VN - Unity - Out of Touch! [v3.36] [Story Anon]

Review for V2.57
I started playing this and I thought. Well this is going to be four stars probably, good graphics but not a very good storyline. The girls already liked the MC and it felt very sad all the time. But then Chad f*cking Thunderc*ck joined the chat and I absolutely lost it. It felt like I finally found my purpose in life, lol.

Jokes aside though, the dev actually did a very smart thing. I absolutely lmfao which just created a light situation in all the gloominess. Besides, it also shows that the story/dialogue isnt necessarily serious which makes me accept the harem theme way more. If you want to make a realistic game in western/modern society with harem it just doesn't work. It is always cringe, but this way I accept it because it is not meant to be taken serious. It is entertainment which is brilliant.

Great use of music btw, it really enhanced the absurdity the situation which made it even more funny. Im not even done playing and this game already deserves five stars.

Out of Touch is a truly wonderful story. It's a spiritual journey that'll make you feel all kinds of things. The ultimate fantasy that isn't afraid to explore the depths of horror and the heights of ecstasy. Play it, love it, try not to let it ruin your sleep schedule.

I am shocked. I have seen Out of Touch (OoT) in the recently updated list for years, I passed over it on the assumption I wouldn’t find it interesting nor enjoyable. I was dead fucking wrong.

If you tick any of these types I think you’d enjoy Out of Touch

• You enjoy having your heartstrings pulled on and rewarded. There are sad and stressful moments, but a happy and heartfelt solution is always reached eventually. I’m usually a stone golem when it comes to these things, but OoT made me feel things.
• You like a game with a unique story, something that leaves you theorizing about the lore and universe afterwards. It is so intricate and deep that your mind can't help but make up theories, and with OoT's track record no theory is too crazy.
• You appreciate a game with effort and detail. There is subtle foreshadowing littered through the early chapters for later plot reveals. For example, a part of Chapter 2 foreshadows a major event 35 chapters later. You only really pick up on this stuff on a second playthrough, but the amount of pre-planning that must have been done is ridiculous.
• You want a lot of content, OoT currently has 30,000 renders, 300,000 words, 38 chapters and about 30 hours of content. Usually, in this situation I’d expect any quality to have been replaced by the quantity, but every chapter so far has been better than the last.
• You love a game where the characters love each other as much as the MC. OoT is a harem game but the more accurate definition would be a polycule, it's impossible to not feel the love and care between the girls in their interactions.

Now I wouldn’t recommend OoT if you want to…

• Play purely for wank material. It does have wank material, and it's good, but the game isn't designed to be 100% played with your dick in your hand. The plot doesn’t have sex scenes for the sake of having sex scenes, every sex scene feels like it’s contributing to the character development or plot, which is something I’m not used to but found myself appreciating. Sex scenes are back loaded with the first appearing in chapter 7, and then becoming commonplace only after 29.
• Or if you want massively branching storylines. It is an intense and intricate narrative that you are experiencing rather than necessarily guiding. There are choices but their effects are rather subtle and you might not notice them on a casual playthrough.

My advice to a first-time player would be...
Give it a chance and some goodwill that its quality and intensity increase exponentially as it goes on. If you’re getting bored because it feels like a slice-of-life game, you’re still only in the first 15% so give it a little longer. It doesn't reveal it's biggest or best secrets in the first 15 minutes

10/10 - solidly in my top 3 now, potentially taking the crown

Came for the Lewds, Fell in love with the story. Although there are many games here, these are the characters that I can actually say I care most about. When Khoine put her hand clear through Vic's chest, I about had a heart attack.

A masterpiece !
A psychedelic trip with a very interesting lore (with many supernatural stuff, time shenanigans,...) that is introduced slowly, but with a lot of foreshadowing.... once you will have played it once, you will want to replay it again and again to catch all those hints ! The sex scenes are late to come because they always fit in the history and make it advance, but when they come that does strengthen massively their impact, and they are absolutely amazing.
A main theme of the game is about overcoming one's traumas. So it's an emotional rollercoaster, but in a very healthy way because, how dark some passages may be - and God now some are dark - at the end of the way there is always light at the end of the tunnel, and some characters we begin hating the most finish being the most lovable once they have overcomed the traumas that made them act so badly... The MC is a very wholesome and caring person, who always see the best in everyone, and will always put the others ones good before his, willing to take the worst risks to save them, in all the acceptations of this word... And the art ! It begin as very, very good... but the author goes on learning as the game progress, and the progression is awesome, the last chapters are really, visually speaking, a masterpiece ! But this is not only the case for the visual aspect, it's the only word I can find to describe this game :

A masterpiece !

