Others - Honest Bond [v0.09f Public] [Hard Bone Games]

Yeah i know after seen many many bad reviews i thought myself this is gonna be PİLE OF TURD but its was not really ? yeah i am suprised too really story is slow and lot of teasing here even slower than True bond and look alikes really since this is inspired from that too so ? what to say here ? no no no its not bad at all not really i played all and actually i enjoyed slow burn thing if this ever finishes and not go into void like other this can be good.

Bad things is simple when you see anything diffirent than Renpy you go to ugghhh i dont wanna play it because you know its gonna be buggy and messy hard to skip and play over over again unlike Renpy easy to play and more trusty game engine YEAH BİG TURD İN ROOM İS GAME ENGİNE and this is sadly one who ruins potential player base and potential of gaem really i was close to not play it seeing that diffirent game engine but i tried sure firt part of GAME WAS BORİNG but after that scenes got better and got easier really with one click like RENPY so thats why i enjoyed it.

Sure its not super good or can get solid 5 star or even 4 but i giving 4 star for story and character models for now and i love slow burn without rush so if author does not go to void and finishes this with good pace not rushing good scenes etc this can be superb but PLEASE REMAKE GAME WİTH RENPY even you dont know it please learn it AUTHOR believe me this engine damages game than helping it and people here does not like to play with it.

This is truly the worst of both world. This is a linear VN on a proprietary engine with a extremely slow "sandbox". So you click to open the room menu, select the room, wait for black screen and then can you click on the character to see the only scene possible at this time. Sandbox serves no purpose but to annoy and waste time.

On the story side there's nothing either. It's a pure rip-off True Bond. Meaning update are slow and barely progress anything., Don't waste your bandwith with this one. It'll be abandoned soon anyway like every other True Bond clones.

Ver 0.06

According to reviews not much was done since 0.05

No basic QoL (options, menu, save/load) -0/5
Story: quite common but still have the audience - 3/5
Art: Quite nice 3d graphics, nice characters (no animations yet) - 4/5
Gameplay: poor events timing(the day-time schedule with no purpose so far) just to skip day after day, travel navigation is simple drop-down menu -2/5
Sex Scenes: Only teasing, nothing to see - 0/5

My Comments:
I enjoy seeing new developers and new games released, I want older games to be completed and new games to appear. I understand that developer might plan to support the game and add/fix/redo all the stuff I mentioned but this game is too raw to collect enough attention.
Most of gamers are tired of infinite new "demos" with no content and abandoned after 0.01 version. Hope this is not the case for this game

Overall score 2/5 (for now)

To save u fellow wankers time,
Don't just don't waste ur time with this one.

First things first, no settings available what so ever.
No main Menu you can go back 2, no SAVING or Loading!

Of course you cannot change any of the characters names or relationship.
Fuck you Oliver! (name of the MC)

AND despite the very limited "content" already 2 scenes are
PATREON PAY-WALLED hell to the no no no!

With this kind of attitude of the dev, his demo is gonna be ABONDENED
in no time..

How on earth this one gets 4 stars is an enigma to me.

Overall, the game is okay, but I encountered some major negative aspects that significantly impacted my experience. One of the biggest drawbacks is the complete absence of a save feature. Without the ability to save my progress, I find myself hesitant to invest time into the game. Additionally, there is no menu to navigate through, which further complicates the experience. The navigation itself is quite frustrating; moving from room to room requires multiple clicks, making it feel tedious and boring.

So far, the only real positive I can highlight are the last few renders of the LONG scene for the second event. The female model looks stunning as she reclines in the bed; her face is not only normal but also quite attractive. The large expanse of her cleavage is appealing as well. However, the core gameplay experience needs significant improvement. The story is different, which is a refreshing aspect, and I believe that overall, this game possesses a lot of potential. With some adjustments, it could truly evolve into something special.

Review as of the 0.05 release.

Game is ok, but some major negative aspects:

1. No save feature. No menu, nothing.
2. Stuck reading slow dialogue through the entire intro. Only after the long intro does the ability to skip text even appear.
3. All 'events' are stacked in a single time slot for the most part, 'afternoon'. So get ready to skip time a lot.
4. Navigation is horrible. No idea why the dev's tried using some broken ass engine but this is more clunky than it should be compared to modern Renpy games.
5. The main female looks like she has an oral STD in most scenes. Seriously, her entire lower race looks reddish and irritated/inflamed in most of her scenes.

So far the only real positive are the last few renders of the LONG scene for the second event. The female model looks great in the bed, her face looks normal and even attractive. her tits, and the large expanse of cleavage in that scene, looks good too.

Things needed to actually make this playable:
1. Swap to a better engine. This would allow player saves, a decent options menu and allow the dialogue skip/FF feature from the start of the game.
2. Fix the female characters face to remove the redness. All the initial renders where she talks probably need to be redone, but it's hard to understand how this wasn't noticed during the initial render's and redone or corrected.
3. Fix navigation in the house. Ugh, boring af, having to click twice to move one room at a time.
4. STOP stacking all the events in a single time slot when you have three time slots available. Ugh, having three time slots available when you have 3 of the 4 events only in afternoon is poor game design.

If all the above were fixed, with having the ability to save being a requirement to ever get above 2 stars, the game might actually show promise. For now it's a waste of time for the most part.

This is way to short to rate for 5 stars. I like your art. Story is good till the moment when you have to repeat like 10 days in order to have some action =D
I would definetly love to see this game in renpy as it would be easier to navigate and play.
Please allow us to have saves in the next updates.
Looking forward to your new update and I will rate your progress again. Thank you for the first release