Unity - Taffy Tales [S1 v1.0.35 Redux] [UberPie]

Reviewing v0.82.4b

Premise: i was unable to even see the 30% of the scenes in the game because some of the issue that i'll be going to mention(i ragequit at 26.5% of the scenes)


The Good (Aka “Keep it <3")

— The art: Despite being disproportioned for most of the female characters, it's good to see, and it's nicely detailed.

— A few scenes like calling out Priscilla

The Annoying (Aka “You better fix it”)

— The Hint system: Even before the “remaster”(although we should call it the “reworse-ner”) was a mess…well, part of it got “fixed”; Apparently the dev decided to give us an extra hint and some people may think “Nice! So now we'll know exactly where and in what time-period go to trigger new events?” and the answer is No, you'll know WHEN but not WHERE, and rarely you'll get to know WHO will be involved(depending on if the hint mention them or not) and even then…after a while the time-period…won't matter, so you'll have several hints under the “anytime”-section of the NON-Interactive menu

— Some routes after YEARS are STILL unavailable…okay it's a NTR-route and i personally loathe it but still, it's a lack of content; The same can be told about locations such as MC's house's basement or some spots that they're "still in the making"

— The new intro: It's placed 6 months in the future with MC about to be arrested while he is writing a letter, the world is at war(for some reason) while he is busy with his harem all of it stuffed into his room with him…makes no sense…what if i would later go for a NTR-route? Would make that intro absolutely pointless and wrong because in that intro MC has a dominating personality like a calm sociopath…

The Bad (Aka “This is what killed the game”)

— The introduction of new characters: That backstabbing Indian guy and his mom…i already stated in my premise that i ragequit on this game(sad because i like Becca and Priscilla), still their presence doesn't add anything to the game itself…it's just an annoying extra

— The Hint System, PART 2: It doesn't tell you where to go so that you can trigger new events or character-events. For example, i stated to be fond of Becca and Priscilla and i played until MC and the girls…do some stuff in Priscilla's barn…but after that? They disappear completely, i kept playing for a while but…at some point the hints became so dry, you really don't know where to go nor when or to whom those hints are related to. Just confusing and infuriating.

Conclusion: A long time ago, this game had potential…but this remaster is just…mediocre, several months spent working on the game…and this is the result? I don't believe it, because i know the dev has some decent ideas and i can't believe that him and his group created something so bad…

Yea this update was just a disappointment I don't understand the point of reworking scenes after such a long wait period and add borderline nonexistent new content. Like others have said guess we will just have to wait till 2023 to get maybe 2 or 3 new scenes. Really dropping the ball on this shit.

This game has alright art, not bad stories and buggy gameplay. This is basically a VN with classic point and click puzzles and day / night cycles. Everything is easy and does not get in your way too much. The reason for playing this game is that if you like art, But stories that lead to art are often boring and not convincing at all. They change from the general state (rich girl until you are damn stupid) to bad management, especially with a neighbor whose relationship is going very fast, and in 3 scenes of high school love He becomes a masochistic slut. We're not saying this's necessarily bad for a porn game, but it does not work in terms of having a character with a cohesive character. At least for me.
This does not mean that stories do not serve their purpose, because they do, they are there to put some pornography on your face, but then it is very memorable.
the new update (v0.82.4a) which I think took about 6 months has been quite mediocre! it's pretty much nothing but adding some not interesting NPCs and it forces you too start the whole damn thing over which is real annoying. after 4 years there are still talks about the release of an "NTR Route" which I don't personally think is gonna happen under 2 years from now (April 2022) if ever!

This game is pretty good if u can stomach its unique story progression. Kinda repetetive, and hard to progress in, but once u get the hang of it, it bocomes less of an issue. Story telling is excelent, art is also great. One of the best games out here, but development is slow. Maybe will be finished in 3 years.

This game is absolute garbage, few years ago I posted my critcism of this game being buggy and interface being sufferable, someone chased me out of this thread. 3 years later it only got worser, you can clearly tell that this game isn't taken seriously.

