VN - Ren'Py - Naughty Neighbours [v1.00] [OuterRealm3D]

Review for Naughty Neighbours (v1.00)

Naughty Neighbours started with a promising premise, offering players a level of choice and engagement that made the early chapters compelling. Unfortunately, as the game progressed, it devolved into a choiceless kinetic novel, stripping away the very elements that initially drew players in.

The game's visuals are undoubtedly its strongest suit. The renders are well-done and serve as the primary highlight of this visual novel. They manage to capture the attention, even when the narrative falls short.

However, the music falls flat, lacking the necessary variety and often failing to set the right mood for the scenes. This inconsistency detracts from the overall immersion, making it harder to connect with the story.

One of the most frustrating aspects is the infrequent and sparse updates. Given the two-month interval between releases, the content provided is disappointingly short. Players are left feeling that their time and patience are not adequately rewarded.

The game's narrative direction has become increasingly problematic. It seems as though the developer has abandoned the original premise, forcing players into situations that contradict their previous choices. This lack of consistency and disregard for player agency is particularly evident in recent updates, where the female main character (FMC) engages in activities that should have been influenced by earlier decisions, such as having sex with her son's friends.

This shift towards a kinetic novel format, where the player has little to no control over the narrative, is disappointing. It reduces the game to a passive experience, removing the sense of investment and consequence that initially made it engaging.

In conclusion, Naughty Neighbours has potential, but it's quickly losing its way. The lack of meaningful choices, sparse updates, and inconsistent music make it a less-than-satisfying experience. I rate this visual novel 2 out of 5 stars, with the hope that future updates can restore its original promise and earn a higher rating.

0.65
The game is somewhat unique but not in a good way.
Its the first time I see project of this size thats being in the development for so long where the player is given so few choices.
You dont get to choose whether MC keeps her bush or its waxed. Author did it for you.
You dont get to choose whether you want to see urination or vomit in the game, author did it for you. So you'd better enjoy it.
Even the main 'choice' of the game, whether to be become naughty is not a choice, not really.
If you don't go for naugthy, theres no alternative route, there's simply less content, or immidiate GAME OVER screen.
First part of the the game you are blueballed like there's no tomorrow, sure there are slowburn novels, and there is teasing, and there is THAT whatever happens in the game
Positive sides:
Models are nice.
If you dont mind that the game is practically a kinetic novel and happen to share author's taste in kinks, it could easily be 5/5 for you.

One of the best games in recent years. It sure takes it's time, but I very much prefer the teasing than when the MC already gets to the main girl after 2 minutes. Lots of attractive models with plenty of characters along the way. Graphics are not on highest level, but better than 90% of the games out there. There is some bit of naughty stuff, but again it takes the slow approach. You can build some stats, but I don't think it affects the gameplay in the long run, however based on your choices you get different scenes short term. There is already a lot of content, with hours of gameplay.
Review based on version 0.59

What I liked:
+ The stated premise, the first day or two seemed promising
+ The models are mostly OK, even if a bit generic looking
+ Susan and Jo's relationship can be a highlight, but only when Jo isn't constantly violating Susan's boundaries
+ The MMF scene with Phil, the husband, was good, but with the way the game is being written I really, really doubt that this will be explored well in the future (Phil getting abused/becoming a sub to Gaz is worst case scenario), so overall kind of mixed feelings

What I didn't like
- The cast of characters is supremely unlikable, everyone is some kind of variation of sex pest-criminal or colossal moron
- Lack of any actual choices or influence on the story progression, the player is railroaded into corrupting Susan (not joining the weird sex cult ends the game early) and the decisions only really start to amount to 'how would you prefer to see Susan assaulted this time' (like in the biker bar where she can refuse the drugs but her drink gets spiked anyway, so what was even the point)
- Large chunks of the game are just very boring, the direction of the story and the scene content is so predictable, and yet it takes forever to get to the point; it's not a slow burn, because there is no actual tension or gradual build up, it's just nothing
- Conversely, the actual corruption happens way too quickly; there's no time to mull over or linger on the big 'milestones' in Susan's development or explore her feelings, so when she joins the sex cult, for example, it doesn't feel like she's actually become adventurous or brave, but rather that she's just getting dragged along wherever the plot needs her;
- Some of the writing, especially at the beginning, is rough, especially the narration; 'Susan sits down, Susan stands up, Susan opens the door', useless descriptions like that that don't communicate anything new that isn't already being displayed on screen
- The actual sex scenes are way too underwritten and brief, (Susan starts masturbating and finishes in just a few lines, for example), and the animations/renders barely carry them.
- Tonally the story is all over the place; the game begins like a bad family sitcom with popcorn hijinks and stinky bathrooms, immediately pivots to very dark themes, like Penny's dad being a violent drunk and domestic abuser (who is implied to have assaulted Penny, too?), and then very casually shows Susan getting raped, twice, in a flashback like it's no big deal; I truly have no idea what the game expects from the player. Are we supposed to begrudgingly want to see Susan abused? Are we supposed to root against the perverts and not want Susan to be corrupted (clearly not)? Why do only some of the male characters face consequences for the shit that they do, but not others? I have absolutely no clue.


