VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Something to Write About: The Author [Ch. 7.1] [STWAdev]

Amazing! and completed? Count me satisfied.

The girls are different and beautiful, the renders are great, and the writing is nice.
I even learned something from playing this game! (it's the fricking Irish name pronunciation).

Definitely would recommend.

Nice story , good render
some good twists
Very well made branches that leads to different endings
but very vanilla , some spice is missing
I liked that author tried to deal with mental illness issue but i liked it more in Leap of Faith

Loved this game, really enjoyed it. This is dev's first game I believe, so there's gonna be areas where improvements can be made, but overall its actually pretty good, although one thing's for sure, this game is not so much a sex game, but a game with sex in it. The LI's in this game are all unique and different, they feel alive and loveable, with great character progression as well, making the H scenes with them feel really rewarding. The main strength about this game is the story and the characters, it also deals with some real world issues that many may have faced. While there isn't any crazy things happening in the game, it does feel relatable, and have some great lessons and message from it as well. I got to admit though, I skipped some dialogue on my first run, decided to try the game again, and going only with Aoife, but even then, it was enough for me to enjoy this game. There's just so much to like about her, beautiful, kind, big hearted, sexy, she's just perfect. Highly recommend you get the audio mod when playing this game, it makes it so much more enjoyable.

"Everybody here, we all have our own problems. If we support each other we'll get through it. That's what I believe at least." -Aoife

Pros:
-Good story and renders
-Great character growth
-Amazing love interest
-Aoife!!
-Choices that matters

Cons:
-Some grammatical errors here and there
-Lack of animations (short and simple H scenes)
-Not enough H scenes
-No music
-MC's skin color seems to change through the game

If you enjoy a great VN with well written characters and a good story then you really should play this game. Like others in the genre this is not mainly a sex game but a game with sex in it. But the writing made it all up for me what it may lack a bit in animations.

This game is hard to rate because some stuff is awesome and some stuff is bad and having to rate a game out of 5 stars based on that is difficult but I'll try. First, the good stuff. The girls are all hot, there's a ton of sex, and there's a lot of dialogue and it's generally well written. Also, there is a lot of content here so if you like the content then you'll love this game.

Now, for the bad. I'll begin by saying that the MC's skin color seems to change throughout the game and at first I didn't even know who I was playing as. At the start you seem to be tanned, and then you turn hispanic and then black and then hispanic and it wasn't until later that I figured out that it was due to the lighting changes throughout the game. And that I think is the perfect analogy to describe the writing. Scenes shift in and out and there are constant flashbacks ranging from weeks to months to even 9 years. When you are having the information dump be blinked around between so many different time frames it gets confusing. If you're going to write a story and have characters be established with one another due to past events, limit the flashbacks or have it be discussed better. The flashbacks are also not in any type of order so you will have flashbacks to talking to Chris 2 weeks ago and then 2 years ago, yesterday, and then 9 years ago. It is disorientating and I think it harms the overall plot narrative. This also leads me to another problem that I think is somewhat related. Having to choose between the girls at certain points is a disconnect from when the game at times feels like a harem game, and it does feel like that's what it was going for. Even Chris comments on your harem literally calling it a harem. So this means that, again, it just seems disjointed. Overall it's not a bad game at all and in some aspects pretty good. I just feel like the chaotic story telling and having to choose between girls in my harem dampened the experience for me significantly.

The first you need to know is that the MC is black, very unique and i love it, rarely do i get to play a game where i can play as myself.

Positives:

• Plot: The storyline's simplicity is turned into an engaging journey by the developer's execution. Each uncomplicated tale weaves together, forming an incredibly captivating game.
• Characters: The standout charm lies in the characters. Their portrayal feels incredibly authentic, and each one undergoes a unique character development. The progression of each girl's story is enthralling, making intimate scenes feel like rewards for emotional investment rather than mere desires. The subtle shift towards a pseudo-harem theme later in the game highlights the eventual choices we must make.

Negatives:

• Grammar and typos are noticeable throughout the game.
• Limited animations, particularly in intimate scenes, although it didn't bother me significantly.
• Underutilized plot elements, like the MC's ex, leave potential storylines unexplored.

Outdated graphics, looks like 2015 (see episode 3 and boat trip scenes.) Almost all girls look ugly (except Aoife), sex scenes are very few (if you play without mod that lets you pick all girls and not just one) there's one sex scene in every episode....which is very weird as the game plays and feels like harem game (all girls fling themselves at you for no reason at all.)

Sex scenes are a joke here, short and anticlimatic, there's no build-up, no sense of achievement, girls look even uglier than usual (titjob scene with Aoife is just two frames of action, one frame she placed it between her boobs, next frame her face is covered with white substance, there's no cumshot.) All scenes are like that, lazy short, few frames of action, there's no choice over positions or anything - very lazy graphics job there... (next scene with Aoife is just you masturbating her, she makes stupid grim face which means she had orgasm.)