The plot is a stitch of every generic low cost movie you can think of. Slasher characters, greedy loser protagonist, big huge ass mistery that doesn't make the game interesting in the slightest, non-sense sci-fi. You can't tell if this game is based on US territory or somewhere in the UK because of lango vs the settings.

The cheap ass setting a side, you have bugs: this garbage has random anime character spirtes at every corner, and has other bugs for example: If you speak to Gerda at the mall you skip the whole period, and if you have sex with her at her house you skip the whole day.

You also skip morning and day if you talk to Becca in class, despite refusing her offer to have sex in the stalls.

There is an inconsistent time skip on how you talk to characters, you need to be careful before engaging in a conversation with the characters.


The game hints are to cheesy and uninformative most of the time, for instance, it's almost like a riddle when you want to read your notepad to see what you gotta do, more specifically:

for a given task you need to go to school, you'd read something like:
'Time to scratch the pen on the paper'

If you don't buy mint and go to Jessica's house, it'll let you enter, but you will get stuck and will probably lose your progress if you didn't save before, because this is a bug and there isn't an auto-save feature or a rollback or something.

It will let you replay Violet's quest as much as you want for no progress at all, as long as you continue to break into her computer, yet it won't let you go inside Mary's room because of a key. It has like 8 pages of 2 lines and 10 rows of items, yet it manages to find a way to replace the key for a wrong one in the same inventory index.


If quests stack, you'll get cloned sprites everywhere you go. At times you'll have different options to go to sleep like "Go to bed", "Go to sleep", "Go to sleep" where each option gives different dialog, for different quests.

There are momments, you need to go to Gerda's house looking for Harry and you need to explicitly click Harry after you go inside. Later on the game the dialog is auto-triggered which shows that the developer isn't really fixing broken stuff. Out of these 7 months for a new update, he must be using 3.5 months or less to work on the updates.




In this version, the patch is called mega update but there is nothing that justifies the 'mega' word in it, it's just an edit with 2 scenes and extra CGI of the original content. When you hear it'll be a rework, one could expect they would fix the weak story where the character gets car rammed outside the school and develops two personalities, but no. It's the same story with some text added to the game. It feels to me that the writter had more work in this update than the developer itself. Feels good to be the boss, right? ffs.

He made people replay the game from the beginning, but forgot that there is an ocean sized dialog for people to go through and nobody will re-read it, given they were expecting new stuff, given that he didnt deliver anything new, congrats on tossing money and time away.


this update is so bad, that it makes Rebbeca Black's song 'it's friday' taste better.

By every metric I use, this game is a 5/5, but I have to vote 3/5 for the save incompatibility, do you realize how long this fucking game is and to have replay it every couple updates, that's crazy.

I know the ctrl trick, but even then it takes too long and that doesn't guarantee that the new update doesn't break the new game.

Out of respect I'm giving a 3/5, honestly should give it less considering I hate LONG games that don't have compatible saves.

the game has no recurring updates, the story has been reset for no apparent reason and I don't see any prospects for the game's future in the current development model, and even after years of development it is full of bugs, some that were never dealt with from version to version

i feel like the game is based on NTR the fact that you have multiple antagonists try to NTR the women and there is no way to get rid of them at least not yet and the text doesn't change if you chose NTR rout or if you use vanilla which felt kind of sloppy could have reassured the player that NTR didn't happen but they made it vague I guess to save money. The development is alright but all the females seem to follow everything darnel says the principle is fucking school girls guessing he will aim at your girls soon I'm not a fan of cuck I rather be the cucker but as the game is not fully out things might change and just be better for my tastes but it aint it for me yet
so for the art ill give it a 2 star
and for the development ill give it 1
total rating 3 will play the game once fully out to see if I like it or not but as of now this is my honest opinion

New update 0.082.4a the game has been completely ruined they ramped up the ntr and now the antagonists are fucking all the girls and you watch the and the plot of the story has been fucked as well so i guess my rating is changing to a 0 star.

