VN - Others - Long Story Short [v0.9a] [TTrickGames]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb, but I think this just might be one of the best erotic games in its genre. It has the full package: great renders, nice character design (except for Joe maybe), attention to detail in every regard, several different paths to take, choices matter greatly.

The game gives you a choice in how you want to approach any scene or encounter at every step of the way. The story is believable, with bits of humor here and there. The game does not treat itself too seriously, but also respects the player's intelligence. No unnecessary scenes, fairy limited amount of unexciting dialogue, no unnecessarily grand world building scenes. The writing both in and out of erotic encounters is nice, exciting, not unnecessarily campy nor juvenile. Every moment has a purpose, whether it be for any one character's relationship progression, or towards the overarching story.

And while on the topic of scenes, those are great! The renders have great composition, images that are meant to be photos taken with a phone have appropriate lens and focus settings to imitate an actual phone camera. The further you get into the game, the better the quality of the renders naturally, seeing how this game is quite a bit into its development now.

The characters have distinct personalities, are not just cardboard cutouts of one another, are consistent and believable. The way they text you on your phone is also quite in character for all of them, especially Ann and Vanessa. The texting segments are also quite well done too, very immersive as well.

All in all one of my favorite erotic games right now, from a dev that seems genuine, passionate about the project, and open to his audience. I've played many erotic games throughout the years, and I've only ever supported a creator on patreon once, as I'm picky about my games. This is the second time I've decided to support the creator financially, and if their works keeps up, I think I might upgrade my pledge level, as thanks for the entertainment.

This game is absolute fire, can't believe I only heard about it recently as it's become one of my all time favorites. Will be picking it up on Steam for sure and may even join the Patreon. Renders are well done, characters are diverse and engaging, feels like there are a ton of choices to go back to after one or two playthroughs to see new content, and the NTR + full control path is basically a dream game / scenario creator for "directing" sharing content. The whole cast is great but Ann is a gem.

This is one of those games where I keep waiting impatiantly for the next update. It's also a game I have chosen to support on SubscribeStar. As you might have guessed by now (from my star rating and that I support TTrick) I really like this game.

It is sexy, evokative, and well made. The story offers plenty of choices that matter (ie many different branches) which leads to replayability. But more importantly the story and the artwork is great!

I truly recommend this game - go ahead chose your vices and your girl(s) and explore YOUR long story short.

Did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did given the game description. The scenes are really hot, and the writing is good quality. Plot is a tangled web weave, and I'm interested to see how the story progresses.

Usually I would care about having background music but it's alright without, although I think it would enhance the experience.

So. This ode praise this game. ))
3D models, I’m not sure who made them, but they are great, it’s a straight fat plus of this game, I’m not sure about all the novels, but these models are definitely in the top 3 of those VN that I played.
About the sound I can not say anything, I do not even know whether he is here or not, as I play all the games, not only VN with ACMR and accordingly without sound, except that those in which you have to sit in discord with friends. ))
Story. Well, I honestly don’t know, I only played English until yesterday and it’s not my native and it’s not very good, so I didn’t read too much, but purely from my weak points, it’s kind of good and it’s kind of written but keep in mind that my English is still bad.
Another fat plus of this VN is the election. God, it’s so great that I can either have the most vanilla relationship with a girl, or I can kiss the same girl with my mouth full of alien sperm, or I can steal a girl from a friend altogether, and I’m dating a few more. Why can’t all games let me do this? )))
Actually, personally, it’s six stars out of five.
Objectively, well close to 5 stars, maybe 4.5. There are still some problems. But again, the author fixes them. So I pray that the author’s fuse does not disappear and that the game has been completed and not rolled down. )))

Quite impressive!

First and foremost, I love the vast amount of choices that you can make in this game. The MC is somewhat bland but the options in dialogue make up for it. I was impressed by how many times I would have characters call back to decisions you've made in the past. It's something I see rarely, if at all, in AVNs.

Great characters! The relationships and dynamics created between them are interesting and fun to play around. This is my first time dabbling into the NTR genre but I really enjoy the scenarios in which the MC gets thrown into. One of the LIs, Vanessa, is by all means a whore but it's kind of lovable how her personality gets the MC into funny situations. Raunchy hot shenanigans ensue and it's all well paced for the most part. The dialogue is very competently written which is all I need from such an experience.

Getting into some negatives: As I mentioned before, the MC is a bit boring and kind of a loser if you really think about it. His only friend seems to be a guy he neglected to talk to for an entire year because gaming? Would like to see a little more emotion and personality from him because I find very few things to write home about. The sex scenes also could be way longer.

Few complaints aside, I was definitely hooked while playing through.
90% of that attention might have been just for Emily the "roommate" but honestly if you appreciate decent storytelling, interesting characters and pretty women you can fuck around with then I recommend this one.

In my opinion this is one of the best sex games ever made.
It has beautiful girls, nice story with interesting and diverse choices. It explores different sexual fantasies, with decent graphics.
One of the few I actually care to explore every possibility, and read all the text. It is amazing.

