VN - Ren'Py - My New Memories [v0.4.5] [Killer7]

I was skeptical about this game from the preview images. The characters aren't my taste (half of them look very young) and the mediocre preview renders with everyone having the same couple expression wasn't helping either. But the reviews highlighting an emotional and strong writing story pushed my to give this game a chance anyway, and unfortunately to say, I should have listened to my instinct.

The story setting is interesting; You lost your memory and get thrown into a life with people you dont know anything about. This could be a perfect set-up for en emotional story filled with past relationships and conflicts. But the OP wipes most of this from the table at the start by making the MC a perfect guy; Incredible successful, insanely handsome, a perfect father/husband/son, extremely generous, famous and pretty much loved by everyone.

This makes any conflict in the game feel fake and forced. It doesn't line-up with the whole perfect man picture that get shoved in your face from everyone you meet. You pretty much know the conflict will be resolved with the MC coming out as an Angel. It's boring and predictable.

The visuals are lacking. They are there to show who your talking to and thats pretty much it. The same 4-5 expressions are used across the board for most characters . (they all laugh with their hand in front of their mouth). This is more enforced by the overly describing of what is happening; do we really need a line that says he is taking off his cloths to take a shower, when the next scene is him standing in the shower. It's unnecessary.

The writing overall is alright but seriously lacks any progress. The intro is focused on setting up a base relationship between the MC and the other characters, which is completely fine. But why is this 1 hour+ worth of game play, when most relationships are defined after 1 interaction (or even before that). The writing just comes back to the same point over and over, making the writing feels empty and boring. This is even more enforced by the mister perfect MC making the vast majority of relationships exactly the same.

Then there are the character designs. The game is presented as a realistic, emotional story, and clearly wants to be this with its serious tone, but completely ignores this in the characters presented. According to the story you got married 1 year after college, with the first daughter being born a year later. She is 20 according to the story so that puts you, your wife, and your twin in their mid 40s pushing 50, and your mother in her 60s at the youngest (most likely more in her 70's), but nevertheless you all look like your in their 20s, or early 30's.

The 3 daughters are in the same boat; they are 18-19-20, but don't look and act like those ages. Especially the youngest one that is supposed to be 18, looks like 10 and acts like a toddler (a 18 year old girl that still crawls in their parents bed at night, seriously?).

Overall from the other reviews I was expecting an emotional and well writing story, but got a story that takes itself way to serious while overlooking massive plot holes, that drags on and on.

Great game, played the demo around Christmas and now that the first update has come out, I am excited to see what is coming next. With the main first game under development being my new family, I am much happier with how the story of MNM has been progressing (With MNF still being an excellent VN). Excited to see the "first" update to this game and definitely worth the download.

He is doing it once again! Excellent first installment/prologue. It rreally sets the tone and timber of what is to follow...complete with cliff hanging bombshell!

Characters: Amazing depth without getting tediously detailed. Backstory and history revealed piecemeal through the story itself, rather than just being dropped in lumps.

Story: It's Killer7. What more truly needs to be said? Why this developer isn't on a NYT bestseller list (besides the genre, of course) is a crime against story writing.

Pace: Slow to start with, but with the story's baseline, it is completely understandable, and excellently executed.

Sexy stuff: A part of the story itself, rather than being inserted (pun intended) just for the sake of it being there. Not a lot of lewdity in the first release, but where there is some, it fits the flow of the story perfectly.

My rating: 5/5

holy shit this is one good game, think its the best first version i have seen of one in this site, even if there is barely any sexual content it didnt bother me at all, story is quite entertaining and characters dont feel copy-paste like some other games , (it does remind me of that "radiant" game but in a good way) really looking forward for the rest of it

This game has been a very pleasant surprise for me. The "waking up in the hospital" plot along with amnesia didn't sound attractive to me, no particular character besides Sabrina piqued my interest and I haven't checked out Killer7's previous game, so I had no idea of his skill level. However, the 0.1 version impressed me enormously. It managed to get me hooked into the story and feel for the characters, which is something very few can do properly. The renders look amazing, and the world outside of the MC feels alive, as it's filled with NPCs(my pet peeve... I need immersion!). I've done two playthroughs of the game and the story seems to be rather linear at the moment, but it might simply be a side effect of being an early release. Even so, it is written well enough not to care about the lack of meaningful(what they feel like in the current version) choices. I am really looking forward to the future updates, you have earned my support!

There's a couple things I'll say before I get into the review for the game.
First I don't like the pairing of older MC and much younger LI (father/daughter in this case) and while I've enjoyed the game so far, I have no idea how I'd feel once the nookie-nookie starts between them. Hopefully K7 story style would make it worth it for me. Ofcourse this is my personal preference and has nothing to with the game's development, so this has no bearing on my rating.

