VN - Ren'Py - Love & Jealousy [Act 3] [Professor Amethyst Games]

If you like Harem games with a longwinded story and short sex scenes this might be for you. If you come in expecting anything else you will be disappointed. The dev is hailed for his good writing of this game but in truth it doesn't differ from most other games here, the story beats rely on the same porn logic as other games although its much more wordy. If you like to read and not have any choice in who you fuck you probably like this game.

This game is only doing the bare minimum of what AI is capable of. Super long dialogues with barely expression changes. On top of that, there's not enough sex scenes after hours of playing the game. In my opinion, using a real porn images/clips will make this game a better experience. The story itself is mediocre. Giving this game a high rating is not fair for the other AI VN creators/developers which they put more effort in their VN, like lots of CGs with diferent characters expression, animations for sex scenes, camera works/angles, branching storylines, etc.

Uncanny Valley AI CG slop, and not even a good amount of porn. Child-like faces with adult bodies. Incredibly sparse content, think like 4-5 standing still images per girl (formal, informal, bathing suit, workout, towel) that literally just move left and right every few lines above the text box. like hey it's the same still AI image you've been looking at, but now she's on the left side of the room!! are you not entertained

has a bad case of, "extreme fantasy rubber body," where every girl is gonna be doing fisting/extreme insertions (wine bottles etc). weird, and dangerous unless you've done extensive stretching and worked your way up to it (and even then, prolapses and tearing happens). needs a warning label or opt-out, because that's really not part of the usual NTR/NTS package. almost stopped right then and there, because nobody that puts that shit in V.01 isn't going to graduate to anal-fire-hydrant shit by V.04

This game has a truly absurd amount of boring text. There's rollback so you can kind of skim it while skipping, but it doesn't work well with the in-game phone interface so you constantly miss images. It's not formatted nicely, it's broken up into very short sentences for maximum clicking, nobody speaks like a person they all speak like an AI chat agent. I knew that going in there would be a lot of text, but honestly it's overwhelmingly not sexy

Everything looks weird, and despite having "sexy" "women" all over the place it is very sterile feeling. not a fan of the loli-adjacent stylized imagery. I can't get into the narration at all, hard pass on that. It's just so clunky. I don't expect poetry or world-class prose from my porn but this volume of AI text is a huge bore

+1 star for having clearly signposted branching choices that encourage you to stop and save. always appreciate it when a game does that. Best of luck in future projects

Amazing first launch mate! I was blown away by the quantity and quality of content.
The story kept me wanting to know more at all stages. I went from angst, to pain, to relief and back again to repeat the cycle a few times. It really shows that you poured your heart into it. I loved it!
I enjoy all kinds of content in my AVNs. Not really into NTR and the tropes that go along with it (humiliation, mind break, etc), I mostly avoid those and I tend to play NTS oriented ones when they are done well. That being said, I honestly liked how you handled it in your game, it being unavoidable made it hurt a bit, but it made things click into place later (even if there were moments of "porn logic", I can suspend my belief and go with it)
Looking forward to see more of this and I'll have to try your other games too.

Wow
The best word to describe this game's story, writing, style, and dialogue is simply "wow"

Let me start by saying that in this game, I'm definitely a fan of the vanilla and harem and optional NTS, not forced NTS and forced NTR. I will explain the reasons

Without exaggeration, formalities, or emotional outbursts: this is the best writing, and dialogue I've encountered in the hundreds of games I've played
Every dialogue, every word is brimming with love, meaning, depth, and tension

I've found myself now – someone who plays this game for 6 hours straight, oblivious to the world, completely immersed in this experience

What should I talk about? Where should I start?

I'll start with the game being text-based
This point is interesting for those who hate text-based games
I am someone who hates this tag
But look at the transformation
This is me before playing this game:
Ugh, another text-based game where you have to read hundreds of lines of dialogue just to see one piece of art. I hate that
This is me after playing this game:
(Sigh) I wish all my favorite games were text-based
Yes, my favorite games are still my favorite games
My point was to show that this game is so excellent, it made a text-based hater fall in love with the genre!

