Alright quality of English – the odd strange phrase but otherwise absolutely passable. Mostly - occasionally certain characters make very little sense. I know the developer has in the passed said they use a web translator. Fair enough. The models are decent, I like the art in general, no complaints from me. Runs smoothly, all makes sense.
Oh god another protagonist with crippling shyness who will do anything anyone tells him to, in addition to VN protagonist idiot brain. (Once the couple are financially secure he immediately takes out a dodgy loan and lies about it, self-sabotage much?) In the previous game the MC was at least actually into femdom from the game’s start, but this guy isn’t in these situations partially cos of kink, he’s purely a loser. All though seemingly not a small dick prejac – he can actually satisfy his wife in bed. It also seems like there is a great variety of options available – often the MC doesn’t have to immediately fold to Deborah or the jock in the park, unlike in Vicious Circle. Do these choices have any lasting consequences? Not really – they just slightly alter the tone of the railroading you receive. When the really significant choices about the relationship come, there is no choice. I appreciate that it attempts to show them slowly descending into the femdom, but there’s still a shift around chapter two where the wife’s internal monologue kinda just becomes evil. It’s jarring.
We also have that style of plotting again where events are somewhat driven by everything just going comically wrong in sequence, a string of disasters. The protagonist is no help. He gets himself in deep with a loan shark for no good reason whatsoever. I struggle with certain unbelievable plotting elements. $300 monthly gym membership? Wife and her friend can take department head positions because of nepotism but then wife might have to fire her own husband because of performance? You cannot avoid any pitfall by working harder at work or repaying the loan, you must just watch the misfortune.
I’ve noticed that in this game as with the last by this developer the dominant women are often elites with money and status, abusing their position. In a sense the game has class commentary. I like femdom but also feel that the bourgeoisie need to be overthrown in a bloody revolution. Tough call.
I like the femdom acts in the game but why does the story have to be so non-consensual? Everything done in anger and spite. I find it quite offputting. I, like everyone else playing this game, am doing it voluntarily because of an interest in femdom games. I’m not being blackmailed into playing by my mother-in-law or ordered to play it by me evil boss. It’s just a turn off for me. Especially when even on the ‘good’ playthrough the wife sits the MC down relatively early on to tell him she doesn’t love him any more. Depressing. Which is a shame because the sexual content is hot. The actual sex scenes are sensual and feature a range of enjoyable kinks… its just a shame how they get arrived at.
I think this game is actually a bit better than Vicious Circle overall, a bit less all over the place with different plotlines. It is also quite long, like the other. Longer even, probably a bit too long – it really drags out some plot points. Also, in contradiction of what I said earlier about the choices – while you can’t meaningfully block most major plot points and the game is basically linear, throughout the long game a vast profusion of choices alters scenes or unlocks them and has a cumulative effect that can unlock some of the many endings (some considerably more fucked up than others). So it’s impressive in that regard. I have to award points for it being a fairly high standard VN with an enjoyable extreme femdom focus, but I personally can’t give it a much higher rating because I just find these very bleak femdom narratives too unenjoyable.
Oh god another protagonist with crippling shyness who will do anything anyone tells him to, in addition to VN protagonist idiot brain. (Once the couple are financially secure he immediately takes out a dodgy loan and lies about it, self-sabotage much?) In the previous game the MC was at least actually into femdom from the game’s start, but this guy isn’t in these situations partially cos of kink, he’s purely a loser. All though seemingly not a small dick prejac – he can actually satisfy his wife in bed. It also seems like there is a great variety of options available – often the MC doesn’t have to immediately fold to Deborah or the jock in the park, unlike in Vicious Circle. Do these choices have any lasting consequences? Not really – they just slightly alter the tone of the railroading you receive. When the really significant choices about the relationship come, there is no choice. I appreciate that it attempts to show them slowly descending into the femdom, but there’s still a shift around chapter two where the wife’s internal monologue kinda just becomes evil. It’s jarring.
We also have that style of plotting again where events are somewhat driven by everything just going comically wrong in sequence, a string of disasters. The protagonist is no help. He gets himself in deep with a loan shark for no good reason whatsoever. I struggle with certain unbelievable plotting elements. $300 monthly gym membership? Wife and her friend can take department head positions because of nepotism but then wife might have to fire her own husband because of performance? You cannot avoid any pitfall by working harder at work or repaying the loan, you must just watch the misfortune.
I’ve noticed that in this game as with the last by this developer the dominant women are often elites with money and status, abusing their position. In a sense the game has class commentary. I like femdom but also feel that the bourgeoisie need to be overthrown in a bloody revolution. Tough call.
I like the femdom acts in the game but why does the story have to be so non-consensual? Everything done in anger and spite. I find it quite offputting. I, like everyone else playing this game, am doing it voluntarily because of an interest in femdom games. I’m not being blackmailed into playing by my mother-in-law or ordered to play it by me evil boss. It’s just a turn off for me. Especially when even on the ‘good’ playthrough the wife sits the MC down relatively early on to tell him she doesn’t love him any more. Depressing. Which is a shame because the sexual content is hot. The actual sex scenes are sensual and feature a range of enjoyable kinks… its just a shame how they get arrived at.
I think this game is actually a bit better than Vicious Circle overall, a bit less all over the place with different plotlines. It is also quite long, like the other. Longer even, probably a bit too long – it really drags out some plot points. Also, in contradiction of what I said earlier about the choices – while you can’t meaningfully block most major plot points and the game is basically linear, throughout the long game a vast profusion of choices alters scenes or unlocks them and has a cumulative effect that can unlock some of the many endings (some considerably more fucked up than others). So it’s impressive in that regard. I have to award points for it being a fairly high standard VN with an enjoyable extreme femdom focus, but I personally can’t give it a much higher rating because I just find these very bleak femdom narratives too unenjoyable.
