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

It's not for everybody but I've always loved this game. It goes very down and dirty at times, but stil manges to be funny and a little meta, at points. Great art, great everything. There are a few bugs but that's not a serious issue. Reccomand it.

really good game love the art and the story i hope to see this game grow more and more love how the MC dominates all of them especially the mom and clara but i have one problem no unfortunately no incest patch and there is some bugs but over all great game loved it all the way and the hint system really helps 95% of the time

First of all, though I give a three star review, I do recommend this game. But there are a couple things to bear in mind:

1. Despite being a VN, and thus depending heavily on good writing (as opposed to gameplay), it has numerous spelling and grammar issues throughout most of the content, except for the latest update (68.2 at the time of this writing), which actually seems mostly fine. Until the earlier writing is edited for errors, I can't make this a four star game.

Another issue with the dialogue is that the names of the MC and the two women he lives with (classic landlady and roommate situation) can be changed at the beginning, but often (very often, actually) the dialogue just puts in their original names anyway. Also, it seems the names are supposed to accommodate incest, but if you put in their relation nicknames, not only the MC, but every other character in the VN refers to them that way. It's awkward to see the landlady referred to as Mom by everyone in the game. But if you stick with Mary, often times it will be confusing because later on, characters refer to her as "your Mary" or the MC refers to her as "my Mary".

2. Trap content. There is a warning about trap content, and the game always makes it optional, and in itself that would be fine. Unfortunately, even when saying no to trap content, the game's dialogue seems to assume that the player has played through the trap content. And you can't just say no the first time and be done with it--no, the game asks you every single time there is a trap scene if you want to play it through. In the latest update (68.2 at time of this writing), it even ends with a double ask, where you decline, and then it asks again if you want to decline, with the warning you will miss a lot of content. From what I gather, about three scenes worth of content is cut out from this one decision. I can only imagine all the references to this content the player will have to endure in the dialogue of the coming updates. It's super fucking annoying, and the game's dialogue from the character's alter ego is always trying to push the player to play through the trap content. Not cool.

Setting aside the above two issues, the game is actually great. The 2D style is original and good. Animations, though without sound, and basically just two images flashing back and forth, are still a good experience because the art style and quality is just that good. Posing and angles are generally non-generic. In general, the visual art is definitely a very big plus for this VN.

Music is generally good, nothing super special, but also not something I've heard elsewhere, so it feels original, and always appropriate to the type of scene in which it plays, whether non-lewd scene or lewd scene.

The dialogue and narration, setting aside the issues I mentioned above, is very good and creative: varied diction, sentence structure, and good description. Sometimes the written description is at odds with what is depicted in the visual art though, but usually it's not egregious.

The story is enjoyable and entertaining, going through various twists and turns, with different character story lines developing and then merging, while an ever-present mystery slowly unfolds. Well-told and well-developed, thus far.

Another big plus is that the game doesn't really have grind in it. The player doesn't have to constantly replay scenes over and over again to build up relationship stats. Most scenes are unique, and what grind there is in the VN (for making money, for example) is easily bearable.

This VN is a work in progress, and for some reason there are lots of things that can be clicked on that will say that whatever it is, is a work in progress. The first couple times it happens, it seems okay, but eventually there turn out to be so many of these undeveloped objects/locations, it's just weird. You'll just have to accept it, even though the dev should probably just make all that clickable stuff unclickable until he actually does something with those objects and locations.

So all around, this game is worthy of trying out, but be aware the dialogue and narration needs to be cleaned up, and there is the constant pushing of the trap content to watch out for (unless you are into that sort of thing).

The amount of content in this game is insane. Excellent artwork, unique. This is a game (so far) focused on corruption, don't expect too much vanilla romance. Nothing to complain here, nothing. I just wish luck to the devs.

Taffy Tales is in my opinion a very flawed experience, first off is the fact it's made in Unity but honestly it could easily be made in Ren'Py with how it's structured, nothing of real value would be lost.

It has a map with locations that have doors and stuff, but honestly I'd prefer it if I could just have a box with characters or questslines to click on because the whole moving around and the time mechanic all feel like ways to extend the game time artificially which just bogs down the experience.

When it comes to the art it's pretty damn good overall, it's a unique artstyle to compared to other games out there which works in it's favor.

The story is not very compelling to me, I don't particularly dislike it but I don't like it either, you go to school, start getting into relationships with characters (mostly women) and uncover some things going on with them and the town, in the end it's a harem game though.

The characters are quite numerous although a large part of them are at this moment in time very much underdeveloped but I do find most of them interesting so that's a positive, the dialogue for the characters is decent but nothing that makes me go "whoa".

