VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Off the Record [v0.4.2] [deadbeat]

This game is pretty decent and it is a pitty it is abandoned. It would deserve at least the endings. And also more development of the story.
Graphics: 4/5
Renders: 4/5
Hot female: 3/5
Fetish: 2/5
Clothes&Lingerie: 3/5
Animations: 2/5
Story: 3/5
Gameflow: 3/5
Amount of content: 3/5

When I first played this VN it had already become one of my favorites of all time.

Over two years later I still think it holds up as one of the best looking games in terms of the models/renders and certainly it was STANDOUT in its numerous animations, which are incredibly smooth and natural looking. Its probably the best you could possibly do in DAZ, I've only seen better in Blender.

Sad to read the news about the dev. I hope all is as well as it could be given his situation.

Lots of potential here. Starts a little slow, but once it gets going, it's fun it's well written. There are funny scenarios, there's solid dialogue with the love interests,

It starts off rough renderwise, like all VNs. However, the sex animation in this one improves drastically and is quite impressive.

Not clear yet how this VN will land story wise. There's not a lot of complexity, and it hops from one event with a girl to the next. There's a story event in the game that sort of changes it up a bit.

Not alot of interactive elements. There's replayability as you get some control on who you want to see over another girl.

This one felt like a fresh air of breath for me not because of the story, but mainly because of the diverse looking cast especially the LIs. It certainly helps that they also have distinct characteristic traits. The story is good and it's that idea of finding oneself and enjoying life as the protagonist starts his new journey developing new relationships along the way. The rendering and animations we get here is amazingly done and one of the best. Tho I didn't like the over graininess/noise on the characters skin on some frames. The music is nicely done too. Looks like the Dev has a theme going on with inserting his avatar in the game and I also loved the protagonist's imaginary friend Matt in the flashbacks.

Overall, a really enjoyable game with distinct character models and amazing animations, looking forward to the next update.(Btw who tf slaps a hooker near to death during sex...that's taking the term 'punish me daddy' to another level).

Version Played: 0.4.2
Time Played: 3 hours. Reached end of content. Did not go back to try to get different scenes. DID use mod to unlock gallery.

I think this was just another case of refreshing the "Latest" feed one night and downloading the game since the screens were appealing to me and the overall review score was very high. I was struck by the quality renders and attention to detail. While I generally find HS hotter on the whole, when time and effort are put into DAZ3D renders, they're really hard to beat. I also found the initial narrative setup intriguing because, it do be like that sometimes--you just want to see what's out there and you know that wherever you are isn't where you want to be.

Things start out pretty damned well for our MC and his new adventures till they take a turn for the weird. Seriously, the game has this whiplash narrative moment and, as of this build, nothing's really come of it. I'm new to the game from this build, but poking around, it doesn't seem that updates are all that frequent. Also, the end of content is pretty abrupt...

Positives
+ Super hot girls with appearances and personalities for everyone
+ Intriguing story
+ Decent amount of teasing:sex ratio for the game's length

Neutral
= Pretty typical harem game in the "MC's dick saves lives" vein (heh). This is generally a negative for me, but I do like the fact that there are stakes and that the MC has some charisma and redeeming qualities.

Negatives
- Narrative take a unexpected turn that might not appeal to those who prefer light and breezy
- Content ends right when it's getting good
- Could really use a proof by a native english speaker since some of the lines land poorly or are humorous when they're not trying to be

Overall, I appreciate the amount of work that's been put in the game. It seems like the dev isn't going to let you have your cake and eat it too in terms of harem. While the girls are all into you the choices are pretty clear for each one and that they might preclude routes with others. That's all fine and well and certainly gets me excited for the future, but my main concern is that the dev might have bitten off more than they can chew in terms of scale (all the more so if there are unique routes per main LI), so here's hoping they can pull this off.

Note to devs: Best of luck to you on the project! I hope that you can maintain a consistent schedule and know when to adjust content to hit your goals.

This one's a keeper.

From great writing, to well-chosen character models, to quality renders...this one covers all the bases for me.

I will flesh this review out a bit more later, but a few standout items:

• Each lady seems to have been crafted with an ample pair of tits in mind. I appreciate this on a personal level.
  • I'm less keen on Mi Sun or whatever her name is, though she is fun.
  • The stripper-turned-lingerie clerk is exceptionally hot, but I think she could be prettier
• Holy shit, the landlady...
• Each character has their own, unique personality and is well written.
• Story has a good pace. I don't feel like we're tipping the scales in favor of a slow burn nor pure lewd.
• The dialog is actually not trash. I'm pretty sure it's ESL? Still, it's passable and not provoking of constant eye rolling.

Would recommend if you value good models/assets/textures/renders, a decent story, and wish to indulge a number of popular fetishes.

I really enjoyed the game. I thought it was well made with good renders and H-scenes. Some silly plots with the landlady and stripclub. I think it would've been more realistic for the MC to be unable to pay rather than the landlady seeking out for other forms of payment, although there seems to be more to her character than we've seen so far so maybe it will make sense. The stripclub stuff was kind of unrealistic / far fetched in my opinion, I think that could've been done a lot differently. Maybe the MC drinks a bit too much, gets a dance / extra services and doesn't have the money to pay, strip club owner walks in on him and then the rest of the plot could play out.

My only real issue with the game is the lack of content, it felt like as soon as it was getting really good it was over. Considering the game is nearly 2 years old I would've thought there would be much more content. There's also a lot of filler dialog which doesn't really contribute to the story an awful lot too, thankfully it's quite easy to notice this and skip through it, and the back button is there in case you accidentally skip too much and miss something that was important.

Overall a good game and will revisit it at some point after a few updates. 4/5.

