VN - Ren'Py - Halfway House [Ep.11 - Bonus 7-8] [Az]

Outside of the MC sometimes being downright annoying, this is a pretty top notch game. A game that can go 7 episodes without massive amounts of sexual content and still have such a high rating speaks volumes about the quality of the game.

Renders are above average, the writing is solid, and there is a surprising amount of depth behind each character that we're just beginning to uncover.

Looking forward to how the story progresses

Love everything about this. The story is good, you get plenty of choices which do affect the storyline or the scenes that you get to see, the characters are diverse and interesting and the models are incredible.

I need more updates!

This is right up my alley and I wish i could find more of this quality. Is there a downside?
Story telling was top notch totally engaging with an interesting setting (not just living with mum/sis etc). Nicely developed characters with some sort of background well thought out to make them different!! (yes not just hi my name is...shag)
The rendering/graphics were superb.. I especially like the small touches such the smoke in ashleys smoke scene.. these details make a difference bringing the scenes to life.. i think even the light came on in the bath scene!

The content for 7 chapters worth is 100 percent worth the download.. now its gonna be like waiting for your next episode of your favourite programme!!

tl;dr: in my opinion, it is one of the better ones VN on this site.

There is quite interesting non-cliche story. Right now [Ep. 7v2] it feels like we are in the early-mid game, not much sex, a lot of teasing which in my opinion is great. VNs with chicks jumping on MC's dick second they meet him feels just plaint stupid, so if you share this view with me then you are in luck with this game.
About the characters I have to admit that there are nice looking girls/love interests. Each is very unique: on the surfice it might seem that they are very stereotypical (like one is cuteness-overload virgin and other is rebel-punk nympho) but in truth there is more going on and it is fun to discover these layers and depths.
Game has also hilarious male companions/bros/friends. It's fun to have them around and it is shame that their screentime is rather short. Monroe's especially.
Worth to note is that there are good looking, high quality renders. Game is generally nice to watch.

Fingers crossed for this project.

Really enjoy the game. Characters are well designed and the renders are really good. The plot is also good. The game also has some nice music and some (few) sound effects. Animations are not the best, but it does not compromise the game at all.

this is amazing, its one of the best looking vns i have seen, the environments, really detailed backgrounds and the lighting of them, and the character models are just simply fantastic, then there is the writing which is really really good, i love the characters especially Samantha and Ashley, they are just amazing. The build up to their scenes and and the scenes themselves are extremely well done.
The only thing that i would say that bothers me is that some of the talking scenes drag on for too long, and there are 7 episodes but barely anything happened in them. There are a lot of interesting plot points brought up but barely explored and progression made in any of them. But these are minor annoyance of mine and i still enjoyed the game very much, looking forward for more.

Graphics = 10.0, if it improves it spoils.
Characters = 9.5, we could have developed the characters more, but the way they were made is not bad.
Bugs = I didn't find any during the 7 episodes, everything went according to plan.
Plot = 8.5, many of the dialogues were tedious and easily implied, could be summarized or be more direct.

General note for the game = 9.5 (but by rounding I will put 5 stars instead of 4), I particularly liked the game and I recommend to you who are reading this to download it, for the reasons described above.

A refreshing, unusual plot ; with well-thought out characters and dialogues, each having his own personality and acting/talking accordingly.

There's something for everyone : the warm MILF, the sexually liberated goth, the inexperienced tsundere girlfriend. As for side characters, such as the flatmate or the MILF's friends, they have their own endearing personalities as well.

These make for a story which I really enjoyed so far (ep. 7), it's pretty immersive with some funny plot twists.
Some complain about the dearth of sex scenes, but given that the theme of the novel is a coming-of-age story, it's fine IMHO. It's the hero's journey that's most enjoyable.

All of that is complemented with top notch graphics. It is notable that there are (non-sexual) animations which usefully serve to illustrate a scene ; making this visual novel more lively.

Can't wait for the next episode !

This game is definitely worth to play.
It kind of reminds me of Acting Lessons.
Though some might say that the game is slow-paced or too many teasing,
I think that makes the story more reasonable and enjoyable.

I really want to love this game; the renders are beautiful, the story is good, and the cast is diverse and interesting.

However I couldn't enjoy this game as much as I would have because of how unlikeable the MC is. I get that this is supposed to be a porn game and he was in juvie but does he have to be whiny and horny all the time. His dialogue and behaviour is pretty cringe especially how he behaves towards the girl who is supposed to be his main love interest.

This game got progressively harder to sit through because of the MC and the fact that there's little sexual content to offset how annoying the MC is meant that I lost patience with this game which is a shame.

[As of Ep. 7 v2]

Top 10 underrated VN in the market.

