VN - Ren'Py - Radiant [v0.6.3] [RK Studios]

  1. 2.00 star(s)

    Vertius

    I will say this only once; there will be HEAVY spoilers ahead. You have been warned.

    We'll start with the basics.

    ~ Sound? This game actually has BGM, which a lot of authors seem to overlook, so that's a plus. Other than that, there are no extra sound effects.

    ~ Art? Everything looks great. The backdrops are all very high quality and pleasing to look at.

    ~ Character Models? Fantastic. All of the girls are gorgeous.

    ~ Animations? Basic/generic short loops, but good enough.

    ~ Story? Oh boy, this is where the problems begin... cliches, oh god, the cliches. (I will give one more warning here. I'm not going to be covering every single little thing that happens, just the main events.)

    We'll start with Chapter 1.

    The story starts with you reminiscing about your first date with your childhood crush where you guessed it, some douchebag comes up to her, grabbing her arm wanting to dance and calling her names when she says no, leaving our "strapping hero" to come to her rescue and punch him in the face... sigh.

    After dancing with your crush, mr douchebag comes back with his friends to beat you up (who could have seen that coming?), so you two run away and head toward your car outside, which for some reason is a pristine, blown, old school muscle car that the MC can somehow afford?

    (P.S I'm pretty sure I've seen this car at least five times before in other works, but whatever, that's a minor complaint.)

    Then, after making it home, you proceed to have sex with her for the first time. As for the scene itself? Basic looped animations, but better than nothing. However, the scene is paused multiple times though because, for some reason, the game needs you to click on a box to confirm that you do indeed want to move onto the next stage of sex instead of just letting it flow naturally.

    Even weirder, you're given the option to call this girl that you're finally with after crushing on her since you were a child your 'slut', 'slave' or something else that you decide... real romantic for your first time.

    Then, in totally not cliche fashion, just after giving her a creampie, her father walks in, forcing you to flee through the window. Then, to add cliche sprinkles onto the already present cliches; as though someone had roofied our MC, on the drive home, he suddenly starts blacking out for no apparent reason other than he's 'tired', he gets into a crash, put into a coma, has memory loss, yadda-yadda. You know the drill.

    After the time skip, you get the usual MC routine, start working out, get a super high-paying job and buy a big ass fancy house, the usual.

    After another time skip, your three daughters show up asking to stay with you because (of course) their mother is sick and dying, and they have nowhere to go.

    So, life with your daughters. Of course, during the very first night, the MC notes how attractive they are, can't leave that out. He then gets up for a midnight tinkle, leaves the bathroom to find Allison sleepwaking in just her panties which prompts him to get a boner that she sees... (does this story seem familiar to anyone else?)

    So after creeping on your daughters for a few hours, a woman named Natalie shows up to inform you that eighteen years ago, you killed her son... oh boy.

    Moving on to Chapter 2...

    So to start of chapter two, the woman whose son you killed eighteen years ago shows up randomly, knocks on your door, tells you what you did... then leaves? Yes. But then the MC follows her for whatever reason leading them to a secluded part of the park where they talk for a bit, and she pulls a knife on you...

    She doesn't stab you, of course, because that would mean game over, but you're given three stupid options to respond, each of which ends with you getting slapped in the face and doing nothing about it because, as you'll come to learn quickly, the MC is a bit of a cuck.

    After being slapped. he goes back again (of course), offers her help should she need it, then leaves- oh, sorry, he tries to leave, but before he can, Natalie stops him, asks him out on a date which you cannot refuse, then slaps you. Again.

    Oh good God, it took all my willpower to keep going past this point.

    So, back at home, Maddison, who hated you at first, is now totally cool with you and blatantly flirts a little bit.

    After eating with your daughters and talking a bit, you go to work, mess around there for a bit before deciding to go on a date with Brooke, which I'm assuming only happens if you choose the option saying you would like to pursue something with her in Chapter 1 which I did.

    While at dinner with Brooke, the waitress Vanessa brazenly flirts with the MC, which is whatever; I respect her going for what she wants, though I felt like it was a bit overboard.

    After Vanessa blows off Brooke one too many times while waitressing, the MC decides he will go and confront her, only, before he can, she pulls him into a bathroom and rips her top open, offering herself to him. You can say yes, no, or straight up tell her to go fuck herself, which I thought was a fun option, lol.

