VN - Others - Long Story Short [v0.10 Steam] [TTrickGames]

Long story short, I'm bored.

The developper obviously worked very hard on it but it's not for me.

Sure the UI is exceptionnal and very unique but that's not why I play those game. It's a nice bonus but that's all this is, a bonus.

Characters are also unique but unfortunately, they aren't attractive. They are very well done, don't get me wrong, it's just that the 2 girls I saw so far aren't very pretty. And I have to chose between them?
The girl in the menu is a beauty but she didn't appear in the story when I stopped playing.

The story is bland. And for a game, the story is important. It has to be EXCITING even if it isn't Shakespear. Make the MC go to college, have an interesting job or something. Him being a shut-in who meets new people doesn't make me want to know more.

Best ui ever seven for an amdroid and linux player i love the ui in yhis game and excellent graphich of characters made the game better and a Good storyline so much better than the most played games if there will be more content with Alex it would be perfect krep working bud

Good porn games embed sex into fairly basic but still engaging narratives, without simultaneously forcing me to pay separate attention to the story itself. 'Long Story Short' does that exceptionally well. You flirt with girls without sounding like an incel, they flirt back, you do stuff together... sex.

You play as a shut-in 18 yo gamer whose best buddy and former shut-in-gamer-in-arms reconnects after a year of amicable estrangement. He then offers to introduce the pc to the new life he has created for himself after getting in shape and going out more during the past year. An offer the pc gladly accepts because said new life includes dating, fucking and even managing the e-girl careers of hot chicks.

There are multiple 'routes' that you can take but all of them (that I've explored so far) include multiple sex scenes following fairly straightforward young adult courtship and (optionally) reciprocal wingmanship.

On to the graphics: they are among the best I've seen. The models are gorgeous and the animations during sex scenes smooth and natural. Even our hero's penis looks realistic which is rare among porno games. The lighting in some scenes is on the drab side but overall very appropriate. The main fetish here is exhibitionism and sharing/swinging, and the part of the plot dealing with YA girls trying to launch their acting/modelling/e-girl careers is the perfect framework for exploring that.

There is no walkthrough mod, but it isn't necessary. There is a pdf walkthrough that explains what the various routes/paths are and what the choices mean and that's all I needed to finish the available content.

An easy 5/5 for me.

Quite short, but extremely polished UI and gameplay, clearly built for multiple playthroughs, (not necessarily a fan of that on my part), with high quality renders and characters, plus choices you make have actual importance. The writing is nothing special but it is still enjoyable, and as a whole it absolutely recommended.

Really great game.

Good:

• The Characters are believable and interesting. The way they are posed is also really well done compared to other games. The girls are all hot especially Ann and Vanessa.
• Excellent Writing
• Great renders and animations
• Nice UI

Not so good:

• Was expecting more content for a 0.7 release.

This is a really great game. I was hesitant to try it out at first since it's in unity, but boy the UI is so clean. This has become one of my favourite games on here so far. Great graphics, cute girls, choices that have a lot of impact which makes you wanna try every scenario. I'm very eager to find out how the story is going to progress.

I'm not gonna list all reasons I like this game cause it's gonna be a wall of text. I'm just gonna say that I checks all the boxes of an awesome game. Great renders, great story, and numerous different outcome depending on the choices you make.

Choices made drastically affect the story, and the art is very nice. I like that you can play the game several ways, making for radically different outcomes. Pleasant surprise, the characters aren't psychopathic monsters who consider gang rape as common as a handshake. There's a few moments where the choices offered are all bad; apparently you MUST put up with Vanessa's crap to advance the story. OTOH, there's a couple genuinely funny moments as well.

Pros: Renders are great

Cons: Story is slow, a lot of teasing of additional love interests which are undeveloped.