Clearly, the game didn't end up being for me. I have to admit that I ended up skipping through the dialogue at the jacuzzi part and the last day because I just hated everyone involved at that point and was now only curious to see if there will be anything at all to catch my attention past this point (seeing as the next day opens with Adam pissing on Susan's face while she is passed out on the bathroom floor, it doesn't feel like I missed much by skipping through), only stopping to skim through the MMF part. And then the game still pulled the usual with the woman saying something like "It's just like we planned" or whatever, which I think is kind of illustrative of my main issue with the game.

Personally, it's just so much more satisfying and, well, hotter when Susan (and now Phil, too, I guess) is the one actively making the choices towards become more sexual and open, like her trying on clothes at the sex shop, watching Jo stream, and Jo teaching her with the dildo/strap-on. But then almost every other scene is just her getting caught in someone else's plan, getting manipulated by guys into doing what they want, being plied with drinks and abused, and overall just having no choice or influence on what happens to her. It's always part of some kind of scheme, and that's just not satisfying at all. Like what's even the point of Adam and Libbie having love points with Susan? It doesn't feel like they care about her at all, there's nothing that sets Adam apart from the dozens of other guys that want to abuse Susan, so why even pretend there's a relationship there?

To reiterate, the cast is just unbelievably unlikeable. All men are pigs that just can't be normal (spying on women, taking secret photos of them, stealing their underwear, molesting, abusing, and raping them), and women are all extremely gullible and only exist to be objectified. At certain points the narration talks about Susan starting to 'wield and control her power over men', but that's just not what happens, at all. There are a select few moments where her and Jo tease men, sure, but control? I don't see any.

Everyone being a giant sexpest-pervert honestly massively validates Susan's original lifestyle of just staying at home and helping the homeless, because truly there isn't a single other member of community that deserves anything beyond prison or death. No idea how she had stayed as she was before the game began, but I guess it's true that the only thing holding men back from harassing women is her husband being around.

+ hubby (MMF) cheating scene
+ not a big fan of "dream" scenes but that gangbang BBC was ok
+ gallery

- forced lesbo stuff.. ugh.. I don't want to see this crap during my playthrough
- idiotic childish situations like one with Adam - instead of devour Susan's pussy he puts a fucking tv remote inside.. wtf.. Grow up
- poorly done straight content. If you somehow survive this yapping and finally get to the lewd action then.. not much happen anyway, if i'm counting right there's 2-3HJ and 1BJ. Worth to mention scenes are short and boring, why there is no passion in them? it's the essence of every AVN! Make them better and LONGER
- wasted potential with biker gang. This whole biker club is one big fucking joke. Dev portrayed them as a bunch of virgins, and leader? You would think he will be a total badass and we got some guy, who looks and behave like puberty teenager
- sending hubby far away from home was a bad decision imo. Thanks to that game immediately become only-NTR. Wasted potential for NTS stuff where couple can explore new things together etc.

Game definitely not for people who expecting good lewd scenes. In the current state avn deserve 2 stars, too many things need to be immproved.. big "revolution" is necessary

Where's the gay content? I was promised gay content but all I got was lesbian... which is not gay, It's Lesbian, with it's own tag, community and everything. I was also promised a Male protagonist which I also really didn't get, just a couple of glimpses at the only traveling husband which feels like could have some gay energy going on but I'm so far in the story with no pay out, instead I'm forced to look at far too many boobs and pussies and straight and lesbian sex that it was really unmotivating. Remove the gay tag cause there is no gay content.

Again, one of the best games of the gender out there. For sure one of the top 15 games ever (in my opinion). And I believe it is just starting. Well done dev for the content and the renders. Everything is just perfect. So much more potential to the story. I will be supporting this game no doubt.

