VN - Ren'Py - Rick and Morty: Another Way Home [r4.0] [Night Mirror]

The original is great and it's fantastic that someone remade this in ren'py. A fun little fantasy in a universe we've all come to enjoy is always welcome! Really enjoyed replaying this with all the quality of life changes!

Man this renpy port really did wonders it's fully deserving of a 5 star rating the original game was a grinding buggy mess but i wasn't aware that there was such a good game hiding beneath it the renpy port remove all that boring ass parts and put all the good parts together and voila we have ourselves a master piece so much better than any other game here kudos to the original dev for creating such an authentic looking art and to the renpy port dev for such a good excellent port.

Version Reviewed: r2.0

Reviewers Note: I have not played the original game this content came from so I'm leaving the review here. I would like to credit Ferdafs for the art and most of the story but am only going to talk about the gameplay as it is in this port.

Overview: Morty is trapped in another dimension, can he fuck his way back home?

Story: This is a Rick and Morty parody obviously, but unlike a lot of parody games it mines a lot of the source material for good content to twist into porno situations. Given the running theme of Morty's horniness in the show this is not that hard, but even beyond that they sex up things like Pickle Rick and Meeseeks. The only notably missing reference I noticed was Annie (puffy vagina) from Anatomy Park. The scenes are varied and have a lot of original ideas even though most end up with blowjobs and sometimes sex. The game does add a few original characters like Girl Morty. The sex tends to skew a bit more vanilla, with anal being about as far as the dev is willing to go. There's some light spanking on occasion but for the most part sex scenes are HJ, BJs, Cuni, PIV, and PIA. Of course it is loaded with incest. Later in the game you get a few more group scenes but even these are somewhat sparse.

Gameplay: It's a VN with a few "do/don't do" scene choices and a bit of customization in how people refer to other people. The amount of content should be noted as this is a very long game if you play it straight through. I spread it out over multiple days, and I think it must be over 10 hours, maybe closer to 15. And not because of some stupid grind, there is no grind, that's just the amount of content you go through.

Art: Keeps the show's style quite well. What is interesting is that unlike Simpsons porn parody games this one actually works. You can fap to this especially as it has very good pacing with the porn scenes. You are never 2,000 words away from the next sex scene the way you are in so many VNs. It also doesn't fall into the trap of having the MC walk into the room and go "we fuk now" and start a sex scene, there is always some story to it. There is quite a lot of story in this game that is not directly porn related.

Conclusion: An excellent game even if you haven't watched the show, but for fans it's even better.

Concern: At the end of the game the dev has a note that new content may be inserted into the middle of the game. This game that does not have a way to navigate to different parts of the game and is also very long. This seems like it may be a problem for people trying to find the new content. Replaying 15 hours of game to get 4 new scenes is a big nope from me. I would hope Night Mirror would add a "jump to day" option in future releases and if he does add content on say day 14 we could load our save then jump to that day to see the new stuff. Maybe Morty could uncover a time machine in the garage or something?

Edit: The dev reached out to me and pointed out that the "do over" option in the main menu already does this. Crisis averted.

I've always wanted to try out the Unity version, like it seems like the author put a lot of effort to get something going, but to get through was simply just too tedious and a hassle to get through, every time I was playing it, I was wishing there was a ren'py version of it, and now, here it is, the opportunity to read it comfortably now exists, and it's very well done.

[r2.0]
I did a lengthy review on the original game's thread, so check that one out if you want to see my thoughts on the game itself. I'm scoring this 5/5. I'm just here to say that I truly appreciate Night Mirror's work. It's a hell of a project to take on for no pay or anything but internet fame! Mad props! Thank you for this amazing port.

I didn't have much hope trying this game seeing the drawings in the previews.
But I was wrong! It was really good and the drawings were hotter than I expected. However if the graphics were better this game would've got 5/5.

Can't say I found anything amiss with the language as I really didn't care that much about the story as I was clicking my way through it. I should return and read the story properly some day.

I haven't played the original version but reading the other reviews I could leave that out.

