VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Haley's Story [v1.1 Pre-Patched] [Viitgames]

One of those games that you play for the story and not for the fap. Believe me, the sex scenes are barely worth it if that is your priority for playing these type of games.

The game is good, AS LONG as you walk into its world with the right mindset. I didn't. I actually was more interested in other heroine routes. Mistake. Should have taken the hint when it said "Haley's Story" but you don't actually play from her POV. So, no matter which route you pick, as her twin brother, you're pretty much locked into the incest route by default.

Thankfully, the heroine routes are well done. Both Sandra and Adrianna routes were unique and appealing in their own ways. However, Lisa, Diana and Alana routes are just.. dull.

Not because they are bad, but because they are pretty much nonexistent. Lisa is a sex crazed teenager, Diana is a fitness crazed minx and Alana has her own emotional baggage having an affair with a married man. Intriguing settings, only the dev doesn't really explore them further or in detail. Just a few night stands that amount to nothing in the end. Given how the dev is able to flesh out good routes, I can only presume that he/she burned out midway and just finished off the game quickly. It also becomes a bit more apparent when a lot of questions remained unanswered. Some being: What happened to Mr. Klaus after Victor's help? Or what's the story behind Adrianna's scar? Or what amounted to the threat that Jack made about getting to the bottom of the breakup reasoning? Nope. Instead all focus went into Haley and her story, which I guess makes sense given the title?

All in all, I wanted to give the game three stars. One lost for coming off as incomplete and one lost for unappealing sex scenes and bland animations. Even the character development is a bit bricked with the MC trying to distance himself from Haley but then couldn't, but then feeling guilty about cheating on his girlfriend(s). The choices are simply useless.

But it does well as a story overall once you adapt to that mindset. I especially don't want to knock on the clear effort the dev put into this game. Overall, a very fine read. Especially since I'm not into incest. But it kept me hooked till the end anyway.

Going with realistic approach is always daring and laudable, this is definitely a rare gem in its own class.

Depiction of characters and their traits definitely is flawless, relationship parts is another excellent point for story, and there is ample amount of choices and plenty of tasteful scenes.

There is a good deal of comic moments inside story that making playing more enjoyable, also approaching sensitive topic of Hayley’s past done adeptly.

Overall this is an excellent VN, splendid job really.

Really tried to like this game, i would even have liked it if this game had no forced routes, which it does. I find it funny that you have an option to kiss her which opens the sandra route based on the walkthrough, but the next day you are dating her again? Like c'mon, why cant I say no?

This game should be named Sandra's story.

Eugh... I really wanted to give this one more of a chance, because there's so much to like about it, but like so many that came before it, the ending just didn't quite make it.

So, to end on a good note, I'll start with the ending because that's my biggest gripe. It felt rushed. There was a lot of stuff that was planted, that just wasn't paid off. The place where the story ends isn't some fulfilling climax, it just hops into the epilogue, wrapping everything up and leaving you dissatisfied.

And that's REALLY a shame, because there's so much to love about this game. The models are good, the writing is fantastic, it really gets into the way a relationship like this one might play out, with the angst being real without overstaying its welcome. Calling it 'realistic' would be a stretch, but it's, for lack of a better word, complex. You're never going to be pulled OUT of the story by something that seems out of place. It keeps a level of fantasy that stays consistent, so once you're in it, you're in it, and you can go along for a damn good ride.

Hopefully in future games the dev keeps their ability to tell a compelling narrative, but gets some notes on how to end one.

o/
Review time ! Spoiler : it will not be great ^^"
I'm not a good written, and english isn't my native language so ..
Other reviews are better but I want to participate cause this game have left a feeling on me ! In some way

I give the game a 4/5 stars.
I'm not used to play adult visual novel so I put more subjectivity than objectivity in this review.

So I've just finished the game.
The game is (and for me too), a pretty or even very beautiful part of life of two twins, loving each other, in summary.

