VN - Ren'Py - Mind Control [v0.22] [specialmind]

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.

I just have to say, this game is absolutely incredible. From start to finish, it's an amazing experience that completely immerses you in its world. The story is one of the strongest aspects—it’s so well-written, engaging, and full of depth. The pacing is perfect, keeping you hooked without ever feeling rushed or dragging on too long. Every twist and turn feels meaningful, and the way the characters develop throughout the game is just fantastic.

tHE GAME TRUE TO ITS NAME AND IT ACHIEVES WHAT IT SAYAS EXCELLENTLY
Though it is not as deep like goats of AVNS liek pale carnations or BAD. WHat it does with it its choice is best there is in the mind control a genre known for creating mindless droid. In this the choice is not forced upon you, you have choice.

The issue: SAOmetimes there are no choices where you can avoid hypnosis al thogether, other are the case where writing is not strong i.e, other characters while look good on body time have their p[ersonality skin deep unlike the goliath of this gnere game of hearts.
Hence this game for now isa 4.00/5 .

If the writing of character and their exploration was better, it would have been a masterpiece for now it is the only gamne that can give GAme f hearts a run for its money if there have been a better writing, its choice system is already superior to Game of hearts and while its visuals pale in comparison to other games ledig in AVN it is choice mechanism are fdun and that is reare for AVNs nowdays that are progressively becoming VN.

I highly recommend for anyone who wants this types of game. All your choices are your own and hence you are truly responsible for your situationa nd not the author of teh game be incest or cheating it si your choice that will make that happen so tread carefully.

v0.21

This is a really solid mind control game. The plot gets a little out there and could use a walkthrough or mod just because of the sheer number of plot choices but I really enjoyed the writing overall.

It manages to take the standard mind-reader/mind control plot and put some guard rails on it (you can't read minds for a while after mind controlling and there's a cool down on mind control) as well as the only time I can remember that an MC actually had some debate about the ethics of mind controlling people. This made it a lot more interesting than a typical "wave hand and turn every woman into a mindless fuck doll" game. I think there's enough meat there that the plot could have just been about MC and his friends and without random characters like Joyce or the whole sex cult plot.

The stat system is kind of unclear: perversion and sub/dom are pretty straightforward but the other two control how quickly you get horny and how long it takes you to cum and they seem mostly cosmetic?

Those are my only real gripes, though. Definitely give this a try if you like mind control games, it's very good.

This game has gotten a lot of good reviews, but I don't know, it just wasn't for me; the dialogue is obviously not written by a native English speaker, and it's pretty horrible. The characters are pretty generic, and most of the girls, save one or two, are pretty unattractive both looks and personality-wise, a lot of people were praising the story and unique characters but I just really don't see it. The main girl is the one the game forces on you, and no matter what you do, you have to date her regardless of choices, and unless you're a chubby chaser, you probably won't like her. The whole mind-control storyline and morality dilemma was what drew me to install this game, but ultimately I feel like that falls pretty flat too. The renders are decent quality, not amazing, but not horrible either. I only played through the current content once. Supposedly there's a bunch of other choices too, but unless the game suddenly shoots up in quality on the other routes, then I doubt I'd be doing anything other than wasting my time. The sex scenes aren't amazing either, but at the end of the day character writing and story quality is probably what I value the most otherwise I would just watch porn.

The idea of the game is really brilliant. I really like it, the decisions you can make are very interesting. The character design is also great. I like the MC, he's not the boring standard guy. I just wish the Dom/Sub thing had more of an impact. Definitely one of the best games I've played so far.

Amazing game! I hope to see more updates about this incredible experience and new paths that expand the world even further. The storytelling and choices are phenomenal, offering a depth rarely seen in games today. Each decision feels meaningful, and the character development is top-notch. Keep up the fantastic work, and I can’t wait to explore what’s next in this journey!

just played mind control, the idea is good and that you can read the minds of others, its getting a little bit creepy with the teachers, but I like that you more often you choose to help or intervene its getting complicated, sometimes i would like a stop a story or like to get a better result. Its good that there are a lot of choices. The problem with so many choices the story gets complicated more and more which is not much fun. Would be great if the MC evolves in his powers to get more power over some of the bad guys. 4 out 5 stars.

I actually enjoyed every model in this one. The choices felt like they impacted the story, and also served to lean the story more in the direction of the player's kink. Personally, I love a mind control game where there are still stakes in the relationships, and this game does exactly that. Sure, you can fuck anyone you want, but not without consequence. That's mind control that drives a story, rather than mind control that makes a story lazy or nonexistent. This game is unique in some of its choices, so I can see other people not liking it, but the elements that make it different are what make me like it. I love the models, Dev. Thanks for giving us some body types we don't usually get.

With all respect to the dev, I truly don't understand all the gushing reviews. I finished the content but I have far more complaints than praise, to the point I'd usually shit all over the game but I can at least tell the dev is genuinely trying.