It started out really well with some decent looking cast members with a nice story of a typical US suburban, soccer mom. However after an unbelievably short amount of time, it ends up with the usual women hating, corruption garbage. It then unbelievably falls further, going down the classy route of a woman vomiting in bed. If it had the option of a more realistic route, where she doesn't fall so fast, it would at least gave time for a story to develop and for the characters to be established enough for the reader to care about what happens to her, it would be worth reading on and would at least make some sense. There's no thought by the FMC, no choice to make by the reader, she just jumps in and does, even when it's ridiculous. It goes from normal to degrading exploitation so quickly it's stupid. The husband goes out the door and her personality completely changes. There are people out there who love this stuff but I have no idea why. Such a shame, as it could have been so much more.

FUN!
It's a bit cheesy. Yes, but it's fun and quite cheeky. It doesn't have a good story and feels like a poorly written version of Wife and Mother, but it's more honest, more fun, and less prudish.

What bothers me is that the mother is a bit ugly, but I find that kind of cool. Anyway, I really like this game and recommend it.

some good and some bad
I am following the game based on the few good scenes but I am losing hope.
the game is going too slow and the choices so far do not come out strongly (what is the difference in following one character over the other?! why I lose scenes without any reason?)

I hope I will see improvements over the next few updates

Sometimes good, mostly bad.

The story has a pacing problem, the pace is all over the place. Nothing, nothing, everything at once, nothing.... and so on.

The main character is very chaste but still jumps at every opportunity without a second thought. I have seen light switches with more intelligence than her.

All other characters are horny and rapey dimwits but still they think more than the MC before doing stuff.
None of the characters have redeeming qualities.
I can feel there is a story in there but it's well hidden behind a veil of indecision and bad choices.
If something isn't absolutely paramount for the progress of the story please let the player choose.

The game does not respect the players, there's often no way of opting out of many things so if you play this game you should know that the tags listed are not complete at all.
There's blackmail, cheating, humiliation, maledom, femdom, lesbian sex, NTR and probably more stuff.
None of those are bad but please let the players know and choose.
For example, the MC is involved in unavoidable cum swapping with a girl who sucked off a slimy bastard.
All of this could have been ok if there was a way to avoid it.
Please give us choices that actually make a difference, now you only get an illusion of choice.

Models are ok even though there are plenty of balloon tits that breaks immersion.

This game had a good setup and an interesting premise. The first bit built up a promising foundation with interesting characters and interesting story.
Too bad the foundation was made of milk and crackers. and everything soon started to crack, mold and stink.

I stopped at day 2. Let that sink in. The mom went from complete, almost celibate, prim and proper, housewife to a raging whore in 1 day. It's like something tripped the circuit breaker in her brain.

Graphics: 3/5
Models: 3/5
Scenes: 2/5
Story: It's something...
Gameplay: No

Verdict: Should have been good. Failed.

Graphics: 3/5
Models: 3/5
Scenes: 2/5
Story: 1/5
Gameplay: 3/5

I thought this was gonna be a taboo game with a lot of wallbreaking discoveries and boundaries being pushed. It turned out the develeper has a different sense when it comes to "sexy". How long did it take to make dancing animations or modelling animations at the shop? I can´t even guess but the result has as much contribution to the game as one or two still images.
It could have been amazing, it had the potential at the beginning but now it is a random encounters with random characters and rubbing each other or "hey there is no taboo let me give a quick hj". How or where did it derail is the question I would ask if I was the dev. What is your theme? What are you trying to reach? This is not a slowburn issue. The game has no frame, no sexual tension, no corruption, no discoveries, no boundaries. The milf is already a slut. The girl is already a slut. The kid is generic placeholder. The dad, wtf is that dad even? gay? Bi? Perv? Cuck? No idea, just confusion.
Good luck

v0.57

Graphics: 4/5
Models: 4/5
Scenes: 4/5
Story: 5/5
Gameplay: 3/5

Pleasantly surprised by the product, I started biased reading some reviews.
The story starts and develops very slowly, but with the right choices it turns out to be very interesting and structured. In this regard I would advise the developer to add an optional walkthrough during the choices so as to know what to expect and direct the story where you want, the protagonist's statistics give a general idea but nothing more. Also to add the gallery with the scenes.
However the project is well done and continuing in the story, the scenes become hot (hot tub).
An underrated work that at the moment deserves 4/5 stars, the fifth is to give the right value to ideas like these that are often snubbed.

Started out really well, a story was being set up and I looked forward to each new release. It turned into something very different. MC went from a reserved person to a complete whore in no time. Maybe I'm being to hard on it, I dunno.