I think everyone should try this game with the forewarning that it might not be for them. So many people I've spoken to about this game would never have predicted they would love it, yet they find themselves totally obsessed with it. Sometimes people just don't like Koi. Sometimes people prefer stories that get to the sex faster, or at least sprinkle it in earlier. Some people don't like the kinetic novel format. Yet I've talked to many people that have had these opinions and yet count themselves fans, or converts.


Story - prepare to go on an epic journey here, and I mean epic in the sense that it is highly ambitious and has a lot of story to tell. But rest assured your in good hands. The dev knows where he's going. Stuff is planned. Things are properly foreshadowed. I've seen so many games where the author writes some sort of fantasy save-the-world stuff into his game and then introduces so many nonsensical concepts that nothing feels grounded, or has no plan where to go and writes himself into a corner. That's not happening here. You're in the hands of a capable storyteller and he will rip your heart out and put it back together better than before in the best possible way.

Characters - What can I say here? It is hard not to fall in love with each and every character. Despite the large cast of characters they all get adequate attention and development. And they don't *stop* developing as new characters get the focus, which is a problem for so many games. Oh, and the villains are incredibly entertaining.

Visuals - This game is gorgeous to look at. None of this pov-staring into a koi model's face while their mouth moves with the dialogue. It feels more like reading a comic where the view shifts to the speaker and to focus on reactions, expressions, and emotions. The action sequences are beautiful and suitably jaw-dropping, and there is great use of visual transitions and effects. The kinetic novel format is fully leveraged here.

Music and Sound Design - its amazing. The dev has licensed a ton of great music to add atmosphere, as well as commissioned original tracks for many of the characters and scenes. You're more likely to hear a song you'd actually listen to voluntarily than a track you've already heard in a dozen erotic games already.

Stuff you should know:
- game is mostly a kinetic novel with some conversation trees and the occasional pop up choice. There's a jrpg style combat section at some point but this is currently a skippable prototype.
- The story is told not from a single perspective but from the perspective of the ensemble cast of main characters
- you cannot rename the male lead
- the lewds are not animated
- the first half of the game is almost devoid of lewd content (and the later half is stuffed with psychedelic kinky group sex that hits hard)

I would encourage anyone to try this game, and at least get to chapter 2 or 3. Chances are by then you'll either be completely hooked or know that you aren't.

Consistently well written original story, with thoughtful character design and theming. Story Anon does a great job of capturing and channeling the ambience of 80s modern retro media. Visual storytelling is second to none. You don't see many creators putting anywhere near this much thought or effort into staging, blocking, or lighting. It's really impressive how Anon manages to put so much work forth and have it come off this naturally. Just lovely.

If you had to boil Out of Touch down into a single word, it would be unabashed.

Out of Touch is unabashedly melodramatic.
Out of Touch is unabashedly garish in it’s aesthetic.
Out of Touch is unabashedly convoluted.

Those all might sound like negatives, but they’re not. I mean them in the best way possible.

I genuinely adore Out of Touch for all it’s outlandish flourishes and overflowing sentimentality. I love how it’s equal parts earnest and absurd. I love how it combines elements of comedy, slice-of-life, horror, action, romance, anxiety ridden psycho-babble, and schmaltzy power-of-friendship bullshit into an uncanny blend of what-the-hell-did-I-just-experience storytelling. I adore how it’s intricately folded plot makes you feel lost sometimes, forcing you to go back and re-interpret sections, and somehow has you buying into the fever-dream it’s peddling – and at the same time, none of those intricacies matter. At it’s core, it’s a story about a group of friends and their goodwill, support, and acceptance of each other that resonates strongly.

To be frank, Out of Touch is by no means the type of story I seek out or typically enjoy. It’s emotional cues aren’t really what I go for. I’m a porn guy. It’s an enigma to me why I’ve fallen in love with it as I have, other than it clearly and confidently comes from a place of love, made with the type of passion I only wish I could find kinship with.

There’s obvious technical aspects to be lauded. The character dialogue is rich, the music kicks ass, the visuals are cinematic. It’s a unique and ambitious story, with well-timed plot beats that form satisfying individual arcs that work toward a bigger picture. In the current WEG climate, it would be a cut above most just for having a plan, but then StoryAnon has the audacity (and mental illness) to execute an outrageous story thoroughly and assuredly.

Above all, the greatest thing I can personally say about it is this: Out of Touch takes me back to when I first started reading visual novels more than a decade ago, when I exuberantly believed in the format as a storytelling medium. I love that feeling.