Secondly, since MNF is one of my favorite VNs and a fairly successful VN overall, comparisons to it are inevitable. So I'm gonna go ahead and compare the two right now. As someone who prefers Daz3D art over Honey Select, anyday, the art is much better than MNF. I originally thought the whole amnesia thing was there to justify the incestous relationships a la MNF, but it does not seem that way, so fairly different there. This game also seems to have a bit more intrigue than MNF did; not just a bad history but something from the past that can screw over the present/future. Lastly about the story, I can't compare to MNF just yet since it's not that far along but I enjoyed this 0.1 more than MNF 0.3 (1st version I played) back in the day. Overall, so far, I'd say this holds up and has the potential to trump MNF.

As for the game itself, let me just start by saying, it is fun to read through. K7 seems to have stuck to the top choice being the best choice philosophy and I love him for that. I hate sitting on every damn choice doing math calculation for 5 different stats for each of the 20 characters to figure out the best outcome. This is fun, relaxed in the sense that I can sit back, drink coffee and and read through this illustrated story. I love that aspect.

Next the characters, the sisters Lena and Sabrina are great and a good contrast to each other. The mother looks fantastic (have a thing for redheads, MILFs and curly hair and she is a combination of all three, so by default my favorite character lookswise), but I can't say much about her till there is more direct interaction with her in future updates. K7 is becoming a master at creating cuckqueens, first Sandra (my favorite character from MNF) and now Anna and I love it. Give me them harems and not fucking guilt for going with multiple girls in a fantasy VN. Fuck realism. The side character are good including MCs friends (the gay couple) who sound like they could be really fun buddies as the story develops. End of the day, so far though, the daughters steal the show. Olivia is cute as a button, Sophie is the more mature and responsible "adult" and bless you K7 for giving us the option of playing Morgan as a transgender. There are very few games on here where a trans character is a main LI and Morgan is a good amout of cute and interesting.

I mentioned earlier that I prefer Daz3D over HS renders but in all honesty with Daz we usually get the same character models in every game but with a different name. The models here are fantastic - none of that bullshit copy paste from basic models and you can see that K7 has put a lot of effort into making them unique but also beautiful and I gotta say again I love Bethany's model, absolutely perfect.

Story front, I'd say it's going at a pace I expected from MNF and I like that a lot. Like I mentioned before, there is some intrigue in there regarding the past, the MC's celebrity and Anna's kinks (most important mystery). But again I have no doubt, K7 will keep the story and situations interesting throughout the development.

Lastly, this is not really applicable to a 0.1, but at this point in MNF, I feel like that game is dragging on and I hope MNM won't follow that route in the future. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the situations/scenarios that come up in MNF in each update but to me it feels a bit more tedious now and I feel it should have ended at 0.15 ot 0.16, but that's just my personal opinion.

Anyways, now that that essay is over, I have to say great work K7 and all the best for future.

There's not many scenes yet as the story and characters are still being established... but I can already tell this game is going to be fantastic. The story is compelling and the characters are interesting. I can't wait for things to start to heat up. I regret playing this game... so soon into development as now the wait is gonna kill me.

So I am a fan of Killer 7 and MNF, but this little project promises to be so much better!

Killer7 is a monster when it comes to generating loads of content quickly, but MNM 0.1 just impossible. Maybe 2 hours of play time for a first release? who does that????

I hope MNF will get it's deserved crescendo soon; it's had enough content for a lifetime and maybe it's getting a little too repetitive. To be honest as nice MNF was, the story telling was a bit too linear and the conversation was so contrived with a "oh I am so good I know how to solve every problem I am wise and my dick is also big" protagonist.

This game, on the other hand, takes story telling to the next level; not just for Killer7, for everyone.

The premise is pretty simple, amnesia allowing for a character reset, and character development driven by glimpses into the past. but done is a very good way.

Content is good, not a fuck-fest by any means, but for a first release, it is totally 5 star with an engaging story and awesome characters on top.

I don't often play games update-to-update, but this is potentially an exceptional game and thus deserves exceptional praise and fellowship.

Mr Killer7, I salute you.

