Others - Completed - My Neighbor's Lonely Wife [Final] [Yasaniki]

My Neighbor's Lonely Wife is a decent corruption game that (like its sequel) has a slow-burn progression that a lot of its counter-parts could learn from. Sadly the repetitive gameplay and under-developed writing set it back.

Graphics
The art is..fine. Akiho's design is pretty standard, at times looking slightly strange in certain poses. The background art is quite nice too for each area.

Gameplay
While the slower progression is something I normally enjoy with the NTR genre, the execution here feels slightly uneven. You spend a lot of time going to specific locations based on the day and repeating the same interactions with little variation. The loop becomes noticeably repetitive as you will be doing it over and over and over just to gain more Affection and Lust to progress the story.

Story
The premise sounds great for any Netori lover and the slower build-up works well at first but the development doesn’t go deep enough imo. The transition from casual interactions to NSFW content feels sudden. This is something I think its sequel did a lot better by making you wait quite a while into that game's story to get to the NSFW content which made it feel more rewarding.

PS: The MC in this one is a lot more despicable and borderline predatory, something I wasn't very keen on.

NSFW Content
The NSFW scenes are nice but the variety is limited. Once you’ve seen the main poses, that is pretty much it. You will only get a handful of CG scenes and positions. Again, something that was improved on in its sequel.

My Verdict
My Neighbor's Lonely Wife is a serviceable but flawed corruption game. While I think Yasaniki (dev) probably does it best when it comes to giving their games a slow-burn progression, I think the under-developed gameplay, writing and NSFW content set it back a little. Respectable entry for being the first and it is fun for a first playthrough but it is not as polished or refined as its sequel.

A stalker game, about a piece of shit who decide at the moment he saw his neighbor next door "This woman will be my bitc, I mean my wife, no mater if she has a husband or not, if she loves him or not, if she's lonely or not".
A piece of shit who pass his time locked in his apartment dreaming of fucking his neighbor while masturbating and calling his feeling love.... Just like me without the neighbor thing... Life is unfair....
Anyway, the MC is a piece of shit, if you didn't get it, and I would give it a 4 star if we didn't have all the crappy stalker thing.
Why does Japaneses ero dev feel obligated to add these shitty things about stalking, forcing, abducting, raping, blackmailing, humiliating, enslaving and whatever dumb shit they find in the net. It's not because it's a ero game that they have to add the more depraved and immoral kinks possible in it. It seems like ero game is a synonym for incel game for them. So annoying !
I just wanted a game where you seduced the girl next door, not a stalker simulation.
Also, you grind a lot in this and practically nothing is explained. You have to figure out everything.
Let's not be all negative, the MC is a stalker and have severe erotomania, but he's not a rapist (or I didn't get the scene). The sex scenes are interactive, not just some plain boring text and a CG. You can massage her and make her cum without using a dick. Unfortunately, they are not a lot of sex position. And again the grinding is rough, especially at the end.

One of the good netori games without a harem.

The game itself is fairly short, like the story part. But the grind is somewhat there. For an easy win either memorize her schedule or just look through some guides in this thread.

Not bad, not bad at all. Thoroughly enjoyed it, a bit sad that the "immoral" ending bugged out and didn't allow me to write the commands in the "Messenger" app but nonetheless. Good game.

Pros
-Good pace throughout the game
-Cute Wifu
-Not too grindy
-Wholesome
-Immoral

Cons
-Could have been a bit more clearer on how much stat is required for last phase, got her lust too 900+ which was overkill since you needed 400 for both "intimacy" and "lust"
-Sex scene variety, Vaginal sex only had one pose throughout almost the entire game.

All in all, a nice little game about corrupting a "loyal" Wife.

There's no clear instruction on what you should be doing. Pretty grindy with no result whatsoever.
There's a handful of players who are at lost and without progressing the main events of the story. Overall if you get stuck, its frustrating because you won't know what you're doing right and wrong at the same time.

I cannot speak about H scenes and art as well because im stuck.

Edit: Ok I got thru with the help of the community. So you CAN progress. But you need to unlock or see every encounter with her when you go out. Now go out there and find it. Good luck folks.

It's a simple VN / schedule game with passable art, but the writing is done very well and the translation is not MTL. You choose to work, or find the wife to chat during each day to build relationship, and game mechanics are added as you progress.

The little details in this game are great - after she starts making meals for you, she no longer shops at the supermarket monday nights. So when she does go to the supermarket on saturdays, there's an after scene walking home where you carry her heavy grocery bags, because she's eating at home more often and making fewer trips. Lots of variations in things like how pent up you leave her after a massage, as well. There was a good deal of thought put into this game, and it is a nice slow corruption, but doesn't feel terribly grindy either. Really hits the netori button without feeling cliched.

Edit: Well the early game is great, and the writing is still pretty solid, but there is a pretty heavy chunk of pure grinding near the end of the game. Revised my review to a 4.