Here's the gist.
MC looks like a f a g
Milfs are insanely hot
The game is way too short and its already a couple gbs
alot of it is wasted on dumb quips and stupid not in story moments like MC playing a game and then the game itself is an act that you have 'play'
Render quality is kinda mid.
tons of errors in script wtf are you doing dev?
Black screens with no images at times.
trash update
This could be really good but it gets sidetracked too frequently with the MC having "dreams" or playing AVNs within a AVN. Also not sure how its 9 gigs with the amount of current content, seems about 10-15x bigger than it should be.
Other than that, the writing is solid as is the character models. The story hasnt really started yet, right now its basically the prologue
I am curious to see where this game heads but the current premise seems that it is developing into a classic landlady and roommates / multiple LI type of game.
Overall I give it 4/5, and I can see this changing to 5/5 or 3/5 either way depending on the path forward.
Positives:
- great sound effects
- good sense of humor at times in the games, especially sound effects
- the key thing carrying the game right now: sexy models, good renders, good animations, and good pacing so far between landlady and MC. Between a game like AWAM (hours and hours of gametime, not to mention lots of development time, to get to the hottest stuff) or games like House Chores (super fast paced, if the game was in Renpy you'd probably be having sex with everyone withing ~10 minutes of playtime), I think this one strikes a nice balance. I found this to be a very hot and steamy game.
Cons:
- too many typos. in general, just a lack of attention to detail in some aspects of the games. not game breaking and the things that matter, matter, but small errors like typos, inconsistent labeling of character thoughts vs character speech, etc. pop up.
- too much branching or unnecessary content, especially early in the game. this is why at the beginning of the review I said I was curious where this heads because in the first couple of updates, there are just so many scenes, plotlines, etc. that seem excessive, such as the whole premise at the start about the MILF games that the MC is playing with his friends, or the angel/devil versions of the MC, or the supernatural-esque elements that introduce the game, or the frequent dream sequences or game-within-a-game scenes. Some of these, mainly the game-within-a-game or dream sequences, I think should just be dropped from future updates; I don't see them serving a great purpose for the overall story. Some of these, the MILF games concept, the mystery intrigue behind the town or supernatural-esque elements, or the various side characters and plot lines, can potentially be great elements of the game, but I think the developers need to focus on one or a couple of these and go with that. My worry is that as the game develops, too much branching will occur and slow down development, affect the game pacing, and just make it a way more bloated novel experience than it needs to be. My personal preference is to just stick with the landlady story, use the MILF games concept, and develop in that direction, but the important thing is to just choose something and stick with it and cut the rest.
- "Show don't tell". There are too many lines of text in the game that don't need to be there IMO, especially a lot of the lines that the storyteller/narrator "character" is saying. Much of it is apparent just from the visuals and doesn't need to slow down the scenes. Sure, some important scenes can use steamy descriptions and narration but that should be on the rare occasion. I think the game currently overdoes it. (Bloat, as summarized by this bullet point and the previous one, are my main issues with the game and the biggest impacts in my opinion on whether the game gets better or worse over time)
- game could really use a gallery
I really like the game. It brings across the vibe with slowly increasing sexual tension. Graphics are nice, effect sounds also. The story does not take itself overly serious.
The scene with demon and angel did not really fit. Also some abrupt changes of scenes without picking up the path later (or at least not yet).
I would have expected a bit more content in a v 0.65, but anyway, the story is heating up step by step. I can imagine a lot of scenes coming in the future and really looking forward to some actual animated love scenes.
I really like that we do not always have to take silly decisions (like taking the red or the yellow dress...).
The mom has no right to be so damn perfect what the heck where is god I'm drowning. Hot damn too many games don't portray a mature woman like this. And god please give me more words to type here so the review can be completed, Thank you.
I love MILFS. I LOOOOVE corruption. Milf Games has a centered focus on both of these elements, and guess what? I love it. For the most part.
That's not to say there are things I don't love about this game, because there's a few things. I'll get to that a bit later, will start off with the pros.
Pros -
- Milf's a fuckin plenty, as you'd guess from the title of the game. The game as of now seems to be focusing on the Mother of our Main Character, "Gianna" But there's also a lot of other really nice looking MILFS in the game I can't wait to see more of.
Jenna's Mom for starters, she's very hot. I am only interested in pursuing Jenna and any of the young cast of girls to get to their mothers (evil and sleazy laugh, the games called MILF GAMES, afterall.)
The teacher is also hot, as is the Therapist, as is the Latina hairdresser, as is the Aunt... MC's Mom is Smoking and looks like a legit MILF!.