The MC is a weird one, he's two wildy different people as he got an evil persona after an accident that just wants to bang chicks no matter the cost, the good persona is mostly a goody-two shoes who's quite the whimp.
Also he has a horse sized dick so that's something.

One other thing is that this game got censored thanks to the change in Patreon's rules sometime ago, this clearly does have an impact on the content of the game and will so for the foreseeable future.

In general the updates have a long time apart to but the updates are at least of a decent size as far as I've experienced.

CONCLUSION
I have things I like and things I dislike about the game, the most glaring one being the slow/grindy gameplay while the most positive one definitely being the artwork.
It's a 3/5 for me, hopefully it can improve in the future.

The art is the only redeemable feature of this story- and while it is incredibly hot the rest of the narrative totally ruins it.

The plot is a mess. The MCs two halves is a combination of the two worst male MC tropes in H games. A wimpy pathetic virgin juxtaposed with a manipulative asshole.

The MC treats the kindest characters with the least amount of care.

I wanted really hard to like this game because the art is so incredibly hot-
but the game was awful.

Milking way too hard.
Game has started so many plot lines but very few of them actually has actual development and the updates are almost never on schedule, in fact several months late.
original art is a plus point

Version Played: 0.47.5a

Games with original art always get an extra look from me and TT has some really beautiful art in a style somewhat reminiscent of Boris Vallejo or George Kamitani's when it comes to the over exaggeration of the body proportions. I can see how that can be a turn-off for some, but I personally think it's very sexy. The story setting is the common school boy who bangs 'em all, which, coupled with the above, draws some comparisons to Summertime Saga right down to the alliterative title. Thankfully, the game distinguishes itself with both its art and its willingness to go to some darker places than SS ever did. To that last point, I find the game gets a bit too cruel at times and BDSM is decidedly not one of my fetishes, but it's never so much so that I'm repulsed.

Positives:
+ Great art!
+ Gameplay is generally point and click in an old school adventure game style, which helps break up monotony
+ Good representation of different ages and body types of the ladies (though all remain conventionally attractive)
+ BUSH!

Negatives:
- Currently only the Evil Side is implemented, so if you're not a fan of forced/BDSM/dark content, the game might not be for you at this stage
- Sometimes character art in sex scenes looks substantially different from the normal art
- Minigames can get a little tedious

Dig this? Try!: Summertime Saga, Sex Note, Waifu Academy
Note to Devs: I know that the main focus is probably finishing the dark side atm, but looking forward to seeing the Light side as well.

This is the first review I have ever written.

Of all the lewd games I have played, this is my favorite. It perfectly suits my tastes. Absolutely five stars if you into milf, fetish, and male domination. The BDSM content is not too extreme, so very excited to see the future updates.

Love this work, art is great, fetish isn't too exteme, dailogue relatable and well written. Certain stories (light bondage & voyeurism) are truly Boner inducing. Wish there was more of everything, very little NTR (I enjoy it myself), No Bi/Sissy stuff yet, Love the milf characters wish there was more of those. overall really enjoyable experience

Excellent 2d art style, decent dialogue, and an incredible set of fetish scenes. Eagerly awaiting every update this game comes out with. Quite a bit of content as well, for a 0.47 version.

And since it's Unity instead of RenPy, the minigames aren't all trash-tier sidescrollers or reaction speed tests.

Check out the Christmas special too, if you like this!

Never in any game have I HATED a Protagonist so much, he is pure evil, no redeemable qualities whatsoever, he manipulates characters around him who are generally good natured, I get that he supposedly has split personalities, but wouldn't that give the author/creator of this game the perfect opportunity to give the player the choice on which actions to take Good/Evil?

At the end of the day that's what most of these games are supposed to be about, but you have no control of his actions in the game sadly as the animations are very well done & quite unique I gave up on the game when he ended up being just a violent masochist.

**I have noticed a number of my reviews have been taken down, even though they are LEGITIMATE reviews of the games contents, but I have finally realized that if you review a game & give it LOWER than 3 stars then 9 times out of 10 your review will be removed for BS reasons even though you can plainly see my review is REVIEWING THE GAMES CONTENTS**

could have been far far better, mc's penis is too goddamn big, sexe scenes are not that good, story is alright, models are very good, it has a lot of potential but sadly wasted, I don't think that I'll play future updates

Great game, story is really adicting and i cant wait for further uptates, the dialogue has some bugs like it callin you peter (The MC) even if you changed your name, the artwork is great and the scenes are really long like the mcs schlong xD , if you wanna complete the gallery make sure you dont miss the 3rd gerda booty call like i did because i had no saves so i had to replay the game till that part just to get it and then continued my first playthrough , they also did a great job at getting a lot of fetishes in the game and still making a good story that didnt feel like a mish mash of different scenes ohh yeah if you are between playing the game now or waiting for more uptates i recomend starting now and getting to the last uptate and then waiting for more , because it took me hours upon hours to get to the 100% scene counter (i read every bit of text there was if you skip you would be quicker obviously). i think that all i have to say for now

4/5 Because nothing is perfect

In Taffy Tales, you play as this kid, who gets involved in a car accident and develops a split personality. The "good" half is an incredibly dense, spineless kid. The "bad" half is a psycopath, completely devoid of any sense of empathy. So you get 2 terrible MCs for the price of 1.