It all feels like someone forgot to implement adult material in an adult game and 5 minutes before the release decided to add two frames of "adult" action. If you want many different positions, different outfits, different fetishes and decisions which to use/see - you won't find it here.

And if you add that horseshit dialogue you had to skip through to get to those "adult" scenes (ironically, writing in a game titled 'Author' is terrible) you'll get really pissed off.

I liked this VN, I think it's very good actually, despite not having any music/sound or animations and some renders being not that great, in my opinion the story, well written plot and interesting characters are what make this AVN enjoyable and engaging (I couldn't stop reading xD).

That tomboy was pretty fun calling the MC "dude" the whole time, loved the drama as well, also I appreciate that choices matter here, there is replayability if you don't want to miss out any content (I think it's impossible to see everything in one playthrough).

Overall it was very entertaining, it's a solid 7.5.

Definitely gonna check out Unbroken.

The story was really amazing, the characters all had unique back stories and personalities and each character had a decent ending.
Though i wish Dru had the chance to have surgery to maybe fix her eye sight since we do now have the surgery.

Story. 9.5/10
Characters. 9/10
Sex. 7/10
Art/renders. 7.5/10

The story is decent mostly vanilla stuff, very little drama, i dident really like that you dont know MCs hole story from that start, it feels stupid that MC is so pissed at hes childhood friend/girlfriend and you have no clue why, and all you see is that friend helping MC constantly shes even the hole reason MC got published as an author, not only that hes also living in her appartment and she got you a job at a school, so nothing at all makes sense for a very long time and heres the kicker it never will.....

Also the backstory dident make sense to me, MC tells hes childhood friend/GF that he loves her and they start dateing and next you see him telling Chris hes with someone else, seems weird, even if she did go to college they where together for 2 months as a couple i would guess and been friends forever seems wierd that it would just fizzle out as MC said since they managed to stay very close friends even though they broke up?

The most crazy part is MC trying to kill him self just because hes new girlfriend was cheating on him, i mean really it could have made sense if she was killed or something but from cheating that would drive him to drink which he did, but to kill him self thats plain stupid, he still had hes childhood friend and just got published so everything else was perfect.

And thats not the only stupid part, there was absolutly 0 reasons for him to be so pissed with Chris none what so ever, all she ever did was being a friend which makes the hole story break apart from day 1.
And this is also why i went from 3 stars to 2 stars its just really poorly written.

Backstory needs alot of work to make any sense.

Also the choices dosent really matter much, not sure why they are there in alot of cases, the only ones that matters is if you want to be with one of the girls or not.

Then your building up relationships with other girls all while having the feeling he should be with hes childhood girlfriend whos been helping him her hole life, which again makes no sense as to why hes doing that and it just get annoying not knowing what happened.

Also i dident really like any of the girls other then B she was the only one that looked normal to me, everyone else has huge tits which is just a big turn-off to me, every time i see them i almost trow up a little in my mouth due to the clothes they got on, it looks so extreemly stupid that a top or t-shirt or whatever is like Glued to the outside of the tits its like vacuum sealed around the tits....who on earth got the idea for that making it look so unrealistic, alot of games shows it like this i just dont get it.

I also tried solo route with the shy lin something but she barely had an ending so that was pointless, also it felt like hard work trying to go solo with her since your constantly get options with all the other girls no matter how many times you tell them no.

Also the lack of animations dosent help the game, same goes for the 0 music to set the mood, it just makes it more boring when its all silence, i know this might be the creators first work but even i can do music in scenes with renpy and i only spend 10 mins looking into it when i thought about giving novel making a try so its not hard at all and plenty of free music out there.

But still it is worth playing the game its not great but not bad either which is why i gave it 3 stars to me it really just is average.

Absolute winner. The renders are good, and the writer actually knows how to write. Good characters, plot, reveals, etc. The various love interests are great, and the outcomes are delightful.

I'm enjoying the next game as well. Consistent high quality from this dev.

Not bad for a 1st time dev. The visuals were not bad, neither was the story. Audio was absent, but that's okay for a newbie dev to ignore.
Still it didn't come together very seamlessly with the transitions being inconsistent & same for the expressions & other minor things.
Overall a decent story alongside a slideshow of decent images. Hopefully the dev gains experience in the future to make the next games a much better experience.

As a story & individual pictures I'd give: between 3-4 stars.
As a game: 2 stars.
In average: 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 stars on account of it being a inexperienced game maker's 1st attempt.
Good Luck in the future.

Art is good, writing is largely good. STWA is a good writer and this is a nice bite-sized intro to their games. Also kinda neat to get a bit of backstory on characters in other stories too. Looking forward to more in the Unbroken

I Really enjoyed this game, would give it a 4.5 star if I could. The LI's are varied and there are a couple of really fun and also some heavier paths as well.

Considering this is a first game I am now really looking forward to Unbroken.

Definitely worth a playthrough.

one of the most enjoyable games out there with good graphics too it doesnt ramble on with nothing. You actaully begin to get invested in the story and how it plays out. there are quite a few twists that could be unnexpected and are also not horrible. i also enjoyed the fact that there is multiple endings to it as well.

