VN - Ren'Py - Long Road Home [v10 Part 4 Beta Hotfix] [OBDGames]

(Review of v10 Part 4 beta)

The beginning of the story is a bit boring and the renders for the military parts at that stage are poor, but by Chapter 2 or so you're hooked. Jessy is one of the best characters ever in an AVN, even if the rest of the game was a disaster she alone would make it worth playing. Also, the way she seduces girls is fantastic, just like all the lesbian content.

The writing needs some proofreading but otherwise is excellent. The dirty talk in and out of sex scenes is awesome and you want to bed almost every new woman you find not because they are hot, which they are, but because they behave like real human beings in need of love and they are believable. If anything, I'd remove the whole "anger management issue" from the MC which makes him look like a cut down version of the Incredible Hulk. Just let me decide whether I want to help this girl or look the other way.

Game design is also to be commended. The built-in walkthrough alerts you in advance about the next scene in case you want to skip it. So far I haven't found any reason to skip one, and the game feels very replayable taking different choices. In later chapters you also get to decide how new LIs behave, for instance you can make a bi girl to be exclusive to or you let her have fun with your harem.

And all that good stuff leaves animations as the only weak spot of the game. They are smooth and come with several camera angles, but are too mechanical to be satisfying. A shame really. Even the options you are given go right in the middle of the screen, obstructing the action most of the time, and some animations are badly timed and end in a jiffy. Still, everything else is so well done that I'm still giving this top marks.

Well done!

I'm really enjoying Long Road Home! The story has me hooked, especially because the characters are so interesting. All the girls are definitely standouts; they are gorgeous.

The game's visuals are impressive, with detailed character designs and realistic skin textures. Although the animation is limited, it doesn't detract from the overall experience.

Overall, this is a fantastic game! It easily gets a 10 out of 10 from me. The characters are engaging, the story is interesting, and the visuals are top-notch. Definitely worth checking out!

This game is oddly one of my favorites. Don’t be misled by the fact that I only gave it 3 stars. I’d actually recommend it to almost everyone.

In my opinion, the game deserves even more than 4 stars. The main character (MC) is one of the best protagonists I’ve encountered in the games I’ve played here. I’m also impressed with the development of the side characters, except for Jessy. (By the way, I would’ve loved it if the MC started a secret affair with Della and they got caught by that old fart.)

The plot is quite engaging, and the renders are decent. However, the choices you make are mostly superficial or meaningless, to the point where the game almost feels like a kinetic novel.

On the other side, there are a lot of things I don’t like about the game. The most frustrating issue for me is the way the lesbian scenes are forced on the player. (I’m one of those who believe that lesbian affairs should also be considered cheating (NTR). But I can tolerate this in most games or just not care. I can even enjoy it on rare occasions. Usually, if given the option, I choose to approve of lesbian relationships only when the MC is present, just to avoid missing scenes.)

However, this game imposes very frequent and intense lesbian scenes. I’ve grown to hate the character Jessy, who’s supposed to be the main love interest. I wish there was an option to dump her. .She wears a strap-on and fucks the other love interests before you (the MC) even get a chance, all under the pretext of “getting them ready.” She puts anal plugs in them, makes out with them In other words, the MC’s first experiences with new love interests never feel like true first experiences. Jessy interferes in every relationship, flirting or hooking up with every woman before the MC makes a move. The player has no control over these situations, and I’m disgusted by every scene involving this spoiled slut.

This is quantity over quality game. There are many renders and sex scenes here but the problem is they're unremarkable, boring even. They don't stand out in any way, we're just seeing same scenes over and over again with some very slight variations. We have binary choices here only at most, because most of the time the other choice doesn't allow us to see a scene so like some before me have said it's almost a kinetic novel.

All in all it's a poor game with a very high score for reasons that escape me.

Fantastic story! The variety and controls are top notch. Some of the sound usage could be better...just looping one sound into 3 during intimacy scenes is just kind of cheap and below standard for this level top notch game. Overall one of the best out there in cartoon porn game world.

