a corruption game, you don't get a satisfying ending for being bad. There are a decent amount of branching so that's nice.
- Graphics: there are 3 girls in the game and I only like Jen's model; also the girls look like puppets during sex. The sex is not exactly exciting for a corruption game. Like I said above the gameplay is nice but it definitely takes you out of the sexy moments. I like this game overall but I don't think it's a good fap game.

v1.0

A VN with adventure game elements about a man tasked with catching the family of a politician in a sex scandal. The writing was really rough with most of the humor coming from 4th wall breaking jokes or video game references. The gameplay involved a lot of traveling from location to location to find the right item to progress which really slowed down the pace of the game. The renders and the animations were pretty good. Very little in the way of sound, just a sound effect here and there. I had a hard time getting into it.

the gameplay, graphics and history is really good despite beeing an "old" game, the save system is very bad having only 5 save slots (that you can only use sometimes) in a game full of choices, also you can't roll back as well, the endings for me are disappointing, the good endings are not that good and the bad ones are very bad.
i'm giving 5 stars because its good for a game finished in 2018, now i would say he is a 4.25

After finishing 'Goons Raid Her' from this same dev, I tried his other 3 games from the 'Hack'n Stalk' series to see if he wasn't a 'one-hit wonder'', and I'm happy to say that he is not.

All his games are amazing, this being the second best, only behind the aforementioned 'Goons Raid Her'(but not by much... and it actually does some things better than the latter(i.e. The Deepthroat mini-games and the fact that you can make a character go deeper on the second time was awesome and something that was missing in the second game... although one could argue that's because the Player Character was on the 'receiving' end in the latter and not in control like in the former)).

Why this guy doesn't have more support while the usual badly written and with no actual gameplay renpy vapourware trash gets cult followings is beyond me.

He is a clearly talented individual and deserved more recognition. If he can make games as these with such a limited budget, I drool just thinking about what he could do with a big one.

Such a good game and quality work. Not so long and not short definetly worth your couple hours. Something different than classic renpy type games, very original on its own. Engaging story, gameplay is actually fun and not grindy, puzzles are not overdone and choices you make have results. All scenes are animated and characters are sexy. On top of all that really good humour with lots of pop culture references. What else to be told! 10/10 game must try in my opinion.

Really well written story and an interesting choice of story-telling while also controlling the game. the only bad thing about this game is that some choices instantly remove some content, sometimes without you even realising it.

There is a term used in the entertainment medium, mostly movies and games, used to describe a great work that just doesn't live up to the expectations on a second installment.. It's called "sequelitis" and I believe this game suffers from it. Here things are bigger and vast but sadly, not substantial. The game is still as compact as the first one but tries to be much more, so you can get where the problem is: things are severely rushed. The characters put on an effort to pass a connection that you just can't see, since there's no time to develop it properly.
Now, on the plus side, there is a plot here, differently from what you normally see around, which is great bonus. The game also still maintain itself true to its foundations, "hack ans stalk" in an interesting way, that I really liked. It's still a good game that would sincerely benefit if it were a bit longer.

Well written characters, a decent story and a good set of scenes. The only issue is that some early vague choices can completely cut off certain paths and save options are limited. Still, well worth your time.

I seem to really enjoy The Arcitect games, I played the first Hack'n slack years ago, and this new one made me play for even more time. it was one of the few I wanted to redo several actions to see the differences(scenes).