VN - Ren'Py - It's Just a Game [v0.4.1] [DigiDec]

It was a relatively interesting concept. The use of time skipping was way too liberally used, it made the whole story feel foolish. Like the MC would have to be an absolute moron to not notice what was going on, or at least ask questions, check in with the people important to him.

The renders are ok, but not great. The lewd scenes are pretty sparse and not amazing. There are a few scenes that are hot kind of in spite of the renders chosen. Its really nothing special in this area though.

The limiting sim interaction does seem like a really dumb choice, so the mod is pretty much essential. I wouldn't even bother trying it without as you'd miss some pretty crucial plot points.

And thats where the good news ends. The writing missed so many opportunities to really engage with the characters and the changes happening before it decided to cut its own throat. Unfortunately, Act 2 which has just started is absolute garbage. The direction the story has taken is irritating and preachy. ||Whats funny is the dev makes this very point in the game.|| It kept making me want to quit, but i was determined to see it through to the end of current content so I could at least speak fully on it. The MC has let himself get trapped, the arguments are specious, and its just plain not fun. ||Its like this supposedly intelligent MC has completely forgotten that the AI is dependent on him and he could threaten to kill himself, or simply quit playing until his body withers and dies to force her compliance and let him out. Its fucking dumb. The force mindfucking of throwing him through sim after sim without giving him any good reason just doesn't make sense. ||

I can't see any reason to check back in as the dev has clearly driven this truck off the cliff. I wouldn't recommend spending them time to try it.

It's Just a Game, it's just a game, just a game...

And this is my review so there may be spoilers - just so you know. A review, expressing...

Anyway, the game is set-up in Acts and this build stops somewhere in Act 2. So, a decent amount of content.

The game is typical of porn logic, pace moves quick enough (which I generally like), you live with your family, you start a new job. You get the idea. But it does build on itself, the narrative progresses, it keeps moving.

The dialogue is terse, but uses the time well and is decently written. You're not going to get bogged down with prose.

All this equates to a decent Act 1, if I do so say. I actually became invested, which surprised me. The story ain't bad. There are some interesting themes explored here. And sex, of course.

I particularly liked how the sim was influencing the family members in the 'real' world and the fact the MC is working on a bridge as to connect two sims - I could see it as a nice corrupting tool.

Did I mention this is a review? It should give you an idea of things. Sorry about any spoilers.

Act 2 begins and things are looking sketchy, it raises a lot of questions - which is rare for a porn logic story. So far, so good.

And then you're hit over the head about what a game is, and then you're finally connected. Complete the game, chap, but it ain't your story(ies)???

I can tell the dev(s) understand the structure of story, but I can't help thinking they're going to have to pull something grand out of their arse to deliver the finale pay-off.

Especially as the H-scense ain't animated. This game could really do with animation.

I mean, the renders are fine. Some great looking bodies. Some ugly looking faces (but I like that in these games for some reason...).

All-in-all, four stars. I'm going with good. Despite no animations, despite being hit over the head with about games, this is a game, this is the villain.

This is either going to end as a cracking story, or they'll paint themselves into a corner looking like idiots, and we've all wasted our time.

The majority of the H-scenes need to return to the 'real' world, some good sheet was brewing there.

And that's my review.

It's Just a Review, it's just a review, just a review.

This is really good. Clever dialogue, creative idea for setting and world building. A bit messy but in a fun way. Oh, and good renders. Seems to have a lot of my preferred kinks as well so that's always a bonus. Looking forward to more updates.

I enjoy version 0.4.1. Very good skins, high quality scenes and make you think writing. Applause for characters. Act 1 set stage, Act 2 is yet to be finished so I give a break to creator. I look forward to reading more and having our way with rampant Qai. пасиб.

Very interesting.

I've held off on this game for so long it keeps popping up with high reviews but I normally don't like "game within a game" type novels because it makes your choices feel completely unimportant but I thoroughly enjoyed act 1 and while act 2 is a little jarring as long as it sort of gets back to reality soon like author has mentioned I'm definitely intrigued. It takes a neat approach and I'm interested to see how much MC's choices actually affect things. Just hope it doesn't get too 4th wall breaking.

Natalie is awesome. Cuckquean, Dd/Lg, breeding - she just freaking encapsulates so many of my favorite fetishes

Does't really hit the mark for me. The characters felt pretty one-dimensional, and the story just escalated way too fast without much build-up. It’s hard to get invested when everything feels so rushed and over the top.