    After the date, you overhear Allison and Olivia talking about whether or not you are attractive, which is a bit forward, but whatever. You then catch Maddie masturbating, leaving you with the options to listen closely, leave her be or troll her, all of which don't last long before you head to bed yourself.

    So after some time goes by with your daughters, MC goes to pull out of his driveway because he has things to do, only, before he can fully leave, his typically assholish cop neighbour is driving by and almost gets t-boned by MC.

    Now, they didn't actually hit each other, so right there it should have ended, but instead, the cop gets out of his car, walks onto the MC's property, yells at him and demands his ID and registration, all while he's off duty I might add. And I don't know where the author of this game is from, but at least where I live, off-duty cops aren't allowed to trespass on someone's property, nor are they allowed to ask for someone's ID/Registration, especially if they haven't actually done something wrong. So the whole scene threw me off.

    It's a pretty obvious attempt at creating drama with the future "antagonist" of the game – if you want to call it that – but in the end, it feels pretty cheap and unrealistic. You're supposed to hate this guy 'cause the author tries REALLY hard to make him a douchebag, but it's just cringy.

    So after the cuck- sorry, the MC finishes getting pushed around by the poor excuse for a bad cop, he meets with Natalie, who basically establishes that he is her bitch now and that she needs him for something the next day, so if he wants her forgiveness, (which I honestly couldn't care less about and wish we had the option to tell her to fuck off) we'd better cancel any plans we have in the afternoon.

    Continuing on, you hang out with Allison, the first stop being, of course, a clothing shop where you, of course, get called into the changing room with her and are, of course, flashed her breasts again, followed by, you guessed it, her bending over in front of you while changing her panties thus flashing her pussy a little bit, as well... and keep in mind that you've technically only known her for a couple of days at this point, yet she's already doing this.

    After the day with Allison is finished, you relax at the pool with Olivia and chat a bit, but eventually, she kisses you on the lips. Again, they've known each other for like a couple of days, yet somehow she is romantically in love with him enough to want to kiss him? I don't know why the romance is being rushed so heavily.

    After kissing her, you are given a shot of the wannabe bad guy cop smirking in his dark window with a camera in his hands 'cause yes, this story needed a blackmail twist... I can only sigh.

    Now to Chapter 3...

    So, to start chapter three, you wake up in the middle of the night to find Allison sleeping next to you, which is cute and fine and all; at least she has a bra on this time. Though in the morning, she wakes you up by straddling you in her underwear while you are only in yours, again, I feel like I need to stress this further. Despite you being their father, you and your three daughters have known each other for a few days at most; things are progressing way too fast.

    After some morning stuff, you head to work where Mira presents you with an offer of "hanging out" with her, and you are given the option to hang with her secretly, openly, or just outright reject her. It's nice that we can turn her down if we wish; there aren't many things worse than having girls forced on you in these types of games, *cough* Natalie *cough*...

    Anyways, I went with the secret option because who doesn't like a little naughty fun when no one else knows about it?

    Speaking of Natalie, after talking with Mira, you head to her apartment where she greets you in her underwear, then asks you to massage her... the guy who killed her son 18 years ago, that she only just met face to face for the first time a couple of days ago, the guy that she first held at knifepoint threatening to kill him and then settled on slapping a couple of times, yeah, she's now totally cool with you, inviting you to her home and asking you to massage her in her underwear- well, technically only her panties since she takes off her bra before the massage starts... good god.

    Of course, in typical cliche fashion, our MC has a solid grasp on massaging despite it never being mentioned before. Things go well until he gets to her feet which are, I guess, ticklish or something 'cause she kicks him in the face. At the end of it all, after knowing each other for like two days, having one coffee date, one massage, and one hug, she then informs you that she has forgiven you for killing her son... good GOD, what am I reading.

    A little bit later, you find yourself in Olivia's room talking about what happened the night prior, where you have the options of being romantic, flirtatious or taking advantage of her.

    After that, you head to Allison's room, where you are allowed to get touchy-feely with her bare butt as she's bent over and simultaneously flashing you her pussy. Again. After that, you do a bit of a private photoshoot where she claims you're allowed to watch her change too.

    The next morning, after making plans to see Brooke, you receive a text from Vanessa giving you the option to see her, as well, if you so desire.

