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

I guess this is one of the best games I ve ever played. Graphics and animation are A1 quality. I enjoyed every second of it. I hope Dev creates new games like this in future. Thanks for your efforts keep up with it.

Love Love Love this game! I hope it gets more amazing updates soon!
Jessica is the BOMB! and the story gets better and better, with hotter scenarios and situations mixed in with great character and exciting moments. Choices in the game makes me want to replay it all the more, and I hope this gets all the lewd attention it deserves. It is one of the Best Adult games I've played, Just love it!

Top quality renders, the game is story focused with two branching paths, one will (probably) lead to a slutty/cheating female protagonist who would trade seexual favors for a boost in heer carreer, the other path is a loving and faithful wife that is super sexy

+ (georgeous) female protag
+ great renders
+ story
+ choices

And apparently the dev is the only one who is capable to render shoes/heels as weird as it sounds
It adds a lot of sexieness to the game/girls.
Great eye for details, it is paying off.

Pretty good game especially when it comes to female protag keep up the good work Enjoy the story line not to crazy has just the right amount of tags nothing crazy would like to see how the corruption grows

Its a good game.

The image quality is amazing, the story is great, and you only have to deal with two hetero scenes after which you can go full lesbian.

Overall this is one of the highest quality lewd games I played ever, that allows for a full lesbian path, after the two scenes, and I love it. Excited for every new update and they can't come fast enough.

Story is going ok for me. I like controlling how slutty/whore she can be so far.

"So far" is important because in many games creating a whore kills the game. I love having options like just teasing other man and desiring/having sex with Connor. I hope it stays the same. Adventurous but not cheating. Teasing and staying faithful. I like to play like this.

On the other hand update pace is killing me. We are living in a speed era. Hope we can see some improvements.

This is a review of a game stuck in perpetual limbo in most of its aspects. And by that I mean that if you weren't around for a year and you just now came to play its latest update, you 'd find out things haven't changed much since last time.

Our protagonist, is Jessica, a woman who keeps finding herself in spicy situations that may or may not involve her current boyfriend. You have the option to let her indulge in sexual escapades. The problem is that for the most part those escapades involve simple flirting, touching thighs, showing a bit of leg and maybe cock tease an old dude. Surely not the most titillating situations one can find in a porn game.

The only sub-plot that seems to have had some meaningful progression is her lesbian tryst with her slutty neighbor. It is implied that said neighbor will be her gateway to more spicy stuff like swinging, cheating or even cuckolding. But so far that progression is stuck in limbo too because most of what you 'll get is girl on girl scenes between the two. It seems that Jess has some repressed sexuality issues because the only other person she seems interested to get romantically involved with, is also a cute waitress girl. Just come out of the closet already!

The game's supposed main plot is a journalist investigation that, unsurprisingly, is also stuck in limbo. During said investigation Jess interacts with various males and proceeds to rub on them a lot. No, seriously, touching and rubbing on bulges seems to be her favorite activity, to the dismay of of people who easily get friction burns. But in most cases, that's as far as she will go, being way more reluctant to progress sexually with men than she is with women for some reason.

Which brings me to another major issue with this game. There is no consistency in the way this character is written. This straight chick who was pretty quick to dive between the legs of her female neighbor, is very reluctant to go beyond teasing with most of the males she meets? She sticks to strictly cockteasing most attractive males she meets but she picks an old pervert to move to third base with? This behavior would make sense if we had been told she has some type of bi polar disorder, but we haven't.

The game doesn't avoid the trope of creepy, unattractive male characters. The only realistic temptation to a woman looking like that, with a bf who looks like he does, would be an equally handsome man, but we have seen minimal progression on that part. She has interactions with the male neighbor, an ex and a "bad boy" type dude but again, stuck in barely first base. With the exception of the bad boy but that scene was a bit "too one sided" for my tastes. Having the old pervert, the fat boss and the awkward nerd in the mix, seems on par with most games of this type but lacks the humiliation/corruption aspect that usually goes with these tropes.

The game plot is supposed to be slow burn, giving the protag time to develop into a saucier version of themselves over time. Thing is, there is a difference between slow burn and no burn. And most of this game's sub-plots are stuck in the no burn phase, with minimal to no progression.