To me, Out of Touch is unabashedly a joy to read.

Review of 2.50 Public

I really don't get the appeal.

The entire intro is so confusing and boring, and the actual story consists of bland drama with a boring supernatural layer.
I probably pushed through too far hoping it would get good later on, but it's just more of the same the entire time.

Then it also manages to somehow combine the worst aspects of a kinetic novel, a normal vn and sandbox game by not offering you real choices, just offering you pointless buttons to go look for someone in different locations and offering you a talk button when you are alone. All these actions also have to be performed, so the buttons only offer the illusion of choice.

I wish I looked through the negative reviews before trying it out, and my recommendation is to look elsewhere, this wasn't worth it at all.

Im out of words.

I will be honest. Im not a visual novel dude. I hate adult games without proper sex animations, sounds etc. I like solving puzzles, foreseeing difficult and usually nonesense choice options. I wanna play a game with good adult scenes dammit, not a fucking novel. Every single of visual novels i tried, couldnt play more than 2 fucking hours coz how much boring and cliche shit they did contain. Belive me ppl, i tried to play sooooo many VN's before but hated every fucking single one of them.

But with this game, i didnt care. Theres a single resentment i have about this game. THE TIME I WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR MORE CONTENT.

There were sex scenes in this game. Never even thought about fapping. Those were not animated, very few scenes compared to the size of the game. But still, i didnt care. Gave over 40 hours of my life to this game with only a single flaw which i stated earlier. Cannot wait this amazing story to end. What was the word in Japan? Like the evil antoganists always say while they lick their lips in awe to the power level to our gallant protoganist? Yeah, SUBARASHIIIIII.

This man should be a novel author. Very successfull one. A world-wide writer. I truly wish i could support you. Im sorry, my friend. I truly am.

Rating: 4/5
Review as of v2.50 Public

Out of Touch is a top game on this site and merits greater following than it currently receives. Story Anon has triumphed in creating a game of quality to which most devs aspire and few attain. If you are reading this review to decide whether to play this game, let me say up front - put aside those doubts and give it a go. Now, onto the breakdown (spoilers ahead):

Very corny writing a lot of the time, but story seems intriguing enough to power through the cheesy moments (which are almost non-stop).
Good variety in models, though some of them have that hilariously-proportioned ass/tits thing that is a bit over the top.
Having to click through fades and wait is pretty annoying.
Music's good.
Characters are at least unique and distinct enough.

I really, really can't emphasize the cheesiness of the writing enough, though. I can only play this in small bursts before I need to take a break.

I'd probably up this to a 4 if the transitions didn't take so fucking long, too. They're annoying in that it takes so much clicking to just get through a small scene where the camera angle changes 20 times. If I could click through at my own pace, I'd actually care more for the story and dialogue

I admit. I went into this game a little skeptical at first. I've only been a part of this community for a few months now, and I have to say. This game got me hooked.

This author knew what he was doing when he wrote the story, If you can pay attention to even the smallest detail, you'll know that all of this has been thought out beforehand. Nothing seems to be forgotten or Deus Ex Machina'd in.

Each character feels like an individual person. Sure, you have your tropes, but each character is their own person around these tropes. Each one has its own strengths, weaknesses, and flaws. I wouldn't be surprised if the author took inspiration from these characters in their own personal life.

The mood of the story shifts slowly through its multiple genres, but never fully drops any of them. You have your comedy, action, romance, and (light) psychological horror. These shifts never seem too jarring, except for a comedical-butt-in, but that's the point of comedy.

The sexual part of the game is not overstated. This feels more like romance eroge than porn eroge if you know what I mean. Could there be more without compromising anything? Yes, but I think the author truly means to let this be a slow burn, and I love it.

Story: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Genre: 4/5 (not really into the horror stuff)
Sex: 4/5

Once this project is revealed in its final form, I will come back and update it. 4/5 stars due to mostly my own personal preference and that it's not finished. Keep up the great work!

Out of Touch is an amazing game. I've only started just 3 days ago and I am completely sold. I know that Koikatsu is probably not something that people usually prefer but the story of this game is just simply amazing. Now if you are a Koikatsu enjoyer then I do also have to add that the visual is very pleasing as well. Overall, I highly recommend this for everyone.

Koikatsu might not be to everyone’s taste in terms of art style, but even if that’s the case for you, I’d still strongly encourage you to give this game a try.

I’ve played most of the biggest games on this site, andOut of Touch absolutely stands up to the best of them.