- Great Girls.
- Great Lewd scenes.
- Good Graphics.
- Good Story.
- Funny dialogues.
- Too much teasing tho (for the sake of building up i guess?).
- Slow updates

Conclusion:
A very very good game. High potential. Look forward for future update.
4/5

Its a beautiful game! the details in the narrative are perfect, compassing by the images minousciously put in deliver to the player a nice athmosphere and a well selected music for every moment. VERY WELL CHARACTERS, every each of the with a nice background... THE HISTORY CAPTIVATE YOU IN NO TIME... five stars and please keep workin on this game man! U HAVE TALENT TO BE A STORYTELLER... 10/10

First of all, you can play this game just for the story and you'd still have a great time!

This is imo one beautiful game, it has some great scenes. the characters feel real, and the models don't look like brand store barbie dolls.

The creator(s?) of this game, I feel, have written a good story, it also inverts a lot of tropes from other Adult Games in a thoughtful way(such as sneaking into someone's room and then doing things while they are sleeping, having a male rival in the house who also wants to fuck same people, etc )

At the moment that I'm writing v7 is out, it has good amount of content(say 2-3 hours) if you play with the intent of reading all dialogues.

The characters, have backstories that the game explores bit by bit, the characters feel realistic in a way they react to situations ( though some characters arc are a bit sped up I feel.)

All in all, good game which I'm looking forward to finish once it's fully out. I'm even going to be a patron for a month on patreon!!

One of my favorite games! Excellent writing, interesting characters, some pretty funny dialogue, and beautiful renders. I love that the story is intelligent and not just a wall-to-wall fuckfest. I've completed chapter 7 and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the story. Keep up the great work!

This is the kind of story that I have really come to like. It has a solid story with interesting characters and just enough of the sexy bits to keep that part alive. I like the games that it is a bit more slow burn than some awkward 2 minutes in and already screwing the main target.

The only complaint I really have is they over the top flirtation, every time a female is around. I forgive a little because of the MCs background. Bit over the top there though.

Still, looking forward to coming chapters!!

My personal number #2

I can't stop thinking about Ashley and the story, even after a weeks not playing it (no updates yet ).
It deserves all the attention in the world....

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+ Insanely good sex scene.
+ The best detail and graphics than any other game.
+ Ashley is the most interesting and complicated game character I've ever met...
+ The story is interesting and every character has it's own personality and its so much fun watching them interact with one another.
+ Constantly surprising you with things you don't expect to happen.

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- No ending with Ashley for now ( I hope that will change ;( )

Before this game I didn't knew I could care about a game character so much, Thanks for the incredible game!

That game is really great The characters, the renders and the story are really awesome.
It's a different kind of story I never saw in the VN I've played before.
Looking forward to the next update!
10 from 10 points for this masterpiece!

Ive read a review here that i can say i suscribe totally, but i dont know if i will be able to make it to chapter 5.

Renders look awesome, the lighting is really good and never too much or too short, or one of those that go full on subsurface scattering stuff.
Characters look good visually, posing maybe goes a little too far with back arching, cringy and puts me off a little, BUT:

Even though characters are interesting, story develops just slow and nothing happens, just teasing and perving everything so i cant take any attempt at a relationship seriously when the MC is a horny clown.

And then chapter 3 happens and the clown decides to put a blanquet on a girl to cover her Jeans so he dont cover her tits and perv on the girl?
If that girl is your love interest theres defintley something wrong with your head.

Why not just cover her a take the oportunity to create some intimacy and conection between the two? So you can make a joke about the mc being a horrible human being with 0 gratitude or empathy?
Its not like the pace is bad, its the fact that at the star of chapter 4 theres nothing more than small hints to what the game wants and where is gonna go.

for instance the sex part that doesnt exist for half of the game at least, in my playthrough i counted 2 tits that you get to see perving, and 1 tit that you get to see because some rapist show it to you (nice message to teach your kids) And you get to see the same penis 2 times.

Maybe its a good game when it has 12 episodes, and some payoff exists, cause right now at chapter 4 most of relationships havent moved much and still new characters are being introduced.

If something happens to change this, i fear its gonna be one of those rushed 180s that some games pull when they run out of ideas and turn into a mindless fuckfest.

Pretty good game, too early to say with such little content or development in the story.
Mostly dialogue with little development but I found myself not being overly bothered by it since it's quite well written, witty and humorous at times.
Most characters feel like they have some personality unlike alot of other games on this site raghter then every female character just being a potential bang.
Though the choices through the game sofar feel like they doesn't matter much atall with afew obvious exceptions and that's somewhat of a bummer.

Think this could turn into a great game, will be back once it's completed!

It's a slowpaced (longer the wait, bigger satisfaction) type of game with drama elements . Beautiful renders and animations, rich character design, absorbing story. Very nice piece of adult game library. It's one of those games that is a must try and see for yourself.