Lagunavii
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Netorase Phone by Le Stag reviewed at version 0.21.2
Story - This is not a new, exciting, fresh story by any means; in fact, these kinds of games are now popping up at quite the rate. This one, however, is quite established now and is quite deep into the overall narrative. Overall, the narrative does tend to stay grounded in reality, as a result, the overall feel is a very slow pace - while this is great in terms of helping this couple step into the world they are entering... the nature of the story telling chosen here means there can be a bit of repetetiveness to things. Our Dev does his best to break these up with little in-between scenes here and there. Most of the time it works and the overall narrative is somewhat compelling...
Art - It's Civitai, and if you are not new to the genre, you'll have seen variations of the models used before - The good thing is that rather we are only showed little snippets of art through picture messages and as a result, there is some consistency with them rather than than the problems some get with say a Ren'Py game when outfits are varying between scenes. Our Dev obviously at least takes the time to ensure that there are the correct number of fingers, and eye colour remains constant. It helps with immersion, but I can't say more than that it is AI after all.
Character - There are a handful, obviously our MC and his Partner, her two best friends and then the various bulls introduced throughout. Despite the fact that it's quite a linear journey and obviously, there is some character development between or MC and his partner as they come to terms with their new kink, there is some player input in how that development goes, you obviously cant stop the the MC becoming a cuck, but can choose how much of one he is and the partners can be lead down a path of cuckqueaning too. What's really nice is how the corruption spills over into the friend group, and somebody else sees what happiness this life brings and becomes more open. Our Dev has been clever with the Bulls too - they cover the entire spectrum when it comes to being a Bull, from extreme to passive, with the only one who is compulsory being the
One straight down the middle.
Overall - This game is not going to be for everyone. It is already broaching a topic that is controversial... but there is a reason copies of this game pop up left, right and centre. It's an easy play, and this one is one of the best. It is not without its issues, though, but they are mainly due to the format being used here...
Most of the gameplay does actually work. We get nice Instagram posts following a modelling gig or a night out, we get text messages and stories that seem to be consistent with time and places (there are a few of the "extra" stories that can appear and not make sense, but these are random, so I can give a pass. (ie you can get a message of your partner stating shes at a bookshop, followed immediately by the bull stating shes with him) It's nice that we can dance around the chapters to get missed pictures with a nice skip button too. There is a lot that is good about the game, its just the pace that damages.
Our main issue is that the story has become somewhat stagnant, there's only so many times you can read about your sexual escapades with the same character over and over again - Le'Stag has tried to combat this with "rewards" of different pictures or trying different ways to tell that sexual encounter, even introducing short animation now... but the fact remains. If you've read your missus, describe how she has been nailed once or twice; it's enough. It is nice that in the later stage, we are getting hints of a Cuckquean path... I just question if it's come a little late
I will always maintain that these kinds of games are always told from the wrong perspective and would have much more opportunity if told from the woman's, but hey, that's only my personal perspective, and your mileage may very... But there's a lot more story to tell if we can see her messages to the bulls (which sometimes we do), give her a chance to get on a Tinder-style app to find a bull etc etc.
Id say for anyone who doesn't mind AI art and is a fan of these NTS/NTR phone games this is at least one to try - I cant guarantee it will blow you away by any means, but its at least better and with more content than most of what similar games provide on here. Its at least one I am going to follow for a bit anyway
Acceptable 7/10
Story - This is not a new, exciting, fresh story by any means; in fact, these kinds of games are now popping up at quite the rate. This one, however, is quite established now and is quite deep into the overall narrative. Overall, the narrative does tend to stay grounded in reality, as a result, the overall feel is a very slow pace - while this is great in terms of helping this couple step into the world they are entering... the nature of the story telling chosen here means there can be a bit of repetetiveness to things. Our Dev does his best to break these up with little in-between scenes here and there. Most of the time it works and the overall narrative is somewhat compelling...
Art - It's Civitai, and if you are not new to the genre, you'll have seen variations of the models used before - The good thing is that rather we are only showed little snippets of art through picture messages and as a result, there is some consistency with them rather than than the problems some get with say a Ren'Py game when outfits are varying between scenes. Our Dev obviously at least takes the time to ensure that there are the correct number of fingers, and eye colour remains constant. It helps with immersion, but I can't say more than that it is AI after all.
Character - There are a handful, obviously our MC and his Partner, her two best friends and then the various bulls introduced throughout. Despite the fact that it's quite a linear journey and obviously, there is some character development between or MC and his partner as they come to terms with their new kink, there is some player input in how that development goes, you obviously cant stop the the MC becoming a cuck, but can choose how much of one he is and the partners can be lead down a path of cuckqueaning too. What's really nice is how the corruption spills over into the friend group, and somebody else sees what happiness this life brings and becomes more open. Our Dev has been clever with the Bulls too - they cover the entire spectrum when it comes to being a Bull, from extreme to passive, with the only one who is compulsory being the
One straight down the middle.
Overall - This game is not going to be for everyone. It is already broaching a topic that is controversial... but there is a reason copies of this game pop up left, right and centre. It's an easy play, and this one is one of the best. It is not without its issues, though, but they are mainly due to the format being used here...
Most of the gameplay does actually work. We get nice Instagram posts following a modelling gig or a night out, we get text messages and stories that seem to be consistent with time and places (there are a few of the "extra" stories that can appear and not make sense, but these are random, so I can give a pass. (ie you can get a message of your partner stating shes at a bookshop, followed immediately by the bull stating shes with him) It's nice that we can dance around the chapters to get missed pictures with a nice skip button too. There is a lot that is good about the game, its just the pace that damages.
Our main issue is that the story has become somewhat stagnant, there's only so many times you can read about your sexual escapades with the same character over and over again - Le'Stag has tried to combat this with "rewards" of different pictures or trying different ways to tell that sexual encounter, even introducing short animation now... but the fact remains. If you've read your missus, describe how she has been nailed once or twice; it's enough. It is nice that in the later stage, we are getting hints of a Cuckquean path... I just question if it's come a little late
I will always maintain that these kinds of games are always told from the wrong perspective and would have much more opportunity if told from the woman's, but hey, that's only my personal perspective, and your mileage may very... But there's a lot more story to tell if we can see her messages to the bulls (which sometimes we do), give her a chance to get on a Tinder-style app to find a bull etc etc.
Id say for anyone who doesn't mind AI art and is a fan of these NTS/NTR phone games this is at least one to try - I cant guarantee it will blow you away by any means, but its at least better and with more content than most of what similar games provide on here. Its at least one I am going to follow for a bit anyway
Acceptable 7/10