HTML - Lust for Life [v0.63 Public] [MartinDrake]

Some hot stuff here but there's a lot of little and major problems with everything. For example - all sex scenes are in third person. It is incredibly off putting reading "boy does this" and "girl does this" while a scene is going on.A lot of content is trapped behind the devs paywall as others have pointed out so you end up with scenes and options that just either don't work or have no accompanying media. He is also adding more characters which is fine but the main story quest chain seems to have been stuck for several versions (more than 5) and I'm honestly here for Riley to slut it up. All the other non-5 reviews go into more detail about other problems. In the end, it's worth a playthrough for basic porn but not a great game.

i prolly would go with 4 star, but too many malicious 1-star rates so i added 1 star to counterbalance abit.

overall it is ok quest-based sandbox [v0.10]
-enough content
-constistent multimedia
-sufficient ui
-ingame tips with some alarms upon updating
-no bugs preventing my progressing as i recall
-no grind (i dont remember anything; and quest-chains tasks is not a grind)

subjective.
- locked paid content (though it is some anti-blueballing quickies so technically avoidable)
- missed vids (no idea if already fixed by now)
- occasional 3rd person narrative. it feels weird (i could understand if that were done for fem mc but not for male mc)
- id need better time skipping options +-1h/1d (on the leftside menu)
- there are some optimisations (option to skip routine, wait until the dinner) but id prefer go to school button (in your room menu) after you wake up, and go to sleep button (in ui) after you did all daily gigs.
- tips for repeatable events (with some scenes variaty) should be separated from questchain tips

about some review points
-grind? i dont remember any datesim-like stat grind there but even if exist, it is html - just cheat .
-many clicks? cannot say i noticed anything above average
-generic story? might be. but works for me. hardly you can come up with something truly original in lewd games (apart from some scifi and supernatural scenarios which ruins my immersion)
-no good writing/translation? not a reader so cannot comment on that.
...though why would you read?
imo sandboxes based on time-location management are about quest tasks completion, not about reading.
i get the picture of what is going on from tips, pics/vids, and when skipping through text abit and im fine with that. that is, no time to read when you need to finish the task ;]
so if you would offer me lengthy questchains with less text - id welcome it . imo the narrative should emerge out of quests, not other way around.

Waited a year before posting to see how this game would progress, sad to see it's still a dumpster fire. Slogged through the entire 0.8 release hoping to see improvements with the content between the last few versions to no avail.

Pros:
-There is a good assortment of characters so far.
-Decent quality videos/pics.
-The UI is not the worst I've seen.
-The dev does seem more dedicated to their project than I've seen from a lot of others.

Cons:
-The English is horrid, and while I understand the dev may not be a native English speaker they are pulling at least 2.5K USD from Patreon alone (amazing what you can do with stolen content) which is way more than enough to hire an editor.
-The Dev has locked content (which is again, not theirs to begin with) behind a paywall and 70% of what content is released to the public isn't viewable in-game due to file links being broken for several releases which the dev continues to ignore. So unless you want to manually fix file names or slog through the files and watch them in a separate window, you're S.O.L.
-The story is so unbelievably dull. I get it, its a porn game and people want to fap but at least give us some kind of substance.
-There's so. much. fucking. clicking. Oh my god the amount of clicking in this game is mind-numbing and half of it is repeatedly going back to your room to sleep at the end of every day. Make a "Go to Sleep" button for fucks sake.

There's more I'm missing but those were the major points and they're enough to break my will to play. Looked so promising on initial release, shame it was such a let down.

This game has potential but the execution is piss-poor especially for something that in a vacuum has a decent amount and variety in terms of content. The biggest problem imo is mismanagement/mis-naming of files leading to many pictures/videos to fail to load despite taking up space on my hard drive. How hard is it to go through your game and rename e69420F to blowjob3 instead of forcing all of your users to individually do it on their end (for every release too)? Makes many scenes text only when again I have the file downloaded just under the (incorrect) name given. The next frustrating aspect is the content gating . I have no issues with you making money off your game but the gatekeeping of content in pursuit of that end is less likely to gain you patrons as it is to just get people to quit early or crack the HTML. This is ignoring the fact that you are using stolen images to profit from which just feel mildly hypocritical. If you wanna gate content make it text-only and please don't gate features or characters behind a paywall... or do just as long as you fix the stupid naming issue I'll probably download v0.9 even if you don't change the payscheme but just know the naming bs is a deal breaker.

Very much gone to a "Use my site" or you don't matter side of development.

The "public" downloadable version hosted on f95 has broken video sources and the dev knows this, instead of having it work though the public downloadable version just has a link below every video pointing people to the dev's website.

Promising game. I really enjoy it. I like the diversity between girls and relationships with them. Maybe a little adjustment to moving around the map would be nice. Looking forward to next updates

The looked promising with decent content till v2.00. The excessive clicking is a pain though. I play HTML games on mobile just for convenience. But making 3.00 and + online only adds a lot of steps to access the game and i am not okay with it.

RIP another rare non Sissy/Transformation HTML game.

Too much clicking, Jesus. The story isn't... Great... Okay, it's just bad. The mechanics really aren't that great and are a bit grindy. Spent the whole time just rushing back home and going to sleep in order to force the next day, simply because that was all I could do.

As of right now, game ain't worth the download, maybe in a year or so.

Looking back at the thread I might be one off the A*holes who keeps giving smack to the creator while not creating anything myself.

I had some high expectations of this game from the start. The creator then went in a direction that I (and some others) didn't want. But he was open for feedback and acted accordingly .

This is one of the (non qsp) real porn games without any tf/sissy which isn't a click through clip show .

Update for 1.3.

The last few updates have been really low on content. Plus the promised story has been really lacking. First warning signs were the Brandi story and now the teachers. Why is everyone just a willing slut? Only stories that seem to have some story and development going on are the family. The rest including Mia are just badly written porn stories.

Update 3.0

Online only hard hard pass.

Great potential. Really like the storyline and progression, but I'd make it faster as it gets repetitive after a while to grind your stats to a certain level. Be it low or high. Really looking forwards to updates

Suggestions for future development. (Playing Version 0.0.1)

• Reminder system: You have a smartphone, should be able to set reminders for meal times, tasks, work hours and such.
• Character location: similar to The Company, allows player to find characters immediately when entering area. It is tedious to click through and find people, potentially missing timing windows.

Overall, a strong first start. UI is clean, no crashes or problems, and storyline is coherent. The game needs a writing clean up for grammar and such, but that is something that comes with time.

Keep up the good work, there's some potential here.