Congratulations to the Dev TrickGames on the great work. I hope that the Dev will keep the high standard.

Probably my favorite netorare game I have found. all of the girls are beautifully rendered and the situations feel realistic. I am really looking forward to playing more of this game. Anne is absolutely beautiful and I really enjoy how you are able to control the path you want to take.

there's not much to say that hasn't already been said in the comments below, but adding my own experience... I don't feel like I or the main character there would really be the protagonist, everything always revolves around vanessa, the little girlfriend her best friend.. she always wins, she's always on top.. she takes everyone, at first I thought it might even work out since she's a girl, but it's like she wants to take everything away from the protagonist and still leave her dirty image of him, perhaps as a kind of forced blackmail? I don't know what they tried to do here, the main character himself has no motivation... no essence... he's like a slave to anyone who "asks" him for a favor, which in this case is always Vanessa, and if you choose, at least try avoid her, the scenes are all without emotion, for example, if you choose to share your girlfriend with her, the sex scene is very spicy and good.. but she dumps you right at the end as if she owns everything. .and you just obey and leave, if you choose not to share it's as if the sex only lasted a few seconds, he enjoys it and each one goes to his side.. not to mention the facial expressions of the characters, always very exaggerated.. it's almost like they just took the base model and just threw it in there in the game, even if you're just looking for something to excite you.. i don't know if this game would be a good choice as it constantly leaves you feeling like you've been left behind back regardless of your choices...

First off: I'm not an expert, a connoisseur of art and literature. I'm just a guy who likes porn games for what they are: porn.

This game has porn and more. First, let me tell you the thing you already know: the visuals are fantastic. The models are sexy, beautiful renders, nice animations.
Then let me tell you about the branching options the game has. You have multiple characters with multiple paths to pursue. The "main girl" is Ann, a cute and shy girl. Now you either love her and gently show her the world of sex or straight up push her into corruption and either have a nympho slut on your own, share her or just throw her at another guy. Then you have your "sister", your best friends slut girlfriend, a random hot girl from the beach... And all of them are fun and sexy. Did I tell you about the "instagram" model? Yup, she's your neighbor.
I love this game! So many options, great replay-ability. And it has a scene and gallery menu.
10/10, just enough water.

Hi I don't usually do this... in fact it is the first time I'm going to do this , but I just feel this game deserves way better reviews that it recently got. Sure everyone is entitled to his opinion but I just want to balance it a bit.
Writing to version 0.8b:

So firstly NTR because I know it is such a polarizing topic in here:
Sure it got NTR (which I'm not usually fan of) but it is completely avoidable and not only that. You got even 3rd option where male characters are after your LIs but the girls follow your lead. Basically they ask you how you feel about it and through that you can control the LIs response to such advances of others. Personally I really like this option.
If you don't want LIs to be approached by other males at all, you can just block NTR at the beginning. Totally up to you.

Choices:
I don't know many games where the choices actually matters that much as in this one. You really can go your own path. Loving path, corruption path, male dom path... Just play the way you wan't, there's something for everyone. Well not everyone, no futas (which I'm glad, no offense)
Plus if you choose some action, it means you don't choose another, it matters down the road... It also makes it replayable few times. You won't catch not even 1/2 in one playthrough.

And last but not least visuals.
I'm pretty picky about visuals in games. I tend to avoid 2d games, Honey select style games (with very few exceptions)... but back to LSS. This is one of the best games in terms of visuals (render quality). Sure beauty of characters is subjective, everybody likes something else. But if you like cute teens and even teens with some curves (no bimbo dolls) you will love LIs in this game. Take a look at previews and it only gets better with time.

I don't want to make this extra long to read, so I'm going to wrap it up.
I highly recommend this game.

Give it a try, set your preferences (NTR the way you want) and play the way you like. I honestly believe this is one of the best games out there and everyone should play it to see for himself.
Have fun

Huge potential lost on the social media element. It's solely used for one character you only get to meet later, so it might be confusing or pointless at first. Why not use it as a showcase for corruption progression of characters you're actually dealing with, and build a story with that?

You start with two opposites of females, shy, nerdy girl and sex-hungry, but they're not in the extremes. The intro hands you the question whether you wish to stay in control of things or not. It's pretty misleading considering dialog choices restrict access to scenes, even when they could align very well.
You can see some hints and change the relationships into certain directions, yet what's the point if you don't care enough for them. I feel it's too hollow, since the sex parts came in too quickly. Could have created a presentation first that at least gives you more reasons to care for each other.

More babes arrive and you get scenes with some ideas and no real consequences. It's drifting into a whatever.

Version Reviewed: 0.8.3a

I'm not sure what game engine is being used but it has the same feature set at Ren'Py. Why? Why go through all of that trouble? What this does is prevent players from modding the game and viewing the code to make changes and improvements.

The game's settings aren't saved in the save games so every time I load the game back up I have to reenable fullscreen mode. The box is physically checked but I have to uncheck it and recheck it in order for the setting to take effect after loading a saved game. At least Ren'Py remembers the game settings.