Well done renders and an interesting framing for an overall narrative, however if you don't find the innocence of Ann or the sluttiness of Vanessa appealing there is nothing else for you in this game. A lot of other women are teased (Alex, Jenny, Emily) but nothing happens with them as Ann and Vanessa are the priority. Even if you decide not to date Ann the MC/Player is stuck with awkwardly hanging out with her while she talks about her boyfriend.
As to the NTR content, I find the idea that it is even NTR debatable. If the Player doesn't find Ann interesting then they shouldn't feel jealous that she ends up dating Chris the bartender. Vanessa, as she is the "girlfriend" of the MC's best friend, fucks everything that is male and has a pulse so if the player gets jealous of her fucking other men they should have been aware prior to getting involved with her.
I wish the developers the best but the game hasn't advanced the story very far, spending too much time on the same two LI and, now, remaking part of the previous content.

Amazing renders. Great story. For Unity, it has a very clean interface and is very useable.

Only suggestion would be to make it so you can back out of Save menu if you accidently re-enter the save interface. Workaround is to re-save.

I'm looking forward to see where this one goes!

Amazing renders, super hot scenes with some nice story telling and animations, decisions actually matter so there's some replayability.

Updates seem to be at a nice pace. One of the top games of 2020

Definitely a 5 star game for me.

The characters are sooo good and well defined. Graphics are awesome. Sex scenes are sexy. Interface is very good and smooth.

Negative fro Renpy users is the inability to rollback. Very minor complaint, but only because Renpy spoils us.

I also like that there is a lot of paths and variations with lots of meaningful and impact full decisions , but the main story still remains the same. I did not play the hate paths...so I'm scared of those.

Story 9/10
Graphics 9/10
Characters 9/10
User interface 10/10
Sex scenes 9/10

I wish for the next update already!

Simply amazing. The amount of detail put into the user interface stands out among many titles. The renders are superb and the character models are great. The multiple choices and varying paths are actually interesting. I would love if the blackmail path was more developed but what was there was still fun.

It's a great game so far. The graphics are great and the story is well written. There is lots of deceit and manipulation going on between the characters which is also well done.

The main reason I'm writing this is because a specific character in the game, in my view, warrants playing it.. so the following contains no story spoilers but does contain some qualities of a specific character that you don't know yet when you first start the game.. but you should be able to guess shortly after meeting her. Anyways, if you're in to a manipulative megaslut girl really done right and written well, then play this game. The graphics and the writing are already done well, but if you like this kind of character then you'll enjoy it even more.

Very good story, very good CGI, overall 10/10,
Its good that they kept the NTR optional so there is less whining, the NTR route is really great too so hopefully hopefully they keep up the good NTR route as well.

Best interactive game i have played so far. Love the interesting choices the game presents, characters are perfect. I hope to see more of main characters mom and sister parts as that would make it even more interesting. Love it so far. Keep up the good work.

In the future, this game will be called a masterpiece. Damn, the models are extremely hot. The story seems decent too and the ntr is avoidable. You can see that the devs worked hard for this. Hopefully they'll keep this up and complete the game. Really deserves completion.

Enjoyable game! It manages to keep your attention and for my taste have exactly the right balance of renders/action/text. Also the choices actually make you wonder would have happened if you had done something else. But I only did one playthrough so I dont know how much the story would have changed. Looking forward to see where this goes.

I actually really like this game. The writing is quite good but it's not completely fluent. Despite that fact the story is enjoyable enough and I personally really like all of the characters so far. I haven't explored every decision yet in the game but it definitely seems like there are a lot of branching paths with all sorts of different consequences. Definitely a game with a ton of potential and it has plenty to enjoy as of the version I just finished playing (v0.6a). I'm downloading the beta now to see what's new.

There's definitely something special about this game, though it's not as polished as some other top games.

Pros:
- Great renders!
- Fast-paced story (no grinding or reading walls of text)
- Love interests are unique with distinct personalities
- Couple of paths to pursue

Cons:
- Dialogue is pretty bland
- Some spelling and grammar mistakes, almost like English isn't the dev's first language
- The story isn't very engrossing. It's a porn game and that pretty much sums it up.

I recommend giving this one a try, it's quite enjoyable. Though the cons kept me from giving this one a 5.