    Just as you are about to leave the driveway, however, things get really weird. Remember mr cliche bad cop? Yeah, well, his wife not only broke into your car, but she's waiting there in the backseat for you so you can talk about something. Not creepy at all.

    What does she want to talk about? Well, she informs you that her husband was indeed spying on you when you kissed Olivia by the pool, and he's apparently going to use it against you. Though something I found funny about it was that by the angle of the camera shot, you can't actually see the MC and Olivia kissing, they're just close to each other. I mean, yeah, it's kind of obvious what they're doing to anyone looking at the image, but there's not actual definite proof, so idk why that's supposed to be scary, lol.

    Anyways, as if mr cliche bad cop couldn't get any more cliche, guess what? He used to work for the FBI! Yeah! Who could have seen that coming? What's next, we're going to learn that he graduated top class in the Navy Seals, been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, has over 300 confirmed kills, and trained in gorilla warfare and is the top sniper in the entire US armed forces?

    So Rachel (cliche cop's wife) came to you because her husband has been acting weird for over a year, and she's basically sick of him. She needs your help with something though she can't tell you what just yet. Of course...

    Whatever, moving on. You head to Brooke's house, get some head, then proceed to get punched in the nuts by her apparent daughter that she had through artificial insemination... keep in mind that she decided to do this despite never having sex before and being a virgin, talk about putting the cart before the horse.

    After that, you meet with Vanessa (if you chose to do so), where she gives some weird excuse – that's supposed to make you feel sad, I guess – as to why she's not a slut despite throwing herself at you after knowing you for like ten minutes, but whatever.

    Following that, you and your three daughters take a trip to the cemetery where you visit their mothers grave and tears fall, sad music plays, and it's supposed to be really heartwarming, but after the gauntlet of cliche's and rushed, immature writing you went through to get there, it kind of nullified the whole thing.

    And that’s the end of the available content at this time. Now look, I know that review probably sounded harsh, and it was, but I just couldn't bring myself to sugarcoat it. I like the premise, and for all the ragging on cliches I do, the plot of this story is one I actually enjoy, but the execution of it is just flat-out poor.

    I've said the word what feels like a million times now, so I'm not going to keep beating a dead horse, but I mean, come on, whereas most authors try to mix in some originality with the cliches, this story just felt like all cliches and no originality.

    More so, the pacing is utterly atrocious. I don't know if the author themselves just can't hold back and wants to get to the action quickly or if they're trying to pander to the virgins playing the game, but things are happening way. too. Fast.

    I get it; it's a harem game, and every woman is eventually going to fall for the MC's 'charm,' but why does it all have to happen in the first week of gameplay? Spread it out, give us something to look forward to as we progress with the already established girls, don't just throw them all at us immediately.

    Anyways, that’s all I can manage to type right now; I’ve had enough. I feel like I conveyed my feeling well enough.

    As for the final score? I teetered between and 1/5 and 2/5 for quite a while but eventually settled on a 2/5. As good as the visuals, character models, sound, animation etc... are, the plot and writing are just so illogical and subpar that I can't justify anything over a 2.

    To anyone who reads this, I hope you have a nice day/evening.
  2. 5.00 star(s)

    csbond2

    Just finished the last update I thoroughly enjoyed it I thought it was one of the best written games that I've played and I hope that they continue in the past that they are going I'm not going to make this a very long review because I like to keep things short but the storyline to me was great and anything that can bring tears to my eyes the way this one did is a good story anyway that's my review I would recommend this game to anyone who wanted to play it because it is extremely good.
  3. 5.00 star(s)

    BiggusDikkus

    What a great game! The only con that comes to mind is that this build ended to soon. The writing is well done, The story line is very heartfelt, and the characters are "fleshed" out really well. Gonna play again with different responses and see where that takes me.
    Hopefully we won't have to wait long for the next release.
  4. 2.00 star(s)

    JHorcoc6

    I really wanted to like Radiant. Version 0.1 started out with a lot of potential with good graphics, likeable characters, and an interesting story line. There were three distinctive paths that players could take, or so we were told, and there seemed to be many ways that the story could unfold. I was most interested in the dark path thread but I liked having the other paths available as options so that I could replay the game in different ways.

