Ren'Py - The DeLuca Family [Season 1] [HopesGaming]

3.5/5
the story is above, and developer writes pretty well but here is also the problem. The amount of reading is not supported by the amount of render. The whole game is spending time more on reading than appreciating the render. So maybe future could cut abit on the writing to make it more balance.

One of the best game on this site. I loved every character in this story, especially Luna... The MC is probably is my favorite mc in this site. He is so witty and bold. I am waiting for the next update to drop in...

After all this time, this is still an unfinished, sluggishly developed, poor in content, work in progress. And it’s not even an adult game (no lewd scenes). It is a boring, badly designed visual novel with terrible UI (interface), overly complicated gameplay, convoluted free roam section with noting to do (door opening simulator) to cover the lack of content, with no dialogue options, illusory choices and a pathetic loser as a MC.

The gameplay is the standard grinding that plagues just about every game. Slogging through badly designed interface and grinding in architecturaly challenged house to perv on some girls from time to time.

Story is badly written, childish cliche. It takes itself far too seriously for its content and seems to think it is revolutionary when it's actually droll. Every single character is two dimensional and shallow, weird for the sake of being wierd, eccentric or silly. They do not behave or talk like normal people. Progression of relationships is ridiculous and non-rewarding grind. Lewd themes are very childish, like none of the characters know what sex is and are teasing each other like it is elementary school. The choices you make don't really have an effect on the story or characters, so why even bother putting them in. The visuals aren't that good either as all girls look the same (like teens in anime).

MC is a constanly friendzoned loser, who risks his life on multiple occasions for a friendly hug and his actions as a mob hitman (in boring minigames) are completely detatched from the story where he is some servant slave who’s been made to live in someone else’s bathroom, for some reason.

Badly designed VN with a childish unfinished story from a bad developer even by adult game standards.

The vivid characters, the backstories, the slow seduction , it's just wow. The building suspense and slow relationship development with characters, its something to watch. Doing chores to gain favors that open up future possibilities presented in a very unique way.

Pros:

-Sexy, well-rendered women (especially for those who like asses)
-Other renders and scenes are complex and enjoyable to experience
-The story is the main draw here; an intriguing thread to unravel
-Clever dialogue and characters with unique personalities and interactions
-Nice interface, not too difficult to propel the story forward

Cons:

-None really

5/5 - would highly recommend for anyone looking to totally immerse themselves in a really interesting world of organized crime and the extreme personalities of those involved

Congratulations on the story. Unique and funny characters who know how to entertain you. For those who complain that there aren't any sex scenes yet, sometimes it's better this way, seen for how the characters are set,, it would be a shame to ruin the plot by running too much. Slowly the story continues, who knows what will happen! We hope well
Congratulations again to the developer. and then I see the protagonist as a fellow countryman of mine, perhaps because of the title who knows haha XD

This game is, for lack of a better word, brilliant.
Regarding the story, it sucks you in from the start, the characters are very well written, the world is awesome. The writing has been given a lot of attention and it shows.

The art is very good and the renders are very well done. The character design really good and most importantly, tasteful. Though to be honest, I'd probably play the game even if it had stickman figures (yes, I think the writing is that good).

Lastly, the gameplay is good and it serves the game well.

If you're reading reviews trying to decide whether you'll play this game or not, just download it without skipping the dialogue.

5/5. The writing is excellent and had a lot of impact to me (i.e. becoming heavily invested in the characters) coupled with the genre and humor it was very enjoyable and not like other VNs out there. The best example of this (which has been mentioned before) is the Luna path...the final part was a punch in the gut but coming out the other side you can't help but love her and what she had endured. Proud to support HG and excited to see where the story goes! Strongly recommend.

it took me 2 years to play this game because i kept forgetting that this game existed. And honestly, i regret for not playing it sonner.
the render is great, and there are scenes were is fantastic, the gameplay is just there but is not anoying, and the characters............
first off, i did not have much faith in them, there were charming, not gonna lie, but the new updates proved me wrong. It shows that the developer knows what he is doing and how he improved his ritting over time.

overall, support the developer, even if he takes a lot of time to make an update. He deserves more patreons.

fun game with a unique storyline. the characters are all fun and it makes progressing through the story fun and not feel like other games. The family relationship among the girls makes it fun to play regardless of the rewards. Looking forward to future updates. 8.5/10

Honestly a great story and at some scenes, I can't help it but smile or laugh and I don't think there are many games out there that would make me smile or laugh multiple time as I do for this game.

I 100% percent recommend this to everybody. There's some grinding to it but honestly, you can get it all done in the first chapter so it's no problem later in the future.

The story and characters are unique, sure, and the mob missions mini-game (if you can call it that) is a neat concept that I was digging but it needs major fleshing out.

The unfortunate issue is that most of this interesting (albeit very dark) story and atypical character design amounts to nothing more than a boner kill. And if you manage to stay aroused through hours of text and grind you'll find yourself out of luck because there's nothing to fap to in terms of H-scenes.

Even though there are fresh elements to this game I have to give it 1 star for having hours of gameplay but a dearth of sexual content. It terms of a porn game its 1 star, as a visual novel maybe a 5.

