Ren'Py - LockDown Dom [v0.18.0.0] [Down Bad Smut Games]

It's fun; does it tread any new ground? No, but it does everything the stuck-in-a-house incest genre of games should do excellently, and it does at least have the wherewithal to give convincingly different stereotypes than usual. If you like this genre, you will like this.

LockDown Dom [v0.18.0.0]

Steaming pile of shit. Even ~not bad art style and picture ""quality"", will not save this abomination from how utterly bad it is. Low-effort, talentless, cheap, uncreative, boring, done in haste or at the same time too tardy, and etc, etc, etc. Any of these adjectives will describe this "project" in plenty.
You can add any amount of air quotations to any aspect of the """game""" other than art (and to it sometimes too) and it still won't convey how inadequate it is. And sad thing is, it's just not inadequate. Not peak, not "fun" (like, Room), not interesting, not in "sciency" or in any other way, it's just ~some kind of mid. Whatever. Just whatever.
I regret the time I've spent on this. I could "kick rocks" for days and that still would've been more productive way of spending my time.
Avoid this. Download pics, if you care that much. (not like out there are hundreds- of artists with the same, worse or better/more refined art style)

"Story" - ~0.1/10
""Characters"" - ~0.1/10
"Art/"animations"" - ~4/10
"MC" - *ha-pfoo!*

Gotta say, definitely one of my favorite games I've found on this site. Although that list isn't the most exclusive, so do take that with a grain of salt.

The amount of customizability you get in this is very impressive. Most games tend to either stick to one path, or try to have it both ways and flounder around and fail because of it, but this one still seems to be going strong! Plus, being able to pick between having a femboy and another girl (or whatever inbetweens floats your boat) is an awesome feature, and again, handled very smoothly. You can even change it in the settings menu! And being able to turn on/off the Netori is also a plus.

The art is great, but I do admit that's a subjective thing.

The day-based structure made me worry I was going to miss some things because of it, but because of the task journal thingy, I wasn't worried once I actually got to playing. And without that issue, the day-based format is all plusses! And it helps crack down on scope creep, too, so I doubt you'll see this dev going the way of many before and losing themselves to a scope-creeped multi-year-long update schedule or something like that.

The character dynamics and story are also great. Not, like, artistically compelling, but good! Funny characters, and an overarching plotline that's actually motivating.

A good premise and a fun afternoon game if you've got nothing to do. What I appreciate is the choice to engage in certain content or not. Unlike most the dev at least gives you that choice. Art is unique on its own and does pull the attention. Hope to see more soon from this dev.

God, this game is awesome!! I seriously wish there was more content for Addison and Clarissa content cause they're my favorite... but still, one of my fav porn games fr

The art is, ah, pretty subjective, but I love it personally. A lot actually :3
Really the only part of the game I don't like is the fact that Jessie bullies my beloved Addison... ts pmo

I went for bottom path on everyone, and I gotta say that it's been pretty well done! I enjoyed the voicelines although be warned, there aren't many.

Honestly really hope this project doesn't get abandoned, I can't wait to see it completed!!!

I've had a lot of fun with this one. It's still a little short in content, but the potential is amazing.
Loved the art style, personalities and humor, plus the options (though I've only had one playthrough, I don't know how truly diverse it is from being dom to sub).

Huge recommendation

Thus far, the (While limited) voice acting is impeccable, great work. The visuals aren't overly complicated, but that only helps the charm of the game. The characters are great, the UI is easy to use and thoroughly explained. And the story, while slacking off near the end was still great. (It had a slow leadup, but just immediately jumped into the more sexual stuff with characters it just didn't fit with yet, therefore I felt it was a bit rushed. Maybe I just don't understand how humans work though lmao. Addison = The best)

This game is very promissing but poorly developed

Pros
Option to be dom or sub
Option to name
Option to play VN or Freeplay
2d artwork