Kinetic novel that forces ugly and extremely unlikeable LIs and sex scenes to the player. Writing is bad, and the jokes are cringe, they almost never land making the experience very awkward.
The renders are not even that good so its not like you could use it just jack off to the sex scenes, really this was just a waste of time entirely

Great story line ! Unlike many renpy games, sound with the lewd scenes and the choices aren't game wreckers.Rendering is done very well and you don't have to wait for the "action" to begin.Lots of fun lewds .Highly recommend this one folks. Nicely done from the devs

Overall a pretty good game. I was going to give it a 4.7 (which would rank it in my 10 all-time greats), but a scene in Chapter 10 gave me reason to take off a full star (see the last negative point below).

>> As a result of the above spoiler, it gets a 3.7 from me. It's worth playing, but beware about too much girl-on-girl action.

++ Great models with good personalities, makes them all fun to be around
++ An MC that you can like, who isn't a pussy or asshole.
+ Decent animations - nothing special as loops are short, but they are a welcome feature
++ Good use of music and sounds throughout the AVN. Better use overall than most AVNs I've played.
+++ A really good story that stays down to earth.
+ Characters act believably for the most part, no facepalming over what they do

- Animations should be more fluid and scenes longer to really entertain the viewer. They get a bit better as of 10.2, but that's near the end of current content.
- A few kinks (like anal/watersports), but overall really not much to write home about here. No toy play that I've seen, or camming, or exhibition, or even BDSM.
-- Some choices in the game (that really don't give you any idea of what they change). Most choices are whether or not you want to get with a girl, or if you want to see a scene.
--- Mostly a kinetic AVN. You don't get to change the storyline until chapter 10.3 (the current end of the game's content).
------ The cockblock scene in Ch 10 that I mentioned up top, where the MC's #1 girl invites him to a threesome with another of his girls really pissed me off, bigtime. The girls get started early grinding each other, take it too far, and then literally DENY him any pussy when he shows up. He has to settle for a run-of-the-mill blowjob. He's their Ol'Man in the story, utterly owns them, and they pull that shit? FULL star deduction for this review as a result. To the dev: don't cockblock the player with his own girls, EVER.


It's still very worthy of a playthrough if you like kinetic-style AVNs, mostly due to the likable cast and good story. Just don't be surprised when things don't turn out the way you believe they will. The game takes you for a ride - you have almost no say about it.

I was looking forward to further chapters, but after Ch 10 I'm unsure if it really holds my attention like it did prior to that.

Shitty kinetic novel with extremely ugly forced LIs, forced sex scenes and braindead pseudo-political jokes. Of course not properly tagged as such to bait players for whatever reason.
There is really nothing positive about this garbage, waste of time.

The character models and renders are very good... The story though is very lazy and boring, it feels like not something that enriches the game, but something that you have to get through... The characters themselves are shallow and barely have any depth or complexity... The sex scenes are like that too, in the early parts of the game they were okay and fun, but now they just feel repetitive...

Its a really well writen story and I like the way the girls have they own quirks and different paths you can take with them, and the images and animations are of a good standard, i just wished we had a little more agency in the order we see the dates/scenes with the girls that dont impact the main story arc

The concept isn’t bad, although the story’s a bit dull since it’s almost kinetic and its “antihero” is actually a white knight who only hurts people that (supposedly) deserve it.

But the dealbreaker for me was the US political ramblings. Joke or not, doesn’t matter, can you guys really not stop yourselves from bringing this up even in porn games, of all places?!

What I like most is that it's a harem game with lots of pretty girls who are also characterized rather well, meaning you will most likely care about who you're fucking.
The game also showcases several times the peeing fetish (you on a girl) which is fairly rare in AVNs overall. It's optional ofc.

Graphics get better over time, so soldier on in the beginning if it bothers you.

I found the story entertaining enough to keep my interest. It's about a feud between two groups.

The MC is generally a bit of a badass but not over the top. And likeable too I'd say, which is important.

There's an in-game walkthrough, more games should have this feature IMO.

There is also a lot of content overall, including plenty of sex scenes.

I definitely enjoyed the game a lot thanks to the multitude of girls and some kinky fetishes. I'm always looking forward to the next update so I can only recommend it!

I really loved this one, it starts quite simple, an interesting MC, but as the story evolves and more characters and connections appear, it looks even better.

The characters are different and interesting, the graphic is good and the animation (specially the riding ones) are impressive.

