Ren'Py - LockDown Dom [v0.20.00.3] [Down Bad Smut Games]

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.

Another low effort nothingness with the urge to satisfy 1000 kinks with 1 cheaply drawn scene each. If you try to please everyone you end up selling half-baked bread. Giving in to "public" oppinion of 2-3 ppl instead of making the game how you imagine it may just be a lazy cashgrab attempt.

It is very promising. Excellent dialogue. The art has a lot of personality. Dom/Sub options are cool. The short voice acting is also good. The only issue is that there is almost no content yet, so we'll see how it goes.

Dialogue: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
2D Art: 10/10

LockDown Dom is a game that falls under the unfortunate status that alot of interesting looking titles on this site do: It's simply not anywhere near a state fit for proper review. As a result, my review will a mix of the little content that is already available to me, and of my anticipation of what is to come in the future.

Sexual content - 6/10 (15%)
LockDown Dom is a game that (as of right now) is heavy in content involving teasing, groping, and most importantly; incest. The game's art style is charming and fun to look at, housing a classic, handmade Ren'Py VN charm that I have grown accustomed to in alot of my favorite Ren'Py titles. The lewd scenes, as few as they are, are well made, classic scenarios that scratch just the right itch in my lewd brain, and gets me excited for more. On top of this, certain scenes are sprinkled with charming little voice lines, which really add to my immersion. As simple as the story is, the family dynamics are surprisingly fun to engage with, and certain family member's bitchy attitudes fill me with anticipation in finally seeing them knocked down a few pegs. Despite this strong start, there are one or two things that worry me about the game's future.

1. At the beginning of the game, the bill legalizing incest nation wide specifies that only NON VAGINAL incest is legalized. Which, in my opinion, is a massive missed opportunity if this means zero vaginal sex with any of the family members is planned.

2. Having non-repeatable scenes in this game can make navigating it in the future a bit annoying. Maybe tighten up the free roam model and stick to an infinite day system?

Gameplay - 6/10 (15%)

The gameplay itself is rather typical Ren'Py free roam style daily life simulation. While I imagine a lot of people would criticize the game for this, the added freedom is a welcome addition in my book. Having on-rails gameplay in a game that is not marked as a visual novel is quite annoying, in my opinion. Where this game really earns a thumbs up from me is in it's customization. You may freely name every girl in the game, along with the main character. On top of that, the type of content you'd like to see can be freely changed and edited as you go, which is a very welcome addition.

In short, the gameplay is customizable, but doesn't offer much new to the table, but why fix what isn't broken?

Character Art - 8/10 (20%)

Each girl has a simple, pleasing, charming design that shows off their most prominent features. Where some games of this nature would fall off in quality outside of the standing scenes, the quality of the art stays consistent regardless of the scene, which gives it points from me. The line art is thick and doesn't focus unreasonably hard on detail, just getting the main point and each girl's gimmick across.


As nice as the art is, skimping out on a bit of the detail can make the art feel a tad more generic than it should feel. However, the flat color style is enjoyable enough as it is.

Bugs - 10/10 (25%)

While I was a tad concerned by the warnings on the front page, there has luckily been no bugs encountered so far! Keep up the good work!

Total score: 7/10 (75%)

A charming little demo of a game so far. While I am eager to see more, I am also dreading the idea of this game ending up in the F95 Zone graveyard of abandoned or dev hell games. Kindly support the creators on their SubscribeStar. I'd love to see more!

Im lovin this so far.

The art is charming and hand drawn.

I love big asses and I cannot lie.

There is a femboy.

You can fuck the femboy.

There is an option to have the femboy be a girl if you dont like femboys (uncultured swine)

There is a muscular mommy aunt who you can dominate/be dominated by.

Proceed to fuck your whole family (wincest).

The game is still early days yet, But it has great potential.

P.S. I really hope you lose the Beta route and just stick to the Alpha route, because the Beta route just doesnt seem to fit this game and will halt progress on updates.

The Good
One star for the art
Second for the fact that the developer is active on the forum and answers questions

The Bad
The story is meh at best, updates are poor, and the developer has no plan or tactic to advance the game" Too many routes and no content at all...He wants to put many fetishes In his game but doesn't focus on one thing at a time"

Suggestions
Take a point from other games and focus on one girl at a time, It's to much of a slow burner right now maybe put more Lewd in the updates, if this is not animated then update the game more frequently to appear on the latest update page more to get more fans.