You get the picture, I think. I can appreciate a focus on particular characters in VN's because nothing I hate more then jumping from one chick to 20 others in the span of 5 minutes, quality over quantity.
- The older sister of our main character, has a really cool and bit more realistic kind of sibling banter/chemistry that I find enjoyable. Not to mention, she's also fucking hot...
- Corruption. Always a massive pro. Games are so dull without it if you ask me.
- The main character, although he looks like a little dweeb, has some backbone and agency which is nice, and I find the whole angel/devil concept fun, and how depending which route you take (I think corruption is obviously the canon path,*ahem*, as it should be) their appearances and powers will change as a result.
- Personality and identity, Milf Games certainly has these things! It's got a unique charm going on in the vibe, characters and interactions as well as the sound effects, banter etc.
- Renders and animations are quite nice, proportions of the females are all reasonable and not over exaggerated, all of the milf models look great and so does the older sister. I appreciate that our MC gets a better look pretty fast because he NEEDED it.
It's CON time.
- The pacing is too fast in the wrong areas, and even slower in the worst. I'll elaborate - Things are moving far too quickly with a lot of the characters. The Mom, things go from 0-100 real quick.
The therapist, you get a sex scene with on the very first visit with her, (by the way, how is it only the first time the MC is meeting the therapist if she's supposed to be his Mom's best friend?!)... The Aunty immediately starts flirting with the MC, Sister already seems quite smitten with him and will drop her pants sooner than later...They've already kissed within the first day of being reunited and played the "fake bf/gf" game.
I feel with corruption games, a slow burn is very much needed. That's kind of the whole point, it's "corruption" They are meant to be slow and you have to earn it...Not too slow of course, but I feel like things could be a bit more "gradual" in this area. Let that shit build a bit, fester and flesh out the relationships. The imaginary sex scene sequences with the mother are also unnessecary as hell, especially since things are already going at a lightning fast pace with her, so why spoil that even further by showing us almost everything before we get to the "for real" stuff?! I don't understand why so many developers do this, it's like they are scared most players will get bored if there's not a sex scene shoved in their face every so often, but it just kills the chase and tension when we see it all in dream sequences. There are better and more subtle ways to tease instead of doing imaginary sex scenes.
I also think the developer is getting too carried away with the Geralt dream sequences, and the mini in-game VN's ...AND VR sex with Panam scenes inside of the game. All the time they spent on those, could've been spent on developing the actual game and story we are here to play and enjoy instead.
Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the effort and it's cool, I found the
"VN-ception" cute... but these shouldn't be taking up so much of the time that could be spent on the actual content, characters and story we are all here to see. Spend it on developing the characters and story more or something. It's strange how these irrelevant to the story things get done but when it comes to the actual content a lot of stuff is "TBD" or "work in progress" black screens (quite a few of those). Nothing throws my immersion out of the window more than stuff like that!
- There's quite a lot of grammatical and technical errors, as well as sometimes the wrong name showing at times during dialogues, and the writing sometimes over explains things instead of showing.
Example - "Mike grimaces with annoyance on his face as he was struck on his penis by a butterfly, sarcastically and enthusiastically, he told the butterfly calmly to stop striking him on his penis, in a low, hushed but pained voice" - Bit of an extreme example, but you get the gist.
The point of rendering and having visuals is to show these things, instead of over explaining what's happening and being said... Another thing I don't much care for is the "story teller narrator", but that's personal preference. The introduction was an extreme info dump as well, introduced way too many characters (pretty much the MC's entire class), far too quickly at once, and there was even some fourth wall breaking! My favorite...
So yeah, this game has a bit of a pacing issue in my opinion, and also a bit of a priority problem. It has insane potential though, and I overall enjoy it a lot and look forward to seeing more. I just hope we get more ACTUAL content in the future instead of "WIP" screens where there should be actual content and less over-indulged mini games/ dream sequences in place of said content.
With all that said, I have this game in my signature. It's awesome and I do love it, but there's always room for improvement. Best of luck to the developer, you're doing a great job for the most part!
I seldom write reviews for games, but this one really deserves a detailed evaluation.
Overall, I would give it 4 stars, and an additional 1 star for encouragement. Areas of Dissatisfaction
Character Design Issues
The main character’s mother has an unappealing face initially. Her aged lines and thin face shape feel imperfect, and the sister’s face is also overly thin. In some scenes, the mother-daughter face shapes even appear distorted.
In certain scenes, the eye angles of the main character (MC) and other characters are strange, with pupils positioned incorrectly. They either look off to the side (almost like they’re blind) or roll their eyes, which is distracting.