Rated: 4/5
Based on: r2.0

Better than the original, much easier to play. It should have been made in Ren'Py from the start. Better gallery mode, which after the first few updates, is the only mode I really care about anymore. No downsides to this version, it's a great port full of upgrades.

Amazing remake. Much better than the Unity version.

+ No bugs compared to the Unity version
+ Renpy features such as rollback, skip text missing in the original game
+ Dialogue rework makes the plot more interesting
+ Dev added a lot of new features such as skip scene, nickname change, ....

If you liked the original game, you will enjoy this one more

Great work here! The Unity game is boring and unplayable, this is fun and easy to play. Thanks a ton, you are appreciated and you definitely improved the community with this. Play is smooth and easy, options are easy to use, and everything flows together coherently. Thanks.

Great game, classical Ren'Py , nothing really bad to say about it except the sphericalness of these tats. Graphics are good but you can improve, the shining is clearly to rework, bodies sometimes look like plastic. Scenario is okay, writing is okay too.

Be careful to other games like yours, bc they have excellent result on some of these points, try to improve some aspects, or you may be crushed by the others ! Great job tho !

This rework is absolutely amazing, and there is nothing more to add to the choir of happy reviewers, who rated this game with 5 stars.

You can read through the reviews and understand why this rework of ferdafs original game is so good or you can just click the download button and enjoy - your choice.

Just wanted to thank Night Mirror for beeing the simple genius we all needed - for me this rework made the game playable again.

Holy shit cannot express this guy is amazing. Has done everything the guy who gets paid should of been doing. Hopefully this man sticks around Can't wait to see what happens next, 100% a developer who deserves respect.

A great improvement on the original. Not to knock Ferdafs, but the switch of engine, writing tweaks within scenes, added scenes, joining contextual scenes, and ability to skip scenes are incredibly good additions which make this pretty much the definitive way to play this.

I didn't play the original, I have no idea how the original story is and how it's ending.

Hell, I downloaded this, and took me 3 days to actually play it because the idea of sexualized Rick and Morty characters is just laughable. But I have to say;

What a great game. The writing is pretty much on par with the show, the characters are great, the storylines are hot, and even the art isn't bad. As a parody, I could compare it to Four Elements Trainer, but with a lesser art but has actual animations, so it's even.

Go play it, I had 12 hours wanking marathon with it. Haven't played a western this good in months.

Is amazing this fan made on renpy, finally we can save and see an order in the history to understand it better, and the extra lines cg and decisions are quite insteresting, thanks for all your efforts

This version elevates what is already a great game (A Way Back Home by Ferdafs), but removes the grind and adds some minor fetish content.

Excellent content, doesn't take all day to go through. That's a win-win!

Just like the other reviewers are saying, this is a great remake of the Unity version. I totally recommend you play this version of it, and hopefully it'll continue getting updated as well. I'll def be checking this page often. I also love the UI of the scene replay, was really neat!

Original game is great. This rework fixes many things people wished for in original game. 5 stars. Maybe Ferdafs could hook up with this DEV. The two of them could do some pretty great work together. I don't usually write a lot of review but this one is that good.

Review on the 1.1 release.

I supported the original Unity game for a long time because the art style is on point and I just found the concept of an adult version of Rick & Morty hilarious. However, Unity isn't nearly as good an engine for a visual novel as Ren'Py is and the original game has a ton of game bugs that can make it hard to play.

This version is a vast improvement. I really appreciate getting rid of the poorly done sandbox elements and also being able to save at any point and being able to reload any of the saves at any time. I also appreciate some of the improvements that Night Mirror made to the flow of storylines. Honestly, this is what the original should be.

That being said, there are some small issues, like a few places where one storyline doesn't flow as smoothly into another as I'd like, but that's to be expected in places since the original is a sandbox game. There are, however, still a lot of typos, but that is easy to fix and doesn't impede the story.

This is a great fan-made version of this game and I encourage you to try it if you like Rick & Morty.

I am not a fan of this art style, but the story and the athmosphere of the game is really outstanding. With many side stories the main plot keep you playing this game like a drug. I enjoyed the characters, the way how the MC seduce the girls around him, but also the NTR parts. Keep on working on this game!