Ren'Py - Rovering to Sussex [Ch.4 v0.4.0] [Zargon_games & RFB]

Rovering to Sussex Chapter 2. Version 0.2.5

Never heard of this game before, it's the first time I've seen or heard of it. Never played the devs other game. So, I had no expectations going into this. So what are my feelings after completing this update? complete and utter boredom. My god was this dull, I mean my engagement wavered within the first 5 minutes, but after 20 or so minutes I just wanted it to end. The characters man, it's the damn characters that killed me, The main character was a complete soulless vacuum, no personality, no charm and the writing did him no favours, he was just boring. How am I supposed to enjoy the game if the main character sucks? That's writing 101 folks. The other characters, especially the women felt like 90's romcom parodies that had one character trait, and that was their entire personality. Like walking sex dolls with no depth. The story was cliché and it's been done a thousand times before, nothing more to expound upon, it's nebulous. The renders and models are pretty nice though, I can give the game props for good renders and some hot looking babes. But overall, this game needs some serious work and maybe a remake or redo, the current story and writing just bores me. I'll come back after a few updates to see if they have improved.

The gameplay is decent and the characters feel sort of human, which most AVNs miss, but that's about it. You play as a new guy in a group and all of them are having sex except for you. The closest you get to penetration is when you creep on them. Should call this Voyeur Simulator. The game wants to push you on the direction of a creep. There's a scene where you can try to steal a girl's panties, but she catches you and you don't steal it. The only purpose of that interaction was so that this LI can call you a pervert, which you actually are.

Aside from that, the plot is actually pretty boring. I don't bring up the plot when the game is a fuckfest just meant for your instant enjoyment, but you get no sex here so naturally I was expecting the plot to keep me entertained, but like... nothing happens? You go from A to B, do X things you need to do, go to sleep and done.

I find the game to be enjoyable so far and like all the mini-games. The author has put in a lot of work to have a lot of different paths that do not feel like you are cheated out of missing stuff. You will miss stuff but that is because you made a choice to go one direction instead of another. Example at the party, you have limited number of things you can do and when you do one thing other things at the party change so some option close and other new option open.

Models are not all to my liking but those could be improved. Story is growing and there is definitely replay worth stuff happening.

As other people have said ignore all the one ratings, their issues seem to be more with themselves than with the game. Not sure why people give something one star because it has something they do not like but is clearly in the tags as being there. If you do not like non standard relationship games then do not play a non-standard relationship games and then complain that is contains non-standard relationships.

So far the game is great, with a lot of girls to choose and kinks that I love. The minigames are fun to play. This is not a game for everyone, so if you don't like see the girls doing things with others guys, just skip it. For me is a masterpiece and I'm going to keep an eye on it, seems promising.

I really like this game, and appreciate the amount of C&C that is present in the game. Very few games if any has this amount of choices and consequences in this site, and most of the follow the same cookie cutter formula of tired tropes and genres. The dialogue is good and the bantz reads like real dialogue exchanged between friends. Scenes are also of good quality. Overall 9/10.

Rovering to Sussex [Ch. 2 v0.2.1]
The Exceptional:

• The gameplay: The game has very good game mechanics. It’s top-tier. You have choices that affect the story and gameplay. Meaning that this is not a kinetic VN that gives you the illusion of choices.
• You have minigames that are kind of fun and not annoying.
• Free roams are made well.
• The coding is very decent. Didn’t encounter any bugs. I have to mention this since it has a lot of game mechanics present.

The Good:

• Well-written characters. Various personality.
• It’s trying to be somewhat realistic and I think it does that pretty well
• The renders are nice. Maybe not top tier but good enough.
• The models have fairly decent bodies.
• The male characters present in the game are decent. They are not typical assholes/losers/clowns.

Between good and bad:

• The faces of all the models aren’t likable

The bad:

• The game is currently a bit over-reliant on voyeurism

Ignore the one-star or two-star reviews. They don't reflect the game at all. You will find a lot of overused plots rated to the sky because they are about catching pokemon. No real consequences, and no gameplay.

I wish I could give 5 Stars, because as is, we're still at the beginning (maybe I can change my rating on future versions), and there isn't that much of plot development yet.

(I can hear some people furiously typing "why this dipshit noob are talking about plot in a porn?", I know)

All the foundations have potential, and the setting/characters seems fun to read, but both in porn and plot, there's a long road ahead (or a short road if you're not that gifted, Haha, I made a funny), but I can't wait to see what the future and when I will fuck Anne... Oh, sorry, I can't play favorites. Not that early.

But in general, I liked the overall mood of the novel. Not on level of Tlaero's works in terms of mood, but close enough to get my atention. And you know what they say: "First you got my attention, and now you got my erection"

Ch 1 review -
Dev says that this is supposed to be a wholesome game but it doesn't feel like it ,here we have a unlikeable Male character and boring female characters and story about moving to a new town and joining a club and making friends is quite simply dull and there is not something much to play for . It looks more like a multiple protagonist game where all characters have a relationship of their own and you can control them to an extent but overall you don't have say in what happens in the story if there is one in this game . And to make things worse some fetishes in this game can't be avoided only can be skipped or we can ignore it by not seeing it which makes it a terrible game .