I will update the review when things change

good art , good character , good ass and lot's of potential .
Not a lot of content but i think we could have a really good games in the next years , just the usual updates and quality contents and the game will flourish .

Currently its still fairly bare bones and lacks a significant content dive, however there's no glaring flaws with any of the setup and is generally enjoyable.

The character designs are for the most part quite nice and the dev seems to be consistent in updates so far.

Writing is pretty typical and nothing aside from the art stands out yet but I'd still recommend. If only to sit a on a back burner and check later.

Review as of 0.7.1.0a

This game definitely has potential and I look forward to what the future holds.

The Li's look good and I like their personalities.

The story while broadly used is still intriguing.

And the Dev seems to take criticism well and implements changes to the game with the players ideas in mind.

I give it a 4/5 for it's potential.

I think it's really good so far. I like the cartoony art style, and I think the characters are entertaining so far. Having a game written in native level English is always nice. Since it's only set in a house, the sandbox isn't annoying, as it often is in other games, and it doesn't seem as if grinding is going to be involved at all.

My main complain is that ntr content (at least for now) is only being promised for ONE of the characters lol.

Story/Character:
A family stuck in a lockdown with a horny guy alongside with his whole horny family. Right now the game is quite bare with only two days with content. But the characters so far introduced have been pretty good, each of them having a unique personality that have distinct kinks and fetishes that you will explore throughout the game. The MC is just your typical MC, nothing too special or nothing too bad. The nature of the MC will depend on whether you want to go on the dom/sub route.

Gameplay:
The gameplay is just your typical AVN set within a house due to a lockdown being in place. It’s a free roam game with very bare content atm. I would have to say because a game breaking bug, I could not get to the NTR part which was pretty disappointing.
Content:
Currently very bare content, and understandable so because it is a new project. Currently just has teases throughout the house. I do very much appreciate that option to toggle of certain kinks that not be of interest.

Visuals:
The visuals remind the flash back of flash games in the 2000’s. It has an amateurish feel, but it feels unique. Gives a very nostalgic feel being hand-drawn in what seems like in paint.

Sound:
No background music or sound other than a couple of sound effects on clicking on doors. I would assume later in the game, there would be some improvement in sound design.

A fresh project right now but with some promising characters and fetishes supported by large customisation. Currently at this point, there’s very few content but I could see in the future how this game would be fleshed out and would have great potential.

fantastic artwork, want to see game completed and/or more from same artist and dev.
Like the many options to choose sub/dom on specific characters rather than one focus on all, on top of that the games structure is very entertaining, it might be cool to see it a little more open world- perhaps a school/college element.

I Like the art Style but Need more improvement like on the story line and another aspect,for the char designed already good love it,and I hope it will not abandoned by developer ,so I cant wait for the final all full realese version

Animation: Handrawn, not the best but still original and well done.
Story: Lots of potential ways this can unfold looking forward to developments

This is still very early in it's development but what I've seen was very good so it gets a 4. I might need a wait a while before it's really worth playing. Right now it's just a elongated intro.

Reviewing 0.5:
I didn't expect much from the screenshots and the somewhat overused premise, but I am glad I downloaded because I really like it so far!
It has the perfect mix of different character and body types that I want from a game like this. And the mc is genuinely horny. And sexy 'accidental' scenes with some humor thrown in. Way to go.
Bonus points for Ruby/Auntie, I have a thing for buff girls

My only negative point and one star minus at this point is the weird dom<>sub system. I mean this actually is a cool feature, but the fact that you have to choose it beforehand in a menu sort of thing feels weirdly mechanical. I would prefer having different choices in situations to dom the npcs or not.

Game has great potential but right now there is barely anything here to do. Great art and big butts everywhere. I would wait until a couple of updates before playing. One thing im concerned about is the splitting path between dom and sub. It creates more work. i think they should focus on one path for now, until they really get things rolling. I would hate to see this game abandoned

Early days, but so far the improvements this game has gone through since its first bare-bones release are already fairly impressive.