The game gets its second star because it looks prettier than most. Well made renders and a good amount of post processing make it very pleasing to the eye, even in the compressed versions.

In the end, it's up to each user how they want their game written and paced. If your idea of slow burn is a character arc that would realistically need close to a decade to be finalized (at current pace), then go for it . If not, then definitely look for something else

A game from the woman perspective in a adult game is like playing on super easy(even more so when she super hot like here), if she wants sex its available from pretty much anyone she wants so for it to be a good game the story has to be where the game shines and sadly here it dosent, actually i dont even think it has a story at all, its just a woman going about her boring normal life for a few days.

The choices are flirt/dont flirt, have sex/dont have sex, it really is as easy as that, almost everything else in the game is just small talk(hows your day going, what did you do at work etc...) over and over again.

no fetishes of any kind and even getting cunnilingus is considered exotic in this game.

The artwork is really top quality and while there is no shortage of sex there is also no challenge of any kind in the game it really is just a boring womans life for a few days and thats it.

Beautiful Models. Amazing Storytelling. Great Writing. Interesting Plot and A Lovable Female Protagonist, There's a Lot to Love about this Game and I can't wait to see where it goes. I just hope more people give this one a try, its an Underrated Gem!

Story is about getting news for the newspaper and private life things. Characters are interesting and well written as the story itself. Renders are absolutely top and girls are great especially the protag. Lewd scene animations are good and smooth.

I love this game. It kept me entertained and attentive to history throughout the ride. While there aren't many sex scenes, the dialogues, the renders, the sound, are really hot. I am looking forward to the new update. I love how they gradually corrupt Jessica and how she is enjoying that way.
Stoper you have a new fan.

Good storytelling ,the renders are definitely the best I've seen on this site, the game had me hooked, I'm hooked and want to see where the NTR/Cheating part of this game would go. If Connor decides to f*ck Jessica's sister stuff like that... Overall, a great game just finished v0.31 now. Keep up the good work!

Good, but slow-paced


The good

• Crisp and gorgeous renders with a lot of attention to detail
• Nice lewd scenes and animations
• Fitting sound effects (like the sound of Jessica's scooter)
• Diverse and (mostly) interesting characters
• An actual plot (not a common find in adult games)
• Choices and different routes
• Proper English

The improvable

• Jessica isn't really up my alley - she's too ample and too perfect (= bland) for my liking. In fact, both she and Conner give me kind of "Barbie & Ken, perfect super-couple" vibes, which should have been toned down.
• As much as I like a good story, the pacing is rather slow. It's nowhere near the level of a certain VN about a wife and mother, still... We see Jessica taking a shower, brushing her teeth, changing clothes, preparing dinner - which is all nice and adds to the realistic atmosphere, but at the same time the story seems to be kinda stalling.

Jessica O'Neil's Hard News had always been one of my favourite VNs, but when I recently revisited it I couldn't help but starting to feel... bored because of the ongoing slow story progression.
I still recommend to give it a try.

Renders are beautiful, fantastic. I like the subtle animations.

I usually dont care for female protag games, but this is a good game to play. Same with Girl gone bad.

The only downside is very short content despite how many months of anticipation. So my rating will go up until i see more content.

The best game for me currently,

or at least it was

The renderings are fabulous, the story is good and the dialogue flows well.

The main character is well built and throughout the story has various paths to follow and choices to make.

Updates take 4 months on average, in line with many other games.

update.
development times have become enormous, the developer focuses on details that no one will notice, the story progresses little.

Version: v0.35

PROS:
- Excellent renders of female characters models
- Good sex scenes
- Good animations

