VN - Ren'Py - Mind Control: Twisted Thoughts [v0.25 Beta] [specialmind]

review based on 0.22
The game has good graphics, the story is interesting and the premise is nice. The MC is not annoying and the options given to him so far and I enjoyed playing it multiple times and seeing the different options.
I found that some situations are forced on to you, however I accept that as it is a result of the MC and setting. The MC is new to his power and so isn't perferct in using it and it makes sence that he uses it without intending to.
Sometimes however I found myself wanting a differnt choice then the one presented to me. For example the nudes of your sister are passed around and the MC can't ignore it or wait to be alone with the girl that has them on her phone ( there is an instance when he was alone with her before but is unable to use his power to make her do what he wanted ) and instead uses his power to make her do what he wants in the hallway. Not having the option to ignore the situation was something I disliked but understood the auther using to progress the story in a specific direction and narrowing down the variables so that there aren't too many branching paths which later down the line could be troublesome as I have seen games give to many options and then get abandoned or making any choices given meaningless.

This is what you call a porn game.This one deserves multiple playthroughs.
Story is set in a simple setting yet does not feel repetitive .
The Game Mechanics makes this so immersive in naughty scenes.

My Rating of this Release is:

Pros:
-Nice Renders
-Great Story
-Decent Game Play
-Long Release
-Hot Dialog
-Suspenseful Story

Cons:
When it Ends

Love the Game, no getting Blue Balls here that gets you frustrated.
Great FAB Material
Lots of Scenes and Dialog with a Great Story behind it, the Renders are Great with Typical Teenagers with all this High-Snobiety Looks.
The Scenes are Hot without getting bored, one of the few Games where I don't fast forward it.
You will see all these wicked Sex Acts from BDSM to Anal to name a few.
I'm pretty sure everybody will find one or another Kink in this Game.
Can`t wait for the Next Release.
Lots of Potential here.

[v0.21b]

Decent game but far from being a good one.

Dialogues are very simplistic, without much depth. Something so deep and depraved as having sex with sister is nothing more than 3 lines of persuasion and they act like it's nothing yet at the same time Mia is afraid of letting others know that she is gay. Characters are shallow, it feels like talking with them is just a means not a goal itself so something you just have to get through but will forget 2min after.

It's annoying that game gives you few options about certain characters/relations but forces you into chubby anyway... Since my first decision I did everything to avoid Rosie yet most characters still treat us like a couple, consider "what would Rosie think" (I don't fucking care), pushes MC into more intimate contact (kissing) with her. I have basically negative relation with her yet some still behave like we are sort of a couple and call her my girlfriend.

Renders are decent, on the edge of being outdated but still okayish, getting better in time I guess. I don't like how MC looks, actually most characters don't seem to be appealing except Mia and Elise (and nurse) but let's say that was intentional and I can live with that.

I like plot as an idea, execution could be much better. MC seems to be sometimes stupid about decisions he makes but yeah... I also like RPG elements, even that they don't matter much it's always nice to see developer trying something more than just slides with text.

Overall I think game targets specific kind of AVN enjoyers and it's not for everyone, nevertheless I will check next updates.

awesome game!

Really love the freedom in most scenes that the use of power can give you, or save it for another scene/situation.

Good quality renders, kinky characters, and plot is sex focused (like a porn game should be), now I want to now more about the sex cult.

This game hits different at the start with lots of variations on the story but outdated renders and lack of animations tend to lower overall score in my case. In short structure and premise is good but execution and quality is mediocre.

Great fucking game, this is a diamond in the mud, because of the art and the sypnosis someone may think this is a low qality incest corruption game but this shit is top tier, ITS A MUST, the plot is everything, and the female characters each one have her own charm, love this game

I think this game is worth you time. It's not perfect, but you'll have a good time playing through this, if the premise appeals to you.

Two points of criticism: Firstly, it's not made clear how your mind control power works exactly. Your power is as strong or weak as the story requires, which to me is not very satisfying.
The second main issue I have is that I don't understand Rosie. Why is she in this story? Is she meant to be a grounding character? The story pushes you to chase after Rosie, but you're not given a reason why you (the player) would want that.

An interesting question in adult games is always: what do you do with other male characters? How do they relate the PC and how do they relate to other female characters? Do you want to give the fantasy of letting the player 'collect' all the female characters, or can you only pursue one? Since this is a game about Mind Control, the answer comes naturally.
The story could have been a lot simpler if there weren't any supporting male characters. So the inclusion seems to be a deliberate choice. I'm not sure if that choice is paying off yet.

Personally not a fan of familial relations, that always feels awkward. I did enjoy the setup for upheaval, that felt refreshing.

Based on 0.21b

This is on version 0.21.

Despite some decent visuals, "Mind Control" really very much fails to live up to that idea of "Control". The game is a linear story with minor branching decisions that do provide alterations and access to scenes, but not much to story. In short, it doesn't go anywhere near far enough to reinforce the concept.

Apart from that failure, it's exactly the generic AVN you've come to expect, carrying all the negatives that come with that.

Absolute Gem and a rare sight!!!
Story is solid, Kinks growing fast and graphics is a nice change from the usual.
Just sad to see, that it does not get the support (subscribers) it deserves.
Hopefully that changes over time.
Keep up the good work, Dev!

