VN - Ren'Py - Private Eyes & Secret Desires [v0.14] [DS23Games]

This game though in early stage still outperforms most games out here.

Excellent sexy art style, the man girl looks amazing.

The story seems a bit forced at first but then again this is where the game really shines:
From the regular linear path the game goes into an actual multiple choice / path game where your choices actually matter.
Heck, you can even make logical choices that reduces corruption of the main girl.
Also her willingness to commit ntr action is based on her corruption which is also a nice touch.

I love game where Ntr is optional. It's good to have it while it doesn't necessarily forced on the player.
The girl mc, feels logical, we can choose her to be honest with the mc which is often miss from these kind of games. The honesty and communication factor...

Meanwhiles, the male mc seems like he can also go out with another actually good looking girl (the journalist) I hope the dev will ad lot of content with the mc and her.

Overall even though the game is still rather short and in need of development, so far it still seems 10/10 (5*)

This is a very interesting case. Normally you have bad, mid or good games. But this game doesn't fit in any of those three. But step by step.

Story:
Yes it's porn bla bla. I still care about a good story. And while the base is quiet ok the overall is very boring. You expect anything that happens.. ok expect one out of nowhere quick time event. All of the sudden you have like 1 or 2 second time to click a bar in the middle of the screen. I mean it's renpy and you can rollback but.. why? It doesn't even matter if you are successful or not. you get 3-4 alternate screens but that's it. Same with an mini sandbox click everything in the house part. Those two things feel so out of place.
The dialogues are sometimes ok, sometimes good but often just boring. And in general I really had to fight myself to not use the skip button so often.

Pictures:
Here the same. They are not bad but also not good. You can even see that the dev took a lot effort creating some scenes with details etc. But somehow they doesn't look that good.
Same for the sex scenes. And specially with someone with experience now after his other games I feel a bit disappointed.

Characters:
The characters are ok. They are not bad but nothing special or something you would not expect.

Game mechanics:
One time quick time event = Bad
One time mini sandbox whatever thing = Bad
The choices that increases corruption = Bad.
Maybe it's just the overall feeling why small things that might be ok still feel bad or boring.
Font = Bad

I think the dev just created this game so far with a wrong mindset. The game takes itself to serious to just be a simple fap game but it's to shall for a detective story.

I would still suggest it others. I think there is an audience that will like it. Just try it for yourself but don't expect to much.

It pains me to give this a middling review because the renders are fantastic. The Love Interest is one of the best models i've seen in terms of being realistically proportioned, sexy, and looking like she could conceivably be doing the things the plot needs her to do. She looks smart, if that makes sense, and smart + sexy is really hot.

that's the only real highlight. the MC is a boring non-entity, the gameplay is bizarre, like it's very comfortable just being a VN for 10 minutes but then randomly throws in a QTE event or "find the highlighted object" just to frustrate a passive reader?

the setting is comic book level worldbuilding, and you know what? it's a porn game. that's perfect. set up some rules so we understand why anyone is doing anything, and then let them react to each other. it's a good "regretful NTR" setup. this part is fine.

i actually think this game has a lot of potential. The characters are basically playing as spies-for-hire more than private detectives. They're not staking things out, or following leads, or anything like that. they're doing elaborate undercover routines with powerful men that routinely churn through escorts. that's a perfectly functional premise. but there's not enough sex, the sex that is present isn't hot. it's very frustrating because the renders are great but then there's no payoff...

that's disappointing. The story, while totally adequate for a porn game, is not enough by itself to make you play a game like this without good H scenes. it pains me because the LI renders are top notch, but like... it's not sexy enough.

Characters design are great for the moment. They are different for the others game that I've played. It's a good thing. The fmc is really stunning. We are at the beginning of the relationships between the protagonists and it's a very good start. More interractions for the corruption of mmc will be beter but, like I said, it's the beginning. I hope more infiltration missions for both mc.
In resume: good script, good characters design and the system of corruption/relationship can be perfectible
So I wait for further developpement.

I honestly don't know why people give 2 stars to such a game, where both character models are beautiful and story development is not as fast and smooth as for NTR games. The plot is not bad and not typical to me, especially if the developer will make more deepening on detective work. I advise you to play this game if you like NTR genre!

My Rating for (v0.11 ) is:

Pros:
+ Fantastic Graphics
+ Great Story
+ No Grinding
+ Long Game Play
+ Able to Name Characters

Cons:
- Ends when it Gets Hot

Conclusion:
A Game of Corruption with a beautiful couple detectives.
Love the Way the Story is Told, with different scenes and characters that is enjoyable to look at, only downfall for me was looking for more hot scenes with the female protagonist.
The scenes and the way the story is told can make this one of my favorite games in the future, and with the built-in cheat mode it is a definite winner in my book,

Last Words:
Worth the Download, hope updates don`t take so long, that would be a bummer for this Game.

Good looking, thats about it.
Its early, so a lot can change.

The MCs are both nice and look good.

The story is quite dumb and has the typical porn-plot niveau.

It pretends to be NTR by choice, but so far there is no sexual interaction except an early scene which is interrupted, needless, just to push the NTR motivation.

The FMC already got groped, flirted with, sat in a brothel/club, all in the name of investigations.

In the end my prediction is that almost all action will stem around NTR and there will be little content for any non-cheating path.
But we'll see...