Cons
Almost no sex scenes at least for doms, i tried 3 versions of this game development goes very poorly
Sex scenes are often less than 3 jpgs
Content spread too thin to experience anything
NTR even if you turn it off
Game ask you 2 more times if for sure you dont wanna activate NTR now as you are about to miss peak moments...
Choices dont have background outlayer
As dom i literally had nothing to do in this game

My suggestion:
Put your best efforts to give 1 gold sex scene sub and dom so you end with something worth showing, in current form 0.15.1.5 game is dead empty
Also add option to repeat all 2 sex jpges and get more of them

Great game, really intrested in how you can decide if you want to top any or all of the characters, also the characters are rally intresting, love Addison, best character, theonly thing i didnt like is the part where we NTR the NPC boyfriend, wish you could choose if you want him or not in the story

I didn't know if I'd like this game or not but I gave it a shot. And while it's still in its early stages and there isn't many substantial H-scenes yet, I do like the direction of the game and how it plays

Reviewing as of 0.14.0.0a

Pros:

• Gallery included
• Around 1 hour to complete
• Sandbox and VN mode
• You can turn futa and NTR on/off
• You can go the sub or dom route or a mix of both
• Characters slowly develop and I like the dialogue between characters
• There's VAs that read the text which is neat

Cons:

• No animations
• Not many H-scenes worthwhile yet
• The house feels empty when in sandbox mode
• Some typos, especially when Addison is a girl, I saw a few "he" texts

Conclusion:

I recommend this game but temper expectations for now. It's starting to get good and I think a few more updates will launch this game up!

TL;DR: The "gameplay" presentation and the unique hand drawn leave a good first impression the but rest of the game leaves much to be desired, might be a good game to checkup on towards a later date.

This game starts great, giving users the option of choosing the gender AND identity of one of the characters as well as changing the relationship dynamics with multiple characters, all of which have corresponding dialogue and art to complement these changes should the user choose. This is impressive from a workload standpoint and as a means for widening the audience appeal, which I believe worth a shout-out.

You're then greeted with a environment you'll be playing in , a house with an accompanying clock that changes as you interact with characters, introducing a "real time" element to the game, a feature that many other great games on this website have in their own games, a 2nd feather in this game's cap.

I also have to rave about the game's art style, maybe because I grew up around it but it absolutely screams "Deviantart's artists first NSFW drawing" with the stupid wide hips and big cartoonish eyes.

Then... the actual game starts.

Gameplay as you confusingly navigate your mouse cursor all across the screen to traverse the house to meet a character isn't at their spot or in a place where an event hasn't started. It's made even more annoying given the devs gives the player a cheat sheet AND a day skip option to chase after certain/mutliple characters, but it's still made ineffectaul.

The character writing and story is also flimsy at best. This game heavily leans on an incest plotline but immediatly removes the "taboo" connotation within the first few minutes of gameplay, which I'd argue is what makes incest games appealing in the first place. Character motivations and personalities are unrealistic, to a point that you'll be rolling your eyes at certain lines of dialogue. The goth sister and the peppy sister are both big offenders in this regard, seemingly both wildly horny to an unrealistic degree. The mom and hre sister(?) (iirc) have this drama plotline that was underdeveloped when I played it, really only the younger sister/brother was appealing but only because they had the smallest role at the time that I played.

NSFW was also lacking, which is weird given how horny some characters are, but that might just be a sympton of where I was at in regards to the development cycle. The game is incredibly short, you can probably knock it out in a 3 hour session.

I really want to like this game but when I played it felt unfinished, i'll probably bookmark this game and check back in on it in year to see if they'll add more substanial content the make progression an easier task.

-BluePigtails

Really surprised how much I enjoyed this one. The simplistic, newspaper comic strip style art doesn't seem like it should be hot, but through some alchemy it is once you give it a chance. The writing is funny and the characters are endearing. My one complaint is the sandbox gameplay - like so many games, it's implemented pretty badly here, to the point that the game is pretty much a kinetic novel disguised as a sandbox, in which case it would be better just to leave the free roam out and safe the player a bunch of clicks. At least there's no grinding, though.