Many thanks to the developer for this magnificent game. The presentation is fantastic, the plot is varied and fun, and the updates are something other games don't offer. I think this project deserves more stars than it's been given. Thank you so much for the gift, and may you continue to offer us more. Congratulations!

At first it seemed like it would be a good story, but as time went by I realized that it wasn't, since the game doesn't respect the player's choices. I tried to make some choices to avoid some routes, but the game simply didn't work, and it still threw me into the route. Another thing that really irritates me is the fact that the protagonist is really stupid. Most things could be solved if she used a little of her brain, but even that seems like she doesn't have an example of that. In the scene with the prostitute in the park, if she were smarter she would have gotten out of the situation. Another example is there with Adam when he says he has a problem there. Any mother with common sense if she heard that her son had a health problem would take him to the hospital or the doctor, but the protagonist doesn't. She prefers to let herself be fooled and try to solve the problem herself. This game has other problems, but the stupid protagonist was what really irritated me the most. She's one of the dumbest I've ever seen. The game isn't worth it.

A rather underrated title in my opinion. It is a corruption game and, as such, is not breaking any new ground. There's a milf, a cute daughter, a son (stepson unless you use patch) and a husband. Porn logic abounds, but for what it is it does well.

Positives:

• Good renders. Certainly, of above average quality.
• Overall, good animations. There are a few scattered about that were phoned in, but then some pretty above average animations. Some are almost mini-movies (usually of naked girls dancing.)
• Story with an asterisk. Yeah, porn logic rules, but you have the option of seeing what the husband is up to abroad. I recommend you do so as it adds to the story. There is also a strong hint that the husband and daughter have a special relationship. I assume this will be explored later.
• LIs - mainly the wife, but possibly also the friend next store and daughter. The wife is attractive - large boobs which is typical, but they at least look somewhat realistic. The neighbor is also attractive and more proportional. The daughter is a slender cutie.
• Choices. There are a lot, and they seem to impact the story. For example, you can choose to see more girl-girl content or not. The wife can choose not to be corrupted.
• English is solid.
• For those wondering, the husband here is not a cuck and shows no sign of being one to date. He is not a simp and seems to be active on his own. So, if concerned about NTR - there doesn't seem to be any elements of it yet. (Frankly, I love netorare (not cuck). I'm just placing this here as I know some get their panties in a wad if they think there's NTR in a game.)

Things that make you go hmmm...

• Blue balls. So far, there is a lot of teasing with oral sex only for now. I get it. It is a corruption story, and the Dev wants to string it out. There is a lot of content to date - tease, tease, tease. Yet, the promise of a good payoff down the line is titillating.
• Porn logic. If looking for high literature - this ain't it. This is a corruption fap game. That's it. That might dissuade some, so you are warned.

Overall, in my opinion, this is a bit above average for the genre. There is some intrigue (as to what is going on with husband and daughter) and you can choose to see two tracks - the husband (away in Alaska) and the wife (main storyline.) Blue balls for now but could be an epic fap later. Give it a try.

Well this has good graphics and a really amazing story premise.

BUT......it suffers from a terrible execution.

The detailed story writing is just endless, boring, dribble. This is classic crtl-c VN. The dev is just clearly just dragging this out, rather than building antything meaningful.

No offense dude, but your storytelling sucks, and the graphics can't make up for it.

This is the best game I played so far. Really love the drunk content! The Renders are flawless, the storyline is superbe. Thank you for shareing this gem with us!
I waited patiently for the next update, seeing some teasers on instagram. This really hits the spot.

The renders are not great.
The character's faces are horrible.
The story is dad goes away, so everyone is apparently going to end up fucking with everyone, including strangers apparently now and maybe later on family and neighbors otherwise why have that name for a VN .

There is no build up, it's just choices being obvious enough as to what the consequences will be down the line, when a sex scene finally happens: everyone will fuck everyone with a pulse. MC seems to want to fuck the world not just the neighbors .

While it does remain your choice to do this, it speaks volume about the story's quality later on and flip flopping of said story whatever that maybe as it is hard to gauge what that is at this point

Pretty much everyone's already touching each others one way or another, or sending nudes, with zero build up and the MC is a flat out slut without letting you pick who she wants with a choice at all and when it is their is a illusion of said choice as Dev seems to push things in certain direction . so over half the time you are not given a real choice it is a illusion of it is or get a game over of sorts the other half is simi choices .

I'm also not sure about the MC's actual age, she looks older to me than her said age

i would not recommend as their are a bunch of other VN that are a whole lot better than this .