In fact I was searching a game with Incest tag, saw this one, thinking about fantasies game had to give and so I've speed up half of the game (holded CTRL, reading essentialy texts betweens MC and his sister).
But I've fall on a loving story, betweens a sister (Haley) and her twin brother (the MC).
Really, it's fun, entertaining and I've laugh a couple of time.
I like the chimestery betweens them.

But ..

I don't like the whole personnality of the MC.
Without spoil, and if you play you'll notice, Haley is more the girl who make fun (and seek protection) and the brother (MC) the serious guy.
She is, no she act like a brat sometimes, and he answer at the same level. It's like a game or an habit betweens them.
But the MC is half the time so serious, breaking the fun.
I know being poked by a foot in the face isn't great when working but it's that make her cute !
Her overflowing imagination and her smiles .. that make her personnality and why we appreciat her.

Besides, I don't like the father.
I know the story need something, otherwise the game is boring but thems father is a jerk.
How someone who have rises twins can think separed them?!
But no spoil.

Other reviews say we don't have informations of some events after a while and it's true, but in fact isn't a big deal.

But more big deal, it's at the half of the story, all other character other than thems parents disapear.
No more friends, no more discussions with bosses.
Ok we don't need useless texts for the story at some point, but just a line that say we talk with X or Y is good enough.
I think the author have focus on the twins without any other characters than thems parents for keep the stoy "short" with him ideas.

Even if I've skip a part of the game, I found the game a bit too long at my taste and the end maybe a little rushed?
Like other reviews, it depend on your feeling but for me that was enough.
Better end than do useless texts.
But I know, this AVN is a focus on the part of the life of two twins loving each other but sometimes I was just "ahem I need this to go end".
It's totaly subjectivity, I know see a part of the life of two characters is important, more in this story but except some laugh I had, that was long. Arf I feel guilty to write that.
I've like the story, and i've come back for the "slices of life" and of course the end but that was a bit long.

I like how Haley is modeled, same if some (a little) facial expression are not top.
I like her smile, I like how she stare when she taunts and her hair are super nice ! Like others says, they are in motions and are very pretty.
Other character are also well modeled same if I'm just "meh" by the MC's model.
The render is good also, not cheap or older.
Sex scene are good too, but absent on the end.
We have a couple of choices but I don't think they are all very important on what the story will be.

In summary, a good game if you like past time on reading a story about the loving betweens twins, more than make choices or whatever.

It's strange for me, I think the story could be better, the interactions etc, but this game give me a feel like when I finish a serie or a story in two or three films. The feeling of happiness and sadness, but more sadness cause i've rushed the beginning and the end is a little rushed.
I'll maybe rethink to this game or replay it in couple of years, who knows? ^^

Likely one of the best in terms of humor and general writing, the scenes are excellently made. I don't want to spoil anything but if there is a way to get a sequel, I think I'd welcome one. Or an expanded remake of the same; though it really doesn't need a remake for any of the usual reasons, the writing and art is incredibly good. A remake would only be fun if it extended the end stories or expanded the cast. Again though, what there is here, is plenty and I love it.

First of all, the visuals have aged extremele well, and that gets it 2 stars on its own.

Also, I wanna say that this game has made a lot of people happy, and I don't wanna take that away from them. You're not hurting anyone if you like this, so go ahead and keep liking it.

That said, this is yet another boring game about generic characters that say a bunch of lazy sentences over and over. There's nothing interesting about them at all.

As for some contructive criticism, try to put more effort into your dialogue. Almost every since sentence is literally 1-5 words long, you keep reusing the same ones over and over, making scenes feel a lot longer than they actually are.

(5 Stars bc review scores are bullshit, but i do believe this game is one of the best in the genre and would rather it shown up than down on lists)
(Preamble 2: this isn't very well edited, mostly made from annotations during the roughly 1 month that i read this VN).