Story & Content Problems
The current version is 0.6, but the story primarily centers on the mother, with the sister only recently being introduced. Despite being labeled an "Adult Game," there’s only one mature female character so far.
Many elements feel redundant and could be cut, such as:
The opening scene
The duel with the school bully
Dream sequences
The father-daughter game
The addition of angel and demon characters (which shifts the game into a fantasy genre, deviating from its core).
I hope to see more development between the MC and other mature female characters, like the initial female teacher or the sexy mothers of the MC’s friends.
Strengths That Earn High Scores
Immersive Storytelling
The remarkable character traits, plot rhythm, and dialogue skills make it easy to get deeply immersed in the MC’s relationship with his mother. It’s extremely vivid and compelling—ranking among the top 3 in all the visual novel games (VNR) I’ve played.
Solid Modeling in Most Scenes
Most character scene models are well-done. The mother and sister’s designs are actually good, especially the mother’s attractive appearance after she puts on makeup and dresses up later in the game.
Satisfying Intimate Scenes
As an adult game, while the few intimate scenes aren’t exceptional, they’re sufficient to arouse interest.
Impressive for a Small Team
Being the first work of a two-person team, it’s already quite remarkable. This is the main reason for my 4-star rating plus 1 star for encouragement. Keep up the great work—you’re truly talented and efficient, standing out from many other developers.
I've tried playing this a few times and there is a lot to like. Unfortunately, it kinda jumps the shark for me pretty early on.
The story starts with talk about the MILF Games, which I thought was an interesting concept. Once the game was discovered by the MC's mom/whoever, the story focuses entirely on her and the MC. He seems to start some kind of relationship with a girl in his class, and he has two buddies are playing this game as well, but they have basically vanished. The female classmate at least makes an appearance, but the other guys... I was looking forward to MILF content from them as well, but no, it's just the MC and his mom/parental figure/whatever.
I will admit, I am not a fan of incest so that is probably part of it, but I was hoping to be able to see other women as well instead of the constant focus on the mom.
For example, as part of the game, maybe the guys have to take photos of the other guys moms? IDK... anything other than the MC and his whatever she is.
IDK, it has such potential but seems to have stalled out and is just focusing on the two main characters. Not sure what the game is at this point.
Anyway, the dev is talented and produces regular updates and I wish them well. Hopefully they can get this story back on track because right now is seems to be devolving.
- The main LI, Gianna—aka the Mom. Everything about her is so good, that she single-handedly carries the game.
The Good
- The MC-Gianna relationship—perfection. The best I've seen.
- Gianna's outfits!
- Isabella, MC's older sister, actually resembles Gianna.
- The writing: it's intensively packed with nuances. Highly immersive.
- Graphics
- Choices
The Meh
- The story: apart from the MC-Gianna plot, the rest is kinda all over the place.
- The writing again: needs some proofreading.
- Choices again: they are ambitious. The devs might get overwhelmed.
The Not-so-good
- Dreams, angels, vampires, demons, hell, heaven, games within the game—I'd scrap it all at the moment.
I would love to give this game five stars, but there are a couple of flaws that could be easily fixed that the dev, for whatever reason wants to keep in it.
The good.
If you began, the story at the classroom scene, it's close to perfection. The renders are great, and even though the theme is one we've seen many times the dev creates a unique style and delivery that makes the story pop with comedy, tension, drama and amazing character development through narration and dialogue that's entertaining and wonderfully erotic.
At no time do you feel like the writer is pushing the word count to add the changelog. The dialogue is as good as any AVN I've ever read. Laced with humor, eroticism and tension that makes the story, and the plotlines grow naturally as we see the love and forbidden sexuality flourish between multiple LI's of the MC. It's one of those AVN's where you don't need a ton of hardcore scenes to keep your dick hard or your pussy wet.
As for the hardcore scenes they are visually solid and arousing, but the animations are a bit choppy and could easily be smoothed out with a little work. Still top notch and 5-star worthy as a whole.
The not so good.
Now, why this isn't a 5-star review. Everything before the classroom scene can be thrown out as well as all the dream scenes. Now maybe I'm missing something here and the writers will wrap it all back into the main story and I'll eat my words and change my rating but at this point it's just lame and I do hate to say that because the writing is so good in every other aspect of the VN.
Writing a story that features parallel realities is extremely difficult and is often the case where the story in the "alternate reality" hinders or just adds nothing to the main story.