I may have enjoyed this more because the writing competency was orders of magnitude better than Savior (a game I turned off in disgust just before firing STWA up).

The characters were kind of cliche, but that kind of goes with the territory. They fit certain types, but stick a bit too rigidly to them for me to feel like they are real.

The writing is very good in terms of language, and the plot is enough to entice you to move along without being spectacular.

On the negative side, a lot of scenes were meandering, some others were kind of superfluous, and this makes the pace kind of off and requires clicking through some pretty uninteresting conversations. I guess this is a lack of conflict and drama. Some scenes just exist for information, and I don't like that. The animations suck. Irredeemably so, I would have enjoyed the game more if the dev had stuck to stills.

Overall a really nice AVN that I have no trouble recommending. There are drawbacks, but much less than many others in the field.

Pretty decent story with good written characters. Relaxing and vanilla plot without too much drama.
The story is linear, so, yours choices only matters to which girl (or girls if you into threesome) you are end up with.
There some story twitches, but like i said - no big drama.
Maybe MC sometimes behaved childish and stupidly, but it wasn't that bad, we all have flaws a guess.

Renders: 8/10 (pretty good renders)
Story: 8/10
Girls: 8/10
Lewd scenes 5/10 (for me it wasn't the problem, as I mostly seek for a good story and realistic characters)

I played Unbroken before starting this game and chose Chris, but after playing Author I kinda fell for Dru, she really is adorable, so I had to start Unbroken again just to rechoose the girl hahah.

Oh also maybe the ending was a bit rushed and unfinished, at least on Dru route. But dev cannot satisfy everybody on this matter, so it is fine.

The pacing may be a bit off and the endings a bit rushed, but overall, Something to Write About: The Author tells a pretty good story. Just like most other AVNs, it starts off fairly slow but eventually reaches a point where it begins to settle in. My biggest problem with the story is that it doesn't begin to unfold until late in the game, which makes for rushed storytelling. Besides that, the characters are fun, energetic, and unique. While Aoife is my favorite character due to her cheery personality and the large amount of time spent with her, most of the other characters are close behind. For a somewhat short game, I'd say this one is worth playing.

This is a porn VN alright but a drama porn to be exact. I don't like it when plotlines become unbelievable and illogical just to be sappier and touchier. Even so this VN tried it with bad plot development and writing:
MC gets cucked by some chick meanwhile having a sexual thing with his BFFWB Chris, then he feels so betrayed and lonely so he commits suicide by jumping off an overpass!? But some samaritan pedestrian lady "bravely" falls down with MC trying to save him which somehow helped MC survive (don't think so) It just lost me after the fact that blind hottie waking up from coma to sleep with MC and join his pseudo-harem. Behold the power of boners! I couldn't take it serious after that point. Everything was over the top. Only girl I found interesting was Lyndie, others were meh and no real ending with her like WTF?
Overall an underwhelming experience, not a single aspect I can call good tbh. OK for a casual read for passing time, you won't have a WOW moment. Lets hope Unbroken is better.

Ch 7.1 - Completed

Well first and foremost this VN wasn't for me, maybe the theme wasn't compatible with me and the format of the narrative made it bland. So take this review with a grain of salt.

Since this is a story focus VN, we'll quickly touch on the gfx etc first and the storyline later.

The models are quite pretty and renders are above average, animations are so-so. If you're into the lewd stuff then this might not be your thing. Also most of the sex scenes are pretty vanilla stuff.

Now the main strength of this VN is the story and the characters.
Storyline basically deals with depression of sorts and recovering from your low point. The healing process, rediscovering yourself. Of cos with the help of a cast of beautiful ladies whom you'll have tons of interactions with. Each character has their own complex background and unique circumstances. MC will aid on their problems while the ladies will help him heal his emotional/psychological scars, its a 2 way thing.

Theres no insane drama plot, the narrative feels more like slice of life format. It was a good read in the beginning chapters but towards the mid and late game, it got kinda draggy and boring.
The ladies all have different personalities and situations but they're just average in quality overall, none of them are outstanding as a character. They're all the cliche VN love interests troupe. Their respective story sub plots are all of similar templates. The MC is probably the worst written character here imo. I mean he has his own story but again its pretty bland(moreover it drags for too long) and the entire story from his perspective feels like playing an on-rails shooter killing the same zombies till the end.

Now that's not to say this VN is bad, the many good reviews here is testimony to that but in my opinion its just too average and the slice of life approach makes the storytelling monotonous. Lets face it guys, real life is boring as hell and sucks thats why we're all here. I would say the narrative is flat throughout with a lack of proper build up or a decently executed climax.

The main offender is the plot that overstayed its welcome as it got excruciatingly draggy from the middle till the end game(mentioned a lot in this review). However, i do appreciate the lessons and message behind the game, they're conveyed very well especially in the endings.