Overall: it's starts really promising, but unfortunately doesn't truly rise to greatness. it's still good, in ways that make me expect good things from the writer(s). Dialogue is pretty nice, sharp, most of the time it doesn't feel like robots talking or mere pawns of the plot. Dan (the protagonist) almost feels like a real character sometimes, but everyone else feels fully realized (with some exceptions).

Main criticisms: Dan (the protagonist), as far as AVNs go, dan is fine, and occasionally shows flashes of being his own character. But grading him outside of the curve that we grade AVNs on? eh. He just goes with the flow, doesn't seem to have agency or any sort of initiave. Nothing wrong with indecisive or indifferent characters, but that has to be written in him, instead of just feeling like "he's the protag of a porn game, therefore he must do this and that, etc."
It does have some flashes, in a person that doesn't have a lot of words and doesn't seem to reflect a lot on things? but because we rarely know what's going on his mind (which doesn't need to be spelt out, but just hearing his thoughts or anything more indicative of a character would be nice).

There's 2 things i'd like to highlight about him. His relationship with Sandra is weird, at the start. He does say the pretty words, generally treats her well, and does say and do things that would equate with him caring about her. On the other hand Dan cheat's on Sandra with a multitude of characters, while Dan throws passive-aggressive comments at Sandra and occasionally even show some indiffirence towards her? Not that a story with those things can't be written, but at no point we hear a moment of reflection from dan on these actions. He cheats on Sandra until he Hayley says no, and the passive-aggressive comments just disappear. It's what i meant earlier by Dan not really being a fully realized character. Those things could be worked on to more depth, but yet they aren't.
The second thing is the hitman subplot. Awful is as strong word for it, but, it feels so out of place, meaningless, a filler story point that doesn't (but probably couldn't either) amount to anything interesting, other than fullfilling some sort of vigilante fantasy. I'm assuming something went less than ideal in development, but hey, it's still in the story. Another bad thing about that subplot is the fact that Dan "stole" the choice of how to deal with Hayley's abuser, behind her back, wether she wanted or not, barely any thought to how the death of her abuser would impact any other life. It's something that Dan made purely for himself, while i don't think the intention was anything other than some "heroic and righteous revenge", the way i read it, it was just overprotective machismo and the fantasy of being a vigilante. I could've bought it more if Dan was more of a character, if that subplot said anything about Dan, but no. Him "killing" Haley's abuser didn't say anything about himself, nor did that action have any consequences in the story (realistically the other Haley, who the story dropped like a hot a potato, would be very affected by that).

Funny thing to nitpick on: Not sure if it was intended, but Dan calling his ex a slut for selling blowjobs is very funny if you choose to cheat with him.

End paragraph i guess? While i did write more about the negative things than the positives, make no mistake, this is still a gem of the AVN scene. Again, dialogue is good, most of the characters do feel fully realized, and a lot of their interactions are fun to read.

This game's story is very good and graphics is decent. I love haley's character. She is adorable and funny. She is on my favorite list. Other LIs are interesting too.
The ending could be better but not bad.
Overall awesome game. One of my favorite VN game.

This game had some real promise, but the forced relationship is an automatic dealbreaker. None of your choices really matter, and you wind up with the same love interest no matter what you do, really disappointing.

Nice vanilla romance story. Great story, dialogues and jokes. Game doesn't force into something you are not into. Nice renders. And Haley of course is really adorable with a good written bitchy character)). Only the ending (I did the best ending with Haley) kinda leaves some questions open, but that really not that critical, it is a work for a fantasy.

[v1.1 Pre-Patched]

Haley's Story was one I initially skipped it due to a certain tag (not to yuck anyone's yum) but I decided to give it a shot with the numerous good ratings, and I am honestly glad that I did.
The dialogue and banter between the MCs just had me instantly invested, then it delves deeper as the story goes on-- without losing a beat between the humour and serious moments.

H-scenes
While the "animations" and statics are simple, due to being an older title. There's a certain rustic charm to them.