One of the best game in this genre.M.C is a sociopath who loves to dominate Women around him and gets laid . However , there should more characters for M.C to play and as well as more frequent updates . Also some new locations like brothels and swimming pool will do nicely .

Rating : 9.9/10, the best porn game in my opinion.

Pros:

• Excellent artwork
• Storyline is great and also has great potential
• The MC's dark personality
• Great character gallery
• Pretty good sandbox

Cons:

• Slooooowww updates, I keep checking in on this game a lot for updates :\
• Animations appear halfway-ish through the game

Now I'm not gonna lie I really enjoy this game. The art is phenomenal and the story is enjoyable. Now I know this isn't the full game and I will most likely change my rating later on if possible but there a few flaws. I am not a game developer so I have no idea how hard it is to make a game but every now and then the writing is misspelled, the game freaks out and has black everywhere, and like I said its not complete so some game aspects aren't in yet but I completely understand how humans aren't perfect and in tiredness could have missed a few things. I apologize if this review is a little harsh because I really enjoy this game which is why the review may rude. I will be honest though I (despite what I just wrote) can't wait for the final game.

All the best - [Mister_Arch]

(For Version: v0.68.2a)

Version: v0.68.2a

Well lets start with the good, i really like this game art, its got an unique flare to it that makes it stand out apart from other games. The ""Animation"" in the art is an absolute joke, its just 2-4 pictures moving rapidly with blurry effect, in all honesty it would have been better if there was no attempt at this so called animation.
The story i have enjoyed, the character interactions between Mc and his Ego were pretty fun, yet i honesty think the relationship between the two were sidestepped and sidelined, it could have been so much more fun if they had more refined interaction between each other.
The story itself is divided into character arcs and in all honesty its really hit or miss depending on the character.

Good game, but i would not call it great.

This game is a masterpiece!
Picture are magnificent and the story keeps you in like some kind of drug. Every character gives you a rich story in this great point and click game were scenes rewards you wonderfully. Need more NTR though ;p . One of my fav game. I recommend this game a lot.
Can't wait to see the next update.

The art is good but not a lot of hot characters, though. 3.5/5
The story and dialogue are quite mediocre 2.5/5
The sex scenes could be better executed. Too stiff. 3/5

TT deserves some praises but not a lot.

Gonna try to keep it clean and simple:

If you like to be DOMINANT in BDSM plus Women with exaggerated bodies, you will have a lot of fun with this game, this game is designed to be dirty and doing a good job at doing it.

Since the start of development, this game thrived both in art design and gameplay mechanics which is promising.

Give this game a try if you’re into both of the words I highlighted above.
there's a good amount of content to keep you entertained.
and keep in mind to Support your favorite developers, indie developers won't thrive unlike those who mess up a multi-billion dollar franchize.

Great game, great art. The fetish list is clearly interesting, the BDSM part isnt maybe my favorite but the corruption increase on the most beachy characters is totally great. Cant wait to the next update!

Reviewed version: 0.68.2a

A Jekyl and Hyde tale of a MC plowing his way through all the girls (and then some) in town.

Intro

This 5-star rating is inflated like the MC's horse cock due to the game's potential. Honestly, it's 4- or maybe even 3-star worthy at the moment with all the bugs the game has, but I'm assuming the 'a' in the version indicates that it's alpha and therefore forgiving those issues--for now.

Art

The art style is unique, beautiful and somehow feels distinctly British. I prefer slender characters and generally dislike exaggerated T&A, but everything else is so gorgeous that I can overlook it. Faces, expressions, gestures--gaping anuses (anii? anii-chan???)--all are lovely. The styling is top notch and some of the best I've seen. However, animation is minimal; it's present and exquisitely subtle in characters at times, but the lewd scenes consist mainly of stills or a series two-image transitions.