I would implore the developer to simply focus on the main story and scrap the fantasy/dream stories, because MILF Games has the potential to be one of the better AVN's I've ever read/viewed.
A truly amazing game, has great stories, excellent renders and wonderful pacing. Not grindy, very innovative. Especially the game inside the game is a pleasant trope. Models are great as well. Try it..
This game starts off pretty rocky. If it didn't I'd give it a 5 out of 5.
His dad dumps him with his stepmom almost immediately, the relationships with the sisters feel rushed and jump all over the place(not as bad as other games, but still), his school friends get introduced in an almost overwhelming manner and then never show up again, and it has a mini game that should be illegal, that's how bad it is.
All this made it difficult for me to stay invested in the story and I found myself skipping through dialogue, on the brink of throwing this game in my ever growing "dropped-pile".
BUT...
All that got completely turned around for two reasons.
1. the relationship we build with the mom character is absolutely fantastic. It flows organically, not too fast or too slow, and it left me heavily invested and curious to see where it would go next when I got to the end of the update (0.5).
And 2. The direction this game could head into(and most likely will), is right up my alley. It's something I haven't seen done before and gives me a bunch of ideas for the stuff I'm working on myself.
This game turned around so hard that I'm finally considering creating a subscribestar account. The dev says he's working on getting his Patreon back up but with this type of content I'm not holding my breath.
anyway, long story short, if you can slog through the beginning, there's a gem hidden underneath the crap, and it can shine infinitely brighter if it gets polished hard enough. There's potential here, and I wish the dev all the best.
Definitely not a bad intro for a VN (currently this is like, what, 2 hour read, maybe?) and I like the direction that it's taking so far. Slowburn mommy action? Yessir! I do want to raise attention so some of the glaring issues tho:
Sensory overload - way too many tracks of sound overlapping each other simultaneously. Have fun calibrating it to your preferences with EIGHT volume sliders with misleading/unclear titles.
Music often does not fit the mood/situation at all. It seems as though the tracks were chosen randomly.
Extremely cringe, excessive and inappropriate use of meme music and sfx.
Characters are introduced all at once by narrator, instead of naturally. Not to mention being forgotten immediately after introduction.
Padding the runtime with sex scenes within protagonist's dreams feels like a cheap trick to keep your attention without having any impact narratively.
Stop bloating the game with parodies of other IPs, I came here for original content, not erotic parody skits. It also destroys the pacing of the main story.
No textbox (so transparent, it's almost invisible), and no text outline either, so reading experience is pretty awful. Text outline has been added.
Established inner angel/demon dilemma seems like a terrible setup for a porn game, obviously you'd choose debauchery every time. Looks like it was a temporary gimmick.
If most of these were to be fixed, then this would be an easy 4/5.
GREAT GAME, love the content so far (0.5), the story is very good and funny and the characters design is very appealing, specially the MCs mom, this is a MUST play, i hope the dev keeps working on this game, LOVE IT
I'll say it right off the bat, this is more a 3½ stars than a simple 3 star.
I like this one, I truly do. But it's definitely NOT a 5-star. People gotta stop throwing 5 star ratings around like its confetti.
Like one 5 star mention its one of the BEST VNs on this platform(F95?) but the next line saying it doesnt have much content. Hmm, then HOW can you give this a 5 star, saying this is one of the BEST ever VNs on the platform? Doesn't make sense.
Again, F95 really needs to overhaul their review rules and mechanics.
So the game. As I said, definitely not a 5 star. Definitely better than a 2 star. I would *almost* agree with a 4-star to be honest.
There's a lot to like, but also too much I dislike in this VN.
I should also mention that I *used* to be a supporter on SS for this project.
And my plan was to return and support, but certain ignorance from the devs have made me decide to put that support into another VN.
This is by all sense and purposes an incest game. There's not much of that tag though, YET. I won't give too many examples here as I dont want to spoil things. But I will say, there's no actual f-cking with a relative. There might be a cunnilingus scene between two relatives - that's all I can say without spoiling too much.
There's some lewd scenes for sure. Again can't say more without spoiling. The MC does get a BJ from someone that is *NOT* a relative, but that depends on your choices - you might miss out on it.
Which leads me neatly into the topic that has me really torn between liking and disliking how the devs went about it. Choices.
It seems pretty obvious as of current version 0.5, that there will be some sort of branching/paths. That I am all for. Especially since the game doesnt have 50 damn LIs to juggle between, I think different paths for at least Gianna(mom) is very much *needed*.
Some choices do make sense. But I found that most choices, are really bad at giving you even a slight hint that it WILL change anything.
