VN - Ren'Py - Jessica O'Neil's Hard News [v0.65] [stoperArt]

This game speaks for itself. The sexual design and animation are top-notch, the story is fun, and the progress is somewhat slow, but its design minimizes any negative impact. The FMC design is 10/10.
The downside is the update time, as if you're lucky, you can get an update once a year.

A truly amazing game! Everything from the storyline to the visuals (models, texture, color, light) is superb. It's rare to see character models—especially the older man—executed with such high quality. The engaging 'old man' narrative makes this a must-play. Perfect score in every category. I'll be following all your future releases!

This comment was published on 0.65

There is no doubt that this is an absolutely brilliant story, Jessica is a fascinating woman and her story is very engaging, I don't particularly like games with female protagonists but this one is an exception to the rule, however at the time of posting this review the game has not received an update for over 10 months, it would be a shame if the game was abandoned!

Review of [v0.65]

Slow burn with hints of cheating and a female MC as the protagonist.

The game is very well done, with solid dialogue, good writing, excellent renderings with good lighting and very good detail.

Characters with their own personality and charisma.

The story is interesting, although for my taste, I got to a point where it started to bore me. The slow burn is quite decent and gets better all the time.
The lack of audio throughout most of the game hinders the experience.

The animations and sex scenes are well done, although what takes you out of context is the terrible audio taken from porn scenes that completely takes you out of the game.
And the sex scenes themselves are short, with two or three animations at most.

The game has several languages integrated in its latest update, including Spanish, which is my favorite, although unfortunately the dialogue is no longer translated towards the end of the game and practically nothing comes out, so you have to continue playing in English. I have put other languages and the same thing happens.

PROS

• Excellent Renders with very good quality and details
• Decent animations with good movement but audio from PORN VIDEOS
• Good Writing and Interesting Story
• Slow Burn with interesting Corrption

CONS

• Lack of audio (there is audio but there is nothing indoors)
• In the final half of the game the translation no longer works
• Your decisions matter in the game to receive different scenes
• The animation audio takes you out of the scene... in my opinion I prefer LEWD scenes with audio even if it's pornographic, but I think the audio could have been better chosen.

RATING :

Content: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sound: ⭐⭐
Renders: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Animations: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Final conclusion: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Honestly, I wasn't crazy about this game. The game is about a 25-year-old woman, Jessica O'Neil, trying to make a career as an investigative journalist at a newspaper. After working for a local TV channel for a couple of years, she wants to dive into the deep waters and make an impact with her work. How far she's willing to go and what methods she'll use is up to you, the player.

I'll start by saying that I'm tired of these incomplete games. You play for several days and then reach a point where there's no rhyme or reason. It's true that many games are like this, but personally, I'm tired of incomplete games that go on like this for years and years (in all this time, they could reach an ending if they wanted, but they're not interested in continuing to take donations). Perhaps, after two or three years of starting the game, donations should stop being accepted or even only be paid for those already completed, as happens with all purchased games.

As for the game itself, the story was a bit interesting at first, but as you progress it becomes very boring and uninteresting, repetitive, and lacking in inspiration. The game is very limited because the choices don't lead to different paths, but whatever you choose, the path is always the same; you can see some scenes or others, that's all. The problem with many of these games is that they first think about the erotic scenes and then build a story around them, while in reality, to have a good game, it's much more important to have a solid and interesting story and then include erotic scenes (that's the easiest part).

I really liked that the protagonist is a woman and the choices are up to her, with the option of creating a female harem, but the problem is that we actually have very few choices, and if you want her to become a hotwife, you'll be disappointed because she'll tease a lot but not have full intercourse (there should be one at the end, but for me, that's very disappointing).

Another problem is that the men Jessica will have to choose from are all disgusting, as far as I'm concerned. Except for her boyfriend Conner, who is a good-looking guy (but still not at her level), you'll find yourself choosing between an old man, a fat and disgusting mayor, and a chubby nerdy co-worker. She's beautiful but can't find a man of her caliber.

For me, it's a thoroughly disappointing game that I can't recommend, and I definitely won't be waiting for the next update.

Just think on your game and i remember of so much scene ( what is for me a little wonder so your game is very good ). I like the storyline about a young strong women how go her own way, the other minor character are good ( i mean the newspaper shopseller, perfect the seductive game between the two ).And, yes, girl/girl action, i love it . The artwork is very good ( only her waist are too small imao but i know some like this, so no problemfor me ) I hope a update come this year. Oh, and of course, i like the humor too. So 5 Stars for a remarkable game from me.

The main character look very appealing and the graphics and renders are also great. Also improves through the game. It could be more content and more kink involved. Also the animations are not very good which is a pitty considering the quality of the renders.

You can look at the heroine for hours, especially when she wears those elegant work uniforms

Nice graphics, interesting story. Worth the wait.

At the same time, I would also like the heroine to be more slutty and get into typical problems and situations that occur in other games.

I don't often review games, but I had to say a few words about the very sexily rendered MC, and her love for sweet and seductive lingerie, clothes, and heels. Fantastic body, great sex scenes, fun and pretty touch with the glasses.

Perhaps a little too wordy for my taste, but I understand it's more of a novel than game, which complements the iimages exquisitely.

Very fapworthy.

Very nice game! Great lesbian content. Not too complicated. The player can chose sexual preferences and chose the straight or the lesbian route. Nice renders. It is overall well done! Of course, it would be great of there were even more erotic options, but it is really nice in the current version.