    Version 0.2 was disappointing in its scope but still had one good scene for the dark path thread. It actually really had only one good scene for the dark path and that scene seemed to take longer than was reasonable to be reached and was almost like an afterthought in the game, but I played that scene multiple times in the months while I patiently waited for version 0.3 to be released. The game still felt like it had a lot of potential. The characters seemed to react to things in believable, natural ways and there was good character development. There wasn't objectively very much to do in version 0.2, but I liked the direction that the game seemed to be headed.

    Version 0.3 seems like a flop. Aside from one mostly inane conversation, literally nothing happened to advance the plot in the dark path thread. There was ample opportunity for plot advancement but none of this was developed, which left me very disappointed. Also, the characters no longer seem to be behaving in a natural way. Several of the girls are just throwing themselves at the main character in a way that might make sense to happen later on in the story but which seems very out of character now because there is no reason for them to have reached that point yet in their relationship. It just seems very unbelievable to me and ruins the context of the story.

    Hardly any content was added to the dark path in version 0.3 at all and when I think about it, really there hasn't been much for the dark path in the game as a whole. This game seems much less promising than it did when I started playing version 0.1. Although I will probably play a version 0.4 if it comes out it will be with much less enthusiasm and anticipation. Overall this game seems like a flop. There is much hype but hardly any actual content.
  5. 2.00 star(s)

    desmosome

    [v0.3]

    This will be a drop in a bucket, but I might as well leave my thoughts here. I am reviewing this only for the dark route. Ignore this review if you are intent on playing a pure route, or to a lesser extent, the lust route. As far as I can tell, the pure route will not have the problems that I will describe. It will probably be a solid 4 or 5* if you want a drama/romance/good father type of story (although I have not played the other routes, the shared lines in the script paints a clear picture). Perhaps it's harsh to rate a game on just 1 of it's 3 routes, but I think it's fair since I did play the game to completion on a path that was provided by the dev.

    Before I get into the issues, I will mention that the game has great production value. Visuals, renders, models, animations, music, general presentation are all top notch.

    The writing though... It's an absolute mess if you pick most of the dark options. The game is just all over the place tonally. The main culprit is the lazy writing that does not alter enough of the script to make a believable and consistent dark MC. The vast majority of the text we see is the same across all routes. This common script is basically that of simp and caring father. The dark choices, on the other hand, ranges from absolutely psychotic to childishly immature. Now what would happen when you plug in a few psychotic lines after a dark choice in an otherwise simpy script? You end up with a bipolar, schizophrenic mess. Refer to this post for some examples.

    Then we can ask, "Is the dark choices satisfying in a vacuum?" Well, mostly not. Even ignoring the problems explained above, the writer has a weird idea of what a dark route should be. With the set up involving 3 daughters that moved in and a bunch of fragile and vulnerable side pieces, a "dark" father could be associated with words like strict, disciplinarian, dominating presence, grooming, "alpha," etc. Someone who wants obedient little girls that will follow his every whim. Someone who will take advantage of women's weaknesses to get them under his thumb (and dick). It doesn't play out this way. The MC being dark generally means he will yell and argue with children like he was their peer, or play schoolyard pranks and run away giggling. Then we occasionally get the truly absurd thoughts that are just filled with malice materialized from thin air.

    Some people might be of the opinion that I would be at fault for choosing these crazy choices, but I disagree. If a choice is made available to the player, this choice must be supported by the script so that it makes sense for that character to act that way at that point in time. It also needs to make a consistent narrative going forward that factors in the choice. The game does an extremely poor job of this. The writer's solo game, Polarity, did suffer slightly from this, but I don't remember it being nearly so bad that it just breaks any attempt at immersion.

    There is one thing to keep in mind. The character sheets at the end of the current update (v0.3) showed the MC's psyche being shifted to darkness for the first time, provided you farmed enough dark points. If this means that the dev will create consistent scripts for each of personality type going forward, I will revise my score. It wouldn't remedy the major issues in the first 3 updates, but it would at least make the route playable from then on.
  6. 5.00 star(s)

    echilog

    0.3-
    Great game TBH, main story is good, in a funny sort of way.

    MC bangs girl ( forgets about her ) and 18 years later triplets show up, at his door and calls him daddy.
    All 3 are cute/hot. So that is amazing.
    Game also features choice. Goodguy/Badguy. pretty great.