Story

The tale this game tells is entertaining enough, and the two-faced nature of the MC and plotting by other individuals and groups can leave you questioning who is playing who. The MC himself can alternate between tender (simpy/wimpy/pussy/cucky/fuckboi) and harsh to the point of cruelty, but his egos also seem to influence each other throughout the course of the game. I expect the MC's house of cards to mostly remain standing in the end--it is a porn game after all--but there's enough doubt to keep things interesting.

Characters are unique! Each person has a very distinct personality which adds a ton of flavor to the story, and the characters' personalities occasionally change or become revealed over time. Authors of other games could learn a lot about characterizations from Taffy Tales.

This story seems like it's written by a Brit and an American. Some obviously British words, but later on some American-based history references and quizzes. A bit weird but no biggie.

There are a few relatively trivial problems:

* Text doesn't always match the artwork (ex: "She stroked her hair" while both girls' hair is under head gear)
* Spelling is atrocious. I'm probably the only one who cares about this.
* Some of the wording is repetitive. This game badly needs a proofreader or editor.
* 'Peter' is hard coded as a name in several areas, which is obvious if you rename the MC.
* Names are switched in several dialogues.

Gameplay

Some directions and locations are non-obvious and unintuitive. The first few days ('Raise immorality to n') can be confusing and may drive away new players. This *really* needs to be made more descriptive.

Quest directions in general need to be tightened up along with some descriptions. (A 'school closet' makes you think of an indoor location, right? Tip: It's not.)

Also, occasionally exiting and reentering a room is necessary to trigger an event.

There are a few minigames that are mostly done well; however, some of them appear to be designed to thwart autoclickers and require some serious keyboard mashing if you don't use autohotkey.

A bright spot is the multiple choice questions that force you into eventually selecting the correct answer before continuing the dialogue. This prevents save scumming and branching inadvertently into an unwanted path.

Completion flags are wildly inconsistent, with some events being repeatable (Violet has a long one) or conversations happen out of order ("My first BJ!" ehhh, nope.) This and quest descriptions are mostly what needs to be cleaned up.

No text rollback (I think?)

The dialogue skip button is only selectable while a conversation is active. Combine that + no rollback and conversations can be accidentally and permanently missed, unless you roll back to an earlier save. The Options screen has a skip read/unread toggle but it appears to work independently of the skip button in the conversation UI.

Characters are duplicated. Becca can show up twice in the classroom in one instance. Occasionally a character is not visible ('Talk to Priscilla about her grades').

Unity putting saved games in the Windows registry. It's not really the author's fault but I hate it. This could be encoded inside the PNG images that are generated for each save slot.

Summary/TL;DR

Great corruption game. Give it a whirl. I think most of the NTR is skippable but you'll have to cuck a dude a few times to build a complete harem. Worth.

Best summarised as an inferior version of Summertime Saga, with significantly worse art and gameplay, and incredibly bloated writing.
Ah, and lots of (sexual) violence and rape directed in women, frequently under the effects of drugs whilst doing so.

Made the mistake of playing this on mobile, and one might think in Summertime Saga props were small, this game takes the cake by a mile. There are a ton of small items sitting at very sharp angles as to convey horizontal rest, making the attempted gathering a real trial and error.
Outlining is further inconsistent, with enviromental objects seemingly outlined as to signal interactivity, despite not being so. The vica versa is also true.

Gameplay is rather monotonous, with little in way of variety, usually consisting of get x then go to y, or meet with character at z location.
Many hours in I came across only two minigames, neither particularly original, or great for that matter.

Not great is also what the writing is, being ludicrously bloated.
Being a fan of text based and reading in general I am not one to skim writing, but fucking hell is this thing a creamy pastry somehow filled with 90% air. I don't remember the last time I saw this amount of needless dialouge with the self, fialing to convey meaningful information or advance character development.
Large portions are spent on spewing insults at one another and swearing, which of course all women present find secretely seductive.
Not to mention the MC devotes significant energy to the exploitation of the disadvanteged, whether those come in the form of financial instability, drug dependency or social status; or just downright drugging and rape. Frankly the subject matter is depressing and concerning to be of joy to some.
No points for creativity either, as we have all the stereotypical characature present; with MC gaining distinctive identity disorder (usually referred to as schizo) after an injury of sorts, rich girl with parental figure issues, black guy secretely dealing with drugs, monetarily adventagious male being a cuck and so on.