Again I'm all for choices, especially if they're meaningful. I dont remember all the different choices in the game so far, but I very well remember the last few choices, and they do matter, a lot.
Without spoiling but to at least give someone the heads up, there will be a long scene/event in the dressing room with MC and Gianna(mom). You'll eventually get 2 options. But nowhere does it even HINT that these two choices will lead you to very, VERY different outcomes of version 0.5
One choice will lead to a very well done, and hot and beautiful evening scene between MC and Gianna.
The other choice, leads to some hot scenes right there in the dressing room, but wraps up the 0.5 version with the MC coming home to play a VN on his computer. Literally a game within the game, and that's it. Super boring and pointless.
And the sad part is, a LOT of people apparently missed out on that other path, the one with the hot sexy beautiful evening with Gianna, because of the stupid choice with zero hints in the dressing room.
I DO really appreciate the pathing here, that the outcome was THIS insanely different, it really makes it worth having at least 2 different saves/paths as a player. What I *hate* is that you get absolute zero indication just how important the "dressing room choice" really is.
This isn't the first and most likely not the last time, where you will have NO effing clue what your choices will lead to.
Sure someone might try to defend it by saying even in real life you dont know what consequences your choices will have. Well we're playing a fucking GAME here, this is not real life. If you treat VNs as "real life" ..well...you got bigger issues than this
The few models we've seen so far in the game are all nice. Gianna, who I guess we could call the main LI(?) is well done. Both appearance but also personality. She is a mom, and a bonus point to the devs, for not making her look like she's the same age as the MC. Way too many VNs have "Milfs" that look like they're barely out of their teens.
Gianna looks mature. Not old, but mature. Most of the 'moms' we've seen (very little of) all pretty much look mature. So that alone, is worthy of a round of applause to the devs. Good job there.
I wouldn't call this a "corruption" game per say. It doesnt really come off as the MC trying to corrupt Gianna.
Because apparently, Gianna already prior to the game even starting, has some sort of weakness (lack of better explanation) for the MC (her son).
WHICH is again both a good and not so good thing.
It's good, because this means we might be spared the classic "5 years of development and not a single hot scene between them".
But it also feels a bit...cheap, and rushed. I don't envy the devs trying to balance things.
But I've also played enough VNs(easily over a thousand) to see some tricks certain games uses.
I'm NOT saying this is true for this game, just that it pays to be aware, instead of running to the forums and whine and complain.
See, in similar games (incest) you're either treated to a development time of several years before the mom/son even *kiss*. Just to drag it out and 'milk'. But there's also games that starts off giving you the impression that "damn, they might hook up in just a couple of updates already, wohoo". Just to have the rug pulled under you, and in the end, you'll wait for many, maaaany updates before anything real happens between them.
So the early scenes giving you the illusion that things might heat up real soon, is basically just a tease, a carrot. 2-3 years later, they've still haven't gotten to even 2nd base.
Again, not saying THIS game will go down that path. But you'll be better off having this sort of awareness. (edit after version 0.55 and heading towards 0.6: From 0.55 the game has shifted focus AWAY from Gianna, as I mentioned in my review could be a risk/tactic. And by the looks of it, next update will also focus on this other girl(dont wanna spoil anything). So once again we LITERALY have a game that shows you the carrot, gives the impression that things are progressing fast towards mom/son funtime - just to BAM, shift focus to someone else completely for X (often several) updates. This is SO fake, and ugly of the devs to do. The whole idea is SO transparent, and this is probably also why they AVOID feedback(more on that later) and only shows up and pretend to be your "buddy" when there's a new update and they NEED you to subscribe and give them money - but remember they give zero shits what you have to say. And as predicted, these two(?) devs used the old classic tactic of luring people in with the MOM and son getting REAL close, and when people get hooked, we'll have to DELAY this pay-off so we dont blow our load too soon, so let's focus on another character for some time. And return to MC/Gianna in fifty updates from now. Again, I warned you guys, never trust a dev and game that seems to reach the ultimate goal (i.e bang the mom) early in a game, it's ONLY to hook you in /end of edit)
What I dislike a LOT about many VNs, is the cheap trick of using "DREAMS" as a way to shoehorn in lewd scenes. It's one of the worst things I know in VNs. It's literally the dev realizing "damn, MC has no one to bang, and this isn't a NTR game, so let's have him dream something lewd to fill the quota of lewd stuff".
For example, and I wont mention the name of this other game, but it seemed early on as if the MC would get to get 'naughty' with his mommy real damn soon. Now many, many updates later, they've barely touched.