    I am a little worried the game will feature to many side characters in the end, but we will see.
    But I guess they are needed if you don't play taboo edition.

    4,5/5
  7. 3.00 star(s)

    Sir Sam

    This is my first time reviewing a VN properly, also this is as of Chapter 3

    So Actually my rating for this is 3.5 but that's not an option so I went with a 3

    To quickly summarize the fucking essay I wrote in the discussions thread:

    - Render quality is really good
    - Solid amount of content for 3 releases but dev time is a bit on the long side
    - interesting over all plot
    - Gorgeous girls
    - Unique spin on a common story (Amnesia)
    - Univoidable insect love interests unfortunately
    - Good use of music, a tad generic though
    - Decent writing, Brilliant character dynamics that didn't fulfil their potential and was executed a bit poorly imo
    -animations are a clean, though seem little off for some reason (could just be me though)
    -Brooke and
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    are best girls

    Solid Game over all definetly above average, definetly a 3.5. Didn't rate it higher because of the direction of the Natalie relationship with MC. Also the dialogue is kinda poopoo, but it has gotten better with ch3
  8. 1.00 star(s)

    Joey the mangaka

    Slow burning game.
    Has much plots w/o logic or in the wind.
    The quality it's good bad not the quantity worth.
    Need more animations spices.
    Has multiple paths side girls less for the li.
    Wait and check next update
  9. 5.00 star(s)

    OliverQn26

    This game is amazing i litteraly have nothing bad to say about it,its so good that i would even play it without any sexual content the story was amazing and bonding with the triplets is amazing as someone who wants to be a father one day and have twins if possible this game hit me in the feels i started to cry at one point so i hope the devolopers know they have a huge fan and they work hard on this amazing and beautiful game :love::love::love::love:
  10. 2.00 star(s)

    Frim der Wel

    Renders are good. Writing is not so good. Dialogues are bad. (Internal dialogue is worse.) Story is *really* bad. Over the top drama: Accidents! coma! amnesia! mothers who die of illnesses with perfect timing (daughters 18yo!). No punches are pulled to drive forward the usual tired tropes (first night toilet visit with coincidental cock reveal, this time with sleepwalking; morning after traditional peek/don't peek creepfest. The lingerie photoshoot. No female can hold back from wanting to fuck MC for just 10min, be it daughters, coworkers, waitresses whatever. )

    I gave up at the point where the grieving mother of a son killed in the accident caused by MC 18 years ago (who now looks like 25, by the way), who is completely crushed by her loss and seemingly unable to function for the last 18 years, now confronts MC and gets into some cringe inducing cheesy dialogue (MC claims he has to continue his life as "I owe it to [..] your son"!?).I do not have the stomach to stick around to witness how her sorrows are inevitably healed by the power of cock...

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  11. 5.00 star(s)

    maver!ck

    My thoughts after playing v0.2.1.

    I like:
    - great graphics and animations
    - great story, it's not the usual porn game with a shallow story that's just an excuse so a sex scene can happen
    - great characters, they each have their own unique personalities
    - well written dialogues and I really like the dirty talk
    - POV sex scenes
    - the player is not forced to have a romantic or sexual relationship with other characters
    - no forced/unavoidable sex scenes
    - hot women

    i did not like:
    - glenn, I hate that douche. The world would be a better place without people like him.

    There's not much sex scenes yet which is understandable since it's only the second chapter, but this game has great potential considering the graphics, animations and story. Also, with all the hot women almost throwing themselves at the MC, I think this will lead to some very difficult choices in the future updates unless there will be a harem path. I can't say much as of the moment because it's still in the early stages but I can't wait for the next update. 5 stars for me.
  12. 5.00 star(s)

    Rockonon

    one of the top's quality adult game i played. beautiful renders , the story is intriguing , the characters are very well designed and the gameplay is easy.
    Sir Dammed never disappoints me and the top quality of Alorth is easy to recognize ToP Game
  13. 5.00 star(s)

    jasonvorhees

    first review.

    The story so far is pretty solid and shit the mofo made me cry nearly multiple times. I had to be away from family for a long ass time last year and when you find out what happens to his parents and Gracie while he was in the coma hit me.

    The designs for the girls are pretty good and varied in not just hair colour, interesting personalities to boot.

