VN - Ren'Py - Light of My Life [Ch. 8 v0.8.1] [Naughty Road]

great writing and unique models punctuate one of the best games on here, yes the models are a bit different but in just a few minutes you will find they steal your heart as real world characters humor abound throughout the fun romp. a definite download

this game has a marvelous story. It's intriguing and very good written because the problems you face during the game are very appealing, putting you into the shoes of the protagonist, and binds you to the narrative. Although the girls were not initially of my taste... I started to enjoy them, with their own perks and problems.

This review is for v0.6.3.

There are so little amount of good games as storywise. There are some who let you jump on "good" stuff instantly, some makes them cook a little better. This one is later. You will get stuff eventually but you have to prepare and wait for it and when you get it, it will be delicious.

Originality; it starts as one older and one younger as standart theme. But the way story progress, the way you talk are different. I may not put these things into words. But difference, it's still there.
Sounds; no voice acting of course, since it's a standart no minus point there. Most of music good, beside one imho doesn't suit those romantic scenes.
Amount of content is about what you wish from these games. Do you want long burn novel or open beat the meat and close games? For long burn it is good amount.
Story; that's the part imho game shines. I don't see games who make me smile during most time but also makes my heart ache in other times. I feel this is one of very strong side of game.
Renders; I think beside MC, renders are not similar ones you see out there, style is unique. But that doesn't mean they are bad, they are good, like standart pencils that are awesome in hands of good artists. Hell some scenes so hot that you can burn yourself or pc

5 out of 5, would support once again.

This has got to be one of the best VNs I have ever seen. The quality of dialogue and story evolution is far above anything else I have seen. The emotional depth of the developing incestual relationship makes the sexual scenes so much more intense than other VNs that spend far less time portraying the true challenge of such relationships. The 3D models are really quite unique and while not showing a stereotypical beauty of highly symmetrical proportions, I found them to be very erotic in their animated movements combined with the emotional build up of the character interactions.

It's more like a romance novel than anything else. In each chapter (I'm currently on chapter 5), there's a random person that you end up having sex with in a situation that makes no sense at all. Like guys, don't fuck your coworkers on the copy machine during work hours, it's not going to end up well. I get that this is a game, but this cannot be a game that touts realism.

Anyway, the youngest daughter is a bratty little shit that is no more than 12 years old and the older one is a hormonal trainwreck around 16 or 17 tops. The interactions you have are in reaction to their constant bullshit to which the game usually offers you either "be supportive / say nothing and make sure this shit goes on". I've tried to be supportive as the game tells you that you need to be loving and caring otherwise bad things will happen.

Cons:
- At most one sex scene duct taped over the main story per chapter .
- Crawling pace of everything. You see every morning for 5 weeks. Your daughter brings you a cup of coffee that you comment on every day.
- No "I'm tired of your shit" in dialogue

Pros:
- Close to realist main incest story with daugthers.

Warning at the start of the game almost made me skip out on the fantastic experience that is your game.

I enjoyed your writing, with all the callbacks to my previous decisions, natural flow of conversations and those crazy innuendos.

The game looks great, with unique models being the main appeal to me.

But above else, even though it's difficult to describe what exactly makes it work, I think the game has very good pacing. Perhaps it's how most of the days can feel like a complete experience because of various interesting events happening at multiple distinct points of the day. Progression feels very natural thanks to this.

All of this is elevated by the exploration of different atmospheres, and of course by the way you direct the scenes which build those scenarios.

At the end I surprisingly found myself a bit attached to the main characters, which is a first one for me, when it comes to this type of visual novels.

Congratulations and thank you. I'm looking forward to next chapters.

Just finished replaying all the way from Ch1 through Ch6

The characters? Well fleshed out like.. holy hell you start getting emotions for them and the surroundings with this writing and posturing

Art? to each their own but it's masterfully done, don't think there's many VNs that have this amount of polish done to it

The story? It's a rollecoaster of emotions and I could probably read this without fapping just to see what'll happen next

Summary? If you even REMOTELY like the art YOU SHOULD PLAY THIS, it is well worth the time and effort.
I've never subscribed to anyone on Patreon/Subscribestar before, but this is worth it and I'll do it once I figure it out. Thank you Naughty Road!

Great characterization, fairly realistic dialogue (given genre), and very distinctive and stylish art. The art apparently is a bit of an marmite issue, either you love it or hate it. There's some fairly heavy story beats, but in general the story doesn't really weigh itself down too much in attempt to be too serious. Neither does it overcorrect and go too stupid. Like many other games, some which are very popular despite the obvious problems. So, in other words, if you enjoy the art you'll probably love the game. Depending on how much you can live with the incest theme, of course.