In terms of character, this is one of, if not THE, best game on this website. Every single character is different, nuanced, and has their own agency within the story

As for story, I’d put it on the same level, it’s interesting, different and perhaps most impressively, the harem feels natural. Most games, you have to suspend your disbelief in order to buy that one guy could be with all those girls, but with OoT, it feels like it couldn’t possibly have been any other way, every single member of the harem needs to be there or something feels missing.

For me, the biggest fault of the game is in its gameplay. I think it should really just have been a renpy VN, but maybe I’ll be proven wrong when the combat system is fully enabled.

Overall though, that fault doesn’t detract enough from the experience for me to give this game any less than five stars and recommend that everyone give it a try

The best visual novel I've ever played, hands down. I've played a lot of games like this, but this one is special. The story had me on the edge of my seat the entire time, the soundtrack has some of the best music I've heard in years, the characters are all deep and loveable, every single one.

The game makes a joke at one point, saying that it's emotionally manipulative and I laughed so hard because it is, but it manipulated me to be happy, which was something I was struggling with for some time. It might not change your life like it did for me, but you are doing yourself a disservice if you do not pick up and play this game. This game does have some very very nice sex scenes, but at that point, I cared more about the characters.

It's light hearted, heartfelt and heart racing, and still has heart to spare. I love this game, CJ and all the girls. Thank you Story Anon for this wonderful experience.

I accidentally ignored this game for quite a while but I am glad that I finally got into it. I have been quickly pulled in and I never want to leave. It's awesome. The story is awesome. The girls are awesome. The music is awesome. The lore is awesome. It's just all around fantastic.

I've gone through a lot of these games just detached and not caring at all, but this one... this one fucking pulled me in hard and I just care about and love almost every character in the game.

This is as of version 2.45 chapter 36.

Holy shit where do I begin. This is probably one of the best VN's I have ever played on this site...and it all with koikatsu models! Each character is fleshed out in a magnificent way, I dont know if all the backgrounds and objects are pre made models gotten from somewhere or hand made but I have NEVER seen these places used in other VN's using koikatsu models. Its always the same places that you get from that game but not with this one. As for the story, it gets better and better after each and every arc it goes through. Its not just some stupid half assed fap material story it's actually engaging, it's thought provoking, it makes want that new chapter to drop as soon as possible because each chapter ends in a way that leaves me wanting more immediately. As for the fap material it doesn't really get started until like chapter 16 but boy is it worth the wait. No pre-rendered koikatsu scene inserts here. Each sex scene might not have any animation but they are still done in a very high quality way that will definitely get your rocks off. Overall 5/5 stars, one of the best VN's on this site.

Enjoyed the visual novel for maybe the first 10 to 15 minutes.
Right up until the perspective shifts to some side character who had only had a few lines by that point, and during one of the dialogues you're lead to, someone alludes to the main character actually having done something instead of the main girl just fucking up his life because she freaked out and refused to tell anyone the truth.
There wasn't anything in the first bit of the game that makes you actually develop an attachment to any of the characters, just a few characters being pieces of shit and most characters only having 3-4 lines per scene up to that point and everything even remotely character defining about anyone is usually covered up with what seems to be some vague lie.
After that point I was just slogging through attempting to get to a point where the game was interesting again.
I gave up 1 hour in and just deleted the folder and moved on with my life
It was extremely tiring to read for 1-2 minutes at a time and then be forced to go through some untagged mini-sandbox crap clicking every presented option to get drip fed information that nobody will actually follow up on.
Hell, I hate kinetic novels with a passion and I feel like I would have actually rated this game higher had it been one.
Instead you just have to go to each area every time you're given the chance and click every option to get small amounts of marginally relevant information and maybe an origin story about a different side character.

Having finished the story to the current build ch.34, i absolutely should have started this game sooner and am disappointed in myself for not doing so. Its been incredible to see the author grow as a writer and the difference between the beginning chapters to the latest, particularly in how great the characters are. While the beginning of the story has a rocky start to me, the more the project went on the easier it became to love the story and its characters. My only forewarning about this game is that its clearly put story first and it just happens to have the occasional porn or lewd scene in. While there arent a lot of porn scenes they were all really well done i just wish there was an easier way to go back to view the scenes as unless you have a save prior to a scene its hard to go back through, the dialogue is also slow to skip through, and its easy to accidentally overwrite saves as i have done twice sadly. To my personal preference i love how it puts the story first but its one of those games you got to be in the mood and have the time to read rather than a quick get off session because there is a ton of content it took me the better part of 3 days to finish. Regardless i absolutely fell in love with this game the devs did phenomenal work and im excited for future installments!