VN - Ren'Py - Our Red String [Ch. 13.2 Alpha] [Eva Kiss]

Seems like the negative reviews are about the lack of the taboo paths as in GGGB. Of course these games have some mechanics to it, but at heart they are visual novels so these reviews seem to be a judgment on the story itself. Can we assume a food critic doesn't review an Italian restaurant on the metric of whether they serve sushi?

If we make a comparison to film review, is the idea to critique the plot for not having certain elements or is it more fair to evaluate whether the character work and storytelling works to immerse the player in the story. Personally, by the latter standard, this visual novel-especially relatively to other projects on Patreon-is excellent. Not an artist but the artwork and character models also seems above average.

It's game statues system is grearer than I expected.
The story and characters are very interesting.
It is not just sex game.
It is art game.
And the life.
I am waiting the cafe papa boss fuck lena with caring and treating.
And also others characters love, too.

Ok that's one star for me because I know this developer has the skills to create a really really good (and hot) adult VN, but instead what I played extensively the other day has been incredibly disappointing.
From the artistic side? Fantastic. Content wise? Terrible.
First of all, like other reviewers said, it is a huge step down from GGGB because the hottest kinks and situations you could find there (that were already toned down, i.e. the interesting sort of blackmail dramatic situation we see at the start with Wilson will never ever happen again) are being replaced with a "teen soap opera" (quote) which (imo) renders the plot pretty boring (remeber guys that dramatic events are always good in a plot) and as a consequence the sex scenes far less hot\interesting (there's no "buildup", no attachment to them).
And the worst part is that I can't see this trend of "growing plainness" ever changing, even with a third game. And that's a pity, because I love how intricate these stories are from the "roleplaying" perspective. Unfortunately intricate+boring and plain aren't good enough for me.

This is my favorite game.
Art 10 points.
Plot 10 points.
Sexyness 10 points.
Sound 10 points.
Sex scenes 9 points (they are great but maybe some more animation).
Choices 10 points.
Fun 10 points.
10 POINTS!

Yo istg EVAKISS you are a legend or a bunch of legends. The story so far is so free and liberating with proper consequences and deep storylines. Proper to you! I look forward to seeing this develop till the end

oh, my.
Don't understand, why rating is so low. I was expected to see this amazing novel in top list. And what a horrible surprise.
Honestly, i didn't read Your first story ("good girl..") - hard to merge delve into girl-character. But "Our Red Strings" - is just WOW!
Drawings are amazing. I know how hard to draw the same characters from different angles/perspective with different emotions. Plus sex/scenes. Such hard task can break most of the artists. But You're doing it perfect. I'm impressed how You manage with art side of the project.
And the story - uuh)) - You can't imagine how much of time i spent to try different paths. And everytime, my adventure was full of fellings, emotions, thoughts. Caused huge amount of happiness, confusions and suffering by involving me into the story. You opened there dozens of questions which make a lot of pbs in relationsships. I'm very curious, which answers do You have for them. Hard to imagine hor great You see our souls, when You can manage so different and deep characters in one interweaving of destinies.
Thank You very much for this pleasurem which i got. Wish You to achieve all of Your goasl, and meet less as possible "haters")) i'm really shocked by ratings, which some of "members" put for such amazing creation.
The Best and Warmest Regards,

Amaze ballz.

A cute game with socially coherent reactions. Perhaps a bit too socially aware at times, which is its biggest downside. Other than that you get a plethora of choices that are more than "He will remember that", a variety of good sex scenes (though I'd prefer more variety towards BDSM), and solid art.

The writing quality is overall top-notch, a game where you can read everything without feeling the need to skip anything.

Very well written and immensely fun to play, on par with GGB.

The game gives you great freedom in what you choose to do. You can't have everything, but the branching that is there feels natural and organic.

It feels more realistic and less over the top than GGB, although I suppose as the game develops, there will be some more extreme content (there is already a lot of very naughty stuff in there, although nothing like the Arthur/gang GGB storylines).

Both protagonists feel much more mature and in control of their fate, making Ashley appear childish in comparison. This makes them much more relatable for me, although it might be a downside if you're looking for a pure "good-girl-gets-corrupted" style story.

Super sexy storyline and artwork. Gameplay feels very smooth and the choices add a lot of interesting dynamics. I feel like there's a good consistency between your choices and consequences. Like if you flirt with someone then you will reduce the chances with someone else depending on how attached/detached you are. It would be nice with a better overview of how you've performed, what consequences your choices have had (besides skills) and which scenes you have completed/missed. I guess that might also add a bit to the spice, since it's less predictable.

Fun but TAME!

The great thing with GGGB was the variety.
Vanilla, incest, ntr, cuck, cheating, drugs, bullying, lesbian, trans. It was all there. Only thing missing was bestiality and rape to have it all.

Red String so far is incredibly vanilla. Maybe that will change but it's already a long game and there is basically nothing other than cheating/harem.

To be clear:
I'm not saying a game should ever force extreme kinks. But it's so much more interesting if it offers the opportunity.
With GGGB i really felt that my choices mattered because it ranged from vanilla to murder depending on my choices.
Here... well it's a bit more soap opera ish

v.7

Our Red String [the title still intrigues me] is an amazing project... the rich story unravels and surprises, the choices are not only meaningful but often difficult [temptation, huh?] and there is beauty in the detail throughout. But what truly makes this tick is the careful way that each character has been crafted... all of the "cast" are unique and realistic. Fabulous work!

*Spoiler Alert*

I don't normally write reviews but here is my opinion because I do genuinely like this game.

