VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Pineapple Express [v1.0] [Dimajio333]

After the excellent Sharing My Fiance and the perfect Make Me Happy novel, this game didn't really have much of an impact on me. It's quite obvious by now that the developer is characterized by an unique style and expression that he simply cannot change or innovate.. Even if we didn't know what kind of game we were playing, we could deinitelly tell from the first three sentences that this was a Dimajio novel.
The first thing you might notice is that the MC's personality has changed practically nothing compared to his previous games.. It's like we're following the same man, just in a different relationship.

The story... Well.. a typical lend me your girlfriend please, so I can impress my friends. Nothing that an average guy wouldn't think of. Obviously it's not hard to guess that the whole point was that the acting gradually turns into emotions, where Cornell and our girlfriend are getting closer and closer..
But then, when I first thought about quitting the game, the hidden camera came along. The only factor that could have made this game a little more interesting. But no. It's Cornell is the one who gives you it, so you can monitor what's going on in his room between him and your girlfriend.
But then I ask.. The point of a hidden camera shouldn't be that only we know about it??

The NTR was mostly consensual, so decide for yourself if it's interesting for you or not.
Our girlfriend's personality was also something of a mystery. She was more of an android, whose corruption level and her feelings for Cornell practically depended on our nod.

The end of the story, when Cornell's family went home, was more of a torture that the developer probably just spontaneously and hastily came up with to finally end the novel. But even if I look at the game as a whole, I honestly don't remember a single sex/sharing scene that affected, or turned me on.
I think this game is heavily overrated and mostly praised by the BBC lovers.. I'm definitely not one of them as I mostly try to avoid this kink as far as possible. But I can tell for sure, it wasn't mainly the heavy interracial content the reason, that I didn't enjoy this game.

3 stars. Becase I loved the dev's previous games.

The dev knows what people in the genre want! Would recommend not just this but all their games! The story is simple but hot, characters are good, progression keeps you edge without jumping into the deep end. Overall, an excellent experience if you know what you are getting into.

This is a tough one to rate I couldn't decide between 4 or 5 starts. Ultimately a few things held me back.

The Branching in this is really good one of the best within the NTR genre. There is a faithful / vanilla path , cuckhold , cheating and sharing path and all of those have some sub path choices and differences depending on a choice here and there. Tho mostly just dialogue change.

For me if I had to rank the paths it would be Sharing as the best followed by , cuck , cheating, vanilla .

The premise of the story is a little silly to be honest. But also because of the silly premises it gives plenty of context to allow for some hot spying scenes especially when on the cuck / sharing paths. Originally I did not like the idea but found myself can't wait for more of those spying scenes through the recordings.

The Girlfriend is a fantastic character she is a loving girlfriend and also kind of a cheating bitch at the same time depending on the path. Depending on how far you take the cheating path she can cheat for some rather silly assumptions without talking to the player. Which was something I did not like

Also on the cuck path she kind of pissed me off because of how she changes into a controlling LI that is borderline being a femdom at the end. Not to mention at the end she gets revenge for the spying which I did not like especially cause it was the best friends idea.

Also while it does show the Girlfriend and MC having a good relationship. It doesn't show this part enough and feels like they needed to have some more conversation in between before some of the serious stuff happens. Because things do escalate rather quickly without any real conversations until after the fact. Which is fine cause you have to make certain choices for it to get to that point but would of loved for them to have more serious conversations before getting to that point.

The best friend is a decent character most of the time. But I wish the girlfriend would of had some scenes to show she is falling for him or liking him more than heat of the moment thing. Because it feels like there is some real romance and chemistry between them and not just using one another for sex. But it is never shown other the best friend being romantic towards her.

The endings were mostly fine but also felt like it could of used a bit more to feel like a ending as it almost feels like the ending comes on rather quickly after the 2 weeks. Would of been nice to have one more hangout with the best friend and a real conclusion instead of ending , showing him for sex scenes. As never felt like the MC has a real conversation with him for most of the game. So I would of liked to have a talk about the relationship with him and his girlfriend and air everything out and happened depending on your choices.

This also can be a bit off putting for some but the MC does not last long in bed. Which is another reason makes the sharing and cuck path the superior ones.