The next thing I want to talk about is clichés
This developer's overview isn't just for show
When he say there are no clichés, there truly, in the literal sense of the word, aren't any
Everything is fresh. You can't predict anything. Every event will surprise you; that's how much clichés are avoided
But this doesn't mean the game is illogical; on the contrary, it signifies the game's strong logic, because we all know clichés are often built on illogical and childish foundations

Next, I want to talk about the developer's courage
When a developer wants to make a game, what's the first question they ask?
Whether to make it vanilla or NTR
They tell themselves they have to pick one so that specific fanbase will support them financially
But this developer made a game that is both
It takes courage to write this much (33,000 lines of dialogue in 1 update!) based on a combination of vanilla and NTR!
And they succeeded. This is already the 5th 4 or 5-star review [it has received]

The next thing I want to talk about is the art
Yes, the art isn't amazing; it's a 7 out of 10
But I don't care about this one bit. I emphasize, not even a little bit
As I said above, I'm not a text-based fan, nor am I primarily a 'visuals' fan
But in this game, I didn't care about the visuals at all
I think I might have been a bit unclear here
Yes, definitely, adding amazing art would make this game even better
But even without visuals, this game is 100 out of 100
That's what I wanted to say

The next point is the tension within this game
If there's an adult game that will make you cry, this is it
I didn't cry, but I know that if a game is going to make someone cry, this game is the one
Because I haven't seen a game with this much high emotional tension before
All emotions are intensely intertwined here
Intoxicating love, maddening hate, deadly regret, explosive sexual tension, and so on
Don't misunderstand, I strongly recommend this game to vanilla fans, and just as strongly to NTR fans
Yes, what I'm saying is strange, but this game is a new experience, not something you've played before
Be careful, this game absolutely cannot be judged by playing for a few minutes or half an hour
Appearance and reality are not the same in this game, and it is full of very unpredictable twists
I won't continue on this topic further to avoid spoilers

I hate this game from one perspective:
It raised my expectations too high
I won't play games that don't have strong writing anymore
I won't play stupid, repetitive, mindless cliché games with mindless MCs and FMCs anymore

Another strength of this game is character development
The gradual change of the MC from an jealous person (which anyone in his shoes would be) to a better person
The change of the FMC
And the other excellent characters in this game

I could talk about many other things
About the incredibly excellent and captivating relationships
About the unbelievable plot twists
About the element of unpredictability in this game
About the unique and excellent personalities

But I think this is enough, because the purpose of writing a review is for the reader to understand whether they should play the game or not
Strongly recommended to everyone
I've been playing non-stop for 6 hours now, and I'm going right back to play more...

baconsmoke
Full respect for this developer, and I ask everyone to support this developer financially so we don't lose them

Let me tell ya about this game, mate.
Seriously, the story in this thing just hooks you right in.
You properly get invested, always wonderin' what's gonna happen next, keeps you glued.
And the people in it? Got some real charm, you actually start to like 'em.
The tunes in the background are pretty decent too, fit the vibe nicely.
Plus, it's actually nice to look at, the art and all that looks good.
You can tell someone put some serious graft into makin' this, it's massive.
Feels like you're getting stuck into a proper long tale, loads to it.
Honestly can't wait to see more, really looking forward to what comes next.

And hope they make the NTR stuff optional from now on, man.

It is not a fap game. It is a novel about pain and sick love. The story is one of the most interesting, I read it like a good book. But haven't had a hard-on even once... Still can recommend to NTR fans.
The music is good.
The graphics is attractive. I like the author taste in babyface petite girls.

This game is a truly epic undertaking. It's probably several novels worth of content (and it's not even finished - it's still on Act 1.)

If you really want to immerse yourself in a lengthy NTR/cuckold themed story for hours on end, you won't find anything bigger than this.

On the downside, a few of the female character models look too similar and there is a LOT of dialogue/texting to get through.

It won't be for everyone, but it certainly can't be denied that a lot of effort went into this game.