What's worse, is that during the oh so many updates up til recently, there's been scenes, where the MC has banged a chick, but the MC got flashes of his mommy under him instead of whoever it is he's actually banging. Treating the players to what is basically the MC banging his mommy (even if it's not really her and just his fantasy but we see what we see).
That takes away almost ALL the "fuck yeah" feelings we'll get when they actually DO get naughty together. Because we've already seen several scenes of the MC banging her. EVEN if it were just a 'fantasy'. But we've already seen them banging either way.
That's one of the downsides of devs relying on dreams and fantasies to force lewd stuff into their 'games'.
This game, does this, but in an even worse way in my opinion. It's MC dreaming, but it's not even about him and any of the actual LIs.
His dreams early in the game is basically a lewd parody of The Witcher.
Sure, somewhat nicely done and semi-hot. But why? It's a typical example of "let's use dreams to shoehorn in sexy times as otherwise we'll wait fifty fucking updates".
And as of 0.5, now we're not just relying on POINTLESS dreams to squeeze in lewd scenes, now depending on that particular choice in the dressing room, we'll have the MC play a VN about a father and his daughter. So it went from idiotic dreams that fills no purpose other than squeeze in sexy times, to the MC in a VN literally playing a VN about incest, in this VN.
I could understand if this is to fill out the "runtime" since the MC might not get to bang Gianna yet (maybe not for another several updates) and that there's no other LIs in the game. (as of 0.5 that is)
But the game is literally called MILF games, where the MC's "friends" has hot milf moms. There's even some nice looking girls in MC's age in the game too.
Why not focus on THEM, instead of wasting rendering time and devtime on dumb dreams and silly "game within the game"?
Instead of having the MC play a VN in this VN, why not have him at least progress with someone else in the game other than GIanna?
At least that would be progression. The way this VN is going, it's like "there's only Gianna, and if she's mad, we must have the MC play video games to fill out the update with shit".
I will never accept nor understand the thought behind this by the dev(s).
Just play the game, and look at just how many renders in TOTAL, are spent on *dreams* and this VN the MC just started playing. Now imagine taking those renders/images, and the time it took for Scarlet Tales to make them, and turn them into actual progression in the story, either with Gianna, or ANYONE.
I'll also point out that the 'intro' of the game is terrible. So I really really recommend you if you have yet to play this VN, to just tough it out, because the intro (aka version 0.1) almost made me give up on this VN right away.
But boy am I glad I stuck around. Especially after being introduced to Gianna, she's lovely and truly feels like a mom.
I do agree with many comments/reviews, this is a really good mom/son VN so far, and it could easily become one of the very best in this 'genre', I truly believe this. But as of *NOW* it is NOT one of the best, and definitely not a 5-star.
And unlike some people, I dont rate a game based on what it *MIGHT* be like a year or two from now.
I review the game for what it is NOW, and I *WILL* update/revise this review several updates from now IF any of my opinions have changed enough.
As of now, my biggest complaint is really that it feels a bit easy that Gianna was already kinda into the MC(oversimplified) but I can kinda accept it. But it also depends on where and how the games goes from here. If we're kept waiting 50 updates before MC and Gianna getting it 'on', then this is just another one of those games that gives you the illusion early on that things will escalate quickly, just to boop your nose and say "ha, fooled ya".
Worst of all, is the dreams and now the VN in the VN. What a f-cking waste of time and effort. It fills no other purpose than being a filler, to, most likely give the devs the excuse to drag out the game's story and lifespan. So instead of a VN being done in 15-20 updates, they can drag it out and make it a several year long development (which equals more months of devtime, which equals more months of income. A.K.A milking)
I dont really accuse this VN or its devs of milking. The game is really giving us something every update. There IS progression, not super fast, but not stupidly slow either.
But if the point is for the MC to eventually hook up with OTHER ladies too, we could've already been well underway, if it wasnt for the wasted time on dreams and the 'VN in a VN" bullshit.
Again, do not let the early part of the game fool you. It gets so much better.
Early on, I really dsiliked this one. The game threw a LOT of names at us, introducing us to characters we have yet to even meet again. And the males/boys almost all look like a mix between boy/girl. MC for example looks like he uses mascara, his friends also looks rather feminine. This however changes later in the game, thank god.
And you CANNOT change the name of the MC, you're forced to play with the default name of Mike. At least as of 0.5. I dont mind it so much personally though.
On the technical side it's somewhat good. It's not great, especially the sound volumes. But it has gotten better as the game progress.
In short, a lot of things in this game feels easy and rushed. Gianna is almost already well on the way to wanna hook up with the MC even before the game even started.