[Finished Ch 1-6]
Played alot of Adult games/Visual novels in my day, and honestly this is too good to be classified as such. The writing, character development, witty dialogue, animations/art and pacing is done so masterfully, I consider it a bar raiser for the VN genre. Not to mention the fact that this has been achieved by a sole entity.... I hope you continue to make more and get paid handsomely for it.
Thanks for your tireless effort GOAT.

On the first time i played this game, i think "oh latina girls game, and incest... ihuu" toggled skip unseen text and rushed the game, reeaally nice art the girls were perfect, but it suffered from huge lack of scenes, some time after i thought "i will give it a shot to the story" dude a porn games that develops the characters on this level deserves a award, the game brings up anxiety, grief and it's effects, it's really the best plot i saw in ALL porn games, congratulation to the creator's.

For those with laziness
-Art 10/10 what we need in the world of games, both Latinas wich rarely appears in games, and good animations both sprites, sex scenes and etc.
-Plot 10/10 have heavy themes like psicological problems due to death of a close person and the best character development of every porn games, you really like the girls they personality is well worked and i love them both
-Gameplay 9/10 don't have minigames(you wont miss it and it's not a bad point the lack of it, it really dont need), the choices are sometimes tricky, but aren't complicated at all, just one or other but everything is really self explanatory

Overall 10/10

[Chapters 1-6]

Easily in the top 3 games on the site in terms of quality, and far and away my number 1, having played a large variety of games found here over the years this one is consistently at the top in basically all regards, most importantly uniqueness and emotional depth, when there are so many cookie cutter and generic games out there. Anyone with reservations should at least give it a try if it's anywhere near their wheelhouse, this is definitely a game that pulls you in as long as you give it a chance.

I'm not too active on the forum but this game deserves all the praise it can get, I replay it every update and it never gets old. It's extremely apparent that this is a labor of love, and while I think constructive criticism is important I simply don't have any, I just hope NR keeps doing their thing and works towards finishing this masterpiece in the way only they know how.

Amazing, wonderful, top. Story is unic and original, it flows excellent and exactly how should be. I haven't found game like this, with this concept and reality. Graphics are good, for my taste it should have some awesome animation, not picture by picture motion. But still it's great to play and exciting. I hope your next game will be knock down like this one. Keep doing good job.

Never seen such original content before. A constant evolving story, where you get sucked into the heartfelt personalities of the characters. And it's getting better for each chapter.
Then the models and animations used I'm hooked for life!

This game is a masterpiece! It's sweet, funny, moving, and erotic as hell. Yes, the models are not traditionally attractive at initial glance, but they quickly grew on me. Ultimately, what makes this story so erotic is not just the characters, but the varied scenarios and teasing dialogue. The escalation of sexual tension and activity between the MC and his daughters, particularly the younger of the two, is indeed a slow burn, but players' patience is ultimately well rewarded.

I really enjoy the artwork overall. Every scene is animated in at least some way--characters blink, shift in their seats, turn and face other characters--so there is always movement. The lighting, shadows, and focus of each scene are meticulously done. It's top notch.

The story offers dialogue choices throughout, but I'm not sure if the story branches at all. I suspect that you could desist from having relations with the daughter characters, but if you're playing this game, isn't romancing them the whole point?

The story is not complicated. At its heart it is about love and loss and how we cope with both. In its fantastical way, this story presents a touching, heartwarming, and erotic take on these deeply human issues.

Good timing, good renders, original character designs. Good Game.
The characters don't seems fake like another Daz/Renpy game.
Their look change a lot compared to others game.
The sexy scenes come slowly but nicely done so that we don't lose patience.

5 Stars! (I’d give it 10 if I could)

TLDR; If you want to have several hours of total immersion in a super erotic and emotional story, Just try the damn thing! You’ll be sitting there, after about 10 hours of current content, going to yourself “Holy shit! I just read every damn word and loved it!”

Long version…

Normally, I would do a review by listing the Pros and Cons, followed by a quick summary. But with LoML, I feel that it would be a shame to reduce this game down to a set of bullet points. So I am going to try and write something closer to what they tried to beat into my head during English lit classes in high school, and give a proper “game report”. I’m also trying hard to separate out any spoilers, so as not to ruin the fun for new players.

I was one of those people that, when they looked at the OP of the game, were kind of thrown by the non-standard look of the girls. So I skipped over it for many weeks. But, as I got more familiar with F95 and had tried literally hundreds of other games, I kept coming back to LoML. Why did it have such a high score? It wasn’t artificially boosted… not with over 300 reviewers. So, back in September, I finally tried it and I was blown away!