Positives:

• The sister has no pubes
• You can have sex with the sister (no creampie)
• The women are unique and not bimbo-fied
• I'm not really a corruption game kind of guy, but it seems well done so far
• No ass stuff? I'm really stretching for things here

Negatives:

• Everyone else has pubes
• Forced girlfriend, even if you choose to treat her like shit and act as passive as possible
• Forced gf forces you to leave a party where your sister gets naked and does stuff...because forced gf rules in porn games....yeah
• You literally cannot not be with the forced gf
• Pretty bad English translation. Not the worst by far in this type of game, but it's lazy
• MC and everyone but the sister is ugly as fuck. MC particularly looks like an '80s pornstache type guy and the modeler just lowered age and wrinkle sliders
• Virtually no build up or "getting to know" period on anyone. As such, virtually no character or world building
• I know it's early days but at least half the characters I want to do terrible things to, in a non-sexual way, just because they're assholes

Not a one star because it doesn't seem like a shekel grab or asset flip, but man I struggled even to get through the hour of content. I tried going back and doing things different ways but could never get rid of the forced gf or stay at the party, so I'll most likely never touch this again. Ymmv.

Mind control v0.2

Totally enjoyed this one. Mind control game nicely done. It's not just mindless fuck fest using mind control. There's a pace and character development. Using Mind control Mc can corrupt girls and build his harem. There is Dom/Sub path with two girls.

To be honest NTR tag misleading here. So far in this game you only get to see Mc having sex with girls. You won't get to see other guys having sex no matter how you play ( visually). Mc's mom and dad is having problems. You can either help them reconnect or separate using the power. Mom will try to see other guy can prevent it or not. But nothing happened till now. You can steal your friends GF also. So far there's only netori and seems like you avoid netorare if it's gonna happen in future. Mods should mention NTR is avoidable. But you can't prevent lesbian action of sister ( one scene ) later you can put a stop to this also. So if you don't mind lesbian action and hate NTR like you safely play this game

Overall i enjoyed this one. Rosie and MC's sister's is hot. Glad to see a nicely done mind control game. Keep up the good work dev looking forward to next updates.

Good one. I don't usually play VNs because there's nothing to actually play, but mind control is my main kink and this one covers it greatly. Characters could be a tad more on the sexy side, too much realism for me Also the RNG can be dropped, I guess everybody just rollbacks on it. Instead disable some of the options if the numbers don't reach certain levels (of course you're gonna have cheaters either way, but still).
All in all, even using the darker dialogue options didn't feel that rapey or enslaving, so you can still feel good about yourself after fapping

Excellent game. I love corruption games, but Mind Control games can fall into the pitfall of being overly simple. If you can just say "Be a slut", it gets boring quick. This game however has been written in a way that keeps it interesting and makes you earn it a little more. The fact that you have to be conscious of when you use your ability, keeps you on your toes. Really love when a character is morally ambiguous. He's not out right evil but you don't pretend this is a romance novel. He's an ok MC doing bad things. Great start. Hopefully you stick with this one.

Absolutely incredible, i loved it. Great renders, great choices. The build up is really nice. I really hope it's going to branch out to all family members too, its got a huge potential for all kinds of kinks, amazing game.

Choices matter. It is seen in many game descriptions promising branches and replayability. Most of the times it's not true.

Here choices really matter. For example, in the last scene of v0.2 you can be with one, two or three girls. Your choice.

The mind control powers are very well executed. The MC is wary of his powers and is not abusing them to bang his mother and sister right away just because he has them.

All in all, an excellent game for those how like mind control themed games.

Played it several times now and digging all of it. Hoping the next update won't take too long, but the creator shouldn't push themselves too hard. Keep that quality going. I don't think I can be too critical of what isn't a complete project yet, but it's very promising.

A few pointers for a future update:
-Maybe add a gauge to influence the ladies' like/dislike/hatred for the MC? Influence their mood by the MC actions?
-While there are a lot of choices that can be made based on your stats, most tales follow the same route so far.
-A few minor bugs and bloopers, with characters leaving the scene only to pop back in.
-Sometimes the MC can take or have an item that doesn't come into play later. That would be a nice addition.

Looking forward to the next update!

CS

it's very good, I love the models, especially rosie's, and the plot behind it is very promising, the different fetishes slowly developing, I hope it won't be abandoned, and it really deserves support.

10/10 Game narrative wise. Characters are amazing and distinct, each with their own personalities. And the amount of choices and paths you can take is a lot, so lets you choose your own playstyle pretty effectively.

A few criticism for the dev, add in-built cheat option for the stats in the beginning of the game as you can't get all the desired scenes without atleast cheating a little bit. And second, since the name of the Game is "Mind Control", so please actually increase more cases of where you can use power to make choices that significantly can alter their personalities.

Loving this game so far lots of branching lots of fetishes and it feels like we actually controlling the story with MC;s powers

This game is easily a 5/5 for me all the content is great and cannot wait for future releases