VN Ren'Py Layla: Shattered Hopes [Ep.4] [OtB Games]

[redharvest1]

I was about to give a 1-star review, but I noticed people are happy with this kind of rodeo, a hot woman serving the needs of fucking ugly old bastards and imbeciles in general. The tag "ugly bastard" should be added to the forum, so I can filter it on my searches.

Just a reminder to be sure to read the rules for reviews found here https://f95zone.to/threads/review-rating-rules-updated-2024-12-01.1753/ particularly rule 5. Posting a review ranting about your feeling on a specific kink or genre in the game is against the rules and will usually get said review deleted faster than you could say "I hate _______ in games".

 

[jackdanniels]

I hate

I'm not a kid to use this word; I know how to make a plausible review expressing my opinions without it being deleted, also I know the review rules, I have no need for a smartass telling me what is right or wrong.

 

[Bacara]

Promising game so far but I'll wait another 5-10 updates before playing again.

 

[Edhinor]

I was about to give a 1-star review, but I noticed people are happy with this kind of rodeo, a hot woman serving the needs of fucking ugly old bastards and imbeciles in general. The tag "ugly bastard" should be added to the forum, so I can filter it on my searches.

You know also that the site doesn't allow 1 star reviews because of a single issue? for example "I don't like NTR, so 1/5" or "I don't like old bastards, 1/5" . I assume you are mature enough to realize that just because you do not like something, it doesn't mean it is bad in quality? I, for example, can't stand most opera, however, it is clear that opera is a difficult to master genre of music that has intrinsic and obvious qualities, right?

So yeah, if you think of reviewing a game, it is obviously fair to say that you do not like its premise, or how it handles certain things (be it kinks, relationships, a certain subject matter... .etc) . It is even fair to give it a 1/5 but.... you have to justify why it is a 1/5, what is the quality of the renders like? what is the quality of the script? are the characters interesting? etc

 

[redharvest1]

I'm not a kid to use this word; I know how to make a plausible review expressing my opinions without it being deleted, also I know the review rules, I have no need for a smartass telling me what is right or wrong.

1) Wasn't being a smartass, was trying to be helpful. Perhaps you should learn to use a neutral sounding voice in your head when reading comments. And since several of your past reviews have been removed then it stands to reason that you do indeed need a refresher on to how to craft a legitimate and unbiased review.

2) You implied with your initial comment that the review you intended to to write was focused on your dislike of "Fat Ugly Bastards" did you not? If you had then that would be yet another one that would get removed.

 

[Saerwen]

I was about to give a 1-star review, but I noticed people are happy with this kind of rodeo, a hot woman serving the needs of fucking ugly old bastards and imbeciles in general. The tag "ugly bastard" should be added to the forum, so I can filter it on my searches.

It won't happen. Someone in tags discussion thread revealed that there won't be new tags added in near future, if ever.

 

[ustar]

Please compile for Win32 using RenPy 7.x

 

[OtB Games]

I was joking about the "ugly bastard" tag that made some people get overexcited here, but at least "young X old" or something similar, but well, if new tags are off the table, so be it.

The location itself dictates that she's stumbled into a gathering of rather unpleasant faces. Whether she stays in this place or finds something better is entirely up to the player. I can definitively say that in the non-whore branch, there will be plenty of normal, handsome, and attractive characters.

 

[mordred93]

Please compile for Win32 using RenPy 7.x

Why? Install renpy on your system, copy the game to that directory, and you can open it in your version of renpy and launch it.

 

[Sadowdark]

Just a reminder to be sure to read the rules for reviews found here https://f95zone.to/threads/review-rating-rules-updated-2024-12-01.1753/ particularly rule 5. Posting a review ranting about your feeling on a specific kink or genre in the game is against the rules and will usually get said review deleted faster than you could say "I hate _______ in games".

Hopeless rule, it needs to be changed but it is not possible on this forum.

 

[Ronia]

Hopeless rule, it needs to be changed but it is not possible on this forum.

There's very little you can realistically do. You would have to start banning people from writing reviews if they get caught making bad faith reviews too often. Then people would make new accounts to sidestep the ban. Then we would need a certain account age/activity to qualify for creating reviews. Then people would start spamming threads just to up the activity on their new accounts. And at the end of the day, all we have accomplished is to make it harder for non-idiots to make reviews.

The ones that make the place worse for everyone will always find ways to come back, because they are completely devoid of shame and self-reflection. As you can see above, they will gladly make post after post demonstrating what kind of people they are, and then showcase shocking feats of mental gymnastics that allows them to lie to themselves about being superior.

 

[shavone1]

Nice, this game doesn't muck around and gets straight into fucking. This girl is hot as, nice update.

 

[AnyName'llDo]

Nice, this game doesn't muck around and gets straight into fucking. This girl is hot as, nice update.

Ha I haven't had her so much as hug anyone as of yet. Funny to know how differently things could have gone with a couple of different choices.

 

[ustar]

Why? Install renpy on your system, copy the game to that directory, and you can open it in your version of renpy and launch it.

Unfortunately the game files are packed into .RPA files that is RenPy version specific...
In other words .RPA files created by RenPy 3.x doesn't work in RenPy 2.x
Source files are needed.