MC then - and this is a slight spoiler -
he agrees to go to counceling, and of course his therapist is a sexy milf. Who if you pick the right choices during this session, will give the MC a BJ. Just like that. Tadaa, totally not cheap and rushed, no..not at all... sigh.
MC is there, to 'discuss' his not so appropriate interest in his mom, the therapist herself has a thing for *her* own son. So the MC get's to imagine his therapist is his mom, and the therapist can pretend the MC is her son, so both gets it "out of their system". But seriously, FIRST fucking appoointment, and the therapist sucks the MC off?
I know this is where some people will defend it by saying it's a porn game.
Make up your mind then I say, can't one minute say "it's realistic when you dont know what the choices actually DO" and then say "but it's a porn game, it doesnt need to be realistic".
Stick to one side of the road, go full 'porn logic' or keep it realistic-y
Personally, this was at one point, growing to become one of my favorite 'incest' VNs out there. Not even close to "the best", but really promising.
And it still IS promising. But the stupid unclear choices, stupid dreams, and now the stupid "game within the game", that is nothing but filler to drag out the development time, really ruins this VN's chances of being "one of the greats".
I want progress, I want to see the MC progress with whoever. I dont want a big chunk of an update to be non-related to the actual story and progression at all. (i.e dreams, game within game etc)
As I said, really like this one. And really interested to see where things with Gianna goes. Can't say anything about the other ladies in the game as we dont get to spend any time with most of them so far. Because once again, devs rather waste everyone's time with dreams and game within the game.
Also, apparently MC has a sister that might pop up in the game soon-ish. That might be interesting. But I suspect we'll wait a year or two to get anywhere with her(if she even is a LI) as we're probably gonna have to spend more time dreaming about The Witcher or whatever, and playing fucking games within the game.
Remove the pointless dreams and the VN in the VN, make the choices at least give us a HINT that it's a branching choice. Do that, and this I might even consider this a 5-star eventually. Or at least a 4-star.
Despite giving it "only" a 3 star, which I feel is fair and justified, I DO recommend this one. Maybe you won't mind the wasted time on the above mentioned dreams and recently the VN in the VN. If you dont mind that, then you might enjoy this game even more than I do. But I cannot fully enjoy this one when its starting to look more and like devs trying to come up with pointless filler to make it take longer to get some serious progress.
You really should play this one though, just tough it out thru the initial first 5-10 minutes. After that it gets good.
I give this my stamp of recommendation, but really can't give it more than a 3 as of now due to the really annoying tactics used to make this a longer VN than it has to be.
The game has really weird pacing. And most of this is mainly because of previously mentioned "issues" I have with this VN. The dreams and VN in the VN. Trying to get closer to Gianna, doesnt start from square 1, we start the game already sprinting in this quest to 'get her'. That's fine. But then we're too often treated to whiplash, when we spend way too much time with dreams and now a game within the game, slowing down *everything* to a fucking standstill.
It's as if the dev themselves dont know at what pace to keep this 'story'. It's as if they want it to be a quick "conquest of milf(s)" game spanning not too many updates(i.e not 5+ years of development). And then they realize, holy crap this is progressing too fast, let's hit the brakes, and throw in some pointless lewd stuff that doesnt even have anything to do with the MC or the 'story' just to 'slow down' things a bit.
Make up your mind. Either keep the pace, resulting in MC possibly banging Gianna within the next two or so updates. OR change some of the early parts(aka remake), and slow it down straight across the board. Either solution should *NOT* include stupid dreams and games within the game.
Spend the time evolving the relationship with Gianna, *OR* any of the other ladies, instead of the BS that is the dreams and game-within-the-game.
Imagine, if it were not for all those renders of dreams and that damn VN in the game, we would've already been at least one day further into the story. We would already experience the outcome of the 'photoshoot' (0.5) the following morning.
So again, pacing, is really bad. And all this combined, makes me almost wanna give this TWO stars instead of 3. I might change this in a couple of months tho..
This is but my opinions. Your milage may vary. And normally I would write a section in my review to the devs. When I know the dev reads reviews. In this case, the dev has too often shown me they dont give a f-ck really. Sure they're involved now and then in the forum, trying to help and stuff. But feedback? Nah, they got zero interest. Which is one of the reason I won't return to support this financially, if the dev can't be bothered with my feedback, then I can't be bothered with giving them my money.
in the following spoiler I'll give one or two examples of the Dev giving zero fucks:
Even pointed out typos in one of the earlier versions, long before that version went public(back when I was a supporter) that typo is STILL there, 2+ updates later.
