I'm not all the way through but I felt like it deserved a review. I'm usually only interested in a main few characters, but No More Money has me interested in most or even all which is rare. Most of the time things aren't too over the top and believable (besides his job), though some dialogue can be cheesy. This VN has some quality relationship building too.
VN - Ren'Py - No More Money [v3.5.1 S3 Ep.5 GE] [RoyalCandy]
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JumboSalami
What a great game. It's always nice to see this level of quality and polish on a title.
The characters and quality of writing are what really push this one over the edge. Both are great. Still, the visuals (both still renders and animation) are pretty top-notch.
I really recommend this game. Eager to follow it as it continues development. -
amBest
This might be a bit of a premature review, since I'm going slowly through the game. It will take me a week to get to the current day. But I did a fast-forward through the game just to see if there will be fucking, and yes, perverse inbreeding is on the board.
Even better, awkward family interactions while half naked inbreeding. So, even without reading a word, it LOOKS perfect.
Then, I started reading the sotry, and MAH GAWD! There's a backstory. There's wants and needs. There's a family dynamic. There's tension and complex feelings. There's cucking your dad, which in my book, you can never go wrong with.
But I can't overstate this enough. The dialogue is, while not phenomenla never before seen, it is honestly great at times. When the MC is talking to his sister, the writing REALLY shines.
But, you know. It's a fuckfest porn game. Don't expect stellar dialogue across the board. The mom stuff is forced, because it's hard not to force such an odd pairing. Her sheer thirst for MC tho, that I love.
The dialogue with random hoes is kinda bad, cuz honestly they are just window dressing.
But where the game NEEDS to shine, which is sexual inuendo but not overtly perverse family banter, then it kicks into high gear. You can tell that they're a family. You can tell that they're friends, you can tell that they like eachoter, and you can tell that they wanna lick eachother's asshole, if given the chance. I personally call that perfection.
Then you have a date with some side hoe, it's okay. But you're there just to get your dick wet. Then you come back home and start bantering with your sister. And it's honestly fun! It makes burring your cock in her asshole that much better.
I wish the game were more focused, just the family eleemts, no side hoes. Or a more solid performance across the board at least. But eh. I'll take what I can get.
Worth your time.
EDIT: I still like the game a lot, but I spoke too soon. S2E1 kinda jumps the shark a bit. -
succuk
Pretty bad game for me. 20 yo man who can handle everything. Same mom/sis bullshit, trying clothes, seeing naked at the bath. Just pfff. Same boring dialogues, same pickup lines, no actual choices. And the most awful thing in this game is when MC has boner, its peeking out of what he wear. Renders and graphics are okay. -
Angelray
I like the visual: the girls are absolutely beautiful, as is the graphical aspect of this game: very good looking and with a lot of details.
The pacing is good in game, with elipses to justify the evolution of mentalities and relationships, and avoid the "one week later, it was fuckfest" issue in other games.
The plot is interesting even if very previsible. I'm looking forward for anything which come next because what I played (v3.3.1.) was very likeable.
The first girlfriend is the girl with whom I have had the most problem, not because of ther temper or personality, but her face. Since s2 it feels a bit better but it's still the least beautiful to me... which is quite saying something as she is a very gorgeous girl. -
tonyfff
Absolutely splendid! This novel serves as a textbook example of a 'slow burner', its storyline, narrative pacing, and emotional groundwork rank among the finest on this forum — I dare say, without equivocation, they are the finest. The author of AWAM ought to learn a thing or two about spinning an engaging erotic stories. -
dan_roger69
One of the best games I have come across. The humor in the game is amazing. I had such a laugh playing this game. Spent almost a day playing the Real Estate Agent route. Now I can't wait for the next update.
Looking forward to the next update. Great work @royalcandy -
Tokenugget
It's a really good game. Beautiful renders, hot women, great music. I enjoyed it.
My only complaint would be the MCs dialogue. He's pretty much a rapid fire of cheesy, but sometimes clever, pick up lines. It comes on too thick many times, though.. It's like a pick-up artists trainer. The MC almost never comes off as a serious person and it's kind of nonsense. But the interactions with the MCs mom and sis are well done for the most part. That's the best part of the game when the MC interacts with his Mom, and sis especially. Most of the rest is just to cheesy,. Little repeatability but still good for one play through. -
Revolving Mania
I really wanted to like this. The renders look incredible and the music is on point, but it falls flat on many aspects such as the story, the characters and the choices. The characters are pretty one-dimensional, they have one trait that sets them apart and that's it. There are a few exempted from this like Lauren, Lisa and Bea, but they have too little content. Most of the content is on the mom, who is just a mother conflicted for having feelings for her son, there is not much more to her. Then there's the bratty little sister, which is probably this AVN's biggest downfall.
To get on the little sister's route, you have to make a fool of yourself by choice. This also ties into the aspect of choices. You do not have much control over the MC's actions, but when you do get to make choices, you have to either make a fool of yourself out of your own will or make some kind of creepy choice. If you end up on the little sister's route, you have to allow her to do whatever she wants with you, fall for her every scheme and let her blue ball the MC every single time. Basically, there is only one route, one story. There are right and "wrong" choices. If you do not play the way the dev wants you to, you will miss out on content.
The dialogue is also incredibly repetitive. Every family interaction is just a never-ending string of banter that mostly revolves around teasing the MC. There are a few rare exceptions where the little sister or the mom are on the receiving end, but it's mostly the MC who will look like a fool one way or another.
Lastly, there is the MC, and it's hard to say anything about him. The only thing that stands out about him is his ability to brush off his own embarrassments like it was nothing. He doesn't mind, he never gets angry and the next moment he forgets about it. He lets the little sister get away with just about anything, which I suppose is a way to show their sibling bonds, but she is far too annoying for me to care. Aside from that, the MC is pretty much just a blank canvas. He does nothing worthwhile and his thoughts are predictable. I say he never shows emotions apart from being embarrassed for two seconds because he can't go for two seconds without getting a boner.
That's nothing we haven't seen before, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars which signifies "average" here, but mostly because of the music and the renders that honestly look incredible, but what good are these renders if the story is so mediocre? -
Michel Mak
I pulled with this game for a long time. I watched Demo about 2 years ago - I liked it.
But updates were released very slowly, that I already forgot who these female employers were, which one to go to, which girl to start romances with, why it’s impossible with both, etc.
Therefore, I took a break for a year.
Now I look - everything has changed. And it became very interesting. Animation of sex more "alive".
Good luck and thanks to the author. -
elboWarrior
As a pure CG gallery, it works. Renders are good (some mistakes with clothing and gravity but a fine job otherwise).
If you're interested in plot development, believable character interaction, dialogues, etc. Pass your way.
1. The MC is a Gary Sue trough and through. 20 yo, can do anything, gets entangled in criminal activities with people he doesn't know, yet always feel sure of himself and in control (nightclub job)
2. Old school white knighting and misogyny everywhere. Girls stay home, are only useful for getting pampered and fucked while the MC is the only active protagonist.
3. Panorama shots. Stop with that stupid thing! One or two is good, but know half the images! If you click during the panning, you miss the image. It adds nothing, it's distracting and it robs the player of its agency by preventing them to advance and skip image when they want.