VN - Ren'Py - Pecker PI [v0.5] [MrPocketRocket]

Review for v0.2 (Edited)

This game is essentially just comedic noir. Now I don't necessarily have a problem with a game taking a more humorous approach, but for me the humor is very bland I suppose. I don't hate it, but I'm not sitting here laughing my ass off either. So now I'm looking for anything else that might make we want to keep playing, and that "thing" just doesn't exist for me.

To put it simply, I'm not very hooked. In the hour or so I played there was not a single second I was really immersed within the game. Pecker PI tries hard to create this noir setting, and actually does accomplish it to a certain extent. The environments themselves do well for that. However, there's also this sort of forced/fabricated feeling with how tropey it is at the same time.

The real problem though is just how all over the place this is. It doesn't let itself breathe. There's no sense of depth to any of this because it doesn't really build anything up. You're just being blasted left and right with info and events with little nuance or really any element that might intrigue you into wanting to learn more. Then when the game occasionally does try to have more serious moments it becomes such an abrupt shift in tone that I find it hard to take it seriously.

I originally had a harsher critique on the music, but talking with the dev a bit clued me in more on how difficult it can be to find even decent music that fits the theme. I will still say it doesn't exactly work for me, but it's not as if it doesn't match the noir theme.

The renders and character models do look nice, but that isn't enough for me personally. I don't have much desire to play more of this, but I do think if you're into less serious AVNs or don't place as much value on writing as I do you'll get more enjoyment out of the game.

Be a little... unpredictable! Right now you are like a murder mystery with two characters, and the dead guy didn't do it!

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[Chapter 2 review] MC is a pervy veteran turned private investigator, currently on his first job. He is eager, but not very good, which he decides to resolve by... reading Sherlock Holmes. He smokes and drinks a lot. Fairly standard noir comedy protagonist, really. His best friend Mike is a draft-dodging lawyer with a hot sister, who is also a lawyer. MC has minor PTSD and hallucinates his former sergeant, much to his chagrin. Very similar to The Unbroken's Davis.

It's a fairly horny game with ogling camera angles, sultry looks and such, but that fits well with the mood. The humour is more hits than misses, and it has a few gems like:

Ringo: Fuck! Ok, you know, checking out the ladies. 'Gus' wasn’t too interested, but there was a lot of beauties present. Shit was going to be like shooting fish in a barrel.
Ringo: Me and Gus dove right into it.
Detective Turis: "Gus and I"
Ringo: No, I’m pretty sure it was me and Gus, I was there, remember?

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What's notable is that all the major characters are just so much fun. MC, Mike, various LIs, and a few suspects are all witty, intelligent and charming. The actual investigation is interesting on its own, but it's used more as a backdrop for all the lively character interaction.

Give it a shot, maybe?

Damn, this is brilliant!
How can you turn down the witty story of a private eye in Chicago 30s Rackham City?
Well, maybe not the thirties, because the bar sells alcohol freely, it's more like the fifties, but still vintage style. Radio, vintage cars, elegant suits, mafia is everywhere, background jazz, war flashbacks... Dunno about you, guys, but I like this setting.
The game really resembles a good detective movie with a lot of humor and a perk of an adult game.
Excellent renderings and work with angles and perspective make the images very stylish and hide the flaws inherent in images created using computer graphics, even city streets look very alive.
All in all, another valuable find for my small collection of story-focused adult games, I highly recommend it.

Fuckin' brilliant!
Gorgeous ladies, some even more than that!
Slap stick humour!
Fist fights!
Mobsters!

I really appreciate the good work you've accomplished with this excellent production!
Wouldn't even have minded if it'd been in B&W like a classic gangster movie!
Composition and "camera work" like a movie in stills.

Could do, though, with a little proof reading of the dialogue. Not much, but still, to perfect what's already very good!

Revised at v0.2

First, the not so good things:

Then, the neutral things:
It is not quite a stylish Detective Story, but it tries hard and succeedes enough to keep the vibes up. So you just swim with the bodybuilded Coplady, and other slightly off feeling things.

The good: I like the soft jazz vibrafon, brushes and bass track very much. More of the same, please! I like the premise of the fallen sportchamp, ptsd'd, but with friends helping him come back into live. I like the humor, mostly. I like some of the ladies, and was never put off by the quality of the visualising. And, it tells a story, that maybe can be interesting enough to stand for itself.

Like it, will play again.

Pecker PI is an interesting game with an unique setting in the 50s. Many scenes really capture the 50s vibe.

The game has nice looking models and quite a few and different love interests. It also has a some lewd scenes already.

Pros: MCs personality and looks are dashing, the renders are beautiful and environment is very well crafted, writing is decent, Plot seems interesting but can't say much cuz it is just starting.

Cons: more music could be added, I understand that game is new and royalties are like hell so if you are someone like me just have Lofi playing in background and game flows very smoothly with those chill tunes.

Verdict: you should give it a try even tho there's not a lot of content. The renders are beautiful along with cool mc so doesn't hurt to show some love to the dev and show some support. (Detective Sandra and Gabrielle look very beautiful )

(INSERT palpatine voice) We will watch your career with great interest.

Good start to a promising game . Renders are superb, sex scenes are nice and the plot is intriguing and rather fresh/non-standard. Characters are also well written and all in all it's one of the best debuts I've seen. We will see if the high quality will come hand in hand with frequent releases but so far I'm very optimistic about this game and for v0.1 it deserves 5/5.

This is a solid showing for an initial release. It is competently written and well made. The story is ok and the characters seem interesting.
It is good in the technical aspects too - the visuals look okay, and the characters are distinguishable even if their models look generic. Overall, it made a good first impression.