There is honestly nothing in this game that I feel is a ‘Con’ worth writing about. Even the often-made complaint of the updates being almost a year apart are not a Con for me. Why? Because this game deserves to be ranked up there with many of the novels I read daily. I wait a year, even two, for sequels to my novels, so why should LoML be any different? Not only does the Dev have to write a great story for each chapter, but he also has to render thousands of images and put it all together in a software package. So I just wait patiently and when the update drops, it’s just as fun for me as when my new favourite book appears on Amazon.

The core of LoML are the four main characters. The two parents and their two daughters. And while the mother was killed before the story starts, she remains an integral part of the story throughout the chapters. And what, in my mind, sets this game so far above the others on this site, is that the Dev makes those characters and their story the main focus and leaves the MC job up to you, to play as you see fit. That’s a profound shift away from how most of the game devs do things on here. Usually, a VN is constructed so that you have to follow this rigid logic diagram of choices based on what the dev thinks is correct for ‘their’ MC. Any deviation from this predetermined path results in you locked out of content and/or your game ended. I really hate this approach as, frankly, most Devs write their MC’s as immature creeps, with the intellects of 12 year old boys. I end up having to download a mod or a walkthrough just so I can get to the content I want.

In LoML, however, you are free to play the MC as you want to play him, with very little interference or risk. And, when there is an important fork in the story to decide, you are given ample warning ahead of time. This is so liberating! It allows you to immerse yourself into your character and the story 100%. And don’t think that just because the dev leaves the MC job up to you, that the story is very linear and rigid. Naughtyroad has done a tremendous job fleshing out the thousands of little details and conversation changes that your choices do influence. So, you do have an impact on the story and you get to play the way you feel is right and you see those choices get results.

Let’s talk about the story… OMG! It is intense! I don’t want to spoil any of the major parts, but there is so much emotion in this game that I actually had tears at several points. The dev handles grief and anxiety and guilt with such skill that I have to think they had some experience with this in their past. And because you truly fall in love with these characters, the erotic scenes are that much more intense. It’s not a fap-a-thon by any means, but when you almost cum in your pants over some playful banter between the MC and one of the LI’s, you know that this is good shit!

And finally, throughout this whole awesome story is a thread of humour that makes even the most banal conversations interesting and often hilarious (watch out for that Bear!) I am so envious of the relationship between Denise and Macy. I grew up with an older brother and we didn’t become friends until we were long into our adulthood. As kids, all we did was try and kill each other, lol. These two girls though… just amazing the depth of their love for each other. I literally laughed out loud like a dozen times.

So I have had almost 10 hours of total entertainment (with several “happy endings” ) and now I will put the game down and patiently wait until the next update, while trying not be too disappointed in the other games I play here.

My review of Light of My Life [Ch. 6]

A really good game.
Great graphics.
Good soundtrack.
Very good writing (for the most part).

The reason I'm only giving it 4 stars is the following:
There are 2 main love interests.
I'm mainly interested in Macy (the tall girl) and the game's description states "no need to hold off on any character out of fear of missing out with another".
But to stay on her path you have to pick Denise (the smaller girl) and endure endless amounts of extremely boring repetitive shower massage scenes.
These scenes technically consist of the MC slowly corrupting/molesting Denise, but as a player I feel like I'm the one being molested.
If you don't endure these scenes with Denise you will eventually get locked out of the Macy path, because there's no path written for her specifically yet.
The game also is quite short (about 5 hours) if you skip the painful shower massage scenes.

TLDR: A great game if you're interested in Denise, not so great if you specifically play for Macy.

I hate this game. I hate how the unique and vibrant characters draw you in. I hate how the music invokes feelings.(Damn it. Making me feel feelings.) Most of all I hate how the knowledge of each passing will written scene draws me closer to the end and this gem well end soon. I want more of this kind of Hate. Keep it up. This is not a porn game. Porn games don't invoke feelings like this one does. Story is never feels boring. Pacing is great and dialog is touching and fun. Choices do seem to have an impact on the story. Good replay. We need more well thought out games like this. I hate that I have to wait for the next update.

Great characters, good renders. The updates take a long time, but that is due to the dev creating a lot of high quality content. One of the best VNs you can read on this site. A lot of game devs focus on the lewds alone neglecting character development. But NR writes great characters and understands the importance of caring about the characters to enhance the naughty situations and building up to them.

A great slow burn VN. Great for those looking for a touching and engaging story rather than those after a quick nut. Even for those looking for a quickie there are side characters to provide some relief while your relationship evolves with the main 2.