Its ok, while the world, the story and characters are interesting, unfortunately it is written like an anime. What i mean by that is that most of the time the characters talk a lot without actually saying much.
The other issue i have with this game is the lack of lewd content, this game is the definition of a slow burn. There are a few teasing scenes but thats about it, which is a shame because the girls are quite cute with well defined characteristics. Especially Luna, shes too cute, even if crazy sometimes.
The main character can be quite annoying, has a silver tongue, but all the training you do to complete missions have no impact on the story elements, and in these story moments the mc is always a weakling most of the time.
Overall its a recommend, a lot of story, good story, but not enough lewd content.

Came for pretty ladies, got hooked on story, stoped thinking about ladies in a sexy way. Story got really good, then sad (may or may not have cried) then forgot reason why I started playing in the first place, but now I'm addicted.

Love the story. Love the characters. Hoping that this game won't be abandoned and I am looking forward for more updates. It is an A plus for me....................................................................................................................................

Wow just wow. v0.06.6
I've been playing this game for 7 hours or so.
A lot of good things were already said about this game. I don't know if I can add anything new. The script is really decent. One of the few games where I had no desire to skip the text. No sex scenes at the moment but I don't care about them as long as we have fantastic scenes like Katherine's "Dance of death" and Luna vs Apce fight. And Luna is just a national treasure man. I cried like a little girl during and after "My Name is Luna" quest... What an awesome game. Keep it up. Can't wait to add this game to my steam library!

Man what a deep storyline the comedy is great and the heroines characters are great too, never have i feel so emotionally touch with an adult vn like wtf,especially with luna childhood stories i hope we can get released faster cant wait to see the end...and the slow and budding of relationships are great too not just some straight to sex scene...a well written and nice models

For me, a necessary quality of games is being somehow realistic. It may be about human spiders or Jedi forces, but there must be some logic. This game however is just absurdist.

I've played only a part of the Prologue but I'm sick of it already. Every freaking single character there is weird. Eccentric, silly, unexplicable... Starting from the MC who is fulfilling the contract he didn't sign (if it's what he tried to say?), then Wilfred with his stupid hat and eccentric driving manner and absurd car examining and "forgettable Joey"...

And so on and so on... All of the people there seem to be products of smoking some heavy shit; and there is no Lewis Carroll kind of charm, it's just pure weirdness for weirdness sake.

And the visuals aren't so good.

v0.06.6

BEST STORY DRIVEN RENPY GAME EVER! Thanks.
You like intriguing story? You like romance? You like mystery? You like sexy yet adorable girls? You like humor? You like strange humor? You happened to know a guy named Joey? You like story? You like story? You like story? If yes, this is a game for you. No doubt, hands down to the devs, you guys are amazing hella people.

Edit:
Seriously tho, I forgot to review the game. Well here it is:

1. Story : Top notch. A story that you'll expect in a mafia universe. Each time the story progress more intriguing they've become. Not just the main story, side story that revolve around our protagonist feels natural on its way. Especially the side story My Name is Luna. Good god that part makes me cry like a baby, literally.
   
   
2. Character : Great characterization. At the beginning, our main protagonist is just a confused boy with lacks of idea on how to survive the condition that he got. As the story progress we can see the answer of why is he so important to the family. His character has evolve through out the game. Not just our protagonist, our 3 heroine such as Luna, Gracie, and Isabel also evolve through out the game. All character in this family have their own personality and behavior that made this game really nice in the first place. Also Joey. Wait, who's Joey? Strange. Well yeah, Joey. Wait, who's Joey?
   
   
3. BGM : What can I say? Everytime I open the game that piano melody always reminding me of The Godfather, which is nice. Background music/ soundtrack is really spot on. What mood the scene has right now? fun? it'll become fun, sad? it will become sad, serious? well you tell me.
   
   
4. Render & Animation : Crazy good. Beautiful. Scenery? GORGEOUS.
   
   
5. Snu-Snu Stuff : Not much to say because there's no sex scene available at the moment except blowjob, teasing, kissing, fondling, hugging and... stay with me... hand holding, uh such an indecent thing to do. But all of it feels natural on its way. It's not like what we usually got in these type of games, forced love and sex. First day on the job? Good, after this particular job that chick will bang your dick. No.
   
   CONCLUSION
   This is the game for you who love story telling with adults spice in it. Wanna fap? Find something else, this forum has tons and tons of it. But, if you want to experience a mafia world with a great story telling , unique and intriguing characters, this game is for you, period.
   
   FINAL RATING : 11/10 Joey, would remember.

I love this game.
For me, this is the best story-driven AVN. I love everything about it: the mafia setting, the Godfathersque vibe it gives, the occasional lewd moments that are put organically in the game, the side quests that flesh out the characters masterfully AND entertainingly (My Name is Luna ), the humor which is not silly, the MC that is not an ordinary guy and who gradually learns about himself throughout the story, the characters, who are like puzzle pieces that fill the overarching story and environment just in the right ways (Wilfred deserves a separate shout-out, what a legend ), the renders which sometimes give a picturesque look to the game, e.g. the cave and the lake during the date with Lu, and lastly, the soundtrack which again gives an Italian and mafia feel to the whole game and makes the experience so so much better and more complete.
10/10 The next update cannot come soon enough