 

[HeavenlyBusboy]

Not going to put this in the actual review section because I don't want to hurt a dev's chances of getting things together and making a good game with a loyal following. But the game as of version .3 is a 2/5 stars. The UI is annoying, the animations are unskippable with the spacebar despite being a loop of about half a second. I didn't actually count how long they play before being able to move to the next dialogue or animation but it felt like forever. The story and characters so far aren't too bad but not much has happened. One of the issues is that I expected a lot more from a gig download and a version 3 game. The main character is really pretty so hopefully things can get more interesting. The prospect of multiple paths is not promising regarding interesting things happening soon though. Best of luck to the dev, if you take anything from this please make the buttons to switch save pages bigger (as soon as you go past the arrow it immediately becomes a save slot), and the only reason to have unskippable animations is if they are long and complex. I want to see what happens when I max courruption route, not stare at a gross characters hairy balls as he plaps our drunk MC. (I didn't really mind the ugly characters, but I didn't like his tiny dick or the model of it, and the excessive hair, especially for close up shots not focused on humiliation I also didn't like.) The MC was too drunk to even notice the hair so no interesting dynamic in that scene.

 

[OtB Games]

Not going to put this in the actual review section because I don't want to hurt a dev's chances of getting things together and making a good game with a loyal following. But the game as of version .3 is a 2/5 stars. The UI is annoying, the animations are unskippable with the spacebar despite being a loop of about half a second. I didn't actually count how long they play before being able to move to the next dialogue or animation but it felt like forever. The story and characters so far aren't too bad but not much has happened. One of the issues is that I expected a lot more from a gig download and a version 3 game. The main character is really pretty so hopefully things can get more interesting. The prospect of multiple paths is not promising regarding interesting things happening soon though. Best of luck to the dev, if you take anything from this please make the buttons to switch save pages bigger (as soon as you go past the arrow it immediately becomes a save slot), and the only reason to have unskippable animations is if they are long and complex. I want to see what happens when I max courruption route, not stare at a gross characters hairy balls as he plaps our drunk MC. (I didn't really mind the ugly characters, but I didn't like his tiny dick or the model of it, and the excessive hair, especially for close up shots not focused on humiliation I also didn't like.) The MC was too drunk to even notice the hair so no interesting dynamic in that scene.

I see many are unhappy about not being able to skip animations - I'll fix this in the next update and add more text to EP3. Regarding the scene itself, to portray a sex scene somewhat realistically, I had to make her drunk, and there won't be many camera angles since there's not much to show - just penetration shots or Layla in a semi-conscious state (I'm sure it could be done better, but this is my first sex scene - I'll accept criticism and improve).

As for body hair and dick size - not all characters will have pubic hair, but I felt it suits this particular character since he's middle-aged and probably doesn't groom as meticulously as younger men. The penis size is anatomically appropriate for his body type - men with this build typically aren't well-endowed, and I won't give him an unrealistically large dick that wouldn't fit his physique.

 

[Edhinor]

I see many are unhappy about not being able to skip animations - I'll fix this in the next update and add more text to EP3. Regarding the scene itself, to portray a sex scene somewhat realistically, I had to make her drunk, and there won't be many camera angles since there's not much to show - just penetration shots or Layla in a semi-conscious state (I'm sure it could be done better, but this is my first sex scene - I'll accept criticism and improve).

As for body hair and dick size - not all characters will have pubic hair, but I felt it suits this particular character since he's middle-aged and probably doesn't groom as meticulously as younger men. The penis size is anatomically appropriate for his body type - men with this build typically aren't well-endowed, and I won't give him an unrealistically large dick that wouldn't fit his physique.

Dude, for what it's worth, I liked that scene and the pubic hair didn't bother me at all. I even found hot those shots of his hairy balls while he is penetrating her...

I do agree on the animations, I usually don't like it when they are too long and unskippable, but yours were ok. If you make them skippable even better.

Overall the sex scene was good, since the FMC was drunk I think you could have played a bit more on that, she goes from nearly unconscious to "fuck me!" a bit too quick for my tastes, but I understood what you were trying to do there. Drunken scenes are dangerous as you can easily go into rape.... maybe if she wasn't as drunk? just lowered inhibitions, dances with him, lowers her defenses a bit and then move onto the sex scene? not sure. To be honest, the scene worked for me and again, I liked the model of the male and the camera angles didn't bother me at all.

On another note, some pages ago I criticized the FMC model, while I still really liked the old FMC model, I am coming around to this one, she is hot too and I am liking her more and more.

Edit: forgot to add, on the matter of pubic hair, I am one of those that do not like all girls being shaved all the time, is it possible to have the choice of how the FMC is? if it is too much work to have her shaved/unshaved (I understand it might mean to have to do each scene twice and therefore not worth the effort) I understand, but if it is not too hard to do, some, like me, would appreciate it (hairy pussies FTW)

 

[OtB Games]

she goes from nearly unconscious to "fuck me!" a bit too quick for my tastes, but I understood what you were trying to do there. Drunken scenes are dangerous as you can easily go into rape....

Read me like a book. Yeah, I should've done something to not cross that line.

 

[Sadowdark]

OtB Games


I really like your game Leila, this first version reminds me of a younger version of Manila Shaw from Blackmail's Obsession. Will there be lesbian scenes between Leia and Marlena?

 

[ChrisCane1185]

Word of advice, don't take advice from people that complain about ugly bastards, they are a small but very vocal minority that caused many creators to burn out in the past. Just stick to your vision and the game will do just fine.