The renders are excellent and so are most of the character models. Graphically, the game looks impressive.

My concern is with the story. There is no harem tag for the game but it plays out like one. You have lots of love interests that you can date and fuck but is it all going to come crashing down at some point? It's setting the player up for failure. Ann is the main love interest in the game but then the author places all these sexy hotties in your path which you can develop intimate relationships with also (and are much better looking than Ann IMO). I don't like games that tease a harem and then break it to pieces later on!

There are also numerous event/plot problems in the game. Some scheduled events never happen or simply conflict with each other (not sure which). For example. the MC wants to have sex with Ann and she says she has to leave and promises that it will happen the next day no matter what. The promised sex event with Ann never takes place the next day. A second example is with Jenny. You make plans to meet her at the beach the next day and guess what? You are never given the option to do the beach/event. The author just says that you stood her up for no reason. Why?

The author needs to decide what kind of game he wants to make here. Ann even encourages Alex to go on a date with the MC and doesn't care if they have sex at the end of the date. Sounds an awful lot like a harem doesn't it?

Not all of the sex scenes are animated. The animations that do exist are average. When the player takes Ann's virginity, the vaginal penetration scene isn't animated???

The story feels disjointed at times. Things happen really fast with some characters and really slow with others. Ann is supposed to be a shy and timid virgin but the sexual progression with her takes off like a rocket -> two kisses -> two handjobs -> vaginal sex. No breast play, making out, etc. What should have been slow progression was quite fast!

The author overuses the phrase "hehe" to the point of cringe.

The player can make comments on the girls' insta pics but it isn't used in game ever. I thought it would come into play with Alex and Ann reviewing Alex's posts from fans on her bed. I was waiting for one of my comments to be read and have Ann be surprised about it. Nope, the feature never comes into play. The only thing that does happen is Alex mentioning that you liked her posts.

I enjoyed the game but I'm not sure where the game is headed. Making the player fall in love with lots of different love interests and then making the player choose at the end is kind of a dick move IMO (not sure if that is going to happen for sure but there is no harem tag).

I recommend the game and encourage others to give it a try.

Just a complicated game with no proper walkthrough.basically it's a game of mess.I just cannot play this without missing something.I played it like 5 times still not everything is unlocked.I choose one thing game has another single option to change the full path not something I like obviously 2 or 3 route is perfect for game but it has at least 7 to route ot may be more than that

LSS is an incredible game that completely exceeded my expectations. From the moment I started playing, I was hooked on the immersive gameplay .

The game mechanics are smooth and intuitive, making it easy to pick up and play. The storyline is captivating .

One of the things that really sets LSS apart from other games is the attention to detail. The world-building is so intricate and immersive that I felt like I was really a part of the game's universe.

Overall, I highly recommend LSS to anyone who loves Netore. It's a truly amazing experience that will leave you wanting more.

The game is good, but the lack of updates makes the game boring, sometimes we need to play it all over again to remember what it's about. Lots of updates without any added content either. If the updates were more frequent and longer the game would be the best on the site without a doubt.

Renders, animations, all the characters, story lines, the plot, NTR content... Everything is very high quality! There is a lot of replay-ability to try other paths and they feel more unique than just having couple of different renders.
Highly recommended game.

Renders -

This game is easy on the eyes, it could be even better, but it has original characters. Ann and Vanessa are some that I haven't found in any other work. apart from that Vanessa is a goddess with her renders and personality being awesome.

Dialogue -

They are fun and have a purpose, where among the different choices present they really change the story. many games have the illusion of choice, here you navigate your decisions in a rewarding way.

Satisfaction -

I had a positive surprise, how could I imagine that I would find this pearl in the middle of all this mud. I never could have imagined that I would come out to defend our resident slut. Of course we can corrupt some characters here and only one is already at your level and will take you down the rabbit hole.

Fetishes -

Yes, I'm usually on the side against ntr/swinging because they are always written poorly and crudely. but here it is an elegant surprise how satisfactory it is. you are not just a watching idiot, you have active and optional participation in every situation.

This is easily one of the best games on this site, amazing renders, the girls are super hot, and the different story paths are very compelling.

Also love the insta accounts for the different girls, it ties in well with the story and progress of the girls, just wish Vanessa had one too!
Also alex needs to have some feet pics on it, it's too unrealistic otherwise #feetpics. Or maybe she will finally open an "onlyfans" for more juicy pics

the NTR paths are amazing too, looking forward to more of that!

Only downside i can think of is there's not an in-game gallery of scenes or paths. It would be nice to have to make sure I dont miss any scenes since I really wanna see them all.

Some solid NTR with room for improvement.

The visuals are good, the characters are unique, and the plot is original. I appreciate that the sex is consensual which is rare in this genre. The situations aren't super new (hookup in the bathroom at a bar, truth or dare, the onlyfans girl next door, etc.) but that's fine because they are well-excecuted. The MC is a bit plain but that's normal, I guess, since we're supposed to project ourselves into the character or whatever.

I'm hoping for more creative NTR scenarios in the future, particularly with Chris.