Looking forward to see how the story evolves, but I hope that the author will not add new characters ... I am worried about the protagonist, his harem is quite huge

One of the best Harem Novels i have ever played
Great VIsuals, Good story with good story flow (especially if you like the sons of anarchy tv series), Beautiful LI and Very good MC.
i enjoyed it a lot though i wish some relationships to be optional (Rachel) and the lesbian fetish to be more optional but you cant have it all.

Quality game.

I don't usually write reviews but with this one I feel like I need to.

There's something about how connected the characters feel and how I feel like I know everyone connected to the mc.

I'm loving the story and I can't wait until the next part is released!

Decent game
first can we/ MC please put Jessy and Angelica in place and stop them from being Dom?

all this talk Jessy does about honesty and cares about MC, but she keeps cheating and being dom on girls before mc even has a chance with them.

-MC has no say in the matter if he wants that person or doesn't want Jessy to be with them but she still goes after them for her own gain.

Jessy goes after Oxana without even telling Mc, or taking advantage of Willow even know she has a crush on mc but let's use her weakness hasn't been with someone for a while for her on gain first.
but of course, it doesn't work out for Willow and MC but she can still be with Jessy.

Scratches a lot of my itches. Writing could use some polish in spots, but overall it was engaging enough. Not too many errors, nor too bland. And there's a good chunk of content. Stoked to play more though. Worth a gander.

V10.1 Part 3

It's really a title worth playing.

I'd like it not to be that lineal, work deeper on the different NPCs personalities, and the posibility to "visit" any of your girls at least once a day.

Besides that "wishlist", this title offers stunning and assorted models (not the same-bimbo-clone bodies I usually see), natural poses, a decent story line, and a good ammount of quality fap material.

Worth every single star for sure.

(Review is as of v10.1 Part 3)

It's a solid story, albeit with some caveats. The theme of loyalty and wanting to belong to something works well, and for the most part the game isn't afraid of tackling some tougher subject material. What I like is that the developer included an option to make all of it easier to go through. If you don't want to consult a convoluted flowchart or wait for someone to make a mod that may or may not break other functions in the game, there's an option where the game will just tell you whether content opens or closes, or if you want to skip some of the rougher stuff. I actually really like this: it's great for people without a ton of time to spend, and hey, if you don't like it, you can turn it off. I wish more games did this.

Like with so many of these games, the biggest problem is with the MC. He's about as Gary Stu as it gets, and that isn't a compliment. The pacing often grinds to a halt as there is yet another notch to be added to the bed post as the MC is "backed up" if he goes more than 6 hours without getting his rocks off. Sure, we want our character to feel powerful and get all of the girls, but this is a case of "too many cooks spoil the kitchen". It also hurts the credibility of the story, as more than one girl is essentially "gay until the right guy came along", almost all of them are bi (and willing to have the MC as the only guy), and none of them has a problem with the MC being with everyone else. There is one girl so far who has any real tendency toward jealousy, and even she is just "well, I won't get involved with the girls". Again, it's weirdly bad for the story.

The other problem with the MC is that everything he does just works. There are only a few girls (out of a good dozen or so) who don't immediately fall for the MC, and his plans just work. There is no tension, which is weird in a game that is meant to be dark and gritty. The closest thing to a conflict is that the MC has violent PTSD flashbacks. This is actually a really neat idea and offers up an interesting flaw, but in practice it turns into: the MC has a trigger and goes into a rage, a girl gets scared for a minute and says "MC, it's me!" and then the MC calms down. And then the girl is never afraid of it again, and the MC doesn't lose himself around her again. It would be nice if a girl continued to be wary of him because of these rage issues, or if a flashback drove a wedge between him and one of the girls in the innermost circles of the harem.

Lastly, the story has these really weird moments where it tries to poke fun at some aspect of the modern political landscape. The main problem is that the game does it so poorly that it's unclear as to whether the author actually thinks they're making a good point, or if they're poking fun at the people who might think it's a pointed critique of society. It's Poe's Law, but not because it's clever.

Still, it's a good story and worth going through, but it's at the risk of going further and further off the rails. Give us some tension, give the MC some real struggles, and don't feel the constant need to grind the story to a halt with some sex scenes just because it's a porn game.