Overall a top tier NTR game with a real loveable LI depending on the path. Just a few small things that felt like the game was missing that prevented me from giving 5 starts instead of 4

Very good game. Nice graphics, lovely protagonist, not the most beautiful, but really good looking. Descent animations. Good story and actual good amount of impactful choices. It is an overall well done game. Everything, as far as I've played is optional, which is really important in my opinion. If you like its genre I recommend it.

I absolutely loved this game! Had a great storyline and fed into the sharing/cuck/NTR fetish very well. The love internet's model is very pretty and the sex scenes are great. I wish there were more endings but the ones we have have been pretty great.

By far the game I've played the most from this creator, so I have the most to say about it.

I'll later list things I didn't like, and they may seem a lot, but the game is very long, so it's partially to be expected. First, what stood out:
- I like the main 3 characters quite a bit.
Julia especially, at least in the two "routes" I tried, was both very sweet and very hot. She (almost) always respects what you ask, except in a few scenes at the very end of the game, depending on what you do. She's teasing and loving, almost a perfect heroine I'd say.
Cornell was a surprise. In "make me happy", which comes before this from what I understand, the author's take of a best friend was a backstabbing sociopath. That, thankfully, is completely the opposite here. While he a bit of a bastard in general, lying to his family and all, he's good to you and Julia and will actually respect all your wishes no questions asked, no matter how far into the game you are or how much "corruption" you've accumulated. He's also supportive of your kink when he learns about it, while never demeaning you.
The MC is my least favorite of the 3, but he's not too bad. You can be fairly open about your kink with Julia, although I do have bigger issues with him that I'll explore later.
- The full corruption and the full corruption but-with-control routes complement each other well, the one with control is genuinely wholesome and made me smile at the sweetness of some scenes. The other one has some hotter sex scenes, but it's a bit more extreme and it's the one where Julia doesn't fully listen to you or more rarely asks for consent.
The Jasmine route was also fine. I usually don't try the netori routes, but I wanted to see if anything changed between Julia and Cornell. It's an okay addition.
- I really loved the models and renders this time around. No uncanny valley, always pretty to look at.
- I loved the cute Anna cameo from Sharing My Fiancee!

Now, for the double edged sword.
Like I said, the game is very long. That means more sex scenes, more yapping, and unfortunately, a decent amount of bloat. Which brings me into the things that I either disliked or made me pause.
- Part of that bloat comes into the form of characters repeating the same sentence word for word dozens of times (e.g. the MC saying that he wants to avoid orgasm to prolongue his excitement. He probably says this at least 30 times.)
- More on bloat. The same concepts are explored multiple times, at least in the beginning. Jasmine and the mother use the same (insane) excuses to make Cornell do stuff with Julia. Both the mother and Jasmine do this 2 or 3 times each. Jasmine also says that she doesn't believe that they're a couple twice, in two close scenes.
- Speaking of Jasmine and the mother... They are PSYCHOTIC. Straight up demanding that their brother/son have sex with his girlfriend basically in front of them, while staring happily. I was genuinely weirded out by that.
- The hidden camera plot is infuriatingly unnecessary. Why? Because Julia shouldn't be upset by it in the slightest. The whole point should be that it would keep Julia safe, not that it would give you "control" of the situation. Julia should feel comforted with the knowledge that I can keep an eye on Cornell. Instead, not only do we use it to spy on her (and nothing happens anyway unless you give her permission), but it straight up leads to a game over if you decide to not be a weirdo and leave it in the open. Easily the lowest point of the game.
- There's an exception to that "nothing" happening while you watch the camera: a handjob. Not the craziest thing, but I don't see why she didn't tell the MC. At that point, she already knew that you were interested in sharing, so I don't get why she keeps it a secret.
- In fact, a bit too often, characters refuse to talk to each other about what they feel for longer than necessary in general (For example, the MC fakes feeling back pain as an excuse to get into the room with Julia and Cornell, even if BOTH of them are fully aware of your kink. If you asked, no one would have said no.)
- At a pivotal point (The first time where Julia can have sex with Cornell), if you agree, she says "This won't be an act anymore", merely a week after a few kisses and touches from him. To me, that's way too fast of a "corruption", especially since she doesn't actually start cheating on you off that choice. And there's no winning here, because if you refuse, she gives him a blowjob without telling you, which is even worse.
- More of a personal opinion, but I found the car crash slightly goofy. You just daydreamed for like 10 whole seconds while sober. Felt random, but it did lead to some decent scenes.