Love the girls, love the scenes. I hope there will be some repeat factor, like visiting them whenever for repeat fucking but don't know if that's in the cards. I am enjoying it immensely nonetheless.
I hope though that the random girls that you have to hook up with outside of the main girls aren't just one's and done's since the the first already captured me with her scenes. Especially since we didn't get to enjoy her awesome tits.

In my opinion this game has the best and most diverse girls on this site. Really quality work from the dev into this game so far. The story is your standard stuff so far but this games animations and renders for a unique looking cast really put it into a top tier for me. Updates are also coming out at a solid pace for the quality. Hope it keeps it up.

Love it. Yes it has a lobg way to go in terms of story and content, but whats there (I guess about 1.5h of gameplay) is great. Meaningful choices, hot, sweet girls, likeable, story is somehow believeable (I mean its a porn game after all)!keep it up and I would love to see some kink build in later. Misu with the choking kink is a good start!

One fucking hell of a game! I LOVE it!
Story is the best I've seen so far. Dream scenes are well thought, character writing is AWESOME, story flow is exceptional! I actually liked where the plot goes (you know what I mean, stripper club) because I wonder how our mc will manage out the situation, and I wonder the possibility of choices we could get in the future. This will be one of my favourites! Good job!

Another game that has incredible graphics but also incredibly boring story and characters. The mc is a little bit of a blank slate which i like becuase means that i can immerse myself into him. The girls are hot even though it feels like i ave seen most of the million times before.

This is a great game!! Though the dev probably planned for the "incident" to be the crux of the story, I can't help but feel it'll be nice to just live life daily with the girls. Not gonna lie, the scene hit me quite hard. I assume that was meant to be the point.

But seriously, everything about the game, says 5*. What separates a great game from a good game here is usually the story. And with that, any self respecting writer usually makes it a slow burn, more so than not. To progress and build up the stories and characters.
Yet this game manages to include early as well as multiple lewd scenes, without compromising the story, as well as give each LI a distinct personality and backstory. That's honestly impressive, the flashbacks both gives sexytimes and give an insight on past happenings to provide depth.

For those on the fence on whether to try this, yes it is a "stupid harem" where girls just fall on MC's dick more often than not. But it's very well executed, definitely a must-try.


Looking forward to more!

This is a suprisingly good game
The sex scenes and animations are incredible
Plot is quite interesting to follow and girls are pretty unique
Although i am a little bored with harem type games where there is 10 thousands horny single girls around mc who fall in love with him

A very good game especially sex animations one of the best I've seen, and a fairly good plot, which clearly stands out against the background of plots where the parents of the protagonist had an accident and others like that.

The picture is amazing. The prelude to the story as well as the characters are quite interesting. A main character who starts on a bad slope. This game has a lot of potential, however the workload to come seems very important for a single developer.

Pretty great renders, sex scenes, pacing, etc.
It's nice how the models aren't the typical familiar faces and bimbos, it's got some nice variety for once. The MILFs are particularly nice.
The story is surprisingly competent and interesting. Wasn't expecting that after the first parts!
Looking forward to more content like this!

A breath of fresh air.

Nice cast of fleshed out and endearing characters, mature relationships, good amount of spicy scenes and overall great writing. It's really refreshing to find a game that diverge from landlady incestfest.

Models are not the same that we see all the time, diverse and each attractive in their own way. Some early skins renders have a uncanny amout of texture, it gets a lot better later.

Animations are pretty good, while a bit short you can tell that thought has been given regarding framing and expressions, which is in my opinion what will differentiate mechanical loops from ones that will get your blood pumping.


Thanks for the great game ddeadbeat, will look forward the next updates.

[v0.4.1]
Colour me impressed, even though most girl models are peculiar they're extremely hot and in a way more appealing than most models seen in other DAZ games where we're seeing the same variations over and over. I'm honestly surprised that they look so sexy despite the fact that my initial impression wasn't too good. A perfect example of "don't judge a book by its cover".

Don't get me wrong, the women here are beautiful (and they grew on me really fast) but in a way more realistic (so they don't have impossible body shapes, e.g. huge boobs but thin as a stick) and later on we can meet some extremely hot babes that you would normally expect so everyone should be satisfied in the end.

Another huge advantage this game has over other erotic games is great writing which is essential for a VN (even erotic one). The plot is non-standard, characters are extremely well written and act accordingly to our behaviour (and choices, which are plenty in the game AND meaningful ), there is some humour here and all in all it's hard to find such good dialogues anywhere else.

Pros:
+ Sexy women, great sex scenes, a plethora of fuckable women.
+ Non standard plot and great writing with very good pace of the story.
+ Extremely well written characters where women don't jump on us just because we're MC in a porn game.
+ Models are unique for the most part but still very attractive and if that wasn't enough later on we can meet some more standard beauties.
+ Many meaningful options and choices that have real consequences.

Cons:
- Very rarely a fake choice will appear (so no matter what we choose the end result will be the same), at the moment I can think about one such occurrence.

All in all it's an almost perfect game, definitely one of my favourites and a very pleasant surprise because at first I didn't like the models too much (but only at the very start). So if you're hesitant about starting this game because you think women aren't that attractive I encourage you to reconsider and play the game, they might grow on you too.

10/10 game IMO.

Excellent story, very spice . Characters are so adorable and sexy,graphics and animations are magnificent. I see mother daughter story upcoming with one of characters ,that could be great. Keep it interesting and try to make a bit longer updates in future. Make us play it a bit longer....Very good detailing and interaction. When you finish this game, i am expecting Off the record part 2. There is a lot of posibilities here, a lot of new stories can be create.