1 for the renders.
A mess of broken narratives trying to do a meta game in a game style of story but it doesnt work at all. the simulation is boring, the characters dont matter because we dont know "the real ones" and whatever stake it it might exist collapse under a disjointed mess of a story.

First off - the quality of the game is really good. It feels unique in many ways, is well written and offers a lot of interesting content. My main problem lies in the general development of the story. The game was extravagant from the beginning, but the second act is too meta in my eyes and the various scenes and settings don't quite pull me in.

However, if you look at it with a more benevolent eye, it might be quite charming. Best to give it a try yourself.

The second act is kinda freaky but I like the game overall. Very hot characters, especially Ness. I also hope to see more futa content in the future. The mod that allows you to see all simulations should be included in the normal version I think.

The story is good enough. You have to take it with a grain of salt. The MC develop something multi-billion companies couldn't. Although it's played down as being amateurish, it's just something I personally find hard to believe. That being said, it's the one big flaw. The rest is fairly realistic given the context of the story.

The sex is just up my alley. I'm turned on by women who enjoy kinky sex, but most of the time, those type of girls are a bit two dimensional and portrayed as mindless bimbo. I want the woman to be "normal" and have personalities AND are a bit slutty.

Overall good game. If it continues on the same track, I'm confident this game will be on the frontpage of the top rating games eventually.

Fantastic game.

The only gripe I'd make is solved by the "All Sims Mod" which lets you see all the content in one go. There's a fair amount of content to be seen as of version 3, but it's not clear why (yet?) all the content can't be seen in one playthrough.

I'm a degen through and through and I love this game, looking forward to more!

I am very impressed with this game. Going in, I didn’t expect much for such a young game, but I was blown away.

This game is a lot of fun. The story is well-crafted and written in great English, which is always nice to see on this site. I am very interested in how the "sims" will continue to affect the women in MC's life.

Speaking of the "sims," they are bringing a lot of interesting possibilities for erotic scenes, which I hope to see more of in the future. With them, the developer will have no constraints on genre or time period. Magic and futuristic tech, or fairies and aliens, won’t feel out of place. Heck, even changes in art style wouldn’t be an immersion breaker. I hope to see some crazy stuff in the future.

The art in the game is great as well. The characters and environments look awesome, and the erotic scenes are hot and plentiful, which was a very nice surprise for such a freshly released game. No blue-balling in this one.
And whats important to add is that they are not the vanilla type. There is promise for some wild stuff in the future.

Would recommend 10/10.

This game seems to be able to mix genres in an extremely efficient and compelling way, you get the office vn, the vr vn, the harem vn, the bimbofication vn, and the futa vn, all wrapped up into one without it feeling overblown. I am amazed at simply how many different ways the author has gone in the story without it feeling over the top, can't wait to see more!

I really dont tend to rate games as a pirate I feel I really dont have a say in the matter unless the dev ask for it. I have played and Im playing a good couple of games from very different thematics, and there have been just 2 games that when they end I get vary frustated because of how good they are and this one is by FAR the one game that has make me feel that way. At the star it got me intrigued, the uptade after uptade it got better, this ast update was facking awesome, really hope Im one day avilable to give some money to the dev!!!!!!!!!

Man, I love this game. I have a hard time putting all the things that are great with it into words. The extremely compelling story, the dialogue and characters, how well it blends the sexual aspects and the normal ones together to create this immersive masterpiece.

I cannot for the life of me recommend this more. It kind of makes me sad that I can't rate this higher, because it shouldn't be close to all the terrible games that for some unexplainable reason get high ratings. Top 5 on the site for sure, I am looking forward to the next update because the last one really blew my mind.

TL;DR: Amazing game, I urge you to try it. I am very picky when it comes to the media I consume and man, this is just fantastic.

I normally don't play games without animations. This one is worth it.

From a technical aspect this game is fairly top notch. The writing is sound, the prose is appealing, the scenes are framed well, the models are attractive and everything in general is quite good.

From an artistic point of view this game gets better the further in you get. I probably wouldn't have rated it 5 stars if it weren't for the current ending. The lack of animations simply would take a star for me, but damn it's such a compelling and well told story. I can't wait to see where this one is going.

Edit: The above review was for the first release. I'm going to leave the 5 star rating because I can tell this release is just a blip in the overall picture, but know that the 2nd release didn't really provide anything. I understand that aspects of it might be pivotal to the story, but it sorta droned on without actually pushing the story forward.