GGGB was a clusterfuck of ball to the wall drug fuelled sex without a coherent plot. And that is ok. It gave you choices on how to impact the story and you the person playing choose whichever path you wanted all if you wanted and tried all of them.

ORS is a different game to GGGB and its main criticisms boil down to:

#1 2 Protagonists which leads to many problems. Go to point three.

#2 Characters are too realistic and people can't connect with them this happens to all Lena Romances a common reacquiring theme in this thread is nobody likes Lenas Romances except Ian and Axel.

#3 There is an Inverse of GGGB on the matter of Choice because of coherent storyline and needing to write romances for 2 protagonists. Instead of saying being able to fuck Emma, Cyndi, Alison, Cherry, Holly and Lena you are forced to choose which path to go down to. Same thing with Lena instead of being able to both bang Louise and Jeremy you are forced to choose.

I like this game and damn I love the art but this is not GGGB and being forced to follow paths I do not know how they will end especially because I wanted to do stuff I do not know the Author Eva will include makes me sad.

3/5 Arbitrary Stars

If the Author Eva reads this. Do what you want you are making this game not me and as I am too poor to even support you I can't make any demands about anything. Also do not take this review as an opinion telling you that ORS is bad its not it is very good but its just not my cup of tea.

Amazing storytelling, likeable characters, a lot of choices, and this is only the beguinning
This game (like GGGB) is a gem.
Personally, i like this one more, because there is a lot of characters that i love (who am i kidding, is mostly because Cindy, i love her!)
Very worth your time

Comparing this game to GGGB, this game lacks the darker theme of GGGB like pornstar, drugslord.
But where this game really shines is its storytelling.
It´s topnotch. You can play both as Ian or Lena giving you both perspectives.

And there is ton of stats to choice to from unlike GGGB which is only good and bad.
This game more in depth choices unlike GGGB.
But perhaps the best part about this game is the more realistic arts, storytelling and settings.

A major step down from Good Girl Gone Bad. In particular it completely lacks the edge and darker material of GGGB. If your preferred routes in the previous game were the incest ones or cucking the boyfriend with his father you'll be disappointed here.

Instead the writing is now that of a teen soap opera. Picture a standard CW drama but with explicit sex scenes and you'll be fairly close to what you can expect out of Our Red String.

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who do enjoy vanilla romance stuff - and for them this game will be perfectly fine - but for me not a single character or scene was particularly interesting.

In general, the characters, situations, events, and overall writing is just far too plain for me.

This is one of the best 2d games i ever played. The plot allow a lot of decisions, the characters can develop their stats in time made by the decisions of the player, which influence the further decisions which can be made. The graphic is very nice and the sex scenes are super hot. The relationsships between the characters are complex like in real life and that makes the story never boring. I really do like the many sidestories beside the main plot. Following this game is more like reading a good book full of unexpected opportunities, which makes the whole game better. Hope to see many more updates here...

So, first of all; this game is ALIVE. I have a lot of favourites out there but this game is something different. This IS a choice based game. You can play however you want. You can go after from a lot of characters and you can just ignore others.

Everyone is talking about the artistic side of this game so I won't however I must say that I am in love with the design and the visuals. Apart from other things, When I was playing this; I was the main character. I felt it. I felt all the emotions of Ian and Lena.

This game has so much plots, characters, dynamics so there is so much potential. I hope that Dev will complete this game with this quality. Congrats and thank you, this game is amazing.

If i had to define Our Red String with one word it would be FREEDOM, as Ian or Lena you can choose who to pursue, and who to turn down, as an example i just finished v.06 Final, and as Lena i turned down ALL the guys,ALL OF THEM, except Ian who is the only likeable dude, maybe because i control him?, again as Lena i turned down all the "slut" content she could have,that cut her screen time in more than half but i don't care because this is MY red string so i will shape as i see fit, so as Lena i am only after Ian and some girl x girl content, and as Ian i liked all the girls so i let him bang them all in multiple saves of course. Your decisions matter and impact the story and the relationships you are trying to build, kinda like in a D&D game, the artwork is gorgeous the story is nice, the soundtrack is good, so i advise to give this one a chance, i never played a VN where i had so much control as i have here,this one is a must play in my opinion

I tried the first game and it wasn't really to my personal tastes. It took me a while to buy in to this game but once I downloaded I was immediately taken. The developer has done a great job on using what they learned to improve their game, and I can say without a doubt this is a true masterpiece.

Both of the main characters are likeable while those around them are often not - but not in a way that detracts from the player's enjoyment. The UI and gameplay mechanics are nice, significant but not too over the top. Great balance there.

The dialogue writing is quite good; but where this game truly shines is the story writing, the different progressions with the characters is all very nicely planned out. While at first the transition between protagonists was jarring, you get used to it quickly and it is done elegantly enough to avoid
breaking immersion. Plus it opens up possibilities by allowing the author to foreshadow future events and play around with that whole aspect. Pacing feels very nice, and it seems like the development team are really good at communication and updating fast.

I don't typically review games, especially not incomplete ones, but I'll have to make an exception for this outstanding game. A commendable achievement and in my opinion the best visual novel on the site.

Dual protagonist adult VN with a variety of characters to pursue as well as the main relationship that's intended by the story.

The art is distinct, dialogue and story are great, and characters have unique personalities. Multiple playthroughs are necessary to see all the content because choices branch significantly.

The balance is in favor of story but there are hot scenes each update.

One quibble is that the female love interests generally have more appealing personalities than most of the male love interests who tend to be jerks. Still an excellent game but there's a bit of an imbalance depending on what kind of relationships you want to build in the game.