The "worst" complaint you will find is the fact it is a few years old, so there's a bit of jank here and there. Nothing outlandishly immersion breaking. A bit too dark in a few places/scenes.

Mostly vanilla in terms of kink variety (outside the obvious incest); though a few light moments of variety sprinkled throughout to not be completely boring:
mainly threesomes, a bit of lesbian action, voyeurism, and anal.

In conclusion: if you want to enjoy a compelling incest romance, this is the game for you

This game/story brings back memories, it was the time I played/read a VN game and really enjoyed it. I always looked forward to the next update.

I loved the graphics and the looks of the girl haley, I though she was beautiful and funny.

It was only after finishing the main story line, a few updates later, that I realized you could have different endings. Unfortunately I never played those other story lines, I just watched the images in game.

Every time I see this game, I feel like downloading it again, and trying to play it again, to recreate the feeling I had the first time I played it.

I'm surprised by how wholesome this game is
Yes, it's siblings incest but the relationship is such a supportive, wholesome and loving one that it seems completely natural.
All the supporting cast are the same, nice people.
The pace and writing is good. It's also nice to see black people not portrayed as generic stereotypes .

The downside; the ending seems rushed. There's plot and character archs that are left hanging and everything wraps up too quickly. Hopefully dev will revisit and redo the endings

Still a nice game that I enjoyed

The game starts out really strong. The sibling relationship with Haley is very cute, fun and believable, as is the slow escalation towards a sexual relationship.
The game loses points for forcing the MC into a relationship with another girl without the player's input. We only get to choose whether we want to sleep with her or not.

I really like the buildup for Haley's backstory reveal and how the two siblings start dealing with it. Huge probs for bringing up their parents and having to navigate that relationship, at least a little bit.

The ending however is rushed at best. Some girls get route choices without any follow up development. Even Haley's main story leaves many plot strings untied and characters stop caring about some of their previously core motivations.

All in all the game tells a pretty believable, wholesome, cute, funny and sexy story, with a decent amount of very well anmimated sex scenes.
Definetely reccommended.

All around great game.
Story is really good. Haley is character you are going to love. She is definitely on my top favourite list. Other LI are pretty unique and hot too.
Pace of the story and having more than one ending make is great and makes the game re-playable.
You will have a lot of fun playing it. Though, I must warn, there are some emotional moments.

This game is much more grounded then most you can find around here...
I do love the characters, the main girl is fun, has her own agency and is (of course) a little crazy. Also the chemistry is a lot less forced then in most stories like this! But the side characters are also interesting and nothing is to out of place.
If you like a well written romance between siblings (twins without that stupid harem thing or bullshit "all want to fuck the nerd" stories, than this is for you!

Had a lot of fun playing this. Nice pacing, not too quick. The pubic choice was very nice, but would be nice to heve her growing it instead of being forced to have her shave it.

Image quality was good too, and the dialogs we also good and reasonably believable (considering the type of game).

When I first started playing this game, I didn't think too much of it. Now here I am, having completed several playthroughs. Visually, it's not the best, but the characters in this game are great. Haley is easily one of my favorite characters, not just in adult games, but in fiction. There were several moments involving her where I literally burst out laughing, which pretty much never happens in games like these (I still think about the scene where she held up her fist and "commented" about your girlfriend). As a story, it's well worth the read.

One of my favorite games .

Haley is one of the most remarkable VN character I've met. She is charming, funny, and caring. Until now, I've never met another woman from other games that matches Haley's personality.

The dynamics between the MC and Haley feels natural and convincing . I really like the romantic relationship between the two which really gave butterflies to my stomach.

Yes, the story's twist is quite controversial and unusual for this kind of game. It really makes you sad for Haley and take care or protect her more.

My only issue with this game is its ending. Yes, it wrap ups some points of the story but I think the dev can still expound it. Nevertheless, the game is overall an unforgettable experience.