If the first release was a 5/5, this second was a 3 out of 5. This entire release could have been cut in 1/3 and then we could have got on with telling a good story. If the quality doesn't pick up again in the future I will be removing stars as necessary.

Is the game good? Yes. Do I recommend it? Yes.

This is a game where the kinks it has are more than just an afterthought and in games where that's the case, the story and plot falls by the wayside more often than not. Honestly, it was beginning to feel like it until that is, the newest update 0.3.2 - now this is a gamechanger.

The intro and setting up of the world is actually really interesting. The technology of virtual reality and everything it entails has always been something that has interested the modern youth because of the boundless freedom possible. The plot is actually centered around that curiosity of what if? That's how our story kicks off and it's well-written - so much so that I can't really find any fault in it. There's no problem with the pacing, there's a healthy amount of sex sprinkled in so that no one is left wondering whether this is even an adult game or not, and the sex scenes themselves aren't mindless and are actually part of the story.

Next comes what I like best, the dialogue. The dialogue in this game is amazing, it's very authentic and extremely entertaining. The characters never prattled on about something unrelated and when they do end up using jargons because of the MC's job, the average person can follow it without needing to have a PhD. In fact in the recent update, our MC has this sexually-charged conversation with a character I was still on the fence about that was so electrifying that that encounter alone already made me a fan on that character.

Speaking of characters, they're all great. They feel real especially because the POV isn't strictly tied to the MC which gives us moments where we explore how the other characters are usually like, and as you play more of the game you as the MC find times where you can have an honest conversation with these characters which reveal more of their personalities and motivations in a natural way which is so much better than some third-person exposition.

Since we just talked about characters, let's go next with how they look - the visuals. These are very well-made renders and it really shows how well the gradual changes appearing to the people closest to our MC. On top of that, all the girls look hot so if you combine that with the amazing dialogue and the great renders, I haven't once seen a sex scene that I wanted to skip.

All of these elements combined make for a really, really entertaining game that I was kind of doubting before the newest update because I thought that the status quo of having sex with girls as they're slowly corrupted is going to stay the same until the game eventually peters out. Which I have no problems with, the rating would more or less still stay the same because It's Just a Game - an adult one where I can get my rocks off.

Then 0.3.2 came out and all of that changed. 5-fucking-stars.

My message to DigiDec: Amazing job guys, this is some really good stuff. There isn't much I can chime in for because with how well the game has been going so far, I have full confidence that you don't need the masses telling you what to do. Keep up the great work, I'm definitely looking forward to what comes next in Act 2!

I love this game. The models, dialogue, story and character development is all very well put together to form some interesting and fun/enjoyable situations and relationships. I found myself reading the entirety of each page of dialogue, just love that it was holding my attention so well . For v0.3.2 in particular, that cliffhanger was just perfect, no spoilers but what an excellent job keeping me interested for future updates.

As others have mentioned animations would be nice but overall 5/5. Looking forward to what DigiDec has in store for us in the future.

This is an absolutely fantastic visual novel.

The premise alone is worth the read. Add to that the unconventional visuals, the fun twists, and the engaging characters, and you are in for a treat.

If you're looking for a fun and interesting story, with a varied cast of intriguing personas, you should check this out. Well done DigiDec.

Besides, if you find that it isn't your prefered flavor of coffee, remember...

It's Just a Game.

Usually when you see a full-on 5-star game, it's one or two reviews from friends of the dev or whatever -- but LORD. This is deserving. I join the carousel of praise for a game that checks all the boxes. One of those "count them on one hand" games.

Great story, amazing tech knowledge that actually means something, real-life people (and bots), and a level of quirk that just blows my mind. The familial sexual power subtext is gorgeous. ( The whole virtual game idea of Mom, sis, etc. gaming how to best present to MC, while he spies, is great-- Mom in ABBA gear, waah!) I love it.

Only quibble I have is, as usual, about TASTE. Specifically, BUTTS. The dev is obviously, as most seem to be, a fan of Sir Mixalot. I am NOT. The characters of Qai, Natalie and Zoe are more my preference. But "De gustibus non est disputandum", as they used to say, back when sex was something humans enjoyed like artichokes and gelato.
Nonetheless! Thank you, DigiDec, for sharing your talent. I look so forward to future endeavors!!