Pros:
-Lots of choice. Fetishes are toggleable, submissive and dominant options are available for each character, and you can even turn lewd scenes off for individual characters. The last part is especially nice, while I'm not planning on turning any characters off, the amount of games out there that force you into relationships with characters you don't care about or even hate is staggering, so its nice to see this dev avoid that problem from the start.
-Character designs are simple, but well done. Lots of classic archetypes here that are all welcome additions. MILF, muscle mommy, fat assed femboy, big titty goth... lots of good stuff here.
-Addison and Ruby are both fantastic. These 2 are a majority of the reason that I'm going to be keeping up with this game's updates. Both of them are nice to the MC (always a plus in a femdom game) and the short scenes that both have gotten are very well done. Will be especially interesting to see how Addison's content will turn out in his sub route, as he seems quite submissive himself.
-Darien. Kind of surprising to include him on the list of pros, but (so far) he's been depicted as a pretty decent dude. This is surprising, as a lot of games with NTR options like to make these characters over the top assholes who go out of their way to make the MC miserable. Looks like this won't be the case here hopefully. He's just some regular dude who was dating the MC's sister when all this shit went down. Kind of refreshing to see this approach from a dev.
-The original intro had a much clunkier character customization part, and its nice to see the game improve its playability in such a short time.

Cons:
-Linda suffers from a severe case of "porn plot." In her first introduction she squeezes the MC's balls until he relents just because he kind of talked back to her. What kind of person acts like this, especially towards their own son? I get it, it's a femdom game, but the characters should feel like characters, not excuses for porn to just randomly happen when there's been more than 30 seconds without lewd content. Jessie also had a similarly aggressive introduction, but she came off as much more natural and (kind of) had a decent reason to kick the MC, since he walked in on her when she was in the shower. Linda on the other hand just comes off as an unreasonable bully, and the massage scene did little to ease up on that impression. Hopefully she gets better as her route goes on, but if she continues like this I'm pretty sure she's going to be the most commonly skipped on character in the game.
-While I mostly like Clarissa, right now she has a tendency to overuse acronyms in her dialogue (OMG, RIP, etc.) I don't have a problem with her being young and immature in general, but I do wish that this aspect of it would be toned down.

TLDR:
Promising start for this game, could easily become one of the better games in its genre if it sticks on this course. A few wrinkels in the writing, but nothing major, and a majority of the characters are enjoyable. Looking forward to more!

Fuckin fantastic work. I know the banner doesn't do a lot to sell you on it but the game is immensely charming once you get into it.

Let's talk characters. MC does the bare minimum of not being annoying whilst managing to have some flavor. Not a lot, mind you- think undersalted eggs- but hey, it's something. You got the bratty sister and the shy klutzy sister. Both are solid, and well written, but again, not a standout. It's their bitchy, flirty sister that catches my attention. Not only is it a more unique space, the adds another layer of intrigue by having her already be spoken for. Bold choice considering most users on F95 vomit at the mere thought of another man looking at their girl but, well, I see the vision and I have high hopes. Plus, all the "NTR" (This hardly counts) babies can turn it off too, win-win. Then we get to the real winners here- the literal muscle mommy and the Amazonian goddess aunt. Fantastic character designs, 10/10. Again, the banner art style didn't sell me on this game, but the in-game assets are super charming. Ruby- the aunt- is literally perfect so I won't spend too much time talking about her. It's the Mom where I can levy some fair criticism. This game's premise already tests your suspension of belief. A random news report just announces that incest is legal, and all of the characters gawk and move on. In reality, a bill like this would be worldwide news long before anyone hears about it on TV. But fine, we can play ball here. It's when the MC is massaging his mom that the immersion breaks a bit for me. The dialog is super unnatural. It sounds like he's just learning the answer to questions that would be literally impossible for him to be unaware of the answers to like his Mom's job. Also, Linda is super mean and bitchy for no real reason. I like mean, bitchy women, so it doesn't bother me one bit but it does feel a little unnatural. It's one thing to be a hard-ass drill mom, but it's another thing entirely to be this cold to your kids for no reason. I like the scenes where she lays down the law but I wish they'd given her a little sugar to balance out the spice- just to show loves her kids. Cause right now it kind of just feels like she hates 'em. I trust that they'll iron out these details eventually though and even if they don't, who cares? It's an H-game. Narrative consistency isn't exactly one of the core pillars (though it certainly separates the greats). The characters are hot, the story works, the dialog is good. Were in business lads.

Art looks very good, the characters all seem very promising with Addison and Clarissa having the potential to have really good dynamics with the cast. Only critique is about the idea of both dominant and submissive options seems to result with only text change but its still just a demo. Overall it looks promising with this demo!