This game feels like a thousand others in the worst possible way. It's so cookie cutter and redundant, that I felt my lifeforce ebb away whilst playing this bland tripe. The main character is just so fucking boring and lame, just look at him, talk about toast with no butter. The females don't pop out to me, or seem interesting in the slightest. Just empty wholes waiting to be filled, and judging from this games direction, not by the main character either. Because this game has other characters doing the fucking, and you can't even avoid it, just skip it, it still happens thought, because that's fun right... NOPE.

Review Ch. 1 v0.1.1

Usually I don't like to review games so early in development but there has been some controversy and unfairly negative reviews so I felt obligated to post a review anyway.

The story is that MC is new in town and joins a scouting group to get some social life. The group consists of a quite diverse cast of both female and male characters, all of whom have their own personalities and backgrounds. The actions and conversation choices of the player determines the relationship the MC may have with the NPC's. It's quite early to say but so far the way relationships develop are quite complex. Sometimes it seems difficult to predict which choice leads to which girl, especially since you don't know them so well in the beginning. On the other hand, it feels pretty organic and realistic, which I think is really great and impressive.

The downside for some players can be that, contrary to many other games, the MC is not the center of the universe. The NPC's have already well established relationships, including with other NPC's, and are not clean slates waiting for the MC to romance them. If you go looking for it, you may find NPC's doing sexual stuff with each other as well. However the choices which lead to seeing such content are well marked and easily avoidable. (Edit to clarify: the content happens anyway but you can choose not to see it). However that some NPC's do have relationships with each other from the start is not avoidable. For some people that may be a dealbreaker, but in my opinion it greatly enhances the realism. The characters had lives before the arrival of the MC and it makes sense that they continue with their lives.

All in all, I think the game is pretty great. I'm rating it 5 stars for the innovative and complicated gameplay and believable and deep characters, but I do realise it's still early to give a final verdict.

This game is just terrible. Now, I know what you're thinking , it's just the first release, give it another chance, It might get better later on. My answer to that is FUCK NO. I can see the signs clearly, all the markers are their. The writing sucks, the characters are shallow and empty, the premise is overused and completely tripe. The female cast are unlikely and unremarkable. So, even if things improve, the foundation of ass, has already taken an unholy turd on this game that will never wash away. I'm calling it now, this game will be abandoned within the first year. It sucks.

[Ch. 1 v0.1.1]

I liked the renders and female characters are cute.
The story is soo boring, I'm sure many used the tab key or fell asleep. There's nothing interesting about the MC and I think he'll have a secondary role (spectator mode ) .
I'd rather no sexual intercourse in chapter one and more character story to get to know them better. This game needs less sex (**for now) and more life in the characters

Review for Rovering to Sussex ( Ch 1 V0.1.0 )
Another Realistic game where world doesn't revolve around MC , where everyone have their own relationships .It's okay , I don't mind that , I don't expect all girls to wait for MC and will be virgins so MC romance with them , I would prefer to not know about it ( when I play as MC ) and here we have LI who already got boyfriends , childish cartoon characters who act like toddlers in adult body and slutty tsundere girls and we have to endure it . And there is no way of avoiding some of them and their voyeur scenes like bj happens no matter what and it's just skippable ( not avoidable )
Renders are okay for most part and though some girls look good , they are either town sluts or they already have boyfriends .
Only positive in this game is gameplay too early to tell but for now , Free roam is simple and smartphone is easy to use and easy to respond to their texts and there are no errors .
And story and writing is poor , there seems a skip in time of MC there is nothing shown in the game other than him joining the club and meeting his new friends and going to their party , nothing about living situations or job feels like a dating simulator than a game . And while playing this version , in future it seems most of the content will be guys sharing girls MMF /MMFF ( optional ) . It would be nice , if devs add those optional planned content so those who don't like those can skip the game . Overall for now there is nothing to play for - boring MC and unlikeable support cast ( both male and female ) and most importantly an empty plot with those characters .

Game doesn't have much content at the moment but I trust the dev to improve with time based on his previous game, Young Again

Would like some future content based around the MC's week at work or whatnot. Feels like we're rushing through content when every scene is the MC's life fast-forwarded to Sunday when he has Scouts meeting.

Animations are nice
English and dialogue is serviceable
Fetish content is nice

5/5

[Ch. 1 v0.1.0

Pros
+ Attractive female characters
+ Easily avoidable fetishes

Cons

You click on a door and see a girl blowing a guy
MC goes to the bathroom and sees a girl masturbating thinking about a guy who has girlfriend, ....
So, this is the level of character development in CH1 ... (Potential LI's)

Bad story . So far it's another teen drama , uncharismatic MC .
I just see a future (random sex and brainless sluts)