This AVN has the potential to reach "The AVN's Olympus"... It is a simple idea but it is perfectly developed but it is just beginning so it remains to see how it goes but it is certainly worth playing this novel
I'd give it 5 stars if it wasn't so new and if Rosie were more attractive, i mean if she is going to be a "forced LI" unless make her attractive, i understood that the Dev wants realism but to settle for ugly woman i already have real life, this is a porn game, i want pretty women

Outside of that everything else is very well done, history, gameplay, you can even modify your stats every time the MC sleeps, that's just brilliant, i wish all the visual novels could implement it

For a long time i had to consider my choices and i abused the RenPy saving system as never been, just to be sure save before every action!

At first. the amount of choice you need to make can be overwhelming but in choices have meaning.

I'm somewhat mixed about the 3way stat system, i had troubles to allocate them on my character terms of what would have biggest effect on the events.

The adult content scenes had a really cool scene replay mechanics, repeating the same action.

I really liked that fact that you cause pleasure to woman or request/demand pleasure from others is a really cool attention to detail!

I'm not a really big fan of the butt plug content as of now - is not my cup of tea, i was hoping more - anal - action with the mother, lets see what's going to happen next...

The story progression with the sister felt authentic, about exploring the other and being open for new ideas.

So far, the best mind control game I have found on this site. Rather than just being a corruption game that pretends you are controlling their minds. Cannot wait to see where the dev takes this one. Good job so far.

Game good, actual impact to your decisions and an interesting subplot past the porn. I think that the more realistic body types also greatly increase the quality of the game, not using honey select or whatever other generic base models is a huge selling point.

Really well made game with variety of options, branching paths that leads to different scenes and scenarios. Girls are hot, the scenes are good, and there is a variety of them depending on how you play your character and his stats. Impressive choices and divergent paths.

Story could have been good but it lacks controle, your supposed to be this big mind controlling dude but your given very little freedom, like Rosie the fatty is more or less forced on you, sure you can say no to her but you need to do it constantly since for whatever reason shes the main girl which makes 0 sense, why would MC go after the most ugly LI when he should have freedom of choice.......to me it got extremly annoying having her pushed so hard.

Next theres the sister Mia whos a lesbian and going after her as a LI feels idiotic since MC could just mind controle her into not being a lesbian but thats never allowed for whatever reason, sure you can fuck her but she still talks about how shes only into girls which is just weird, also sister is apprently not a virgin either or maybe she just used to many dildos or something so its really just one disapointment after the other in this game, im guessing the only virgin is the fatty that most wont be into unless they like that type.

Then theres the sex scenes which are boring and just a click maraton to make it picture to picture movement aka 2 frames crap, which really dosent make game any better.

How this is so highly rated i dont know, it lacks in to many areas.

Probably the best ren'py i have seen in a while, what is there and the potential still give me hope to see my favorite game get finished game on this site.

The mind reading and control is not overpowered, characters are not too cliché nor too tasteless.

There is many thing that no doubt will be added and changed but for now (0.21) is giving to all who love the mind control/reading trope and we can only hope it does not get droped

Go give some money to the guy

Holy crap this game is amazing. It has such a variety of scenes and choices that I'm just amazed by the creator. This is one of my fav games on this site, just absolutely obsessed. 10/10 for sure, check it out!!!

Great setup, good characters, it seems to actually have a plot and villains.
MC can be very sick and evil, reflecting the dev "special mind" and allowing interesing path options.
The plot indicates the possibility to put the player in a tight spot, but it has yet to be seen if it will be this way or the traditional no worries H-Game plot development.

This is one of those AVNs where your choices really DO matter.

I'm not really sure how to break this down to be precise, so I'll try to do it in three: visuals, story, then choices.

Visually, it's good. It's not amazing. It's not going to blow your mind. They're crisp and serviceable. The lighting can be flat, there's AI art in some of the background, but ultimately I don't think visuals should be the priority of an AVN. Now, that isn't to say that it's not important, it's just not the priority. AVN should really have a small v, and a big N. Sex scenes are good though, although some people will probably be annoyed by maybe not having some animations? There are some, some people might just not like them though. I think it works well for the project.

Speaking of N, the writing isn't bad really. The scope is small (although, near the end it seems to add some weird like sex cult thing), which benefits them massively, because it's hard to over-complicate. You're given your objectives, you're given the tools you'll use to reach them. That's it. So long as the dev doesn't over-complicate it, it shouldn't have any bloat. The dialogue is pretty good, even if it's clearly porn dialogue. But it serves the purpose of the project, and that's all you NEED for an AVN. So many want to write this Illiad story for their AVN, obsessing with these ham-handed monologues or these ridiculously convoluted stories, so much so that you spend 20 minutes reading between sex scenes. It's got a decent amount of dialogue to where you can distinguish the characters pretty well, even if they're a bit too familiar. I also forgive it a bit due to the dev clearly not speaking English as their first language. This is evident in numerous confused pronouns, in some strange grammar, in some strange sentence structure, etc.

Now, the big one is the choices. This game uses points in 4 categories which you decide, which judge your perversion, arousal, virility, and dominance/submissiveness. Perversion and dominance/submission can be altered by choices made, but it's 1% compared to 10% per point into each. Arousal and virility are bars that get filled up and then empty. After the end of every chapter, you can re-assign points, which makes it extremely interesting to try and mix and match dependent on what you want in each chapter. These 4 categories determine how you'll be able to approach certain scenarios, as there are multiple instances where you can get cut short depending on your points. That is fun. Also, with the number of love interests, it's fun trying to juggle all of them to try and get the "best" outcome, sacrificing some short-term gain for long-term gain. The number of choices, the LIs, and the stats, all make it genuinely engaging. After so many AVNs where it's just 3 choices that all mean the same thing, I find this so much more interesting.