Just finished my first playthrough and I definitely would like to see where this game goes and very much hope it gets finished!
Firstly, as many others have said it does the phone sim really well. It just acts very much like a phone, so it really pulled me in playing it on my phone. Though I think there should be an autosave on app close feature. I definitely lost a little progress on that a couple times. Not a dealbreaker, would just be nice.
I’m really hoping “the gram” and “fansonly” get some more use in future updates, I think there’s a LOT of potential there. And I can’t wait to see what the relationships develop into
That said, having done only one run so far and playing it in a way I thought was realistic – at least to me - I think I ended up effectively toeing the line on the more “love” side of NTS and missed a lot. At this point I think the “love” route name should just be changed to the “monogamous” route and I’d like to see an NTS style sharing route that is more swinging than just letting your girlfriend sleep with other guys and getting off on that.
In my opinion that distinction, love and monogamy needs to be made more in any kind of multiple partner game, on either side. It can be not love, it can be cheating, it can be a lot of things, but just because there isn’t monogamy doesn’t mean it it’s love.
In general this whole recent wave of AI NTR/Cuck content games is REALLY weird to me but that’s besides the point. I’m going to try doing a more NTS route on another play through but that SEEMS to not really be the content I’m after. It at least sounds like it’s just sharing Mel with other guys – which isn’t necessarily a bad thing – but not the content I’m personally after. I’d be much more into it if it was more of a swinging style sharing. She fucks other guys, we fuck other girls, there’s group stuff involved, etc., but at the end of the day the relationship is still definitely a “love” relationship. I’d also love to see it be able to swing the other way and do sort of a harem type thing with her, chloe, Jennifer and others and decide do they know about each other? Are you just the cheater and they all think they’re yours only?
Truly that might be an entirely different game and add too many options for the dev to write, but I’d like the idea.
As far as the AI content, personally, I don’t hate it. I feel like the engine struggles a bit with some consistency with the models. I actually prefer 2d art from AI than 3d, I feel like I see better results but that’s just personal opinion I think. If AI art is what it takes for a developer to make their game come to life, I’m all for it. When it’s used as BS shovelware is where there’s problems. This feels like the former (and the dev has said as much). I know I couldn’t draw (or write) this game myself and to me it’s a tool to help make an engaging experience.
I’d definitely like to see more with the texting dynamic happening as well as the gallery. I definitely expected to open my gallery afer the evening with Jennifer and see a few new pics – aside from the one you talk about taking – especially since there’s a lot happening that night while you’re also just watching a movie with her. You could have this be something that happens consensually – posed pics and such, or sneaky pics taken while they aren’t noticing – this could even be part of your choices made for what sort of route you’re taking with each girl. Again this might be too much scope expansion for this game but the idea of each girl potentially having a love route, a harem route, a swinging route, an NTS route and and NTR route – obviously with some overlap form one to another sounds really appealing – make it feel more real.
Speaking of feeling real, one little thing I LOVED and noticed the most with Chloe was the typing notifications coming and going with the delays. 4 or 5 messages then she’s typing, then stops then starts then sends a message. That had a really great feel to it, I’d love to se more than one conversation happening at a time. Two texting at the same time and possibly even how you interact with one changes the other. Something like Mel and Chloe are out and Chloe is texting you that Mel looks great, but Mel is texting you that shes not comfortable and you can just text with Chloe which will make Mel stay nervous, you can hop to Mel and reassure her, you could tell Chloe that Mel is feeling nervous and maybe could use a morale boost… etc etc. again this might be more complex than is reasonable. But the idea is just having more than one conversation happening at once.
Maybe more reasonably is say in the beginning when Mel is texting about camping and Ben is into the game his is playing, they will sort of text over eachother and you can sort of decide who to focus on, or even if that doesn’t matter just having more than one text thread “active” would add to the immersion I think.
In the end, I think it’s a good game with a lot of potential and I really hope it continues and eventually gets finished.
Update with spoilers ahead:
Okay so I made a second playthrough and went pretty much just straight NTS. IMO the love route could almost just be called the boring route at this point. Which may need some more fleshing out or that may be the idea. That said, I stand by what I said before. I’d like to see the NTS route split into more swinging, both characters being with other people, maybe her not being SO into describing getting railed by other guys? As someone who has had a similar relationship the direction I would personally prefer is with her talking about the other guys you could interject lines like “I wish I had been there” or “would have been hot if that was us” Could get into more of an exhibitionist style where it’s the MC and Melany but they are showing off for other people, so she is getting off on the idea of there being other guys around.
These are really just thoughts but regardless I think the love route needs fleshing out to be worth doing and I do think there’s a lot of possibilities there and I also think the NTS route could really use some more things that are them exploring eachother and their relationship that aren’t just your GF fucking other guys. There are numerous points where Mel is a LOT more interested in doing any and every thing with just other guys and not you involved. Right after the landing when she’s texting about what show to binge watch and there’s the dialog about Ben and her, there’s literally no mention of the MC - in fact she mentions that she fantasized about Ben while they were having sex and that was what got her off. Again, while that does circle back to the influx of cuck content that’s at least not something that does anything for me. I’d MUCH rather have that dialog potentially branch a bit to include or not include the MC, if that’s what you want or even just the MC add a line about something like “imagine you’re riding him and I’m in your mouth” or whatever, just something to actually include the MC (you know, the MAIN CHARACTER) and not JUST him being cucked.
Another point, when Mel is going clubbing, if you really encourage her to experiment that’s all well and good but then if you mention you have a girl coming to your room all she says is “neat” basically. There could ABSOLUTELY be a conversation there that would pull this back into a swinging/open relationship that isn’t one sided. Basically, like a much more genuine relationship. If you’re going to encourage your GF to have fun with other guys, I think it’s reasonable that she would encourage you to do the same with other girls – or give you the option and that can help decide your route. Or at least there to be a conversation about it when it comes up. Considering that later she will send you a pic of her and her friend half naked, it doesn’t seem that there’s jealousy so that’s seems realistic to me. And again, you could choose to have it be a one sided, cucking-style thing or it could be open for both sides – which seem to be where it’s headed in the Chloe line anyway.
Once you get the hacking app I think it’d be nice have there be at least a thing or two to find in everyone’s phones – some of it could even be old. Maybe stuff from Jennifer’s old boyfriend (or a “you didn’t really think I wouldn’t keep my phone safe against my own app did you?” texts with Chloe and Mel, that’s really just a mechanic idea – sucks to get a utility in a game that you can’t use right away.
All of that said, in its current state, for what it is trying to accomplish I think this is 4-5 star game (and I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and give it 5 since there’s a whole path I didn’t take – and am not interested in- which has even more content.
There’s definitely some improvements that I think can be made, both with interactions and how genuine they feel and some mechanical ideas as well as there being some narrative choices I might have gone another way with. There’s also just certainly content in here that isn’t for me – which is 100% fine. All in all, I’m really excited to see where this goes and I hope to see it expand much further. This one gets a Patreon Sub from me for sure.