Again do with this info as you will. Game is good, definitely a MUST play - but its by no means a 5-star, my issues with the dev(s) aside(bears no meaning in my rating). A thought I have, especially after the reviewer that is after me(above?), 5- star rating, stating the story is funny and good? What's funny? What STORY? Did we play the same game? Sure Gianna looks nice, and probably several generation down from where her greatgreatgreatgrandma got impregnated by a horse (Gianna is pretty, but her face keeps reminding me of horses)
Again, people are WAY too triggerhappy on that FIVE stars. It's like giving a game like "Forspoken" 10/10, well what do you then give games like Elden Ring, GTA, Baldur's Gate 3, etc etc? You can't go any higher. So suddenly Forspoken in this example, is just as GREAT as GTA, Elden Ring etc. Come on guys, stop giving out 5-stars like it's candy. Worse are the morons giving out 5-stars to a 0.00001 version with 2 minutes of gameplay stating "promising, potential". That's it. And these people never return later to change their rating if it turns out to be a shitty game. So forever that terrible VN will have at least one 5-star. Hence why I always said, make it impossible to rate the first version of a game. This has nothing to do with Milf Games - but the point is, people gotta start to understand what 5-stars actually means.
TL;DR
Wasted (hope not, v0.5) potential. Good renders and animations. Good H-scenes with main LI. Dumb humor. If you’re here for MILF, just skip the 1st day of the game.
Pros:
H-scenes with Main LI.
They are really hot. Good, worldly narration and dialogs. "Live" faces in animations. The corruption of Mom is a bit rushed, but the scenes and buildup are done very well — easily in my top 5.
Visuals: Good renders, almost no overused assets. Animations way above average.
Neutral:
Audio sliders: It’s a good touch to add different audio channels. The problem is there are too many of them, and they are inconsistent — sex sounds are split across 3 or 4 different channels. Four is enough: music, ambient, sounds, sex sounds.
Writing: Has huge potential, but it’s wasted on unfunny humor.
Cons:
Beginning of the game:
I almost dropped the game during the 1st in-game day. In what world is it a good idea to introduce 20 characters at once and then never mention them again? With this huge cast, the game will have the same problem as another game about a mAried WomAn in Middle age: the author created tons of LIs and now doesn’t understand what to do with them. And what’s the point of all this college bullshit if Gianna is the central character and we’re all here for her?
"American Pie" vibe:
You know these games: college setting, dorky MC and his BFF, "funny" jokes every minute; it’s unbearable in the beginning but gets better later.
All other H-scenes:
All dreams/fantasies are short and boring. Scene with therapist is decent but too rushed.
UI:
No textbox opacity slider, no text outline, and the author decided to add multiple textboxes on one screen, so URM can’t help. Interactive stuff aka pixel hunting.
Audio:
"Funny" cartoonish sounds for every action: hand movements, giggles, running, etc.
Maybe it’s just me, but music with vocals is too distracting — I can’t focus on reading.
It's a good/fun game to play. I like it but it's not a favorite. I mainly downloaded it because I have a thing for MILF's. It's a guilty pleasure of mine. Sue me. (*Just kidding. Please don't.*) I rate it a 4 out of 5. Mainly because I saw a few misspelled words, the animation could be a little better and the text box needs to be darker because in some scenes you can't read what is said because the words blend into the background. Other than those little deals, I say this game is worth a look
Love this game, the mom is top notch hot, and the story is very entertaining and funny. Love that both the mom and son struggles to express their feelings and they slowly break the boundaries as they just can't resist each other. The narration is also superb and we get to hear their deepest inner thoughts, the son can't believe he gets the better side of his hot mom, and the mom struggles to hold back her lust for her son due to ethical implications, but does she crave his young dick, oh boy. If you are into mom son incest then definitely try this game.
It's still in its early stages, but it's really great and I'm looking forward to it. I hope it continues without losing its original intention.
The story of unraveling the relationship with the mother is also great, and I'm looking forward to the stories at school. It was short, but I had a lot of fun playing it.
I didn't play a DAZ3D game for quite some time because I got bored with the usual models and often with shitty stories.
This game though is refreshing. At first I was hesitant because the introduction let's you think it's just another random college boy story but there is so much more.
It has good humour, superb music in some parts (dev clearly has the same music taste like me), good models, good dialogues and decent animations. The relationship with your MILF-Mom is also pretty entertaining.
For now it is still some kind of hidden gem but if the dev stays focused it can become one of the few truly deserved 5 stars games on this site.