What can I say here? Killer7 knows how to bring emotion to everything. The rollercoaster he brought us all on with My New Family has continued here in My New Memories. Of course the amnesia genre has been used by many Devs in the past, but something about the way Killer7 writes make me like his just that touch more. The renders are wonderful and while things progress maybe slower than some like, I maintain what I said about My New Family in the the past. I would rather have an excellent story with emotion and then have the lewd scenes mean something, than to have the lewd scenes be the be all and end all of the VN. I enjoy these kinds of VNs because they're not just fap material, if you want that, you may want to look elsewhere. This VN hits you right in the feels and I am sure will continue to do so the further the story goes along. Once again, Killer7 knocks this out of the park. For me, I will never tire of his work. I do highly recommend this and really enjoy the fact Killer7 has learned even more skills that can be seen by switching from Honey Select with My New Family to Daz3D with this one. I have been a proud supporter for sometime, and this will only see me continue on as a supporter of his work for as long as he is putting this quality out there.

Great game, as is to be expected from Killer 7, I look forward to the future! The story is engaging and the characters are relatable and evoked emotion in ways that are not commonly associated with "adult" games and is something special that is rare. I fully expect the characters to become realized individuals that I feel invested in and want only the best for. I will want to grow with them through their joys and sorrows and know that Killer 7 will deliver an engaging story that makes me feels as if they are my own family.

Keep it up, the way you write a story is one of the best. The flow of the story always seen to be just perfect, not to fast but not to slow.

Coming from My new family this seems even better. Looking forward on seeing more on both of this projects.

I really enjoyed this first release.
Great story and emotional rollercoaster.
The renders and models look really good too.
I also enjoyed playing My New Family so i already knew it was worth playing this game.
Can't wait to see where this story is going.

EDIT: Releases continue to be let me down, story inconsistencies not revised, much of the feedback has been ignored by other users, Star has been dropped.

Disappointing.

I was really excited for this game. Maybe I put it to unrealistic standards?

Oh well. Here's a condensed version:

Pros

1. Quality Drama
2. Mostly Beautiful women
3. Good renders
4. Bug-free
5. Easy to read (no serious or immersion breaking dialogue)

Cons

1. Redundant scenes with characters repeatedly telling you they'll help you remember who you are but refusing to tell you who you are.
2. Poor motivations
3. Characters and attitudes try to be different but fail. Many things feel like a repeat of MNF
4. Focus is geared way too aggressively away from the eroticism, even for a slow burn
5. Characters are often saying inconsistent things
6. animations are rigid and awkward
7. Morgan
8. Even for me, mc is too much of a Gary Sue

Everyone's probably already said the same thing about the good. I'm not really certain I can expand much on it. Sabrina is probably the top-tier girl right now. Sara (the officer) is a close second for me.

So it's good, not amazing, but good so far. Characters are unique, and not fake looking, definitely a step up from honey select, plot seems interesting but not very original, been looking forward to this one for a while so I want to see where it goes.
Now why I didn't give it 5 stars is cause of my own bias. From someone that was in a coma and woke with retrograde amnesia that's not how any of this works, the suggested distancing (They do not have you go sleep in a hotel, best thing for regaining any of your memories is to go home and be around familiar surroundings and close people), the way the doctors talk about the MC's family, the way the MC acts offended and rude towards anyone that mentions family or his past, he doesn't act like someone that has amnesia and is grasping at find out out who they are and what's happening, he acts like someone that's actively trying to get away and rejecting any ideas of remembering his past. Really trying to make it through this first update but the MC makes it difficult.

Really good. I like that the amnesia is not an excuse for the lewd content but more of a way to reveal bit by bit that it was already there before. Also a suprisingly high amount of content for a v0.1. I'll be looking for what's next !

love the story so far, can't wait to see what's in store for the future. Would love for the MC to have a family meeting to discuss with them how he is remembering things so he can remember stuff faster instead of being constantly slow and having everyone dodge his questions. Will be paying attention for future updates.

For the first release there is a lot of content the story so far is fantastic and the visuals are stunning. All the characters so far are interesting and the dialogue draws you in.

So far, the plot is really interesting. The renders are great. The characters are well developed. I didn't encounter any bugs in 0.1 version, neither any grammar mistakes.
I spent most of my evening on it, so there is a nice amount of content. Five stars !

Killer7 ,,,,, once again proves his story writing skills .... that hits the heart of people that play his games ....
renders are really really nice .... makes me wish i had his skills at this ...
the complexities of the characters is interesting ... as to the way the story plays out ... and to think this is just the 1st version ....
i believe this game MNM will give MNF a run for the best games i've played ...
i do believe everyone .. well ok mostly everyone will thoroughly enjoy : My New Memories ...

Great story, great models. Lots of touching and emotional moments. Can't wait to see how this all plays out. I don't usually submit reviews because you need at least 200 characters but I am thinking of just copying this last bit into a text file so I can paste it at the end of my reviews in the future.