Overall, while I might have seemed a tad negative, I enjoyed the experience. I would recommend it if you're into these tags, as the relationship itself is (or can be, in the routes I played) very sweet.

Great game! I played through all the different endings. The graphics are really nice. The writing is well done. The story is intriguing. Some people may not like the adult content, but the developer warns about it beforehand. I would recommend this visual novel to anyone who wants to experience a unique story.


Spoiler alert: Was I the only one who wanted a scene with Cornell's mom ?

This game is a titan of writing and shows how a small game focusing on a single character/relationship really, really well (MC and girlfriend) can trump any game with a thousand girls to fuck.

Of course, no game is without fault and this one has some porn logic that is required to keep things moving, like an absolutely shit human of a friend who the MC is helping and a mom and sister with serious boundary issues that constantly want to watch their brother/son make out with his girlfriend. But stuff like this is needed in order for a game like this to happen, so we'll look past it. A few typos ("you's right") and mistakes in the routes (like using the safeword for the first time in the dressing room and the sister saying that you've used it several times already) are present but not enough to take away from the overall experience.

The plot revolves around a trust fund kid needing MC's help to pretend he has a job and girlfriend when his mom comes over, to keep the cash flowing. In a nutshell, the (absolutely garbage) friend will be trying to fuck your girlfriend (at the weird insistence of his mom), his sister will be trying to fuck you, your girlfriend is open to it but very loyal, and you have to decide where the lines are drawn.

The girlfriend is very well written, as I will get into below, while the friend appears to be a. genuine guy but seemingly has a black heart beneath it all even on vanilla routes. The sister is well written too but is a bit of a trope and the mother is little more than a plot device.

The game can be played in four general ways:

1. Vanilla + Loyal.
This is the simplest playthrough, where you veto any possibility of sharing and also stay loyal to your girlfriend. Obviously, this goes against the entire purpose of the games so it's not the best route but still enjoyable.

2. Sharing + Loyal.
In my opinion this is the best playthrough. Despite sharing your girlfriend, there is absolutely no question about the love between her and the MC. Every encounter, unless the MC says otherwise, ends with her coming back to him and filling him in on the details including some genuinely sweet/intense sex. I believe that in this entire run there is only one instance where she initiates sex with the friend without the express permission of the MC, and even then it was sort of implied before and she is very open with talking about it and promising that all future encounters will be done with MC's prior approval. This walkthrough shines the best by showing the relationship between MC and the girlfriend and their genuine connection. It's honestly one of the most genuine relationships out of most games I've played and it would be a disservice to skip this route.

3. Sharing + Cheating.
If you share your girlfriend freely, or mostly freely, but flirt around with the sister then the route takes a considerable turn away from the loyalty route. While the girlfriend doesn't have many issues with you and the sister (though arguably she may not be aware of anything beyond kissing) she takes a hard turn towards being a mean hotwife rather than the loving one. She plays extra hard into the humiliation and "me first" aspect, interspaced with moments of tenderness. It sometimes comes across as a bit disjointed which ends up with a relationship where it is very debatable if the MC even enjoys it despite the sexual satisfaction he gets knowing that it's happening. It is sometimes very hard to determine the line between the girlfriend playing into his fetish or genuinely acting this way because she wants to.

4. Vanilla + Cheating.
This is the "bad" route, which makes sense because you are cheating on your girlfriend while also trying to control her and prevent her from so much as looking at your friend. Predictably, this doesn't end well and there are several early "game over" endings that come from this route. In this route your girlfriend returns the favor and starts cheating back on you with the friend, except there is no agreement or sharing involved. This path is probably the second best right up to the ending because while the other three paths are very similar, this one goes in a completely different direction. It also has the option between doubling down on your controlling behavior to the detriment of the relationship (whether or not you were actually still cheating) or taking a step back, recognizing your part in this betrayal, and attempting to rebuild the relationship with your girlfriend. Both paths are interesting but the sweetness of two people who hurt each other while playing a part to help a friend trying to rebuild their relationship is just so great that I could play an entire game devoted to it.

The writing in this game is just great and is what allows these differing plotlines to work so well. The renders are also great. While the friend oddly looks like a well built 50 year old and the (black) sister sometimes seems to have negative over saturation going on, the girlfriend is frankly stunning. In part I think that the Dev's choice to focus on realism with flawed skin, freckles, marks, and other impurities made the girlfriend more real than any supermodel-like render would have. In combination with the amazing writing it resulted in a character and story which is quite frankly one of the best on this site.