    It's definatley not a long game but very interested to see it finished.
  14. 5.00 star(s)

    onemadvagabond

    I give this a top rating right off the bat for the simple reason that so far, it has been very enjoyable. Wonderful looking with very nice dialogue and story as compared to so many others.

    Only real gripe so far is the cop neighbor. Not so much that the character is there, but the way it is handled so far. It just makes zero sense for the MC to just say eh, whatever and move on after being blatantly harassed for no reason. If he is just there to steer the story in some direction, at least flesh it out more to match the rest of the story.

    Love the characters of course, the triplets are great and hopefully the story will have them keeping the MC on his toes. Looking forward to more.
  15. 4.00 star(s)

    emanresuistaken

    The renders are very nicely done and I expect this game to be a higher rating in the future. At the moment 0.2.1 is still pretty much an intro with very little "action". I'm looking forward to future updates and hope I can give it a higher rating soon.
  16. 5.00 star(s)

    Slockie

    One of my all time favorite games. Renders are fantastic, writing is superb, girls are well made, and the story seems to be heading in a great direction. I don't mind the length in between updates if it means we keep getting fantastic content in the future. Also, Olivia is by far the best girl. :)
  17. 5.00 star(s)

    Hulkchan

    Love the triplets, Maddie is the best. I said what I said.
    Really great slow burn AVN that makes you fall for the characters and not just fuckdolls. Only a couple of chapters in and the depth of the story is amazing. Plays on AVN tropes while remaining unique.
  18. 5.00 star(s)

    Deleted member 2607651

    I can only count my top favourite Developers on my own two hands and SirD and Alorth are two of the few Developers I love, Their other games are great and Radiant is no exception in fact it's one of the more anticipated games I look forward to hearing about a new update because I love every moment of the game From the moment we met the sweetest girl Gracie in the beginning through the to the introduction of some new girls knocking on your door and the emotion you can feel in the story writing, I might just be a sensitive fella but I genuinely had a tier or two roll down my cheek (Don't Judge Me! I have feelings too.) The 3 new girls Olivia, Allison and Maddie are very cute and gorgeous girls with their own unique personality and vibe, of course, there are more very attractive girls you meet as you play the game and they all have the same level of detail and quality to them as the 3 main girls we have so far so no one feels like a side character yet.

    The story is very interesting in my opinion and it keeps my full attention and I'm someone with a short attention span, It has the right type of drama and emotion to make you feel the way the characters feel so you feel like you can relate even if you haven't experienced the situations the character are going through and have been through, Nothing feels random or written for the sake of it, every scene and moment in the game feels like it was meticulously written with a very specific emotional vibe and tone in mind like everything was written for a reason.

    The Animations are absolutely amazing and it's further enhanced by the gorgeous girls in the Lewd scenes and the ambient background audio Like the distant voices of a crowded restaurant while you are doing the "Naughty Lewd Deads" with a jaw-dropping beauty in the public restroom, There is a lot of labour of love that went into this game and you can feel and see it for yourself by playing the game...

    If you haven't played the game already yet and you are looking for something that has good story writing, amazing animations, many gorgeous girls, high attention to detail, Good Engrish (Shit all spelling errors if ever) and a game you can Fap to like you haven't busted a nut in weeks then this is the game for you especially you are Anti-NTR/Sharing of any kind with other males then I Highly recommend playing this game.


    If you Like Radiant you might love the Developer's other stuff as well.
  19. 5.00 star(s)

    AaronSamus

    This is one of the only games which delivered convincing dialogue. The way the characters represent either pain or excitement or shock is displayed sooo well. And dont even get me started on the render quality. Absolute unit.
  20. 3.00 star(s)

    korisnik2007a

    The very high ratings are misleading as usual.

    The available content isn't that long, but that's not my main problem. It's that, looking at the tutorial it said my choices would be impactful and meaningful, but, disregarding the prologue and the basic premise of the game (coma patient), I can't even say no to a date? Pretty forced of the developer if you ask me, for a game that prides itself on choices and stats. Essentially - a subpar script so far.

    The graphics are nice though.

    But the game is very lacking in my eyes, mostly regarding player agency. To be honest I stopped playing after I had to go on the first date - such a big change in his life and all he does is think about getting some - can't be doing things like that author - you want emotional attachment - take your bloody time.