This would seem to be a setup for your typical light/dark path kind of game. At the beginning, the game even hints at this, telling you about different routes depending on your choices. That couldn't be further from the truth. Right at the start, the doctor calls you asking about your condition. The game gives you a choice of lying to him and say everything is okay, or asking for help in dealing with your alter ego. If you try to ask for help, the game tells you that's not been implemented yet, and forces you to tell him you're fine. Then what was even the point of giving me a choice anyway? From there, the "bad" half basically takes over, driving every plot in the game.

To put into perspective how much of a piece of shit the MC is, I'm gonna describe the beginning of a path, early on. You meet this woman with a sad expression on her face named Clara. She's poor, divorced, and works as a janitor for the school. She's constantly harrassed by students and staff in front of her son, who is his own bag of problems. Despite this, she was always friendly with MC before the accident. So how does this new MC decide to engage this innocent woman, who's life sucks enough as is? He decides to rape her, wearing a Jason mask, in the school's bathroom. Then uses photos of said rape to blackmail her into slavery. Of course then the game proceeds with "oh, she eventually likes it", like so many games do, as if it would make raping any better.

This wouldn't be so bad if I could just avoid Clara's path, as most of the others are much more to my liking. But turns out you can't. Despite looking like a sandbox, most paths are actually dependant on one another. So if there's a kink or a girl you're not much of a fan, or would rather chase after a favourite, then too bad. You're given 2-3 paths to choose from at any point, but not completing one will halt your progression. Couple that with the fact that your choices hardly matter, we are talking about a game that's way more linear than it would seem.

The writing is fine at what it's trying to do, which is to be as edgy as possible, but it has moments of pure cringe. Like the MC randomly deciding to cum on his "caretaker's" salad. The few attempts af humor and self awareness fall flat, given the dark tone of the game. The woman have varying personalities and are executed well but they all fall into some category of "secretly submissive".

Gameplay wise, despite the numerous interaction points, only 2-3 progress the plot in any way, like I mentioned before. There's a couple of bland minigames. Where the sandbox element comes up the most is when the game asks you to "find x item". These items only show up after the quest pops up, and can be anywhere on the map. And I do mean anywhere, with no rhime or reason. I've found a software disk on the floor, next to a pool in the backyard (?????).

Which finally brings me to the one outstanding quality of the game for me, which is the art. The art is really unique, detailed and well done. Unfortunatly, the lewds are not animated, which could help bring this game up from mediocrity for me, despite it's shortcomings. As it stands, static drawings can only do so much.

TL DR: Game offers you very little choice on what to do or input on what happens. Most of it's kinks are forced upon the player, and you can't stick to paths and characters you like. Gameplay is pretty bad. Art is great, but it can only do so much specially with no animation.

High quality art, semi-animated scenes, interesting characters that stay interesting instead of becoming mindless paperdolls, slow but rewarding progress, lots of content and huge potential for much more, cheat options to avoid the grind.
One of the best games out there, probably.

Pros:
The art for this game is really good and has good writing.

Cons:
It's a game I want to probably relax and have fun but the that stupid mechanic that probably nobody wanted was a letdown, instead of committing to the story and the art, besides that this game screams NTR everywhere, everyone has it's own fetishes and it's totally acceptable, but forcing that crap on everyone was stupid, I used to support the creator on Patreon but not anymore.

I dropped the game it's better move on to other stuff.

Great story with really steamy scenes surrounding so many fetishes! I like this more then summer time saga due to the relationships the main character has with some of the other characters; but that is a hard choice to make when both games are so good!

simply one of the game with the best story the caractere for once are not one dimensional. There is a lot of scene with a lot of fetish and more coming. The graphism are good. Play it you will never regret it!

Reviev as of : TT v0.47.5a

This is the type of game that you either love it or hate it, the Art becomes better and better and there's actual story/mystery that's interesting. If you like corruption themes, light BDSM and horse cock MC you will love it, The light side MC becomes less annoying as the times go too.

Its a good time to jump in and check it out since there's a ton of content now.