I actually liked the game overall but didn't appreciate the "best friend" I also hated how his mom and sister kept wanting "more passion" between the MC's wife and the friend, which is so unrealistic.

I wasn't expecting a brilliantly written story with lots of subplots and twists or anything, but having a possible cheat partner for the MC was nice [SPOILER="Except that your only option is your friend's sister, who is basically throwing herself at you and I found her as unattractive as the mother tbh. Having some variety here would have been nice. It's also so unrealistic because your friend has it all (money, women, nice house, nice cars etc.). Why would he even bother with the MC's wife when he could have any girl he wants and not risk his friendship? I praise the wife's model which was lovely and one could make the argument that she's worth the betrayal of friendship but no. In fact, (quite unbelievably) the MC catches him banging a girl that looks so much like the MC's wife that the MC is fooled (again, why bother with the MC's wife when he already has an easy and available lookalike?) "[/SPOILER]

Could have been much so better with a little more realism. For fans of getting cucked, this one is for you. All others, don't bother...

Decent game. The graphics is around average and the female characters are quite attractive. The story is quite good and the corruption is propriate. It could be still a bit better. The variation of the sex scenes and clothes could be improved. But in gendre of NTR games belong above average.

Finally got around to playing this for the first time. Wow was it a real treat, and exactly why I waited until it was finished. I have to say many of the routes were counter-intuitive and the story was inventive and unique in many ways. Both of those being positive observations from my perspective.

I powered through maybe a dozen endings or so over most of the routes in the last day. The reason I say some of it was counterintuitive was because the hardest NTR and most brutal stories were attached to the lowest corruption routes, which was unexpected yet refreshing, if not also being deceptive to someone that might be looking for light or no NTR, which I found amusing. (I think there was one or two routes that you could get through it mostly unscathed, and a couple of routes that had you thinking you got through it but fooled you at the end haha.)

I enjoyed all of the routes for different reasons, but I have my favorite routes for sure. Anyways, I just wanted to say that I thought the game was very enjoyable and I couldn't stop until I explored nearly all of the game. I look forward to more games from the dev like this and even the sequel he's teasing down the road.

A pinacle of NTR content...almost


Story
I enjoyed the story of the game. While sometimes I skip dialogues wishing to only see the sex scenes, here I was curios to see what it is actually discussed. The action is almost believable (beside the obvious wife willing to fuck a friend). What I found interesting is the difference in story angle between the time you choose to save your wife and the time you choose to be cucked. Having the same scene but with more context was interesting. What I did not liked that much was the friend that actively tried to fuck your wife.

Models
The game focus on only two girls and I liked them both. They have a bit of personality but much closer to a single dimension type of character. Julia really looks lovely in most of the moments.

As other work of this dev, great quality of NTR story.
Don't mention how much cute is girlfriend's mc to spicy up more and more all scene. If you like NTR games this should be played till end.

There is a very well developed feeling between mc, girlfriend and black friend at start, and anyway this is expanded with Cornell's family (black friend). I'm sure I'll try next title ... and oh if you try this game and like ntr story, Lost in Paradise should in your list of game to try.

Hands down, one of the best NTR/Shareplay AVNs on this site!
Pros:

• Actual choices: You get to dictate how much fun your SO has, but it is not a simple 'stop & go' situation - allowing too many escapades will have a "negative" (read: NTR) impact down the line. This affair is like driving a car - accelerating too fast means you can't brake in time anymore!
• Narrative: The premise that starts this whole adventure for our characters is certainly 'out there', but it is soon overshadowed by the sheer quality of the sharing/NTR writing you get here. Seriously, don't skip the text - it is worth it.
• Models: Plenty of VNs have gorgeous female models, and this is no different in that matter; but Julia, your SO, is not a supermodel with large breasts and inflated posterior - she feels like she was modeled after a real model. Perfect proportions. Males are so and so, but at least the MC isn't clearly ugly to help your girl 'move on'.

