VN - Others - Completed - My Girlfriend's Affairs [Final] [Atelier Sakura]

Overall vote: 7.5

Ok I'm making this review after giving this game a "second chance".

This game was one of the very next Atelier Sakura games that I've read years ago after Marina 1 (the very first AS game of me and many others).
On my first playthrough at that time I thought this game sucked, the only good thing was that the FEMC was super hot but the rest of it was garbage.
Now years laters after AS has closed so no more AS games RIP and after giving Tomodachi Sex too a second chance i really thought that I should've given this too a second read

Ok let's go bit by bit

• First thing you need to know is that if you wanna read this one you wanna read it for the sex scenes and that's it, if you're someone like me who enjoys a good plot then go somewhere else or if you really are like me a diehard fan of AS then be prepared

• This uses a "really" peculiar sistem.
Like I said you play this game for sex scene and those all happen on the GF POV but to get that you will need to "complete" this game (not too worry it's super short aside from the sex scenes) 3 times.
On first playthrough you are locked on the early bad ending and on your second you get the choice the lead you to the "real" path of the game.
Then you will use the 2nd and 3rd playthrough to simply "check out" the choices of whether you wanna peep on her cheating or listen on her cheating.
And that's it you unlock the GF POV and can now really "enjoy" the fun.

• on my first run years ago the whole plot aspect really bothered me.
The MC is a total masochistic loser cuck!!!
A good chunck of the cucks in the other AS at least have one good ending (alongside bad endings) on which they at least get some justice for themselves ....
I really wanted them to at least add an ending where he beats the shit out of the bull and leaves her gf ...
Anyway on this second run years later after getting more experience (after reading other messed up NTR games) while still being pissed off I can at least look past it.

• even if you don't wanna do multiple "true" endings (which to me is ideal) at least give us a conclusive ending and no what we got here.
That one ending that we got is so open-ended! settles nothing and is another reason people look upon this game with frown.
Even with a bad plot at least a decent ending can salvage things you know.

• The one little "praise" that I can give this plot is that is way different from everything else AS has made, uniqueness is good if done right but here they didn't

• I can honestly say that AS have put all the budget on the sex aspect of this game and zero on the actual plot.
The FEMC is called Sae and she's a nominee of HOTTEST heroine of all AS games!
CGs art too in this game are possibly the best that they ever made! you can truly feel the immense quality that they have poured here.
I could say that no other AS game have had their budget so unbalanced in this regard.

• sex scenes like i said great, maybe a little bit too long and it's a shame cause cutting down the sex scenes a little bit would not have hurt the game AT ALL and they could have done more stuff with MC which is what this game really NEEDED ...

So yeah on one hand everything except the fap material sucks.
On the other hand the quality that this fap material has is perhaps unrivaled within the whole AS catalogue ...
Let me reiterate you got possibly best heroine, best CG art AND best sex scenes here!
It's a shame cause the plot aspect if AS did invest even 1/5 of the fap budget on it, personally it did have some potential ...

Forewarning: This is coming from the perspective of someone who seldom plays VN h-games.

With that said, this game is as boring as a line at the DMV. A VN with an extremely basic, binary decision system relies entirely on the story, as there is essentially no game aspect to lean on. That in mind, when it comes to the story I've not seen anything this flat since that crepe I cooked this morning. I don't care that the MC is getting cucked to death, as they don't give me a reason to care. I don't care that the GF is cheating on her BF, because she doesn't make anything of it (like LonerPrime wrote below, she completely fails to deliver). Garbage RPGMaker MTL games that are in an alien-like form of English have more gripping stories than this game.

The art, when it's not hazed out like the brain of whomever wrote this story, is 11/10. Her design is mint. The anatomy is perfect. The sex positions are bueno. But like I said, these kinds of games need the story to be there and for this one it's not; and if a VN is only good for the art, then why bother making it a VN?

Download the game, download a full save, go to the gallery, beat your meat, move on.

Foremost, this is NOT a Netorase game. Lets get that out of the way because a lot of people come under that impression after watching the "Atelier Sakura" name.

Gotta hand it to them, they tried. They really did. They took a different approach to Netorare unlike a lot of their other copy and paste titles. Was it a good approach? Honestly? Preferences are selective. Personally, it was a dull read for me.

The MC is, in one word, "unlikable". Truly, even by a CuckMC standards. The heroine is subpar and fails to deliver the whole "cheating" vibe, which to be frank is what is the core of this game rather than Netorare. The CGs are haphazardly put around with some behind a haze while others less than one or two per scene which leaves the viewer with a lot to be desired.

Overall, AS tried to shed off their usual troupe and make a POV game, something that is VENUS territory. But unfortunately, not only did they spectacularly fail to make a deep detailed long story like VENUS does, they also tainted it with their usual "dumpster porn, quick fap" approach.

Was it worth TLing? Frankly, there are a ton of games on the genre which are much more deserving of a localization. The fact that this one got it instead, feels like spent bazooka on a mosquito.

Plot is a different approach, appreciated, but the writing is quite weak. MC just tells you they've been together since childhood and whatnot creating a disconnect with his dramatic reaction or the conquering process. It remains quite flat despite its fresh idea.

The voiced moans are abysmal as usual.

Another translated Atelier NTR game is always good. This time, the MC is a little too pathetic for my liking. I mean FFS just admit you like NTR to your GF, then maybe you could get better view and don't have to bother hiding/setting up bug. FMC also didn't have to feel guilty and even improving your already shaky long distance relationship.

This time, our FMC is an average breast Tomboy. Really interesting to see how she's corrupted by Chad. Basically from almost rape, to a love hate sex friend relationship. If MC didn't man up(the cuck way) soon, she seriously will fall for the Chad. Because Chad seems to get this girl for real. And he wasn't into sharing his girl. Hope to see a sequel soon.

Game is all about you secretly watching/listening to your gf cheating. Scenes are really hot and does have a different vibe than the usual atelier games. Extra points for the hot tomboy gf too. Only issues are that you don't really get to know the gf and mc barely interacts with her. Would have liked to have at least one sex scene with mc lol