Top-shelf lesbian content. Would love to see a lesbian-only route get fully fleshed out.

Models are smoking hot and the scenes are steamy. Nice build-up of anticipation and good payoff. This one won't tease forever and leave you hanging. The writing is good enough not to hamstring the whole thing.

Looking forward to the next update.

One of the best on this site imo. I'm pretty sure is the vigilante but we'll see. Looking very forward to next update. It appears the dev is a perfectionist so it's understandable why it is taking so long betweeen updates. Well done dev and keep it up.

A well thought out story with a good writing style. Graphics/renders are of high quality.

What makes me give this 4 stars is the sluggish development speed and lack of content on the different routes.

The story of Jessica sure is well written and created, the graphics are really nice and life like. It sure is interesting to make life choices for jessica when it comes to her career and her love life. It all comes to your own desires, she will do as you please. What kind of life do you choose for her?

Good thread with constant updates. Hopefully new update gets posted here as soon as it drops or in a day or two Also posting frequently is always appreciated. But sometimes there are unnecessary quarrels between members which shadows the whole point of thread.

It's not very often I find a story with a female protag that I enjoy. But this one is worthy of all the praise it receives. The amount of dialogue changes and routes/scene variations is pretty astounding. The story itself is attention grabbing. A newspaper journalist tracking a story about a vigilante that her veteran boyfriend (who you can cuck or be loyal to) is somehow involved in. Juicy stuff. Excited to see where this story goes and hopefully we won't have to wait too long between updates. Also, the renders are fantastic and while the animations are not consistent they are still very good.

Insanely good. Like, the best game on here good. And it particularly blows about 99% of other female protagonist games out of the water.

The renders, the plot, the themes, the sex scenes, the writing and the dialogue, pretty much everything about it is great.

If the content at all interests you, and you were ever to support one of these NSFW games monetarily, this should be the one.

But... it's really just a big shame that Stoper seems to have trouble finding the motivation or creative inspiration to work on the game consistently, and is more or less GRRM-lite. Updates have become infrequent.

The author has expressed a desire to fix that, so hopefully it will be improved somehow.

I think it's a great game, what's most appealing about it is the quality of the renders, which are great. The story, so far, is very solid and has been growing in eroticism. In short, it's one of those games that you look forward to with each update.

The quality of the game is out of this world. Easily top 10 games ever developed.

The only real bad thing that I can say about is the extremely long development circles. I am not sure it it will ever get finished.

I definitely recommend it.

Current version: 0.65 BETA
Rating: 5/5 (it would take 10/10 if the scale was more detailed and probably even 20/20 ...).

Simple rating system; 1 star for each of the 5 categories. I round up in each category, so as long as the category leans hard towards positive, despite what I felt was lacking, then the category gets a full star.

Version .65
Story: There's a good story behind this game that progesses at a good pace. It's leading but it definitely keeps you guessing. The story is believable and not overly sensationalized.

Character Development: I wouldn't say the development was deep but it's sufficient given the game is story driven. There's a good variety of personalities and body types; ranging from young to old and from HOT to NOT. The characters are relatable and even the antagonists (light) are somewhat likeable. I say "light" because there aren't any hard core villains yet as of the current version, and the FMC has full control over the direction/decisions during the interactions with any potential antagonists. One of the things I like most is the lack of weak/soft characters. There's nothing worse than a weak, insecure MC or FMC lost in his/her thoughts that ends up being a door mat for all the other characters. They all seem to be at least fairly confident, none of which are getting run over by a bus. The only thing I'd like to see more of is character expressions, it seemed a bit lacking in this area. IMO... the more expressive a character is the easier it is to relate/bond with it.

Writing: The writing is solid. I didn't encounter any grammar or spelling issues, at least none that I detected. Most of the script is dialogue, very little "thought" monologues (which can be very annoying). The writing could be a bit more clever, and humorous, but that's just my preference and the lack of doesn't take away from the quality. There are plenty of choices and the player is in full control of the direction of the game. Sure, there's some sharing, lesbian and NTR content but it's all avoidable. I should also note that those paths seem soft, none of it feels bitter or revengeful by the FMC and a lot of it includes the MC... which I enjoyed. There are plenty of sex scenes and they're animated - although minimal. The animation is okay, not great, but it's good enough not to detract from the immersion.

Render Quality: Again, very solid in this area. The lighting of the images weren't under/over saturated and there's plenty of images to compliment/express the dialogue. There's plenty of pov and camera angles to keep the interest, and the scene environments changed often as well.

Immersion: The story flows well and stays on point. Nothing triggered and ejected me from the ride, I felt engaged from start to finish. There were a few moments where the dialogue felt like it was floating but no doubt that's due to a scene that could've been more fleshed out based on my path choice, so that's on me.

Final Note: There's a lot of Dev bashing in the thread about the time gaps in updates, and a lot of the comments are fueled with emotion. Clearly, if you're emotional then you're invested in the game. If you're invested in the game then support a developer that delivers quality content, even it it's not at the pace your comfortable with. If you're a unhappy patron then stop your patronage, it's that simple. If you're not a patron then you're getting free entertainment and you have no room to complain. Sure, I'd like to see faster updates too but I'm just happy to get quality content... which is very rare in the VN world. Nobody is inspired to deliver when they're getting hammered with insults and complaints. Nuf said...