Cons:

• Jumping the Shark x2: at one point in the story (even if playing without max corruption) your SO just begins having sex with the 'other guy' without any serious preamble. Yes, things were clearly going that way, but when it happened it still felt too early and without any hint of a warning. If the sex part got delayed by one chapter, it probably would've been a more streamlined experience. Second time is near the end: Your SO is suddenly also interested in exploring her sexuality even further, which apparently includes a train (2 guys & 1 girl). This part is particularly unwelcome, as so far, this VN clearly focused on the sharing/NTR part with your best friend. And instead of ending the game at the point where both of you share Julia, it seems she takes it a step further than most of us expected. Maybe I am alone in this, but it would've been a perfect ending had she "fallen" for your best friend as well, and the sharing stopped there (certainly seemed like it was going that way). Instead of finishing this as a romantic NTR situation, it escalates (for no reason) to malicious NTR.
• Ending: A misfire, but not unforgivable: In one of the possible end scenarios where you let Julia take the reins of her relationship with your very black best friend, she can end up pregnant. You weren't completely cucked from being the possible father, but the game never actually resolves the who-dunnit mystery. To make matters worse, the game literally glosses over the huge elephant in the room - which is the "pretend wedding" between Julia and your best friend. Despite not being officially engaged, it feels like a huge plot hole (and a missed opportunity) not to have her get married to Cornell in order to "keep up the ruse" (though she probably would love the idea). Something that is easy to gloss over, but is actually true - you get married to Julia with the ruse seemingly just over... despite none of this being shown. Just imagine a knocked up Julia marrying Cornell "to keep up apperances", and having a little mixed-race baby...

Overall, I rate this VN 4.5/5, because this game does a lot of things like dialogue & corruption very well. I implore any folk interested in trying this game out to READ THE DIALOGUE AND TAKE YOUR TIME! The build up to each risque scene elevates this whole experience!

A solid, 5/5 game for me.

Plenty of good things to say about "Pineapple Express". It's a game that sets out with humble goals and absolutely achieves them. Not only that, it was released about a year ago, updated on a regular schedule and wrapped up nicely. No fuss, no dragged-out story/drama, no undelivered promises, etc. Definitely one of the more reliable and disciplined developers out there.

Pros:
- Great renders, main girl/your fiance is attractive and there's absolutely nothing to complain about visually.
- Well-paced build up to the actual swinging/sharing aspect of things.
- Enough options interspersed throughout the game that it doesn't feel like a kinetic novel or a slog to read through.
- Respects the player's autonomy and at the very least always gives you the choice to opt out of any scene with the safeword Pineapple Express, hence the title.
- Ending is ambiguous enough that the player can draw whichever conclusion they prefer best, whether they're into sharing (with the marriage still going strong) or into full-on NTR.

Cons (or rather, points for improvement as I didn't feel like this game really had any specifically bad moments):
- Sex scenes could've been a little more detailed in terms of descriptions, maybe with a little more dialogue from Julia and Cornell/others.
- More renders for the sex scenes would've been nice too, and I think it would've been fair to have less renders during the in-between expository segments to make up for it.
- The game touches a bit on kink exploration (albeit pretty vanilla), such as when Julia agrees to try anal with Cornell despite never having tried it with the protag, or when she tries double penetration for the first time, exhibitionism etc. This is good, but I think it would've been nicer to have more of this, and maybe with a little more exploration. For example, the protag notes that Julia seems to enjoy rougher sex with Cornell, contrary to what he previously thought. This could have been expanded a little more to include some hair-pulling, spanking etc with Cornell to spice things up a little more.


With that being said, I have no real complaints about the game. It's a solid balance between believable story and fap content. If you're a fan of netorare/netorase, give it a try!

First and foremost, a COMPLETE tag means this is top 10% of all adult games. Add to that an actually decent story, plus excellent renders of a hotwife and you have a truly top tier VN.

None of the nonsense, sandbox or grindy mechanics to artificially prolong content. Overall, I hope to see more from this dev!

Great game.

One of the better wife sharing games out there.

Only complaint with the story line is the mother wanting to see where Cornell worked and showing up at the office, and being greeted is ???

Loved the game. But requires more renders and sounds. Would also love it if we could edit the character names.
The wife is super hot and more sharing and gangbang genre needs to be added.
IDK why this game is so underrated and has caught such less attention

i thouroughly enjoed this was. When it started i though well no top tier animation / visuals, no sound efx or voicing, but the game won me over by... being very well written. Its as simple as that, which makes it at the same time super difficult. You more often have good visuals then good story. CUDOS