The worst aspect by a mile is the art. In most cases it is comically bad, coming so from not bad rendering or anything alike, rather anatomy and form proportions.
Women have a borderline anorexic body, with freaksihly long limbs and neck. Attachment of large breasts onto these frail bodies makes them all look all the more entertaining, but certanily not as intended. Quite a few have their breasts as perfectly rounded masses on their chest without any natural curvature, eliciting laughter the first time I saw it. I cannot fathom how this terrible anatomy can come to be from someone who's clearly adept at rendering.
Despite being visually focused, art has a tendency to change drastically (presume to be different artists) between scneses, particuarly for intercourse, but on ocassion changes mid scene. These styles are quite different as well, with some relying havily on line work whilst others use none of it.
Further worth mentioning some strange design decisions, such as the map being ortographic with locations only placed along two roads, resulting in a massive green void of grass in the middle, and the look of a poorly planned SimCity block.

Bugs were plentiful, with a number of soft locks, menu non-interactivity or items failing to show up, fortunately most were possible to clear with a reload, but still not ideal for budget of this size.

Overall, this game comes to second compared to alternatives, failing to contribute anything more than rape and violence.
I am genuenyl surprised for the amount of attention and funding it managed to keep over the years.

I'd also advise the degenerative nature of the project be declared more visibly, but that's here nor there.

It's not the most polished piece of pornographic gaming, but it has a little of everything for everyone, and it is still being updated. It isn't a full release build yet of course, but you can help by going to their patreon.

let it be 4. somewhere inbetween 'above average' and 'good' [068.2a] and as some bonus to battle some ntr haters with few stars.

the good
-developed /with content
-qol (cash-stats cheats, ingame tips, minigame skipping)
-no crucial bugs (havent run into any)


soso
-saves are incompatible (i play for the first time and dont care rn, regular followers prolly use a cheat to get the save of a previous version ending but what about those who play it occasionally and dont follow up quick enough )
-no teleport to your room to avoid some extra clicking
-text skipping is at decent rate but not insta-renpy like (cannot help myself)
-ingame tips are often vague (especially if you dont read dialogues). u can run into by chance or figure out quickly about 2/3 of it ; for another 1/3 searching the thread is advisable.
-some quests are troublesome (find becca. for that dont forget to 'try to fap' in the stall and follow the quest chain to have 2 french lessons, after that her house door is interactable)
-later mechanics with picking npc/mary feels unnecessary overall. mostly mary has only one action so id prefer some pop-up event instead of extra clicking&skiping: walking-going somewhere-action-going back to sleep-skipping her thoughts before sleep (semi-grind) ; also once she took the sunday slot i needed, so id opt for the ability to change npc 24/7 (as mostly with mary it feels like waste of day) or for day+1 /-1 cheat

the bad the ugly - ART
- big boobs (meh) and ugly big boobs (shame shame shame!)
- some visual inconsistencies & dispropotions (incl rather abnormal arses and shapes) especially during sex scenes.
- mc has horsy dick sometimes expanding to rocket launcher. (so it is more like monster girl boy fantasy game which means rip all the sex scenes and any possible immersion)
- sometimes art feels animeish-hentaish. (not an expert)
- no fem npc face is good enough.
all milfs look like being on drugs.
no gial is cute and catchy (well natalie from the shop and the redhead gial seems ok - but almost no content. all the others id range from okeish to tolerable )

it is kinda upsetting as it feels like that artist is capable of having much better drawings (black stud and principal are kinda tracish & somewhat realistic but who cares; some occasional shots and angles of fems are quite alright, some attention to faces details and shades) so i have no idea why not to make more realistic and-or more attractive fems .