CONS:
- Very little sexual content
- Decision on choices
- History

Review:
The game has a good attraction when it comes to the graphics quality of the renderings, because the quality of the main characters is very good, an excellent level. The story of the game didn't really interest me, in fact I felt it could be better, much better, the fact is that female protagonist games are not very my style of taste, not that this is bad, but I have a little more preferably content with more slutty, where the protagonist becomes a slut or something. The game tries to bring a little bit of this, but at the same time it tries to make the character a little more correct, to be that day-to-day woman, who only has her fetishes and her games, but nothing that can be taken seriously. Sometimes the story is not what we expect, because the decisions of choices are very short and with no way to choose correctly. Just accept it or refuse it. So, after I played this latest version, I had a different opinion and started to lose interest in the game. Not that the game is bad, I'm not judging that, but the fact is that there are few games where we play with a female protagonist that I think interesting.
Gameplay:
It is a simple VN without many options to choose from. It's just accepting it or refusing it. If you refuse most of the dialog options, you will not see sexual content that has little. Anyway, there is not much to say, gameplay is just that, without having to grind.
Graphics & Sexual Content:
The graphics are great and the render of Jessica, the protagonist of the game is excellent. The sex scenes are good and the animations are good too. The sexual content is good, let's say slightly moderately. Even if there is not enough content, it is acceptable content, as the graphics and renders are very good.

So, why I did gave 2 stars?
I thought some things from the game script good and some interesting, because I like office set scripts and playing with a female protagonist there are several ideas of being able to corrupt her. But playing with a female protagonist is not always like that, I understand, but much of the story I didn’t have much pleasure in wanting to know or get involved in, I thought it uninteresting. The fact is, it is difficult for a man to play a game of female protagonist without being able to see some slutty, or better, sexual content, because playing a game that has only one romance, I don't like it, especially if it is a porn game, because it’s better to write a book, am I right? Anyway, talking about the history of the game, Jessica has a boyfriend, a younger sister, a neighbor who has a boyfriend but that she is a lesbian who flirts (optional) with Jessica, and an old newsboy who does not miss an opportunity to enter in the pants of the protagonist (optional) and her co-workers in the office. Most of the game is all optional, if you want not to fuck Jessica's boyfriend, you won't see any content. If you don't want to provoke the old newsboy, you won't see any content. If you want to not see lesbian content from Jessica and her neighbor, you will not see content. Now understand? so the question remains, what is the purpose of this game? show the beauty of the graphics? maybe the animations? romance or slutty? Honestly, I prefer something more slutty, where the protagonist can prostitute herself or something, however, the game tries to embody it, but the protagonist is only willing to play with her fantasies. So, I don't see much attraction in this game, of course it has a small interesting plot, but the story is not engaging. So, my rating is 2 stars, because I don't have much to say about gameplay and history. But I want to make it clear, not every game needs to have enough sexual content, but in porn games it is necessary to have satisfactory content, JONH has satisfactory content but there are few, but the story, the gameplay, is not very interesting to want to continue.

A very complete game, with well-defined, well animated and well-created characters. Good script and much content of the story and with several alternatives to move forward little by little. Recommended
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Juego bastante completo.Personajes muy bien creados,definidos y con buenas animaciones. Buen guion y mucho contenido de la historia y con varias alternativas para ir avanzando poco a poco. Recomendado

Easy 5 stars.

The selling point of the game are the amazing renders and beautiful and sexy main character. She is just too sexy in those office clothes.

It is one of 5-6 games i look for the most here and play after every update, the rest i wait for the final release.

The negative side is a long wait between releases, but i guess the quality takes time to make.

So everyone play the game if you still haven´t, it is amazing.

About as good as it gets in this genre of games.

Pros:
-renders and animations are top notch
-good use of audio fx
-writing! Although there are a few grammatical errors scattered about (A. English), they don't detract from the story. The story itself is well-written and reasonably believable. JOHN steers clear of most of the tiresome tropes I see in adult VN's.
-The game has that certain extra something that makes it worth the 5-star review. Most authors don't take the time to do the little things that would give their game a bit of shine. This author obviously takes a lot of pride in their work and it shows.
-multiple paths a player can take to suit his/her play style.

Cons:
-the "this is so wrong" shtick is starting to wear a bit thin. (I played more along the cheat path.) It might be a good idea to establish a backstory of Jessica having an increased libido and history of exhibitionism so as to make her transition to increased promiscuity a little smoother.
-lose the glasses in intimate scenes.
-use Rosa's face for the protagonist. Ok, I realize that won't happen, but I'm a big fan of how Rosa is drawn. Very nice.

Not much else to say other than, "great job, stoperArt." I'm very much looking forward to more content.