I love everything this game is going for. Explicit incest? Check. Hand drawn? Check. Ability to dominate female family members? Check.

Don't like futa? Turn it off. Didn't like ntr? Turn it off.

Something about the art style is very endearing and I love it. Can't wait to get into further weeks far in the future.

I love bubble butts. I have high expectations with this game. The art style is simple but is erotic and stimulant. And apparently, accordingly with the ''new alabama law'', in the future will have so much anal scenes. My weak point.

Gave this game a try and regreted it. I seriously dont get people who write about "great art", because here objectively speaking we have none of it. From locations to characters, all drawings look like they were made in ms paint, overly simplified, without depth, details, lighting and skills, models just thicc - thats all what we have about "art" in this game.

Story is so dumb and overshallow that I already started to forget about it. Characters behavior and relationships jump from 0 to 100 from one event to another without any logic and build up . Example:


Amount of art and depiction of spicy/lewd scenes is tiny, you will read about how your cum leaks out of your sister asshole but will not see it. because even this lazy and simple art is still too much for artist to draw for scene more then 1-2 pics with slight variations of the same pic but with mc's hand grabbing a tit etc.

Sandbox doesnt give anything for the game, no exploring, repeatable lewd stuff, quest mechanics etc. Its exist here for a ton of bugs for the player here and there, because devs dont have experience in programming and instead of learning how to make game beforehand, they immediately released what they learned for a few months from youtube tutorial of some hindu guy with a funny accent.

I was surprised by how many people pay money for this undercooked lowquality game.

[v0.10.00.3a] Great game with multiple choices for the content you want to see. There is dom and sub routes + gay, ballbusting and ntr. Last two chocies are as of now not really deep, yeah choices make a difference but there isnt a ton of concent for those kinks, well to be frank there isnt really a ton of content in the game, yeah there is many scenes but dont expect to play for multiple hours. Other than that the art is great and there are interesting characters. Dont think that long about giving it a chance

This game looks like it's going to be fantastic when it gets more updates; The art is pretty consistently cute and the story isn't dragging on like a certain other incest game based on covid lockdown. Additionally there's a lot of options regarding kinks and which specific characters you wanna dominate. MOST IMPORTANTLY THOUGH THERE'S A CUTE FEMBOY (or futa/sister if that's not your style).

Interesting game.
I enjoy the fact it doesn't beholden one to a set path and you can switch on the fly. Also you can choose your fetishes' which is a huge plus (As a switch myself I love to see it )
My only grip is that even thought its kinda barebones even at V0.8.1.0a. but the art work is nice and full of thicc ladies (and if one choses man/trans) . This is one that I plan on keeping an eye on.

TLDR:
Story: 3/5
Art: 4.5 THICCNESS/5
Gameplay: 1/5 (its not bad just non-existent)
OVERALL: LockDown Dom has potential, but if your looking to fap now ain't the time.

Alright despite my strong opinions on the game's history and some of the development decisions, I still consider myself a fan

The art is simple but earns it's own charm through it. The story has all the elements of a great sandbox harem game and the characters bring enough variety and personality.

I believe the dev has the potential to create one of the top-tier games on this site.
However as seen by my rating, some things need to be addressed:

• A game at or above version 0.5 should be halfway finished. Otherwise, it creates unfulfilled expectations and disappointment.(Evident by some of the other reviews)
• Focus on completing one character route at a time to show that you are at least able to write a finished arc without messing up. We've all got enough PTSD from Endings like Game of Thrones/Mass Effect
• Golden rule #69: Please all, and you will please none. A polished game with its own niche is better than an unfinished game that tries to do everything and lacks direction(aka No man's sky)

Despite everything, the dev still has time to improve and fix many things.
So good luck !

The art is great.
I love the girls.
Everything is pretty good.
The... what, 5 minutes of it?
Maybe there's something wrong on my end... but it's three days, there's no real sex scenes apart fingering the goth girl and that's about it.
Granted that what is there is pretty great... but the entirety of this game's content could be put into the preview pictures and there would be space to spare.